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July 31
- Dish chooses VMware Telco Cloud platform to deploy 5G in US
- Nvidia reportedly in talks to buy chip designer ARM for $32 billion
- Amazon gets FCC approval to launch broadband satellites
- Twitter attempts to overhaul its security policies after Bitcoin hack
- EU freezes assets in major crackdown against notorious cyber gangs
- Labour Party donors caught up in Blackbaud data breach
- BT offers £2,500 broadband bursaries in new small business scheme
- Monzo future in doubt as losses mount
- Earnings report roundup: All the winners and losers of the 'coronavirus quarter'
July 30
- Google expands minority support by labeling Black-owned companies
- Mid-year report says vulnerabilities up 22% in 2020
- HPE to help build Europe’s first regional data innovation centre
- Big tech CEOs grilled by House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel
- Community Fibre injects £400m into London full-fibre expansion
- Qualcomm and Huawei end licensing spat
- 'Doki' malware attacks Docker servers using Dogecoin
- Huawei passes Samsung as world's biggest smartphone brand
July 29
- ByteDance investors value TikTok at $50 billion in acquisition bid
- UK government signs public cloud agreement with IBM
- IBM: Stolen employee credentials lead to most expensive data breaches
- Vodafone partners with Blackberry for crisis communications
- GitHub's public roadmap gives devs early notice of major feature updates
- CES 2021 will be a digital-only event
- Google wants more Play Store prominence on Samsung handsets
- NCSC appoints Lindy Cameron as CEO
- AWS launches AI tool to help businesses tackle online fraud
July 28
- ComplyAdvantage raises $50M in Series C funding round
- Google Cloud and Orange team up on AI and cloud computing
- UK councils awarded £800,000 to develop innovative services
- Gartner expects 5G network spending to almost double in 2020
- Thousands of QNAP NAS devices infected with legacy malware
- Facebook sues EU watchdog for invading employees' privacy
- Intel ousts hardware chief following 7nm woes
- Google employees to work from home until July 2021
- Google to build subsea data cable linking the UK, US and Spain
July 27
- BlackRock banking Trojan targets Android apps
- Election officials are vulnerable to phishing attacks, report warns
- Bitdefender rolls out Managed Detection and Response for MSPs
- Cyber resilience centres will help protect SMBs from cyber crime
- Vodafone partners with Accenture to offer managed security services in Europe
- Google reportedly monitors usage of rival Android apps
- SAP to make Qualtrics public less than two years after $8bn acquisition
- Innovate UK chief steps down for role in health and life sciences
July 24
- Steve Wozniak sues YouTube over Bitcoin scam videos
- Big tech antitrust investigation report expected by early fall
- Apple is under investigation for alleged deceptive practices
- LogMeIn brings LastPass Enterprise password tool to the channel
- 121 million ransomware attacks recorded in the first half of 2020
- Garmin ‘paid multi-million dollar ransom’ via Arete IR intermediaries
- Intel delays 7nm CPU release to at least 2022
- US gov reveals prototype for quantum internet
July 23
- Amazon Contact Lens gives call center managers real-time call insight
- Hundreds of thousands of Instacart customers impacted by data breach
- Box deepens integration with G Suite
- Hackers target DNA profiles on major genealogy databases
- Six universities among those hit by Blackbaud ransomware attack
- HPE test lab to help telcos tackle 5G rollout
- Sports industry urged to reform cyber security after £1m Premier League phishing scam
- Fujitsu further streamlines SELECT Partner Program
- Apple’s new iPhone bug-hunting scheme branded a “poison pill"
- More than 1,000 Twitter employees had the security access needed to aid hackers
July 22
- Facebook Messenger now features its own lock
- Andrew Daniels joins Druva as CIO and CISO
- Google unveils new G Suite security features
- Slack files antitrust complaint against Microsoft
- Google Nest Hub is the first smart display to support Netflix
- IBM Cloud launches centralised security and compliance hub
- University of York data breach was kept quiet for two months
- Inspire 2020: Microsoft announces updates to Azure, 365 and Teams
- US charges two Chinese spies for stealing terabytes of data
- Regulators urge video conferencing firms to review security procedures
- Salesforce quietly kills off Einstein Voice Assistant and Voice Skills
July 21
- Microsoft Teams now supports third-party apps
- Apple pledges to be 100% carbon neutral by 2030
- AMD packs integrated graphics into Ryzen 4000 desktop chips
