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Many of the cyberthreats your business faces are invisible. Learn how to shine a light on these threats and discover how to take action to protect your business
YouTube CEO Outlines Criteria To Restore Donald Trump Account
Way back for Trump on social media? YouTube CEO says threats of violence must fall before Donald Trump account reinstatement
Salesforce’s LinkedIn Account Hijacked With Black Lives Matter Post
CRM giant Salesforce confirms its LinkedIn social media account have been compromised, following unauthorised BLM post last week
Amazon Goes Till-Less With Grocery Store In London
Amazon signals intention in UK food sector with ' till-less' grocery store in London that automatically bills customers when they leave
Facebook Lifts Ban On Political Advertising In US
Social network is to resume political, electoral and social issue adverts in the United States, after temp ban for November election
SpaceX Mars Rocket Lands Upright, But Later Explodes
Learning more...another SpaceX rocket bites the dust, after it successfully lands upright but then explodes minutes later on the pad
WhatsApp Adds Voice And Video Calling To Desktop App
Bigger screen time. Facebook's WhatsApp messaging service has finally added voice and video calling capabilities to its desktop version
CMA Launches Probe Of Apple’s App Store Policies
Competition and Markets Authority launches investigation of Apple for suspected anti-competitive behaviour with app developers
Chip Shortage Continues Pain For Car Makers
Two car making giants, GM and Stellantis, confirm ongoing production problems caused by the global semiconductor shortage
Google Won’t Use Other Tools When It Ends Chrome Cookies
Pledge not to build or use third party tools to track web traffic once Google ends tracking cookies in its Chrome browser
Samsung Mulls Four US Locations For $17bn Chip Factory – Report
Two sites in Arizona, one in New York and one is Texas being considered for new multi-billion dollar chip factory for Samsung
Budget 2021: Contactless Limit Raised To £100
Budget 2021. Debit card contactless payment limit raised to £100, as Coronavirus pandemic accelerates electronic payment popularity
Parler Drops Lawsuit Against Amazon Over Hosting Takedown
Controversial social platform Parler has dropped its lawsuit against Amazon Web Services for terminating its hosting of the app
President Biden Backs Amazon Worker Union Ballot
US President lends his support to Amazon workers in Alabama trying to organise a vote on a trade union, and warns against interference
GlobalFoundries $1.4bn Investment To Address Silicon Shortage
US chipmaker pledges $1.4bn to ramp up production at its US, Germany and Singapore factories to tackle global chip shortages
Microsoft Blames China For Mail Server Hack
State-sponsored hacking group Hafnium, operating out of mainland China, responsible for Microsoft mail server hack, firms announce
Facebook News Launches In Germany, Without Axel Springer
Cough up more money. Axel Springer publishing giant refuses to join Facebook News in Germany, citing its low remuneration four news content
Twitter Expands Fight Against Coronavirus Vaccine Misinformation
Platform increases use of warning labels on misleading Covid-19 vaccine posts, and introduces scaling “strike” system for repeat offenders
Microsoft Combines Windows 10 Update To Ease Installation
Redmond for the first time is trying a different process with its Patch Tueday monthly updates, to make the updating of Windows 10 easier
Sectigo Warns 40 Percent Of SMBs Are Attacked Monthly
Survey finds that 50 percent of SMBs have suffered a website breach at some point, with 20 percent admitting being attacked in the last 12 months
Amazon Accused Of Systemic Discrimination In Lawsuit
Female executive at AWS accuses e-commerce giant of discrimination against black people and hired Harvey Weinstein lawyer
US To Squeeze Chip Choke Points To Thwart China Ambitions
US national security commission recommends tightening up 'choke points' on chip manufacturing, to safeguard American interests
Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: Digital Services and Digital Markets Acts
The Digital Services and Digital Markets Acts are new pieces of legislation from the EU. To gain an insight into the details of each Act and what impact they could have on businesses - large and small - Silicon UK spoke with Stavroula ...
Twitter Confirms ‘Super Follow’ Option, For Paid Content
Money maker. Super follow feature coming soon on Twitter, will allow users to receive tips or digital payments from followers
Windows 10 ‘Sun Valley’ Promises Major Overhaul
OS refresh. Major update to six year old Windows 10 operating system, dubbed Sun Valley, is expected in October/November this year
Oxford University Confirms Hack Of Biology Lab Studying Covid-19
NCSC investigates after hackers compromised one of the world’s top biology labs at Oxford University, that is investigating Coronavirus
Consumer Group Which? Targets Qualcomm In Legal Action
Legal action against Qualcomm could result in 29 million UK 4G smartphone owners being entitled to possible £30 compensation
Google To Change Review Process Of Scientist Work
Executives at troubled Google AI research unit say they are working to retain trust, after departures of two notable women
NHS Challenged Over Data Contract With Palantir
Contract between NHS and data mining firm Palantir now at centre of lawsuit filed by UK political website
California Can Enforce Its Own Strict Net Neutrality Law
Open Internet Victory? Ruling from US federal judge rejects attempt by US broadband providers to block California's tough net neutrality law