Month: May 2020
BT ‘discusses’ Openreach stake sale
BT is reportedly in talks to sell a major stake in Openreach that would fund the company’s rollout of full fibre broadband. Openreach was formed in 2005 when BT split its infrastructure division from its retail business and in 2017 became a legally separate company following a major market review…
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Tech companies’ work from home policies have some workers ready to flee Silicon Valley
Live in Silicon Valley long enough and someone will tell you that the party is over. As far as I can tell, this phenomenon dates back to at least 1874. As Peter Hartlaub recounted last year in the San Francisco Chronicle, upon the occasion of a writer for the Washington…
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Official Google WordPress plugin could be hijacked for nefarious SEO
A critical vulnerability found in Google’s official WordPress plugin, Site Kit, could allow intruders access to Google Search Console to the targeted site. The plugin, which has over 400,000 installations, is used to configure various Google products that offer insights like web traffic, revenue from advertisements, website speed and optimization…
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OnePlus’ 8 Pro has an accidental X-ray vision filter that sees through plastic and clothes
Well, here’s a camera trick we’ve not seen in a smartphone before: X-ray vision. Or, at least, something that looks very much like it. It’s a feature of the new OnePlus 8 Pro, which seems to use the phone’s infrared sensors to see through a small subset of black materials.…
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US Accountancy professionals fatigued by the complexity of technology
The way in which accountancy firms are using technology to manage client engagements is becoming increasingly fragmented. It’s leading many in the industry to believe quality is suffering under increasing time pressures and the need to juggle multiple applications to keep work on track. This is the key finding from…
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Indian food delivery startup Zomato cuts 13% of workforce
Zomato, an India-headquartered food delivery startup, is cutting 13% of its workforce as it looks to reduce cost and tide the coronavirus crises that has made many cautious about ordering food online. The 11-year-old firm did not disclose the exact number of people it was letting go, but the number is…
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