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• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  Qualcomm unveils video collaboration platform suite

  Mobile technology giant unveils suite of artificial intelligence-based platforms focused on collaboration devices to accelerate design and deployment of variety video-conferencing product

• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  BBFC taps into AWS AI portfolio to speed up content classification

  The British Board of Film Classification has embarked on an exploratory piece of work to see how artificial intelligence could assist with classifying content

• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  Consumers look ahead with caution as connected device usage increases

  Survey shows connected device usage on the rise in the US, with 5G a catalyst for driving smartphone upgrades during the past year. Yet inflation and the global cost-of-living crisis are making consumers take a cautious approach to spending

• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  Enterprise software price hikes risk derailing digital transformation

  Buying software and cloud services for strategic initiatives is all very well as long as the price is stable. But costs are escalating, which is impacting value

• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  Exploitation of Barracuda ESG appliances linked to Chinese spies

  Intelligence from Mandiant links exploitation of a flaw in a subset of Barracuda ESG appliances to a previously untracked China-nexus threat actor

• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  Technology secretary Chloe Smith announces £54m package for AI

  In her speech at London Tech Week, Smith launched funding to support a series of AI initiatives, including creating a research and innovation ecosystem for trustworthy and responsible AI, and developing AI technologies to help the UK reach its ...

• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  NCSC warns over ‘enduring’ LockBit threat

  Although its activity volumes have been lower of late, LockBit is still a highly dangerous ransomware gang and is now the subject of a new international cyber advisory

• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  Clop begins naming alleged MOVEit victims

  Clop uploaded details of 12 new victims to its dark web leak site late on 14 June, many of them likely linked to the ongoing MOVEit cyber attack

• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  Green tech startups urged to join Climate Tech Supercluster to boost their growth

  The Climate Tech Supercluster has been launched to aid the growth and development of the green tech startup scene in university towns across the UK and Europe

• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030: Progress report

  Halfway into its plan to give the country a makeover by 2030, Saudi Arabia’s emphasis on technology is starting to pay off

• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  Department for Education plans to assess AI risk and benefits

  The department has begun a consultation looking at the role of generative artificial intelligence in education

• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  AWS GetIT competition aims to encourage girls into tech

  Winners of this year’s GetIT competition, designed for introducing girls to the world of STEM, have been announced

• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  Vodafone, Three merge UK businesses

  Leading telcos come together to create UK’s third large-scale UK operator designed to level competitive playing field and increase competition to UK’s two leading converged operators

• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  Cloud remains IT investment priority for UK enterprises despite testing economic times

  Study by Tata Consultancy Services confirms enterprises from across the UK and Ireland are continuing to invest in cloud, and see doing so as the gateway to future innovation

• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  NBN Co sets out to achieve net-zero by 2050

  Australia’s national broadband network operator plans to tap renewable energy and roll out energy-efficient fibre as part of its longer-term target to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  Ransomware-stricken Capita to run Action Fraud successor

  A £50m deal to replace the Action Fraud service has been handed to PwC and Capita, which is facing investigations over its handling of customer data in a ransomware incident

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  EU AI act passes a significant milestone

  The European Union’s AI Act will ban the use of artificial intelligence to profile people based on race or gender and prohibit use of biometric identification in public spaces

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  Smart meter value eroded by tech issues

  The smart meter roll-out, which is one of the biggest infrastructure projects in the UK, is facing a number of long-term technical challenges

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  Pure adds FlashArray//E for QLC capacity option in performance arrays

  Flash storage specialist allows customers lower entry point to less costly quad-level cell flash in file and block access FlashArray//E as part of move towards all-flash in the datacentre

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  No zero-days for June Patch Tuesday, but plenty to chew over

  On the face of it, Microsoft’s monthly round of updates is a lighter-than-usual load for security teams, with no zero-days in evidence, but there are still plenty of issues needing attention

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  TSB calls on Meta to intervene and protect users from fraud losses of £250m this year

  TSB is the latest bank to demand more action from social media sector in helping to reduce online fraud

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  Google Cloud signs MoU to accelerate take-up of AI by UK defence sector

  Google Cloud is continuing to make in-roads into the UK public sector after signing MoU with The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  Clop’s MOVEit ransom deadline expires

  A seven-day deadline set by Clop for victims of its latest attack to contact it to arrange payment passes today

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  Ericsson teams with Intel and HPE for first Cloud RAN call

  Comms tech provider claims industry first in accelerating the availability of Cloud RAN advancements, enabling improved network capacity, performance and energy efficiency

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  Banks still investing heavily in legacy payments systems

  Banks are missing out on additional revenues through payment services because they are stuck with inflexible legacy payments systems.

