European court strikes down EU-US Privacy Shield agreement
Europe’s highest court today struck out the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement, overturning the legal basis that allows more than half a million US companies to exchange data with Europe. The...
Government dashes hopes of revised down settlements for contractors
The UK government has no plans to soften the settlement terms on offer to IT contractors caught by its controversial loan charge policy, despite calls for HM Revenue & Customs...
Who stands to gain from Kubernetes within a business?
Kubernetes is increasingly becoming a vital aspect of the cloud computing technology space. Thanks to its robust architecture and proven maturity, nearly 60% of respondents from a recent survey were...
Banks face fairness challenges as they commit to AI technology
Three-quarters of banking executives think artificial intelligence (AI) will determine whether they succeed or fail, but they face major governance challenges, including ensuring decisions made by AI are fair and...
Google kills off Microsoft’s RAM-saving feature for Chrome on Windows 10
In the not too distant past, Microsoft claimed it had found a way to fix Chrome’s notorious RAM usage in Windows 10, but if you had hoped this would make...
Cryptocurrency scammers attack Twitter in insider breach
High-profile Twitter accounts including those of tech billionaires Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Elon Musk, politicians Joe Biden and Barack Obama, rapper Kanye West and reality star Kim Kardashian are...
Ocado hired 300 tech workers over past six months
Around 300 tech workers have been added to Ocado’s workforce in the first half of 2020 to cater for increased demand during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic alongside its strategy of...
Twitter lost control of its internal systems to Bitcoin-scamming hackers
Enlarge / A Twitter logo displayed on a smartphone. Twitter lost control of its internal systems to attackers who hijacked almost a dozen high-profile accounts, in a breach that raises...
Musk, Obama, Biden, Bezos, Gates—bitcoin scam hits Twitter in coordinated blitz
Twitter accounts of the rich and famous—including Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Joe Biden—were simultaneously hijacked on Wednesday and used to push cryptocurrency scams. As of 3:58 PM...
Details on SpaceX Starlink beta emerge along with photos of user terminals
As SpaceX readies beta-testing for its Starlink broadband service, Internet users have dug into the Starlink website and found new details on the upcoming beta tests and images of the...