Latest articles by Nicole Kobie
Facebook Libra drives central banks to consider digital currency
News Bank of England and counterparts in Japan, Europe and Canada are joining forces to study how to setup digital currencies
Whatever happened to the 3D printing revolution?
In-depth 3D printers are quietly changing manufacturing, but not in the way many expected.
Barts Health NHS Trust shifts to cloud with Capgemini
News The NHS health trust has signed a three-year partnership to modernise its ICT estate
Gartner: PC shipments to slide again in 2020 and beyond
News After posting growth last year, the PC market will continue to shrink in the next three years, Gartner predicts
Microsoft disagrees with EU facial-recognition ban
News Microsoft president believes it's better to use facial recognition tech to learn how to improve it
Google CEO says it's time to regulate AI
News Sundar Pichai argues that guardrails are needed in an age of deepfakes and facial recognition
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