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  How an ML engineer cut his teeth in AI

  Machine learning engineer Saurabh Agarwal talks up his career journey in artificial intelligence and what it takes for one to succeed in the field

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  Cyber attacks against APAC commerce sector surpass 1.1 billion

  Retailers, hotels and travel-related organisations in the region saw over a billion cyber attacks last year amid the surge in e-commerce activity and online travel bookings

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  Scotland in renewed push to attract more hyperscale and colocation datacentre development

  Against a backdrop of the Scottish government continuing to court datacentre developers, Host In Scotland publishes report flagging 20 sites that are ripe for development

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  UK government unveils plan to boost connectivity

  UK authorities announce scheme to improve connectivity across the country, with satellite-based service kicking off in Scottish islands, a new smart street furniture programme and an agreement with Australia to increase telecoms diversity

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  Artificial intelligence creates 40,000 new roles at Accenture

  Accenture is planning to add thousands of AI experts to its workforce as part of a $3bn investment in its data and artificial intelligence practice

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  Belgian bank leaps forward in digital transformation through core banking outsourcing deal

  Online bank moves to a software-as-a-service core banking platform to ‘leapfrog’ in-house development

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  Cato claims SASE speed barrier record to sites and the cloud

  Secure access service edge platform provider claims network throughput record, achieving 5Gbps on a single encrypted tunnel with all security inspections enabled

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  Arnold Clark data leak victims prepare legal action

  More than 10,000 people who had their data stolen and leaked in a ransomware attack on the Arnold Clark car dealer network have signed up to a group legal action after facing elevated amounts of fraud

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  GoCardless cuts jobs and wants its ‘startup spirit’ back

  Payments fintech unicorn GoCardless will cut its workforce in the UK as part of a 15% reduction in its global workforce

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  London Tech Week: Keir Starmer calls for AI job loss discussion

  Labour leader sees a need for a broad regulatory framework and a frank discussion with business to inform policy around job losses arising from artificial intelligence

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  Delivery charges and slow payments have customers abandoning baskets

  Customer expectation has been on the rise, both on and offline, and no-code automation firm Primer finds there are several reasons why consumers are choosing not to checkout

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  Delayed Making Tax Digital programme to cost taxpayers extra £1.5bn

  HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) Making Tax Digital programme, which is running several years behind schedule, is expected to cost five times more than planned, National Audit Office (NAO) report finds

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  Enterprise and industrial metaverses exceeding expectations

  Across use cases, particularly industrial and enterprise, early metaverse adopters report benefits more often than companies still in the planning phase, with capex reduction and sustainability showing largest difference

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  Skills shortages hold back enterprises from reaching multicloud goals

  Research highlights the impact skills shortages are having on the ability of enterprises to hit their multicloud goals

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  RISC-V rises to software ecosystem challenge

  The open source hardware and software system on a chip specification has recognised the need to coordinate low-level software development

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  Umbrella market regulation: Government seeks contractor guidance on how to proceed

  The government has published the results of its long-awaited consultation into the inner workings of the umbrella market, and followed it up with another one that seems to suggest sector regulation is moving one step closer

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  Avon Fire and Rescue Service enhances public safety with new routing solution 

  UK West Country Fire and Rescue Service to use next-gen routers to provide continuous connectivity to its 21 service stations, allowing its 600-plus firefighters to undertake their duties effectively and protect 1.1 million population

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  (ISC)² and CIISec set out to make cyber language more inclusive

  Newly published guide on appropriate use of language in cyber security aims to help make the profession more inclusive for all

• June 12, 2023 12 Jun'23

  Ada Lovelace Institute warns against Covid app reuse

  There are a number of lessons policy-makers should take away from the use of apps developed as part of the Covid-19 response

• June 12, 2023 12 Jun'23

  SES CEO to step down

  As the market environment rapidly changes and grows substantially, leading satellite operator’s chief executive announces departure

• June 12, 2023 12 Jun'23

  Ofcom data stolen in MOVEit cyber attack

  Communications regulator Ofcom says data on employees and regulated communications companies was stolen by the Clop gang

• June 12, 2023 12 Jun'23

  Elisa taps Ericsson for 5G standalone first

  Nordic operator and leading comms tech provider claim successful launch of in-service software upgrade capability dual-mode 5G Core solution that powers live production 5G standalone network

• June 12, 2023 12 Jun'23

  Rishi Sunak calls for urgency in building out UK tech

  The UK prime minister used his speech during London Tech Week to discuss funding tech, attracting talent and AI safety

• June 12, 2023 12 Jun'23

  KDDI looks for power reduction through TIP Backbone Routers

  KDDI to deploy Telecom Infra Project distributed disaggregated backbone routers to carry live internet traffic to help reduce power consumption

• June 12, 2023 12 Jun'23

  Annual spend on regtech to reach more than £200bn by 2028

  Global corporates will spend over $200bn in 2028 as the technology is used to help organisations in more industries comply with complex regulations.