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Facebook, Twitter sucked into US Senate's Russian meddling probe
Politicians want to know what happened with those fake accounts and advertising dollars
Hi Facebook, Google, we think we might tax your ads instead – lots of love, Europe x
Or maybe hold money from online transactions. Either way, we're getting our damn cash
Outgoing Cisco exec chair John Chambers joins Sprinklr board
There is life after the Borg... in social media management platforms apparently
Google's Big Hardware Bet: Is this what a sane business would do?
Analysis You're an algorithms company, Larry!
Something good about Brexit? Errr, more teeth for Ofcom! – report
But elsewhere fear and uncertainty reigns. Ahhh!
How's that 'turnaround' year going, Capita? ...Sheesh, sorry I asked
Things still gloomy after profit warning and restructure
UK data watchdog swots automated marketing call pest with £260k fine
Easyleads applies to be struck off after investigation
Google blows $1.1bn to hire HTC's Pixel people, forming one big happy handset team
HTC insists ad giant didn't scoop all its clever people and it can still make nice things
UK Prime Minister calls on internet big beasts to 'auto-takedown' terror pages within 2 HOURS
And you thought 24 hours would be tough…
EU watchdog: Govt bods are seeking 'legal knockouts' to dodge transparency
Increasingly 'legalistic' approach goes against intentions for openness, says ombudsman
Toshiba said yes to the Bain-Capital-backed bunch – reports
The question is... will Western Dig give the OK?
Compsci degrees aren't returning on investment for coders – research
Spend £50k to get just £3k per year more than non-grads
UK PC prices have risen 30% in a year since the EU referendum
Vendors Brexploited GBP fall, but components dearth played part too
Congress battles Silicon Valley over upcoming US sex trafficking law
Crunch hearing reveals wide gulf in views, evildoer is Backpage
Uber Cali goes ballistic, calls online ads bogus: These million-dollar banners are something quite atrocious
Updated Advertising firm sued by taxi app maker
DXC squeezes suppliers for extra margin, issues ultimatum
That is IT, stationery, toilet rolls, etc 'give us discounts' says outsourcing biz
Google parks old pay-to-play auction in front of European Commission – reports
You want a remedy? Here's our remedy
Ethereum will have transaction chops of Visa in 'a couple of years', founder claims
Starcraft on the blockchain? What a time to be alive
BoJo, don't misuse stats then blurt disclaimers when you get rumbled
Norgrove was right: post-Brexit gross £350m a week? Nope
Google, Bing, Yahoo! data hoarding is like homeopathy. It doesn't work – new study claims
Boffins find search quality unaffected
Google India launches payment service that sends money as sound
'Tez' targets India, where cash is now a dirty word, will soon hit other emerging economies
Bloke fesses up: I forged judge's signature to strip stuff from Google search
Jewelry exec faces up to five years in the clink for SEO backfire
Grab your popcorn: The first annual Privacy Shield review is go
Trump administration’s views on privacy to come under scrutiny
Apocalypse now: Ad biz cries foul over Apple's great AI cookie purge
It'll break the internet, cries Madison Ave
Brit ministers jet off on a trade mission to tout our digital exports...
...We import two-thirds of our digital. That! is! a! disgrace!
New HMRC IT boss to 'recuse' herself over Microsoft decisions
Exclusive UK taxman's CDIO Jacky Wright currently on 'sabbatical'
DXC Technologies mails another corp message (gulp)
No, not redundos or cost cutting... bonuses for the 'top performing' little people
Portland posts full report on Uber's dirty dealings with Greyball
No further penalties for ride-sharing giant, however
Senators call for '9/11-style' commission on computer voting security
Horse, meet stable door
China orders immediate shuttering of Bitcoin exchanges
And *clunk* – cryptocurrency value drops 20 per cent
EU's tech giant tax plan moves forward
All options on the table, and Apple, Facebook, Google ain't gonna like any of 'em
Just how are HMRC’s IT systems going to cope with Brexit?
Answers on a postcard, please
Dell EMC president David Goulden quits
Two months after the biz told El Reg, 'no, no, David Goulden is going nowhere'.
DoJ: Look! Google is giving up overseas data for warrants outside Second Circuit
Updated Go on, Supremes, have another look at that Microsoft ruling, wouldya?
ICO whacks Welsh biz with £350k fine for 150 MEEELLION nuisance calls
Not that data watchdog expects to get that money paid
UK attorney general plans crackdown on 'trial by social media'
Oi: Less contempt of court on Facebook and Twitter, says gov law bloke
HPE slices and dices globo org chart
Waves off another exec in the name of progress
Tech biz must be more export-focused, says defence kit minister
DSEI 2017 We like your startups – now help post-Brexit UK and start selling abroad
Facebook let advertisers target 'Jew-haters'
You are our product, says The Social Network™, and we productised your racism
User worked with wrong app for two weeks, then complained to IT that data had gone missing
ON-CALL Lock down your UIs, developers – customisation can confuse cretins
Westpac brings authentication system in-house, binning IBM
Bank wants centrally-managed control over access control
Google sued for paying women less than men
Women get the lowly frontend jobs, while the men bask in backend glory
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