Britain to curb Google and Facebook with tougher competition rules
Britain will impose a new competition regime next year to prevent Google and Facebook using their dominance to push out smaller firms and disadvantage consumers.The code will be enforced...
Suspected North Korean hackers targeted COVID vaccine maker AstraZeneca
Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, as the...
The guardians of supercomputers, the targets of interest
An attack on a high-performance computer (HPC) could stall a life saving pharmaceutical research of, for example, COVID-19 and have implications on national security. What does it mean to...
U.S. grants ByteDance new seven-day extension of TikTok sale order: filing
The Trump administration on Wednesday granted ByteDance a new seven-day extension of an order directing the Chinese company to sell its TikTok short video-sharing app, according to a court...
France orders tech giants to pay digital tax
France’s finance ministry has sent out notices to big tech companies liable for its digital service tax to pay the levy as planned in December, the ministry said on...
British companies are least likely to pay up when hit with ransomware
One in four companies worldwide pay ransoms.Ransomware is a blight on many companies’ existence, and as the work from home revolution takes hold, more and more of us are...
