Symantec reportedly walks away from acquisition talks with Broadcom, after disagreement about price
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Fed Boss Calls On Facebook To Halt Libra Digital Currency
Not so fast Mark. Chief of US Federal Reserve calls on Facebook to halt its Libra digital currency plans
Broadcom In ‘Advanced Talks’ To Acquire Symantec
Another software move for chipmaker, as Broadcom reportedly seeks to acquire security veteran Symantec
IBM’s $34bn Purchase Of Red Hat Gains EU Blessing – Report
Big Blue reportedly gains European approval to acquire open source cloud giant Red Hat
Sainsbury’s Bank Customers Locked Out Of Accounts – Report
Banking outage sees customers locked out of their accounts on Tuesday, but services are now recovered
Oxford University Gets £150m Investment For AI Ethics
University’s largest ever donation from American billionaire will fund research into AI ethics
Apple Explores Purchase Of Intel’s Modem Unit – Report
So long Qualcomm? Apple is reportedly mulling a purchase of Intel’s smartphone modem business
Have I Been Pwned Website Up For Sale
Needs support. Troy Hunt puts popular security website up for sale as admin and coding take him close to burn-out
HPE Bolsters HPC Credentials With $1.3bn Cray Deal
Veteran supercomputer maker Cray is to be acquired by HPE, to power its HPC push in the years ahead
Uber IPO Sets Market Value At $82bn Despite Lack Of Profit
Public offering to raise $8bn to drive expansion and fund driverless cars and food delivery
Hackers Steal $41m In Bitcoins From Binance Exchange
Major crypto-currency exchange is hacked, but wners pledge to cover the millions stolen in the cyber heist
KCOM Acquired For £504m By Pension Fund
Hull-based telecoms group agrees to be acquired for over half a billion pounds by university pension fund
Nvidia Bolsters HPC Push With Mellanox Acquisition
American chip firm digs deep with £5.3bn acquisition of Israeli high performance chipmaker
French Digital Tax To Swell Government Coffers
Nice little earner. French finance minister predicts its digital tax could bring in half a billion pounds a year
EU To Agree Digital Tax By March, Says French Minister
European-wide tax on tech firms to be agreed by March, predicts French finance minister
France Starts Digital Tax On Amazon, Facebook, Google
Tech giants to pay digital taxation from 1 January in France, after EU countries fail to reach agreement
Dell Returns To Public Trading With NYSE Listing
Five years after going private in a bitter battle, Michael Dell braves public trading once again
Tesla’s Elon Musk Hits Out At US SEC
Telsa boss has “no respect” for the US Securities and Exchanges Commission after stepping down as chairman
France To Press Ahead With Digital Tax In 2019
Tax on tech giants will begin in 2019 by individual nations if necessary, warns French finance minister
IMF Suggests Governments Set Up Own Cryptocurrencies
Fintech fantasy? Nation states should build their own digital currency to prevent its use by money launders and fraudsters
RSA Conference 2019: Security Startups To Pitch For ‘Dragon Den’ Funding
Conference to allow security start-ups to pitch to venture capitalists, amid competition to find most innovative security start-up
IBM Spends $34bn To Secure Open Source Giant Red Hat
Big Blue’s biggest acquisition sees it acquire open source cloud giant to expand subscription-based software
Telefonica Deutschland Calls For Vodafone’s Liberty Purchase Block
Opposition grows to Vodafone’s European purchases as Telefonica Deutschland demands acquisition block
IBM Quarterly Results Reveal Growth Challenge
Bad day at the office for Ginni Rometty as IBM financials shrink yet again, as software sales stutter
Apple Coughs Up $600m To Acquire Parts Of Dialog’s Business
Apple pays hundreds of millions of dollars to acquire engineers, patents and offices from one of its British suppliers
Broadcom Hits Out At ‘Fake’ Pentagon Memo Of CA Acquisition
Mischief making. Pentagon ‘request’ for national security review of Broadcom’s CA acquisition is ‘fake’
Dell Touts Possible IPO If VMware Stock Bid Fails
Dell confirms meeting with investment banks to explore initial public offering options
Elon Musk Agrees To Step Down As Tesla Chairman
Elon Musk settles with SEC with $20m payout and steps down as Tesla chairman, but more importantly avoids management ban
US Regulator Seeks Elon Musk Removal At Tesla
One tweet too far? SEC accuses Musk of securities fraud and seeks his removal as the head of Telsa
Qualcomm Abandons Bid For NXP After Chinese Refusal
Announces massive share repurchase program and agrees to halt pursuit of Dutch chipmaker