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• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  Innocent people arrested following surveillance blunders, IPCO reveals

  Interception of communications commissioner Adrian Fulford warns of “grave” repercussions for people wrongly identified as suspects due to errors made when government bodies access email, phone and telephone data

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  New stolen credentials cache puts spotlight on authentication

  The discovery of billions more stolen usernames and passwords in Collections #2 to #5 have prompted fresh calls for the implementation of better authentication methods across industry

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  BT stockpiles networking kit for no-deal Brexit as Patterson exits

  Outgoing BT boss Gavin Patterson shared some details on the company’s contingency planning for a feared no-deal Brexit as chief executive Philip Jansen formally takes charge of the business

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  Cisco Live Europe: Intent-based networking meets the IoT head-on

  Networking and communications technology supplier Cisco plans to bring intent-based networking techniques to bear on the internet of things

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  Facebook profit up despite privacy failings

  Social media giant reports profit gains for the last quarter and the past year, despite a string of privacy blunders that came to light in 2018

• January 30, 2019 30 Jan'19

  YouTuber impersonation scam not new, say researchers

  Scam that tricked users into clicking on phishing links has affected tens of thousands of victims and has been active for several years, say security researchers

• January 29, 2019 29 Jan'19

  IT leaders grapple with workforce skills gap as they deploy AI and digital technology

  Organisations will have to find new ways of reskilling their workforce as they get to grips with artificial intelligence and other digital technologies. CIOs also need to keep their skills updated if they are to succeed

• January 29, 2019 29 Jan'19

  UK police target hundreds of DDoS attackers

  National Crime Agency is investigating hundreds of suspected users of a distributed denial of service-for-hire site that was taken down by an international law enforcement operation

• January 28, 2019 28 Jan'19

  UK IT spending worth £27bn held back due to Brexit uncertainty

  UK businesses are putting billions of pounds of IT investments on hold until they know the terms that the UK will leave the EU

• January 28, 2019 28 Jan'19

  Openreach to recruit 3,000 apprentices to support UK-wide full-fibre network deployment

  New recruits from “all walks of life” will be trained at one of 12 educational facilities Openreach is set to open across the country

• January 25, 2019 25 Jan'19

  Vodafone suspends use of Huawei hardware

  Vodafone’s UK CEO has said the operator will ‘pause’ its use of Huawei hardware for the foreseeable future

• January 25, 2019 25 Jan'19

  Chinese government grants BT new powers

  Enhanced operating licences improve telco’s ability to work with customers in China

• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  Facebook’s objections to court concerns over privacy more about ‘optics’ than facts

  Facebook’s challenge to a High Court ruling that raises serious concerns about data transfers between Europe and the US is more about appearance than facts, lawyers for the Irish Data Protection Commission told Dublin's Supreme Court

• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  MPs challenge Huawei over spying allegations

  The chair of the cross-bench Science and Technology Committee has written to Huawei seeking answers over its activities in the UK

• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  Time to deploy strong authentication, says Fido

  The time has come for organisations to deploy cryptographically backed strong authentication, according to the Fido Alliance, which seeks to eliminate the world’s dependence on password-based security

• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  Vodafone and O2 will ‘share’ 5G networks

  Vodafone and O2 have agreed non-binding heads of terms that will extend their 4G network-sharing agreement to 5G when it becomes available

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  XL Axiata teams up with Tibco in data science initiative

  The Indonesia telco’s data scientists will be provided with data science tools from Tibco to uncover customer insights and improve network planning, among other goals

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  Young Dutch cyber criminals get re-education rather than jail time

  Young hackers in the Netherlands are being rehabilitated through punishments that educate rather than incarcerate

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  Digital Catapult explores LPWAN and IoT for industry

  A Connected Factory Demonstrator managed by the Digital Catapult is seeking input from LPWAN and internet of things specialists

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  Broadband divide persists across the UK, says Which?

  Latest statistics from Which? show the UK’s broadband divide persists, with many areas still missing out on high-speed services despite industry tub-thumping

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  €50m GDPR fine for Google is a wake-up call for tech giants

  The French data protection authority has fined Google €50m for contravening EU data protection laws, which has been hailed as a warning for tech giants and other data handling firms

• January 18, 2019 18 Jan'19

  Prepare for no-deal Brexit, says ICO

  The UK data protection authority is urging businesses to prepare for a no-deal Brexit to ensure there is no interruption in data flows from Europe

• January 17, 2019 17 Jan'19

  Vodafone and IBM prep user clouds for future network tech

  Companies expand existing collaboration to enable enterprise customers to prepare for the impact of advanced networking technologies

• January 17, 2019 17 Jan'19

  UK tech firms favour second referendum as next move in Brexit stalemate

  UK tech firms want to remain as close to the EU as possible and believe a second referendum on membership of the trading bloc would be the best way out of the current political stalemate

