Rabbil Sikdar
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EU to give tech firms one hour to remove illegal content
By Rabbil Sikdar published
News The European Commission is following up on its calls for social media firms to develop tools to tackle extremist and hate content online

Facebook will allow adverts to target users based on beliefs
By Rabbil Sikdar published
News The company will also give users opt-ins to use facial recognition to prevent impersonation

Google receives 2.4 million right to be forgotten requests
By Rabbil Sikdar published
News Search giant analyses all of its search result removal requests since the ECJ's 2014 ruling

Legacy IT and RoI fears limit public sector's cloud appetite
By Rabbil Sikdar published
News FoI reveals low level of cloud adoption among central government and NHS

Google chelps businesses improve mobile site performance
By Rabbil Sikdar published
News Mobile websites are increasingly revenue drivers, argues Google

Microsoft releases cloud tools to handle GDPR changes
By Rabbil Sikdar published
News Microsoft offering tools on Azure and Office 365 to help businesses adjust to GDPR

Former engineer sues Google over Damore memo controversy
By Rabbil Sikdar published
News Tim Chevalier believes he was fired for criticising James Damore's memo

Will tech firms accept diversity after James Damore case?
By Rabbil Sikdar published
Opinion Damore’s statements revealed a worrying culture of normalised prejudice within tech

Oracle buys startup Zenedge in cloud security push
By Rabbil Sikdar published
News Network security startup will widen Oracle's IaaS cloud protection portfolio

Hackers target Jenkins servers for cryptocurrency
By Rabbil Sikdar published
News Hackers exploit continuous deployment servers to mine millions in Monero

FedEx locks down unsecured Amazon S3 server that leaked data
By Rabbil Sikdar published
News Data belonging to more than 119,000 citizens was discovered on an unsecured server

Google Chrome introduces automatic ad-blocker
By Rabbil Sikdar, Clare Hopping published
News Sites will have 30 days to remove annoying ads

Nokia 7 Plus Android One Handset and Nokia 1 images leaked
By Rabbil Sikdar published
Rumours Both could be unveiled later this month at the MWC

Google unveil test for chats with robots
By Rabbil Sikdar published
News Reply could replace human interaction

Smart cities to become the norm by 2025
By Rabbil Sikdar published
News Data becoming critical to life, says report

Samsung could be looking into smartglasses
By Rabbil Sikdar published
Rumours New logo trademark suggests company are exploring options

The 25 best books for IT leaders
By Rabbil Sikdar, IT Pro published
Reviews Looking for a good read? Here's our recommendations

Government unveils auto-blocking tool for extremist content
By Rabbil Sikdar published
News Amber Rudd suggests legislation could force ISPs to adopt the technology

Microsoft ditches passwords for Windows 10 S in test run
By Rabbil Sikdar published
News Microsoft is considering biometric options amongst others

Facebook to test the ‘down vote’ feature
By Rabbil Sikdar published
News The test is currently confined to a small number of people in the US

Apple plays down iBoot iOS code leak
By Rabbil Sikdar, Adam Shepherd published
News Apple has encouraged its customers to update to the newest software releases
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