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• March 23, 2021 23Mar2021 News

  IR35 reforms: Confusion over who pays employers’ NI leaves IT contractors out of pocket

  Litigators are circling as thousands of contractors realise that the 2017 roll-out of IR35 reforms to the public sector may have resulted in unlawful tax deductions – and the private sector could be next Continue Reading

• March 23, 2021 23Mar2021 Opinion

  Moving from VMs to a container-based enterprise architecture

  As organisations move to a cloud-native architecture, they will need to consider what to do with their existing virtual server estate Continue Reading

• March 23, 2021 23Mar2021 News

  Ericsson aims to make network services smarter with 5G Core Policy Studio

  Programmability tool designed to offer centralised management of end-to-end network policies for communication service providers Continue Reading

• March 23, 2021 23Mar2021 News

  NCSC beefs up support for education sector after spate of attacks

  Refreshed guidance from the NCSC recommends a defence-in-depth strategy as schools and universities face a renewed wave of cyber attacks Continue Reading

• March 23, 2021 23Mar2021 News

  Benu has the edge with cloud-native integrated SASE and 5G AGF

  New broadband network gateway said to offer industry’s only carrier-first secure access service edge architecture as market scales to billions of devices, users and services Continue Reading

• March 23, 2021 23Mar2021 News

  Scottish government AI strategy majors on ethics and inclusion

  Scottish government announces artificial intelligence strategy that involves the creation of a Scottish AI Alliance to be drawn from across society, including trade unions and companies Continue Reading

• March 23, 2021 23Mar2021 News

  Commission calls for adult social care to get digital revamp

  A commission on adult social care has called for the government to fund a personalised social care innovation programme, as well as invest £450m to replace outdated care and housing technology infrastructure Continue Reading

• March 23, 2021 23Mar2021 News

  UK defence strategy strengthens AI, cyber and satellite spies

  The nature of warfare is changing. Electronic warfare will need to be a key component of the UK’s defence strategy Continue Reading

• March 23, 2021 23Mar2021 News

  Interview: Ivan McKee, Scottish innovation minister

  Scotland’s innovation minister talks to Computer Weekly about the country’s new digital strategy, the importance of inclusion, and why the strategy is underpinned by ethical thinking Continue Reading

• March 23, 2021 23Mar2021 News

  Scottish government embarks on green datacentre investment push

  The Scottish government is on a mission to position Scotland as a green datacentre hub as part of a push to boost the country's economy and achieve its net-zero emissions goal by 2045 Continue Reading

• March 23, 2021 23Mar2021 News

  Laying the groundwork on quantum roadmap

  IBM has plans to develop a 1,000-plus qubit quantum computer system within two years. We look at how it is preparing software developers Continue Reading

• March 23, 2021 23Mar2021 News

  Young people don’t feel they have advanced digital skills for work

  Young people know how important digital skills are, but don’t think they have the necessary level of skill for the workplace, according to the Learning and Work Institute Continue Reading

• March 23, 2021 23Mar2021 News

  Home Office completes transfer of all business apps to Oracle Cloud

  Home Office has completed its deployment of Oracle’s Cloud Applications suite to all its functions across 35,000 staff, ahead of other government departments Continue Reading

• March 23, 2021 23Mar2021 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Attacks on CNI – an evolving frontier in warfare

  In the light of increasing cyber attacks on critical national infrastructure, what are the immediate risks to industrial control systems and other operational technology, and what steps can be taken to address them? Continue Reading

• March 23, 2021 23Mar2021 E-Handbook

  Royal Holloway: Protecting investors from cyber threats

  The cyber security of personal investors in the UK who use UK investment platforms to manage their pensions or savings is not well understood and not often discussed. In this article in our Royal Holloway security series, we identify the principal ... Continue Reading

• March 23, 2021 23Mar2021 News

  Northwest Australia to get digital boost

  A $1.5bn datacentre and connectivity project that links Perth and Darwin to the rest of the Asia-Pacific region is set to boost digital investments in northwest Australia Continue Reading

• March 23, 2021 23Mar2021 E-Zine

  Would the UK really nuke a cyber attacker?

