Joe Biden revokes Trump’s ban on Tiktok amid China threat June 9, 2021 US President Joe Biden will reverse efforts made by Donald Trump’s administration to ban popular Chinese apps Tiktok and Wechat due to national security concerns. The former president had attempted to block new users from downloading the apps and ban other technical transactions, effectively banning them in the US. The courts blocked the orders after [...]
NHS delays patient data-sharing scheme amid privacy backlash June 8, 2021 The NHS has delayed plans to create a central database to pool data belonging to millions of patients following a backlash over privacy concerns. NHS Digital confirmed it will go ahead with the project, which will collect information on conditions and medications, as well as other data from GP records, and make them available to [...]
Tech giants set to slash UK tax bill after G7 agreement June 8, 2021 American tech giants are set to have their UK tax bills slashed under a new global agreement signed by the G7, a think tank has warned. The global minimum corporation tax, agreed by finance ministers in London over the weekend, is aimed at cracking down on tax avoidance by companies such as Amazon, Facebook and [...]
World’s biggest websites back online after Fastly-linked crash June 8, 2021 A major server issue which saw thousands of news, social media and government websites including Bloomberg and the New York Times crash today has been fixed. The issue was confirmed to be a glitch at US-based cloud computing services provider Fastly, who identified and fixed a major disruption issue. Amazon, CNN, Reddit, the Guardian, the [...]
Swift shift to remote working may have had ‘major security trade-offs’ June 8, 2021 US-based AvePoint, which manages data for Microsoft 365, has said today that although the shift to remote working was swift, it ‘may have come with major security trade-offs’. In a workplace Covid impact survey released today, the software firm revealed how despite UK organisations having a quick pivot to the digital sphere, most companies did [...]
Oxford Instruments revenue flat as Asia and US growth offsets EU decline June 8, 2021 High-tech manufacturer Oxford Instruments today said its order book had surged over the past year but revenue remained flat. The company, which provides high technology products to industrial companies and scientific research communities, reported revenue of £318.5m in the year ended 31 March 2021. It marks a 0.3 per cent rise on the previous year. [...]
Apple employees hit back over return to the office June 7, 2021 Apple employees are pushing back against chief executive Tim Cook’s plans for a widespread return to the office. In a company-wide memo last week Cook said staff must return to the office for three days a week from September, with some teams required to come back in four or five days. But staff have launched [...]
French regulator fines Google €220m over advertising practices June 7, 2021 Google has agreed to pay €220m to settle a French investigation over its abuse of power in online advertising. The French Competition Authority said Google has been unfairly sending business to its advertising server and its online advertising auction house, at an unfair advantage to its rivals. It came after a complaint lodged by Rupert [...]
Klarna likely to choose US over London for stock market listing June 6, 2021 Sebastian Siemiatkowski, boss of pay now, pay later business Klarna, has said the firm is likely to choose the US over London for its stock market debut. In an interview with The Sunday Times, Siemiatkowski said: “It’s more likely that Klarna will list in the US. “The majority of my investors would say that’s where [...]
Donald Trump banned from Facebook for at least two years June 4, 2021 Former US President Donald Trump has been banned from Facebook until at least 2023 after months of debate. The social media company’s independent oversight board upheld Trump’s decision last month, which was enforced in the wake of the Capitol riots over concerns his posts were inciting violence. However the board ruled the decision was “not [...]