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• June 15, 2018 15 Jun'18

  Universal Credit value for money ‘unproven’, says NAO

  National Audit Office is uncertain DWP’s flagship benefits reform programme will ever achieve value for money, but says it’s too late to turn back

• June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18

  Encryption is under attack, says Venafi CEO Jeff Hudson

  Encryption is one of the fundamental principles on which the internet is built, but this vital technology is under threat from criminals and ill-advised government policies, says Venafi CEO Jeff Hudson

• June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18

  Government Geospatial Commission opens up OS MasterMap data

  The Geospatial Commission, announced by chancellor Philip Hammond in his 2017 Autumn Budget, has opened up some Ordnance Survey MasterMap data to boost small businesses

• June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18

  Government launches £50m competition for digital pathology and imaging

  The government will provide funding for up to six specialist centres focusing on digital pathology or medical imaging, as part of the drive to make the UK a world leader in the field

• June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18

  Cyber attack warnings highlight need to be prepared

  Fresh warnings about the vulnerability of national infrastructure to cyber attacks show the need for securing and monitoring associated control systems connected to the internet

• June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18

  GP at Hand service will destabilise GP practices, says Unite

  Union calls on government to scrap on-demand GP app, saying it threatens the future of NHS GP practices and is eroding the personal relationship between patients and clinicians

• June 13, 2018 13 Jun'18

  Advanced network supports new learning model at Northampton Uni

  The University of Northampton is preparing to open a new campus at a cost of £330m, and has turned to Cisco to supply an intelligent, secure network to support its innovative learning model

• June 13, 2018 13 Jun'18

  DCMS sets out plans for National Data Strategy

  A new centre for data ethics and innovations will drive UK government policy making regarding data sharing and use of public data

• June 13, 2018 13 Jun'18

  CogX AI show opens with debate on Europe’s lack of dominance

  European researchers have made significant breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, but the dominant players all seem to be based in Silicon Valley

• June 13, 2018 13 Jun'18

  Prime minister announces new visa for startups

  The government promises new “startup” visa for entrepreneurs, a £2.5bn British Patient Capital fund to support UK companies going global, and plans for two international tech hubs

• June 12, 2018 12 Jun'18

  Mayor Khan bids to make London the world’s smartest city

  At London Tech Week, mayor Sadiq Khan launched a city-wide initiative to harness the capital’s technology talent to address London’s most pressing problems

• June 12, 2018 12 Jun'18

  CityFibre wins key decision in fake fibre case

  CityFibre has been granted permission to proceed with a judicial review of the ASA’s November 2017 decision about the use of the term fibre in broadband ads

• June 12, 2018 12 Jun'18

  Wales to launch £100m transformation fund for health and social care

  Welsh government promises to increase investment in digital technologies and infrastructure, improve digital leadership and establish a national data resource to share information

• June 12, 2018 12 Jun'18

  BT announces “unhackable” quantum-secured network

  In the face of the threat that quantum computers could crack many of the encryption methods used to protect highly sensitive data, BT has developed a “quantum-secured” network

• June 11, 2018 11 Jun'18

  Industry must do more to open up cyber security profession

  Talented and successful cyber security researcher and passionate advocate for the profession, James Lyne reveals that he fell into security more by accident than design, and says training and recruitment must change to find and develop talented ...