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• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  Julian Assange faces solitary confinement if extradited, court hears

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be held under special administrative measures if extradited to the US, said Eric Lewis, a US legal expert, effectively placing him in solitary confinement

• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  UK government furthers investment in rural broadband

  Quarter of a million rural homes and businesses across England have been given access to more financial help to get super-fast and above broadband speeds up to gigabit

• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  EU announces cross-territory contact-tracing app gateway

  European Union announces ‘milestone’ in project developed and set up by T-Systems and SAP to ensure that member states’ apps will work seamlessly across borders, meaning users will only need to install one app for use across EU countries

• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  Google commits to sustainability and erasing its carbon footprint

  Tech giant Google will develop tools to help datacentre managers measure and reduce the company’s carbon footprint

• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  Fintech Pledge launched to strengthen UK’s financial technology sector

  The Fintech Pledge initiative is designed to foster closer collaboration between banks and fintechs so that the UK can continue building a globally competitive fintech ecosystem

• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  UK’s ‘historic’ trade deal with Japan promises advantages to tech industry, says TechUK

  TechUK was among the organisations that have welcome the ‘historic’ trade deal between the UK and Japan that is expected to boost trade by £15bn a year

• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  Can Nvidia expand software business through £31bn Arm deal?

  Nvidia is to buy rival chip designer Arm for £31bn in a deal it hopes will put it at the forefront of artificial intelligence for edge computing

• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  Security concerns remain a major barrier to IoT adoption

  Survey finds that internet of things decision-makers regard security as a short-term focus and see 5G as able to ‘transform the industry” in the medium to long term

• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  Microsoft drops out of TikTok talks, paves way for Oracle partnership

  Microsoft confirms it is dropping out of the running to acquire the US operations of TikTok, leaving the way clear for an imminent partnership deal with Oracle

• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  NTT taps data analytics and cloud for Tour de France

  NTT’s analytics and cloud capabilities stood up to the test amid crashes and poor weather conditions during the first stage of this year’s Tour de France

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Facebook takes legal action against Irish privacy watchdog

  Facebook’s legal action against the Data Protection Commission will attempt to preserve the company’s ability to transfer European citizens’ data to the US despite its lower privacy protections

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Government 'making progress' on Smart Freight System prep ahead of Brexit transition deadline

  The government appears to be heeding warnings about the readiness of the Smart Freight border IT system, as the January 2021 Brexit transition deadline looms large

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app to launch in England and Wales on 24 September

  After a catalogue of delays, missteps and a complete technological volte-face, UK government finally pencils in the date its contact-tracing app will become available nationally

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Small businesses projected to add £1.8tn to global GDP growth by 2024

  Small Business Digital Maturity research finds nearly three-quarters of global small businesses surveyed are accelerating their digitisation rates to address Covid-19 challenges and respond faster to the new normal of remote working

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Law Commission proposes greater protections for victims of online abuse

  The Law Commission wants to change the criminal law around communications offences to better protect victims from harmful online behaviour

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  UK ‘future tech’ development gets government funding boost

  £65m in funding will be used to develop electric batteries, robotics and advanced healthcare treatments

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Travel industry websites are laughably insecure, claims Which?

  The travel industry is failing to take the data security of its customers seriously, according to a Which? investigation

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Zoom adds two-factor authentication for all users

  Latest enhancements to Zoom security make it easier for organisations to protect users and prevent breaches and unauthorised meeting access

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Santander to double investment in fintechs

  Santander is doubling the amount of money it invests in fintech startups after the success of its funding arm, which was established in 2014

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Russian interference in US elections ramps up on schedule

  With the critical US 2020 presidential election looming, Russian-state backed hackers are once again after organisations directly involved in political elections, launching thousands of targeted attacks

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  BlackBerry rolls out AtHoc crisis communications system to European datacentres

  BlackBerry seeks to capitalise on growing demand for its AtHoc crisis communications system by rolling out locally hosted instances to European datacentres

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Government funds digital manufacturing projects

  The business secretary has announced £300 million of funding for virtual assistants, augmented reality and digital supply chain innovations

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Cyber security is next frontier for open source

  Open security will facilitate the interoperability and capabilities of cyber security tools while alleviating vendor lock-in for enterprises, says IBM

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Mobile stable as UK full-fibre broadband increases significantly over first half of 2020

  Second interim 2020 update to UK comms regulator’s examination of connectivity shows fibre and superfast broadband proliferate since March as millions remain at home to work, learn and be entertained during the pandemic

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Scotland confirms launch of contact-tracing app

  Mobile users north of the border get opportunity denied to those in England and Wales – namely the use of a widely available smartphone app designed to prevent the spread of Covid-19

