Amazon Web Services announcing data centres in Israel
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Amazon Web Services is opening data centers in Israel. The country recently signed a deal with AWS and Google for a USD 1 billion project to provide cloud services for
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Facebook opening offices offering flex options
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Facebook plans to open all its US offices by October but they would be re-opened at 50% capacity already in September. The company said it plans to offer flexible work
EU investigating the dominance of digital assistants
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Big tech companies’ digital assistants strong position in the EU is a competition concern for the European Commission. The comments from the Commission come after a year-long inquiry into voice
Amazon investing billions in Spanish data centres
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Amazon Web Services announced it is investing Euro 2.5 billion in new data centres in the Aragon-region in Spain. The investment is for a period of ten years and the
Google opening up Android for search competitors
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Google has adjusted to “feedback” from the EU Commission and is opening up its Android so that other search providers can compete for free on Android-based devices in Europe. “We
Error 503: Major websites down in global outage
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A number of leading media websites, including the Guardian, Financial Times, Independent and the New York Times, as well as popular websites like Amazon, Reddit, Unsplash, Spotify and Twitch went
Apple investing more on video conferencing and improving privacy
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Apple is boosting its capacity for video calls to better compete with Zoom and Microsoft’s Teams by allowing Android devices and PCs to join calls on Apple’s Facetime. At its
Smartphone sales up after pandemic dip
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Global sales of smartphones recovered in the first quarter of 2021 after a steep decline last year. Sales to end users was up 26% in the first quarter of 2021,
Microsoft’s Bing blocking iconic picture of Tank Man
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On the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Microsoft’s search engine Bing was found to have blocked the iconic picture of a man standing on the square facing to be
Apple staff back at office in September
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As vaccination campaigns slowly calms down the pandemic, companies are asking staff to gradually return to office work. The latest big tech announcing a return to office is Apple that