Business
Made in China? Not for much longer, reckons Foxconn boss
Chairman of iPhone maker tells investors local markets will grow their own manufacturing ecosystems
13 Aug 14:01 | 18
Business
Policy
eBay won't pass UK Digital Service Tax costs on to third-party sellers – unlike Amazon, which simply can't afford it
Stop sniggering, don't forget those 'indirect taxes' Amazon says it pays
13 Aug 12:15 | 22
Business
Ink tanks park themselves all over the lawns of Western Europe as orders flood in
Get off my grass! ... And onto my WFH desktop
13 Aug 10:59 | 27
Exclusive
What looks like a global pay freeze, sounds like a global pay freeze, but isn't a global pay freeze? Ask IBM
HR boss warns staff Big Blue will 'suspend' salary reviews, shunt rises into 2021
12 Aug 09:15 | 15
Policy
UK.gov to propose new rules for online political campaigns after last election marred by an avalanche of fake news
Voters need to know who they are being targeted by, says MP
12 Aug 08:30 | 80
Business
Pakistan aims to quadruple IT exports to $5bn, with freelancing youth to the fore
Which would leave it about four percent of neighboring India’s exports
12 Aug 02:27 | 1
Business
UK utility Thames Water splashes cash as host of IT consultancies appointed to handle £100m worth of deals
Just how 'digital' does an H2O supplier have to be?
11 Aug 09:25 | 14
Business
Apple's at it again: Things go pear-shaped for meal planner app after iGiant opposes logo
It's all in the 'right-angled leaf', people
10 Aug 11:12 | 124
Business
As hospital-based infections set to rise, best not change the vendor behind the system that tracks them, hm?
Now's not the time for competition, says Public Health England
10 Aug 08:30 | 18
Policy
Ancestry.com: Let arbitrator decide on auto-enrolling membership lawsuit
This is not a matter for the San Diego court, says digital family history service
07 Aug 17:38 | 33
Business
Rackspace IPO bags $704m, proceeds used to pay down debts to private equity backer
'Not the most glorious of returns to public market' says analyst
05 Aug 12:45 | 5
Business
Going for a song: Wales inks £300m in deals after shopping spree for hardware, software, and audio-visual equipment
Public and voluntary sector welcome to buy from framework agreement winners
05 Aug 08:30 | 5
Policy
European Commission: Full-scale probe launched into data-slurping potential of Google's $2.1bn Fitbit buy
'New investigation casts fresh uncertainty over the deal,' says analyst
04 Aug 17:47 | 10
Policy
You think the UK coronavirus outbreak was bad? Just wait till winter: Study shows test-and-trace system is failing
Modelling suggests massive second wave without major improvements
04 Aug 13:00 | 179
Business
Workplace Technology latest division to be jettisoned from Capita – back into the hands of its original owner
Outsourcing giant's boss Jon Lewis continues to swing the axe
04 Aug 11:19 | 4
Policy
Trump bans Feds from contracting H-1B workers and makes telehealth the new normal
Also touts scheme to have USA to pocket finder’s fee for allowing TikTok sale
04 Aug 02:59 | 26
Business
In the halcyon days before Brexit, takeover attempts, and COVID-19, HP made 1.3% pre-tax profit on sales at UK limb
PC giant blames restructure costs
03 Aug 12:40 | 6
Business
Struggling company pleads with landlords to slash rents as COVID-19 batters UK high street. The firm's name? Apple
Yes, the one with a $193.8bn cash pile
03 Aug 11:08 | 69
Business
Architect of tech contractor tax fraud scheme jailed for at least five years
Payroll company kept over $70m of tax and founders spent it lavishly
03 Aug 06:32 | 35
Policy
Australia to force Google and Facebook to pay for news and reveal algorithm changes before they whack web traffic
And is willing to fine them hundreds of millions if they don't play nice
31 Jul 04:06 | 28
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Networks
Cisco to sell everything-as-a-service – even core networking hardware – and cut costs by a billion bucks
Q4 revenue took a nasty kick in the COVIDs, but profit bounced anyway
Updated
Irony, thy name is SANS: 28k records nicked from infosec training org after staffer's email account phished
Names, email addresses, phone numbers, job titles, company names, country of residence etc. pinched
Pic
America's largest radio telescope blind after falling cable slashes 100-foot gash in reflector dish
Venerable Arecibo Observatory showing its age
Software
Splunk sales ace wins sex discrimination case after new boss handed her key accounts to blokes deemed 'flight risks'
UK sales chief treated her unequally, rules Employment Tribunal
Security
This is node joke. Tor battles to fend off swarm of Bitcoin-stealing evil exit relays making up about 25% of outgoing capacity at its height
