Internet of Things (IoT) News
Our ongoing coverage of smart technologies, internet connected devices and objects able to collect and exchange data and the platforms that support them.
Google’s global workforce to form a union alliance
Google employees from throughout the world are forming a marriage alliance, weeks after employees at the search engine giant along with other units of parent firm Alphabet formed a...
Opinion: Why Google now needs to be broken up
Since it’s inception some 22 years ago out of a garage in Menlo Park, Google has been on an unparalleled journey towards multi-sector dominance.
EU wants Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google CEOs at February hearing
EU lawmakers have invited the CEO’s of Amazon.com, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet into a 1st of February hearing in Brussels as they attempt to crack down on the forces of US t...
Google closes deal to buy Fitbit as US Justice Dept probe continues
Search and advertising giant Google has closed its deal to purchase gym tracking company Fitbit, the companies said, even as the US Justice Department said that it was continuing i...
London resilient at top of European tech investment table despite COVID
London retained its position as the top European destination for tech venture capital in 2020, with levels near the record sum of the year before despite the impact of COVID-19, ac...
US suspends French tariffs over digital services tax
The United States has said it might hold off slapping tariffs on French cosmetics, handbags and other imports in retaliation for a digital services tax Washington says will damage ...
Google employees form labor union in United States
More than 200 workers and builders in Google parent Alphabet in the US and Canada have formed a labor union to promote workplace equity and moral business practices, the group chos...
Google told its scientists to ‘strike a positive tone’ in AI research
Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review, and in at least three cases requested authors refr...
Australian regulator rejects Google’s undertaking over Fitbit competition concerns
Australia’s antitrust regulator has refused an undertaking by Google that sought to address competition concerns over its projected $2.1 billion acquisition of gym tracker ma...
Big Tech’s stealth push to influence the Biden administration
Silicon Valley is operating behind the scenes to secure senior functions for technology allies in lesser-known but still vital sections of president-elect Joe Biden’s adminis...
Microsoft Corp says it found malicious software in its systems
Microsoft has said that it has found malicious applications from its own systems associated with a huge hacking effort disclosed by US officials this week, including a top technolo...
Search giant Baidu considers making own electric vehicles
Baidu is considering making its own electric vehicles and has held talks with automakers about the possibility, three people with knowledge of the matter said, the latest move in a...
President Trump vows to veto defence bill unless Section 230 is scrapped
President Trump has just announced that he would veto the $740 billion National Defence Authorization Act unless it includes a measure eliminating a federal law protecting tech com...
Amazon and Apple stay away from French initiative for Big Tech
Amazon and Apple have not signed up to a brand new French initiative to get global tech firms to publicly commit to fundamentals including paying their fair share of taxes, governm...