US tech giants
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11 Jul
ICO issues £500,000 Facebook fine, saving social network £1.1bn
Facebook has been hit with a maximum penalty fine of £500,000 for its handling of users’ data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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11 Jul
Who is Liane Hornsey, the latest executive to leave under-fire taxi app Uber?
Uber’s chief people officer has become the latest casualty of the alleged discriminatory culture within the popular ride-hailing company, but who is Liane Hornsey?
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5 Jul
The EU Article 13 vote is in: MEPs block law which could ‘ruin the internet’
The EU has made its decision on the controversial Article 13.
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3 Jul
Amazon’s domination: a timeline of key Amazon acquisitions
Amazon is progressively increasing its presence in the retail sphere, from the acquisition of up-market grocer Whole Foods for $13.78bn last year to the opening of its first physical store, Amazon Go, in Seattle in January.
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29 Jun
Is the Apple and Samsung patent war finally over?
Apple and Samsung have finally settled a seven-year patent dispute over the design of the iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy S.
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28 Jun
Generation Z expects digital personalisation, but that comes at a price
Generation Z — covering those born approximately between 1996 and 2015 — is the first to grow up not knowing a world without the internet.
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25 Jun
Uber appeal: driving black cab innovation
Uber is making its case to a London court this week that it is “fit and proper” to hold an operator licence in the capital.
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22 Jun
YouTube talent option opens the door to paid subscriber model
In an attempt to keep its stars happy, YouTube has announced the addition of a new talent option that will allow content creators with more than 100,000 subscribers to sell memberships to their fans.
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22 Jun
General Electric’s Dow departure reflects a changing US economy
General Electric, one of the original members of Dow Jones Industrial Average, has lost its place in the market index after the company’s long-standing financial difficulties.
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21 Jun
Who is going to be the next Intel CEO? The most likely candidates profiled
Intel has announced that it is removing CEO Brian Krzanich after it discovered he had previously engaged in a consensual relationship with an employee, in violation of company policy.
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21 Jun
Amazon’s shareholders demand it stops selling face-recognition tech
Aside from its ecommerce business, Amazon has spent years crafting plenty of proprietary technology.
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20 Jun
Robotics engineering: The companies building the robotic future
Anything you can do, AI can do better.
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20 Jun
What is the EU Article 13? Is it really going to ‘ruin the internet’?
The internet is all aflutter today over the vote on ‘Article 13’ by the EU parliament.
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19 Jun
Following Tesla’s saboteur discovery, is AI the answer to corporate sabotage?
Tesla founder Elon Musk has accused one employee of conducting “extensive and damaging sabotage” to the electric car manufacturer in a company-wide email sent yesterday.
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14 Jun
Musk’s Boring Company secures Chicago high-speed train contract
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has won a bid to build a high-speed express train to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, providing extra credibility to the company’s ambitious plans to build hyperloop transport systems in Washington and Los Angeles.
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13 Jun
Netflix faces threat from AT&T, Comcast following net neutrality repeal
Two federal decisions, the repeal of net neutrality and the merger of AT&T and Time Warner, have disturbed the US telecommunications market this week, putting companies such as Netflix under threat.
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8 Jun
Five years on, what has changed since the Edward Snowden scandal?
This month marks five years since the revelation that the NSA and other security agencies were engaging in mass surveillance rocked the world.
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6 Jun
World Economy Ranking: 2018’s largest economies and the top tech hubs driving growth
Which nation has the largest economy in 2018, and where is the fastest growth projected?
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6 Jun
‘We’re shutting that down’: Apple targets Facebook with latest privacy tool
In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Apple’s latest Safari update is designed to make it more difficult for Facebook to track users.
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5 Jun
Despite Facebook’s various controversies, the ‘likes’ keep pouring in
As controversies surrounding Facebook’s data sharing practices stack up, the spotlight continues to shine on chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, who has been busy recently with concerns from shareholders, as well as from US Congress and the European Parliament.
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4 Jun
“We’re all in on open source”: Microsoft buys GitHub
Microsoft has acquired the software development platform GitHub for $7.5bn in stock, it was announced today.
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4 Jun
One of Apple’s new features aims to get you spending less time on your phone
Apple’s worldwide developers conference kicks off today in San Jose, California, and, as ever, speculation abounds over just how the tech giant plans to update its software.
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31 May
Google launches Project Sunroof in the UK, but is the country ready to embrace solar power?
Google’s Project Sunroof tool has launched in the UK, allowing homeowners to work out how much money they could save by installing solar panels on their homes.
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25 May
iPhone maker Apple has won $539 million in a patent battle with Samsung
iPhone maker Apple has been awarded $539 million in its near seven-year patent battle with rival Samsung.
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23 May
What you need to know about Zuckerberg’s EU Parliament grilling
In his first appearance in Europe since the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared in front of the European Parliament in Brussels to answer questions from 12 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from various political groups.
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18 May
Businesses are desperate to reach Snapchat users, but their value could be overrated
Snapchat users tend to be aged between 18 and 24, with 45% falling into this age group, and the app’s monthly active users reach more than 300 million.
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15 May
Seattle has backed a new tax aimed at big tech companies to tackle homelessness
The Seattle City Council unanimously approved a controversial new tax last night to charge the city’s largest business per worker in order to tackle homelessness and a housing crisis.
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11 May
Snap share price falls after hours after it unveils a redesign of its redesign
The Snap share price has dropped after hours in New York after the Snapchat parent company announced its latest redesign of its disappearing messaging app.
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4 May
2017 UK general election: Did Russian Twitter bots boost Jeremy Corbyn?
Did an army of Russian Twitter bots help propel Labour and Jeremy Corbyn to a surprisingly positive result in the 2017 UK general election?
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3 May
Spotify is the latest global tech darling to struggle as a public company
The Spotify share price has fallen sharply at the US market open in New York after the company posted underwhelming first quarter results last night — Spotify’s first earnings release since its market debut in April.