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Huawei's financials take a beating as President Trump's sanctions come home to roost

America's punch bag still standing, black and blue but not in the red

23 Oct 20:04 | 10

Policy

Finding remote working a bit of a grind? Microsoft staffers feel your pain

Gloomy workers unlikely to moan about open plan again as office reopening slides to July 2021

23 Oct 14:20 | 18

Business

Slow and steady progress in Microsoft's latest diversity report, though most execs still pale and male

US lawmakers can look away now. Actually, don't

22 Oct 17:01 | 10

Policy

Today's tech giants won't be as naive as I was in DoJ dealings, says former Microsoft chief Bill Gates

'I didn’t realise that our success would lead to government attention'

22 Oct 12:53 | 33

Business

Logitech breezes past $1bn sales barrier in its Q2. That's a hell of a lot of mice, keyboards and web cams

Pandemic? Only in that not enough webcams are being made. CEO talks WFH trend, video calls and eSports

21 Oct 10:52 | 3

Policy

GSM gateways: Parliament obviously cocked up, so let minister issue 'ignore the law' decree, UK.gov barrister urges court

Something something national security, right?

20 Oct 10:32 | 37

Business

Transport for London data pilot: We want to keep tabs on dockless bikes and e-bikes

Peddling hard to swerve a pavement pile-up of leased 'mobile assets causing obstructions in the public realm'

20 Oct 09:26 | 61

Business

IBM still not offering future revenue guidance, suffers yet another quarter of falling sales

Plus $2.3bn of restructuring coming due to NewCo split, cloud humming along, Red Hat roaring

20 Oct 07:30 | 12

Policy

The exodus continues: Less than half of contractors expect to stick with their employment set-up after IR35

Tax doesn't have to be taxing, except when it does

19 Oct 12:00 | 33

Business

Autonomy founder Mike Lynch's US extradition hearing will be in February 2021

Criminal court sets trial date as High Court continues pondering civil suit judgment

19 Oct 11:16 | 35

Policy

China passes Tik for Tok export ban law

Includes the usual stuff about not selling weapons, adds wording about tech, data, and reciprocity

19 Oct 03:57 | 17

Policy

Thailand calls on telcos and ISPs to censor information about pro-democracy protests

Selfies of rallies can score fines or land you in the slammer

18 Oct 23:57 | 16

Policy

Work life balance? We've heard of it. Pandemic means 9-5 shifts are a thing of the past for many

Will the hardest workers want to go back to the offce for a break?

16 Oct 17:04 | 38

Canalys Forum 2020 - updated

UK tech supply chain in dark over Brexit preparations months ahead of final heave-ho

How can it be OK when nobody knows what to prepare for, ask IT players

16 Oct 10:45 | 140

Business

Infosys declares local service delivery is great – for customers and avoiding regulatory hassles

No H-1Bs? No worries! Especially with 99 percent of staff working from home to help costs fall and Q2 results soar

15 Oct 01:58 |

Business

Don't forget to brush your teeth, WFH staff told as Dropbox drops the office, declares itself 'virtual first'

But is remote working less productive?

14 Oct 11:48 | 19

Policy

Big Tech’s Asian lobby says nations shouldn’t go it alone on tech taxes

Asks if somebody will think of the startups in the wake of new digital services taxes in Indonesia, Vietnam and Philippines

14 Oct 06:30 | 4

Business

When disruption comes along, you must Wipro it. Wipro it good, says outsourcing giant as it posts strong Q2

Outsourcing giant hires 13,000 and says it's doing well because customers are hustling to cut tech costs

14 Oct 03:01 | 5

Business

Oh! What a lovely lockdown: Lenovo enjoys soaraway sales for Q3 2020 as PC shipments jump – Dell, not so much

HP is top dog stateside

13 Oct 14:00 | 1

Business

UK taxman waves through £168.8m Fujitsu contract because no one else can hold up 30-year-old infrastructure

What's another three years amid project delays and Brexit uncertainty?

13 Oct 10:00 | 24

Business

Huawei's financials take a beating as President Trump's sanctions come home to roost

Finding remote working a bit of a grind? Microsoft staffers feel your pain

Slow and steady progress in Microsoft's latest diversity report, though most execs still pale and male

Today's tech giants won't be as naive as I was in DoJ dealings, says former Microsoft chief Bill Gates

Logitech breezes past $1bn sales barrier in its Q2. That's a hell of a lot of mice, keyboards and web cams

GSM gateways: Parliament obviously cocked up, so let minister issue 'ignore the law' decree, UK.gov barrister urges court

Transport for London data pilot: We want to keep tabs on dockless bikes and e-bikes

IBM still not offering future revenue guidance, suffers yet another quarter of falling sales

The exodus continues: Less than half of contractors expect to stick with their employment set-up after IR35

Autonomy founder Mike Lynch's US extradition hearing will be in February 2021

China passes Tik for Tok export ban law

Thailand calls on telcos and ISPs to censor information about pro-democracy protests

Work life balance? We've heard of it. Pandemic means 9-5 shifts are a thing of the past for many

UK tech supply chain in dark over Brexit preparations months ahead of final heave-ho

Infosys declares local service delivery is great – for customers and avoiding regulatory hassles

Don't forget to brush your teeth, WFH staff told as Dropbox drops the office, declares itself 'virtual first'

Big Tech’s Asian lobby says nations shouldn’t go it alone on tech taxes

When disruption comes along, you must Wipro it. Wipro it good, says outsourcing giant as it posts strong Q2

Oh! What a lovely lockdown: Lenovo enjoys soaraway sales for Q3 2020 as PC shipments jump – Dell, not so much

UK taxman waves through £168.8m Fujitsu contract because no one else can hold up 30-year-old infrastructure

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Institute of Directors survey says most bosses expect no mass return to the office if COVID-19 crisis ever ends

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Oracle Zooms past rivals to run TikTok’s cloud, take stake alongside WalMart and ByteDance investors

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