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Beware of fraudsters determined to hijack our online Christmas spending. PIC: Alamy/PA.

Why shoppers need to be vigilant this Christmas - Andrew Vine

Sheffield-based Simoda is aiming to take on the three big cloud solution providers – Google, Azure and Microsoft, with the launch of its own low-cost secure private cloud solution.

Sheffield IT company aims to take on big three cloud providers

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Parents shouldn’t be penalised for holidays during term time - YP Letters

Sam Murton shares her expert insight

Why investing in customer journey mapping is worth the effort: Sam Murton

Property itself is an incredibly concentrated investment. Most people can’t afford to invest in many, so they have everything pinned on the performance of one or two specific homes, says Sarah Coles (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Why diversity can help to spread the investment risk: Sarah Coles

A visitor plays the game 'Call of Duty' of Activision on a mobile phone at the Samsung mobile booth at the Gamescom video game fair in Cologne on August 24, 2022. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)

Microsoft revised deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision cleared by watchdog

Britain’s £7.5bn cloud services market is to be investigated by the UK competition watchdog, after regulator Ofcom raised concerns about the dominance of technology giants Amazon and Microsoft.(Photo by Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Competition regulator to investigate £7.5bn cloud services market

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is the co-founder, executive chairman and CEO of Meta Platforms (previously Facebook, Inc.)

Meta announces plans for AI chatbots to be used on their platforms

Microsoft’s Call of Duty deal set to be approved

How can the regulator take on Big Tech’s vice-like grip of digital markets? - asks Rocio Concha.

How can the CMA take on Big Tech’s grip of digital markets? - Rocio Concha

Stuart Clarke MBE, Leeds Digital Festival Director (Photo supplied by Leeds Digital Festival)

Digital Festival to shine a light on the region’s tech excellence

Xbox are hosting three days of livestream events from Gamescom 2023

Gamescom 2023: How to watch Xbox Live From the Show Floor

The competition watchdog stressed “this is not a green light” as it agreed to look at a fresh proposal from Microsoft which the company hopes will allow its £54bn takeover of Activision Blizzard to go ahead. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Microsoft submits new plan in £54bn takeover battle with UK competition watchdog

Xbox are hosting a Quakecon sale with huge savings on a number of games

Xbox Quakecon sale: discounts on games including Fallout 4

Xbox have launched a huge add-on sale with hundreds of savings

Xbox Ultimate Add-On Sale: Up to 60% discount on hundreds of DLC packs

Four games will be coming to the Xbox Game Pass in August

What’s coming to Xbox Game Pass in August 2023

Library image of Facebook parent company Meta's headquarters in Dublin. (Photo by Brian Lawless/PA Wire)

Why Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon will be hoping to please investors

Xbox have signed an agreement with PlayStation over Call of Duty

Xbox sign ‘binding agreement’ with PlayStation for Call of Duty

Debbie Kuhr-Jones, director of K2 Training Services Limited (left) in a training session with Alessandra Reitano, receptionist at The Deep Business Centre. Picture by Les Gibbon.

Yorkshire-based training firm sees demand double since start of pandemic

Vital’s existing team and premises form a new regional hub covering Leeds.

Air IT acquires Vital Technology Group as part of expansion strategy

Xbox had an impressive Showcase event with the announcements of Fable, Starfield and Forza Motorsport

All games announced at Xbox Showcase 2023
The 2023 Xbox Showcase is here and was packed full of game announcements - here’s what was announced by Microsoft and their release dates

Here are the games announced during the Xbox Showcase that will come to the PlayStation

What games will come to PlayStation from the Xbox Showcase

Electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk

Tech giants lead rebound of US S&P Index after debt ceiling deal: James Eades

The Xbox Showcase is just days away and expectations are high from the Microsoft presentation

How to watch Xbox Showcase 2023

A cybercrime gang thought to be based in Russia has issued an ultimatum to victims of a mass hack (Photo: Getty Images)

BBC, BA and Boots issued with ultimatum by cyber gang Clop

Here’s everything coming to Xbox Game Pass in June 2023

What’s coming to Xbox Game Pass in June 2023 - including Dordogne

PlayStation have announced all their games coming for the next years, with 12 also coming to Xbox

