Governement-IT

US To Exempt Allies From Expanded China Chip Equipment Export Rules

Biden administration reportedly will exempt certain allied countries from tougher chip equipment export rules to China

4 months ago

UK Investigates Alphabet Partnership With AI Firm Anthropic

British competition regulator, the CMA, to investigate Google parent Alphabet’s partnership with AI startup Anthropic

4 months ago

CrowdStrike Blames ‘Undetected Error’ For World’s Largest IT Outage

CrowdStrike CEO summoned to testify before US Congress, as firm provides update about update that crashed millions of computers last…

4 months ago

NHS Staff Say New Tech Will Treat Extra 18.6 Million Patients A Year

Research from Virgin Media O2 Business finds majority of NHS staff believe new tech will help treat millions more patients

4 months ago

Crowdstrike CEO ‘Deeply Sorry’ For Global IT Outage

George Kurtz, CEO of CrowdStrike, apologises for the global tech failure that disrupted multiple industries on Friday

4 months ago

Meta Refuses EU Release Of Multimodal Llama AI Model

Mark Zuckerberg firm says European regulatory environment too ‘unpredictable’, so will not release multimodal Llama AI Model in region

4 months ago

US Considers Further Chip Restrictions For China – Report

Stop supplying Beijing. US tells allied chip tech firms it is mulling the most severe chip trade restriction for China

4 months ago

Kaspersky To Shutter US Operation After National Security Ban

Russian cybersecurity giant Kaspersky is to close down all of its operations in the United States after national security ban

4 months ago

Microsoft Faces UK Probe Over Inflection Staff Hiring

Poaching staff? UK's CMA regulator confirms phase one investigation of Microsoft's “hiring” of former Inflection AI staff

4 months ago

Elon Musk To Relocate SpaceX, X HQ To Texas

Leaving California. Elon Musk protests new gender-identity law, says he will move headquarters of SpaceX and X from California

4 months ago

Elon Musk’s X Breached DSA Rules, EU Finds

X's Blue checks 'used to mean trustworthy sources of information. Now our preliminary view is that they deceive users', says…

4 months ago

Germany Agrees Deal To Phase Out Huawei, Chinese 5G Kit – Report

German government reaches deal with mobile operators to phase out 5G equipment from Chinese firms, including Huawei

4 months ago

EU Tariffs On Chinese EVs Come Into Force

Higher EU tariffs on certain Chinese EV makers kicked in this week, as Brussels follows US to protect domestic motor…

5 months ago

Russia’s Central Bank Tells Businesses To Use Crypto To Avoid Sanctions

Sanctions busting. Russian businesses told to use cryptocurrencies and other digital options to make payments with foreign customers

5 months ago

ASML Veldhoven Expansion Gains Dutch Court Approval

Expansion of ASML's operations in The Netherlands receives court approval, after objections from two neighbours

5 months ago

EU Proposes Import Duties On China’s Temu, Shein, AliExpress – Report

European Union is reportedly drawing up plans to impose custom duties on a number of Chinese online retailers

5 months ago

Biden Administration Revoked Eight Licences For Huawei In 2024

US continues to restrict Hauwei's access to American technology after revoking eight export licences this year

5 months ago

Japan’s Government Ends Use Of Floppy Disks

Decades overdue. Japanese government finally realises it is no longer the 1990s and confirms it has ended use of floppy…

5 months ago

Supreme Court Backs Biden In Social Media Misinformation Case

US Supreme Court sides with Biden after Republican-led states challenged federal halt of misinformation posts on social media

5 months ago

Microsoft At Risk Of EU Antitrust Charge Over Teams Bundling With Office

Unfair advantage says EU regulator, as Microsoft faces antitrust charge for bundling its Teams video app with Office suite

5 months ago

Julian Assange Freed After US Plea Deal, Returns To Australia

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange lands at military airbase in Australia, after being freed by UK following plea deal with United…

5 months ago

Russian Hackers Of London Hospitals Publish Patient Data

Russian cyber criminal gang Qilin, which caused huge disruption to multiple London hospitals, has now published stolen patient data

5 months ago

Kaspersky Denies It Is Security Risk, After US Sales Banned By Biden

Biden Administration bans sales of Kaspersky software in the US due to links to Russia, but Moscow-based firm says it…

5 months ago

Biden Administration To Ban US Sales Of Kaspersky Software – Report

Complete ban. United States close to announcing ban of all sales of Kaspersky Lab's antivirus software in America

5 months ago

US Urges Netherlands, Japan To Increase Chip Kit Restrictions For China

American official heads to Japan after Dutch meeting, as US seeks to increase restrictions on chip-making equipment for China

5 months ago

UK Investigates HPE’s $14bn Acquisition Of Juniper Networks

UK competition regulator begins investigation into the multi billion dollar acquisition of Juniper Networks by Hewlett Packard Enterprise

5 months ago

Microsoft President Grilled By US Lawmakers After China, Russia Hacks

Microsoft's Brad Smith answer questions from US lawmakers about hacks of US governmental systems by China, Russia

5 months ago

Japan Passes Law To Allow Third Party App Stores, Payments

Copy of EU's DMA? Japan passes law that will require Apple and Google to open up their respective ecosystems

5 months ago

US Mulls Additional AI Chip Restrictions For China – Report

Tightening the screws. Biden Administration is considering further restrictions on Chinese access to cutting-edge AI chip tech

5 months ago

Tech Groups Call On US DoJ To Investigate YouTube Monopoly

Open letter urges US Department of Justice to investigate Alphabet's YouTube for alleged domination of home entertainment sector

5 months ago