Latest articles by Nicole Kobie
Exploited Internet Explorer flaw won't be patched until next month
News Microsoft's legacy browser hit by zero-day strikingly similar to one found in Mozilla's Firefox
EU: Security concerns won't delay 5G
News European commissioner says security measures won't push back 5G networks
Cloud hardware sales slide, but still dominates wider IT market
News IDC predicts cloud infrastructure will overtake traditional hardware sales this year
Amazon will pass on 2% digital tax to sellers
News Amazon says small businesses are likely to bear the brunt of any proposed tax
App data sharing sparks Grindr complaint
News Norwegian consumer group reveals how apps are sharing user data
Google looks to replace third-party cookies in two years
News The online advertising market needs to shift to tracking methods that offer some user privacy, admits Google
NSA hands serious flaw to Microsoft rather than use it
News Patch Windows 10 now, as the NSA has spotted a bug impacting security certificates
Heathrow turns to Thales for anti-drone tech
News Airport buys in drone-spotting system from Aveillant, a Cambridge startup bought by Thales in 2017
Boris Johnson wants US to suggest an alternative to ‘mad’ Huawei 5G tech
News However, the PM doesn't want any decision to impact US-UK relations
Amazon hopes to halt Microsoft's work on Pentagon contract
News AWS lawyers ask for injunction against work starting on disputed $10 billion contract
Firefox Voice trial begins in beta
News Mozilla has started sending invites to the beta of its Firefox Voice extension
Citrix patch for serious flaw won't arrive for weeks
News Company admits exploits in Citrix Gateway and Citrix Application Delivery Controller may be being exploited
GCHQ warns against Windows 7 for email, banking
News Windows 7 shouldn't be used for sensitive tasks once it hits end of life, says the NCSC
Apple reports record services revenue
News Apple says App Store has earned developers $155 billion since 2008, with a quarter of that coming in 2019 alone
Twitter to trial reply blocking tools
News The company's own product manager is concerned the move could encourage the spread of disinformation
Facebook exec calls Cambridge Analytica scandal a "non event"
News Andrew Bosworth has popped up with another controversial internal memo, this time looking back at media criticism in 2019
Google adds partners to real-time translation tools
News Systems integrators will help hotels, airports and more use Google Assistant for real-time translation
Ofcom tweaks broadband rules to "supercharge" fibre
News Regulator wants to speed up fibre rollout while encouraging broadband competition
Samsung's "artificial humans" are avatars for chatbots
News Samsung's Star Labs show off Neon avatars for virtual and voice interfaces
Intel shows off Tiger Lake, bending laptops at CES
News Intel reveals a few more details about its design road map, including what next-gen laptops may look like
HP awarded $439m in long-running price-fixing case
News Quanta told to pay HP for optical drive price fixing
London Stock Exchange outage investigated as possible cyber attack
News LSE maintains August downtime was the result of a software glitch
HP Elite Dragonfly boasts built-in Tile tracker and 5G support
News CES 2020 reveals two-in-one business laptop with a tracking device so you can't lose it
