American Big Tech shares took one of their biggest hits of the year this week, as crises on multiple fronts threaten to topple the dominance of the sector’s big leaders. It leaves…
Tech Companies Must Do More to Counter Hate Speech – European Summit
Some of Europe’s leading politicians and academics have warned tech companies to play a more active role in countering hate speech, at a summit in Monaco. The session, entitled Responding to the Challenges…
EU Lands Blow in Tech Tax Battle
The European Union will overhaul its tax relationship with Big Tech, a leading politician has revealed. Speaking to Le Journal du Dimanche, French finance minister Bruno Le Maire said that Brussels plans to…
Spotify is Going Public – It Needs to Start Making Music
Spotify, the Swedish music streaming service, has rarely done things by the book. Even while announcing its intentions to go public yesterday, the firm eschewed a traditional IPO in favor of a…
The Biggest Tech Court Battles of 2017
Last Wednesday it was announced that Mozilla and Oath would be fighting it out in court, following Mozilla’s decision to switch from Yahoo! to Google for searches. What seems like small fry…
Apple AI Chief Unveils Self-Drive Tech Progress
Apple has shown a little more of what it’s getting done in the self-driving tech world. This week Ruslan Salakhutidinov, the company’s director of artificial intelligence (AI), made a presentation in California…
Steve Wozniak Launches New Education Startup, Woz U
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is back on the startup scene – this time with his new education app, Woz U. The platform, which promises to “get people into the workforce quickly and…
Is the iPhone X Opening a Global Door to Chinese Competition?
So, finally, it’s here. Apple’s iPhone X has arrived with all the pomp and grandiosity of a Persian emperor. But is the Cupertino company’s latest offering–which marks a decade, improbably, since the first…
SoftBank Tech Fund Becomes World’s Largest with $93bn War Chest
SoftBank has announced that it has raised $93 billion for a new tech investment fund, which will become the largest in history. The Japanese telecoms giant, currently valued at $78.6bn, raised capital for…
WhatsApp Encryption at Center of London Terror Storm
Messaging service WhatsApp has been accused by the British government of giving terrorists “a safe place to hide”, after refusing to hand over messages communicated by the perpetrator of last week’s deadly…