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Irish privacy watchdog orders Facebook to stop sending user data to the US

  Irish privacy watchdog orders Facebook to suspend transfers of European citizens’ data to the US after Schrems II ruling that Europeans have no effective way to challenge American government surveillance

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  HMRC signs up Fujitsu for two years of user computing support

  As it disentangles the Aspire contract, HMRC has been working directly with key IT suppliers, with this latest agreement providing managed desktop IT

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Global spending on enterprise datacentres continues to dampen in face of Covid-19

  Synergy Research Group hails continued, growing demand for datacentre hardware and software from hyperscalers for keeping market buoyant during pandemic

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Interxion expands into Southeast Europe with Croatian colocation provider buyout

  Digital Realty-owned European colocation player Interxion is expanding into Southeast Europe with the acquisition of Croatian services provider Altus IT, and is also expanding its presence in Spain

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Lorca security scaleups hit funding milestone

  £153m of investment has been raised by Lorca cohort companies in just two years, almost four times the original target

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Edinburgh council to create smart city operations centre

  Edinburgh council extends an outsourcing agreement with CGI as it steps up its smart city programme

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Emerging markets on par with rest of world in 5G roll-outs

  Despite limited 4G penetration, so-called developing nations get on board with 5G faster than developed markets

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Datacentre firm Equinix investigating ransomware attack

  A number of internal systems at cloud and datacentre firm Equinix have been affected by a ransomware attack

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Government launches £500k healthcare security plan

  A £500,000 funding pot from the government aims to help support small and mid-sized healthcare firms during the pandemic

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Broadcom launches Brocade gen7 Fibre Channel switches

  New generation Fibre Channel doubles performance to 64Gbps with switches and HBAs now available. But what future for Fibre Channel with NVMe-over-fabrics hitting the datacentre?

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Connected vehicle association makes call for wireless spectrum to develop use cases

  5G Automotive Association pinpoints harmonised use of the 5855-5925 MHz band as key for mass adoption of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) services and to boost overall international digital traffic ecosystem

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Assange prosecution would put journalists around the world at risk

  Trevor Timm, co-founder of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, tells a court that if the US prosecutes WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, every reporter who receives a secret document will be criminalised

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Nordic CIO interview: Maria Lundberg, ICA Gruppen

  The CIO of Swedish retail giant ICA Gruppen, Maria Lundberg, who is overseeing the digitisation of four retail sectors, tells Computer Weekly about the challenges of providing shared IT services for localised needs

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  Coronavirus: APAC organisations speed up innovation

  Innovation has become easier than before, with the most innovative organisations expecting to recover from the impact of the pandemic in less than six months, new Microsoft-commissioned study finds

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  London councils to share technology procurement platform

  A new technology procurement platform will help all 33 local councils in London diversify their IT supplier portfolios

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  Coventry University calls on Vodafone standalone 5G for virtual reality teaching

  UK’s first commercial standalone 5G network to offer students at Coventry University virtual reality seminars with interactive remote learning

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  Technology businesses vital to UK post-Covid economic recovery

  Technology firms are set to play a larger role in UK’s post-Covid economy and are being encouraged to expand overseas after a strong year for digital exports

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  5G roll-out delay could see £18.2bn hit to UK economy

  Huawei publishes research showing the huge potential financial cost of removing its 5G products and services from the UK’s next generation

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  Branch-based anti-fraud scheme to be expanded to online banking

  A successful branch-based anti-fraud scheme will be expanded by banks to include online and telephone banking

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  Abu Dhabi government launches peer-to-peer coding campus

  Abu Dhabi government launches a specialist programming school that uses peer-to-peer teaching methods and gamification

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  Hyundai-Kia expands Rimini Oracle contract to regional offices

  Car manufacturer expands its existing third-party support contract. Savings will help fund autonomous and electric car development

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  September’s Patch Tuesday heavy on RCE vulnerabilities

  Microsoft’s September update contains patches for 129 common vulnerabilities and exposures, including a high number of remote code execution issues

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  US conspiracy charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ‘politically motivated’

  US journalism historian and investigative journalist Mark Feldstein tells a UK court that use of the Espionage Act against Assange will have wide implications for the press

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  Government publishes long-promised national data strategy

  The government has published a national data strategy aimed at fostering innovation and increasing economic growth. It will also appoint 10 data fellows each year to work in the orbit of Number 10, and create 500 analyst jobs by 2021

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  Julian Assange warned against interrupting witnesses in extradition hearing

  On the second day of his extradition hearing at the Old Bailey, judge informs the WikiLeaks founder he could be removed and potentially banned from court for interrupting witnesses