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• August 12, 2022 12 Aug'22

  Microsoft doles out $13.7m in bug bounties

  Microsoft’s Bug Bounty programme has paid a total of $13.7m to more than 300 researchers in almost 50 countries

• August 12, 2022 12 Aug'22

  SMEs overwhelmed by distraction of comms technology, networking platforms

  Study from collaboration workspace and targeted networking platform provider reveals small and medium-sized enterprises are becoming overwhelmed by the noise and distraction of social media channels

• August 11, 2022 11 Aug'22

  Crown Commercial Service opens door to Salesforce

  The Crown Commercial Service has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with Salesforce to facilitate public sector access to the supplier’s products and services, including Tableau, Slack and Mulesoft

• August 10, 2022 10 Aug'22

  Increase in UK startups scaling to exit, but half still struggle

  Despite more startups scaling to the point of exit than ever before, half are still stuck in low growth stages – particularly those working with emerging technologies

• August 10, 2022 10 Aug'22

  GitHub targets vulnerable open source components

  There are thousands of vulnerabilities in open source code – GitHub aims to help developers see if their projects are impacted

• August 10, 2022 10 Aug'22

  Microsoft fixes two-year-old MSDT vulnerability in August update

  August’s Patch Tuesday drop fixes more than 120 CVEs, including another MSDT RCE zero-day that is being actively exploited.

• August 10, 2022 10 Aug'22

  Google Cloud to open three new cloud regions in APAC

  New Google Cloud regions in Malaysia, Thailand and New Zealand will enable local organisations to maintain low latency and meet data residency requirements

• August 10, 2022 10 Aug'22

  Waterstones’ supply chain disrupted in Blue Yonder implementation

  Bookseller Waterstones is recovering from the effects of a Blue Yonder implementation that has seen authors and readers up in arms

• August 10, 2022 10 Aug'22

  UK to surveil convicted migrants with facial recognition

  A Home Office scheme to biometrically scan the faces of convicted migrants who have already carried out punishments has come under fire from privacy and human rights groups for being discriminatory

• August 09, 2022 09 Aug'22

  Tata teams with Genesys to boost enterprise engagement with enhanced InstaCC Platform

  Global digital ecosystem enabler partners with cloud-based customer experience orchestration to further transform customer engagement across platforms ranging from social to mobile

• August 05, 2022 05 Aug'22

  NAO guide for senior government leaders flags barriers to better data use

  A National Audit Office guide for government chiefs on improving data use points to difficulties in achieving data sharing benefits and laments variability in cross-government data quality

• August 05, 2022 05 Aug'22

  CIO interview: Stephen Booth, CIO, Coventry University

  After more than 20 years at the university, the CIO is still taking on new responsibilities – including his team becoming a commercial entity and acquiring its own software

• August 05, 2022 05 Aug'22

  Inside Bukalapak’s cloud strategy

  Indonesian e-commerce unicorn Bukalapak’s multicloud strategy, underpinned by the use of microservices and DevOps, has enabled it to meet the diverse needs of its users while addressing business requirements

• August 04, 2022 04 Aug'22

  Work-from-home slows in US but remains important part of hybrid workplace

  Deloitte survey shows the ways in which people are using connected devices and technology to improve and enhance their lives, in particular dealing with the balance of hybrid work

• August 04, 2022 04 Aug'22

  Bayern Munich sides with Adobe to enhance global fan experience

  Bayern Munich is using Adobe’s Experience Cloud and allied software to better connect with its fans in Germany and worldwide

• August 04, 2022 04 Aug'22

  Financial Ombudsman Service mining for gold in cloud HR and finance

  The Financial Ombudsman Service is reaping the benefits of the cloud-based human resources and finance system it implemented last year

• August 04, 2022 04 Aug'22

  Shipyard workers don smart glasses in 5G testbed

  Shipyard workers at Singapore’s Keppel Offshore and Marine can view work instructions on their smart glasses, pull out real-time data about their equipment and receive remote guidance in a range of operational tasks

• August 03, 2022 03 Aug'22

  New EU due diligence law needs amending to stop tech sector abuse

  European corporate due diligence directive seeking to transform how companies approach their human rights and environmental risk is welcome, but without further changes, it will fail to effectively curb tech firms’ harmful practices, claims ...

• August 03, 2022 03 Aug'22

  More than 60% of world population will use digital wallets by 2026

  Global take-up of digital wallets will accelerate over the next four years, driven by ‘super apps’ and QR code-based payments

• August 03, 2022 03 Aug'22

  Finnish AI Region drives digital growth in small businesses

  Helsinki-based SMEs are being offered support and resources to help them get the best out of artificial intelligence technology to improve their operations and create services to sell

• August 03, 2022 03 Aug'22

  Twilio eyes CDP opportunity in APAC

  Twilio is tapping opportunities in customer data platforms and will deploy APAC instances of its Segment platform next year

• August 02, 2022 02 Aug'22

  UK safety tech sector sees strong revenue and employment growth

  Safety tech is now one of the fastest-growing sectors in the UK tech industry, with jumps in revenue, investment and employment

• August 02, 2022 02 Aug'22

  VMware CEO defends Broadcom deal

  Raghu Raghuram is confident that Broadcom will invest in growing VMware through a broad portfolio of assets that will serve its entire customer base, not just its biggest customers

• August 01, 2022 01 Aug'22

  Estonia is building AI Gov Stack

  Data scientists in Baltic nation are creating a repository of software code that provides building blocks for digital services

