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• July 06, 2023 06 Jul'23

  Meta’s Threads hits app stores, but no EU launch in sight

  Meta’s Twitter competitor makes its debut and signs up millions of users in just 12 hours, but concerns over compliance with the EU’s Digital Markets Act have sunk a pan-European launch for now

• July 06, 2023 06 Jul'23

  Public inquiry hears how Post Office security withheld evidence from people it suspected of theft

  The Post Office told investigators to include potential evidence in reports to their own lawyers, but not the subpostmasters they suspected of theft

• July 05, 2023 05 Jul'23

  HSBC explores quantum-safe comms to AWS edge

  Banking group HSBC is looking at how to secure transactions and the benefits of quantum computing in finance

• July 04, 2023 04 Jul'23

  IT contractors urged to check umbrella payslips as two firms caught making unlawful deductions

  Two recently published tribunal judgments emphasise why it is so important for umbrella company contractors to make sure they are being paid exactly what they are entitled to, warn experts

• July 04, 2023 04 Jul'23

  EU judgment sinks Meta’s argument for targeted ads

  The EU Court of Justice has issued a significant judgment against Meta, ruling that national anti-trust bodies can investigate GDPR breaches, disrupting the platform’s entire basis for carrying out targeted advertising

• July 04, 2023 04 Jul'23

  Scotland’s Techscaler programme joins forces with CivTech

  The partnership between the scaler programme and the innovation accelerator means CivTech alumni companies will be offered Techscaler membership and gain access to its technology hubs, education initiatives and support

• July 04, 2023 04 Jul'23

  Coping with the ongoing chip crisis in the UK

  China has imposed export restrictions on key semiconductor compounds, so how will the UK's National Semiconductor Strategy cope?

• July 04, 2023 04 Jul'23

  HPE, BT team for global managed LAN service

  Business division of leading UK telco and networking technology and service provider enter collaboration to introduce LANs supporting high-performance experiences for hybrid workers and IoT transformations

• July 04, 2023 04 Jul'23

  How Maxeon is forging the path to SASE

  Maxeon Solar Technologies is building out its security service edge capabilities with an eye on a SASE implementation that combines best of breed offerings from different suppliers

• July 03, 2023 03 Jul'23

  BlackCat gang claims cyber attack on Barts NHS Trust

  Investigations continue into a claim by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang that it has stolen 7TB of data from Barts NHS Trust in London

• July 03, 2023 03 Jul'23

  BBVA launches tech job portal as it continues to add talent

  Spanish bank BBVA ramps up its tech recruitment strategy with new online portal and target of 2,600 more people

• July 03, 2023 03 Jul'23

  CDO interview: Robert Michael, group head of data, DFS

  ‘Data Bob’ is transforming data strategy at furniture retailer DFS, aiming to build a digital twin of the company to improve business modelling – but his first task is to make sure people can trust data

• July 03, 2023 03 Jul'23

  Deutsche Bank completes migration of millions of Postbank customers

  Deutsche Bank has completed the migration of 12 million Postbank customers to its banking platform

• July 03, 2023 03 Jul'23

  PAC slams HMCTS justice system transformation programme

  HMCTS has consistently underestimated the scale and complexity of the reforms, and criticises the programme, which only has £120m of its £1.3bn budget left with only just over half of projects completed, MPs say

• July 03, 2023 03 Jul'23

  Driving synergies in digital healthcare

  As group CIO of API Holdings, Chandresh Dedhia has been driving synergies across a spectrum of digital healthcare businesses to create operational efficiency and other business outcomes

• June 30, 2023 30 Jun'23

  AI can never be given control over combat decisions, Lords told

  Artificial intelligence is technically incapable of distinguishing between the complex contextual factors of combat situations, and will likely never be able to, according to legal and software experts

• June 30, 2023 30 Jun'23

  SGN pens IT service desk outsourcing deal

  Utility company SGN renews its internal IT services managed services contract with new supplier

• June 30, 2023 30 Jun'23

  NHS data stolen in Manchester Uni ransomware attack

  The ransomware gang behind the cyber attack on the University of Manchester appears to have got its hands on an NHS dataset being used by the university for research purposes

• June 29, 2023 29 Jun'23

  NHS has potential to get digital transformation right

  NHS must address digital skills gap in its workforce, demonstrate the value of the NHS App and address the digital maturity gap in organisations if it wants to succeed, MPs say

• June 29, 2023 29 Jun'23

  ‘Shadow’ AI use becoming a driver of insider cyber risk

  Off-the-books use of generative AI tools will inevitably lead to a costly, high-profile data breach for someone, but a little attention paid to appropriate data management policy can help mitigate the risk

• June 29, 2023 29 Jun'23

  Brits are using healthcare apps without proper checks

  As mobile health app acceptance increases, people are taking risks by using them without any advice from their medical professionals, finds survey

• June 29, 2023 29 Jun'23

  NHS to launch Digital Health Check

  The NHS Digital Health Check will be rolled out from spring 2024, and allow patients to do certain tests and get advice from their homes

• June 29, 2023 29 Jun'23

  The Finnish Food Authority uses AI to accelerate research

  Researchers have reduced the time taken to get critical insights into potential public health crises and address issues in real-time, through artificial intelligence

• June 28, 2023 28 Jun'23

  Charity demands transparency in digital universal credit system

  The digital universal credit system needs overhauling to ensure greater transparency over benefit claims and more effective means of redress when things go wrong, says child poverty charity

