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October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20
Carhartt shifts old data to the cloud with Komprise

US-based workwear manufacturer cuts storage costs from $1 to $0.25 per gigabyte as it deploys data management software and shifts old files to Microsoft Azure Blob and Cold storage
October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20
US lawmakers release big tech antitrust report

House Democrats have published a report on the monopoly power wielded by big tech companies and how to restore competition in digital markets
October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20
Nvidia reveals its plans for Arm

Nvidia intends to acquire Arm for £31bn, as part of its plan to “create the computing company for the age of AI”
October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20
Department for Education failed to protect data on millions of children, says ICO

The Department for Education’s National Pupil Database, which contains millions of items of data on the UK’s schoolchildren, was found to be non-compliant with data protection regulations across the board
October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20
Consumers find new payment methods during pandemic

Non-cash payments have grown at their fastest rate for a decade and due to Covid-19 restrictions, more people are discovering different ways to pay
October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20
UK accounts for 45% of Europe’s card fraud as criminals target online transactions

Payment card fraudsters steal €1.5bn, with card-not-present attacks accounting for three-quarters of this sum
October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20
ICO wraps up Cambridge Analytica investigation

Information Commissioner’s Office concludes its investigation into Cambridge Analytica, saying no additional evidence has come to light that would change its previous assessments
October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20
More than four-fifths of global workforce rule out return to office full-time

With workforces demanding increased – if not permanent – home networking, research reveals CIOs’ top priorities in planning for new everywhere enterprise, specifically securing mobile devices, apps and users

October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20
Southeast Asia remains hotspot for cyber attacks

Geopolitics and Covid-19 have been fodder for cyber criminals to advance their motives in Southeast Asia in 2020
October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20
Government to provide 100,000 devices for remote learning

The Department for Education is offering education providers access to additional devices to help with remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic
October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20
EU’s top court questions legality of UK phone and internet data surveillance

European Court of Justice rules that the UK and EU member states must comply with EU privacy laws when harvesting people’s sensitive communications data from telecoms and internet companies
October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20
Government deaf to loud calls for statutory public inquiry into Post Office scandal

MPs are demanding the government holds a full statutory public inquiry into the Post Office IT scandal
October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20
Coronavirus raises the software audit stakes

IT asset managers say they are receiving more requests from software publishers to check for licence discrepancies
October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20
5G technology could increase global economy by $1.5tn by 2030

Research commissioned by Huawei suggests next-generation networks can stimulate growth and drive productivity as the global economy recovers from Covid-19

October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20
NetSuite CEO Goldberg: Growing in the house of Oracle

NetSuite CEO Evan Goldberg briefs analysts and press on the eve of the supplier’s annual, this year virtual, conference
October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20
Scotland seeks views on digital government

Scottish government consults on how to build a digital Scotland, ahead of plans to deliver a new digital strategy for the country
October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20
Scotland digital identity prototype pilot successful

Digital Identity Scotland’s 10-week test of its digital identity prototype finds that users understand the concept of two-factor authentication and using the same credentials across services
October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20
Ransomware attacks go through the roof

The volume of ransomware attacks has jumped 50% in the past three months, according to data produced at Check Point
October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20
EE leads latest Opensignal UK mobile performance report

UK’s largest operator tops UK mobile quality survey measuring performance across four key use cases
October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20
Code First Girls teaches over 20,000 women to code

Not-for-profit has reached its original goal, set in 2017, of teaching 20,000 women to code and now aims to double its community
October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20
CISOs struggle to keep up with MITRE ATT&CK framework

Despite its proven benefits for security, the MITRE ATT&CK framework is proving difficult for many, according to a joint study from McAfee and UC Berkeley
October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20
John McAfee arrested over cryptocurrency fraud

Erratic tech baron allegedly promoted initial coin offerings without disclosing he was being paid to do so
October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20
Firms expect nearly half of employees to be working from home by 2025

Global firms are increasingly putting their money where their mouths are when it comes to supporting remote working, as research shows firm evidence of a continued new normal
October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20
Cambridge to host UK’s most powerful supercomputer

The Cambridge-1 supercomputer, based on technology from Nvidia, will be used for AI-powered drug discovery and analysis of NHS datasets
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
Veeam buys Kasten to get a boost in Kubernetes backup

Virtual machine backup pioneer sees $150m purchase of Kasten and the addition of Kubernetes backup to its portfolio as key to becoming a ‘$2bn company’
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
Interdealer broker bets on BT for infrastructure

Market infrastructure provider Interdealer inks deal with BT, enabling enhanced customer experience, deeper insights and new compliance tools
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
Facebook critics launch ‘Real Facebook Oversight Board’

