Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, was blocked in China due to an accidental technical error rather than an attempt at censorship, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Intel’s first forecasts for 2019 sent a signal to investors that a torrent of spending on data centres, which has nourished sales and earnings growth for years, is beginning to dry up.
Huawei’s consumer chief has dismissed US “political forces” and attempts to crimp the company’s growth, saying sales of smartphones and other devices surged by about 50% to a record $52-billion in 2018.
An online tool designed to combat fake news, used by Microsoft’s Edge Web browser, is warning users not to trust the MailOnline website.
Microsoft’s Bing search engine has been blocked in China, rendering yet another Western Internet service inaccessible to the world’s largest online population.
Jeff Bezos’s rocket company, Blue Origin, has launched Nasa experiments into space on a brief test flight. The New Shepard rocket blasted off from west Texas, hoisting a capsule containing the experiments.
GDPR rules are impeding innovation, harming small businesses, inhibiting growth, imposing needless costs, annoying consumers and accomplishing nothing.
China is stepping up its efforts to rein in the country’s Internet, singling out Tencent’s popular news app for spreading vulgar information while shutting down more than 700 websites and thousands of apps.
IBM gave a positive forecast for 2019 and beat analysts’ estimates for quarterly sales and earnings, led by its business that helps companies and governments manage their technology.
TomTom will sell its Telematics fleet-management business to tyre manufacturer Bridgestone for $1-billion, freeing up resources to battle the likes of Alphabet for access to mapping technology in car dashboards.