Disappointing results from Amazon with first loss since 2015, as inflation, fuel and warehouse costs and supply chain turmoil take their toll
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Online Safety Bill May Pose Risk To Startups, Suggests Regulator Boss
UK's forthcoming online safety bill risks stifling start-ups, the UK tech regulator chief who will help oversee its eventual implementation
Meta Pleases Investors After Daily User Number Growth Returns
Shares in Meta rose 20 percent in relief with modest daily and monthly user growth, despite mixed financial results in the first quarter
Anger As Musk Engages With Tweets Criticising Twitter Execs
Bad form? Controversy over Elon Musk's Twitter takeover continues, after he engages with critical tweets of two high-ranking Twitter staffers
Apple Opens ‘Self Service Repair’ Online Store
Right to repair victory? Apple finally begins to allow users to purchase genuine parts so they can repair an iPhone themselves, but only in US at the moment
Amazon Won’t Face Federal Action Over Tornado Warehouse Collapse
No citation or penalities to be issued by federal agency, after December tornado flattened Amazon's DLI4 warehouse, killing six people
Amazon Faces Union Vote At Second State Island Facility
Second Amazon warehouse in Staten Island begins voting on whether to join grassroots trade union formed by fired Amazon worker
Twitter CEO Tells Staff Future Is Uncertain
Company wide town hall meeting sees CEO Parag Agrawal tell Twitter employees future direction of the platform is uncertain
Meta Begins Appeal Against UK Order To Sell Giphy
Closely watched appeal. UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says it will defend its Giphy sale order 'vigorously'
Twitter To Be Sold To Elon Musk For $44 Billion
Now what? Board of directors agrees to sell Twitter to the world's richest man, who has frequently criticised the platform over “free speech”
CNN Shuts Down Streaming Service One Month After Launch
New corporate parents of CNN news network to shut down CNN+ streaming service only one month after it launched, amidst increasingly stiff competition
Japan Aims To Ramp EV Battery Production Amidst Stiff Competition
Japan aims to boost domestic battery production capacity tenfold as country loses market share to Chinese and South Korean rivals
Amazon No Longer Facing Union Vote In New Jersey
Trade union seeking to organise represent Amazon staff in New Jersey facility withdraws its petition, but doesn't give any reason
Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: Digital Security for Remote Workforces
Learn how businesses can develop robust security for their remote workforces. Also, businesses are re-drawing their digital transformation roadmaps to include IoT, 5G, and Edge Computing, are burgeoning technologies that will touch every enterprise. Discover how security connects to these development strategies?
Google To Open Product Development Centre In Nairobi
Utilising local talent as Google says is to open a product development centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, to better serve growing African market
Amazon To Carry Out Racial Equity Audit
E-commerce giant will conduct racial equity audit led by former US Attorney, after shareholder proposal on diversity, equity and inclusion
US Court Rules Data Scraping On Public Websites Is Legal
User privacy blow. Scraping data from online LinkedIn profiles is legal, Appeal Court in the United States tells Microsoft
SAP Confirms Complete Withdrawal From Russia
German software giant SAP officially confirms it will exit the Russian market, because of its illegal and brutal invasion of Ukraine
Amazon Staff At New Jersey Facility To Hold Union Vote
Snowballing movement? National Labor Relations Board says Amazon staff at New Jersey facility have enough signatures to hold union vote
Apple Staff In Flagship NY Store Begin Steps To Unionise
Trouble for Tim? Staff at Apple's flagship New York store at the Grand Central Terminal begin process of unionising, say organisers
Ransomware Attacks On The Decline, Corvus Insurance Finds
Declining ransomware attacks? New research from Corvus Insurance says reports of ransomware attacks are down, with payout totals also declining
SAP Mulling Total Russian Withdrawal – Report
Co-founder of German software giant cites actions of not just Vladimir Putin, but also supporters among Russian population, amid withdrawal consideration
Google To Invest $9.5 Billion In US Offices, Data Centres In 2022
CEO Sundar Pichai confirms hefty spending plans for Google in 2022 in the United States, which includes new offices and data centres
Amazon Appeals Against Historic State Island Union Vote
Appeal filed by Amazon alleging misconduct by local federal office, after historic trade union vote at New York City warehouse
JD.com Founder Richard Liu Steps Down As CEO
Richard Liu, founder of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, steps down as chief executive amidst ongoing regulatory crackdown on China's tech sector
Spanish Renewable Energy Company Links With Google Cloud
Spanish renewable energy firm Capital Energy in deal with Google Cloud, which also announces unified support for popular Red Hat clone Rocky Linux
Meta Finance Move With ‘Zuck Bucks’ Virtual Coins –...
Plans at Meta to introduce virtual coins and lending services to its apps portfolio, despite cryptocurrency project collapse
Half Of Cybersecurity Professionals Consider Quitting – Study
New research from threat detection specialist Vectra reveals very worrying rise of health and mental pressures on security professionals
Russia Retaliates Against YouTube Over Ukraine Invasion...
Pot calling kettle black? Roskomnadzor to take punitive measures against YouTube over 'fake' images about Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Twitter Confirms Development Of Edit Button
Worse kept secret? Twitter finally confirms it is developing an edit button so users can change their tweets after posting them