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August 31
- Common malware slipped past the macOS notarization process twice
- Twitter tags Rep. Scalise tweet as manipulated media
- TikTok denies it’s in talks to sell US operations to rival app Triller
August 28
- Monday.com and Xertica team up to help Latin America’s transition to remote work
- Apple settles “shoddy” Powerbeats2 lawsuit for $9.75 million
- Walmart joins Microsoft in TikTok takeover bid
- Microsoft extends support for Windows 10 version 1803
- Dell and VMware revenues boosted by remote working
- Apple blocked Facebook's attempt to flag App Store 'tax'
- Tesla was the target of "serious" ransomware attack
August 27
- Genesys teams up with Adobe to deliver better customer experiences
- ProteanTecs scores $45M in growth equity round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies
- TikTok CEO resigns after just four months on the job
- TikTok’s UK presence threatened as gov considers restrictions
- Apple delays iOS 14 privacy changes after Facebook pressure
- UK gov releases 5G guidance to fuel post-pandemic recovery
- Ex-Cisco engineer charged with wiping Webex Teams accounts
- Salesforce to cut 1,000 jobs despite record earnings
August 26
- White House launches $1bn fund to establish AI and quantum computing research hubs
- Chrome 85 arrives with faster page loading and tab throttling
- New Android spyware strain masquerades as COVID-19 tracking app
- Salesforce posts 29% year-over-year revenue increase in Q2
- Apple buoyant amid sinking smartphone market
- Ericsson and UNICEF to map school internet access in 35 countries
- Cisco Webex tackles background noise with BabbleLabs acquisition
- Microsoft launches automatic transcribe for Word online
August 25
- Google and Amwell team up to boost telehealth services
- Worldwide AI spending expected to reach $110 billion in 2024
- Xero to acquire cloud invoicing specialist Waddle
- Microsoft announces general availability of Immersive Reader for remote learners
- Safari vulnerability disclosed after Apple pushes fix to Spring 2021
- Telehouse to expand London Docklands data centre campus
- Italy tops GDPR penalty list with €46m worth of fines this year
- Palo Alto acquires incident response firm Crypsis Group
August 24
- Twitter tags yet another Trump tweet
- Azul 3D lands $12.5M to advance proprietary printing tech
- Investors may exchange stake in ByteDance for a piece of TikTok
- Microsoft courts foreign government contracts after JEDI win
- Irish AWS data centres to be powered by 100% renewable energy by 2025
- UK may drop Digital Services Tax to smooth over US trade talks
- Windows 10 users complain of performance loss and hardware errors after latest update
August 21
- Facebook calls for data portability legislation
- News publishers challenge Apple over revenue sharing
- NordLocker encryption heads to the cloud
- IBM hits new quantum computing milestone
- Apple faces lawsuit over MacBook Pro display flaw
- Former Uber CSO charged for data breach cover-up
- Adobe erased users' photos with botched Lightroom update
- Microsoft brings WSL 2 to older Windows 10 versions
August 20
- Android 11 will broaden wireless Android Auto compatibility
- Clearfield’s StreetSmart Small Count Fiber Hand-Off Box will support 5G rollout
- Researchers say Premom shared data without user consent
- Funding for cyber security startups surges by 940%
- Fortinet and IBM join forces on cyber security training
- Zoom reveals integration with Amazon, Facebook, Google
- Nvidia ready to take on Intel in the data centre market
- Apple becomes first US firm to reach $2 trillion valuation
August 19
- Infocyte integrates with Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR
- Quorum lands growth investment from Serent Capital
- A 5G BlackBerry phone with physical keyboard is coming in 2021
- Google Chrome will reward fast-loading sites with 'fast page' badge
- Marriott faces class-action lawsuit over 2018 data breach
- Amazon bucks remote working trend with office expansion plan
- Public cloud revenue topped £176 billion in 2019
August 18
- Goldman Sachs and Everstone Group acquire a stake in Infostretch
- Pixspan releases the “fastest” multi-cloud data acceleration software
- Microsoft will stop supporting Internet Explorer in 2021
- Hackers target the world’s biggest cruise operator with ransomware
- Trump backs Oracle’s potential TikTok takeover
- AWS 'in talks' to invest in Rackspace
- Apple strips Epic of developer tools in “catastrophic” retaliation
August 17
- Germany accuses Amazon of abusing its dominance amid pandemic
- Trump administration tightens Huawei restrictions
- The Ritz suffers data breach after hackers pose as staff
- IBM unveils its 'most powerful' processor yet
- Alexa flaws may have let hackers steal voice history
- Facebook becomes a top-tier Linux Foundation member
August 14
- Google won't respond to data requests from Hong Kong authorities
- Rival messaging apps see download spike after WeChat ban
- Justice Dept moving "full tilt" on antitrust probe
- Adobe battles fake photos with editing tags
- Fortnite creator sues Google and Apple over app store cut
- Russian military targeting Linux systems with Drovorub malware
- Oracle hits back at "meritless" GDPR lawsuit
- AWS launches Amazon Braket quantum cloud service
- Canadian tech group tries to entice anxious Silicon Valley workers
August 13
- Trump wants to dismiss lawsuit targeting social media order
- Intel unveils new transistor tech for Tiger Lake
- Nissan to migrate simulation workloads to Oracle
- Tech companies step up in the fight against US election misinformation
- NatWest to deploy AI to help SMBs choose their insurance
- Hackers combine two unpatched Microsoft zero-days in attack on South Korean firm
- England starts trial of new COVID-19 contact-tracing app
- Cyber security training firm SANS Institute suffers data breach
- Cisco to shift its entire portfolio to 'as a service' in face of shrinking revenues
August 12
- Standard Chartered goes cloud-first with Microsoft
- Microsoft's Surface Duo arrives 10 September
- Android phones to detect earthquakes
- 5G could help the UK cut 269 megatonnes of CO2 emissions
- TikTok accused of using Android loophole to track users
- Mozilla to cut 250 jobs as part of major coronavirus restructure
- Slack adds verification feature to combat phishing scams
August 11
- Salesforce offloads Zoom shares, but how much did it make?
