Disney kicks Slack to the curb, looks to Microsoft Teams for a happily ever after Updated Definitely not punishment for someone leaking internal data Applications20 Sep 2024 | 43
Devs at Asia's top messaging app drowned in Slack, tamed it with ChatGPT LY Corp's QA team struggled to manage projects while wading through prolix posts AI + ML23 Aug 2024 | 5
Slack AI can be tricked into leaking data from private channels via prompt injection Updated Whack yakety-yak app chaps rapped for security crack AI + ML21 Aug 2024 | 21
EU accuses Microsoft of antitrust violations for bundling Teams with O365 Statement of Objections sent to Redmond HQ following probe that began July 2023 SaaS25 Jun 2024 | 23
Slack tweaks its principles in response to user outrage at AI slurping Several people are typing. And something might be learning... AI + ML20 May 2024 | 11
Shouldn't Teams, Zoom, Slack all interoperate securely for the Feds? Wyden is asking Doctorow: 'The most amazing part is that this isn't already the way it's done' Public Sector24 Apr 2024 | 29
Slack adds AI to help users cope with chat overload Summarizes threads you just can't keep up with and beefs up search AI + ML15 Feb 2024 | 3
BlackCat plays with malvertising traps to lure corporate victims Updated Ads for Slack and Cisco AnyConnect actually downloaded Nitrogen malware Research16 Nov 2023 | 1
Global Slack messaging outage cuts world off from colleagues Come back Teams, all is forgiven SaaS27 Jul 2023 | 14
Euro monopoly cops to probe Microsoft for slipping Teams into Office Three years after Slack flagged up 'illegal' bundling of chat app SaaS17 Jul 2023 | 44
EU antitrust team closer to full-blown Microsoft probe, say sources Despite Redmond's best efforts to convince competition regulators that product bundles are OK Software04 Jul 2023 | 22
90+ orgs tell Slack to stop slacking when it comes to full encryption Protests planned for Wednesday in San Francisco and Denver CSO30 May 2023 | 8
Slack adding generative AI to interact with colleagues, so you don't have to Slack GPT and Einstein GPT for Salesforce users currently under development AI + ML05 May 2023 | 17
Where are EU going with that Teams antitrust probe? Microsoft wants a word Updated Software behemoth reportedly wants a chat with the regulators – on the other side of the pond this time SaaS13 Dec 2022 | 25
Slack leaked hashed passwords from its servers for years Users who created shared invitation links for their workspace had login details slip out among encrypted traffic Security08 Aug 2022 | 10
Slack to increase prices for Pro customers Freebie users to get 90 days of message history and file storage SaaS19 Jul 2022 | 12
60 million in the Matrix as users seek decentralized messaging Slacked off and fed up with Teams? Want to escape the clutches of big tech? Element thinks so Networks15 Jul 2022 | 42
Slack-for-engineers Mattermost on open source and data sovereignty Interview Control and access are becoming a hot button for orgs Networks26 May 2022 | 1
Email out, Slack and Teams in for business communications For the first time, more respondents indicate a preference for instant messaging, says SWZD Networks10 May 2022 | 47
Work chat app Slack suffers services outage Affected users: Is this a not-so-subtle hint from the boss? Off-Prem22 Feb 2022 | 13
Need a new CEO, Salesforce? Have two – Bret Taylor and Marc Benioff to share the job Restores twin CEO structure that ended in 2020, no indication this has deeper meaning Software01 Dec 2021 |
Google Cloud UK boss boomerangs back to Salesforce to run freshly acquired Slack's EMEA ops Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in Applications05 Oct 2021 | 1
Xero, Slack suffer outages just as Let's Encrypt root cert expiry downs other websites, services Updated 'The internet is a complex system' Networks30 Sep 2021 | 24
Cut us some Slack: $27bn+ later, collab tool officially belongs to Salesforce Cloud apps giant sets off to invent the future of work and beat Microsoft Teams Off-Prem22 Jul 2021 | 20
This always-on culture we're in is awful. How do we stop it? Oh, sorry, hold on – just had another notification Feature Turn off. Tune out. Relax Legal30 Jun 2021 | 134
Uncle Sam's Department of Justice isn't Slacking over $28bn Salesforce merger Hold up, just a few more questions... SaaS17 Feb 2021 | 4
Slack fingers AWS auto-scaling failure in January outage postmortem 'We attempted to add 1,200 servers to our web tier' – but with a saturated network it did no good SaaS02 Feb 2021 | 3
Slack has entered the Matrix: Element builds a bridge to realm of encrypted, decentralised comms Element Matrix Services adds to the messaging interoperability toolbox Security20 Jan 2021 | 9
Slack serves up out-of-order messages, shaky comms as world goes back to work Updated Where are the documents? I'm waiting! Fancy a coffee? Happy new year! Software04 Jan 2021 | 17
Salesforce to buy Slack for $28bn in cash, shares – and vows to make it the new face of Customer 360 If shareholders like the somewhat small-ish premium offered Software01 Dec 2020 | 29
Salesforce reportedly poised to scoop Slack for billions Which rather kicks a hole in the planned debut of Slack-like Salesforce Anywhere Software26 Nov 2020 | 18
Yak-yak app Slack cracks, flacks gobsmacked: Can this bug be whacked or will code be rolled back? IRC-for-the-2020s up and down as it catches a bad case of the Mondays Software05 Oct 2020 | 6
