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IT management
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June 23, 2020
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Concern over digital risk falls dramatically during pandemic
Brits are understandably more worried about the NHS than personal cyber security
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June 23, 2020
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Huawei to invest S$5m in Singapore to boost tech ecosystem
Huawei is pumping in S$5m this year to develop joint partner offerings in Singapore with a focus on artificial intelligence
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June 22, 2020
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Government to publish digital strategy this autumn
Strategy will set out how to increase tech-led economic growth and productivity after the Covid-19 pandemic, says digital secretary Oliver Dowden
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June 22, 2020
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Immigrants’ rights campaigners take Home Office to court over visa algorithm
Campaigners claim built-in algorithmic bias makes processing of visa applications ‘discriminatory’
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June 22, 2020
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Care Quality Commission to discuss concerns over Paula Vennells’ NHS role
Healthcare regulator will be discussing concerns about former NHS boss chairing an NHS trust at an upcoming meeting
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June 19, 2020
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Microsoft wants developers to be Quantum-inspired
Some problems cannot be solved on binary computers. With a new set of tools, Microsoft hopes to entice developers to swap bits for QuBits
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June 19, 2020
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Post Office Horizon scandal victims keep pressure on government’s doorstep
Subpostmasters fighting for justice in IT scandal are pressuring government on numerous fronts, as momentum is regained after reduced activity due to Covid-19 lockdown
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June 19, 2020
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Eurostar to roll out facial recognition for ‘passport-free’ travel to Europe
Facial recognition will make passports on the Eurotunnel an option rather than a necessity, but privacy campaigners have questioned whether gathering biometric data on passengers is necessary
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June 19, 2020
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Why cross-business collaboration needs data bridges
Successful businesses have cracked internal collaboration, according to Accenture. They also use applications that can share data
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June 19, 2020
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Technology firms come under scrutiny for ties to law enforcement
Three major technology companies have committed to not selling facial-recognition tech to law enforcement, but remain silent on how other technologies can be used to fuel racial injustice and discriminatory policing
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June 19, 2020
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AI bias and privacy issues require more than clever tech
The new AI Barometer report from the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation has assessed the threats and opportunities of artificial intelligence in the UK
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June 19, 2020
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Inside Lenovo’s transition to a solutions provider
Lenovo’s long-term transformation from a primarily hardware supplier to an IT solutions provider is progressing, but the journey isn’t over yet
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June 19, 2020
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Facebook allows US users to disable political ads
Users of the social media platform will soon be able to opt out of seeing politically motivated posts
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June 18, 2020
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iPhone issues see UK government dump centralised model for Covid-19 contact-tracing app
Department for Health makes U-turn on contact-tracing app after trial finds distances are not measured well enough, with particular detection problems for app users with Apple iPhones
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June 18, 2020
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EU-backed bid to build data preservation cloud for European research community gathers pace
The Archiver project, which aims to create a hybrid cloud-based data preservation environment for scientific researchers across Europe, has named the ICT suppliers in the running to deliver on its vision
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June 18, 2020
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Cisco patches dangerous Webex vulnerability
CVE-2020-3347 bug enables cyber criminals to steal meeting records from within Cisco’s Webex service
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June 18, 2020
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US buildings firm saves big on HDDs with Nasuni cloud NAS
APi Group dumps first-generation file sharing for Nasuni, which allowed it to save ‘hundreds of thousands of dollars’ with standard hardware deployments and cutting local storage
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June 18, 2020
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SAP sharpens vertical focus with Industry Cloud
SAP partners will be able to design, build, test and validate their industry-specific offerings with a new business process and technology platform
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June 18, 2020
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Check Point uncovers targeted Microsoft Office 365 phishing campaign
Organised criminal campaign exploited Adobe, Oxford University and Samsung web domains to trick users into giving up their passwords
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June 18, 2020
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Zoom U-turns on end-to-end encryption
Embattled video-conferencing provider Zoom backtracks on previous refusals to provide end-to-end encryption to free users
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June 17, 2020
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NTT Data and LeapThought eye Singapore’s construction sector
Japan’s NTT Data and New Zealand’s LeapThought have come together to support the digitalisation efforts of Singapore’s construction industry
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June 17, 2020
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Cosmetics company Avon offline after cyber attack
Representatives left unable to place orders after company’s back-end systems went offline over a week ago
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June 17, 2020
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HPE aims to hit right note for 5G with edge orchestrator
Tech firm says new release gives power back to telcos to offer value-added edge computing services such as AI-powered video analytics, industrial automation and VR retail services
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June 17, 2020
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AWS CEO Andy Jassy urges cloud laggards to stop trying to ‘fight gravity’
During a fireside chat during the first AWS Summit Online, cloud giant’s CEO held forth on how the firm is responding to the Covid-19 pandemic and the trends he is seeing with how some enterprises are approaching cloud adoption
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June 17, 2020
