WordPress now powers 40% of the world’s websites
The world's most popular CMS continues to grow and new data from W3Techs has revealed that 40 percent of the web or two out of every five websites now use...
A terabyte isn’t what it used to be—14% of Internet customers use more
Large numbers of US Internet subscribers are using over 1TB a month for the first time as the pandemic continues to boost home-Internet usage, according to research released today by...
Authorities bust SIM-swap ring they say took millions from the rich and famous
Enlarge / Close-up photograph of a SIM card, a SIM-card replacement, and a smartphone. Ten people have been arrested in connection with a series of SIM-swapping attacks that reaped more...
Société Générale adopts work-from-home policy
French multinational bank Société Générale (SocGen) is allowing its staff in France to work remotely two days a week after completing negotiations with labour unions. As part of the plan,...
Oracle fleshes out hybrid cloud and edge computing strategy with Roving Edge Infrastructure devices
Oracle is continuing to build out its hybrid cloud strategy, with the introduction of an edge computing-enabling device for enterprises that need to host workloads in remote locations with limited...
Dating app users warned to watch out for scammers
A 20% spike in bank transfer “romance” cyber fraud over the course of 2020 reflects the growing isolation and frustration felt by many people during lockdown, according to report from...
Google News Showcase is launching in the UK and Australia
Google has announced its latest news service, Google News Showcase, will begin rolling out with local, national and independent publishers in the UK and Australia.The service will offer readers the...
How Cubans make island Internet work for them
Enlarge / Jaime Santos-Menéndez, a Havana-based documentary filmmaker, has a much different workflow than creatives in the United States.Cassandra Brooklyn As countless Cubans have proudly told me over the years,...
£2bn Zero Carbon Delivery Framework goes live to help public sector datacentres go green
A £2bn procurement framework has gone live that will offer public sector datacentre operators access to technologies that will assist with the decarbonisation of their server farms. The Zero Carbon...
Will Twitter be banned in India?
On a day of fast unfurling events, the Twitter and Indian government fight turned more intense as both made snide remarks against each other.To cut a long story short, the...