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August 31
- AMD Ryzen Pro CPU launches with heavy-hitting PC partnerships
- Researcher says criticising Google cost him his job
- US Open enabling AI with IBM Cloud
- Andy Rubin apologises after Essential customer data leak
- pCloud wants to be your lifelong partner
- Kaspersky counters 'patent troll' lawsuit, wins $5,000
- New CEO plans to take Uber public within three years
- Canonical intros Kubernetes consulting packages
- Pacemakers get update after security flaw found
- Brit returned to the UK to face bank cyber-attack charges
August 30
- 711 million data records revealed in spambot dump
- Snapchat rings the police over fake news facts
- Two million customers hit by CeX hack
- Western Digital boosts cloud with Upthere and Tegile Systems acquisitions
- Email still most important marketing channel, but losing momentum
- Google augments Android with ARCore
- Uber faces US Department of Justice bribery investigation
- Apple partnering with Accenture for business apps on iOS
August 29
- Businesses choose PCs and laptops over mobile devices
- Decades old neo-Nazi site Stormfront taken offline
- Facebook to ban advertising for repeat fake news offenders
- DDoS attacks blamed on 70,000-strong Android botnet
- NYPD ditching 36,000 out-of-date Windows Phones
- BRITA implements Intershop and Azure for globalisation plans
- VMware launches Cloud on AWS at VMworld US
- Koniku Kore computer could sniff out explosives
August 25
- Government spends over £1bn with digital SMBs
- Microsoft officially launches Archive Blob Storage
- Uber donates $1.2 million to Girls Who Code, but not everyone is impressed
- Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong sentenced to five years in prison
- UK government seeks early data-sharing agreement with EU ahead of Brexit
- Sadiq Khan appoints London's first ever CDO
- SoftBank invests $4.4 billion into WeWork
- Western Digital to offer £10 million for Toshiba chip business
- DreamHost comes under attack as FBI granted access to files
August 24
- Hackers can change your email's content after you send it
- Cryptocurrency phishing scams cost users $225m this year
- Google Cloud Platform announces tiered cloud network
- Marc Benioff credits "horrible" rivals for Salesforce success
- IBM makes its blockchain platform live
- Google aims to up cloud security game with Titan chip
- Mac and Android malware on the rise, reports show
- Should police have powers to sack officers lacking IT skills?
August 23
- YouTube wrongly removes Syria conflict videos
- Chrome Enterprise aims to make IT admins' lives easier
- No strategic change for Canonical, says Mark Shuttleworth
August 22
- Fancy Bears names footballers permitted to use prohibited substances
- Researchers warn against 'hackable' robots
- Labour MP criticises Twitter for not removing abuse tweets
- Hardware shortages could plague 2017 smartphone sales
- 90% of businesses hacked via old, unpatched exploits
- Cisco to acquire Springpath in $320 million deal
- UKFast opens up new apprenticeship roles
August 21
- Tegile launches N-series IntelliFlash systems
- Screen repairs could result in hacked smartphones
- Sentences for online hate crimes to match in-person offences
- LinkedIn exploit 'left millions exposed' to malware
- Microsoft's speech recognition engine is as good as a person
- Elon Musk and 115 robotics experts write to the UN “raising the alarm” on killer robots
- 70% of UK bosses have no training to deal with cyber attacks
- Manchester chases London to be the next tech hub
August 18
- Infosys CEO resigns after 'malicious personal attacks'
- UK government offers £4.6 million bounty for facial-recognition system
- A level results reveal mixed outcomes for female representation in STEM
- Veracode exposes DevOps skills gap
- Google acquires machine vision startup AIMatter
August 17
- Cisco's security unit stagnates as revenue tumbles
- Uber submits to privacy audits for 20 years
- Motorola patents a self-healing phone screen
- Tim Cook disagrees with Donald Trump’s response to Charlottesville: “Hate is a cancer”
August 16
- RBS 'plans to cut 880 London IT jobs'
- Intel makes slow progress on staff diversity
- Shadow Broker exploit dumps five million cyber attacks
- Scottish Parliament hit with 'brute force' cyber attack
- A third of IT recruiters to boost hiring efforts in H2 2017
- Women don't think they have the right digital skills
August 15
- US-Norwegian startup aims to build largest green data centre in the world
- Judge says LinkedIn cannot block third-parties from accessing profile data
- National Lottery apologises after social media initiative backfires
August 14
- Google's Waymo company wants to make soft autonomous cars
August 11
- Addison Lee appoints CIO to "delight" customers and drivers
- HPE launches two servers into space
- Researchers use DNA to infect a computer with malicious code
- The Tube is getting total web coverage from 2019 and London's getting a broadband boost
- Nvidia sees shares tumble amid revenue growth
- Google 'cancels memo meeting amid abuse fears'
- Microsoft reveals Coco Framework Azure cloud-based blockchain service
- ICO fines TalkTalk £100k for data breach
- iOS 10 release date, features and rumours: iOS 10 users no longer allowed to upgrade or downgrade to iOS 10.3.2
August 10
- Sony blockchain-based service aims to revamp how qualifications are shared
- Kaspersky drops antitrust complaints against Microsoft
- Intel completes Mobileye acquisition
August 9
- Android 7 Nougat release date, name and features: Nougat grows to 13% of all Android devices
- Solar panel grids 'are vulnerable to remote hacking'
August 8
- Intel's 18-core Core i9 processor will hit shelves in September
- Lax cyber security measures could cost UK infrastructure firms £17m
- UK's broadband is slower than speeds in 30 other countries
- HBO hackers release more Game of Thrones data, this time with a ransom note
August 7
- UK draws up fresh data protection measures for Brexit
August 4
- National Living Wage 'hits SMB profits'
- Could you mentor someone via LinkedIn?
- IDC: Budget tablets fail to halt market's downward spiral
- Three boosts customer satisfaction despite data breaches
August 3
- New charity app launched to plug UK skills gap
- British Airways check-in tech failure causes chaos at airports
- Hack on popular Chrome plugin spams ads to one million users
- Symantec profits surge as firms prop up their cyber defences
- BBC trials AI voice capabilities on iPlayer with Microsoft
August 2
- IBM breathes life into magnetic tape with storage breakthrough
- Apple shares soar thanks to enterprise iPad traction
- UK proposes national startup fund to mitigate Brexit risk
- Parliament's first digital director is leaving
August 1
- HP launches VR backpack for professional training
- 500 Canada 'to kill startup fund after US founder's sexism scandal'
- HBO hack leaks details of upcoming Game of Thrones episodes
- Amber Rudd claims 'real people' aren't interested in encryption
- US states 'ask Oculus founder Palmer Luckey to help build a virtual wall'
- Wikileaks releases Macron's team's emails