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Adobe Axes Venezuela Services To Comply With US Sanctions
Access to Photoshop and other Adobe software is shortly to be cut off in Venezuela, due to US sanctions
Judge Orders IBM To Hand Over Documents In Age Discrimination Case
Big Blue CEO Ginni Rometty ordered to hand over memos as part of age discrimination lawsuit
Yahoo Mail Outage Impacts BT, Sky, TalkTalk Customers
Problems at Yahoo's global emailing service has impacted British customers at Sky, BT and TalkTalk
Firefox 69 Blocks Tracking Cookies, Crypto-mining
No more cryptominers or third party tracking cookies, Mozilla promises with new Firefox release
Capital One Suspect ‘Breached 30 Other Organisations’ – Report
Former Amazon worker turned Capital One hacker is alleged to have also stolen data from 30 other businesses
Facial Recognition Wrongly Identifies 26 Lawmakers As Criminals
Two dozen California lawmakers flagged as criminals by facial recognition software, ACLU says
Google Job Search Prompts Antitrust Complaint
Job search websites complain to European regulators and seek Google job listing halt during probe
Only A Third Have Full Confidence In Disaster Recovery Capabilities
Databarracks survey finds 8 percent of UK businesses are not all confident of their disaster recovery plans
Salesforce Acquires ClickSoftware For $1.3bn
US cloud services provider snaps up Israeli maker of workforce management and service solutions
Apple Faces Russian Probe After Kaspersky Complaint
Russian watchdog investigates Apple, after it declined to approve Kaspersky Lab’s Safe Kid app
Government Invests £250m For NHS AI Lab
Health Secretary announces £250m to be spent on boosting the role of AI within the health service
Senators Question Pentagon’s Motive For JEDI Cloud Contract Delay
Democratic senators ask newly appointed defence secretary if 'outside' influence was behind JEDI suspension
Pentagon Puts JEDI Cloud Project On Hold After Trump Criticism
After Trump alleges 'tremendous complaints' about lucrative cloud contract, Pentagon put JEDI project on hold
Louisiana Declares State Of Emergency After Ransomware Attacks
Spate of ransomware attacks on school systems leads state Governor last week to declare a state of emergency
Alphabet Results Ease Advertising Slowdown Worries
Advertising sales drive profit and sales growth at Google parent, beating Wall Street expectations
Facebook Flaw Allowed Kids To Join Unauthorised Chats
Facebook quietly fixes design flaw with Messenger Kids app that allows kids to join unauthorised chats
Republicans Urge Trump Not To Delay Pentagon Cloud Contract
Republicans ask President Trump not to delay Pentagon cloud project for which Amazon is competing
Google Faces Play Store Challenge From Tinder – Report
Dating app is latest to challenge app store fees, with payment system that entirely avoids Google Play store
4G Mobile Coverage To Arrive On The Tube In 2020
London Underground is to have 4G access across entire Tube network by mid 2020, TfL announces
Equifax To Pay $700m For Data Breach Settlement
Very costly. Equifax reportedly to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for data breach settlement with US regulators
Microsoft Generates More Money From Cloud Than Windows
Nadella's legacy. Revenues from the cloud overtake sales from Windows for the first time ever at Microsoft
Microsoft To Open Retail Store In Central London
Redmond finally remembers the consumer market, as it readies opening of new retail outlet in heart of London
NHS Needs Urgent Investment In Cybersecurity
Outdated computers, lack of investment, and sparsity of skills means the NHS remains vulnerable to hackers
Man Arrested For Pouring Water Over Baidu CEO
CEO attacked. Chinese police have arrested a man who poured water over the CEO of Baidu
Mike Lynch Hits Back At HP In Autonomy Court Case
Meg Whitman was ‘out of her depth’ at HP and used Mike Lynch as a scapegoat, claims former CEO
Chinese Ministry Hackers Hit Eight Services Firms – Report
China’s Ministry of State Security implicated in report on hacking attacks on US and Japanese IT services giants
IBM’s $34bn Purchase Of Red Hat Gains EU Blessing – Report
Big Blue reportedly gains European approval to acquire open source cloud giant Red Hat
Mozilla Readies Firefox Premium – Report
Free version will remain unchanged, but premium browser could offer cloud storage and VPN capabilities
Apple Sued By Developers Over App Store ‘Monopoly’
Two developers sue Apple, alleging its App store is an illegal monopoly and levies “profit killing” charges