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• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  UK government to introduce online porn age checks

  World-first regulations will see age verification introduced in July and enforced by the British Board of Film Classification. Non-compliant sites risk withdrawal of payment services or being blocked

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  HM Land Registry completes blockchain trial

  HM Land Registry’s blockchain project is part of a wider digital transformation initiative which aims to simplify and speed up the process of buying and selling property

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  Government says no conflict of interest in trial despite Post Office chairman’s dual role

  BEIS refutes MP’s suggestion of Post Office chairman’s conflict of interest in group litigation case involving Horizon IT system

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  Middle East CIOs optimistic as budgets increase and digital transformations expand

  Cyber security and risk management will see the biggest increase in spending, but digital transformation of businesses is a major driver of investment, survey shows

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  Home Office curbs bulk emails following data breach

  Department has introduced new rules for mass messaging after exposing email addresses of EU settled status scheme applicants

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  Findings published from three-month pilot for NHS App

  Biometric login functionality and additional repeat prescription ordering capability are among the enhancements made in response to user feedback to the NHS App

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  MP questions government over Post Office Horizon case

  Labour MP asks the government about the costs associated with the Post Office Horizon legal battle

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  Dutch national weather service adopts cloud to expand service offerings

  The migration of legacy systems to an AWS set-up will precede the design of a real-time early warning centre for the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  NatWest eases business payments with biometric authentication on mobile

  NatWest is making it easier and safer for businesses to make payments of any size via a mobile app using biometric authentication technology

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  Sweden to take up Finnish AI challenge

  Following Finland’s example, Swedish companies are starting to use a training programme to bring staff up to speed with artificial intelligence

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  Post-Brexit IT talent shortages concern UK CIOs

  Finding and training tech staff remains an issue and is set to get worse after the UK leaves the European Union, says Barclaycard study

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  NHS launches care home availability portal

  New tool is aimed at optimising hospital occupancy and saving social care staff “hours of phoning around”

• April 12, 2019 12 Apr'19

  UK government launches cloud sustainability probe

  Government departments are being asked to provide information about the energy footprint of the cloud services they use

• April 12, 2019 12 Apr'19

  Lancaster University enhances student engagement with cloud-based chatbot

  University is using Amazon Web Services to enhance the development of a voice-enabled “online companion” with machine learning and artificial intelligence

• April 11, 2019 11 Apr'19

  European Commission tackles transformation challenges with cloud

  Modernisation plan continues at the EC, with an upcoming migration and major savings on the horizon

• April 10, 2019 10 Apr'19

  EC publishes artificial intelligence guidelines

  Report is intended as a starting point of an international discussion around trustworthy AI and its recommendations will be put to the test in a trial later this year

• April 08, 2019 08 Apr'19

  UK introduces world’s first online safety regulations

  Announcing ‘the end of online self-regulation’, a duty of care is introduced to hold companies accountable for potential harm and safety of users of their services

• April 05, 2019 05 Apr'19

  NHS IT jobs need to be promoted differently

  More ambition and a mindset change is required to attract more technology talent to the national health service

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  NHSX announces new leadership

  DCMS director-general Matthew Gould is to take over as chief executive of the NHSX, with recruitment set to accelerate at the newly formed digital strategy unit

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Home Office Brexit app will work on Apple devices

  An agreement has been reached to make the app for EU nationals to apply for settlement in the UK work on iOS-based products

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  MI5 and the Met ramp up use of analytics to tackle terrorism

  Police and intelligence organisations are working on technologies that will help “sharpen radars” around detecting terrorist intents

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Most business decision-makers and knowledge workers happy to work alongside robots

  Fears that automation will remove jobs for knowledge workers are reducing as opportunities emerge to upskill and eradicate mundane work

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Government invests in knife-detection tech research

  The Home Office and the Department for Transport are channelling more than £460,000 into fast-tracking the development and deployment of technologies that can detect concealed blades in public spaces

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  SMEs forced into automation as Making Tax Digital goes live

  Small businesses are faced with all manner of challenges as the government presses ahead with its plan to digitise the UK tax system

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Post Office could face huge costs bill for first Horizon trial

  Subpostmaster claimants’ legal team makes application for the Post Office to pay millions of pounds of costs associated with trial

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Digital industries lead UK economy

  Technology, media and creative businesses are leading national economic growth, according to research

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  How research firm Icon is using analytics and wearables to enhance clinical trials

  The company is investing in emergent technology to boost the attractiveness of trials as a care option and attract more participants, while enhancing internal efficiency around drug and device development.

