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US Court Grants Amazon Request For Pentagon JEDI Delay
Bad news for Microsoft after US court grants Amazon request for halt on all work concerning the Pentagon’s JEDI cloud contract
Google Acquisition Of Looker Data Sciences Approved
Alphabet unit completes $2.6bn acquisition of Looker Data Sciences after approval from British competition watchdog
Google Sent Private Videos In Google Photos To Strangers
Oh boy. Google admits significant privacy gaffe with its popular Google Photos service that saw people’s videos shared with other users
Google Disappoints After Revealing YouTube’s $15 Billion Revenue
Strong financials from Google’s parent, as it reveals for the first time the turnover of YouTube and Google Cloud business
Microsoft Plans To Force-Switch Chrome Users To Bing Search Engine
Microsoft roundly criticised as it plans to force-install Bing search engine extension for Office 365 ProPlus installations using Google’s Chrome
Amazon Surges Past $1tn Mark Once Again On Strong Earnings
But Amazon Web Services faces increased cloud competition from Microsoft, whose Azure grew 62 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter
Azure: The Future for Your Datacentre?
With Microsoft switching off Windows Server 2008, there is a distinct push to adopt Azure. Is this a good move? Silicon UK asks leading tech specialist for their views to assess whether moving to Azure is inevitable.
Microsoft Cloud Growth Pleases Wall Street
Microsoft is now worth $1.25 trillion after stock price rise thanks to continued growth of Redmond’s Azure cloud business
FinTech Part 1: A New Payments and Banking Landscape
As one of the fastest-growing sectors, FinTech is building technologies and services that will touch every consumer and business. In this new series, Silicon UK explores the current state of FinTech and asks why companies need to pay close attention to this transforming sector.
Google Takes Dataset Search Out Of Beta
Custom-built framework aims to help researchers find the vast amount of data published online by labs, governments, universities and other institutions
ICO Children’s Data Rules Meet With Divided Response
Upcoming regulations hailed as a pioneering step to protect children’s data online, but some fear they could favour big tech companies
UK ‘Will Not Implement EU Copyright Directive’
Controversial provisions that Google argued would ban memes and GIFs will not be brought into UK law, as country departs from European Union
Amazon Files Motion To Halt Microsoft Work On Pentagon JEDI Contract
Amazon has (as expected) filed a motion with US court to halt Microsoft’s work on Pentagon JECI contract until appeal ruling
Microsoft Confirms Breach Of 250 Million Customer Service Records
My bad. 250 million customer service and support records have been exposed by Microsoft on unsecured cloud database during the new year
Silicon in Focus: Florian Roth, Chief Information Officer: SAP SE
SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software, helping companies of all sizes and in all industries. 77% of the world’s transaction revenue touches an SAP system, helping more than 437,000 organizations to gain deep business insights and to operate profitably and adapt continuously without disruption.
Microsoft Pledges To Be Carbon Negative By 2030
No more carbon footprint. Ever. Redmond pledges to remove all the carbon it has created since it was founded back in the 1970s
TSB Owner Sabadell Signs IBM Deal After Botched Migration
Spain’s Banco Sabadell sign $1 billion deal with IBM for it to manage the bank’s IT and cloud systems for the next ten years
British Passport Data Exposed On Unsecured AWS Bucket
Who is to blame? Unsecured Amazon Web Services S3 bucket held passport scans and other sensitive personal data, but the culprit has yet to be identified
Amazon Asks US Court To Bar Microsoft From JEDI Contract
Restraining order. Amazon AWS to ask judge to impose temporary block on Microsoft working on Pentagon’s JEDI cloud contract
Study: Enterprises Choosing Microsoft Cloud Over Amazon’s AWS
Goldman Sachs study finds Microsoft’s Azure used by more large companies than AWS, while Amazon continues to lead in revenues terms
Most Website Consent Mechanisms ‘Illegal’ Under GDPR
Study finds websites’ consent platforms largely fail to comply with data protection rules, and may even incentivise ‘illegal configurations’
CES 2020: 8K Televisions, Virtual Assistants On Display At Tech Show
Samsung and others show off massive 8K televisions, as virtual assistants make their way into electric vehicles and showerheads
The Attention Economy
Consumers face a tsunami of content; gaining their attention is vital. The attention economy is changing the relationships businesses have with their customers. What is the value of attention?
Former Executive Slams Google Over Human Rights
Former head of international relations has alleged that things have changed from Google’s original moto of “don’t be evil”
2019: Highlights and lowlights for the tech sector
2019 has seen technology and big name tech firms dominate news headlines, amid privacy concerns, digital tax and national security issues
Amazon Hit By Potential Class-Action Lawsuit Over Ring Security Issues
Lawsuit accuses Amazon and Ring of failing to provide adequate protection against cyber-attacks amidst rash of security incidents
F5 Networks Buys Shape Security For $1bn
Acquisition gives F5 access to Shape’s AI-powered, enterprise-grade anti-fraud technologies, including protection against credential stuffing attacks
Hacker Who Tried To Blackmail Apple Receives No Jail Time
Londoner Kerem Albayrak threatened to factory reset 319 million iCloud accounts in 2017 – but authorities say he was only seeking ‘fame and fortune’
Airbnb Wins Top EU Court Ruling Over Regulatory Status
European Court of Justice decides Airbnb is an ‘information society service’ and not a real estate agent, defeating challenge by Paris city authorities