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, did the UK’s defence and security review really suggest a nuclear response to a cyber attack? Data visualisation has been widely used to explain the Covid-19 pandemic, but not always that effectively. And jewellery ... Continue Reading

• March 22, 2021 22Mar2021 News

  Post Office staff instructed to shred documents that undermined its claims Horizon was robust

  Barrister advising the Post Office in 2013 stated that destroying documents would "amount to a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice" Continue Reading

• March 22, 2021 22Mar2021 News

  Big four make small impression in Which? UK broadband survey

  As remote working became the default during the UK lockdown, the importance of dependable and enterprise-acceptable home broadband was never more crucial, but Which? shows that the country’s largest providers have proved a let-down regarding ... Continue Reading

• March 22, 2021 22Mar2021 Blog Post

  Avoiding architectural blank cheques

  Every five to 10 years there is a monumental shift in IT architecture. In the early 2000s, enterprises began seeing the benefits of virtualising physical servers. Cloud computing offered enterprise ... Continue Reading

• March 22, 2021 22Mar2021 News

  Nokia claims 5G throughput breakthrough and deploys first SE Asia 5G standalone RAN

  Finnish comms tech supplier marks the first 5G standalone RAN sharing network in Southeast Asia, enables M1-StarHub joint venture to gain Singapore-wide 5G coverage, and breaks a speed barrier Continue Reading

• March 22, 2021 22Mar2021 News

  $50m ransomware demand on Acer is highest ever

  Record-breaking double-extortion cyber attack saw REvil gang exfiltrate financial data from Taiwan-based PC manufacturer Continue Reading

• March 22, 2021 22Mar2021 News

  Unionised drivers call on Microsoft to suspend Uber’s Face API licences

  Unionised private hire drivers in the UK are calling for Microsoft to suspend Uber’s licences to use its Face API technology after claims the ride-hailing firm’s ID-checking system has led to drivers losing their jobs and having licences revoked Continue Reading

• March 22, 2021 22Mar2021 News

  Altnet association warns of threat to UK full-fibre roll-out

  Independent Networks Co-operative Association warns that recent momentum in gigabit broadband implementation could be delayed if independent providers and their investors believe UK comms regulator is not willing to listen to their concerns Continue Reading

• March 22, 2021 22Mar2021 News

  Singtel and Optus partner AWS on telco edge

  Singtel and Optus are supporting AWS Outposts in their telco edge platforms that will enable enterprises to use AWS services for on-premise 5G applications Continue Reading

• March 22, 2021 22Mar2021 In Depth

  QLC flash storage: What it costs and its best use cases

  QLC flash brings high capacities at costs coming down close to spinning disk. So what are the use cases for QLC solid state, which make best use of its relatively low endurance Continue Reading

• March 22, 2021 22Mar2021 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Back to square one – ground-up CNI protection

  In the light of increasing cyber attacks on critical national infrastructure, what are the immediate risks to industrial control systems and other operational technology, and what steps can be taken to address them? Continue Reading

• March 22, 2021 22Mar2021 News

  CIO interview: Juliette Atkinson, IT director, Bradford University

  Bradford University’s IT director took a different route than most to get into IT leadership Continue Reading

• March 19, 2021 19Mar2021 News

  Nokia inks AT&T C-band deal and sets out plan to surf the 5G long wave

  Leading comms tech provider outlines plans to speed up transformation to improve profitability, taking advantage of long wave of 5G contracts such as that from leading US operator Continue Reading

• March 19, 2021 19Mar2021 News

  Avaya adds AI, advanced meeting capabilities to Spaces collaboration platform

  IP comms firm announces new capabilities for workstream collaboration platform, offering evolved unified communications capabilities via a user’s preferred device Continue Reading

