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Government Sets £9m Competition For UK Digital Health Projects

New competition looks for tech to solve health issues — including privacy questions around the exploitation of sensitive patient data

6 years ago

Amazon Latest In EU Regulatory Spotlight With Commission Data Probe

The Commission's preliminary investigation is to focus on Amazon's use of data from its third-party sellers, and whether it could…

6 years ago

EU Opens In-Depth Probe Into Apple’s Shazam Buy

Competition officials fear Apple could use data from Shazam to place rival streaming services at a 'competitive disadvantage'

7 years ago

Ofcom Shelves Plan To Give Telcos Access To BT Dark Fibre

BT's competitors showed little interest in the proposal, which would have limited speeds to 1 Gbit/s

7 years ago

German Competition Watchdog Calls Facebook Data Collection ‘Abusive’

The preliminary ruling, ahead of a final decision next year, could mean limits on how Facebook collects and processes European…

7 years ago

France Demands €10m Amazon Fine Over Vendor Contracts

Amazon abused its e-commerce dominance to tie vendors using its platform into 'abusive' contracts, claims the regulator's lawsuit

7 years ago

Leading Internet Figures Demand Cancellation Of ‘Net Neutrality’ Vote

Vint Cerf, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Steve Wozniak are amongst those calling for this week's vote to be called off…

7 years ago

Judge Tells LinkedIn It Cannot Stop Third Parties From Collecting Profile Data

LinkedIn must allow startup HiQ to collect data from public profiles in a case that tests how much control internet…

7 years ago

techUK: Digital Connectivity Boost Is ‘Essential For Post-Brexit Economy’

The government 'needs' to take leadership on forging a more dynamic environment for ultrafast broadband and wireless networks

7 years ago

China, Canada Sign Latest Pact Barring Economic Hacking

The deal follows a similar arrangement with the UK and is thought to signal a shift in Beijing's approach to…

7 years ago

NASA Wants Help From Coders To Speed Up Old Software

Entrants will be given the code to analyse and search for bottlenecks

8 years ago

Antitrust Settlement Sees Google Open Android Search In Russia

The deal with Russian regulator FAS will allow manufacturers to pre-install rivals' search and other applications

8 years ago

Ofcom Details How Third Parties Could Share BT Openreach Ducts And Poles

The regulator wants to make it easier for competitors to access BT's infrastructure in order to boost investment in all-fibre…

8 years ago

Cyber Security Challenge UK Tasks Hackers With Energy Firm Defence

Challenge sees amateurs battle to protect energy firm from cyber attacks, both internal and external

8 years ago

EU ‘Demands’ Google Stop Forcing Android Makers To Install Search And Software

EU regulators want Google to stop forcing Android hardware makers to install its search and software

8 years ago

Competition: Win A LinkStation 510 Network Attached Storage Unit

PRIZE: Want to win a NAS unit for your network? Enter our competition to win a Buffallo LS 510!

8 years ago

Streetmap’s Loss Against Google A ‘Blow For British Start-Ups’

The High Court ruling means it will be more difficult for small businesses to bring competition cases against dominant players,…

9 years ago

BT/EE Takeover Clears First Government Hurdle

£12.5bn deal gets phase 1 competition approval, bringing takeover one step closer

9 years ago

COMPETITION – Intel IoT Challenge

Do you have what it takes to change the world?

9 years ago

NASA Selects Entry For DARPA Robotic Competition

With two possible entries for an upcoming robotic challenge, NASA opts for the more manoeuvrable machine

10 years ago

Win An HDTV With Our Tech Movie Quiz!

Try our tricky quiz about tech in the movies, and you could win a 32 inch Luxor HD TV

11 years ago

Qualcomm Could Face Record Anti-Trust Fines In China

The National Development and Reform Commission could issue a penalty up to $1 billion - though the exact crime is…

11 years ago

Win A Gold Pass To AppsWorld Europe With TechWeekEurope!

We are giving away two Gold passes to the developer event, worth £995 each

11 years ago

Google Prepares DevFests, Cloud Platform Competition

Google has previewed a set of community-run developer events for the autumn, as well as a cloud developer competition with…

11 years ago

Bizcamp Tel Aviv To Send One Lucky UK Start-Up To Israel

The second annual Bizcamp competition is now open for submissions

11 years ago

Canonical Launches Developer Competition To Boost Its Mobile OS

Ubuntu App Showdown gives participants a chance to win Nexus 4 smartphone running Ubuntu Touch

11 years ago

TechWeekEurope’s Windows 8 Quiz Winner Announced

Tim Brading, an ICT consultant at Impel IT, will receive a Panasonic Toughpad FZ-G1

11 years ago

Win Campus Party Europe Tickets With TechWeekEurope!

We are giving away two pairs of tickets to Campus Party Europe, plus a 20% discount and 3 for 2…

11 years ago

OFT Launches Probe Into Government IT Procurement

Regulator wants to know if IT giants unfairly dominate government IT

11 years ago

Prize Quiz of the Week: Windows 8

How much do you want a Windows 8 tablet? Alongside this week's quiz, we give you the chance to win…

11 years ago