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• July 07, 2022 07 Jul'22

  The Security Interviews: Inside Russia’s Ukraine information operation

  Computer Weekly speaks to Craig Terron of Recorded Future about delving deep inside the Russian disinformation machine, and how the Kremlin’s strategy is set to evolve

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  Extreme E, Vodafone Business deploy LPWAN to help tackle wildfires in Sardinia

  Cloud-based IoT technology can operate in remote environments where the impacts of climate change have become the hardest to monitor

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  Manchester United signs DXC for digital transformation

  Football club is working with IT services firm DXC to support its digital transformation on multiple fronts

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  60% of tech workers say more needs to be done on diversity

  A large number of technology employees think their organisations could be doing more to promote diversity and inclusion in their workplaces, says ThoughtWorks

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  Weston-super-Mare projected to enjoy £144m economic boost from full-fibre roll-out

  CityFibre releases research showing positive economic impacts of gigabit broadband roll-out to famous seaside resort

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  CIO interview: Carl Dawson, CIO, Asda

  As the IT handover from Walmart looms, Asda CIO Carl Dawson explains how the business is renewing all of its technology, putting the retailer in the rare position of being able to start from scratch

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  UK-based datacentre liquid cooling firm Iceotope Technologies secures £30m funding

  Sheffield-based datacentre liquid cooling firm wins funding from environment-focused global investment syndicate

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  Virgin Media O2 Business switches on 5G-connected hospital

  Business division of UK cable provider announces switch-on of what it calls UK’s first 5G-connected hospital

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  Plexal seeks new scaleups for next phase of Cyber Runway

  Established security startups looking to grow and scale their operations are being invited to join the next phase of Plexal’s Cyber Runway programme

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  ESET: Lazarus APT hit aero, defence sector with fake job ads

  ESET researchers present new findings into a series of cyber attacks on the aerospace and defence sectors by North Korea’s Lazarus crime syndicate

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  Vodafone and Google Cloud collaboration gives rise to AI Booster platform

  Vodafone and Google Cloud have gone public with details of a jointly created artificial intelligence platform that is already live in more than 18 countries

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  Most APAC banks to spend more on cloud this year

  More than nine in 10 banks across Asia-Pacific are increasing their cloud spending in 2022 after years of hesitation due to initial regulatory hurdles

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  Cato Networks opens Copenhagen point of presence

  Cato opens PoP in Danish capital to bolster resiliency and extend converged security and networking capabilities across Nordic region

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  Juniper Networks looks to drive sustainable business with Cloud Metro

  AI-driven networks provider claims industry first, with automation-driven metro networking service to deliver highest independently rated power efficiency, TCO reduction and industry-leading performance

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  Legacy UK customs system stops accepting registration requests

  HMRC closes new applications to legacy customs system as its shutdown nears

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  High Court quashes planning permission extension for Apple’s abandoned Irish datacentre build

  After securing additional planning permission for the site of its now-abandoned datacentre build last year, Apple has seen the offer withdrawn by the High Court – which may complicate how it sells the land on

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  Prepare for long-term cyber threat from Ukraine war, says NCSC

  The NCSC has published refreshed guidance on cyber preparedness as the war on Ukraine continues, urging organisations to pay attention to the state of their security teams

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  Netherlands’ AMdEX seeks to democratise the internet

  Last year, five Dutch organisations launched an initiative to set up the Amsterdam Data Exchange to simplify data sharing and help democratise the internet

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  LogRhythm bullish on growth in APAC

  LogRhythm expects its business in the region to grow by over 20% this year thanks to demand from emerging economies where cyber security investments have not kept pace with cyber threats

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  NCSC CEO: Why we should run towards crises to elevate cyber security

  National Cyber Security Centre CEO Lindy Cameron, the 2022 Computer Weekly UKtech50 Most Influential Person in UK IT, reflects on a career immersed in crisis management, and how she is using this to elevate cyber security standards across the country

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  UKtech50 2022: The most influential people in UK technology

  Computer Weekly has announced the 12th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector

• July 04, 2022 04 Jul'22

  MPs call for ban on Chinese surveillance camera technology

  Nearly 70 MPs have called on the government to ban Chinese camera technology that is widely used by UK government agencies despite links to human rights abuses in China

• July 04, 2022 04 Jul'22

  Government rejects Lords police tech inquiry recommendations

  The government has largely rejected the findings and recommendations of a House of Lords inquiry into police tech, which called for an overhaul of how police deploy artificial intelligence and algorithmic technologies

• July 04, 2022 04 Jul'22

  UK altnets accelerate as fibre forges path to be fixed broadband standard

  Research shows how direct fibre connections are lighting up the world of broadband, rapidly deposing copper-based legacy DSL networks

• July 04, 2022 04 Jul'22

  How Lenovo is making the transition into services

  Although Lenovo is late to the as-a-service game, it is making headway through its One Lenovo and services-led transformation strategies, says a top company executive

• July 04, 2022 04 Jul'22

  Assange appeals against Priti Patel’s extradition order

  WikiLeaks founder is expected to raise concerns over the political nature of his prosecution, the likelihood of him receiving a fair trial, and the risk of a coercive plea bargain

