Technology

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Tech news and expert opinion from The Telegraph's technology team

Computer Hardware
The best Chromebooks to buy
The Telegraph - By Telegraph Reporters
Chromebooks have been flying high since their launch a few years ago. A cheap alternative to traditional laptops, they offer a safer environment for surfing the web, as well as smooth performance. They
Technology
Goldman Sachs leads £45 million investment in British fintech start-up Nutmeg
The Telegraph - By James Cook
Goldman Sachs has backed British financial technology business Nutmeg through a £45m investment round in the company. Nutmeg announced on Tuesday that it had raised the money from investors including Sachs’
Technology
TomTom sells telematics unit to Bridgestone for £800m
The Telegraph - By Natasha Bernal
Satellite navigation operator TomTom has sold its telematics business to Japan's Bridgestone, the tyre manufacturer, for €910m (£799m) in a deal that will allow it to focus on driverless car technologies.
Technology
Huawei offers to open up its development labs to quell spying fears
The Telegraph - By Matthew Field
Huawei has said it will welcome Western requests to see its product development process as it hits back at allegations its products could be used for spying. The Chinese technology giant's chairman Liang
UberEATS
Coffee to your door: Starbucks teams up with UberEats to deliver hot drinks to millennials
The Telegraph - By James Cook and Matthew Field
Starbucks is set to deliver in UK for the first time with millennial customers willing to double the price of their coffee to avoid leaving their home for a caffeine fix. The coffee chain announced on
Technology
Amazon reveals 'anti-robot vest' to protect workers from machines
The Telegraph - By Natasha Bernal
Amazon has given its warehouse workers new tech-enabled vests to protect them from robot-related crashes. The e-commerce giant's new "Robot Tech Vest" is equipped with sensors to alert Amazon's robots
Cybersecurity
Government urged to name and shame companies that fail to protect customer data
The Telegraph - By James Cook
The government has been urged to publicly name and shame British businesses with sloppy cybersecurity measures that could put customer data at risk. A new report released by the Cyber Security Research
Technology
The best compact cameras
The Telegraph - By Matthew Field
Compact cameras can provide an ideal first camera, a family point-and-shoot or holiday snapper, small enough to slip into your pocket. Point-and-shoot cameras are not as popular as they were a few years
Technology
France hands Google record £44m fine for breaching privacy rules
The Telegraph - By Telegraph Reporters
France's data watchdog has fined Google 50 million euros (£44m/$57m), using the EU's strict General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the first time. Google was handed the record fine from the CNIL
Technology
Owner of Entertainment Daily gears up for London float
The Telegraph - By Natasha Bernal
The owner of online celebrity news site Entertainment Daily plans to list on the London Stock Exchange's junior AIM market with a value of £13m ahead of a planned acquisition spree. Digitalbox Publishing
Tesla Model 3
Elon Musk gets green light to deliver Tesla Model 3 cars in Europe
The Telegraph - By Natasha Bernal
Tesla has secured approval from regulators to sell its Model 3 cars in Europe, in a move that will bring it in direct competition with the likes of BMW, Volkswagen and Peugeot in their home market. Dutch
Technology
'Extensive' employee fraud uncovered at Chinese drone maker DJI
The Telegraph - By Ellie Zolfagharifard
Chinese drone maker DJI has uncovered an “extensive” campaign of employee fraud that could cost it $150 million in losses. The world's biggest producer of consumer drones said 45 employees had been investigated
Technology
Uber plans to develop self-driving electric scooters and bicycles
The Telegraph - By James Cook
Uber is hiring engineers to develop electric scooters and bicycles which can drive themselves around cities in order to reach customers and charging points. Electric scooter and bicycle-sharing services,
Technology
Technology sector growth grows at its slowest rate for three years, says KPMG
The Telegraph - By James Cook
Business growth in the UK technology sector fell to its weakest level in three years at the end of 2018, according to a new survey conducted by accountancy firm KPMG. KPMG’s latest UK Tech Monitor report
Technology
British start-up Lavanda developing new app to solve 'illegitimate' short-term rentals
The Telegraph - By Hasan Chowdhury
