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Amazon To Allow Teams To Decide Office Time

Directors of corporate teams at Amazon will decide how long their team has to work in offices, and how long…

3 years ago

IBM To Require US Staff To Be Vaccinated

Want to continue working at IBM? Big Blue staff in the US told they must be vaccinated by 8 December…

3 years ago

Amazon Sued By Workers Over Lengthy Covid Screening Times

Workers at Colorado warehouses allege they have to wait up to an hour of their own time, in order to…

4 years ago

Chip Shortage Forces Opel To Close German Factory Until 2022

Real world impact of chip shortage sees 1,300 staff in Germany laid off, as Opel halts production at German factory…

4 years ago

Amazon Settles Lawsuit With Two Fired Staffers

Undisclosed lawsuit settlement reached with two former Amazon employees, who alleged they were fired over their 'workplace activism'

4 years ago

Intel Breaks Ground On $20bn Arizona Chip Plants

Intel breaks ground on two chip fabrication plants in Arizona as part of IDM 2.0 turnaround strategy to manufacture semiconductors…

4 years ago

Tesla’s Musk Sees Chip Shortage Ending Next Year

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk sees chip constraints ending next year, as IDC projects 'normalisation' by mid-2022 – but others…

4 years ago

Chip Shortage Blamed For Looming Job Losses At Vauxhall

Hundreds of job losses are on the cards at Vauxhall's home town of Luton, due to knock-on affects of the…

4 years ago

Facebook CTO Announces Departure

Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer is to step down after 13 years in charge of technology and infrastructure at the social…

4 years ago

Google To Purchase NY Office Building For $2.1 Billion

Despite small numbers of office workers due to remote working, Google is to spend billions to acquire New York office…

4 years ago

‘Intensifying’ Auto Chip Shortage Hits Daimler Truck Production

World's biggest lorry maker Daimler Truck says chip shortage has 'intensified' in past few weeks meaning further slowdown of production

4 years ago

Teamsters Union Targets Amazon Facilities Across Canada

Following unionisation effort in Edmonton, Alberta Teamsters Union reportedly expands organisation drive to at least nine Amazon locations across Canada

4 years ago

AUKUS Security Alliance Will Include Cybersecurity, AI, Quantum

In addition to the US and UK sharing their nuclear propulsion technology with Australia, cyber security is to be included

4 years ago

Amazon Offers Free College Education To Frontline Staff

Amazon offers to pre-pay full college tuition and fees for more than 750,000 frontline staff as it seeks to lure…

4 years ago

Microsoft Indefinitely Postpones Office Return

Software giant is the latest tech giant to respond to ongoing infections, saying it will indefinitely postpone staff return to…

4 years ago

Apple Car Chief Departs And Joins Ford

More trouble for Apple's Project Titan? Executive in charge of secret car project at Apple jumps ship, and is hired…

4 years ago

Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: Mind The Trust Gap

In this week’s podcast, we focus on the recently published report from Thomas International: ‘Mind the trust gap.' The majority…

4 years ago

China Chip Maker SMIC Plans £6.4bn Plant In Shanghai

China's largest chipmaker SMIC plans £6.4bn plant in Shanghai Free Trade Zone to focus on mature-technology semiconductors amidst worldwide chip…

4 years ago

US Agency Investigates Two Complaints From Apple Staff

Two Apple staff members in the US file separate complaints that are now being reviewed by officials at a US…

4 years ago

Majority Of El Salvadorans Reject Bitcoin Law – Poll

Not a good sign. 70 percent of the population of El Salvador oppose Bitcoin law, as 7 September implementation draws…

4 years ago

Amazon To Hire 55,000 People For Corporate, Tech Roles

Another global hiring spree at Amazon, mostly for technology and corporate roles at the e-commerce and cloud giant

4 years ago

Google Delays Office Return Until 10 January 2022

Search engine giant Google, joins Amazon, Facebook and Apple in delaying staff return to offices and campuses, citing Coronavirus 'uncertainity'

4 years ago

Waymo Stops Selling Lidar To Outside Companies

Alphabet-owned autonomous driving company Waymo ends two-year effort at selling in-house lidar to outside firms, following executive departures

4 years ago

US Says Policy Against Huawei Has ‘Not Eased’

US says policy against Huawei has 'not been eased or amended', after criticism over approval of hundreds of millions of…

4 years ago

UK To Overhaul Data Protection Rules, Targets Cookie Pop-ups

Government to refresh the UK's data protection rules, and poaches New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner to replace outgoing Information Commissioner

4 years ago

Tech Giants Make Cybersecurity Pledges After White House Meeting

Tech giants pledge to spend billions of dollars improving cybersecurity after meeting with President Biden in White House

4 years ago

Poly Network Hacker Returns All Stolen Tokens, Offered Job

Hacker who stole $610m worth of digital tokens has returned it all, and has been offered a job as 'Chief…

4 years ago

Blue Origin Loses Key Staff, Amid NASA Contract Battle – Report

In the weeks after Jeff Bezos went to space and a battle with NASA, Blue Origin lost more than a…

4 years ago

Google Health Disbanded; Staff Sent To Other Divisions

The dedicated health unit at Google has been disbanded, with its 570 staff sent to different divisions within the Alphabet…

4 years ago

Diversity and Inclusion in Tech

A lack of diversity and inclusion has been a significant issue for many industries. However, tech enterprises are showing the…

4 years ago