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Coronavirus: Cyber security spend to slow in 2020
Analysts revise down previous growth targets for security technology as the Covid-19 pandemic bites
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June 17, 2020
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Coronavirus: 50% of security pros had no pandemic contingency plan
A survey of security professionals conducted on behalf of Bitdefender reveals the lack of forward planning for events such as the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic
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June 17, 2020
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Select committee chair demands sharper teeth for review of Post Office IT scandal
Call for government review of Post Office Horizon scandal to have the power to force individuals to give evidence under oath
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June 17, 2020
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Malaysia’s telco industry on edge amid new developments, appointments
Spotlight trained on newly appointed key regulatory personnel that could see a change in Malaysia’s telco policy, including a deferment of 5G roll-out
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June 16, 2020
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IBM targets legacy modernisation with hybrid multicloud
Every few years, the foundations of IT architecture are shaken up, but few businesses can easily rip out old systems to stay aligned to the latest trend
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June 16, 2020
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NHS Digital seeks suppliers for Covid-19 testing service
The NHS Digital tender aims to find a partner to handle the development, delivery and running of the coronavirus testing service
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June 16, 2020
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UK-US data deal puts Brexit data adequacy pact at risk
European Data Protection Board writes to MEPs saying the UK is at risk of failing to strike a post-Brexit data adequacy accord if its data protection agreements with the US don’t strike the right note
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June 16, 2020
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Activists call on Zoom to implement encryption for all
A coalition of tech organisations and nonprofits have urged Zoom CEO Eric Yuan to make end-to-end encryption available to all users
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June 16, 2020
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Danske Bank begins process of creating autonomous development teams
Danish bank begins the process of changing how thousands of its staff work as it attempts to be more responsive to digital demand
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June 15, 2020
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Banking trojans roar back to prominence in May
Check Point sees an upswing in malicious activity around a number of classic banking trojan malware variants
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June 15, 2020
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UK quantum technology projects get a £70m boost
Government is funding 38 projects, one-third of which are focused on quantum computing
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June 15, 2020
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Gartner: CIOs should start preparing for coronavirus recovery cost cutting
To recover from the Covid-19 lockdown, businesses will need to cut costs. In doing so, Gartner urges CIOs to look at value and cost optimisation
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June 15, 2020
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NatWest develops behavioural biometrics as additional authentication
Bank is working with Visa to develop behavioural biometrics technology as an extra layer of invisible authentication
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June 15, 2020
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Accessories store Claire’s hit by Magecart credit card fraudsters
Attackers gained access to retailer’s website as long ago as March
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June 15, 2020
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Blow to government review of Post Office scandal as key forensic accountants refuse to support it
The government’s proposed review of the Post Office IT scandal has received a further setback as forensic accountants join subpostmasters in refusing to back it
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June 12, 2020
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NHS email service users ensnared in phishing attack
More than 100 accounts on the NHSmail service were affected by attack, but health service says no patient data was accessed
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June 12, 2020
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Salisbury becomes UK’s first city to go fully full-fibre
Politicians and broadband provision unit urge homes and businesses to switch to a new ultra-fast and ultra-reliable broadband network
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June 12, 2020
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Santander to recruit 3,000 more IT staff
Spanish bank to recruit a further 3,000 tech staff globally to accelerate its digital transformation
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June 12, 2020
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Fake contact-tracing apps delivering banking trojans
Spoof government coronavirus apps are popping up all over the world, says the Anomali Threat Research team
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June 12, 2020
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UK to boost data science efforts in citizen services
Government Digital Service launches Data Labs to enhance services with tools such as artificial intelligence and natural language processing
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June 12, 2020
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Minister downgrades status of UK contact-tracing app from vital to ‘cherry on cake’
Scientists warn of fundamental flaws of Bluetooth technology in proximity measurement function of much-delayed app
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June 12, 2020
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Twitter kills thousands of misinformation accounts
The accounts were linked to the governments of China, Russia and Turkey, and engaged in systematic operations against pro-democracy activists, political opponents and dissidents
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June 12, 2020
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Subpostmasters will not cooperate with government review into IT scandal
A group of subpostmasters who suffered at the hands of the Post Office’s error-prone IT system refuse to participate in a government review into the scandal, describing it as a sham
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June 12, 2020
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Coronavirus outbreak will speed up enterprise automation
Forrester calls for enterprises to automate with empathy as they deploy an increasing range of intelligent technologies to reduce their dependence on human labour
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June 11, 2020
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Tech firms respond to Nordic government calls
Nordic firms are working with tech suppliers to help them get back up and running after Covid-19
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June 11, 2020
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Amazon bans police use of its facial-recognition technology for a year
Tech giant claims it has been an advocate for stronger government regulation on the ethical use of facial recognition