British start-up Lavanda is set to launch Europe’s first short-term rental platform for tenants in the private rental sector in an attempt to solve tenancy breaches resulting from subletting. Lavanda a
Technology
Intel insists leadership team 'united' even as executive departures rack up
The Telegraph - By Hannah Boland
Intel has insisted its leadership team is more united than ever in the wake of chief executive Brian Krzanich's resignation last year, even as it continues its hunt for a replacement. Gregory Bryant, vice
Technology
Wearables could be used to help spot childhood depression
The Telegraph - By Matthew Field
Smart connected belts could be used to help diagnose mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression in children under six, a study has suggested. Children could be fitted with a wearable sensor, which
Technology
Apple, YouTube and Netflix accused of breaking EU privacy laws
The Telegraph - By Natasha Bernal
A cohort of technology companies including Apple, Netflix, YouTube, and Amazon have been accused of breaching European privacy laws in an official complaint. Ten separate complaints filed to the Austrian
Technology
Stock-trading app Robinhood hires former TransferWise executive to lead UK office
The Telegraph - By James Cook
Stock-trading app Robinhood has hired a former TransferWise executive to lead its London office ahead of an upcoming launch in the UK. The US business has hired Wander Rutgers, a financial technology who
eCommerce
Asia's richest man to take on Amazon boss Jeff Bezos in India's booming e-commerce sector
The Telegraph - By Hasan Chowdhury
Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, is set to take on Amazon's Jeff Bezos in India as the billionaire magnate launches his own rival e-commerce venture in the world's second most populous country. Reliance
Flying Car
Elon Musk's 'incredibly expensive' tunneling plans unrealistic, says Uber
The Telegraph - By Olivia Rudgard
Elon Musk’s plans for underground tunnels to solve congestion in cities are unrealistic because they are too expensive to dig, Uber has said. Speaking about its “flying car” project, the company’s aviation
Roblox
Meet the Silicon Valley tech company trying to make the Internet more polite
The Telegraph - By Olivia Rudgard
On the Internet, civility is a lost art. Anyone who has spent more than a few minutes on social media will know that the way people talk to each other online needs a lot of work. In this age of digital
Doping
Lance Armstrong makes first investment in new venture capitalist career
The Telegraph - By Tom Hoggins
Lance Armstrong, the former cyclist who has been banned for life from the sport following a doping scandal, has made his first investment in his new career as a venture capitalist. Mr Armstrong is the
China
China’s tech giants in hiring slowdown amid economic uncertainty
The Telegraph - By Hasan Chowdhury
China’s tech giants were hiring at a slower pace in the final quarter of 2018 as the country’s biggest companies reckoned with a faltering economy, according to a study on job adverts. Beijing’s research-led
Central Banks
French ex-central banker joins board of UK fintech Setl
The Telegraph - By Natasha Bernal
UK fintech company Setl has recruited former Banque de France governor Christian Noyer to its board ahead of growth plans in Europe, Asia and the US. The blockchain company, which launched in 2015, said
Software Companies
Sophos share price collapses by a fifth on subdued trading update
The Telegraph - By Matthew Field
Cyber security company Sophos suffered a bruising from investors after it reported a decline in billings and new customer sign ups. The Oxford-headquartered software company, which makes network security
Venture Capital
Europe's health-tech industry grows on back of 148pc jump in investment in devices
The Telegraph - By Hasan Chowdhury
The size of investment deals in healthcare devices and supplies saw a 148pc jump in 2018 as new technologies brought innovation to the sector across Europe, according to a new report on European venture
Virgin Trains
Box to let British customers store data on UK servers to avoid Brexit data transfer worries
The Telegraph - By James Cook
The US cloud storage business Box will allow British customers to choose to store all of their data in the UK, avoiding concerns over data transfers to and from the European Union after Brexit. The company
Dead newborn baby found at Amazon centre in Arizona
The Telegraph - By Olivia Feld
A newborn baby girl has been found dead inside a women’s bathroom at an Amazon warehouse in Phoenix, Arizona. Local police said they received a call from the Amazon fulfillment facility on Wednesday evening.