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15 July 2025
Current approaches to patching unsustainable, report says
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15 July 2025
MoD cyber breach put thousands of Afghan lives at risk
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15 July 2025
Memphis Light, Gas and Water deploys private 5G for grid modernisation
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15 July 2025
SailGP unfurls private, public 5G connectivity across UK event sites
News Archive
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July 15, 2025
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Jul'25
Current approaches to patching unsustainable, report says
Organisations are struggling to prioritise vulnerability patching appropriately, leading to situations where everything is a crisis, which helps nobody, according to a report.
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July 15, 2025
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Jul'25
MoD cyber breach put thousands of Afghan lives at risk
Over 18,000 Afghan citizens eligible to relocate to the UK under a government programme to protect them from the Taliban were put at risk in a heretofore unreportable data breach.
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July 15, 2025
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Jul'25
Memphis Light, Gas and Water deploys private 5G for grid modernisation
Collaboration said to mark a milestone in building a smarter, more resilient and future-ready utility infrastructure with private 5G wireless network to modernise comms, cyber defence and operations
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July 15, 2025
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Jul'25
SailGP unfurls private, public 5G connectivity across UK event sites
Leading UK operator and comms tech provider forge partnership with global racing championship that will see its 5G Standalone network slicing capabilities deliver real-time communications, telemetry and live video
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July 15, 2025
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Jul'25
NCSC sets up Vulnerability Research Initiative
The NCSC is expanding its vulnerability research project to draw in external expertise
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July 15, 2025
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Jul'25
Businesses say they are getting four Oracle Java audits a year
Changes to Oracle Java licensing now means that IT leaders need to be wary of the footprint of this widely deployed enterprise platform
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July 15, 2025
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Jul'25
Interview: Philip Colligan, CEO, Raspberry Pi Foundation
With the trend of ‘vibe coding’ growing, Raspberry Pi Foundation’s CEO warns schools should not be complacent about continued coding education
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July 15, 2025
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Jul'25
Enhanced mobile connectivity takes flight at Manchester Airport
Passengers to UK’s third busiest airport now served by enhanced indoor wireless network coverage and capacity, especially when the outdoor signal from cell towers doesn’t effectively penetrate into buildings
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July 15, 2025
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Jul'25
Ada Lovelace: using market forces to professionalise AI assurance
The Ada Lovelace Institute examines how ‘market forces’ can be used to drive the professionalisation of artificial intelligence assurance in the context of a wider political shift towards deregulation
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July 15, 2025
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Jul'25
Soaring cloud costs force firms to curtail IT staff hiring and AI efforts, research shows
Research from Akamai Technologies shines a light on how rising cloud costs are affecting business spending in other areas of IT
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July 15, 2025
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Jul'25
UK government adds funding for connected and automated mobility
Funding added for UK connected and automated mobility pathfinder programme that addresses the challenges of bringing CAM vehicles to market
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July 15, 2025
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Jul'25
Datadog doubles down on APAC, targets faster growth
The observability tools supplier is executing a multi-year growth plan for Asia-Pacific and Japan, focusing on data residency, localisation and AI-driven observability to grow its market share
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July 14, 2025
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Jul'25
Brits clinging to Windows 10 face heightened risk, says NCSC
Businesses and consumers alike may not feel the need to upgrade to Windows 11 as its predecessor approaches end-of-life, but they are putting their own security at risk, says the NCSC
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July 14, 2025
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Jul'25
Potential £230bn boost from improved UK mobile coverage
Economic study calls for UK government to support acceleration in investment in mobile networks through reforming planning laws and significantly increasing the availability of spectrum for operators to reap huge financial rewards
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July 14, 2025
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Jul'25
EXA unveils high-capacity fibre route for key Euro business centres
Dedicated digital infrastructure platform provider expands its current reach, deploying new high-capacity 1,200 km fibre connection route from London to Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels.
