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FCA Expresses Concern At Lack Of Cryptocurrencies Safeguards

Financial Conduct Authority warns bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies have no intrinsic value

5 years ago

Facebook To Pay Record $5bn Fine For FTC Settlement

“But we only budgeted $3bn!” Zuckerberg and co going to have dig into the kitty to pay mammoth penalty

5 years ago

Twitter To Tighten Rules For Politicians

Intended for Trump? Tweets from politicians that break house rules will be hidden behind warning notice

6 years ago

Sir Jony Ive, iPhone Designer, To Leave Apple

The 'spiritual partner' of the late Steve Jobs, British designer of the iPhone Sir Jony Ive is to leave Apple

6 years ago

Apple Poaches Top ARM Engineer

One of ARM's top chip engineers has been hired by Apple as it seeks to expand its inhouse expertise

6 years ago

Bill Gates Calls For Tech Regulation

Microsoft co-founder says it is time for governments to help regulate technology giants like Facebook, Google

6 years ago

Robots To Replace 20 Million Factory Jobs

Rise of the robots! Automation to replace ten millions of jobs in next 11 years, report warns

6 years ago

Alphabet Board Dismisses Sexual Harassment, Diversity Proposals

Board of directors rejects all shareholder proposals to tackle a range of issues for Google's workforce

6 years ago

Facebook To Create 500 Engineering Jobs In London

Good news for Londoners as Facebook said it will create 500 jobs by year end, mostly for content takedown

6 years ago

Facebook Privacy Case Will Be Heard At ECJ

Europe's top court will finally hear privacy case against Facebook, after Irish Supreme Court ruling

6 years ago

Facebook Live Streaming Restriction After NZ Shooting

Rules around the live streaming feature on Facebook to be tightened after New Zealand shootings

6 years ago

Twitter Suspends 166,000 Accounts For Terrorism

Says the decline in banned terrorism content is partly down to effectiveness of its policing tech

6 years ago

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt To Leave Alphabet’s Board

Former CEO who grew Google into today's powerhouse is to step down from board of directors

6 years ago

Google Staff Meet To Discuss Corporate Retaliation For Walkout

'Town Hall' meeting after staff allege Google regularly retaliates against employees who speak out

6 years ago

Microsoft Value Hits $1 Trillion After Cloud Growth

Strong results for the software giant see its market valuation briefly reach $1 trillion for the first time

6 years ago

Facebook Doubles Spending On Zuckerberg’s Protection

After a year of scandals and controversy, Facebook spends $22.6 million to keep Mark Zuckerberg safe

6 years ago

Facebook Hit By More Senior Resignations

Mark Zuckerberg's right hand man steps down amid plans to unite WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook

6 years ago

Criminal Investigation Into Facebook Data Sharing – Report

It never rains but pours. US federal prosecutors launch investigation of Facebook's data sharing deals

6 years ago

Facebook Restores Services After Global Outage

Refund for advertisers? Outage spread across two days, but social network remains silient about the cause

6 years ago

Google Paid Executive $45m After Sexual Assault Allegation – Report

Court documents show Google executive paid tens of millions of dollars after he was forced to resign

6 years ago

Google, Facebook, Twitter Failing To Tackle Fake News

Rap on the knuckles for big three, as European Commission says firms are not doing enough to tackle fake news

6 years ago

Amazon Ditches Plans For New York HQ2

Online giant cancels its plans to build campus in Queens, after tax break opposition and questions about unions

6 years ago

MPs Call For Regulation Of Social Media Firms

Committee of MPs lambast social media firms for facilitating bullying and online grooming

6 years ago

Facebook Grows Profit, Despite Multiple Scandals

No sign that multiple scandals have dented advertisers desire for the social networking platform

6 years ago

EU To Agree Digital Tax By March, Says French Minister

European-wide tax on tech firms to be agreed by March, predicts French finance minister

6 years ago

Apple To Scale Back Hiring After iPhone Slowdown – Report

Hiring spree at Apple to slow for certain divisions, warns Tim Cook, but there will be no hiring freeze

6 years ago

Robots Not Stealing Our Jobs, World Bank Says

Automation has little effect on global labour market, despite worries that robots will remove many jobs

6 years ago

France To Press Ahead With Digital Tax In 2019

Tax on tech giants will begin in 2019 by individual nations if necessary, warns French finance minister

6 years ago

Facebook Staffer Resigns, Alleges ‘Black People Problem’

Racial tensions. Facebook is alleged to have “a black people problem” according to a former employee

6 years ago

Facebook Smear Row Deepens As Sandberg Admits Memory Slip

Senior management at Facebook respond to row over PR firm that allegedly smeared its critics

6 years ago