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• July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19

  Huawei ‘galvanised’ by Trump ban

  Huawei has found itself caught in the crossfire of the US president’s trade war with China, but chairman Liang Hua says the firm is rising to the challenge

• July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19

  Australia to upgrade supercomputer in HPC boost

  The Gadi supercomputer at the Australian National University will run 10 times faster than its predecessor, giving researchers access to high performance computing resources to solve the toughest research problems

• July 29, 2019 29 Jul'19

  ODI investigates use of private sector data by cities

  The Open Data Institute is seeking to find out whether cities have the levels of access needed to access data collected by private sector organisations

• July 29, 2019 29 Jul'19

  ICO selects first innovation Sandbox participants

  UK privacy watchdog has chosen the first firms to take part in its Sandbox programme aimed at developing innovative and beneficial products and services that are privacy compliant

• July 29, 2019 29 Jul'19

  TSB takes another £36m hit related to botched IT migration

  TSB has been stung for another £36m in costs related to its botched IT migration last year, but managed a profit in its latest six monthly results

• July 29, 2019 29 Jul'19

  One-third of UK councils have IT budgets cut

  Many local authorities’ IT budgets are being reduced at a time when they are trying to digitally transform to cut costs and improve processes

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Crown Commercial Service to replace Crown Marketplace

  The Cabinet Office’s executive agency tweaks its modernisation strategy to boost government procurement efficiency and advances its own technology agenda

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise invests big in India

  Enterprise IT giant aims to take advantage of India’s fast-growing economy and the country’s wealth of tech talent

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Ofcom must do more to help operators invest in 5G

  Telefónica UK boss Mark Evans warns that Ofcom is prioritising action on behalf of consumers to the exclusion of enabling the telecoms and mobile industry to grow

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  New ministerial appointments for tech policies in Boris Johnson Cabinet

  The new Prime Minister has brought in ministers in all the key government posts affecting digital and technology policy

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Facebook shrugs off $5bn fine, reports strong quarter

  Investors responded positively after social networking firm reported better-than-expected second-quarter results after budgeting for FTC fine, but the company faces a further antitrust investigation

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  French and German companies have contrasting fortunes in India

  France is racing ahead of Germany when it comes to making the most of service companies in India

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  Santander brings global digital services under one roof

  Spanish banking giant Santander Group is creating a global digital unit as part of its transformation plans

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  US Department of Justice launches antitrust probe into dominance of online platform providers

  The US Department of Justice has called for an antitrust investigation into how “market-leading” online platform operators in the search, social media and retail space operate

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  UK CIOs bottom of digital workflow league

  Leading CIOs shift from tech to leadership focus, but a new survey from ServiceNow has found that UK CIOs have not increased workflow budget

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  Controversial ‘immigration exemption’ used in 60% of cases

  The UK government has used a controversial GDPR opt-out in response to the majority of its immigration-related data requests since the start of 2019, the High Court has heard

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  AI to advance Swedish military systems

  Swedish report into use of artificial intelligence in military systems reveals opportunities and concerns

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  HPE reiterates focus on edge computing

  Enterprise technology bigwig HPE is trumpeting its ability to help companies better manage edge workloads, claiming that its purchase of Aruba has been its most successful acquisition

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  Phishing attack highlights cyber security need at universities

  UK university cyber security is once again under the spotlight after Lancaster University reveals that it has been targeted by a phishing attack used to send fake invoices

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  UK government to boost AI and data use in preventive healthcare

  A programme led by Public Health England and NHSX will aim to usher in a “new era of evidence-based self-care", with patients increasingly expected to allow access to their personal data

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  Home Office hands EE additional £220m for ESN

  Home Office quietly announces a major extension to the ESN project, pumping over £200m of additional taxpayer money into its contract with EE

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  Almost a third of European firms still not compliant with GDPR

  Almost a third of European businesses admit they are still not compliant with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, but there are encouraging signs of increased maturity in data protection, with the new rules driving better, ...

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  Use Windows 7 end of life to update desktop productivity

  The end of support for Windows 7 should be seen as the end of an era for traditional desktop IT. So what does 21st century desktop productivity look like?

