Gartner predicts IT spending to hit the $3.9 trillion mark in 2021
Gartner released its estimate for global IT spending in 2021. The predictions indicate the sector will grow by 6.2% over the course of this year and balance out the decline of 3.2% it saw in 2020 due to the pandemic.
The research agency says that enterprises were forced to invest in 'mission-cri...
Judge rejects Parler’s demand for reinstatement on Amazon
The ruling means the insurgent social media alternative to Twitter faces some difficult times ahead.
A federal judge on Thursday denied Parler's request for a court order that would have forced Amazon to immediately resume hosting the controversial social media platform following its suspension ...
Google investigating an AI ethicist for sharing sensitive documents
The action marks the second scandal in recent weeks involving Google's AI ethics team.
Google has suspended the corporate account of Margaret Mitchell, a lead on its ethical AI team, according to a report in Axios. Google has claimed that the suspension is because she downloaded and shared sens...
Amazon is suing the EU over multiple antitrust investigations
Amazon is suing the EU's antitrust regulators for allowing Italy's competition watchdog to pursue its own case against the US-based online retail behemoth. The Italian case concerns the way Amazon selects its sellers. Now, the company is arguing that this investigation should be included in the EU'...
EU calls Biden a ‘new dawn’ and advocates for tougher digital laws
The European Union is almost as happy as the Americans who wanted a respite from Trump's chaotic ruling style. It hailed Joe Biden's inauguration as the United States president as a 'new dawn.' However, the EU also insisted that US tech companies need to be regulated.
The EU hopes to stop the 'd...
Workday CEO wants workers to return to the office ASAP
Working from home impedes the creation of a "great culture and an inspired workforce," according to Aneel Bhusri.
This week Aneel Bhusri, the CEO of Workday, created some controversy when he told an audience from Goldman Sachs that he cannot wait to see people return to the office instead of wor...
Samsung chairman jailed for bribery
Samsung leader and vice-chairman Lee Jae-yong has been given a 2.5-year prison sentence for attempting to bribe former president Park Geun-hye. He allegedly tried to facilitate a merger between two business units.
According to ZDNet, Lee tried to bribe President Park to approve the merger of two...
Biden wants former Obama officials for top antitrust job
Two officials who served under Obama's administration have emerged as the front-runners for the top antitrust job at the United States Department of Justice. That is what the incoming administration under President-elect Joe Biden is aiming for.
The news was revealed to Reuters by two sources cl...
Tech giants team up on digital COVID-19 vaccination initiative
Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce are creating a vaccination passport to facilitate post-pandemic travel.
A broad coalition of health and technology leaders this week announced the creation of the Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI). This project aims to provide individuals with digital acces...
Trump administration now puts Xiaomi on an investment blacklist
Under outgoing President Trump, the Department of Defence has put nine Chinese companies on a blacklist, saying they have military connections. In what has come across as a surprising move, tech giant Xiaomi is included on the list.
The blacklist prevents US citizens and companies from investing...
Social media platform Parler may never come back online
John Matze, the CEO of Parler says that the social media platform may never get back online after it was cut off by major service providers that were displeased by the app's failure to police violent content posted by its users.
Several business vendors cut off ties with the platform, which is o...
Parler sues Amazon for taking down website
Parler has filed a lawsuit against Amazon. AWS was until recently the party that provided the hosting for the social medium but stopped doing so after the commotion surrounding the storming of the Capitol.
In the 18-page complaint, the social medium writes that Amazon's decision to stop hosting ...