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• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  European Commission commits €865m funding for 5G, fibre networks

  Latest part of the Connecting Europe Facility sees huge investment to bring about fast, secure digital wireless and wired connectivity across EU member states

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  Post Office believes it took £36m from subpostmasters with unexplained losses

  The Post Office wrongly blamed subpostmasters for unexplained account shortfalls and made them cover losses out of their own pockets - then banked the money itself

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  WBA OpenRoaming promises new era of digital inclusion across Australia

  Wireless connectivity trade body deploys OpenRoaming services to remote and marginalised Australian communities through community Wi-Fi project encompassing healthcare, education, secure communications and economic development

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  Nokia, Centranet trial brings 50G PON to rural Oklahoma tribal nation

  US electrical cooperative claims first in demonstrating a 50Gbps fibre internet connection for a tribal nation, closing digital divide for rural and Indigenous communities

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  Post Office set to axe in-house-developed New Branch IT software

  Troubled business may ditch its plan to build a new core branch system in-house and buy an off-the-shelf alternative

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  NFL and Cisco gain yardage with network and security partnership

  Cisco scores contract extension with US sports body NFL to connect and protect 2024 roster of International Games in the UK, Germany, Brazil and Spain in 2025

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  Utelogy expands hybrid workforce tech integration with Logitech

  Connected workspaces platform provider expands partnership with leading workplace productivity equipment manufacturer to offer ‘refined’ management of conference room devices

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Gartner: AI can be catalyst for new business models

  Gartner expert Nicholle Lindner explains how companies like Klarna are leveraging AI to drive new revenue, and what businesses need to consider when embracing the technology

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  NCSC issues fresh alert over wave of Cozy Bear activity

  The NCSC, FBI and NSA publish updated warning about Cozy Bear’s activities, highlighting a range of vulnerabilities the threat actor is using to set up its cyber attacks

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Government launches cyber standard for local authorities

  Local government bodies are being invited to take advantage of a new NCSC-derived Cyber Assessment Framework to help enhance their resilience and ward off cyber attacks

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  How Recorded Future finds ransomware victims before they get hit

  Threat intel specialists at Recorded Future have shared details of newly developed techniques they are using to disrupt Rhysida ransomware attacks before the gang even has a chance to execute them

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Internet Archive web historians target of hacktivist cyber attack

  The Internet Archive nonprofit digital library and Wayback Machine operator has been attacked by pro-Palestinian hacktivists

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  UK and US pledge closer working on children’s online safety

  In their first agreement on the subject of children’s online safety, the UK and US governments have said they will create a new working group to boost cooperation

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Interview: Bruno Marie-Rose, CIO, Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

  The technology chief reflects on a successful Olympic and Paralympic Games – and how what he learned as a former Olympic medallist helped him be a better IT leader

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Australia bolsters cyber defences with security bill

  Legislation tackles IoT security and establishes a Cyber Incident Review Board to bolster Australia’s cyber resilience

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Post Office dragging its feet getting rid of tainted staff, despite government ‘green light’

  Former minister gave Post Office ‘green light’ to take robust action against existing staff with links to Post Office scandal wrongdoing

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Afas leads the way with four-day work week in the Netherlands

  Dutch labour unions want a shorter working week and software company Afas is leading the way, introducing a four-day work week from 1 January 2025

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Google slams US government’s proposal to split company up on anti-competitive grounds

  The US Department of Justice has incurred the wrath of Google for suggesting a series of remedies, after the US court ruled back in August that Google had an illegal monopoly over internet search market

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Nokia sharpens edge for industrial communications

  Global comms tech provider unveils suite of offerings based on MXIE platform designed to drive efficiency, productivity and operational technology security, and improve worker safety

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Zoom expands AI Companion capabilities, adds customisation options

  Zoom reveals major advancements in AI Companion, including customisation options, personalised avatars and integration across the entire Zoom workplace platform

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Under-fire Nick Read was unprepared for Post Office challenge

  Post Office boss Nick Read was not prepared for the task ahead of him when he joined the organisation as CEO in 2019

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  MoneyGram customer data breached in attack

  MoneyGram confirms that customer data has been stolen in an incident that appears to have started with a social engineering attack on its IT helpdesk staff

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Five zero-days to be fixed on October Patch Tuesday

  Stand-out vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday drop include problems in Microsoft Management Console and the Windows MSHTML Platform

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  OpenAI to open office in Singapore to spearhead APAC expansion

  OpenAI will establish a regional hub in Singapore later this year, partnering with the government and AI Singapore to boost AI development across the region

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Private 5G takes off at Schiphol airport

  Ericsson partners with Amsterdam airport to implement a private 5G network as part of Airport 4.0 digital transformation plan supporting use cases such as IoT monitoring and real-time safety

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Norway’s Ice offers slice of 5G for military communications

  Commercial 5G standalone network uses Mavenir 5G core to enable secure tailored end-to-end communications and network slicing to meet specific needs of armed forces

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Vodafone, Google deepen strategic partnership with 10-year, multibillion-dollar deal

