In this week's news roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including cyber security, datacentre, agri-tech, regulation and acquisition news. Here are our highlights from the week.
monday:
youtube lets users mute gambling and alcohol ads
YouTube is rolling out tools that will let users hide gambling and alcohol ads if they do not want to view them.
The new settings come in response to "feedback that some people would prefer to limit ads in certain categories," YouTube said.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/2KqZETP
facebook sued by ftc, could be forced to divest whatsapp and instagram
Social Media giant Facebook has been sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on the grounds of ‘anticompetitive conduct’.
The news follows an extensive investigation carried out by the FTC’s Technology Enforcement Division, a collection of attorneys general of 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam, which found that Facebook carried out a strategy to get rid of any competition in the space and retain its monopoly.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3qSx1zP
Tuesday:
Google users warned of potential data breach after global outage
GMAIL users have been warned of a potentially massive data breach after Google services went down for millions of people across the world.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2Wq0mnp
Liquid’s ADC to build ‘biggest African data centre’ outside South Africa
Liquid Telecom is to build a data centre in the Nigerian city of Lagos, to be run by a new CEO for the company’s operations in the country.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3gQ0k1p
Wednesday:
EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech
Big tech firms face yearly checks on how they are tackling illegal and harmful content under new rules unveiled by the European Commission.
Fresh restrictions are also planned to govern their use of customers' data, and to prevent the firms ranking their own
services above competitors' in search results and app stores.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3nu5zXc
Millions of Unpatched IoT, OT Devices Threaten Critical Infrastructure
Thousands of organisations remain at risk from the URGENT/11 and CDPwn collections of vulnerabilities, which affect operational technology (OT) gear and internet of
things (IoT), respectively. Unfortunately, there has been a rampant lack of patching, Armis said.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/389u4lN
Thursday:
Windstream Wholesale completes Salt Lake City to Seattle route
Windstream Wholesale has completed the expansion of its high-capacity fibre route from Salt Lake City (pictured) to Portland and Seattle.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2KCKQBC
Wholesale fibre company raises £1bn to expand in London
London wholesale fibre company G.Network has raised over £1 billion in equity and loans to expand its network.
The news follows only months after Community Fibre raised £400 million in equity from Warburg Pincus to
expand its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network to blocks of apartments in London.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3gZQdqL
Friday:
Dorset could become 'world leader in agri-tech' thanks to rural 5G trial
5G trials are set to launch in Dorset which will see the county become "a world leader in agri-tech" and help shape the future of food production across the UK.
The 5G RuralDorset project, led by Dorset Council is aimed at understanding how next generation connectivity can make people live better and help create safer and more prosperous lives in rural communities.Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/34oNJNP
Hedge fund to take TalkTalk private in £1.1bn acquisition
UK independent telco TalkTalk is set to be taken over by a hedge fund and a private equity firm for £1.1 billion.
Toscafund Asset Management, which is said to have assets worth £4 billion, bid £0.97 a share for the company.
TalkTalk’s co-founder Charles Dunstone has backed the deal.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2WokJ4c
