February 2020

• February 28, 2020 28 Feb'20

  CIO interview: Ian Cohen, chief product and technology officer, Addison Lee

  At taxi and transport company Addison Lee, technology is focused around customer experience before worrying about datacentres, servers and what elements make up the IT infrastructure  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2020 28 Feb'20

  NCSC makes ransomware attack guidance more accessible

  Following a swathe of high-profile ransomware attacks, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has made changes to its guidance, emphasising the importance of offline backups  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2020 28 Feb'20

  Student Loans Company to enlist IT suppliers for £200m transformation plan

  Suppliers are being sought to support intended improvements to Student Loans Company's customer interface and technology estate  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2020 28 Feb'20

  Government claims it was misled by Post Office over IT scandal

  Minister says Post Office IT experts misled the government when it asked questions about subpostmasters’ concerns over Horizon IT system  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2020 28 Feb'20

  Greenpeace urges AWS, Google and Microsoft to cut cloud ties with oil and gas customers

  Environmental group wants three of the public cloud market’s biggest players to stop selling their technology to oil and gas companies – but will they?  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2020 28 Feb'20

  Would you still consider the UK an attractive destination for global tech talent?

  Imagine you’re a skilled, ambitious IT professional living outside the UK and you want to maximise your earning potential and your exposure to the latest technology. You’re assessing where in the ...  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2020 28 Feb'20

  Long, dark winters contribute to Finland’s advantage in video game development

  Finland and Southern California are worlds apart at first glance, but both are leaders in video game development. We find out why.  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2020 28 Feb'20

  Coronavirus: Microsoft exits developer event and revises outlook

  Microsoft has decided to run a digital-only event after announcing it would not be at the Games Developer Conference in San Francisco  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2020 28 Feb'20

  What to expect from SUSECON 2020

  UPDATE: Since this post was first written, SUSE has canceled the SUSECON 2020 due to the Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak -- we will aim to report on whatever virtual resrouces are made available in ...  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20

  Australia kicks off public consultation on 5G spectrum allocation

  Earlier this week, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) called for feedback on potential competition issues associated with an upcoming allocation for the 26GHz spectrum which ...  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20

  WikiLeaks founder Assange is well enough to participate in extradition proceedings, says judge

  A judge dismissed claims that Julian Assange’s vulnerable psychological state would prevent him from taking part in his extradition hearing to face espionage and computer misuse charges in the US  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20

  Gove warns EU that UK sovereignty is non-negotiable on eve of trade deal talks

  The UK and the EU have published their divergent mandates for trade talks due to start on Monday 2 March 2020, and digital may emerge as a long-term terrain of dispute  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20

  IBM seeks developers to tackle climate change with open source technology innovations

  IBM and its ecosystem partners are calling on developers worldwide to help develop innovative technologies to help combat climate change  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20

  NHSX launches Tech Plan vision

  The strategy will see a phased approach to the delivery of digitisation in the healthcare sector, with delivery kicking off this summer  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20

  Clearview hack fuels debate over facial recognition

  Customers of Clearview AI, a controversial startup that scrapes and sells billions of photos of people from social media to police forces, have found themselves at the centre of a major data breach  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20

  Ericsson Spectrum Sharing now commercially available globally

  Swisscom, Telstra, Ooredoo and Play are among global service providers confirmed to use Ericsson Spectrum Sharing to launch 5G on a nationwide scale  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20

  Oxbotica on board with Cisco to drive autonomous vehicle data challenge

  Connected car technology firm hits pedal with Cisco to solve data challenges of future autonomous vehicles  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: Treasury review concludes no delay needed to April 2020 start date

  Contracting groups describe HM Treasury’s highly anticipated review into the implementation of the IR35 reforms as “recklessly inadequate” as it concludes roll-out should proceed as planned  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20

  IR35 reforms: IT contractors warned off joining non-compliant umbrellas to avoid loan charge risk

  Contracting stakeholders are calling on the government to do more to regulate umbrella companies ahead of the IR35 private sector reforms coming into play, to prevent more contractors falling into the scope of the loan charge  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20

  5G now available in 378 cities globally

  State of 5G deployments report reveals that as of January 2020, commercial 5G networks have been deployed in 378 cities across 34 countries  Continue Reading