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Google Staff Refusing Vaccine Will Be FiredGoogle Staff Refusing Vaccine Will Be Fired

Google Staff Refusing Vaccine Will Be Fired

Staff at Google who refuse to be vaccinated will first lose their salary, and eventually will be fired, according to…

3 years ago
Looking Ahead: Tech Predictions for 2022Looking Ahead: Tech Predictions for 2022

Looking Ahead: Tech Predictions for 2022

As 2021 draws to a close, what will the tech landscape look like next year? Silicon UK spoke to a…

3 years ago
Tech Industry Scrambles Over Log4j VulnerabilityTech Industry Scrambles Over Log4j Vulnerability

Tech Industry Scrambles Over Log4j Vulnerability

Vulnerability found in Apache logging library Log4j exposes popular apps, websites and online services to attack and exploitation

3 years ago
Apple Wins Court Delay To App Store Payment ChangeApple Wins Court Delay To App Store Payment Change

Apple Wins Court Delay To App Store Payment Change

Appeals court grants stay, meaning the Apple doesn't have to implement alternative payment methods just yet, to its App Store

3 years ago
Amazon Fined Record $1.3 Billion By Italian RegulatorsAmazon Fined Record $1.3 Billion By Italian Regulators

Amazon Fined Record $1.3 Billion By Italian Regulators

Mamma Mia! Italy's antitrust watchdog fines Amazon a massive 1.13 billion euros ($1.28 billion) for alleged abuse of market dominance

3 years ago
UK’s 2G, 3G Networks Switched Off By 2033, Government SaysUK’s 2G, 3G Networks Switched Off By 2033, Government Says

UK’s 2G, 3G Networks Switched Off By 2033, Government Says

2G and 3G mobile networks will be phased out by 2033 under government plan to help telecom suppliers deliver 5G…

3 years ago
Visa Rolls Out Crypto Advisory ServiceVisa Rolls Out Crypto Advisory Service

Visa Rolls Out Crypto Advisory Service

Banks, merchants and financial institutions will be able to seek advice from Visa's Crypto Advisory Service in the following months

3 years ago
Microsoft To Change Hiring Policy After DoJ Finds Immigrant DiscriminationMicrosoft To Change Hiring Policy After DoJ Finds Immigrant Discrimination

Microsoft To Change Hiring Policy After DoJ Finds Immigrant Discrimination

Software giant Microsoft promises changes after US Department of Justice (DoJ) censures it for over zealous data demands for immigrants

3 years ago
Virgin Media O2 Completes Gigabit Network UpgradeVirgin Media O2 Completes Gigabit Network Upgrade

Virgin Media O2 Completes Gigabit Network Upgrade

Ultrafast broadband. 15.5 million homes can now access speeds of 1.1Gbps, after Virgin Media O2 completes network upgrade

3 years ago
The Business of the MetaverseThe Business of the Metaverse

The Business of the Metaverse

Is Facebook’s vision of the Metaverse a realistic proposition for businesses? Silicon UK spoke to Jason Alan Snyder, Global Chief…

3 years ago
Uber Partners With WhatsApp For Ride Booking In IndiaUber Partners With WhatsApp For Ride Booking In India

Uber Partners With WhatsApp For Ride Booking In India

Sign of things to come? Deal with Meta sees users in India being able to book an Uber ride via…

3 years ago
AWS re:Invent Conference Welcomes Back CrowdsAWS re:Invent Conference Welcomes Back Crowds

AWS re:Invent Conference Welcomes Back Crowds

Over 27,000 attendees and members of the press (including Silicon) attend Amazon Web Services worldwide event in Las Vegas this…

3 years ago
Lawsuit By Former Google Staffers Cites ‘Don’t Be Evil’ MotoLawsuit By Former Google Staffers Cites ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Moto

Lawsuit By Former Google Staffers Cites ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Moto

Three out of the 'thanksgiving four' staff fired from Google in November 2019, hit back with lawsuit for not honouring…

3 years ago
Google To Pay Millions To Ireland In Back TaxesGoogle To Pay Millions To Ireland In Back Taxes

Google To Pay Millions To Ireland In Back Taxes

Google is to pay £183m in back taxes to the Irish government, in line with its promise to halt the…

3 years ago

US Adds More Chinese Firms To Trade Blacklist

Trade war between the world's two biggest economies worsens, as the United States adds more Chinese firms to its Entity…

3 years ago

Hundreds Of Google Staff Protest Vaccine Mandate

Staff push back. At least 600 staff at Google sign manifesto opposing firm's widened Covid-19 vaccine mandate on workforce

3 years ago

Seeing the Future: How to Use Predictive Analytics in Your Business

Being able to predict the future may seem impossible. However, with today’s predictive analytics, enterprises can make accurate assessments that…

3 years ago

Pentagon Seeks Cloud Contract Bids From AWS, Microsoft, Google, Oracle

Return of JEDI? US Department of Defense (DoD) last week solicited bids from cloud giants Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Oracle

3 years ago

GoDaddy Confirms Data Breach Of 1.2 Million Customers

Unauthorised access of customer's WordPress installations, results in the data of 1.2 million GoDaddy customers being accessed

3 years ago

Vonage Sold To Ericsson For $6.2 Billion

VoIP pioneer Vonage acquired by Ericsson for $6.2 billion, as Swedish giant looks to bolster wireless portfolio for enterprises

3 years ago

Nokia Launches Cloud Software Subscription Service For Telcos

Nokia announces entry into Software-as-a-Service segment, by offering multiple software services to communication service providers

3 years ago

IBM Eagle Quantum Processor Delivers 127-Qubit

Hold onto your servers. Big Blue touts 'breakthrough' 127-Qubit capable Quantum processor, known as the 'Eagle' processor

3 years ago

Tim Cook Says No Plans To Accept Crypto Payments

Cryptocurrency owner Tim Cook says there are no immediate plans to accept cryptocurrencies as payment, and discusses Apple Car, China…

3 years ago

Microsoft Teams Integrates With Meta’s Workplace

Meta and Microsoft expand partnership to allow users to integrate Facebook's Workplace app into the Microsoft Teams ecosystem

3 years ago

Plusnet Email Outage Causes Frustrations

No emails for Plusnet users. Thousands of Plusnet customers have been unable to access their emails since Wednesday morning

3 years ago

Google Actively Bidding For Pentagon Cloud Contract

Don't be evil? Google's cloud division is reportedly bidding to work on the Pentagon's Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program

3 years ago

Google To Allow Third Party App Payments In South Korea

Your move Apple? Third party payment systems will be allowed in Google's app ecosystem in South Korea, to comply with…

3 years ago

The Price of Tech: The Challenge of Managing Technology Costs

Spend or not to spend is the question facing many businesses as they assess what technologies they will need to…

3 years ago

Yahoo Pulls Out Of China, Citing Challenging Restrictions

Western tech exodus continues. Yahoo becomes latest American tech firm to pull its services from China, amid new restrictive laws

3 years ago