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South Staffordshire Water Confirms Hacker Attack
Clop ransomware gang mistakenly claims to have hacked London's principle water supplier, but South Staffordshire Water confirms compromise
More People Charged After 2017 Equifax Hack
US financial regulator charges three more people with insider trading concerning Equifax hack, after its former CIO was jailed over the same matter
Google Gmail Rolls Out New Interface For All Users
Check your inbox now. Users advised to check the unified refresh for Gmail's interface, which is now being rolled out to all users
Alphabet Misses Earnings Forecast, But Pleases With Strong Ad Performance
Narrow miss on quarterly results gives hope Alphabet is in a decent position to weather the economic slowdown impacting others
Russia Fines Google $34m, After Last Week’s $358m Penalty
But will Google actual bother to pay? Russian watchdog claims Google abuses its dominant position in the video hosting market
Microsoft Q4 Profits From Cloud Growth, But Misses Forecasts
Windows and Xbox declines for Microsoft, which blames economic turmoil as its strong furth quarter earnings misses some analyst forecasts
Amazon UK To Raise Cost Of Prime Service
Streaming costs rise. Monthly Amazon Prime subscription cost to increase to £8.99 per month, as delivery and labour costs rise
The State of Tech Recruitment
As businesses assess the fallout from the pandemic, is tech talent still in short supply as businesses look to evolve their digital transformation roadmaps?
Microsoft Closing Down Job Openings – Report
Microsoft has begun withdrawing job openings in its Azure and security divisions, as hiring slowdown extends to other divisions
Uber Sued By 500 Women Over Sexual Assault Allegations
But is Uber responsible? More than 500 women claim they were assaulted by Uber drivers and have filed a lawsuit in the United States
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai Confirms Hiring Slowdown
Another tech giant confirms a hiring slowdown, as Google's Sundar Pichai also warns of investment consolidation in staff memo
Celsius ‘Deeply Insolvent’, US State Regulator Believes
Vermont regulator warns crypto lending firm Celsius “lacks the assets and liquidity to honour its obligations to account holders and other creditors”
Google Offers To Spin-Off Ad-Tech Unit – Report
Alphabet unit previously labelled the DoJ antitrust lawsuit 'deeply flawed', but now it is reportedly offering concessions
Head Of FBI And M15 Issue Unprecedented Warning About China
Heads of the FBI and UK's MI5 for the first time share platform, and warn about the 'immense' threat posed by Chinese government’s espionage operations
UK Regulator Begin Probe Of Microsoft’s Activision Buyout
The CMA confirms start of investigation into Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of leading gaming holding company Activision Blizzard
Online Safety Bill Tweak To Combat Russian Misinformation
Foreign interference and misinformation to be designated a priority offence under Online Safety Bill, the government says
Google Faces Fresh Privacy Complaints From EU Consumer Groups
Privacy quest. Google is a repeat offender, says BEUC, as ten European consumer groups file complaints with their data protection regulators
Amazon Could Run Out of US Workers, Memo Reveals
Internal research at Amazon warns the e-commerce giant could run out of workers in the US in two years, due to exceptionally high turnover
Google News Returns To Spain After 2014 Closure
After an eight year absence, Alphabet re-opens its Google News service for users in Spain, after a dispute over publisher payments
Cloudflare Outage Downs Hundreds Of Websites
Not a cyberattack. Swathes of the Internet knocked offline on Tuesday after 'service issues' at infrastructure provider Cloudflare
IBM Ordered To Turn Over Ginny Rometty Emails In Age Discrimination Lawsuit
Big Blue ordered to hand over internal emails of former CEO Ginny Rometty and IBM executives, which discuss efforts to shed older staff members
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Retires Today, After 27 Years
The day that IE died. Microsoft has today officially retired its veteran web browser Internet Explorer after 27 years of service
Government Pushes NHS Data Sharing Amidst Controversy
Government announces plans to improve NHS patient data access to third-party researchers while boosting patient access to medical records via NHS App
Microsoft Slashes Russia Operations, Axes 400 Staff
Software giant Microsoft is “significantly” scaling down its operations in Russia, but will continue to fulfil contractual obligations
IBM Closes Down Russian Operation, Lays Off Staff
After suspending its operations in Russia in Q1, IBM tells local staff it is winding down operations in Russia and laying off employees
Oracle’s Cerner Purchase Given EU Antitrust Blessing
Healthcare move by software giant Oracle with its $28 billion acquisition of Cerner, now given official blessing from European Commission
Toshiba Receives Multiple Proposals, As It Mulls Strategic Options
Troubled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba receives eight proposals to take it private and a couple of proposals to remain listed entity
TomTom Confirms Hundreds Of Job Losses
Satnav giant TomTom says it will “reset” the organisation, which unfortunately includes hundreds of job losses at its Mapping unit
Apple To Make Many Changes To iPhone, iPad Operating Systems – Report
The WWDC 2022 developer conference next week is expected to reveal a slew of changes and updates with iOS 16 and iPadOS 16