The business model of Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta empire has been dealt a blow following a ruling that its legal justification for targeting users with personalised ads broke EU data laws. Campaigners said the move could force the Facebook and Instagram owner to ask users to “opt in” to having their data used for targeted ads. […]
The UK tech sector will end the year as Europe’s leading ecosystem, retaining its position as the main challenger to the US and China amidst a global backdrop of difficult economic conditions, according to new figures from Dealroom for the Digital Economy Council During 2022, fast-growing UK tech companies have continued to raise at near-record […]
Britain still lags behind many European and Asian countries in the fastest broadband despite a record pace of rollout, according to Ofcom’s annual Connected Nations report. Full-fibre broadband is the gold standard for delivering fast internet speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second that enable households to download a one-hour high-definition TV episode in […]
Apple announced a suite of security and privacy improvements on Wednesday that the company is pitching as a way to help people protect their data from hackers, including one that civil liberty and privacy advocates have long pushed for. The tech giant will soon allow users to choose to secure more of the data backed […]
Twitter is under investigation by city officials in San Francisco following a complaint that the company allegedly converted rooms in its headquarters to sleeping quarters, an inquiry that has drawn scorn from Elon Musk. As of Monday, the office has “modest bedrooms featuring unmade mattresses, drab curtains and giant conference-room telepresence monitors” with four to […]
Elon Musk sought to assure Twitter advertisers that he is serious about the business and its culture before the completion of his $44 billion takeover. In an open letter that encouraged them to keep using Twitter under his leadership he said that the platform was “important to the future of civilisation” and that he wanted […]
A new report by MPs on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee has called on the Government to push forward with a draft Digital Markets Bill that would allow regulators to take a more proactive approach to curbing big tech dominance. The bill would enshrine the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) Digital Markets Unit (DMU) […]
Apple has hiked its prices for its music and TV services for the first time ever this week, perhaps signalling things to come for its biggest streaming rivals. The tech giant said it would be increasing the price of Apple Music globally by $1 to $10.99, and breaking away from the standard ‘9.99’ price level […]
Elon Musk is considering cutting Twitter’s workforce by almost 75 per cent, as the deadline for his $44 billion takeover of the social media group edges closer. The world’s richest man has proposed drastic cuts to the San Francisco-based company’s 7,500 workforce, reducing it to just over 2,000, during conversations with prospective investors, The Washington […]
The volume of cyber attacks on UK businesses fell by four per cent in the third quarter of 2022, but remains high by historical standards, warns Beaming, the specialist business ISP. UK firms experienced 169,824 attempts each to breach their systems between July and September, on average, the equivalent of one every 47 seconds. Sonia […]