• July 01, 2022 01 Jul'22

  Telstra taps Ericsson, Ciena to quadruple optical network service capacity

  Leading Australian operator forges partnership with leading comms tech providers to make enhancements to next-generation optical network to increase the service capacity of optical network to 400 Gbps Ethernet

• July 01, 2022 01 Jul'22

  UK rural primary schools to receive huge broadband upgrade

  Government announces up to 3,000 primary schools across rural England will get gigabit broadband as part of £82m investment designed to encourage roll-out of better broadband

• July 01, 2022 01 Jul'22

  Enterprise Wi-Fi 6E access points to more than treble by 2024

  Wi-Fi 6E market set to flourish in next two years thanks to innovation and prospect of greatly improved throughput and latency rates

• July 01, 2022 01 Jul'22

  Why is it so hard to fix the chip crisis?

  Through subsidies and grants, the EU and the UK are focused on building out local chip manufacturing to alleviate semiconductor shortages

• July 01, 2022 01 Jul'22

  US court rules no conflict of interest in tech firms’ mining deaths case

  A US district court judge who dismissed a forced labour case against five technology companies was found to have investments in four of the firms, with a separate court now ruling against the victims’ motion for reversal that there was no conflict ...

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  ICO to cut back on fines for public sector data breaches

  Information commissioner John Edwards sets out a revised approach to how the ICO handles data breaches in the public sector, saying fining victims risks punishing the public twice over

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  WBA sets out how Wi-Fi 6/6E enables Industry 4.0

  Report highlights next-gen wireless use cases, including detailed autonomous mobile robots, automatic guided vehicles, augmented and virtual reality, and posts IIoT deployment guidelines

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  5G investment could deliver £7bn a year to UK economy

  Benefits of next-gen networks are clear, but research warns that more needs to be done to ensure the UK doesn’t miss out on the full economic benefits of 5G technology

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  BT unveils connectivity solution to accelerate digital transformation

  Connected Cloud Edge combines telco’s networking and cyber security expertise with infrastructure from Equinix to accelerate customers’ digital transformation

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  Subpostmaster campaigning forces government to set up compensation scheme and make interim payments

  Subpostmaster campaign group is a step closer to achieving what it was originally set up to do as government launches compensation scheme for its members who did not receive fair payouts

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  H&M Group tries Google Cloud on for size as omnichannel push gathers pace

  H&M Group has tapped up Google Cloud to add data analytics and machine learning capabilities to its omnichannel strategy

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  Independent scrutiny brought into compensation negotiations for wrongly prosecuted subpostmasters

  Former Supreme Court judge will offer his view on the valuation of compensation for wrongly convicted subpostmasters

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  Nokia and Proximus demo 5G network slicing innovation to support demanding network conditions

  Leading comms tech provider enters into partnership with incumbent Belgian operator to deliver dedicated next-generation spectrum to support demanding conditions such as congested networks in use cases including Industry 4.0, fixed wireless access ...

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  India gears up for 5G but challenges remain

  The country’s upcoming spectrum auction marks the start of larger scale deployments of 5G in the subcontinent, but telcos will need to find a way to address high infrastructure costs and monetise their investments

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Colt Technology Services gets SASE with enhanced enterprise network

  Customers of enterprise network provider now have access to an integrated service that brings together the software-defined wide area network

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Government sets NHS digital transformation plan

  The government expects to save billions of pounds and improve patient outcomes through digital transformation

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Brits battered by broadband outages in past year cost UK economy £1.3bn

  Almost 11 million UK consumers experienced broadband outages of three or more hours over the past 12 months, representing almost two days offline

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Urgent need for new laws to govern biometrics, legal review finds

  Independent review says new framework is needed to clear up legal and ethical concerns over the use of biometric data and technologies, which can impact privacy, freedom of expression and other human rights

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  New cyber extortion op appears to have hit AMD

  Semiconductor specialist AMD has confirmed it is investigating reports that a ‘bad actor’ has stolen hundreds of gigabytes of its data

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Liverpool 5G Create adds use cases

  Liverpool school’s 5G-enabled anti-anxiety game and care home’s 5G-supported fall prevention technology demonstrate benefits of affordable next-generation technology

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Romance scammers exploit Ukraine war in cynical campaign

  Romance scammers can make easy money exploiting people looking for love, but in this newly observed campaign linked to the Ukraine war they are playing on deeper emotions

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Inside Bendigo and Adelaide Bank’s cloud journey

  With a strong DevOps culture, Australian bank has been moving its most important applications to the cloud in a journey that has already reaped returns

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Spy agencies need ‘independent authorisation’ to access telecoms data, say judges

  The High Court has ruled that UK intelligence agencies should seek independent authorisation before accessing phone and internet records during criminal investigations

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Hardware and commercial flexibility issues slow down IoT adoption

  Eseye survey finds more than eight out of 10 internet of things professionals view hardware design as top challenge for initial IoT deployments while more than 97% have found their IoT projects less than 50% successful