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Google probed by UK competition watchdog over Chrome browser changes (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 01/08/2021 - 10:49UK ‘gigabit’ broadband rollout under fire from MPs
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s promise to deliver nationwide “turbocharged” broadband by 2025 will be missed because of a catalogue of government failures, parliament’s spending watchdog has concluded. The public accounts committee criticised the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) for failing to make any “meaningful progress” in delivering policies or legal changes to achieve a rapid rollout of gigabit broadband. As a result, thousands of homes and businesses, particularly in rural areas, could be left with slow broadband for many years, MPs warned.
UK's Competition and Markets Authority to investigate Nvidia’s acquisition of chip designer Arm (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 13:09How 2020 changed the way we use technology (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 01/03/2021 - 14:51The mafia turns social media influencer to reinforce its brand (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 01/03/2021 - 14:44‘Regulation can get it wrong’: Google’s Sundar Pichai on AI and antitrust (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 12/23/2020 - 06:49YouTube bows to pressure to set up Turkey office (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 12/16/2020 - 13:23Ofcom signals support for BT network upgrade in UK (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 12/04/2020 - 15:14Broadband networks prove their mettle in pandemic challenge
The Covid-19 lockdowns were expected to push the resilience of broadband and mobile networks to the limit. With millions of people suddenly working from home, it was widely expected that telecoms companies would struggle to keep everyone connected, particularly in countries where full-fibre broadband levels are low and 5G upgrades remain a distant prospect. Yet networks mostly held firm as minor outages and service difficulties such as jerky Zoom calls proved surmountable for most workers, children and furloughed staff stuck at home.