US tech giants
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23 Apr
Twitter’s Q1 results show company’s “winter of discontent” is over
In a surprising turn of events, Twitter’s Q1 results have beat earning expectations, triggering a rise in share prices.
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2 Apr
Google+ did well to last this long – Here are 12 Google products that failed in the first year
The Google+ shut down will begin today, as the search giant concedes that it won’t be able to break Facebook’s social media dominance.
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26 Mar
Article 13 passed: The internet reacts to the ‘death of the internet’
The European Parliament has passed Article 13 and Article 11, the controversial update to Europe’s copyright law, drawing widespread condemnation from technology experts and internet users.
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22 Mar
Facebook password blunder may have exposed more than social media accounts
Hundreds of millions of Facebook users had their account passwords visible in plain text to the platform’s employees, potentially creating security vulnerabilities on third-party sites that use the same passwords, cybersecurity experts have warned.
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20 Mar
A third of tech companies are in favour of breaking up Big Tech
Earlier this month, presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren unveiled her intentions regarding breaking up big tech companies to “restore the balance of power in our democracy, to promote competition, and to ensure that the next generation of technology innovation is as vibrant as the last.” if elected in the 2020 presidential election.
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20 Mar
Google hit with yet another EU anti-trust fine
The European Commission has handed Google its third anti-trust fine in two years for “abusive practices in online advertising”.
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15 Mar
Facebook’s latest executive reshuffle reflects its focus on private messaging
A Facebook executive reshuffle will see Will Cathcart and Fidji Simo moving up the ladder, as product and WhatsApp executives Chris Cox and Chris Daniels announce their resignations.
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13 Mar
Spotify, Apple and digital competition: Complaint filed amid overhaul calls
Spotify has filed a complaint with the European Commission against Apple for using their leverage unfairly and stifling digital competition.
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5 Mar
95% of internet users don’t trust social media — and that could eventually hit revenues
Some 95% of internet users don’t trust social media companies, despite 37% of the world’s population having a social media account, with that figure as high as 77% in places such as the United States.
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5 Mar
Tech tops Forbes’ billionaires list / Committee hears evidence on workplace automation / Insurance sector briefed on insurtech innovation
3 THINGS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD TODAY Good morning, here’s your Tuesday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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27 Feb
Facebook regulation welcomed by 8 out of 10 UK consumers
Facebook regulation and wider laws concerning social media sites is looking increasingly likely.
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26 Feb
Elon Musk is in trouble again, but employee confidence remains high
Elon Musk is in trouble again, having once again exposed himself on Twitter as a major tech entrepreneur unable to keep key company information to himself.
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25 Feb
Satya Nadella: These are the technology trends set to “change the landscape of computing”
Edge computing, artificial intelligence and mixed reality are the three emerging technologies that businesses should pay attention to over the next five years, according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
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25 Feb
MWC: Qualcomm 5G chips target laptops, VR and… phones
Chip maker Qualcomm has announced a range of 5G offerings for laptops, mixed reality headsets and mobile phones.
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25 Feb
Jack Dorsey skips Indian parliamentary hearing / Mobile World Congress gets underway / Report calls for rail connectivity improvements
3 THINGS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD TODAY Good morning, here’s your Monday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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19 Feb
EU ministers discuss defence of Europe’s “technological sovereignty” / Expert warns of technological threat to politics / Walmart to publish Q4 results
3 THINGS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD TODAY Good morning, here’s your Tuesday morning briefing to set you up for the day ahead.
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18 Feb
Is Facebook being unfairly singled out over fake news?
The United Kingdom’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has published its final report into disinformation and fake news, with Facebook at the centre of its fight to end “an era of self-regulation”.
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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.