- LinkedIn axes 960 jobs as recruitment demand falls
- Microsoft will shift Minecraft from AWS to Azure
- Linux Foundation open-sources coronavirus tracing apps
- Finastra and Microsoft agree multi-year cloud deal
- Nokia launches standalone 5G network solutions for enterprises
- Microsoft sued for allegedly sharing Office 365 customer data
- Microsoft prepares single-screen Windows 10X release for spring 2021
- IBM Q2 revenues beat analyst estimates with cloud boost
July 20
- IBM teams with Adobe and Red Hat to drive personalized customer experiences
- Uber launches contact-tracing service for public health officials
- Mastercard expands Accelerate program for crypto payment card issuers
- Netflix to launch remote desktop as a service platform
- Windows 10 bug is causing internet connection problems
- UK gov admits Track and Trace scheme 'breaches GDPR’
- UK turns to Japan for Huawei 5G alternative
- Uber drivers launch legal battle to see the company's algorithm
July 17
- Apple is the latest to strip racist undertones from coding
- Hackers are taking advantage of Citrix vulnerabilities
- Humach announces acquisition of InfinitAI
- Microsoft Launcher 6 update appears to be prepping for Surface Duo
- Businesses warned coronavirus disruption 'could last a decade'
- EU regulators claim Siri and Alexa are killing IoT competition
- Slack targets admins with latest certification programme
- Salesforce augments its Marketing Cloud suite with new automation tools
- Micron introduces early DDR5 DRAM access with new program
- HPE brings new HPE GreenLake cloud experience to Europe
July 16
- Chrome disables feature that curtailed its memory-hogging ways
- OPPO’s 125-watt charger tops up smartphones in just 20 minutes
- Researchers detail Tetrade family of Brazilian banking trojans
- You can now check Twitter DMs right from your timeline
- Graphcore unveils most complex processor yet
- Dell is exploring the possibility of VMware spinoff
- European court invalidates primary EU-US data transfer mechanism
- Gmail overhaul aims to reduce worker reliance on Slack and Zoom
- Twitter investigates possibility that DMs were accessed during Bitcoin hack
July 15
- Why multi-cloud is a now, rather than never, strategy
- Research says 63% of employees are more productive working from home
- Zoom launches 'Zoom for Home' hardware for remote workers
- AMD takes aim at Intel with new Ryzen Threadripper Pro series
- HP to cut complexity with new partner programme
- Acronis adds DeviceLock to its growing cyber protection portfolio
- Apple's €13 billion Irish tax bill overturned by EU court
- Google faces lawsuit over unsolicited data tracking
- Windows DNS flaw allows hackers to seize control of corporate servers
- HPE to acquire Silver Peak for $925 million
- HSBC agrees multi-year cloud partnership with AWS
July 14
- Apple pays Samsung $1 billion penalty for ordering too few OLED screens
- Google Meet helps prevent Zoom-bombing-fueled class cancellations
- Microsoft and Citrix expand partnership for the new normal
- Sign up now for the $25 iPhone “batterygate” payout
- BigQuery Omni pulls Google, AWS, and Azure analytics into one UI
- Softbank is reportedly mulling a sale of ARM
- UK gov bans Huawei from 5G network in major U-turn
- UK government sets aside £235m for Brexit IT spending
- Ocado Technology to create 500 tech jobs after £1 billion investment
- Google launches Confidential VMs for sensitive data processing
- NCSC launches cyber attack exercise for remote workers
- SAP patches critical flaw that lets hackers seize control of servers
- SMBs need more time to adapt to new immigration system, says techUK
- Supermarket chain faces GDPR probe over facial recognition system
- Gartner: Global IT spending to drop by 7.3% in 2020
July 13
- Oracle aims to build resilient businesses with Fusion Cloud updates
- NetApp makes Spot acquisition official
- Oppo teases tech that will charge your phone in 15 minutes
- Oracle unveils latest updates to Oracle Cloud SCM
- Amazon bans TikTok but reverses course quickly
- Brave accuses the ICO of ‘falling asleep at the wheel’
- Labour Party joins Facebook ad boycott
- IBM job ad calls for 12-years of experience with six-year-old Kubernetes
- Huawei will urge the UK to delay 5G equipment removal
- Linux kernel to strip out racially insensitive terms
- Trump confirms US cyber attack on Russia election trolls
July 10
- Dems ask Facebook, Google and Twitter for coronavirus disinformation reports
- Amazon to offer Zoox employees $100 million in stock to stay
- California launching Google antitrust probe
- Notebook sales help avert PC market depression
- New global alliance plans to fight coronavirus with AI
