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 2020 | 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 2020 | 179
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 2020 | 26
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 2020 | 29
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 2020 | 15
Ex-boss of ICANN shifts from 'advisor' to co-CEO of private equity biz that tried to buy .org for $1bn+
AnalysisChehade paved the way for domain price cap removal, now shows up at Ethos Capital
21 Jul 2020 | 49
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 2020 | 3
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 2020 | 17
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 2020 | 7
Japan plans massive national tech modernisation program
Land of the bureaucratic stamp wants to be ready if plague and natural disasters coincide
20 Jul 2020 | 10
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 2020 | 16
USA ends Hong Kong's special treatment, crimping flow of tech to territory
Seeing as finance is Hong Kong's thing and that industry needs lots of security kit, this could be scary
15 Jul 2020 | 21
Pakistan pitches ‘most relaxed tax structure’ in the world to tech investors
Minister declares special economic zones are open to even China and Russian money so long as they do something digital or medical
14 Jul 2020 | 8
Google creates $10bn 'digitisation fund' for India
Localisation and transformation plan wins prime ministerial approval, but as usual has as much upside for Google as for its generous hosts
14 Jul 2020 | 3
South Korea joins the ‘we’re going to be self-sufficient in more tech and then export bucketloads’ club
President chooses chip factory to expands program aimed at reducing dependence on Japan
10 Jul 2020 | 14
Philippines government tech agency seeks 750 percent budget boost for COVIDigital transformation
Most of it to go on new internet infrastructure to keep citizens working and learning remotely
10 Jul 2020 | 4
Indonesia slaps 10 percent tax on three Googles
But only on one AWS, one Spotify and one Netflix - and zero Microsofts
09 Jul 2020 | 5
When Facebook says you're not a good 'culture fit', it means you're not White or Asian enough – complaint
Antisocial network accused of unfairly snubbing Black people when it comes to jobs, promotions
06 Jul 2020 | 45
Baroness Dido Harding lifts the lid on the NHS's manual contact tracing performance: 'We contact them up to 10 times over a 36-hour period'
Some of them will be feeling very ill and won’t pick up the phone and return the call. Ahem...
06 Jul 2020 | 54
Brit MPs vote down bid to delay IR35 reforms, press ahead with new tax rules for private-sector contractors
Amendment aimed to push back introduction to 2023/24, but it'll go ahead as planned next year
02 Jul 2020 | 67
Happy privacy action day in California: If you don't have 'Do not sell my information' in your website footer, you need to read this story right now
Golden State AG prepares crackdown
01 Jul 2020 | 22
The internet becomes trademarkable, sort of, with near-unanimous Supreme Court ruling on Booking.com
AnalysisLawyers lick their lips at litigation to come
30 Jun 2020 | 34
We're no longer helping UK Post Office persecute postal workers with our shonky system, says Fujitsu
Too little, too late – but the inquiry is rolling
25 Jun 2020 | 49
Ex-barrister reckons he has a privacy-preserving solution to Britain's smut ban plans
InterviewContent tagging – and I'll give the tech away for free, says Safecast Global chief
23 Jun 2020 | 93
ASEAN trade bloc scoops Googlebucks to digitise businesses out of COVID-19 crunch
Hopes to educate 200,000 people in villages and smaller cities
23 Jun 2020 | 2
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses... but not your H-1B geeks, L-1 staffers nor J-1 students
US blocks entry for visa holders until the end of the year, cites COVID-19-sparked unemployment
23 Jun 2020 | 75
IR35 tax reforms for UK freelancers glide through committee stage: D-Day set for 6 April 2021
*Cough* But are they freelancers? *cough* – HMRC
19 Jun 2020 | 34
A memo from the distant future... June 2022: The boss decides working from home isn't the new normal after all
Because nobody wants to be the new Yahoo! apparently
19 Jun 2020 | 121
Winter is coming, and with it the UK's COVID-19 contact-tracing app – though health minister says it's not a priority
'Focus' now on call centre-based system run by outsourcers, it seems
18 Jun 2020 | 58
Not so nice, we investigated them twice: EU opens double whammy of inquiries into Apple's biz practices
UpdatedApp Store cut and Cupertino's NFC platform in competition crosshairs
16 Jun 2020 | 50
Facebook caves to Australia's call for explanations of News Feed algo changes
But The Social Network™ won't pay for news and tells publishers it can get along just fine without them
15 Jun 2020 | 15
UK.gov announces review – not proper inquiry – into Fujitsu and Post Office's Horizon IT scandal
One can force folk to testify, the other mumbles about 'lessons learned'
11 Jun 2020 | 74
UK spending watchdog blasts £792m STEM school scheme over low student numbers, deficits, education quality
So that's an 'F' for University Technical Colleges then?
10 Jun 2020 | 11
Germany to fund development of edge CPUs as part of 'tech you can trust' plan to home-brew more kit
€400m for starters, after recent ban on 'untrustworthy' suppliers that sounded a lot like it was directed at Huawei
10 Jun 2020 | 18
Malaysia using digital MaGIC to join the spend-on-tech-to-defeat-viral-slump club
$8bn for all things innovative and economically restorative
10 Jun 2020 | 2
Singapore government boosts tech spend by 30% to pump post-pandemic economy
Contact-tracing and building logins hailed as COVID-crimpers, so gov wants more
09 Jun 2020 | 1
