Even in a year when bashing tech companies has become a bipartisan avocation, last week’s US antitrust assault on Facebook stands out.
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Unless you’re an IT guru, or someone whose professional duties include protecting computer networks from cyberattacks, you may not have heard of FireEye, a little company specialising in digital warfare.
The US took a major step toward the possible breakup of Facebook by formally filing an antitrust lawsuit against the technology giant. Here’s how a forced breakup would impact Facebook’s prospects.
Late on Monday, Uber Technologies announced plans to sell its self-driving unit to start-up Aurora Innovation. It was the right move.
In 2021, hundreds of millions of people will be vaccinated against Covid-19. But the success of that vaccination campaign will depend heavily on public trust that the vaccines are not only effective, but also safe.
Salesforce.com’s US$27.7-billion takeover of Slack Technologies represents co-founder Marc Benioff’s most aggressive effort yet to challenge reigning software marker Microsoft.
This month, an intercontinental ballistic missile was fired in the general direction of Hawaii. During its descent a few minutes later, still outside the Earth’s atmosphere, it was struck by another missile that destroyed it.
Bitcoin investors, which include top hedge funds and money managers, are betting the virtual currency could more than quintuple to as high as $100 000 in a year.
The South African Reserve Bank has announced that cheques will not be supported by the country’s national payment system from 1 January.
It sounds like science-fiction: giant solar power stations floating in space that beam down enormous amounts of energy to Earth. But scientists are making huge strides in turning the concept into reality.