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• 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

• February 07, 2020 07 Feb'20

  Disguise uses data management firm Boomi to gain visibility of estate

  Integration has given entertainment company Disguise visibility of its entire digital estate while also connecting its various pools of siloed data

• February 07, 2020 07 Feb'20

  Digital gig workers are suffering at the hands of tech, says Doteveryone

  Responsible tech think tank recommends ways the government and digital platforms offering gig work can change to improve the lives of people using these technologies for work

• February 07, 2020 07 Feb'20

  Makers calls for ‘change in narrative’ around women in tech

  As it opens nominations for its second annual Women in Software Powerlist, software bootcamp Makers calls for a “change in narrative” around women in tech

• February 06, 2020 06 Feb'20

  Nordic industries increase IT outsourcing for IoT and big data skills

  Nordic industries are outsourcing more to support their internet of things and big data capabilities

• February 06, 2020 06 Feb'20

  Qualcomm Q1 ends at ‘inflection point’ as it gains from 5G ramp

  5G projects begin to pay off for chip firm as it reveals strong start to the fiscal year in terms of revenue

• February 06, 2020 06 Feb'20

  Vodafone, Orange tap Amdocs to boost Spanish business offers

  Communications and media software and services provider extends its reign in Spain’s telco sector with business enhancement solutions for two leading telcos

• February 06, 2020 06 Feb'20

  Maastricht University pays €200,000 to Russian hackers

  A Dutch university has taken the difficult decision to pay hundreds of thousands of Euros to Russian hackers that compromised its systems through a ransomware attack

• February 06, 2020 06 Feb'20

  UK investigates drone use for search and rescue

  Maritime & Coastguard Agency will examine whether drones can be used to aid missions by visiting rescue sites

• February 06, 2020 06 Feb'20

  SAP ECC policy change may offer a further 15 years of support

  Should you run legacy business software for 15 more years? Following SAP’s decision to extend ECC support, that is a question many CIOs will ask

• February 06, 2020 06 Feb'20

  Telia claims 400GE first with Cisco

  Huge rise in users wanting on-demand content prompts internet backbone provider to deploy Cisco 400GE-ready network

• February 06, 2020 06 Feb'20

  Robots available to interview for IT service desk engineering roles

  Enterprises can now source and interview robots for IT service desk roles

• February 06, 2020 06 Feb'20

  Telefónica Deutschland lands loan of €450m for 5G roll-out

  Spanish global telco’s German division seals deal to gain funding to prop up development of mobile network within Europe’s largest country, 4G for rural areas and 5G for urban environments

• February 06, 2020 06 Feb'20

  Stressed, overworked CISOs losing £23k a year in unpaid overtime

  Nominet’s latest CISO Stress Report has revealed the extent to which organisations are taking advantage of their security staff, and the deleterious effects of overwork and stress on mental health

• February 06, 2020 06 Feb'20

  IR35 reforms subject to pre-Budget inquiry as self-employed hit by crisis of confidence

  The House of Lords’ Economic Affairs Committee is calling for an immediate inquiry into the real-world impacts of the IR35 reforms on private sector businesses and contractors

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  ASEAN’s tech talent crunch pushing up IT wages

  Higher IT salaries were seen across the board in the region, with more than half taking home a bigger pay check last year

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Research network for ethical AI launched in the UK

  The network claims it will put social justice at the core of a multidisciplinary approach to artificial intelligence research

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Darktrace signs to McLaren for 2020 F1 season

  McLaren Racing has enlisted Darktrace to become its official artificial intelligence cyber security partner

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Scammers using fake PayPal emails stole over £1m in the UK in last quarter

  Fraudsters tricked Brits into sending over £1m worth of goods to them that they hadn't paid for

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Veeam pushes subscription licensing in cloud-centric ‘Act II’

  Backup specialist wants to “win the cloud” as it pushes towards a cloud-focused vision that includes pay-for-what-you-use and multicloud after its acquisition last month

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Finnish digital initiative to drive EU digital-based passenger services

  Finnish-driven transport-as-a-service concept gets EU-wide appeal as a way of increasing customer satisfaction and reducing fuel consumption

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Executive interview: Melissa Di Donato, CEO, SUSE

  New CEO of the world’s largest independent open source company wants to make SUSE more innovative and help businesses to modernise traditional IT

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Loan charge MPs quiz contractors on ‘unreasonable behaviour’ claims made about HMRC’s case handling

  The Loan Charge All Party Parliamentary Group’s first meeting results in cross-party group of MPs quizzing contractors on their dealings with HM Revenue and Customs

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Digital sector contributes £400m a day to UK economy

  Sector is growing six times faster than economic growth overall, according to government figures

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Web app ubiquity gives cyber criminals new opportunities

  The popularity and ubiquity of web-based apps such as Office 365 and Salesforce is a temptation too good to miss for cyber criminals

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Check Point pledges end to security updates

  Check Point’s Gil Shwed expands on a vision for the next 10 years of cyber security, which he calls Infinity Next

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Vodafone reveals €200m cost, two-year 5G roll-out delay to strip Huawei from core network

  True cost of government order mounts up as Vodafone joins BT in taking hit worth hundreds of millions of pounds from requirement to remove Chinese technology from core infrastructure

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  IoT network flaw left Philips Hue bulbs open to attack

  Vulnerabilities in the ZigBee internet of things networking protocol have left market-leading smart devices, including Philips Hue lightbulbs, open to exploitation

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Commsworld claims dark fibre first in Scottish Borders

  Broadband provider says lighting Openreach’s Dark Fibre X with its own optical equipment will enable it to provide flexible connectivity speeds of up to 10Gbps

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  US ban unlikely to dent Huawei’s revenues any time soon, says analyst

  Crisis? What crisis? This is one analyst’s view of the potential effect on the bottom line of the infamous US trade ban on Huawei products and services in telecoms networks

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  NHSX to mandate minimum technology spend for trusts

  Recent guidelines for NHSX sets out plans to define spending levels required so organisations can achieve digital aims

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  OVHcloud eyes Indian market in APAC expansion

  French cloud infrastructure supplier OVHcloud is investing more in India over the next few quarters as part of its regional expansion plan

• February 04, 2020 04 Feb'20

  Australia’s NAB taps AI to create brand voice

  Using Amazon’s artificial intelligence smarts, National Australia Bank has developed a unique brand voice that will greet customers who dial up its contact centre