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EU to investigate Amazon over possible anti-competitive practices
EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager addresses a press conference on two state aid cases at the European Commission in Brussels on October 4, 2017. Emmanuel Dunand | AFP | Getty Images EU antitrust regulators will investigate Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, to see if its use of other merchants’ data breaches competition rules, …
How next generation mobile technology will transform the world of work
Inside an immense Bosch factory on the edge of Worcester, 400 machines and 1,200 people assemble the intricate pipework and circuitry of more than a thousand boilers each day before shipping them off to households across the country. When machines on the manufacturing line break down, production can be halted or significantly delayed while a …
Corbyn wishes Amazon ‘many happy tax returns’ on its 25th anniversary | Technology
The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has sent a barbed birthday card to Jeff Bezos to mark Amazon’s 25th anniversary, wishing the company “many happy tax returns” and demanding it pays more UK tax, pays its staff better and improves working conditions. Amazon UK paid only £1.7m in tax in 2017, its most recent annual public …
Slow NBN speeds: modems partly to blame for poor performance | Technology
Poor NBN speeds are often blamed on the government’s decision to scale back the fibre-to-the-premises roll out and switch to the cheaper fibre-to-the-node, but a study commissioned by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Acma) proves part of the problem can lie closer to home. Acma commissioned testing lab Enex to test run 43 modems …
Libra: US Congress asks Facebook to pause development | Technology
The US Congress has asked Facebook to pause development on its Libra cryptocurrency until lawmakers have had more time to investigate the ramifications of the company’s actions. In a letter from the Democratic heads of the house committee on financial services and its subcommittees, the legislators ask the company to “immediately cease implementation plans”. “Because …
New technology raising concerns about internet safety
Continuing technological advances is making it more difficult to keep people safe. The latest in “deep fake” technology is DeepNude – an app that uses AI to transform an image of a clothed woman into a realistic rendering of what she might look like naked. DeepNude surged in popularity after being covered by Vice last …
Internet problems at Cloudflare take down many of world’s biggest services, including Discord and cryptocurrency websites
Some of the world’s biggest websites and services stopped working because of a problem with the infrastructure powering the internet. Several major websites reported problems with their services, though not all of them were immediately attributed to the problems at Cloudflare. Chat service discord, several cryptocurrency websites and even fitness platform Peloton reported problems with their …
Adidas under fire for racist tweets after botched Arsenal launch | Technology
Adidas UK has come under fire after a social media gambit backfired spectacularly, leading to the company tweeting out pictures of its shirts with racist and offensive slogans on the back. The error came as Adidas launched a social media campaign, #DareToCreate, in conjunction with its release of the new Arsenal home kit. People were …
Singapore’s SGInnovate highlights four areas of technology investments
A robotic arm at an industrial manufacturing factory. kynny | iStock | Getty Images Artificial intelligence, self-driving vehicles, medical technologies and quantum computing are areas of focus for Singapore’s early stage, state-funded investor. While those technologies are still in their nascent stages, they are becoming more interconnected and, as a result, having a cross-disciplinary understanding …
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg says breaking up big tech ‘wouldn’t make any of these problems better’
Facebook Inc. FB, -0.62% CEO Mark Zuckerberg says breaking up big tech won’t solve key issues over data privacy and antitrust concerns, but regulation could. At the Aspen Ideas Festival on Wednesday, …
