TikTok proposes coalition with other social apps to curb harmful content
Seemingly ignorant of the fact that Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Twitter already operate a similar project
23 Sep 2020 | 1
US cybersecurity agency issues super-rare emergency directive to patch Windows Server flaw ASAP
Government sysadmins given weekend to fix ZeroLogon elevation of privilege bug, rest of us given stern warning
21 Sep 2020 | 13
Apple 'proud to support Indian customers and their communities' – but maybe not so much for COVID-slammed retailers
Online Apple store comes to India even as millions remain in containment zones
18 Sep 2020 | 2
Pakistan to smartphone-makers: Come for the low tax, stay to create your replacements
Floats industry plan that requires ramp-up of locally made components and complete tech transfer
18 Sep 2020 | 5
Fake Zoom alerts and dodgy medical freebies among COVID-cracks detected by Taiwan's CERT
Phishers claimed to be from 'National Health Commission', which exists in mainland China but not Taiwan
17 Sep 2020 |
Mozilla says India's planned data harvest law is 'blunt' and should be caste aside
Warns that plan could lead to 'dangerous inferences' about user identity, suggests GDPR is a better model
15 Sep 2020 | 9
UK and Japan agree to free trade deal that excludes data localisation requirements
Template for post-Brexit bilateral deals excludes algorithmic disclosures too
14 Sep 2020 | 56
India makes buying a used cow easier than buying a used car
Aadhaar-adjacent app will put beasts' full history in farmers' hands
11 Sep 2020 | 19
What a time to be alive: Floating Apple store bobs up in Singapore
Only accessible through underwater tunnel attached to Casino (and a few years behind the back-blocks of Cambodia)
11 Sep 2020 | 23
Hyperscalers shopped for at least 540,000 extra servers, additional 75 exabytes of storage in Q2
Revenue dips regardless as big enterprise players struggle during lockdown
09 Sep 2020 |
No Huawei, America: Samsung scores $6.6bn for 5G at US giant Verizon
Remember how established carrier vendors were going to clean up after Huawei bans? Not so much, maybe ...
07 Sep 2020 | 12
US ponders tech export ban on SMIC, China's biggest chipmaker
Company reacts with 'complete shock and perplexity' and says it's a law-abiding citizen
07 Sep 2020 | 43
Taiwan tightens rules around local tech firms sharing tech with China
Will vet even outbound investments under new rules
04 Sep 2020 | 5
India bans a further 118 Chinese apps as physical and online tensions escalate
PUBG, Alipay, Baidu and more exiled
03 Sep 2020 | 4
India's telecoms given ten years to pay $22bn in back taxes they've already disputed for a decade
Vodafone's Indian outpost has a $10bn bill all by itself and may struggle to pay
02 Sep 2020 | 10
Pakistan demands TikTok and YouTube block 'vulgar' content
Calls for more moderation to stop video nasties reaching local eyeballs
01 Sep 2020 | 15
Google and Facebook abandon Hong Kong landing of new submarine cable
There be dragons, say US authorities, so first planned US-HK cable darkens its last leg
31 Aug 2020 | 31
Fairphone thinks its fair to offer a not-very-major and slightly-more-recycled new model
More capable cameras, less new plastic. Same opportunity for a warm inner glow
28 Aug 2020 | 17
Google wants to listen in to whatever you get up to in hotel rooms
Disrupting clock radios and concierges with plan to let Nest Hub devices take orders for fresh towels
27 Aug 2020 | 113
Taiwan and US make joint declaration to only use 'clean' 5G kit
It's all about transparency, yet China didn't rate a mention
27 Aug 2020 | 2
India anoints little-known Zoom clone as its home-grown videoconf tool of choice
Alappuzha's Techgentsia Software has a golden ticket for government work
21 Aug 2020 | 4
Nvidia's data centre biz tops gaming as lead revenue source – and it should enjoy being king while it lasts
Buying Mellanox has paid off, gamers are still the bigger prize
20 Aug 2020 | 3
Amazon makes 850,000m2 bet that its people will get off the kitchen table and back to an office
Cloud and e-commerce boom mean it needs more desks and people that originally planned
19 Aug 2020 | 21
Trump backs Oracle as potential TikTok buyer
Larry Ellison hailed as 'terrific guy' but Big Red stays shtum on its intentions
19 Aug 2020 | 30
