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Microsoft Officially Recognises First Ever Union

More unionisation among tech workforces. Staff at one of Microsoft's recent billion dollar plus acquisitions form trade union

2 years ago

Amazon Begins ‘Prime Air’ Drone Deliveries In California, Texas

Drones for Amazon Prime Air began making Christmas deliveries for two communities in California and in Texas

2 years ago

Chinese Police Utilise Tracking Feature In Hikvision Software – Report

Surveillance of protests. Police can track protests in China by enabling ‘alarms’ on software from CCTV giant Hikvision

2 years ago

Twitter’s Public Policy Boss Departs, Amid Ongoing Layoffs

More concern for US and European regulators as Twitter's head of public policy departs amid additional layoffs at the platform

2 years ago

EU Begins ‘In-Depth Investigation’ Into $61bn Broadcom-VMware Buy

European Commission follows the UK's CMA and opens “an in-depth investigation” into Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware

2 years ago

Fornite’s Epic Games To Pay $520m In FTC Settlement

Epic Games agrees record-breaking $520m fine with FTC, to settle allegations it misled millions of young Fornite players

2 years ago

Tech Trends in 2023

As the new year fast approaches, what tech trends should your business pay close attention to? How will the tech…

2 years ago

Apple To Allow Third Party App Stores In EU – Report

Cracking open the monopoly. Apple is reportedly preparing to allow alternative app stores on its iPhones and iPads in the…

2 years ago

Ericsson Rids Itself Of Russian Support Operation

Ericsson has ended its software and technical support operation in Russia, after earlier halting sales to the heavily sanctioned nation

2 years ago

Alabama, Utah Latest US States To Ban TikTok

More US (Republican) states ban TikTok on state devices and computers, following earlier Taiwanese national security ban

2 years ago

US Moves To Block Microsoft’s Activision Purchase

Biden administration on Thursday makes its move to block Microsoft's $69bn acquisition of gaming giant Activision Blizzard

2 years ago

Antwerp City Services Down After Ransomware Attack

Online services at the city of Antwerp, Belgium knocked offline this week after ransomware attack on city's digital partner

2 years ago

Europe’s Top Court Rules Google Must Remove ‘Inaccurate’ Data

Fresh development in 'right to be forgotten' case, as CJEU rules Google must remove data from online search results if…

2 years ago

Pentagon To Split $9bn Cloud Contract With Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Oracle

You can all share the spoils. DoD's JWCC project (formerly JEDI) is to be split between four cloud service providers

2 years ago

Alphabet To Merge Waze And Google Maps Teams

CEO of Waze to depart Google after confirmation Waze and Google Maps teams will merge, as standalone Waze app to…

2 years ago

Taiwan Bans China’s TikTok From Government Devices

National security move sees Taiwan implementing a public sector ban on China's TikTok and other Chinese software and services

2 years ago

Aveva Shareholders Accept Schneider’s £9.9bn Takeover Offer

Cambridge-based engineering software firm Aveva acquired by France's Schneider Electric for £9.9bn pounds ($11.9bn)

2 years ago

UK Bans China’s Hikvision CCTV At ‘Sensitive’ Locations

Hikvision denies it poses a national security threat after UK government bans Chinese CCTV at 'sensitive' locations

2 years ago

Amazon Launches Virtual Health Clinics In US

The doctor will see you now. E-commerce giant Amazon launches virtual doctor surgery in the US for people's common ailments

2 years ago

Coding is Creation: How to Encourage Creativity in Your Devs

When most people picture a developer, chances are they’re not immediately jumping to images of vast creativity and self-expression. More…

2 years ago

EU Follows UK, Begins Deeper Probe Of Microsoft Activision Deal

Europe's deeper investigation of Microsoft's Activision purchase begins, months after UK began its phase 2 probe in September

2 years ago

IBM Breakthrough With 433 Qubit Quantum Processor

Breakthrough development in quantum-centric supercomputing, after IBM unveils its most powerful quantum chip capable of 433-qubit

2 years ago

Ofcom Backs Removal Of Fax Machine Lifeline

Regulator backs government decision to remove obligation for fax services under the Universal Service Order (USO) legislation

2 years ago

Royal Mail Admits Data Breach After IT Glitch

Customers see information belonging to other users, after an issue with the Royal Mail's Click and Drop status updates website

2 years ago

No Microsoft Concessions To EU Over Activision Deal

Software giant continues to play hardball with European regulators investigating its $69 billion purchase of gaming giant Activision

2 years ago

UKCloud Placed Into ‘Compulsory Liquidation’

Public-sector cloud provider UKCloud and parent Virtual Infrastructure Group has been forced into compulsory liquidation

2 years ago

Microsoft Shares Sink After Weak Forecast

Enterprise software giant Microsoft beat Wall Street expectations, but shares fell as it issued weak guidance for the coming quarter

2 years ago

WhatsApp Down For Users Around The World

Global outage for one of the world's most popular messaging app, as WhatsApp goes offline for most users just before…

2 years ago