• March 19, 2021 19Mar2021 Video

  UKtech50 2021: Panel 2- Making innovation count

  A panel of experts at the at the UKtech50 2021 event discuss how the pandemic has challenged our approach to innovation Continue Reading

• March 19, 2021 19Mar2021 Video

  UKtech50 2021: Panel 1 - Digital leadership

  A panel of experts at the UKtech50 2021 event discuss what makes a good digital leader Continue Reading

• March 19, 2021 19Mar2021 Video

  UKtech50 2021: Bev White, CEO Harvey Nash Group

  Presentation made by Bev White, CEO Harvey Nash Group, at the UKtech50 2021 event UKtech50 2021 Continue Reading

• March 19, 2021 19Mar2021 News

  UK online traffic soars during year in lockdown

  Research from leading UK ISP reveals online usage in the UK has increased by 78% year-on-year since the first lockdown Continue Reading

• March 19, 2021 19Mar2021 News

  UK government aims to get national broadband project back on track with Project Gigabit

  First areas revealed in £5bn government scheme to deliver gigabit broadband connections to help recovery from the pandemic, achieve growth and levelling up Continue Reading

• March 19, 2021 19Mar2021 News

  Coronavirus leads to legacy modernisation cloud boost

  Organisations are making the move to migrate legacy IT to the cloud, and the right skills and sufficient time and budget are the key to success Continue Reading

• March 19, 2021 19Mar2021 News

  Government bids final goodbye to Gov.uk Verify

  Cabinet Office parliamentary secretary Julia Lopez confirms launch of “discrete” successor to Gov.uk Verify Continue Reading

• March 19, 2021 19Mar2021 News

  Employers face delicate balancing act as hybrid workforce emerges from lockdown

  Study from UK telco advises firms to prepare for the divided demands of the post-lockdown workforce Continue Reading

• March 19, 2021 19Mar2021 Blog Post

  Containerisation in the enterprise - Infoblox: Embracing cluster-addon operators

  As businesses continue to modernise their server estate and move towards cloud-native architectures, the elephant in the room is the monolithic core business application that cannot easily be ... Continue Reading

• March 19, 2021 19Mar2021 News

  Post Office IT scandal executive forced out of job at Football Association of Wales

  Angela van den Bogerd has left her role at the Football Association of Wales, following criticism of her part in Post Office IT scandal Continue Reading

• March 19, 2021 19Mar2021 News

  AWS rolls out clean energy initiative in Singapore

  62MW solar project expected to generate 80,000MWh of clean energy a year, enough to power more than 10,000 homes Continue Reading

• March 19, 2021 19Mar2021 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Properly protecting CNI demands specificity

  In the light of increasing cyber attacks on critical national infrastructure, what are the immediate risks to industrial control systems and other operational technology, and what steps can be taken to address them? Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 News

  Coronavirus: How PCs in quarantine and intensive care units can be managed remotely

  NHS IT staff generally have limited access to deployed devices, especially if that device is in an operating theatre or intensive care unit Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 Opinion

  Tech sector is key to the success of Global Britain

  The maturity of its technology sector puts the UK in a good position to reimagine its role on the international stage post-Covid Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 Video

  UKtech50 2021: Alison Davis, CIO, Natural History Museum

  Presentation made by Alison Davis, CIO, Natural History Museum at the UKtech50 2021 event Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 Video

  UKtech50 2021: Ash Jokhoo, CDIO, Virgin Atlantic

  Presentation made by Virgin Atlantic's Ash Jokhoo, at the UKtech50 2021 event Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 Video

  UKtech50 2021: Belinda Finch, CIO, Three

  Presentation made by Belinda Finch, CIO of Three at the UKtech50 2021 event Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 Video

  UKtech50 2021: John Fitzpatrick, director for digital enablement, MoD

  Presentation made by John Fitzpatrick from the UK MoD, at the UKtech50 2021 event Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 Video