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July 14, 2025
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Jul'25
Luxury retailer LVMH says UK customer data was stolen in cyber attack
French luxury goods retailer LVMH has disclosed multiple cyber attacks in 2025 so far, and their impact is now spreading to the UK as a new incident affecting Louis Vuitton comes to light
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July 14, 2025
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Jul'25
Home Office dumps Fujitsu from IT services contract
Home Office to take IT service desk contract in-house, with staff set to transfer from Fujitsu
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July 14, 2025
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Jul'25
Technology fuels successful FCA fight against unauthorised financial services
The UK finance regulator is using data and technology to identify websites and apps that could cause financial harm
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July 14, 2025
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Jul'25
CityFibre to gain more than £2bn in financing round
CityFibre reveals cash injection to ‘supercharge’ next phase of growth and to boost UK economy through large-scale deployment of 10Gbps XGS-PON network
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July 14, 2025
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Jul'25
Nokia network APIs available on Google Cloud Marketplace
Comms tech provider’s applications programming interface now available on Marketplace, specifically quality of service on demand, number verification and device location verification
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July 14, 2025
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Jul'25
UK sets sights on humanoid robot future
AI and robots are part of Labour’s plans to build out a high-tech economy, but a robot workforce is a long way off
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July 14, 2025
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Jul'25
AI adoption grows amid falling trust in AI outputs
As organisations move from AI hype to reality, a decline in trust for AI outputs is not a sign of failure, but a signal of market maturity, according to Bhavya Kapoor, Avanade's Asia-Pacific president
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July 11, 2025
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EU broadband challengers warn of fixed connectivity monopolies
Non-incumbent EU fixed broadband providers raise alarm at proposed legislation, insisting that regulatory certainty is needed to drive investment in connectivity
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July 11, 2025
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Jul'25
MoD supply chain cyber scheme gets up and running
The Ministry of Defence and IASME have launched a certification scheme for organisations working in the UK defence supply chain, with construction firm Morgan Sindall the first business to achieve compliance
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July 11, 2025
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Jul'25
Pobl Group builds on managed SD-WAN for housing development
Three-year contract for managed software-defined wide area network service follows merger creating Wales’s largest housing association
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July 11, 2025
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Jul'25
ACM president Yannis Ioannidis sees a more humane role for AI
Panel brought together academic, industry and policy leaders to discuss how AI can support climate goals, financial inclusion and infrastructure development
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July 11, 2025
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Jul'25
Schools using AI to personalise learning, finds Ofsted
When looking into how some education providers in the UK are using AI, Ofsted found many have hit the ground running
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July 11, 2025
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Jul'25
Meta and Alan Turing Institute back open source AI fellowship
Labour’s AI fellowship will see experts use open source AI tools in a bid deliver better public services at lower cost
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July 11, 2025
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Jul'25
London Underground expands 4G, 5G coverage
More sections of the Tube gain high-speed mobile coverage as roll-out of 4G and 5G continues along further stretches of the Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria lines
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July 11, 2025
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Jul'25
Former Post Office staff in Horizon replacement bid team
Escher, which supplied middleware in the Post Office Horizon system, is eyeing up the contract to replace the controversial software
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July 11, 2025
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Jul'25
UK to create ‘governance framework’ for police facial recognition
Home secretary Yvette Cooper has confirmed UK will regulate police facial recognition, citing police reticence to deploy systems without proper governance, but declined to say if any new framework will be statutory
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July 11, 2025
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Jul'25
European 5G landscape “on a rollercoaster”
Research finds impact of spectrum availability across Europe leading to disparity of 5G download speeds with increases in the use of the 3.5GHz spectrum strongly correlating with faster 5G downloads
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July 11, 2025
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Jul'25
UK online safety regime ineffective on misinformation, MPs say
A report from the Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee outlines how the Online Safety Act fails to deal with the algorithmic amplification of ‘legal but harmful’ misinformation
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July 11, 2025
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Jul'25
