The UK accounting regulator has launched an investigation into Deloitte over its auditing of Glencore, following a corruption scandal at the FTSE 100 mining and commodities trading group. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said on Wednesday it was probing whether Deloitte “gave sufficient consideration to the risk of noncompliance with laws and regulations” when it…
US technology giant Microsoft has abruptly suspended some services for a number of clients in mainland China, fuelling speculation about accelerating technological decoupling between the world’s two largest economies. Guangzhou-based Sun Yat-sen University sent a notice to faculty and students on Tuesday night stating that Microsoft 365 services – including OneDrive, OneNote, and SharePoint –…
Microsoft has started testing a new update to its Copilot app on Windows that will let you share your screen or apps with the AI assistant. Copilot Vision was originally limited to Microsoft’s Edge browser, but it’s now extending to any app on your PC. Copilot Vision will be able to do things like coach…
On Tuesday morning, some PC gamers woke up to discover their computers were seemingly under threat. A “HackTool” called WinRing0 had suddenly started triggering a Windows Defender alert, as if their PCs were under attack. Some of those computers even began behaving oddly — like blasting their fans at high speed — once the HackTool…
Unless Microsoft hadn’t already made it very clear that it wants you to upgrade your Windows 10 PC this year, the company has announced it will stop supporting Office apps on the older OS come October. In a blog post, Microsoft confirmed that to continue using the Microsoft 365 suite of apps on your machine,…
Image: NurPhoto (Getty Images) 1. Apple Inc. (AAPL): Apple (AAPL) continues to be a leader in technology with strong growth in its services segment, including payment processing and streaming media. 2. Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN): Amazon (AMZN) dominates e-commerce and cloud computing, with its AI business driving significant growth. 3. Microsoft Corp. (MSFT): Microsoft (MSFT) is…
A driver had a narrow escape when his light goods van crashed into the lobby of a residential building in Hong Kong on Thursday evening. The man was driving in Yau Ma Tei when his vehicle suddenly veered off Canton Road and smashed through plate glass windows into the ground-floor lobby of the Jade Suites…
New Gmail password rules take effect Sept. 30 SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Millions of Gmail users will face new password rules designed to make using the world’s most popular free email service more secure on Monday, Sept. 30, as they head to work. Google will no longer support access to Gmail account data from…