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65% of tech recruiters believe there’s bias in their hiring process

A lack of diversity in the tech sector has been a well documented problem in the industry.

22/01/2022

Tech News

Explained: Why Microsoft's Activision deal could shake up gaming

Microsoft's takeover of Activision shows gaming will be at the heart of the metaverse but it may yet be foiled by antitrust regulators.

19/01/2022

Culture news

Microsoft buys company that makes Candy Crush and Call of Duty

The deal will make Microsoft one of the biggest game producers in the world, making them more competitive with tech giants like Meta in the creation of the metaverse

19/01/2022

Tech News

Russia is behind 58% of state-sanctioned hacks, according to Microsoft

In its annual report on cybercrime, Microsoft reveals the top three countries targeted by Russian state-sponsored hackers where the United States, Ukraine and the UK.

08/10/2021

Tech News

The ethics of AI: Should we put our faith in Big Tech?

IBM told Reuters its AI Ethics Board has begun discussing how to police an emerging frontier: implants and wearables that wire computers to brains.

08/09/2021

Tech News

Big tech spends big money lobbying EU, new report shows

Tech industry giants outspent big pharma and fossil fuel companies trying to win influence and shape policy in Brussels, a new study has found.

31/08/2021

Tech News

Tech this week: Tim Cook's $750m bonus and new Tesla Autopilot crash

Apple's Tim Cook banked a $750 million bonus, Tesla is under renewed scrutiny after another Autopilot incident and more in this week's tech round-up.

29/08/2021

Tech News

Microsoft software breach makes millions of users’ data vulnerable

Some 38 million pieces of personal data and information were badly kept due to a configuration defect in a software.

24/08/2021

Work

Swiss start-up rivals Google with '100% secure' smartphone keyboard

Swiss start-up Typewise has developed an AI keyboard for your phone that is better at correcting typos and more secure. Can it rival the US giants?

23/08/2021

Tech News

Apple, Microsoft and Google make record profits

The three tech giants announced record-breaking earnings on Tuesday, as they continued to benefit from the shift online brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

28/07/2021

Tech News

EU officials: Microsoft Exchange email hack came from China

The attack earlier this year compromised tens of thousands of computers. Now EU and US officials have said China-based hackers were to blame.

19/07/2021

Tech News

WhatsApp goes phoneless, Microsoft gatecrashes World Emoji Day party

What you need to know in tech this week: WhatsApp pilots multi-device access and Microsoft's paperclip symbol gatecrashes World Emoji Day party.

17/07/2021

USA

Aid agencies targeted by phishing emails blamed on Russia

Thousands of addresses were targeted by emails containing malware from a compromised marketing account belonging to the the U.S. Agency for International Development.

29/05/2021

World

Bill Gates says getting to zero emissions will be 'best thing we've ever done'

"It should be a cause that humanity can come together on. It'll be hard, but if we achieve it, it'll be the best thing we've ever done," says Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy.

15/02/2021

World News

Sony confirms PlayStation 5 release for November, days after the Xbox

Video game fans will face a difficult purchasing choice as the rival consoles will be released within in the same month for the same price

17/09/2020

Europe Decoded

Trump sets deadline for TikTok sale and demands cut for US government

The US President's comments come after Microsoft confirmed it was in talks with the video app's owner, China's ByteDance.

03/08/2020

Belgium

Slack files EU competition complaint against Microsoft

The workplace messaging service has accused Microsoft of the "illegal and anti-competitive practice of abusing its market dominance".

22/07/2020

USA

Iran-linked hackers tried to compromise presidential campaign, Microsoft says

The company said that it had seen "significant cyber activity" from a group of hackers that it believes "originates from Iran and is linked to the Iranian government."

04/10/2019

USA

Microsoft employees demand military contract be dropped

"We did not sign up to develop weapons."

23/02/2019

World News

Microsoft extends cyber protection ahead of European elections

Microsoft says it will extend its cyber security protection across the continent to help in the fight against influencing campaigns ahead of the European Parliament elections

20/02/2019