The current iMacs and Macbooks are the last and perhaps the best with Intel silicon at their heart. As Apple is moving to its own custom CPUs, what does this mean for the desktop PC and the masses of applications that have been Intel-compatible for decades?
Fortnite developer Epic Games launches legal action against Apple and Google in the UK, as it seeks changes to ‘unfair’ app store rules
Rough start to the year for communication platform Slack, which is in the process of being acquired by CRM giant Salesforce
What’s happening with industrial 3D printing? How are businesses using the technology? And what’s the future look like for this technology that offered so much promise five years ago?
Rare step for tech industry sees workers at Google form their own bespoke trade union, after years of employee unrest and complaints
Microsoft says SolarWinds hacking group penetrated its internal systems and viewed source code, but downplays security threat
At this time of year, every business in the tech sector looks forward to trying and predict the trends that could impact their enterprises. As the hub around which tech businesses orbit, Silicon UK asked some of the leaders in the tech sector to give their predictions. Do you agree?
California exodus? Software giant Oracle becomes latest Silicon Valley firm to move its HQ from California and relocate it to Texas
Oracle adds integrated OLAP feature to new MySQL Cloud Service, integrating OLAP with transaction processing for lower cost and improved performance
As the enterprise world adjusts to remote working, Salesforce pay $27.7 billion to acquire Slack for enhanced workplace collaboration
Microsoft 365 Productivity Score feature, introduced last month, criticised for analysing ‘extensive data’ on individual employees’ activities
Government advisory body publishes roadmap to ‘responsible’ use of AI and algorithms, following summer chaos over computer-determined school grades
Predictive analytics start-up C3.ai, founded by Tom Siebel in 2009, plans to list on NYSE amidst strong demand for new tech stocks
US Commerce Department delays enforcement of TikTok US ban ‘pending further legal developments’ as China’s ByteDance launches appeal
Warwickshire-based Codemasters in talks for £739m sale to US-based videogame giant Take-Two, parent of Rockstar Games and 2K
Proposed Digital Services Act would force tech giants to explain their ad targeting algorithms and open ad archives to researchers, says EU competition chief
Waymo cars involved in 18 minor accidents since beginning of last year, Google sister company says, as it looks to establish industry-wide safety standards
New look and feel for Windows 10 is reportedly on the way, as part of a major revamp of the five year old operating system
Windows 10 taskbar to get launch button for new Skype feature for creating instant online meetings, amidst pandemic videoconferencing surge
Hard hitting response from Google to the biggest threat it has ever faced in its history, after the DoJ files an antitrust lawsuit
Breakup threat. US Department of Justice lawsuit accuses Google of abusing its position to dominate search and search advertising
We know that Coronavirus can live on surfaces for up to 72 hours. Ideally, we would have a totally electronic document office by now – banishing paper to history. Of course, the paperless office has failed to become a reality. Silicon UK considers how businesses could adopt more electronic document management techniques to reduce the risk of COVID infection.
Bombshell development. Scathing US antitrust report recommends structural separations of big tech firms, and slams monopolistic behaviour
With businesses changing the way they work because of the Coronavirus pandemic, Google opts to rebrand its business software – again
Cloud services from technology giant Microsoft laid low on Monday evening for a number of hours, by what seems to be a botched upgrade
US judge issues preliminary injunction barring order that would have made TikTok unavailable in the US, as administration seeks forced sale
Oracle says TikTok parent ByteDance has chosen it to be the app’s ‘trusted technology partner’ in the US, ahead of sale deadline for TikTok’s US operations
Apple changes App Store guidelines to respond to criticism over in-app payment restrictions, but Epic Games is still left out in the cold
Controversial loss-making data intelligence company to lay out its business to investors ahead of unusual direct listing on New York Stock Exchange
Popular JavaScript developer tool removes malicious package that tried to steal data, in latest attack on software supply chain