33 h. ago Apple issues warning to all 1.8b iPhone users: Delete this app NOW or your bank details will be stolen

Apple is warning their nearly two billion iPhone users to immediately delete another tech giant's app, claiming that your digital privacy is in grave danger .

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37 h. ago Google reports strong earnings amid DoJ antitrust lawsuits and Trump tariffs

Tech giant exceeds Wall Street expectations despite 17% drop in stock price and tariffs levied on its trade partnersGoogle’s parent company Alphabet reported strong first quarter earnings on Thursday, despite being embroiled in antitrust lawsuits brought by the US government and seeing a 17% drop in its stock price since the beginning of the year. This is the company’s first earnings report since Donald Trump levied tariffs on trade partners around the world.Despite the upheaval for Alphabet, it exceeded Wall Street’s expectations, reporting revenue of $90.23bn, up 12% since the same time last year, and $2.81 in earnings per share. Analysts had projected first quarter revenue of $89.2bn and earnings of $2.01 per share, according to consensus estimates. The global tariffs were not expected to create much of an impact for Alphabet, since they were mostly instituted after the end of the quarter. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Google to report earnings amid justice department lawsuits and Trump tariffs

Parent company to report revenue as it’s embroiled in 17% drop in stock price and tariffs levied on its trade partnersGoogle’s parent company Alphabet will report its first quarter earnings on Thursday, which come as the tech giant is embroiled in antitrust lawsuits brought by the US government and a 17% drop in its stock price since the beginning of the year. It’s also the company’s first earnings report since Donald Trump levied tariffs on trade partners around the world.Despite the upheaval, analysts appear optimistic on Alphabet’s outlook projecting first quarter revenue of $89.2bn, up 11% since the same time last year, and earnings of $2.01 per share, up 7%, according to consensus estimates. Analysts don’t expect the global tariffs to create much of an impact for Alphabet, since they were mostly instituted after the end of the quarter. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Google broke the law. It’s time to break up the company | Courtney C Radsch

Two recent US cases have found the search giant is functioning as an illegal monopoly. This should be a turning pointIn less than a year, US courts have ruled that the world’s most powerful tech company broke the law – twice.In August, a federal judge in Washington ruled that Google illegally maintained its search monopoly by locking up defaults on browsers and devices. In April, a federal judge in Virginia found that Google illegally monopolized the digital advertising market, manipulating auctions, restricting and stifling competitors. These two rulings, the most significant antitrust wins against a tech giant in decades, should be a turning point in the digital economy.Dr Courtney C Radsch is director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets Institute Continue reading...

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69 h. ago EU fines Apple and Meta £600m for breaching competition rules

The European Commission said the tech giants breached the Digital Markets Act.

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2 d. ago Apple's former chief designer Sir Jony Ive has revealed the strange diet of the tech giant's late founder Steve Jobs

The creator of the Apple Watch, who worked alongside Steve Jobs for 15 years and ate lunch with him every day, has revealed the tech giant's strange eating habits.

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2 d. ago Apple and Meta fined a combined £600m for breaching EU competition rules

The European Commission said the tech giants breached the Digital Markets Act.

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4 d. ago Urgent warning to all 1.8b Gmail users over 'sophisticated' attack stealing personal information

Google has confirmed a 'sophisticated' attack on 1.8 billion Gmail users' data, prompting the tech giant to issue an urgent warning. Here's what you need to do to protect your account.

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4 d. ago WRU set to offer Steve Tandy the Wales head coach job as duo lined up to lead summer tour

Wales are closing in on their new head coach appointment

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8 d. ago Google illegally monopolized online advertising markets, US judge rules

Federal judge deals blow to tech giant and paves way for government to break up company’s advertising productsAlphabet’s Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a judge ruled on Thursday, dealing another blow to the tech giant and paving the way for US antitrust prosecutors to seek a breakup of its advertising products.The US district judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, found Google liable for “willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power” in markets for publisher ad servers and the market for ad exchanges which sit between buyers and sellers. Publisher ad servers are platforms used by websites to store and manage their ad inventory. Antitrust enforcers failed to prove a separate claim that the company had a monopoly in advertiser ad networks, she wrote. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Online child safety tips all parents should know, shared by Samsung

Is your child safe online? A tech giant has shared some crucial online safety tips for parents.

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9 d. ago Apple tells millions of iPhone users to update their devices NOW after 'extremely sophisticated attack'

The tech giant said the hack was used against 'specific targeted individuals'.

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1 week ago Apple airlifted iPhones worth $2bn from India in March as Trump tariffs loomed

Tech giant stepped up production and chartered cargo flights with at least six jets to ensure sufficient inventoryApple’s main Indian suppliers Foxconn and Tata shipped nearly $2bn worth of iPhones to the United States in March, an all-time high, as the US company airlifted devices to bypass Donald Trump’s impending tariffs, customs data shows.The smartphone maker stepped up production in India and chartered cargo flights to ferry 600 tons of iPhones to the United States to ensure sufficient inventory in one of its biggest markets based on concern that the US president’s tariffs would push up costs. At least six cargo jets were used in the operation, which one source described as a way to “beat the tariffs”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Silicon Six accused of avoiding nearly $300bn in taxes, new report says

Big Tech giants accused of having tax avoidance ‘hardwired’ into their infrastructures

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1 week ago The ‘Silicon Six’ accused of avoiding nearly $300bn in taxes, new report says

Big Tech giants accused of having tax avoidance ‘hardwired’ into their infrastructures

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1 week ago Meta faces historic antitrust trial that could force it to break off Instagram, WhatsApp

Meta Platforms Inc. faces a historic antitrust trial Monday that could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups it bought more than a decade ago that have since grown into social media powerhouses

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2 w. ago Police chief says he wants to 'discriminate against white job applicants' so he can hire more ethnic minority officers

Chief Constable John Robins of West Yorkshire Police has consistently pushed to reform laws across the country in order to boost the number of ethnic minorities in his force.

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2 w. ago Apple flew out 600 tons of iPhones from India to the US to ‘beat’ Trump’s tariff deadline

Tech giant reportedly chartered flights to relocate about 1.5 million phones

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2 w. ago Steve Tandy emerges as new frontrunner for Wales head coach job

The Scotland coach could also bring in some familiar assistants should he get the job

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2 w. ago Energy and tech giants to meet Government over plans to power UK AI

The first meeting of the Government’s new AI Energy Council will take place on Tuesday.

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