Latest articles by Bobby Hellard
Google to add more Workspace data transfer controls in Europe
News Tech giant to offer "Sovereign Controls" in 2022 and 2023 to help navigate the "evolving" data landscape
EU claims Apple is breaking competition law on contactless payments
News The iPhone maker is accused of abusing its market position to limit access to the tech behind NFC transactions
Google to offer US businesses $100,000 worth of digital skills courses
News Tech giant has a range of digital courses that take three to six months to complete
Airbnb bucks hybrid work trend with 'work anywhere' policy
News Employees can work anywhere across a country or for up to 90 days in another
Google releases public beta for Android 13
News The latest update of the next version of the OS comes ahead of the tech giant's I/O developer event in May
Huawei MateBook X Pro (2021) review: Battery woes plague the evergreen ultraportable
Reviews A sleek and stylish MateBook once again undermined by battery life
Russian-affiliates believed to be behind cyber attacks on wind turbines firms
News Three German-based renewable energy companies attacked as country attempts to wean itself off Russian oil
Data for 120 army recruits found on the dark web
News The website, run jointly with Capita, has been offline since mid-March as MoD assesses the scope of the breach
Almost half of UK employees can't spot email scams
News "Jargon" and confusing terminology cited as an issue, according to OpenText survey
Forget Putin – WFH is fast becoming an emblem for the cost of living crisis
Opinion Despite the EU’s claims we can fight Putin by staying at home, spiralling costs are pushing more people away from the office
Google adds "reject all" cookie buttons to appease EU regulators
News New banners will be applied to Search and YouTube in France before rolling out across Europe
Zoom adds gestures and whiteboard to its desktop app
News Video conferencing giant announces updates and features for an ever-evolving hybrid workforce
Google takes on bad extensions with new Chrome badges
News Two new certifications labels aim to take the hassle of evaluating extensions away from users
Nokia to offer data centre switches to boost Azure bandwidth
News The announcement is part of an ongoing collaboration to develop the 'SONiC' networking initiative
Microsoft Purview rebrand aims to simplify data governance and compliance
News Tech giant merges 365 and Azure Purview data-governance services into a unified suite
Funky Pigeon site offline after "cyber incident"
News The WH Smith-owned card site has reported the breach to "the relevant regulators"
Windows 11 has fewer users than both Windows 7 and Windows XP
News Lansweeper data suggests Windows 11 adoption rate has almost tripled over the past three months, but uptake remains slow
T-Mobile allegedly tried to buy leaked data from a hacker forum for $200k
News The stolen information was still up for sale long after payment, court papers suggest
DuckDuckGo app arrives on Mac
News New browser app comes with a cookie popup blocker and a password manager
Sungard files for bankruptcy for the second time in three years
News Legacy IT firm unable to remedy its financial problems in the current economic climate
Microsoft to partner with Finastra for SMB loans
News Programme to "initially" start in the US with 8,000 financial institutions available through Dynamics 365
Kaseya to acquire cloud software firm Datto for $6bn
News Investor-funded transaction to be completed by the end of the year
LinkedIn is filled with deepfake 'virtual employees'
News Stanford Internet Observatory researchers find more than 1,000 fake profiles on the business site