- Sumo Logic launches security program for struggling MSPs
- Nokia begins major data centre networking gambit
- Majority of UK firms say cyber threats are outpacing cloud security
- Docker partners with AWS to help take the complexity out of containerisation
July 9
- Vodafone, BT: It will take five years to remove Huawei tech from UK
- Twitter job postings point to a new subscription platform
- Google Maps is testing traffic lights
- Nuvias lifts lid on new service division Konekt
- Oracle to put its own hardware in customer data centres
- Clearview AI investigated over 'social media data scraping'
- Nvidia overtakes Intel as most valuable US chipmaker
- Google abandons controversial cloud project in China
- Intel unveils Thunderbolt 4 as Apple confirms support in ARM-based Macs
- Microsoft Teams update will put users in a virtual theatre
July 8
- IBM buys RPA company WDG Automation
- Google launches open source trademark initiative
- SUSE acquires Kubernetes startup Rancher Labs
- High-value financial accounts on sale for £400 on the dark web
- Mozilla suspends Firefox Send due to malware abuse
- Microsoft seizes domains used in COVID-19 phishing attacks
- ServiceNow hires Salesforce exec Paul Smith to head up EMEA region
- Royal Marsden powers virtual COVID-19 agent with IBM Watson
- Vodafone launches platform to help SMBs develop digital skills
- LORCA adds more female and BAME entrepreneurs to its cohort
- Zoom launches hardware as a service video conferencing portfolio
July 7
- Over two dozen Android apps found stealing user data
- TikTok and other Chinese social media apps in danger of US ban
- MSPs face intensified cyber threat, US secret service warns
- Don't like Chromium Edge? Here's how to revive the old Edge
- Accenture to cut up to 900 jobs due to coronavirus impact
- Google+ is finally dead as business-focused Currents goes live
- DXC subsidiary hit by ransomware attack
- Facebook, Google and Microsoft stop processing Hong Kong data requests
- Google Cloud to accelerate Deutsche Bank's digital transformation
- Imperial aims to fight coronavirus with AI-powered data hub
July 6
- Stop Hate for Profit calls on Facebook to address hate on the platform
- Intel invests in Indian telcom giant Jio Platforms
- Google Chrome 86 update could add 28% to your battery life
- AI helps build PlayStation 4 consoles in just 30 seconds
- North Korean hackers linked to Magecart attack spree
- Cyber crime has cost UK businesses £87 billion since 2015
- LinkedIn blames 'bug' for iOS clipboard snooping
- Google VP withdraws from Black Hat over 'harmful' name
- Fujitsu to halve office space as it prepares for the new normal
- UK to ban Huawei from 5G networks 'within weeks'
July 3
- Microsoft will start forced updates for business devices this month
- Vodafone to deliver the UK’s first 'standalone 5G' network
- EU institutions told to avoid Microsoft software after licence spat
- Twitter becomes the latest firm to ditch problematic coding terms
- Cambridgeshire crowned UK's 'data breach capital'
- Massive criminal network dismantled after international cyber operation
- UK government faces legal action over NHS Test and Trace risk assessments
July 2
- IBM unveils AI-powered inventory control system
- Xerox becomes latest Maze ransomware victim
- Ford partners with TomTom for next-generation navigation system
- Major tech CEOs will testify in House antitrust probe
- Hitachi Vantara appoints Gajen Kandiah as CEO
- Trend Micro and Girls in Tech join forces to tackle the tech gender gap
- Google-Apple search engine deal under fire from regulators
- Facebook flaw gave 5,000 developers access to users' data
- Privacy groups warn against Google's acquisition of Fitbit
- Mercedes heads to the cloud as Daimler expands IBM agreement
- Top UK watchdogs join forces to regulate digital services
- VMware to acquire disaster recovery specialist Datrium
- Microsoft overhauls OneDrive collaboration tools
- Developers welcome major overhaul to GitHub's support documentation
July 1
- Bitcoin scam exposes the personal details of 250,000 people
- Google makes Seasonal Savings free for all Nest owners
- TuSimple launches ‘world's first’ autonomous freight network
- The New York Times ends partnership with Apple News
- Facebook bans “violent” boogaloo network
- Pharma tech company collaborates with Nvidia to fight COVID-19
- Google buys smart glasses startup North
- Nuvias teams up with Zoom in Europe
- US officially designates Huawei and ZTE as national security threats
- AWS launches dedicated space business unit
- Microsoft will upskill millions of workers for a post-pandemic future
- Microsoft releases urgent patch for high-risk Windows 10 flaws