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• February 14, 2020 14 Feb'20

  PM Johnson shuffles technology and digital ministers again

  Boris Johnson has changed all the key Cabinet appointments responsible for tech and digital policy for the second time since becoming prime minister last year

• February 14, 2020 14 Feb'20

  Calls for inquiry into Post Office IT scandal increase in Parliament, with cross-party support

  Many MPs might not yet fully understand the suffering subpostmasters have endured because of the Post Office’s faulty IT system and its oppressive behaviour, but they will soon

• February 13, 2020 13 Feb'20

  Tech Nation announces Rising Star winners

  The UK’s entrepreneurial network, Tech Nation, has announced the winners of its scaleup competition

• February 13, 2020 13 Feb'20

  Cyber criminals spread coronavirus conspiracy theories

  The latest email campaigns identified by Proofpoint are spreading conspiracy theories about the coronavirus outbreak

• February 13, 2020 13 Feb'20

  London tech startups shortlisted for mayor’s Civic Innovation Challenge

  Eight London startups will receive funding from the mayor to help democratise urban planning and combat violent extremism online

• February 13, 2020 13 Feb'20

  Weather Source uses Snowflake to keep ahead of extreme weather

  The impact of Storm Ciara shows the importance of accurate weather data. We look at the tech behind Weather Source’s service

• February 13, 2020 13 Feb'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: IT contractors weigh up their post-April 2020 work options

  There are eight weeks to go until the IR35 reforms come into play for the private sector, but the IT contractor community is already feeling the effects of HMRC’s latest disguised employment clampdown

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  GitHub eyes Indian market, forms local subsidiary

  GitHub is staffing its local office with engineers and sales teams to tap the growing use of its software development platform by developers and enterprises in India

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  Half of technology workers want to find a new job in 2020

  Better pay and work/life balance are major reasons for tech workers to seek a new job, according to a new study

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  Brexit cited as reason for German digital bank’s UK exit

  German challenger bank N26 leaves the UK, saying Brexit is the reason behind the decision due to the removal of passporting rights

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  Emotet evolving to exploit coronavirus fear

  With coronavirus cases now reported across the world, Emotet campaigns are exploiting legitimate fears to compromise their targets

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  Communications watchdog Ofcom to gain extra powers as online harms regulator

  The government has released its initial response to 2019’s Online Harms White Paper, setting out a number of decisions about how it will regulate harmful content on the internet

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  Accenture’s tech vision draws inspiration from Black Mirror

  Last year’s “Bandersnatch” Black Mirror episode on Netflix highlights a new opportunity for business, according to Accenture

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  Internet Explorer zero day among 99 Patch Tuesday problems

  After an eventful January Patch Tuesday that marked the end of support for Windows 7, the February 2020 update is another whopper, fixing close to 100 vulnerabilities

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: Protesters demand government halts April 2020 roll-out date

  With contractors due to stage an anti-IR35 reform protest march at the Houses of Parliament today, stakeholders pen open letter to the Chancellor outlining their concerns about how the changes are affecting the self-employed sector

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  2019 meaningful revenues elusive, but opportunity knocks from enterprise for 5G

  Research from 5G engagements reveal where investment is strongest, the trends that are driving roll-outs and the road ahead for operators, network equipment manufacturers and device makers

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  Nokia and SoftBank claim 5G first for connected cars

  Finnish comms giant and Japanese operator reveal trials that they say successfully demonstrate that 5G technology can be safely and efficiently utilised for connected cars

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  Adult social care organisations get £4.5m in funding for digital

  A group of 16 local authorities was selected to receive the grant from NHS Digital to fund digital projects for adult social care

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  Pressure for public inquiry into Post Office IT system scandal begins with mountain to climb

  Members of Parliament seeking a public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal face huge challenges, but pressure and time could force justice

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  IBM unifies storage arrays under FlashSystem brand

  IBM to bring together all non-mainframe storage arrays as FlashSystem product, with options from entry-level to petabyte-scale with NVMe flash and storage class memory

• February 11, 2020 11 Feb'20

  CKH IOD eyes up Eseye to meet rising demand for IoT-connected devices

  Global provider of IoT connectivity solutions joins forces with CK Hutchison telecom division to expand its global IoT connectivity coverage and meet rising demand for connected devices

• February 11, 2020 11 Feb'20

  MI5 failed to disclose failings in handling intercepted data, court hears

  MI5 failed to disclose serious failures in the way it handled intelligence data to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, the surveillance regulator and ministers.

• February 11, 2020 11 Feb'20

  Mac-based security threats outpacing Windows

  Security threats targeting Apple endpoints are growing more quickly than those targeting Windows machines, according to Malwarebytes

• February 11, 2020 11 Feb'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: Research suggests 75% of contractors will leave posts by April 2020

  Just eight weeks before the IR35 reforms are due to be extended to the private sector, new research suggests contractors are planning to vote with their feet and leave their positions as blanket bans take hold

• February 11, 2020 11 Feb'20

  Average UK tech salary grows to £74,000 a year in 2019

  Salary rises for UK tech workers outstrip those in San Francisco and New York, according to career marketplace brand Hired

• February 11, 2020 11 Feb'20

  Mobile checkout expanded to 50 M&S stores

  After a successful trial, retailer Marks & Spencer has expanded its mobile checkout-free offering to 50 stores around the UK