• June 28, 2023 28 Jun'23

  UK comms regulator to probe BT emergency number failure

  Investigation to assess source and extent of 25 June technical issue causing lack of access to key first response services, including Metropolitan Police, Bedfordshire Police, Suffolk Police, and Cheshire Fire and Rescue

• June 28, 2023 28 Jun'23

  Scottish government tech accelerator opens latest funding round

  The Scottish government’s CivTech accelerator is seeking technology businesses to help develop new tools to improve public services, as well as to address pressing social and environmental issues

• June 28, 2023 28 Jun'23

  Zoom brings together in-office, remote employees with Intelligent Director

  Collaboration provider expands portfolio and capability with launch of Intelligent Director, which uses AI and multiple cameras to provide optimal images and angles of participants in conference room

• June 28, 2023 28 Jun'23

  GDPR tax reclaim scheme preys on fears of SMEs

  IT suppliers are a target of companies offering a tax reclaim scheme that preys on small businesses’ fears around General Data Protection Regulation compliance

• June 27, 2023 27 Jun'23

  Oracle shifts database support goalpost

  Oracle has updated its maintenance and support across its relational database family – we explore the implications

• June 27, 2023 27 Jun'23

  Alkira introduces extranet as a service

  Provider of cloud networking as a service unveils infrastructure designed to enable third parties to securely connect to critical business applications 

• June 27, 2023 27 Jun'23

  Why an ecosystem helps IT projects move forward

  It used to be the case that IT departments would build or buy, but now there’s an alternative to help organisations integrate different data sources

• June 27, 2023 27 Jun'23

  UK AI plans offer ‘inadequate’ human rights protection, says EHRC

  The UK’s equality watchdog says the government must properly consider human rights when implementing rules to regulate artificial intelligence, as current plan offers little protection

• June 27, 2023 27 Jun'23

  WithSecure forges ahead with green coding initiative

  WithSecure’s W/Sustainability programme kickstarts a number of initiatives, including a commitment to green coding the security supplier hopes will set an example for others to follow

• June 27, 2023 27 Jun'23

  3,600 potential cyber security experts apply to government scheme

  The UK government’s Upskill in Cyber programme is reporting great success just a month after launch, with almost half of applicants women

• June 27, 2023 27 Jun'23

  ANZ IT pros get salary bump this year

  Over half of IT professionals in Australia and New Zealand received a higher salary this year, underscoring the tight IT labour market

• June 27, 2023 27 Jun'23

  Johnson Controls opts for container-based app delivery with Portworx

  Buildings management giant built a suite of customer-facing products using containers and opted for Pure Storage Portworx for hybrid cloud container management and data protection

• June 26, 2023 26 Jun'23

  How Ikea is driving digital customer experience

  Ikea franchisee in four Southeast Asian markets and Mexico taps chatbots, conversational commerce and remote planning, among other capabilities, to drive digital customer experience

• June 26, 2023 26 Jun'23

  HSBC leaving Canary Wharf headquarters

  HSBC is to leave its current Canary Wharf headquarters by 2027 as hybrid-working policies reduce demand for office space

• June 26, 2023 26 Jun'23

  Office workers feel AI is better than a human boss

  UK and US workers are quitting their jobs due to frustrations with how they are being managed – and some feel AI can be a better boss

• June 23, 2023 23 Jun'23

  ICO under fire for taking limited action over serious data breaches

  The ICO has come under fire from lawyers and data protection specialists for just issuing written warnings to two public bodies over serious data breaches that placed people’s lives at risk

• June 23, 2023 23 Jun'23

  Webex widens US government portfolio with contact centre, calling

  Webex Contact Center Enterprise for Government expanded to include Webex Calling, providing a single offer for calling, messaging and meetings that complies with key US government standard

• June 23, 2023 23 Jun'23

  Investment in employee experience, cloud, AI drives greater customer experience

  Study from global IT infrastructure and services company finds employee experience and customer experience gaining rapid recognition of their importance at board level, and as many as 95% of organisations see cloud enablement as vital in enabling ...

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  Health and care staff have three months to move to latest NHS patient record service

  NHS England has told health and care workers they have until the end of September to switch to the latest patient record system

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  Lancaster University launches trailblazing cyber MBA

  MBA programme at Lancaster University designed to deliver security leadership education to business leaders has received NCSC backing

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  Manchester University students threatened by ransomware gang

  Students and staff members at the University of Manchester are being pressurised by an unnamed ransomware gang

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  UK pension scheme expands relationship with IT services giant TCS

  Tata Consultancy Services retains contract with UK pension scheme for another decade after extending a contract that was first signed in 2011

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  Lloyds Bank to open tech centre in India

  UK bank taps into Hyderabad tech ecosystem by opening a tech centre focused on improving digital experiences for customers

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  How Vedanta is harnessing tech in aluminium production

  India’s largest aluminium producer Vedanta Aluminium is using industrial internet of things devices to improve emissions control and robotic process automation to improve efficiency, among other digitisation efforts

• June 21, 2023 21 Jun'23

  CIO interview: Stuart Hughes, chief digital information officer, Rolls-Royce

  The aerospace giant uses internet of things and sensor technology to create a personalised digital twin for the airlines that fly its engines, but the benefits of further data science and analytics could be even bigger

• June 21, 2023 21 Jun'23

  Nearly quarter of a million malicious websites reported and removed through NCSC service

  A suspicious email and text message reporting service in the UK has directly led to a quarter of a million malicious websites being removed