  UKtech50 2021: John Hobson, VP & CIO, Kellogg Europe

  Presentation made by Kellogg Europe's John Hobson at the UKtech50 2021 event Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 Video

  UKtech50 2021: Kash Ghedia, CIO, Welcome Break

  Presentation made by Welcome Break CIO, Kash Ghedia, at the UKtech50 2021 event Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 Video

  UKtech50 2021: Paul Neville, corporate director of digital and ICT, Waltham Forest

  Presentation made by Paul Neville from London Borough of Waltham Forest at the UKtech50 2021 event Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 Video

  UKtech50 2021: Phil Gosset, head of innovation, Nationwide Building Society

  Presentation made by Nationwide's Phil Gosset at the UKtech50 2021 event Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 News

  Ofcom revamps wholesale broadband rules to ramp up full-fibre roll-out

  UK comms regulator announces new guidelines for the UK wholesale telecoms market, with the principal aim to drive investment in fibre gigabit services and support the closure of the UK’s copper network Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 News

  Vaccine passports cannot put basic rights at risk, warns BCS

  BCS warns of challenges to come as the government presses on with its plans for Covid-19 vaccine passports Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 Blog Post

  Containerisation in the enterprise - SUSE: The deployment surface shifted, pack up for portability

  As businesses continue to modernise their server estate and move towards cloud-native architectures, the elephant in the room is the monolithic core business application that cannot easily be ... Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 News

  Government to bail out Post Office which can’t afford to pay compensation to subpostmasters

  The Post Office does not have enough money to pay compensation to the subpostmasters it wrongfully prosecuted Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 News

  Reshaping the women-in-tech debate in Denmark, from the top down

  Tech Nordic Advocates adopts a different approach to closing the gap between women and men in the Danish tech startup sector Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 News

  NHS will get shared care records by September 2021, says Matt Hancock

  The health secretary sets September 2021 target for shared care records roll-out, and wants to explore potential of moving patient data being held in proprietary systems to the cloud Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 Blog Post

  Ofcom enables £multi-billion refunding of BT to finance full-fibre roll out.

  The Ofcom decision today appears to open the way for BT to similarly complete the convergence begun with the EE merger. But first it has to raise the money. Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 News

  Survey: Backup failures hit a high as pandemic working hits home

  Veeam survey finds distributed working plus operations that span on-prem and the cloud the background to high numbers of failures in backup and restore, with 40% of SLAs not met Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 News

  Liverpool health, social care and education 5G network expands

  Europe’s largest 5G health and social care network infrastructure deploys range of IT and entertainment technologies in hybrid setup to increase reach of independent public sector network Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 News

  Subpostmasters in Court of Appeal to end 20-year torment

  Subpostmasters heading to Court of Appeal to clear their names in what is potentially the biggest miscarriage of justice in English legal history Continue Reading

• March 18, 2021 18Mar2021 News

  Eastern Health reports ‘cyber incident’, takes systems offline

  Australian healthcare provider Eastern Health takes IT systems offline as a precaution while it looks into a cyber incident Continue Reading

• March 17, 2021 17Mar2021 News

  PagerDuty expands European datacentre presence with help from AWS

  Company is expanding its datacentre presence within Europe through its longstanding technology partnership with Amazon Web Services Continue Reading

• March 17, 2021 17Mar2021 Blog Post

  The battle of the poms

  A Pennsylvania mum has been charged with multiple counts of harassment after reportedly using deepfake technology to oust her daughter’s cheerleading rivals. In a current-day reimagining of Sophie ... Continue Reading

• March 17, 2021 17Mar2021 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Take a realistic perspective on CNI cyber attacks

  In light of increasing cyber attacks on critical national infrastructure, what are the immediate risks to industrial control systems and other operational technology, and what steps can be taken to address them? Continue Reading