Organisation formed as an ‘emergency response’ to address the ‘immediate risk’ posed by Facebook’s role in the US election
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
MosaicRegressor APT campaign using rare malware variant

Kaspersky researchers have shared details of a APT campaign utilising a rarely seen and hard-to-stop variety of malware
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
Employees overwhelmingly hostile to workplace monitoring tech

The use of workplace surveillance technologies to monitor and track staff working from home has increased hugely since the start of the pandemic, but most workers say it makes them feel uncomfortable
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
Fake news tops list of online concerns worldwide

Receiving false information is a greater worry than other online risks such as cyber bullying and fraud, says the Lloyd’s Register Foundation
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
HMRC warns locked-down freshers of ‘wave’ of tax scams

New university intake may be being targeted by cyber criminals amid Covid-19 confusion
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
Business leaders call on G20 to drive affordable and responsible tech

A new report from the Business Twenty has urged G20 members to use digitisation to support economic recovery
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
Regulator wants fintechs to address pandemic financial challenges

UK financial services regulator is supporting fintechs in addressing some of the challenges consumers and small businesses face amid the current pandemic
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
NHS trusts across Greater Manchester embark on diagnostic imaging project

Eight NHS trusts will all get a region-wide, cloud-based picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and a new supplier-neutral archive from Sectra, allowing them to share images across the region
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
FBI seized ‘legally privileged’ material from Ecuador Embassy, claims Julian Assange’s lawyer

The US struck a secret deal with Ecuador to seize WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s property from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London days before his arrest. The haul included legally privileged documents, says his solicitor
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
O2 takes 5G to Germany’s biggest cities

Telefónica Germany says it is beginning a new era in mobile telephony in the country, allowing users to have ‘completely new dimensions of digitisation’ with next-generation networks
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
Technical glitch causes nearly 16,000 Covid-19 cases to go unreported

According to Public Health England, a technical glitch led to 15,841 positive results between 25 September and 2 October not being included in reported coronavirus cases
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
TSB mobile banking problems a reminder of risk of reliance on digital

TSB customers have had problems accessing the mobile banking app just days after the bank announced it was closing 164 branches
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
Colt gallops to bring high-capacity bandwidth to UK’s major cities

Provider deploys network-to-network interfaces acquired via Livequote pricing portal to support UK broadband network to satisfy the increasing demand for high-bandwidth connectivity services
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
5PRING launches Green Innovation Challenge

5G testbed welcomes applicants from startups based in the West Midlands and beyond to cut carbon emissions
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
Collaboration tools must support the wellbeing of home workers

Latest forecast from CCS Insight suggests that people will be working remotely more than two days a week, so IT will need to address this shift
October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20
Singapore firm rolls out robotic barista

Crown Group’s robotic coffee kiosk, powered by a slew of artificial intelligence capabilities, serves up coffee beverages round the clock without the need for human baristas
October 02, 2020 02 Oct'20
WikiLeaks led the way for newsrooms to use encryption to protect sources, says Italian journalist

Stefania Maurizi says in written evidence that Julian Assange pioneered the use of encryption by journalists to protect sources. Her work shows that the US put pressure on Italy to stop the extradition and prosecution of CIA officers responsible for...
October 02, 2020 02 Oct'20
NE US regional contact-tracing app network adds New York, New Jersey states

Neighbouring regions become the third and fourth NE US states to tap leading Irish software developer for contact tracing app development work
October 02, 2020 02 Oct'20
Benelux ports use blockchain in major efficiency drive

Belgian startup T-Mining develops application based on blockchain technology to make container handling safer and more efficient
October 02, 2020 02 Oct'20
Honesty is the best policy: Forging a security culture in the NHS

Clinician and technologist Sam Shah helped set up NHSX in 2019. Now he’s helping advance digital transformation in healthcare from the outside, and a big part of that is addressing security in the sector
October 02, 2020 02 Oct'20
Equinix adds 13 Canadian datacentres to its portfolio as $178m Bell acquisition completes

Colocation giant Equinix is continuing with its global buy and build growth strategy, with buy-up of Canadian operator’s datacentre fleet
October 02, 2020 02 Oct'20
Future UK-EU data sharing put at risk by Brexit legislation

When the Brexit transition period ends, UK ministers will have the power to forge new data-sharing arrangements that risk undermining the viability of future data transfers with the European Union
October 02, 2020 02 Oct'20
Nokia clocks up 100 5G deals and 160 commercial 5G engagements

Finnish comms tech giant says 5G deals and engagements validate its progress in strengthening mobile radio product portfolio as the transition to 5G continues
October 02, 2020 02 Oct'20
Security pros face sanctions if they help ransomware victims pay

New advisory from the US government warns cyber insurance and incident response specialists that they could be skating on thin ice if they help ransomware victims pay their attackers off