UK’s antitrust authority is struggling without Brussels
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority says a special tech regulator is needed.
According to a report in the Financial Times, Britain is in danger of becoming a 'rule taker' from Brussels. The warning came after the federal government decided to not give its competition regulator powers to ... Read more
Intel seeks to recoup €593 million euros in interest from EU
After winning an appeal on an antitrust fine, Intel wants payback.
US chipmaker Intel filed a claim for €593 million euros ($624 million) in interest from the European Commission, according to reporting in Reuters. The claim comes five months after the company convinced Europe's second-top co... Read more
Macron vows to boost the French ecosystem for startups
The newly re-elected French President promises to quadruple the number of French unicorns by 2030.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday he was hoping for a surge in the number of French tech unicorns by 2030. Unicorn is industry slang for a privately held startup valued north of $1 bi... Read more
Regulator wants Big Tech privacy cases handled at the EU level
The bloc's privacy regulator laments the lax enforcement by the member states.
Cross-border Big Tech privacy cases should be handled by the EU watchdog rather than national agencies, the head of the bloc's data protection watchdog said on Friday. According to Reuters, he went on to lament the po... Read more
US SEC opens bribery probe into Ericsson
The investigation was triggered by the company's own report about its potential misdoings in Iraq
Ericsson has admitted that the U.S. securities regulator has opened an investigation concerning the matters described in the company's 2019 Iraq investigation report., according to a report in REUTE... Read more
Lenovo unveils the new ThinkSmart One Webcam
The company hails what it calls the World’s First Windows-based All-in-One Collaboration Bar
This week Lenovo announced its latest high-end webcam, the ThinkSmart One Smart Collaboration Bar. The company made the announcement at Infocomm 2022 in Las Vegas. The product is due to become generall... Read more
Tesla’s updated Key Card access helps thieves steal your car
Using the NFC to unlock the car makes it easy for the driver, but gives thieves a chance to create their own key.
Last year, Tesla issued an update that made its vehicles easier to start after being unlocked with their NFC key cards. Now, Ars Technica reports that a researcher has shown how the ... Read more
AWS announces general availability of mainframe modernization
The new service promises to make it faster and easier for customers to modernize mainframe-based workloads.
Amazon Web Services has announced the general availability of AWS Mainframe Modernization. The service a key new offering that offers businesses an easy way to migrate their mainframe... Read more
macOS Ventura adds productivity tools and connectivity features
The latest version of Apple's operating system makes life a lot easier for Mac users.
Apple this week announced the release of macOS Ventura, the latest version of their desktop operating system. The new version "takes the Mac experience to a whole new level," Apple says.
Foremost among the... Read more
Crowdstrike unveils new products and new CrowdXDR members
The company has added key strategic partners to the CrowdXDR Alliance.
This week Crowdstrike made two important announcements. First, they introduced Humio for Falcon, a new capability that extends data retention of CrowdStrike Falcon telemetry for up to one year or longer, enhancing threat anal... Read more