US tech giants
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14 Feb
HP is betting big on 3D printing – here’s how it plans to disrupt manufacturing
The traditional manufacturing market is worth $12tn, and HP is betting that 3D printing will take a big slice of that lucrative pie.
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13 Feb
T-Mobile-Sprint merger reaches latest hurdle / Cisco reports Q2 results / NHS highlights digital health benefits
3 THINGS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD TODAY Good morning, here’s your Wednesday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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8 Feb
Could declining user numbers actually be good for Twitter?
Twitter may have made its first annual profit since it began 13 years ago, but it isn’t all good news for the social media site.
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8 Feb
Alexa, remove the horse head from my bed: Jeff Bezos unbowed by National Enquirer “blackmail”
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has accused the owner of US gossip magazine the National Enquirer of blackmail and extortion for threatening to publish “intimate photographs” of him and his lover.
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7 Feb
Germany tells Facebook to stop mixing WhatsApp and Instagram data
Germany’s competition regulator has ordered Facebook to stop combining user data among its various services, such as WhatsApp and Instagram, without explicit consent.
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6 Feb
Snapchat is no longer losing users, but is this enough?
After a year dominated by reports of its rapidly declining popularity, Snapchat finally has something to celebrate.
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4 Feb
Watch: How IBM’s hyper-realistic Cyber Tactical Operations Center is simulating cyberattacks
Information technology giant IBM has a novel approach to improving an organisation’s response to a cyberattack: a state-of-the-art cyber watch floor located in an 18-wheel truck.
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4 Feb
Why Intel’s Super Bowl drone show really was a first
During the Super Bowl Halftime Show last night 150 glowing, synchronised drones floated over the playing field as Maroon 5 performed ‘She Will Be Loved’.
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31 Jan
“Facebook is now not cool”: Why positive Facebook results aren’t enough
Yesterday’s Facebook results showed record profits for the social media giant, but as the company approaches its 15th birthday, there is trouble brewing.
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25 Jan
Oracle fires back after Google asks Supreme Court to review Android Java lawsuit
Oracle Executive Vice President and General Counsel Dorian Daley has branded Google’s attempts to overturn a jury decision to side with Oracle in the long-running dispute over Google’s use of Java code in its Android operating system as a “fabricated concern about innovation”.
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24 Jan
Google GDPR fine appeal will fail: Legal expert
Google has announced that it will appeal a €50m fine levied by French data regulator CNIL.
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23 Jan
Facebook FTC fine: “Zuckerberg might need to resume his apology tour”
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly considering imposing a “record-setting fine” against Facebook for failing to protect users’ privacy in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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21 Jan
Google fined €50m in “one of the first high-profile tests of GDPR”
Google has been slapped with a €50m (£44m) fine by the French data regulator CNIL for breaching data protection law in the EU under GDPR.
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21 Jan
Getting to the core of the iPhone slump
Whilst the battle for market share between Android and iOS remains as fierce as ever, the demand for the latest Apple handset seems to be slowing.
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9 Jan
Facebook could move away from purely ad-funded model by selling pay TV subscriptions
Facebook’s future video strategy could involve selling its users subscriptions to pay-TV networks, such as HBO, in the hope that users will watch the content on Facebook Watch.
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4 Jan
FCC to suspend activity amid government shutdown / Social media giants face fresh scrutiny / Blockchain takes stage at AEA annual meeting
3 THINGS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD TODAY Good morning, here’s your Friday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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3 Jan
Could the US adopt its own version of GDPR?
2018 was undoubtedly the year that data privacy took centre stage, with the questionable practices of several social media giants concerning the use of user data held up for public scrutiny.
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20 Dec
Big Ben brought back to life through Snapchat AR lens
Queen Elizabeth Tower and the Great Bell, better known as Big Ben, are currently undergoing extensive renovation works, with the tower covered by 98m scaffolding while the 159-year-old structure is being repaired.
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18 Dec
Elon Musk’s Boring Company tunnel is about to open– but its real impact will be above ground
The first ever Boring Company tunnel will open later today in California after a delay of a week, offering an unprecedented view of Elon Musk’s novel approach to urban transport.
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18 Dec
Elon Musk opens first Boring Company tunnel / Forbes reveals richest people in tech / Ministers scrutinised on Scottish oil and gas
Good morning, here’s your Tuesday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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12 Dec
Top Google searches of 2018: The technology that people cared about this year
Google has revealed the top Google searches of 2018, with celebrity deaths second only to the FIFA World Cup.
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11 Dec
Over a quarter of Facebook employees think Sheryl Sandberg should stand down
Once praised for her outspoken avocation of women in business and even rumoured to be a future US political candidate, Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has somewhat fallen from grace.
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11 Dec
Second Google+ breach sees data of 52.5 million users exposed
Google has announced that it has suffered a second data breach on its social media platform Google+, two months after a high-profile Google+ breach saw the company announce it would be closing the service.
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7 Dec
Could dating apps be key to Snapchat’s happy ending?
With dating apps accounting for £11.7bn of the economy last year, and 30% of 18-30 year olds in the US signed up to at least on service, the online dating market is extremely lucrative.
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7 Dec
Facebook slammed for “preserving healthy cash flow” instead of protecting user privacy
Facebook is ending 2018 with yet another crisis on its hands.
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5 Dec
5G smartphone to be released by Verizon and Samsung next year
The hype surrounding the fifth generation of mobile internet has been around for a while now, but it looks like 2019 will be the year that consumers will finally get their hands on a 5G smartphone.
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29 Nov
Business digital asset spend surpasses traditional deals for first time
Businesses around the world are now spending more on digital and technology assets than on traditional mergers and acquisitions, a comprehensive report by leading global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has found.
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29 Nov
Smartwatch prices to drop in 2019, driving wearables growth to $42bn
Smartwatch prices are set to reduce in the next year, fuelling 26% growth in the wider wearable device market, according to research by Gartner.
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29 Nov
US Court rules on Yahoo! Data breach settlement / Startups disrupt Berlin / NASA announces Moon partnerships
Good morning, here’s your Thursday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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28 Nov
What is Project Dragonfly, Google’s controversial venture?
In an open letter, published today on Medium, more than a hundred Google employees have urged the tech giant to halt the development of Project Dragonfly, a controversial plan to bring a censored version of its search engine to China.