Operating Systems News
From mobile and desktop, through to server and virtualisation, this is our ongoing news and analysis coverage of the business of operating systems.
How will Trump get his message out without social media?
The decision by tech oligarch’s to clamp down President Trump’s capacity to talk to followers through mainstream social media may require him to tap more conventional m...
Apple, Amazon suspend Parler social network from App Store and web hosting service
Apple and Amazon have suspended Parler from their respective App Store and web hosting service, saying the social networking service popular with many right-leaning social media us...
UK’s competition watchdog to probe Google’s browser changes
The UK’s competition watchdog said on Friday it has launched an investigation to Google’s suggestions to get rid of third-party cookies and other functions from the Chr...
USTR slams India, Italy, Turkey on digital taxes but holds off on tariffs
Digital services taxation adopted by India, Italy and Turkey discriminate against US businesses and therefore are inconsistent with international tax rules, the US Trade Representa...
Trump signs order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps including Alipay
President Trump has signed an executive order prohibiting trades with eight Chinese software applications, such as Ant Group’s Alipay, ” the White House stated, escalat...
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...
Apple removes 39,000 game apps from China store to meet deadline
Apple removed 39,000 game apps on its China store Thursday, the biggest removal ever in a single day, as it set year-end as deadline for all game publishers to obtain a licence.
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...
Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Dell join legal battle against hacking company
Tech giants including Microsoft and Google on Monday joined Facebook’s legal struggle against hacking company NSO, submitting an amicus brief in federal court which warned th...
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...
US lawsuit claims Google, Facebook cooperated to undermine ad competition
Facebook and Alphabet’s Google, the two largest players in online marketing, used a series of deals to combine their market power illegally, Texas and nine other states alleg...
EU moves to rein in tech giants with threat of fines and break-up
US tech businesses including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google face penalties of up to 10% of the annual turnover and might even be forced to divide beneath draft European Union ...
China to crank up anti-trust heat on Big Tech after unprecedented fines
China’s unprecedented anti-trust squeeze onto its technology giants isn’t only just beginning.