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IT innovation, research and development

• 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 05, 2019 05 Apr'19

  Dutch government to make AI national priority

  The Dutch government wants to increase its focus on the artificial intelligence sector, as other countries gain an advantage

• April 05, 2019 05 Apr'19

  Interview: Innovating with data science

  Amadeus’s head of data science for innovation, Baptiste Chatrain, discusses his GitHub page and how the business innovates with data

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  No-deal Brexit threatens future of UK CAV sector

  The UK has turned itself into a global leader for connected and autonomous vehicles, but its position is at risk because of Brexit, a new report warns

• 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 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Prepare to deploy custom hardware to speed up AI

  Latest forecasts suggest spending on artificial intelligence is ramping up, and organisations that need raw machine learning performance are turning to custom hardware

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  How AWS is powering Australia’s education technology startups

  Cloud giant is gearing up education technology startups in Australia to develop cloud applications for schools and universities

• 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 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Manchester startups help GCHQ tap into new source of ingenuity

  The first group of startups to emerge from a Manchester-based accelerator programme has contributed new ways of thinking to UK’s GCHQ intelligence agency

• 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 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

  ICO kicks off sandbox beta to support innovation

  The UK’s privacy watchdog has launched the first phase of an initiative aimed at enhancing data protection while supporting business innovation

• 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

  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 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Salesforce opens AI research outfit in Singapore

  Cloud-based software giant Salesforce will train up to 100 postgraduate students over three years in artificial intelligence technology

• 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 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  BT switches on quantum network link at Adastral Park

  BT has opened its quantum network link between its Adastral Park research base and the UK Quantum Network node at the University of Cambridge

• 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

  IBM demos quantum leap in artificial intelligence

  Working with MIT and Oxford university, the researchers have looked at how quantum computing can accelerate data classification in machine learning

• 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 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 18, 2019 18 Mar'19

  Build in trust, experts advise cyber innovators

  Trust will be increasingly important in the digital era, and is therefore a key component of new products and services, experts have told cyber security innovators

• 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 18, 2019 18 Mar'19

  CyLon announces latest cyber security accelerator cohort

  Swiss and Israeli cyber security startups join teams from the UK for CyLon’s ninth London accelerator cohort

• 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

• March 15, 2019 15 Mar'19

  Why the web needs patching

  Regulators want to curb the web giants, while World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee believes problems with the web's misuse can be fixed

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  DCMS announces new funding for prison coding skills

  The expanded scheme by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is part of a a £1.2m package to help under-represented groups get jobs

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  Avoid infosec mistakes of the past, urges Robert Hannigan

  Technology innovators need to avoid security mistakes of the past by building in integrity so that products and services can be used with trust and confidence, says former GCHQ director

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  Spring Statement 2019 allocates £200m to technology

  Chancellor Philip Hammond's latest statement announces funding to support progress in areas including supercomputer development, photonics and bioinformatics, promises tighter digital regulation and attempts to ensure flow of skilled professionals ...

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  ICO pledges to support innovation

  UK data privacy watchdog is increasingly gearing up to support innovation to ensure developers of tech and digital services do not lose society’s trust

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  Furman Review urges greater competition for tech giants

  The six-month review into the UK digital economy includes recommendations of a new code of conduct for large companies, along with greater data openness and mobility

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  Bank of England’s large IT spend partly due to use of manual processes and legacy systems

  The Bank of England admits there is room for improvement when it comes to IT efficiency

• March 12, 2019 12 Mar'19

  IBM’s APAC CEO talks up next chapter of cloud adoption

  In the next phase of cloud adoption, enterprises will need to manage multiple cloud environments, as well as data to scale up their use of artificial intelligence technology