• March 17, 2021 17Mar2021 News

  Google Cloud shares carbon-free datacentre energy usage stats with users

  Public cloud giant publishes details of its Carbon Free Energy Percentage metric that it hopes companies will use to inform their decisions about where best to run their workloads for sustainability reasons Continue Reading

• March 17, 2021 17Mar2021 News

  Nokia accelerates Telenet cloud services with 5G core tech

  Comms and cloud tech giants to support public cloud deployment of Belgian operator’s mobile core, signalling the first step in its transformation towards cloud-based services Continue Reading

• March 17, 2021 17Mar2021 News

  Average ransomware cost triples, says report

  The average amount paid out by ransomware victims has grown almost threefold to more than $300,000 per incident, according to a report Continue Reading

• March 17, 2021 17Mar2021 News

  Digital Green Certificate proposed for travel in Europe

  Digital Green Certificates will supposedly help re-establish freedom of movement within the European Union Continue Reading

• March 17, 2021 17Mar2021 News

  Uber classifies drivers as workers after Supreme Court ruling

  Ride-hailing firm will pay its UK drivers minimum wage following court ruling, but has diverged from the court’s interpretation that drivers should be paid from when they log in, not just when passengers are on board Continue Reading

• March 17, 2021 17Mar2021 News

  Ofcom raises £1.356bn in principal stage of new 5G spectrum auction

  After announcing their plans to extend and improve basic 4G connectivity around the country, the UK’s mobile operators are celebrating their principal gains in the 5G arena with low-band and mid-band spectrum Continue Reading

• March 17, 2021 17Mar2021 News

  Capita restructures to simplify its business

  Business services supplier creates two core units that focus on public sector and commercial enterprise customers and will sell off non-core assets Continue Reading

• March 17, 2021 17Mar2021 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: CNI operators must focus on core issues

  In the light of increasing cyber attacks on critical national infrastructure, what are the immediate risks to industrial control systems and other operational technology, and what steps can be taken to address them? Continue Reading

• March 17, 2021 17Mar2021 News

  Cyber sector welcomes PM’s defence review

  Security commentators approve of measures to improve the UK’s cyber resilience, strengthen its R&D and skills base, lead on the development of new technology and promote a free, open, peaceful and secure global internet Continue Reading

• March 17, 2021 17Mar2021 News

  Viavi expands fibre network test and measurement portfolio

  Fibre optic testing and measurement portfolio designed to address businesses’ rapidly changing infrastructure needs Continue Reading

• March 17, 2021 17Mar2021 News

  Nordic healthcare digitisation drives medtech growth

  Nordic medtech is growing rapidly as the healthcare sector adopts technologies such as artificial intelligence and the internet of things Continue Reading

• March 17, 2021 17Mar2021 Blog Post

  Shure shores up for sure sounds: MV5C & MV7 microphones 

  Inspect-a-Gadget has a confession to make - we have been shouting at our laptop.  Okay if not quite shouting, we have certainly been ‘projecting’ at the built-in microphone during Zoom calls, ... Continue Reading

• March 17, 2021 17Mar2021 Blog Post

  Containerisation in the enterprise - VMware Tanzu: Superfood syndrome & rubberducking

  As businesses continue to modernise their server estate and move towards cloud-native architectures, the elephant in the room is the monolithic core business application that cannot easily be ... Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 News

  Children’s learning held back by digital schooling, NAO report finds

  Children’s socio-economic status has affected their experiences with digital learning, and most teachers consider their pupils to be, on average, three months behind where they would be expected to be Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 Blog Post

  Containerisation in the enterprise - Red Hat: API accuracy unlocks container complexity

  As businesses continue to modernise their server estate and move towards cloud-native architectures, the elephant in the room is the monolithic core business application that cannot easily be ... Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 News

  Legacy tech integration issues impede telcos’ digitisation ambitions

  Research finds a worryingly large number of operators indicating that when it comes to digital transformation, integration with legacy technology is their largest gating factor, followed closely by data security concerns Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 News

