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At this time of year, every business in the tech sector looks forward to trying and predict the trends that could impact their enterprises. As the hub around which tech businesses orbit, Silicon UK asked some of the leaders in the tech ...
AI staff at Google demand removal of company executive involved in departure of prominent female ethics researcher Dr Timnit Gebru
Yearly checks on tech firm compliance over harmful content, plus stiff financial penalties part of EU's proposed regulation of digital markets
Escaping GDPR protections? Social networking giant Facebook insists move will not change privacy controls or the services it offers
Attorney General asks court to force Amazon to co-operate with state investigation into its handling of Covid-19 pandemic
Tech firms faced stiff financial penalties under Government's Online Safety Bill, which looks to impose tough rules on online content
Irish data regulator DPC increases Twitter's GDPR fine for tweeting bug, after watchdogs in Austria, Germany, Italy argued it was too low
California exodus? Software giant Oracle becomes latest Silicon Valley firm to move its HQ from California and relocate it to Texas
Forrester highlighting the desperate need for data literacy as the adoption of analytics technologies accelerates amid the current downturn. Coupled with the recent release of the UK Government's new National Data Strategy, Silicon UK ...
After Google staff and outside academics slam Google, Sundar Pichai says it will examine departure of the prominent female AI researcher
Breakup threat. Social networking giant sued by federal regulator and US states, and could be forced to sell WhatsApp, Instagram
After threatening to pull Tesla out of California altogether, Elon Musk reveals he has personally left the US state and relocated to Texas
Google and Facebook continue to object, but Australia presses ahead with new law to force them to pay publishers for news content
Open letter signed by more than 4,500 people, including academics and DeepMind researchers, expresses support for Timnit Gebru
Trump's parting shot? US Department Of Justice after two year investigation, files lawsuit against Facebook over hiring practices
Prominent AI researcher Dr Timnit Gebru claims she was fired over email to colleagues, but Google insists she didn't follow procedure
Conspiracy clampdown. Social networking giant Facebook follows YouTube lead in banning false and misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccines
Complaint alleges Google broke US labour laws when it 'spied' on staff who organised employee protests, before firing them
President Trump warns that unless Section 230 liability protection for social networking firms is removed, he will veto a major US Defence bill
California loses a Fortune 500 company, after founding father HPE announces HQ move away from Silicon Valley to Houston, Texas
New European rules to rein in big name tech firms will include the power to potentially break-up firms, EU digital chief warns
Big Blue is reportedly planning to lay off 8,000 staff across Europe, with 2,000 positions expected to go in the UK alone
Major social networking platforms team up with the UK government and Full Fact Chariy to fight misleading information about Coronavirus
No love for Twitter. Russia's parliament has prepared draft legislation that will allow Moscow to ban US social networking giants
Has Amazon's ambitions to build its own inhouse drones crashed and burned? Retail giant lays off staff and turns to outside specialists
Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey face four hours of questioning on Tuesday by US Senate members over content moderation and who makes content decisions
Independent study from Oxford Economics reveals scale of Huawei's contribution to UK plc, including payment of £1.1 billion in tax revenues
Watch out Snapchat, Instagram, as Twitter launches its disappearing tweets globally, after testing in selected countries earlier this year
Peiter Zatko, otherwise known by hacker handle 'Mudge' will report directly to CEO Jack Dorsey after conducting review of Twitter operations
More job cuts are looming at Big Blue as employees of Global Business Services division are warned of headcount reduction