European Commission accused of rigging data watchdog appointment
The European Commission has been accused of rigging the selection process for the next European Data Protection supervisor
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July 11, 2025
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Jul'25
AWS bolsters security tools to help customers manage AI risks
Amazon Web Services has unveiled new and updated security services, including container-level threat detection and a unified command centre, to help organisations build and secure artificial intelligence applications
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July 10, 2025
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Jul'25
Government funding to help SMEs protect their IP
Scheme will see SMEs and innovative startups working in sensitive sectors receive advice on enhancing cyber and physical security measures to protect their valuable intellectual property
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July 10, 2025
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Jul'25
UK and France forge closer cyber, tech research ties
The navigation and timing systems used by power suppliers and emergency services to run their operations will fall in scope of an Anglo-French research pact that will also foster development in AI and supercomputing
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July 10, 2025
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Jul'25
Irish bank rolls out AI tools to 10,000 staff
Following exploration of artificial intelligence’s potential in conjunction with staff, AIB is rolling the tools out across the company
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July 10, 2025
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Jul'25
Four arrested in M&S cyber attack investigation
Police have made four arrests in connection with a trio of cyber attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods
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July 10, 2025
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Jul'25
Oxfordshire County Council completes GigaHubs project
Partnership between business-dedicated network provider and local authority brings to fruition vision of a ‘smart county’ that will see gigabit-capable connectivity deployed at rural public buildings, such as schools, GP surgeries and libraries
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July 10, 2025
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Jul'25
AI-RAN Alliance draws more than 100 members in first year
Global consortium aiming to accelerate the integration of artificial intelligence into radio access networks passes milestone over the course of first 12 months and adds leading European telco to its ranks
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July 09, 2025
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Jul'25
Fleet-wide Starlink Wi-Fi takes off at Virgin Atlantic
Elon Musk-led satellite operator engaged to provide leading UK airline with ‘the fastest, most reliable connectivity in the sky’ with ‘no-charge’ streaming quality and gate-to-gate connectivity in all cabins
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July 09, 2025
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Jul'25
Mini gets into gear with Transatel to drive connected car services
NTT subsidiary teams up with BMW Group division to enable connected car services for vehicles across 27 countries in Europe and deliver a more connected automotive ecosystem
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July 09, 2025
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Jul'25
Ofcom: use comms regulation to drive innovation
As it looks to boost British business by achieving its ambitions in connectivity, UK comms regulator outlines three key areas to prioritise
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July 09, 2025
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Jul'25
NAO says government should employ data analytics to tackle fraud
The National Audit Office recommends public bodies share and manage data in a way that prevents fraud and saves taxpayers’ money
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July 09, 2025
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Jul'25
Accounting watchdog ‘disclaims’ College of Policing financial accounts after serious IT failures
The professional body for policing in England and Wales failed to properly manage its transition to new accounting and payroll systems
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July 09, 2025
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Jul'25
UK government signs deal with Google Cloud to upskill 100,000 civil servants in AI by 2030
Technology secretary Peter Kyle announces deal with Google Cloud as part of a push to loosen the grip of legacy tech on the UK public sector, while also committing to growing the amount of money government spends with homegrown tech suppliers
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July 09, 2025
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Jul'25
Three-quarters of UK champion continued broadband infrastructure investment
Study from trade association for organisations building and delivering UK’s internet services finds almost half of Brits would sooner give up the gym than lose web access, but also highlights a need for real partnership and bolder action to bridge ...
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July 09, 2025
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Jul'25
CIOs will use AI and low-code to combat SaaS sprawl
Nintex CEO Amit Mathradas explains why the proliferation of software-as-a-service tools is unsustainable and how CIOs are reclaiming control by building their own applications using artificial intelligence and automation
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July 09, 2025
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Jul'25
Qantas details impact of data breach on 5.7 million customers
Australian flag carrier begins notifying millions of individuals after a cyber attack on a call centre, confirming that while financial and passport details are safe, a significant volume of other personal information was compromised