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• September 06, 2019 06 Sep'19

  Towns invited to bid for connectivity boost

  Some 100 places in England are eligible to get resources from the £3.6bn fund aimed at creating local jobs and economic growth, with broadband as a key priority

• September 06, 2019 06 Sep'19

  Royal Navy readies autonomous technology push

  A competition ran by new accelerator NavyX will seek to find mature ideas around the approach to improve operations and increase efficiency in maritime operations

• September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19

  Security pros doubt officials can enact effective security laws

  Elected officials cannot be trusted to enact effective cyber security legislation and social media firms should be subject to strict privacy regulation, according to most information security professionals in a survey

• September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19

  New funding announced to tackle online child abuse

  Government announces £30m of new cash to tackle online child harm as part of Spending Review 2019

• September 03, 2019 03 Sep'19

  Post Office changes IT leadership reshuffle decision

  The Post Office has changed its IT leadership reshuffle weeks after announcing its original plan

• September 02, 2019 02 Sep'19

  Nearly £1m of EU funding to boost tech skills in UK SMEs

  An initiative led by the Department for Work and Pensions will focus on enhancing skills in rural locations to unleash competitiveness in areas such as agritech and biorenewables

• September 02, 2019 02 Sep'19

  Interim GDS boss gives preview of priorities

  Alison Pritchard sets out key areas of attention for the digital service, from analytics to Brexit work

• September 02, 2019 02 Sep'19

  UK organisations join quantum comms pilot

  Four UK companies are taking part in a pilot project to build the most secure communication infrastructure in Europe

• September 02, 2019 02 Sep'19

  Dutch virtual reality can help reduce teacher shortage worldwide

  Dutch lecturer uses virtual reality to improve teaching and developments are being watched by the Teachers Task Force of Unesco

• August 30, 2019 30 Aug'19

  Government confirms GDS minister

  Simon Hart appointed minister for implementation, with responsibility for the Government Digital Service

• August 30, 2019 30 Aug'19

  Location analysis expands Nordic telco’s range of services

  Nordic telecoms company works with startup to offer services to businesses through location data analysis

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  UK gets first millionaire ethical hacker

  Six months after the first millionaire ethical hacker was announced, five more have been recognised, including a Briton, who have collectively discovered nearly 5,000 vulnerabilities

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency hit by IT workers’ strike

  DVSA tech staff are on a month-long strike over working conditions and expect their action to affect the IT workload at the government agency

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  Government investigates matching geospatial data with AI

  Report looks into the commercial opportunities of matching location data with a number of emerging technologies

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  Targeted cyber attacks, including ransomware, on the rise

  Governments and healthcare institutions are prime targets of ransomware operators, a report shows