Category Archives: Business

The chancellor has announced the extension of a VAT cut for the hospitality and tourism sectors – some of the worst-hit by the pandemic. Rishi Sunak said that the temporary reduction of VAT rates from 20% to 5% would remain

A Northamptonshire man who was a member of a hacking group which stole hospital patients’ records and Netflix shows has been sentenced to five years in prison in the US. The Dark Overlord (TDO) hacking group stole data from a

The social network says some iPhone users might see less-relevant ads after Apple updates its mobile operating system. Facebook said Wednesday that Apple’s upcoming privacy update could make it tougher for the social network to target some iPhone users with ads on other mobile apps. Facebook offers a

The tech giant adds a new feature to the web version of Microsoft Word allowing people to record and upload audio for transcription. Microsoft’s Word writing tool will soon be able to record and transcribe audio, marking an evolution long requested

Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google face a reckoning over their dominance. It’s fitting, though perhaps a bit anticlimactic, that when Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai convene on Wednesday for a highly anticipated congressional hearing, it will be over

Yet another way Apple can control the end user experience Why it matters: Apple has acquired Fleetsmith, a startup known for streamlining the process of managing Apple devices in an enterprise environment. While normally this is done through a third-party, Apple is

The pressure is on Tim Cook to do the right thing. In context: During the last few weeks, the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee has been pushing tech giants that are under investigation on the possibility of having their chief executives testify in

Following Apple and Google into the financial services business In brief: Setting up an account is easy and you’ll gain access to a virtual card upon approval. Once you get your physical debit card in the mail and activate it within the

We break down the saga of the controversial Chinese telecom giant, day by day. Huawei is the world’s No. 1 telecom supplier and No. 2 phone manufacturer, but it’s a pariah in countries like the US. For more than a year,