• January 16, 2019 16 Jan'19

  Researchers discover new Magecart group

  Security researchers have uncovered a sub-group of the Magecart hacking group, highlighting the wider risks of web-based supply chain attacks

• January 14, 2019 14 Jan'19

  Mobile and broadband markets fail digitally excluded groups

  Financially vulnerable people, disabled and mentally ill people and elderly people all face significant challenges in accessing appropriate communications services, according to a new Ofcom report

• January 14, 2019 14 Jan'19

  Top UK hacker-for-hire jailed

  Notorious British hacker-for-hire jailed for cyber attacks on a Liberian telco after an international criminal justice operation

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  Microsoft takes community approach to artificial intelligence in Sweden

  Microsoft is making increasing use of artificial intelligence in Sweden as it shares experiences with the development community

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  Right to be forgotten is not global, says EU court adviser

  The right to be forgotten should apply only in the European Union, according to the chief adviser to the European Court of Justice

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  Roadside 4G mobile signal availability improves across UK

  4G mobile network coverage along the UK’s motorways has seen substantial improvement, with Greater Manchester’s urban M60 having 100% availability and the Birmingham to Carlisle M6 seeing the greatest growth in coverage

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  Enterprises are increasing the human workforce while deploying AI

  Artificial intelligence is creating more jobs than it replaces, according to a study of businesses using the technology

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  Fife Council upgrades WAN to offer ultrafast broadband services

  Public sector sites across Fife in Scotland are to receive a transformational upgrade to their broadband speeds

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  BT faces tussle to keep EU contracts after Brexit

  The European Union will likely re-evaluate its telecoms contracts with BT following Brexit, and cancelling them altogether is a real risk in a no-deal scenario, according to leaked documents

• January 09, 2019 09 Jan'19

  2FA bypass tool highlights top business security vulnerabilities

  CEOs are the most likely target of two-factor authentication phishing bypasses, demonstrated by a security researcher’s proof-of-concept attack

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  First 5G smartphones may have massive price premium

  Android smartphone brands are already preparing to launch their first 5G handsets, but new technical requirements means they won’t be cheap to build, according to analysts at TrendForce

• January 04, 2019 04 Jan'19

  Data breaches affected more than a billion people in 2018

  The personal information of more than a billion people was compromised in 2018 as companies holding the data failed to keep it safe

• January 02, 2019 02 Jan'19

  Nordic digital transformation driven by traditional businesses

  More traditional Nordic businesses are fuelling the region's digital transformation, finds report

• January 02, 2019 02 Jan'19

  SMEs urged to get on board with Network Services 2 framework

  Suppliers have until the end of January 2019 to sign up to the new government network services purchasing framework

• December 28, 2018 28 Dec'18

  Top 10 HR technology stories of 2018

  Companies are turning to artificial intelligence, robotic automation and chatbots to take the drudgery out of human resource management

• December 27, 2018 27 Dec'18

  Top 10 Middle East stories of 2018

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Middle East enterprise IT stories of 2018

• December 19, 2018 19 Dec'18

  CMA acts on super-complaint over broadband, mobile charges

  The Competition and Markets Authority is to crack down on communications services providers who ‘penalise’ loyal customers over new ones

• December 19, 2018 19 Dec'18

  Top 10 broadband stories of 2018

  The networking industry swung firmly behind full-fibre broadband in 2018, with encouraging signs that the gold-standard of broadband service delivery technology is at long last taking off in the UK

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  Vodafone spreads Christmas cheer with a 4G drone

  Vodafone has conducted a test flight of the UK’s first drone delivery controlled over its 4G network

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  Broadband coverage improved through 2018, says Ofcom

  Ofcom’s annual Connected Nations report reveals that the number of people who cannot receive a 10Mbps broadband connection has halved

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  Ofcom fires starting gun for new mobile spectrum auction

  Mobile spectrum in the 700MHz and 3.6-3.8GHz bands will be put up for auction either late in 2019 or early in 2020

• December 14, 2018 14 Dec'18

  Ofcom tells ISPs to be upfront about better broadband deals

  Telecoms regulator is rolling out a range of measures to make the broadband market serve the interests of consumers better

• December 14, 2018 14 Dec'18

  Australia passes controversial encryption law

  Arguments continue over law that requires companies to work with government agencies to ensure that encrypted communications can be read if a crime is suspected

• December 13, 2018 13 Dec'18

  ICO and government help UK businesses prepare for no-deal Brexit

  The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the government are providing guidance for UK businesses, particularly SMEs, on how to prepare for a possible no-deal Brexit

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  UKtech50 2018 – the most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly has announced the ninth annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK IT sector

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  Finland’s IT sector recovers after break-up of Nokia

  Finnish government plays vital role in helping IT sector recover from the shock of Microsoft taking over the country’s biggest company