  Vodafone and Google expand strategic relationship to bring generative AI-powered devices through Google’s Gemini models to telco’s customers across Europe and Africa

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  UK Cyber Team seeks future security professionals

  Young people from across the UK have a chance to represent the country in international competitions and advance their future careers in cyber security

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Celona, HCLTech team to deliver advanced private 5G

  Partnership claims to mark a significant milestone in the advancement of private 5G, in particular revolutionising how industries use the latest wireless connectivity to achieve Industry 4.0 goals

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  Secureworks: Ransomware takedowns didn’t put off cyber criminals

  The number of active cyber criminal ransomware gangs has surged by almost a third in the space of 12 months, according to the latest intelligence from Secureworks

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  Foxconn and Nvidia to build Taiwan’s fastest supercomputer

  The supercomputer, powered by Nvidia’s Blackwell architecture, will drive breakthroughs in cancer research, large language models and smart city initiatives

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  Post Office IT transformation project was ‘set up to fail’, chairman tells inquiry

  Post Office interim chairman tells Horizon public inquiry that the Post Office needs to reset New Branch IT project

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  UK’s cyber incident reporting law to move forward in 2025

  The UK government says that enforced cyber incident and ransomware reporting for critical sectors of the economy will help to build a better picture of the threat landscape and enable more proactive and preventative responses

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  DWP CIO Rich Corbridge leaving to join property developer

  The digital chief at the Department for Work and Pensions is moving on only 18 months after starting his role in the civil service

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  How AI is permeating enterprise IT

  The industry is ramping up efforts to help enterprise IT deliver artificial intelligence-based business applications

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  Google to appeal Play Store ruling

  Google’s ongoing fight with Epic Games is game-over, after a judge ruled in favour of the developer to open up access to Android apps

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  Can the Post Office project to replace Horizon be rescued?

  Evidence from the Post Office public inquiry shows huge problems with the critical project to replace the troubled Horizon IT system – after two government-mandated reviews, is there any sign it can succeed?

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  Government accepts most quantum regulation recommendations

  Three of the 14 recommendations on quantum regulations put forward by the Regulatory Horizon Council have been accepted in principle

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  Nokia, NTT Data expand global private 5G partnership

  Nokia and NTT Data expand multi-year partnership to drive private 5G adoption and innovation across key sectors like cities, ports, and airports, and claim to have transformed Southern Texas city from being the worst-connected conurbation

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  SoftBank, Ericsson enhance AI-RAN collaboration

  Collaboration aims to develop techno-economic analyses, build prototypes and run lab demos to optimise RAN and AI convergence at the edge

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  UK ranks last in major economy 5G connectivity league

  Briefing paper from a cross-party think tank offers damming indictment of the UK’s 5G industry, rating the country as bottom of 15 developing and advanced international markets on 5G availability and download speeds

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  HMS Networks boosts ICT standing with Peak-System acquisition

  Industrial information and technology firm takes full shareholding in industrial communication solutions provider with emphasis on expertise within automotive comms

• October 07, 2024 07 Oct'24

  Labour sets up new office to coordinate tech innovation regulations

  The newly formed Regulatory Innovation Office has been set up to ensure existing regulations do not become barriers to emerging tech innovations

• October 07, 2024 07 Oct'24

  Post Office boss Nick Read ‘inadequate, greedy and self-interested’, whistleblowers tell inquiry

  Outgoing Post Office boss Nick Read faces public inquiry for three days this week, with no shortage of questions to answer

• October 07, 2024 07 Oct'24

  IBM: Data breach cost in ASEAN hits new high

  The average cost of a data breach in ASEAN grew by 7% from last year, as organisations grapple with increasingly distributed IT environments and complex security systems

• October 06, 2024 06 Oct'24

  Whistleblowers call out ongoing cover-up by Post Office CEO in explosive letter

  A letter from Post Office staff to MPs, statutory inquiry chair Wyn Williams and the Post Office chairman demands their intervention and an investigation into the organisation's leadership

• October 04, 2024 04 Oct'24

  UK telcos including BT at risk from DrayTek router vulnerabilities

  A series of vulnerabilities in DrayTek's Vigor router product lines affects multiple comms service providers in the UK, according to new analysis

• October 04, 2024 04 Oct'24

  NCSC celebrates eight years as Horne blows in

  Outgoing NCSC interim leader Felicity Oswald shares her thoughts on the body’s work over the past eight years as she hands over the reins to incoming CEO Richard Horne

• October 04, 2024 04 Oct'24

  Post Office senior executive suspended over allegations of destroying evidence

  Statement to public inquiry reveals that investigation is underway over allegations that a senior Post Office executive instructed staff to destroy evidence

• October 04, 2024 04 Oct'24

  STMicroelectronics, Qualcomm team for next-gen industrial IoT

  Strategic collaboration will pair STM32 microcontroller ecosystem and wireless connectivity solutions to allow simple, fast, and cost-effective design of next-gen industrial and consumer IoT applications augmented by edge AI