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Get your groceries and go: Amazon debuts “Go” store with no cashiers or checkout lines. In a move that could revolutionize the way we buy our groceries in the future, Amazon has this week opened a supermarket that has no checkout operators or tills of any sort. After a... Read more
UK-based Carphone Warehouse has been fined ÂŁ400,000 ($550,000) by British Information Commissionerâs Office in relation to a series of “systemic failures” following a nearly two year investigation after a massive data breach that occurred in 2015. Hackers succeeded in easily bypassing Carphone Warehouse security in 2015, and gained full... Read more
Several of the USâs Major internet firms have banded together to form a group known as the Internet Association with the sole intention of suing the FCC and preventing the government body from overturning the Title 2 2015 net neutrality rules. The IA which is backed by heavyweight tech... Read more
Google To Open Chinese AI Research Lab In China
News December 20, 2017
Artificial Iintelligence (AI) centre to open despite the fact that its search services remain blocked in the country after the best part of a decade. The subsidiary of Alphabet will build the new AI research facility in the city of Shanghai. The project is to be headed up Fei-Fei... Read more
Social network suspends ethnicity ad targeting as review explores potential abuse and exclusion. Over a year ago, public service investigative journalism platform ProPublica discovered an unsettling feature on Facebook. At the time, advertisers could target or exclude specific demographics of users with their ads based on factors like gender,... Read more
Apple has finally agreed to start paying a âŹ13bn ($15.4 billion) tax bill in early 2018, a full 12 months after a European Union competition court ruled that a special tax deal with Ireland had allowed Apple to pay almost zero tax on Europe wide profits between 2003 and 2014. The irony is that Ireland has said it doesn’t want the money. The... Read more
US based online retail titan has finally officially launched its first Australian operation. After a tumultuous few months of will-they/won’t-they, Amazon finally opened its virtual doors to the domestic Australian market. While not yet as all-inclusive as its other global marketplaces, the Australian marketplace still covers most of the bases, with 23 separate categories for shoppers... Read more
Classified Pentagon Data Fully Accessible In Public Cloud
BusinessNewsPrivacy and Security December 5, 2017
Classified data from a joint program run by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the US Army has been found online and may have been accessible for years, say researchers. According to new research published by Cybersecurity firm UpGuard, around 100GB of data from a now redundant and failed... Read more
Cryptocurrency keeps going from strength-to-strength. Bitcoin hit another new record over the weekend, and then again on November 20, after rising above the vaunted $8,000 mark. The new price of a single bitcoin has gone through an amazing 50% climb in under 10 days! The question it seems isn’t whether Bitcoin will break the much vaunted $10,000 mark any more,... Read more
Government will invest and support tech start-ups exhibiting at iconic Vegas event. The CES Tech Expo held in Las Vegas is the highlight of the year for anyone with even a remote interest in up-and-coming technology. Whether it’s a major tech giant unveiling its latest gadget or a guy... Read more
Elon Musk’s luxury electric car company has reportedly fired hundreds of workers following its annual company-wide performance reviews. The news comes despite other reports in the media that the electric automaker is months behind its production targets and is actively trying to ramp up production to meet the demand... Read more
Avast Launches Business Antivirus Software Range
AntivirusBusinessNewsSoftware Reviews September 20, 2017
Defend your business with advanced antivirus protection and more. Itâs a scary world out there. With over 4,000 attacks on SMBs a day, itâs only a matter of time until your business becomes a target. Fight back with new Avast Business Antivirus â exceptional protection with a 100% malware... Read more
Tech giant lodges appeal against massive fine by European Commission. Back in the middle of summer, the regulator ruled that Googleâs positioning its own shopping comparison service at the top of Google search results, ahead of competitors, such as Amazon, was an abuse of power. The âŹ2.4bn fine was, and... Read more
Apple follows Microsoft’s novel approach to attracting tech talent. There’s little doubt that the 21st century workplace is a very different environment than previous generations experienced on the job. In every area of industry, new innovations and labor practices have changed the setting, so it should come as no... Read more
Former Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi to take the reins. It’s been a rough few years for Uber. What was hailed as the wave of the future in the space between the typical consumer good and crowdfunding is now synonymous with scandal and legal woes. Following on the heels of... Read more
Troubled transportation and food delivery giant sees increased bookings and declining loses. Despite multiple accusations of inherent sexual discrimination, a revolving door of resigned executives, dubious legal shenanigans in India, drivers threatening to strike, and being unable to find a new CEO after founder Travis Kalanick was effectively ousted... Read more
Alphabetâs Google smart glasses, Google Glass have returned, and it turns out they never really went away… But this time instead of attempting to sell it to the consumer market, the tech giant are selling it directly to industry and business calculating that the new âGlass Enterprise Editionâ with... Read more
Deal made two years after massive data breach. The Toronto, Canadian based parent company of the now infamous infidelity dating site Ashley Madison has reached a $11.2 million settlement deal with US class action lawsuits, after a massive security breach two years ago that made headlines the world over.... Read more