Cash-strapped privacy devs face determined miscreants who keep coming back for more
Exclusive
What looks like a global pay freeze, sounds like a global pay freeze, but isn't a global pay freeze? Ask IBM
HR boss warns staff Big Blue will 'suspend' salary reviews, shunt rises into 2021
Security
You weren't hacked because you lacked space-age network defenses. Nor because cyber-gurus picked on you. It's far simpler than that
Three little words: Patches, passwords, policies
Cloud
Sources: Oracle Commerce Cloud devs laid off as platform struggles to gain traction, move to modern architecture
Big Red: Everything's fine
Software
Some lucky web developer just scored $20k to scour Facebook out of Neil Young’s website
Plans to ‘disengage from the corrupt social platform’ that ‘is screwing with our election’
Security
If you haven't yet patched this critical hole in SAP NetWeaver Application Server, today is not your day
Full details of security vuln plus proof-of-concept exploits revealed
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Business
Congratulations Peebles. Felicitations Queenzieburn. Openreach is bringing you FTTP (yes, they're real places)
Full-fibre connections coming to (some of) the UK's 'final third' by 2026
30 Jul 09:25 | 46
Business
Qualcomm signs new IP licencing deal with Huawei despite US-China trade tensions
The cash will come in handy after COVID kicked a colossal hole in Q3 revenue
30 Jul 05:02 | 3
Updated
Arm China brands itself a 'strategic asset', calls for Beijing's help in boardroom dispute with Brit HQ
'We just wanna design chips without distractions', say staff in open letter
29 Jul 03:49 | 20
Policy
Australia sues Google over data collection practices that merged DoubleClick data to create single user profiles
Alleges opt-in that promised “more control” actually sent more data without informed consent. Google 'strongly disagrees'
27 Jul 01:37 | 15
Analysis
Ex-boss of ICANN shifts from 'advisor' to co-CEO of private equity biz that tried to buy .org for $1bn+
Chehade paved the way for domain price cap removal, now shows up at Ethos Capital
21 Jul 21:13 | 49
Policy
IBM CEO and Indian prime minister talk about yoga … and unspecified further investment
Big Blue may have an in on new healthcare plans
21 Jul 06:28 | 3
Business
Alibaba's financial arm, Ant, files for monster IPO ahead of march on the world's merchants and shoppers
Payments giant could be worth $200 billion
21 Jul 04:57 | 4
Policy
India drops the bar on e-commerce seller's listings: You want to sell it? Tell us where it came from from then
Inform people in case they go Chinese and ignore self-sufficiency drive
21 Jul 03:21 | 17
Business
Fujitsu re-orgs Fujitsu Japan by making more parts of Fujitsu Fujitsu
Domestic companies to be mashed together in the service of digital transformation, 5G and cloud
20 Jul 08:02 | 2
Policy
Lock down your data – or get the cheque book out: ICO privacy violation fines are rising, say lawyers
You can thank GDPR for that
20 Jul 06:03 | 7
Policy
Japan plans massive national tech modernisation program
Land of the bureaucratic stamp wants to be ready if plague and natural disasters coincide
20 Jul 01:29 | 10
Business
Forget about Wipro chairman saying no one would lose their job due to COVID-19: UK staff told they're facing redundancy
Letter to Brit-based workers talks of 'new uncertainties for business' caused by pandemic
17 Jul 10:01 | 43
Business
HCL hardly noticed COVID – revenue and profit rose and further growth predicted
Helped by product business growing well and staff not being keen on new jobs right now
17 Jul 06:56 | 3
Business
SMIC, SMIC, boom: China's homegrown chip foundry raises £5.27bn as it hits Shanghai Stock Exchange
Will drive investment inwards as trade war continues
16 Jul 13:03 | 2
Business
UK's Ministry of Justice puts out feelers for SaaS ERP with up to £100m on the table
Can't go worse than that time it bought 2.3 million Oracle licences. Right?
16 Jul 08:30 | 3
Business
Infosys reports better-than-expected results thanks in part to lower visa costs
Pipeline looks good as C-level crystal balls predict need for more tech
16 Jul 07:29 | 1
Business
Yahoo! Japan! wants! to! be! side! hustle! for! 100! new! strategy! development! workers!
And lets the rest of its staff stay at home, because coronavirus
16 Jul 05:28 | 1
Business
€13bn wings its way back to Apple after Euro court rules Irish tax deal wasn't 'state aid'
Vestager vexed
15 Jul 15:10 | 60
Policy
Apple and Google, take note: Newly enacted EU law aims to protect developers from arbitrary decisions of tech giants
'At least 30 days' notice of a suspension required – but there are plenty of get-outs
15 Jul 11:59 | 16
