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US Offers Reprieve In TikTok Legal Battle
US Commerce Department delays enforcement of TikTok US ban 'pending further legal developments' as China's ByteDance launches appeal
Veteran Game Maker Codemasters Set For US Acquisition
Warwickshire-based Codemasters in talks for £739m sale to US-based videogame giant Take-Two, parent of Rockstar Games and 2K
New EU Rules ‘Would Open Tech Giants’ Algorithms To Scrutiny’
Proposed Digital Services Act would force tech giants to explain their ad targeting algorithms and open ad archives to researchers, says EU competition chief
Waymo Publishes Safety Data On Self-Driving Cars
Waymo cars involved in 18 minor accidents since beginning of last year, Google sister company says, as it looks to establish industry-wide safety standards
Microsoft To ‘Reinvigorate’ Windows 10 User Interface – Report
New look and feel for Windows 10 is reportedly on the way, as part of a major revamp of the five year old operating system
Microsoft Adds ‘Meet Now’ Feature To Windows 10 Taskbar
Windows 10 taskbar to get launch button for new Skype feature for creating instant online meetings, amidst pandemic videoconferencing surge
Google Condemns ‘Deeply Flawed’ DoJ Antitrust Lawsuit
Hard hitting response from Google to the biggest threat it has ever faced in its history, after the DoJ files an antitrust lawsuit
DoJ Sues ‘Gatekeeper’ Google Over Alleged ‘Illegal Monopoly’
Breakup threat. US Department of Justice lawsuit accuses Google of abusing its position to dominate search and search advertising
The Age of the Paperless Office
We know that Coronavirus can live on surfaces for up to 72 hours. Ideally, we would have a totally electronic document office by now – banishing paper to history. Of course, the paperless office has failed to become a reality. Silicon ...
Big Tech Firms Slammed In US Antitrust Report
Bombshell development. Scathing US antitrust report recommends structural separations of big tech firms, and slams monopolistic behaviour
Google Rebrands G Suite To Google Workspace
With businesses changing the way they work because of the Coronavirus pandemic, Google opts to rebrand its business software - again
Microsoft Cloud Services Outage Hits Office 365, Outlook
Cloud services from technology giant Microsoft laid low on Monday evening for a number of hours, by what seems to be a botched upgrade
Judge Blocks TikTok US App Store Ban
US judge issues preliminary injunction barring order that would have made TikTok unavailable in the US, as administration seeks forced sale
Oracle Confirms TikTok ‘Technology Partner’ Deal
Oracle says TikTok parent ByteDance has chosen it to be the app's 'trusted technology partner' in the US, ahead of sale deadline for TikTok's US operations
Apple Modifies App Store Rules Amidst In-App Payments Row
Apple changes App Store guidelines to respond to criticism over in-app payment restrictions, but Epic Games is still left out in the cold
Palantir Opens Books To Investors Ahead Of NYSE Listing
Controversial loss-making data intelligence company to lay out its business to investors ahead of unusual direct listing on New York Stock Exchange
Npm Removes Data Theft Code
Popular JavaScript developer tool removes malicious package that tried to steal data, in latest attack on software supply chain
Microsoft Word Can Now Transcribe Audio
No more heavy keyboard pounding? Killer feature added, as Microsoft Word gains ability to transcribe audio conversations into document
Apple Tells Judge Fortnite Row ‘Of Epic’s Own Making’
Apple tells court Fortnite can return to App Store as soon as Epic removes its independent payment system, amidst antitrust row over app commissions
Google Services Including Gmail Suffer Disruption
Rare event. Disruption around the globe after outage hits Google services including Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Docs on Thursday morning
Mozilla To Axe Quarter Of Its Workforce
Jobs losses. 250 jobs to be axed at Firefox creator Mozilla, with Coronavirus being blamed for “significant restructuring”
Researchers Uncover Stuxnet-Style Flaw In Windows
The zero-day vulnerability affects the same Windows component used by Stuxnet to attack critical infrastructure when it was first appeared 10 years ago
Microsoft Expands Teams Meetings To 20,000 People
Microsoft extends Teams amidst broad shift to remote working, with 'view-only' meetings up to 20,000 people and a new one-on-one cloud-based phone system
Facebook Open Sources Python Code Check Tool
Pysa static analysis tool, developed to find security bugs in Instagram's huge codebase, can now be used to help secure other developers' Python code
Apple Stock Surge Makes It World’s Most Valuable Company
Apple shares rise 10 percent on blockbuster earnings, propelling it past Saudi Aramco to become world's most valuable listed company at £1.3 trillion
Scotland To Launch Own Coronavirus Tracing App
Scotland to develop Covid-19 contact tracing app based on software already used in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, amidst delay to NHS England app
Google Tightens Security For Meet Video Conferencing Tool
Securing video chats. New security features for Meet videoconferencing platform aims to halt uninvited users gate crashing meetings
Microsoft Cuts Jobs, But Doesn’t Disclose Numbers
Software giant remains coy about revealing scale of job cuts across its global operations, or even which roles have been axed
Microsoft Project Freta Looks To Eradicate Undetected Malware
Demonstration technology carries out offline sweeps of Linux virtual machine snapshots at large scale to help organisations root out in-memory malware