• February 11, 2020 11 Feb'20

  Chinese military personnel accused of Equifax hack

  A US federal grand jury has indicted four Chinese army personnel over the 2017 Equifax breach

• February 11, 2020 11 Feb'20

  Nokia denies being told to up 5G game by DT, but wins Orange 5G RAN contract

  Finnish comms technology firm Nokia reportedly instructed by Deutsche Telekom to improve products to be considered as Huawei replacement, but lands 5G RAN contract with Orange Slovakia

• February 11, 2020 11 Feb'20

  O2 expands enterprise IoT offering with UK LTE-M roll-out

  UK telco enhances internet of things offering with Long-Term Evolution, category M1 network, said to be the first of its kind in the country

• February 11, 2020 11 Feb'20

  Verizon opens 5G lab and studio in London

  Leading US communications provider Verizon opens first 5G-enabled facility outside home market to offer organisations a hub to develop, test and co-create 5G applications, hardware and experiences

• February 11, 2020 11 Feb'20

  Tencent Cloud gains multi-tier cloud security certification

  China's Tencent Cloud joins major cloud suppliers in securing tier three of Singapore’s Multi-Tier Cloud Security standard in a bid to grow its presence in Asia

• February 11, 2020 11 Feb'20

  iPhone 11 shakes up secondary mobile market as trade-in rates continue to rise

  Mobile marketplace provider calculates that the secondary arena is set to grow from its current value of $25bn and reach $39bn by 2025 as manufacturers push devices to secondary channel

• February 10, 2020 10 Feb'20

  Police use of facial recognition ‘unjustifiable’, says Scottish Justice Committee

  Members of the Scottish Parliament have said police use of live facial recognition technology is “not fit for purpose”

• February 10, 2020 10 Feb'20

  What should be in Australia’s next cyber security strategy

  The Australian government is reviewing the nation’s cyber security strategy, but is it looking at the right issues?

• February 10, 2020 10 Feb'20

  Norway braces for possible China backlash over 5G loss

  Norway fears trading relationship with China will suffer as a result of Huawei losing 5G contract to Ericsson

• February 10, 2020 10 Feb'20

  HP Inc for a few dollars more

  Xerox has increased its offer price for HP Inc from $22 to $24 per share, to acquire its rival for $36bn

• February 10, 2020 10 Feb'20

  Two-thirds of workers at risk of robot-driven redundancy are unaware of the threat to jobs

  People who do jobs that are most likely to be automated through technology are unaware and unprepared of the impending threat to their livelihoods, with Nesta calling on the government to do more to up-skill those at risk

• February 10, 2020 10 Feb'20

  Scotland makes inroads in digital identity project

  The government has started building a prototype of what is planned to be a "user-centric" platform to access public services online

• February 10, 2020 10 Feb'20

  AI in public service must be accountable

  Committee on Standards in Public Life recommends that government departments make ethics a top priority when tendering artificial intelligence systems

• February 10, 2020 10 Feb'20

  Autonomous vehicles get in the fast lane for next decade

  Analyst Statista sees the increased arrival of driverless cars on global highways as proof of the curtain rising on the next act of mobility disruption

• February 10, 2020 10 Feb'20

  US hotel group ditches datacentre for Nasuni cloud NAS

  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts got rid of its datacentre and put everything in the cloud, with Nasuni cloud NAS providing storage from which any user can restore files

• February 10, 2020 10 Feb'20

  City of Wolverhampton Council taps CityFibre to deliver full-fibre connectivity

  Wolverhampton embarks on project to build what is claimed to be “future-proof” full-fibre connectivity that will underpin the city’s next phase of technological transformation

• February 09, 2020 09 Feb'20

  Australian government to roll out SAP S/4 Hana

  Australia’s finance department earmarks S/4 Hana as its ERP system to provide common financial and HR services across government

• February 07, 2020 07 Feb'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: HMRC confirms last-minute tweak to incoming off-payroll rules

  The government is rolling out a tweak to the IR35 private sector reforms that it claims will give businesses more time to prepare, but stakeholders are unconvinced

• February 07, 2020 07 Feb'20

  RobbinHood ransomware tricks Windows into deleting defences

  By subverting kernel memory settings in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10, the RobbinHood ransomware can now delete cyber security defences from target systems

• February 07, 2020 07 Feb'20

  Goldman Sachs considers building cloud service to sell to other finance firms

  Internal memo reveals that bank could provide an Amazon Web Services-like cloud service to financial services companies

• February 07, 2020 07 Feb'20

  Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker is ‘most dangerous’ movie

  Ahead of the 2020 Oscars, Kaspersky researchers say they found more than 300 files masquerading as the Joker movie

• February 07, 2020 07 Feb'20

  Startup success is ‘The Finnish Dream’

  Finland has a startup mentality running through its veins and its water, with an “all for one” attitude driving fledgling tech companies

• February 07, 2020 07 Feb'20

  ‘Enormous’ growth prospects for 5G in enterprises

  Newly formed research body predicts global 5G enterprise mobile subscriptions will rise from 500,000 to 175 million by 2024

• February 07, 2020 07 Feb'20

  NHS Digital appoints new CISO

  Pete Rose will also act as deputy chief executive at the IT partner for the National Health Service