Plan to reduce the number of Openreach's legacy telephone exchanges is updated, with closure process to begin this year
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Hyperloop One To Close Down – Report
Futuristic travel experiment Hyperloop One to cease operations, as assets sold off and remaining staff made redundant
Virgin Orbit Shuts Down After Chapter 11 Filing
Sir Richard Branson ends Virgin Orbit operations going forward, with assets being sold off to rivals in space launch sector
Silvergate Bank To Close Down, Amid FTX Aftermath
Bitfront To Close Down, In Latest Crypto Failure
Latest casualty. Crypto exchange Bitfront confirms it is shutting down amid challenging crypto market, despite best efforts
Google To Shutter Gaming Service Stadia
No surprise there. Google admits Stadia gaming service has not gained traction and will closed down on 18 January
NSO Considers Sale Or Shutdown Of Pegasus Unit – Report
Blacklisted surveillance specialist NSO is reportedly considering selling the firm, or shutting down its Pegasus unit altogether
Microsoft Shutters LinkedIn In China Over Increasing Censorship
LinkedIn, China's last major US-operated social network, is being closed down, due to Beijing's increasing censorship of the online world
No Drone At Gatwick, Claims Former Drone Executive
There was no drone? Doubt cast on repeated drone sightings that closed Gatwick airport for days during the Christmas period in 2018
Twitter To Shut Down Disappearing ‘Fleets’
Experiment with disappearing tweets is to end, after Twitter confirms “it’s time to say goodbye and take flight with other ideas”
Donald Trump Shuts Comms Website After Just One Month
'From the desk of Donald Trump' communications website closes after just one month of operation, and will not be returning
LG Makes Its Last Ever Smartphone
That's all folks. LG this week reportedly ceases manufacturing smartphone handsets, with the last phone made on Monday 31 May
Twitter Soon To Be Blocked For Russian Users – Report
Russian authorities have repeated a warning that Twitter has one month to delete 'banned content', or it will be blocked altogether
Google Closes Internal Stadia Gaming Studios
Another closure. Internal Stadia gaming studios is being shuttered, but Google insists Stadia cloud platform will continue
Openreach Plots Closure Of 4,600 Local Telephone Exchanges
UK's transition to full fibre network, sees Openreach consultation on the closure of thousands of local telephone exchanges
Coronavirus: Apple Closes More Stores In US
As Coronavirus infections rise in the United States, Apple continues to close down more of its stores across seven American states
Carphone Warehouse To Close All Standalone Stores
Nothing to do with the coronavirus outbreak...Carphone Warehouse to close all standalone stores, which will result in the loss of 2,900 jobs
Andy Rubin’s Essential Phone Venture Closes Down
Father of Android Andy Rubin closes down Essential smartphone venture after releasing just one phone in a five year period
Apple Closes 42 Stores In China Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Deadly coronavirus outbreak in Chinese mainland has lead Apple to temporarily close 42 stores in that country, it has been reported
Avast Closes Jumpshot Division After Privacy Row
Security firm Avast announces it is immediately winding down Jumpshot division and terminating data sharing with it, following privacy scandal
Carphone Warehouse To Close Nearly 100 Stores
More bad news for the high street as profit warning prompts decision to close 92 Carphone Warehouse stores
Yahoo To Close Maps, Pipes And Other Services
Yahoo is to close a number of products and regional websites, as well as end support for older Apple kit
Microsoft Abandons Its Mix Conference To Build A New One
Microsoft has cancelled its Mix 2012 conference for Web developers and designers in favour of a bigger event later
Megaupload Reveals The Need For User-Based Internet Legislation
Every cloud has a sinister lining or so the closure of MegaUpload and TV-Shack appears to indicate, writes Eric Doyle
Megaupload File Storage Site Closed By FBI For IPR Breaches
Megaupload has been closed down and its organisers arrested in a multinational action led by the US Justice Department
Google Squared Rounded Up In Labs Apps Closure
Google Labs has announced a timetable for the imminent closure of Google Squared and other services