Is America’s ‘woke backlash’ a warning? July 22, 2024 With Microsoft scrapping a DEI team and Elon Musk moving to Texas, is the tide turning on the ‘woke’ agenda – and should businesses pay attention? Asks Eliot Wilson When America sneezes, Britain catches a cold. It is an idea that became popular after the Wall Street Crash of 1929, when the fall in New [...]
More flight cancellations and delays expected in wake of global IT outage July 20, 2024 A flawed update rolled out by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike knocked many offline around the world on Friday, causing flight and train cancellations and crippling some healthcare systems.
A ‘blue screen of death loop’: How a Crowdstrike update crashed Microsoft systems around the world July 19, 2024 Crowdstrike's flagship product, reported to be the cause of the tech crash today, acts like an antivirus, using artificial intelligence and machine learning to detect and prevent threats.
Global tech outage: Vital NHS system goes down along with Heathrow, London Stock Exchange and Sky News July 19, 2024 The London Stock Exchange, airlines, banks and media organisations went down in the early hours of Friday.
Microsoft hires from Inflection AI now under microscope from competition watchdog July 16, 2024 The CMA has set an 11 September deadline to decide whether the case will progress to a phase two investigation.
Craneware signs landmark deal with Microsoft July 2, 2024 Healthcare software provider Craneware has signed a landmark deal Microsoft that will provide the Scottish firm with access to the tech giant's Azure platform, improving customer access to its software and 'expanded cloud capabilities, and boosting its AI capabilities.
Microsoft to build ‘hyperscale’ datacentre near Leeds after £106m deal June 27, 2024 Tech giant Microsoft is one step closer to building a 'hyperscale' datacentre near Leeds after it purchased a 48-acre site from British property developer Harworth Group.
Microsoft breached EU rules with ‘possibly abusive’ move bundling Teams with Office suite June 25, 2024 Microsoft violated European Union competition rules with “possibly abusive” practices by tying its Teams messaging and videoconferencing app to its widely used business software, the bloc has said. The European Commission said on Monday that it has informed Microsoft of its preliminary view that the US tech giant has been “restricting competition” by bundling Teams [...]
Nvidia overthrows Microsoft and Apple as world’s most valuable company June 19, 2024 New York's Nasdaq exchange, where Nvidia is listed, has also surged 21 per cent year to date to a record high.
Tesla, Google, Microsoft and Tiktok push tech layoffs total to nearly 100,000 this year June 17, 2024 A total of 326 tech companies have laid off more than 98,000 employees so far this year, according to online tracker layoffs.fyi.