Even with a 49% uplift in sales and a 46% drop in expenses, Slack still can't turn a profit Where's our Zoom miracle, cry investors. Growth for hipster chat platform expected to slow as 2020 grinds on SaaS09 Sep 2020 | 17
Only EU can help us, pleads Slack as it slings competition complaint against Microsoft Teams Updated Behold the ghost of Browser Wars past Software22 Jul 2020 | 70
Salesforce plans to write Slack integration out of the equation by rolling its own messaging and collaboration app Salesforce Anywhere beta due to drop in July, full release in Q4 SaaS25 Jun 2020 | 3
Slack Connect: Hipster chat platform to let different orgs play in the same channel – only for paying users, mind Teams rival hopes to consign cross-business email ping-pong to history SaaS25 Jun 2020 | 4
Video? That's so not what we care about, says Slack, as it signs video deal with AWS All Amazon staff are slackers now as AWS chat backend Chime's in Software05 Jun 2020 | 7
It's not you, it's Slack: Chat app falls down – and at such a very convenient moment Updated Experienced ‘degraded performance’ earlier in the day, now seems to just be TITSUP Software13 May 2020 | 7
Slack hooks up with Microsoft Teams and Zoom VoIP calls Maybe the world needs the Pidgin of voice and video right now? Software02 Apr 2020 | 8
Adobe and Slack report buoyant revenues, but is that a COVID-19 iceberg ahead? Uneasy Broadcom withdraws annual guidance SaaS13 Mar 2020 | 3
Microsoft, Google, Slack, Zoom et al struggling to deal with a spike in remote tools thanks to coronavirus Tech companies are loving the attention while keeping schtum on outages SaaS12 Mar 2020 | 25
Electron devs bond at Covalence conference: We speak to those mastering the cross-platform tech behind Slack, Visual Studio Code, etc Analysis Derided app framework ready for broader acceptance Software27 Jan 2020 | 29
Your workmates might still be reading that 'unshared' Slack document IRC-for-millennials biz shrugs: Yeah, we might fix that later Security16 Dec 2019 | 15
Microsoft stocking fillers: Powershell 7, maybe even next year's Windows 10. But forget about Surface Earbuds Roundup Also: Teams and Slack get the handbags out Software25 Nov 2019 | 9
Using Teams and Azure DevOps? There's an app for that, says Microsoft Cute, says rival Slack, polishing its library of 1,800 apps and an updated developer toolkit SaaS23 Oct 2019 | 2
Microsoft Teams: The good, the bad, and the ugly Analysis Why Teams is a key product despite its frustrations – and yes, a Linux client is on the way Software14 Oct 2019 | 77
Loss-making $15bn hipster chat biz Slack suddenly less appetising to investors as it predicts deeper losses Battle with Microsoft not letting up Software05 Sep 2019 | 57
2015 database hack is the terrible gift that keeps giving for Slack: Tens of thousands of passwords now reset Yak app still cleaning up after four-year-old cyber-break-in Security19 Jul 2019 | 10
How do you know it's finally the weekend? Clock hits 5pm? No, Slack goes down on a Friday afternoon in June Rap for crap yakety-yak app chaps as chats zapped in hours-long nap Software28 Jun 2019 | 14
Hipster yap app chaps Slack finally strap into NYSE: Shares of 'WORK' open at $38.50 apiece More like 'SHIRK' amirite Software20 Jun 2019 | 10
Open-source chat plat toasts rival after picking up $50m in funding: 'The better Slack does, the better Mattermost does' Collaboration software hot with investors On-Prem19 Jun 2019 | 8
Crypto-chaps on scam rap in a flap over Slack chat tap, want court case zapped: 'Attorney-client priv info' in messages Duo also ask for two-year delay in celeb-studded ICO trial Security01 May 2019 | 5
Slack files for IPO, warns of bumpy valuation as it swerves big bank underwriters Hipsters rejoice as shares prepped for debut on New York Stock Exchange Software29 Apr 2019 | 6
Turn on, tune in, cash out: Hipster chat plat Slack whacks beardie millennials with features But is it enough to combat the Microsoft juggernaut? Software25 Apr 2019 | 13
Slack slings crypto-keys at big biz, union gets worked over, VPN owners probed, trolls trouble vets, and more Roundup Plus, two crooks craft a veritable fraudocopia Security24 Mar 2019 | 15
Guess who's addicted to GitHub, busy on Slack, stuck in 2015? No, not another hipster: It's the Slub backdoor malware Panic, flee, cry – or just update Windows for fsck's sake Security08 Mar 2019 | 9
What matters most to open-source chat plat Mattermost? To shove this fresh $20m into security, privacy Slack: Cute Series A. Check out our proposed public listing... Software05 Feb 2019 | 1
Slack to fend off the collaboration competition with... a new logo Hipsters choke on pumpkin spice latte as the beloved original is tipped into a dumpster Applications17 Jan 2019 | 41
Slap for Slack chat app after US, Canada chaps zapped in Iranian IP address map whack Export ban compliance turns into geo-location gaffe fest Software21 Dec 2018 | 26
Yakety-yak app HipChat whacked in Slack chat chaps' tech snatch pact Slack swallows Atlassian's blueprints for biz apps – which now face the axe Software27 Jul 2018 | 9
Farewell then, Slack: The grown-ups have arrived Comment Rumours of email's death have been greatly exaggerated Software13 Jul 2018 | 71