- Citrix patches XenMobile vulnerability
- White House to auction 5G spectrum in 2021
- Court orders Uber and Lyft to consider drivers as employees
- Google delays shutdown of Chrome apps
- Police use of facial recognition ruled unlawful in the UK
- Coca-Cola to tap into IBM and Red Hat hybrid cloud
- Nutanix rolls out hybrid cloud infrastructure for AWS
- Canon coding error leads to permanent loss of users' files
August 10
- Apple takes aim at app with pear-shaped logo
- NFL players turn to wearable for health checks
- Amazon considers malls for distribution and faster delivery
- Uber CEO says gig workers need benefits - but wants a law first
- UK firms 'lagging behind the rest of the world' on AI
- Toshiba exits the laptop business after 35 years
- Twitter reportedly enters TikTok bidding war
- VMware kills Datrium’s hyperconvergence hardware and OS
- Barclays faces ICO probe for 'spying on staff'
- Qualcomm chip flaws put 'millions' of Android devices at risk
- US sanctions force Huawei to halt smartphone chip production
August 7
- Mental health care provider Ginger raises $50 million
- TikTok threatens legal action over ban
- Twitter reveals tags for government and state media accounts
- UN report points to a 350% rise in phishing websites at start of 2020
- Zoom introduces filters and reactions to ‘make meetings more fun’
- Trump signs order against TikTok and WeChat
- Intel source code and internal documents hacked
- Facebook extends remote working until July 2021
August 6
- Twitter, Facebook remove Trump posts containing misinformation
- Infermedica raises $10.25 million in Series A funding
- SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud finally brought on-prem
- Windows will soon mirror smartphone apps on your PC
- 96% of UK businesses experienced at least one major cyber attack over past year
- Canon hit by suspected Maze ransomware attack
- TikTok to open first European data centre in Ireland
- Twitter hacker's virtual trial 'zoom bombed' after ID leak
- Gov.uk site among those broken by Firefox cookie changes
August 5
- Virginia becomes first state to use Google and Apple’s contact-tracing API
- Intel and VMware collaborate to accelerate 5G rollout
- Trump’s demand for cut of TikTok sale could face legal challenge
- Secure files on your smartphone with Google Safe Folder
- Samsung Galaxy Note 20 hands-on review: A bronze medal smartphone
- Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra hands-on review: Note so special
- Internet outages reached an all-time high during the pandemic
- Microsoft Teams now supports 20,000-person meetings
- NSA warns smartphone users of ‘large scale data tracking’
- Ex-Google engineer gets jail time for trade secrets theft
- EU launches probe into Google’s Fitbit acquisition
- Microsoft tripled bug bounty payouts to $13.7m last year
- Apple updates 27in iMac with 10th-gen Intel CPUs and 1080p webcam
August 4
- Infostretch is now an AWS advanced consulting partner
- Malware attacks using machine identities doubled in 2019
- WhatsApp counters fake viral messages with new fact-check tool
- Tablet market surges 26% due to remote working boost
- Global Payments to boost fintech services with AWS partnership
- HPE unveils first supercomputing line following Cray acquisition
- Zoom will suspend direct sales to customers in mainland China
- Computer mouse co-creator Bill English dies aged 91
- Russia hacked Liam Fox's personal email to steal trade documents
August 3
- Paya to go public as part of $1.3 billion FinTech III merger deal
- Apple hit with $1.4 billion Siri patent infringement lawsuit
- Ofcom confirms UK 5G auction will begin in January
- Scotland will launch its own contact-tracing app
- Apple acquires startup to turn iPhones into payment terminals
- British teenager charged over Twitter hack
- Microsoft pursuing major TikTok acquisition
- Microsoft won't reopen its offices until January 2021