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Google Gains US Approval For Radar-Based Gesture Control System

Gesture-based interface moves one step closer after Google is granted approval for radar-based system

6 years ago

Dell Returns To Public Trading With NYSE Listing

Five years after going private in a bitter battle, Michael Dell braves public trading once again

6 years ago

IT Life: Hiren Parekh, OVH

OVH's director of cloud Hiren Parekh talks about the challenges of large-scale data processing, why he likes to keep different…

6 years ago

Regulators Release Guidelines On GDPR’s Geographic Scope

European Data Protection Board seeks comments on its guidance as firms expect the GDPR's impact to make itself felt in…

6 years ago

Alexa Urges User To ‘Kill Foster Parents’ In Unsettling Incident

Amazon's use of experimental chatbots on its Alexa AI platform has led to some disturbing conversations and a security breach,…

6 years ago

SpaceX Starts Construction Of Mars Rocket Prototype

The company also launched its first navigation satellite for the US military, in a win against Boeing and Lockheed-Martin

6 years ago

BT To Remove Huawei Gear From Next-Gen Emergency Network

BT said it would swap out the Chinese vendor's equipment at its own cost and that the process wouldn't mean…

6 years ago

Government ‘Can Now Deploy Drone Detection Systems Throughout The UK’

Ministers say unidentified systems have been readied to prevent further chaos of the kind that struck Gatwick last week

6 years ago

IT Life: Giorgio Regni, Scality

Scality chief technology officer Giorgio Regni talks about cloud apps, collaborative development and the surprising way he found to improve…

6 years ago

Ofcom Finds Rural Areas ‘Poorly Served’ By Broadband, Mobile

'Decent' broadband now more widely available, but hundreds of thousands of premises in rural areas still only have access to…

6 years ago

UK Tech Sector ‘Unicorn’ Goes Into Administration

Blippar, which pioneered AR software for linking information and adverts to real-life objects and even people's faces, is to be…

6 years ago

Google To Splash Out $1bn On New Manhattan Campus

The search and advertising giant is looking to double its staff in the city to around 14,000

6 years ago

Critical ‘Magellan’ Bug Hits Google Chrome, SQLite

SQLite is broadly used in most mobile and desktop operating systems, browsers and other software, meaning the code execution flaw…

6 years ago

Czech Cyber-Security Agency Warns Of Huawei, ZTE ‘Security Risk’

But Huawei's momentum on 5G in developing economies has remained largely unaffected by US pressure

6 years ago

Police Trialling Face Recognition In Central London This Week

Police said officers would only scan people's faces by invitation, but activists say the tech turns people into 'walking ID…

6 years ago

Delivery Robot Bursts Into Flames In California

The KiwiBot food delivery robot was dramatically consumed by fire after a defective battery was erroneously installed in it

6 years ago

Uber Welcomes Government Reforms That Preserve ‘Gig Economy’

The government's plans stop short of tightening controls on the zero-hour employment practices used by Uber and Deliveroo

6 years ago

‘High-Tech’ Russian Robot Turns Out To Be Man In Suit

State television reported it as a high-tech robot, but the android was in fact only an elaborate costume

6 years ago

Google Shifts European Data Seat To Dublin

Google has officially designated its Irish subsidiary as being legally responsible for users' data under the GDPR, as impact of…

6 years ago

Apple To Build New $1bn Campus In Austin

The expansion is part of a £277bn plan to create more US jobs, amidst pressure from President Trump

6 years ago

China Arrests Two Canadians Following Detention Of Huawei CFO

An entrepreneur and a former diplomat have been taken into custody in China on suspicion of 'endangering national security', amidst…

6 years ago

RSA Conference Puts Politics, Data Protection In The Spotlight

RSA Conference 2019: Following a year of controversies around politics, misinformation, data leaks and massive security breaches, RSA Conference looks…

6 years ago

‘London Blue’ Fraud Group Targets Financial Services Industry

The group is carrying out targeted financial scams on a large scale, with a hit list of 35,000 chief financial…

6 years ago

Quora Mega-Breach Could Open Users To Targeted Scams

The hack exposed personal data on 100 million users, as well as information from linked accounts such as Google, Facebook…

6 years ago

France, Germany Abandon Plans For Broad EU Digital Tax

The latest proposal would see the likes of Google and Facebook pay a 3 percent tax on advertising revenues, while…

6 years ago

Biggest NHS GP IT Supplier To Shift 40m Patient Records To Amazon Cloud

Emis Group, used by six in 10 GPs, plans to shift the back-end of its dominant web software to UK-based…

6 years ago

Google Chief Sundar Pichai Faces Congressional Hot Seat This Week

In a year of belligerent hearings targeting Facebook and Twitter, Google is now set to come in for its moment…

6 years ago

Proposed EU Digital Tax Plans Face Defeat This Week

Ireland and Scandinavian countries oppose plans for an interim tax on the biggest digital companies, while troubles also beset a…

6 years ago

Data Regulator Probes ‘Colossal’ Four-Year Marriott Breach

The hack exposed personal data and card information on up to 500m customers of Marriott's Starwood hotels dating back to…

6 years ago

ICO Fines Businesses Over Failure To Pay New Data Protection Fees

Organisations face fines of up to £4,350 for failure to pay the new fees, which came into force this year…

6 years ago