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  High Court to hear challenge to immigration exemption in DPA

  The High Court is to hear a challenge by two human rights groups of a controversial clause in new UK data protection legislation they say is in conflict with the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights and undermines the General Data Protection Regulation

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  Government delays final decision on Huawei

  Culture secretary says he cannot yet make specific decisions about Huawei’s involvement in the UK’s telecoms and mobile networks due to a lack of clarity from the US, effectively green-lighting its use

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  IT infrastructure and cyber security ‘critical’ for Student Loans Company future

  Upgrades to key systems and cyber defence capability will be required so the non-departmental public body can continue to perform key functions, according to a major review

• July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19

  US fines Equifax $700m over 2017 breach

  Global settlement with US authorities follows systems breach that saw more than 140 million customer records stolen

• July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19

  Morgan Stanley uses Box to power new Digital Vault

  Bank has integrated the Box collaboration platform to provide a new, secure document-sharing service for its customers

• July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19

  Ofcom brings in new protections for mobile users

  New rules around how mobile contracts are sold should give end-users a fairer deal

• July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19

  Latest investments in Atom Bank will support cloud platform project

  Bank has raised £50m more finance, which will contribute to funding its project to migrate to the cloud

• July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19

  HMRC makes cloud and data progress

  HMRC has shifted half of its systems to virtualised servers, and is nearing completion of a major core system roll out and boosting data capability to support its digital ambitions

• July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19

  How AntWorks is addressing the pitfalls of RPA

  The Singapore-based startup hopes to lower the cost of deploying and maintaining robotic process automation technology with a platform that combines machine learning and data processing capabilities

• July 19, 2019 19 Jul'19

  Latest ICO fine highlights privacy due diligence

  A week after issuing the first serious GDPR fines, the ICO has further underlined the importance of data stewardship and due diligence regarding privacy practices

• July 19, 2019 19 Jul'19

  MPs warn of data adequacy hole in no-deal Brexit

  Transferring data to and from the EU will only be possible if an agreement is in place before the UK leaves. No deal means no data agreement

• July 19, 2019 19 Jul'19

  Microsoft gets boost in SaaS revenue and pushes Teams platform

  It is still a long way behind AWS, but the Microsoft cloud is the company’s big money-maker. It is also seeing Teams establish itself as a platform

• July 19, 2019 19 Jul'19

  Worries over impact of foreign talent on Australia’s tech jobs put to rest

  Local tech industry welcomes a new report from the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia which found that migrants have not had a negative impact on wages or participation rates of Aussie workers

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Verify deemed ‘unachievable’ by major government projects review

  Issues around the digital identity project and a major compliance project led by the Ministry of Justice are impossible to solve, according to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Free tool reveals the true cost of ‘free’ online services

  New data discovery portal developed by Finnish security firm F-Secure helps to uncover what Facebook, Amazon, Google and other tech giants know about consumers

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Digital minister Margot James quits after Brexit vote

  James voted against the government in an attempt to stop the next Prime Minister from suspending Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Parliamentary committee calls for halt to facial recognition trials

  Issues with biometrics and forensics pose a significant risk to effective functioning of the criminal justice system, according to a report by the Science and Technology Committee

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  CIO interview: Kieran Delaney, director of IT, Innserve

  After 13 years at the drinks dispensing firm, Delaney moved into the top IT leadership role and has set out about using technology to empower workers across the company

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Office workers lose out with poor-quality tech

  More than 80% of the people questioned in a survey said poor technology made them less productive

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Welsh council aims to cut back-office processing costs by 95% through automation

  A council in South Wales is expecting to reduce the cost of human resources business processes by up to 95% through robotic process automation

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Nordic startup scene can rival Silicon Valley

  Sweden is emerging as one of Europe’s competitors to the US’s Silicon Valley as a hot location for tech startups

• July 17, 2019 17 Jul'19

  NHS still has thousands of PCs running Windows XP

  NHS computers are still being upgraded three years after the WannaCry ransomware attack to the health system, raising concerns over cyber security

• July 17, 2019 17 Jul'19

  Facebook accused of ‘breathtaking arrogance’ over Libra cryptocurrency plan

  US senators grill Facebook’s David Marcus over social media giant’s plans to launch cryptocurrency

• July 17, 2019 17 Jul'19

  Deutsche Bank’s public contraction is a major landmark for fintech

  German bank is cutting costs overall but is investing more in the latest digital technology as fintechs chip away at banking business

• July 17, 2019 17 Jul'19

  Conditions ‘not quite there’ for government chief data officer

  The long-awaited appointment for government’s chief data officer requires a perception in departments that data is actually valuable, government officials said

• July 17, 2019 17 Jul'19

  Danish government injects €200m into AI R&D

  Denmark is investing in a range of programmes to boost research and development into artificial intelligence and its place in various business sectors

• July 16, 2019 16 Jul'19

  UN resolution ignores special rapporteur’s call for halt to spyware sales

  UN’s Human Rights Council adopts resolution to explore the impact of new and emerging digital technologies on human rights, but the text ignores a damning report by the council’s own expert on freedom of expression