• August 01, 2022 01 Aug'22

  CloudMile banks on trust in regional expansion

  Taiwanese cloud and AI startup CloudMile keeps its billing transparent and provides round-the-clock support to build trust with customers as it grows its business in Southeast Asia

• July 29, 2022 29 Jul'22

  How TCS is supporting Australia’s electricity market settlement

  Tata Consultancy Services worked with the Australian Energy Market Operator to build a new system that speeds up electricity market settlement

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Digital HQs fundamental to making hybrid work successful, say UK workers

  Business messaging app provider finds cost-of-living crisis is eased by hybrid work, but 66% of employees would look for a new job immediately or within three months if hybrid or remote working was not an option

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Artificial intelligence to reduce waiting list for neurology appointments

  The Walton Centre is working with Tata Consultancy Services to apply digital technology to its operation, starting with a time-saving AI chatbot

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Facebook net income drops 36% as economic outlook worsens

  Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is planning to slash spending by $6bn, but remains focused on AI development

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Cyber criminals pivot away from macros as Microsoft changes bite

  As Microsoft resumes blocking macros by default in its Office application suite, reversing a temporary reversal, analysis from Proofpoint suggests the action has had a remarkable effect

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Hibs push for the backup premier league with Acronis

  Hibernian FC signs Acronis to get top division data protection and make the most of ticketing information and match footage as it tries to gain more value from the data it holds

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Ocado revenue drops despite distribution centre successes

  Ocado has spent the past six months rolling out new customer fulfilment centres and signing partners for its smart platform, but the cost-of-living crisis still sees revenue taking a hit

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Secret court asked to quash a decade of MI5 surveillance warrants following ‘systemic breaches’

  The culture at MI5 was to ‘prioritise’ missions ‘over everything else’, including compliance with safeguards designed to protect the public, the UK’s most secret court heard yesterday

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Quantum researchers advance error handling

  Handling errors is one of the hot areas of research to advance quantum computing

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Supermarket facial recognition challenged by privacy group

  Big Brother Watch’s legal challenge against Southern Co-op’s use of facial recognition claims the use of the technology in stores is ‘unlawful’ and ‘Orwellian in the extreme’

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Post Office attacked subpostmasters who questioned Horizon, say victims

  When the Post Office’s lie about the Horizon system failed to silence subpostmaster critics, it took more extreme measures, say victims of the scandal

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Meta publishes first-ever human rights report

  Meta details its approach to protecting and promoting human rights, but civil society groups say the company has failed to grapple with the human rights risks associated with its own business model

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Lambeth maps future with cloud applications

  With its funding dramatically cut, Lambeth Council has turned to cloud delivery of its business applications to have a simpler technology stack and be nimbler in delivering services to its 330,000 population

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Six more subpostmaster convictions overturned in Horizon scandal

  More former subpostmasters have their wrongful convictions for theft and fraud overturned in the Court of Appeal

• July 25, 2022 25 Jul'22

  Latest Atlassian Confluence vulnerability raises concerns

  CVE-2022-26138 is the second major vulnerability disclosure made for Atlassian’s Confluence collaboration platform in recent months

• July 25, 2022 25 Jul'22

  CDO interview: Ian Rabagliati, product and experience director, Eurotunnel

  The Channel Tunnel operator is coming to terms with the realities of post-Covid European travel, and focusing on customer experience to bring it closer to its passengers

• July 22, 2022 22 Jul'22

  SAP Q2 2022: Revenue up 13%, Ukraine war impact steady at €300m

  SAP has announced first-quarter revenue of more than €7.5bn, and restated its expectation that Ukraine war is projected to have a €300m impact in 2022

• July 22, 2022 22 Jul'22

  Forrester: European cloud adoption accelerates

  The rise in public cloud usage across the UK and EU will speed up new cloud-specific regulations

• July 21, 2022 21 Jul'22

  SSEN partners with Icebreaker One to break energy data silos

  Better access to, and sharing of, energy data will help direct the installation of new electric vehicle charging points, as well as help network operators to better understand the electricity grid’s capacity for the introduction of more renewables

• July 21, 2022 21 Jul'22

  Digital drives workplace trends in the Nordics

  Workplaces are rapidly changing in Nordic countries, driven by digital technologies such as artificial intelligence

• July 21, 2022 21 Jul'22

  UK government introduces data reforms legislation to Parliament

  Proposed changes to UK’s data protection regime include new grounds for data processing, significant powers for the secretary of state to direct the regime’s application, and fewer restrictions on law enforcement’s use of data

• July 21, 2022 21 Jul'22

  Data and Tech Aid pledges 10,000 first aid kits to Ukrainian civilians

  Data and Tech Aid, a recently founded fundraising body, is pledging 10,000 medical kits to treat civilian Ukrainian casualties of the war

• July 21, 2022 21 Jul'22

  Victorian multilingual chatbot to provide Covid-19 support

  The AskVic WhatsApp chatbot will provide culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia’s state of Victoria, with Covid-19 information and support

• July 20, 2022 20 Jul'22

  Transatlantic PET contest open for entries

  A joint UK-US innovation prize challenge for developers of privacy-enhancing technologies has opened for entries

• July 20, 2022 20 Jul'22

  Estonia calls on tech experts to develop its Siri-like civil servant

  Estonian government opens up applications to tech experts across the world, offering them the chance to work on a world first for digital government services