China sets itself 2035 goal for technology self-sufficiency and covets title as the world’s top innovator
State of local software industry also revealed: 7 million workers, $36bn of exports
30 Oct 2020 | 23
Policy
Trump administration proposes H-1B visas go to highest-paid workers first
Scheme to encourage hiring pricey brainiacs instead of cheap footsloggers
29 Oct 2020 | 68
Police ICT Company ponies up £12m for one platform to rule UK cops' social media orifices
Procurement limb seeks fully auditable contact channel for reporting crimes, emergencies – what could go wrong?
26 Oct 2020 | 5
Pakistan calls on Facebook to extend holocaust denial ban into Islamophobia crackdown
As comms minister says nation will create its own regulated Netflix clone
26 Oct 2020 | 48
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 2020 | 27
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 2020 | 33
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 2020 | 37
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 2020 | 33
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 2020 | 17
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 2020 | 16
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 2020 | 39
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 2020 | 4
UK govt advert encouraging re-skilling for cyber jobs implodes spectacularly
Minister disowns 'crass' spot that shows American woman as Brit ballerina and seemingly belittles beleaguered arts sector
13 Oct 2020 | 149
Google won’t let Australia have shiny new toys unless it picks apart pay-for-news plan
Pauses News Showcase rollout while it awaits government capitulation
13 Oct 2020 | 18
Arm has 11 months to hire 490 UK techies. Good thing there isn't a pandemic on. Or, say, Brexit
But chip biz is 'confident it will hit that target' in time
12 Oct 2020 | 37
Institute of Directors survey says most bosses expect no mass return to the office if COVID-19 crisis ever ends
Remote working here to stay for many
05 Oct 2020 | 54
Bill Gates lays out a three-point plan to rid the world of COVID-19 – and anti-vaxxer cranks aren't gonna like it
Aunty Mabel on Facebook thinks he is a Bond baddie (spoiler: he's not)
30 Sep 2020 | 184
Philippines president threatens Facebook ban after The Social Network™ deleted supportive content
Congress to probe whether Facebook crimps free speech
30 Sep 2020 | 12
Alphabet promises to no longer bung tens of millions of dollars to alleged sex pest execs who quit mid-probe
New rules brought in after search biz settles shareholder lawsuit
26 Sep 2020 | 38
'Robbery, economic plunder, victim of larcenous cronyism and a heist'
That’s China’s view of the Oracle/Walmart TikTok takeover. Now to see if that translates into a ban on the sale
25 Sep 2020 | 34
Azure DevOps Services reminds users that, yes, it really is time to pull the plug on Internet Explorer 11
Ignite Sure, it's still wedged in the OS, but maybe you'd prefer something shiny and Chromier?
24 Sep 2020 | 21
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 | 6
USA still hasn’t figured out details of WeChat ban but promises users won't be punished
Three days remain before definition of prohibited transactions drops
18 Sep 2020 | 14
Financial Reporting Council slaps Autonomy auditor Deloitte with £15m fine over audit 'misconduct'
Two audits also hit with combined £750k of personal fines by accountacy regulator
17 Sep 2020 | 27
Japan’s new PM makes e-government a key plank of his platform
And fancies giving mobile carriers a kicking to bust cosy triumvirate and make number-porting less of a nightmare
17 Sep 2020 | 6
Brit MPs to Apple CEO: Please stop ignoring our questions about repairability and the environment
iGiant needs to take accountability for society's throwaway culture, claims select committee
15 Sep 2020 | 41
Singapore to test compulsory COVID-tracker usage as condition of entry to some venues
Wearable tracker now being distributed for those who don’t fancy smartphone surveillance
15 Sep 2020 | 13
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 | 57
IBM made ‘top-down’ efforts to fire older workers, says US employment discrimination watchdog
Then hired some of them back on lower wages
14 Sep 2020 | 34
Unexpected risks of using Apple ID: 'Sign in with Apple' will be blocked for Epic Games
Updated Games dev pleads with users to set up a password before they get locked out
10 Sep 2020 | 54
Indonesia starts taxing Minecraft, Skype, Zoom and Twitter
Regional video streaming companies added to list of entities required to pay Digital Services Tax
10 Sep 2020 | 7
Tech ambitions said to lie at heart of Britain’s bonkers crash-and-burn Brexit plan
Opinion State aid needed to nurture the UK’s first-trillion dollar tech company, political puppet-master claims
08 Sep 2020 | 253
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
Unexpected victory in bagging area: Apple must pay shop workers for time they spend waiting to get frisked
Yes, Cupertino appealed last time. It has been 7 years now
03 Sep 2020 | 60