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Met Office seeks chief information security officer

  The national weather service wants to recruit a new leader to spearhead a cyber security enhancement programme

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Middle East countries accelerate quantum computing research

  Gulf countries must invest in quantum computing research to ensure they continue to to remain digital pioneers

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Major shake-up of TSB IT after core banking system migration disaster

  TSB has restructured its IT team to give its internal team control of its core banking system

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Interview: Mark Gray, director of digital transformation, Crown Prosecution Service

  The introduction of fully digital services to improve stakeholder engagement is among the highlights of a world-first transformation initiative in the criminal justice system

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Businesses losing out on early payment discounts due to outdated software

  Chief financial officers need to upgrade their accounting software to benefit from discounts available for paying suppliers early

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Swedish companies increasingly using private networks to communicate with ecosystem

  Swedish IT leaders are increasingly turning to private networks to communicate with other businesses in their ecosystem

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Scottish government advances payments programme

  Platform is intended to support outbound and inbound payments and could integrate Gov.UK Pay in Scotland

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Government expects NHS IT overhaul will unleash innovation

  Common technical standards, modular contracts and a fintech-style regulatory model will underpin the new approach to technology in the health service in England

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Police algorithms should be regulated, says think tank

  Better use and regulation of data-driven technologies should be the norm in UK policing, according to research

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Artificial intelligence making major inroads into Russian banking

  Russian banks are identifying use cases for artificial intelligence, but the gradual adoption of the technology will require access to a deeper skills pool if it is to accelerate

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Manchester City Council CIO steps down

  In a return to the private sector, Bob Brown joins healthcare technology firm EMIS as chief solutions officer

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  London launches open data cultural map

  The collated data on the capital's cultural locations is hoped to support local authorities, property developers and associations develop existing clusters and build creative infrastructure

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Government cyber security strategy is ‘chaotic’

  Responding to potential threats at a national level is unfeasible given the time ministers are currently dedicating to Brexit negotiations, says shadow Cabinet Office minister

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Interview: How the DWP Dojo innovates

  Juan Villamil, director of enterprise infrastructure and production operations at DWP Digital, discusses how the Department for Work and Pensions tests out new tech ideas

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  GDS and Cabinet Office admit to over-optimism over Verify

  The system's architects blamed failures to deliver the objectives set out in the original business plan on the slow pace of digital transformation across government at a Public Accounts Committee session this week

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Department for Transport launches future of urban mobility plan

  Future of Mobility minister Jesse Norman launches “biggest review into transport in a generation”

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  CCRC watching Post Office Horizon trial closely

  The Criminal Courts Review Commission considering judgment in subpostmasters versus Post Office litigation trial

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Post Office ‘lacked humanity’ in the treatment of subpostmasters, says peer

  Peer slams Post Office after High Court judgment reveals its oppressive style of managing the people who run its branches

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  NatWest launches business virtual account platform

  Features supported by a new system enable corporate customers to manage and segregate money, and are part of a wider digital transformation plan to enhance customer experience

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  Post Office director cross-examination confirms lack of investigation into branch IT problems

  A high court judge heard that the Post Office did not investigate a computer system error that could cause losses, despite being offered evidence

• March 18, 2019 18 Mar'19

  Department of Health considers overhaul of screening IT

  Modernisation intended to address high-profile failures in national screening services will be informed by an investigation on the topic to be published next month

• March 15, 2019 15 Mar'19

  UK sees increase in contactless card use

  Surge in use of “tap and go” payment feature is attributed to adoption by transport operators and more retailers, according to a trade body

• March 15, 2019 15 Mar'19

  Digital divide threatens healthcare innovation

  Consumers and physicians are open to technology innovation, but progress is slow due to tech adoption at a varying pace and focus on different priorities, says report