  5G economy to spur huge GDP, job growth across the US

  BCG study estimates large contribution to employment and GDP over the next decade, through the roll-out of next-generation mobile infrastructure Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 News

  One-fifth of all UK tech investment went to just 10 scaleup firms in 2020

  Annual Tech Nation report shows UK technology firms saw record levels of investment in 2020, but a significant proportion of it was concentrated in a small number of scaleup enterprises Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 E-Handbook

  Marketing software moves closer to centre of the CIO's vision

  In this e-guide: Software for marketing, from content marketing through customer experience management to marketing automation, and the rest, has not been as central to the vision of CIOs as ERP and the full panoply of IT infrastructure: storage, ... Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 News

  Insurers unable to fill a quarter of tech roles

  Insurance companies need to fill tech skills gaps if they are going to prosper in the age of insurtech Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 E-Handbook

  Data quality emerges from Covid-19 more critical than ever

  In this e-guide: The public has been drenched in data during the Covid-19 pandemic. And the issue of the quality of that data has increasingly come to the fore. Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 E-Handbook

  AWS vs Azure vs Google: 5 key benefits each for cloud file storage

  In this e-guide: The big three offer cloud file storage that can ease hybrid cloud operations, with consistency between cloud and on-premise as well as greater enterprise application compatibility. Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 News

  Cinia cuts Ribbon deal for transport network upgrade

  Real-time communications software and network solutions firm sees OTN platforms deployed in upgrade of backbone transport network in Finland and Northern Europe Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 E-Handbook

  Quantum computing in action

  In this e-guide, we look at Finland and how state investment is being used in a milestone project involving public and private sector organisations to understand the applications of the technology. And we hear how Spanish bank BBVA is examining the ... Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 E-Handbook

  Making the business case for quantum computing

  Tech startups, investors, major suppliers and even leading-edge companies are already placing a bet on the future of quantum computing. In this e-guide, we hear from experts in the tech sector, business consultancies and international corporations ... Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 E-Handbook

  An introduction to quantum computing

  Quantum computing promises to revolutionise the capabilities of IT and take it to the next level beyond Moore's Law. But we're not there yet, and there is much to do before it reaches the mainstream. In this guide, we examine the challenges and ... Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 News

  Uber and Ola ordered to hand over more data to drivers

  A Dutch court has rejected Uber and Ola’s claims that drivers collectively taking action to access their data amounts to an abuse of their individual data access rights, laying the ground for drivers to form their own union-controlled data trust Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 News

  Josh Bersin 2021 technology guide vaunts employee experience

  Josh Bersin’s annual HR technology market guide for 2021 pulls out employee experience as the hottest area, as the sector shifts to productivity-boosting tech Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 Blog Post

  A neurodivergent search for belonging

  GUEST BLOG: Neurodiversity Celebration Week takes place in the UK on 15 to 21 March 2021, and World Autism Awareness Week is from 29 March to 4 April 2021. In this contributed blog post, Larissa ... Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 Blog Post

  Containerisation in the enterprise - Nutanix: Building a Kubernetes powerhouse for developers

  As businesses continue to modernise their server estate and move towards cloud-native architectures, the elephant in the room is the monolithic core business application that cannot easily be ... Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 News

  MoD partners playing fast and loose with confidential data

  Clear spike in data breach incidents at defence partners may reflect better reporting standards, claims MoD Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 News

  Banks still lack tech skills at the top

  Banks have made progress in adding IT knowledge in their boardrooms, but they need more as digital transformation accelerates Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 News

  Unusual DearCry ransomware uses ‘rare’ approach to encryption

  Hybrid approach to encryption used by DearCry bears similarities to WannaCry Continue Reading

• March 16, 2021 16Mar2021 News

  Canada’s Rogers and Shaw announce $26bn merger

  Canadian telcos come together citing the belief that 5G is redefining the innovation landscape and that significant multibillion-dollar investments are needed to deliver the connectivity that communities, consumers and businesses require Continue Reading