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Mozilla's new Firefox feature blocks cross-site cookie tracking
Total Cookie Protection creates a separate 'cookie jar' for each website, preventing users from being tracked across the web
DevOps as a Service: when it makes sense to delegate
Demand for DevOps and cloud engineers has never been higher, which is why the service model is gaining popularity
Amazon offers $2,000 'resignation bonuses' to break union action
Amazon workers in a union would be able to demand higher adequate salaries and better working conditions at the company's warehouses
UK tech jobs surpass pre-pandemic levels, despite rising unemployment
The IT sector employed about 1.6 million people in Q4 2020, versus 1.5 million in Q4 2019
IT leaders at NPCC and BUPA among speakers at Deskflix IT Leaders' Summit
The new agenda will focus on the lessons learned in 2020, and how they can be applied to 2021
Facebook to reverse news ban in Australia after reaching an agreement with the government
Facebook and Google unlikely to be punished as long as they can demonstrate a 'significant contribution' to local journalism
Microsoft Word to get AI-powered text prediction feature next month
It will help users to write more efficiently by predicting text quickly and accurately, the company claims
China-linked Jian spyware was copied from NSA code, researchers
The APT31 group cloned a cyber-offensive tool developed by the NSA to create Jian, which was then used against a US target
'Silent stealing': cyber fraudsters expand mass, low-return operations in the pandemic
Criminals are targeting hundreds of thousands of individuals for as little as £10, reasoning that such thefts are less likely to be reported
Google fires AI ethics lead Margaret Mitchell
The move comes about two months after the departure of leading Black researcher Timnit Gebru from the company
'Silver Sparrow' malware infects about 30,000 Macs worldwide
But so far the new attack does...nothing
IBM claims 'world's first energy efficient AI accelerator chip' based on 7nm technology
The chip is optimised for low-precision workloads with a range of machine learning and AI models, IBM says
Amazon accused of giving preferential treatment to big sellers in India
Small shopkeepers accuse Amazon of bending rules designed to protect India's small traders from being crushed by the ecommerce giants
Thank Zuck it's Friday #3 - Data adequacy, Darktrace and 'spy pixels'
Join the Computing team for episode three of the podcast that gives you the lowdown on the hottest tech news of the week
Facebook blocks news in Australia, PM describes the move as 'arrogant' and 'disappointing'
Web traffic to Australian news sites has dropped by about 30 per cent
'Spy pixels' in emails can track engagement and location
Even UK regulator the ICO was found to use tracking pixels
Businesses have a 12-month grace period to flub IR35, says HMRC
The new IR35 rules, which come into effect in April, are meant to close loopholes that are open to abuse
Three North Koreans charged for roles in Sony Pictures, WannaCry and other hacks
The operatives sought to steal more than $1.2 billion from banks located in multiple countries, the Department of Justice claims
Darktrace stockmarket flotation backer withdraws over Mike Lynch connection
Lynch who faces extradition to the US, owns about 40 per cent of the UK cybersecurity company valued at £4 billion
Rights groups seek ban on biometric surveillance
'Biometric mass surveillance brings Internet-style omnipresent tracking to the offline world' say campaigners
Brussels on the verge of issuing a positive data adequacy decision for UK
The European Commission could announce the decision as early as this week
North Korea targets Pfizer in vaccine hack
South Korean intelligence says the attack was probably meant to raise money for its poorer northern neighbour
US FTC opens probe into Nvidia's acquisition of Arm
Microsoft, Google and Qualcomm are said to have complained to antitrust regulators about Nvidia's proposed takeover of Arm
ByteDance to walk away from TikTok-Oracle-Walmart deal
Rather than tying up with Oracle and Walmart, ByteDance is instead seeking to restructure TikTok's US operations
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