Which PlayStation Showcase games will be available on the Xbox

The Microsoft purchase of Activision Blizzard has been approved by the EU

Microsoft-Activision Blizzard merger approved by EU

Xbox have announced their May 2023 update with four new changes

Everything included in the Xbox May 2023 update

We’re five months into the year but there is still lots to come in the gaming world

Biggest video games still set to to launch in 2023 on all consoles

The White House has summoned tech giants over AI fears

White House summons big tech bosses over AI fears

Xbox have revealed the date for their next Games showcase

Xbox announce upcoming Games Showcase date
The Games Showcase will allow Xbox fans to have a first look at upcoming games as well as a deep dive into Bethesda’s upcoming Starfield

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Why we must handle AI with care - Jayne Dowle

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How Brexit made it so difficult for us to trade with Europe - Mark Harris

Brothers and Emailmovers founders Jamie (left) and Duncan (right) Gleghill celebrate the firm entering its 20th year.

The small Scarborough firm preparing for "rapid change" in the digital sector

Police are still searching for Nicola Bulley. (Pic credit: Peter Byrne / PA)

Nicola Bulley disappearance: Timeline since Nicola Bulley’s disappearance

Bird Lovegod has his say

Rapid rise of AI generated content is cause for concern: Bird Lovegod

Nicola Bulley, 45, remains missing after disappearing while walking her Springer Spaniel Willow in the village of St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire, after she dropped her two daughters – aged six and nine – at school on January 27

Police to hold press conference as search for Nicola Bulley continues

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered a recent set piece speech on boosting economic growth.

Start-ups in Yorkshire need the right environment to thrive - Tim Mills

Candles are lit around a photo of Nicola Bulley (left) and her partner Paul Ansell on an altar at St Michael's Church in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, as police continue their search for the missing mother of two.

Missing Nicola Bulley’s partner opens up in Channel 5 interview

Specialists search the River Wyre this morning (February 6).

Police give Nicola Bulley update as search for missing mum continues

New CCTV images released by police show Nicola with her dog and wearing a long dark coat on the day of her disappearance.

Nicola Bulley’s partner shares heartbreaking new message

Nicola Bulley has now been missing for well over a week.

Nicola Bulley: CCTV camera that would ‘have seen everything’ broken

David Richards of WanDisco.
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Yorkshire tech boss shares insight into Microsoft outage 'chaos'

The 3D printer in action making an antenna

Researchers in Sheffield use 3-D printers to make cheap 5G and 6G antennas

Record breakers - Bolser MD, Ashley Bolser (front, sixth from left), with the agency team.

Marketing agency aims for record £3.5m turnover after figures double in 2022

Microsoft outage: Teams and Outlook blackout for thousands of Microsoft users

Thousands of Microsoft Teams and Outlook users are facing issues this morning as the software provider investigates a networking outage.

Outlook and Teams go down for thousands of users

Microsoft has scrapped technical support for customers that use Windows 8.1

Microsoft warning after firm scraps technical support for some users

Interact commercial manager James Howard (left) with managing director Rich Kenny (righ) as the firm wins the The Spectator Economic Innovator of the Year for North and North West 2022.

The six-person Harrogate tech firm taking on the likes of Microsoft for awards

Netflix said the service will be an “addition” to its existing plans (Photo: Adobe)

Netflix partners with Microsoft for cheaper subscription plan with ads

David Richards.

WANdisco made 'significant strategic progress' as it revealed revenue of $7.3m

What is the Metaverse? Christopher Hitchens explains

What is the Metaverse? Here’s what you need to know

David Richards, CEO and Chairman of WANdisco, commented: "The General Availability of LDM and LDMA in H2 last year laid the groundwork for a significant acceleration in new customer wins this quarter."

WANdisco enjoys strong trading in first quarter as it secures new contracts

Four day working week trial to launch in UK - full list of firms taking part

The average British worker believes it’s too late to change careers by the age o...

David Richards is CEO and co-founder of WANdisco.

WANdisco continued its momentum with LiveData Migrator

Windows 11 makes new demands on your system

Windows 11 cheats Microsoft doesn’t want you to know about

The Ryzen 5 5600G is a graphics card and central processor in one

These Ryzen processors turn conventional PC wisdom on its head

Millions of employees think their company is ‘stuck in the past’ when it comes t...