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In huge privacy win, US Supreme Court rules warrant needed to slurp folks' location data
A digital era defining decision
Facebook sends lowly minions to placate Euro law makers over data-slurp scandal
We wanted actual C-suiters, growls EU committee
BlackBerry continues its gentle slide even as software sales embiggen
Strong showing for that and services in Q1 '19 results
Why the 'feudal' tech monopolies run rings around competition watchdogs
Interview Rather than break up Google, can we try owning our data?
Outage? No, phones are playing silly buggers, insists Sainsbury's Bank
Updated But customers believe days of problems go deeper than that
Do UK.gov wonks understand sci-tech skills gap? MPs dish out Parliamentary kicking
And don't even ask about Brexit
Trainee techie ran away and hid after screwing up a job, literally
On-Call He was young, eager to please and forgot that size matters
Galloping greenback rocks Red Hat
Q1 2019 beat guidance, but FY 19 forecasts were cut and investors bit back
US Supreme Court blocks internet's escape from state sales taxes
5-4 decision brings ecommerce in line with physical shops
Brit reseller Aria PC's appeal against HMRC VAT fraud finding gets under way
Firm disputes findings of taxman and First-Tier tribunal
BlackBerry CEO: We need help from the channel to grow
Slight hiccup expected as former phone-maker diversifies
Dixons Carphone profits drop 24% amid hack 'n' high street struggles
CEO puts on a happy face
JURI's out, Euro copyright votes in: Whoa, did the EU just 'break the internet'?
No, but not everyone's happy with the changes
EU negotiator: Crucial data adequacy deal will wait until UK hands in homework
Wants to shut off access to Europol, security DBs
Mellanox flushes three directors at behest of activist investor
And agrees to do better or it'll have to hand over more board seats
Telstra reveals radical restructure plan
Tel-colossus to shed 8,000 jobs, create new infrastructure company
Oracle: Think our DB sales are great now? Wait until we actually get the new product out...
'Autonomous' database cash haul just ramping up – Larry
Shiny new Capita boss to UK.gov: I know you are but what am I?
Jon Lewis challenges MPs over KPIs on in-house projects
Capita admits it won't make money on botched NHS England contract
Outsourcer's mea culpa: firm failed on due diligence, lacked data, closed offices too fast
National ID cards might not mean much when up against incompetence of the UK Home Office
Would they have prevented Windrush? The mind boggles
Donald Trump trumped as US Senate votes to reinstate ZTE ban
Meanwhile USA ponders more tariffs on China in ‘wet noodle’ trade skirmish
Asylum seeker spreadsheet data blurt: UK Home Office loses appeal to limit claimants
Family members can seek damages
Developer’s code worked, but not in the right century
Who, me? The user you really don’t want to mess with is a vigilant loyalty points herder
FACE/OFF: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission bins NEC-built biometrics project
Meanwhile there's 15 other $10m-plus IT projects wobbling down Canberra way
UN's freedom of expression top dog slams European copyright plans
Rapporteur David Kaye not impressed with Article 13
Wires, chips, and LEDs: US trade bigwigs detail Chinese kit that's going to cost a lot more
'You want a war? Well done, you've got one' replies China
DeepMind Health told to explain business model, relationship to Google
Review panel: We don't think AI firm has a hidden agenda, but…
Universal Credit has never delivered bang for buck, but now there's no turning back – watchdog
UK's National Audit Office slams delays, overestimation of Verify, attitude to claimants
ICANN pays to push Whois case to European Court of Justice
Just has to lose GDPR rulings in other courts first
User spent 20 minutes trying to move mouse cursor, without success
On-Call Citizen sysadmin saved the day after kids got lost without lasers
Ex-Rolls-Royce engineer nicked on suspicion of giving F-35 info to China
73-year-old taken in by counter-terror cops – report
HP PC boss quits tech for fur baby future
Ron Coughlin will no longer doorstep fanbois outside Apple stores
Scrapping Brit cap on nurses, doctors means more room for IT folk
UK.gov expected to take health workers off immigration limit
The only way is ethics: UK.gov emphasises moral compass amid deluge of data plans
Civil servants get cheat sheet for procuring analytics
Tech firms, come to Blighty! Everything is brill! Brexit schmexit, Galileo schmalileo
Desperate times at Downing Street
Relax. It's OK, folks, the US government isn't going to try to take back control of the internet
It just had to deal with a pesky senator asking questions
Cardiff chap chucks challenge at chops*-checking cops
Case says facial recognition tech breaches right to privacy, free expression
Trademark holders must pay for UK web blocking orders – Supreme Court
Top judges say ISPs – but not webhosts or caches – can pass the buck
Aussie bloke wins right to sue Google over 'underworld' images
Suit will also tackle biz over 'is a former hitman' autofill howler
UK.gov online dating tips: Do get consent, don't make false claims or fake profiles
Probe of dating platform's claims prompts crackdown on online love rat firms
Trump's ZTE deal challenged by Senate
Death penalty suggested or naughty, naughty Chinese telco-kit-maker
Australia, Solomon Islands to ink Huawei-free cable contract today
Spook-driven paranoia? No, it's just friendly competition, honest
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