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Government Welcomes EU Data Protection Agreement
Personal data will continue to 'seamlessly flow' between the United Kingdom and Europe, after European Union agreement
US Takes Aim At Big Tech, Approves Breakup Antitrust Bill
Big tech firms face real breakup threat after one draft antitrust bill in US House of Representative gains official approval
US Regulator Proposes More Restrictions For Huawei
Federal Communications Commission grants initial approval for rules banning new Huawei and ZTE equipment, and requiring carriers to 'rip and replace'
World Bank Rejects El Salvador Bitcoin Request
Crypto setback? World Bank refuses a formal request from El Salvador to assist with implementation of Bitcoin as legal tender
Amazon Web Services To Build Data Centre In Israel
New AWS infrastructure region is slated to arrive in first half of 2023, and will offer cloud services to variety of organisations in Israel
Fastly Blames Global Outages On Software Bug
Global outage of major websites on Tuesday was caused when an expected customer change, triggered an undiscovered software bug
Major Websites Down After Global Outage
Major internet outage knocks oflline big name websites such as UK Government, Amazon, CNN, Bloomberg, Financial Times offline
Microsoft’s £11bn AI Deal Approved By US Regulators
Microsoft's £11bn deal to buy artificial intelligence and speech recognition pioneer Nuance Communications passes review by US antitrust regulators
Google Photos Ends Unlimited Storage – What To Do
No more unlimited free photo storage, as Google ends years of free cloud storage for photos. But is there an alternative unlimited service from a rival?
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos To Step Down 5 July
Jeff Bezos will step down at CEO on 5 July, on what he admits is a sentimental date after nearly 30 years in charge of Amazon
Google Approved To Build Mega Campus In San Jose
Positive news for California, after San Jose city council approves Google plan to build multi-billion dollar campus spanning 80 acres
Google Cloud, SpaceX Sign Deal For Enterprise Cloud Services
Elon Musk's SpaceX is to deliver Google Cloud services to enterprises at the 'network edge', via the Starlink constellation
BT Raises FTTP Target To 25 Million Premises
Despite a tough financial year, an extra five million premises has been added to BT's deployment of FTTP broadband, creating thousands more jobs
Chip Shortage To Last A Few Years, Warns Michael Dell
Head of one of the world's largest PC makers has warned the ongoing silicon shortage is likely to persist for several years
Pentagon Mulls JEDI Contract Cancellation Amid Legal Fight
The Pentagon may cancel the JEDI contract altogether and start over, due to the legal battle raging over Microsoft's award
IBM Claims Breakthrough With 2 Nanometer Chip
Research boffins at IBM are touting a major leap forward in performance and energy efficiency with a 'world first' 2nm chip
Amazon Posts Record Results, As Prime Video Catches Netflix
E-commerce and cloud services giant Amazon is another pandemic winner, after it posted record profits and revenues thanks to strong growth
Chip Shortage Will Not End Soon, Forrester Warns
Analyst house Forrester warns global shortage of semiconductors is not going to end any time soon due to fabless chip manufacturing trends, supply hoarding
Amazon Now Largest Corporate Buyer Of Renewable Energy
With nine new wind and solar projects in UK, Europe and North America, Amazon becomes corporate buyer of renewable energy
Government Intervenes In ARM Sale To Nvidia, Citing National Security
UK's digital secretary issues 'public interest intervention notice' over £29bn ARM sale, citing national security implications
Nvidia Unveils Data Centre ARM CPU Dubbed ‘Grace’
New 'Grace' server chip from GPU giant Nvidia is designed to take the fight to Intel and AMD in the data centre CPU segment
FBI Arrest Man Over ‘Plot To Blow Up Internet’
Texas man allegedly sought to 'kill off about 70 percent of the internet' to deal blow to 'oligarchy' by blowing up AWS buildings with C-4 explosive
Google Loses Dispute Over Data Centre Working Conditions
Google and contractor Modis forced to reinstate suspended worker who had complained about working conditions and discussed unionisation
US Blacklists Seven Chinese Supercomputing Entities
Entity list additions. US Commerce Department adds seven Chinese supercomputing entities to US blacklist, for working with Chinese military
Microsoft Submerges Servers In Boiling Liquid
Keeping it cool. After submerging a data centre in the North sea, Microsoft now submerges its servers in so called 'bath tubs'
Apple Details Carbon Neutral Progress, Announces Energy Storage Project
New energy storage project for Apple, as it aims to achieve totally carbon neutral supply chain and products by 2030 deadline
Intel Turnaround Plan To Invest $20 Billion In Chip Manufacturing
One month as Intel CEO, Pat Gelsinger unveils $20 billion turnaround plan chip so giant can build two new chip factories in Arizona
Google Signals $7 billion Investment In Data Centres, Offices
Alphabet unit reaffirms commitment to California and signals hefty investment in data centres and jobs due to pandemic surge
OVH Hints UPS Cause Of Data Centre Fire
Google meanwhile denies the fire at the OVH data centres in Strasbourg was to blame for the outage of Google and YouTube in Russia