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• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  Branch-based anti-fraud scheme to be expanded to online banking

  A successful branch-based anti-fraud scheme will be expanded by banks to include online and telephone banking

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  Abu Dhabi government launches peer-to-peer coding campus

  Abu Dhabi government launches a specialist programming school that uses peer-to-peer teaching methods and gamification

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  Hyundai-Kia expands Rimini Oracle contract to regional offices

  Car manufacturer expands its existing third-party support contract. Savings will help fund autonomous and electric car development

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  Government publishes long-promised national data strategy

  The government has published a national data strategy aimed at fostering innovation and increasing economic growth. It will also appoint 10 data fellows each year to work in the orbit of Number 10, and create 500 analyst jobs by 2021

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  Julian Assange warned against interrupting witnesses in extradition hearing

  On the second day of his extradition hearing at the Old Bailey, judge informs the WikiLeaks founder he could be removed and potentially banned from court for interrupting witnesses

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  Nordic banks invest and innovate to keep digital rivals at bay

  Large traditional banks are accelerating their digital transformations as the regional fintech sector makes its presence felt

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  UK leads Europe in net zero venture capital investment

  With the UK leading venture capital investment in net zero enterprises, Tech Nation have launched a new, government-backed scaleup programme to further develop the sector

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  Post Office Horizon IT scandal victims face further battles as government digs heels in

  The government repeats that it won’t pay victims’ legal costs and confirms review into the scandal will not have the power to call witnesses

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  Matt Hancock announces £50m for healthcare AI projects

  The NHS and industry must have a ‘symbiotic’ relationship, says health secretary Matt Hancock as he promises to improve the environment for innovation in healthcare and announces £50m in funding for a series of healthcare AI projects

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  TechUK urges government to back emerging digital clean technology sector

  To ensure the UK reaches its climate and decarbonisation goals, TechUK is calling on the government to support the emerging clean tech sector

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  CIO interview: Paul Neville, director of digital and ICT, Waltham Forest

  The IT chief at one of the most digitally advanced London boroughs talks to Computer Weekly about the past, present and future of tech-enabled transformation in times of crisis

• September 07, 2020 07 Sep'20

  Experts slam government digital ID response

  TechUK panel members say the government’s response to its digital identity consultation provides no concrete plan for moving forward

• September 07, 2020 07 Sep'20

  Court rejects request to exclude ‘11th hour’ US evidence against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

  Lawyers for Julian Assange say the US has introduced an 11th hour indictment against the WikiLeaks founder that provides additional grounds for his extradition

• September 07, 2020 07 Sep'20

  Artificial intelligence keeps HSBC ATMs stocked with cash

  HSBC is using artificial intelligence technology developed in-house to help it make sure ATMs are appropriately stocked with cash

• September 07, 2020 07 Sep'20

  Dutch bank set to save €5m via Veeam backup upgrade

  Rabobank ditched legacy backup where patching took months and restores took hours. Those times are now cut down massively and the bank has a readily available test environment

• September 07, 2020 07 Sep'20

  AI Summit 2020: Regulating AI for the common good

  Speakers and panellists at the virtual AI Summit 2020 spoke about the tensions between cooperation and competition in the development of artificial intelligence

• September 07, 2020 07 Sep'20

  Government awards £32m funding for ‘pioneering’ health tech projects

  Science minister Amanda Solloway will announce £32m in funding for six healthcare technology research projects, including artificial robotic muscular assistance and quantum imaging for monitoring

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  UK funds coronavirus research for vulnerable global communities

  The £7.2m fund will support UK university research into supporting refugees and children affected by the global health crisis

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  HotelBeds uses API management platform to reduce cost

  HotelBeds has switched from its legacy suppler to a licensed service in an effort to reduce API management costs after traffic doubles

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Covid-19 has strained London tech firms but they have central role in recovery

  London tech startups are feeling the effects of the economic slowdown brought on by Covid-19, but there is a huge opportunity for those with the right focus

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Government should learn lessons from Brexit, says NAO

  National Audit Office report finds government did not plan adequately for Brexit and needs to be better prepared to deal with uncertainty and improve communication, engagement and planning

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Virtual London Tech Week is a sign of the future

  London Tech week's virtual event is another sign of how the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Scottish government to spend £4m on creating five tech hubs

  Following a review of the tech sector, the Scottish government is creating five technology hubs to support startups in the country, aiming to support 300 startups by 2025

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Major border disruption on the horizon as Brexit IT portfolio becomes ‘unmanageable’

  The proliferation of new platforms and work behind schedule is among the list of concerns cited in a leaked memo

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  Phishing scam targets Lloyds Bank customers

  Bank customers warned of emails and SMS messages that direct them to a fraudulent site and then request account log-in details

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  Fund helps Good Things Foundation give 4,000 people digital access

  Charity Good Things Foundation has been given £500,000 by the National Lottery Fund to help 4,000 digitally excluded people gain technology skills

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  Amazon to recruit 7,000 permanent workers in UK during 2020 hiring spree

  The online retail giant’s UK workforce looks set to expand to 40,000 employees by the end of 2020, as its network of fulfilment centres continues to grow

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  Insurers accept they were slow to adopt digital

  Insurance companies know they must prioritise digital investment and are planning in-house development to help make up lost ground

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  M&S and Ocado enter first week of online delivery partnership

  Customers can now order M&S food through online supermarket Ocado’s website as part of an ongoing partnership between the two retailers

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  One actor behind Magecart skimmer kit

  RiskIQ has identified that variations in software tools used for Magecart ecommerce site attacks are based on kits from the same group

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  UK tech firms urged to seek out international opportunities

  Tech Nation study finds UK businesses are in a strong position to take advantage of global tech growth

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  HMRC appoints Daljit Rehal as CDIO

  Former digital and data chief at Centrica, Daljit Rehal, takes the helm at HMRC as chief digital and information officer

• September 02, 2020 02 Sep'20

  Nimbus Data launches 64TB of QLC flash in one drive for £8,000

  Flash pioneer aims QLC-equipped ExaDrive NL at AI/ML, analytics, media streaming and archiving use cases. Nimbus eschews NVMe for well-established SAS and SATA connectivity

• September 02, 2020 02 Sep'20

  Guernsey to revamp digital local service delivery following double datacentre build-out

  The State of Guernsey’s ongoing push to revamp how it delivers digital services to its citizens continues apace with the completion of two new datacentres on the island

• September 02, 2020 02 Sep'20

  Asos launches TikTok brand campaign

  Fashion brand Asos has launched a campaign on TikTok to bring awareness of its products to a wider audience

• September 02, 2020 02 Sep'20

  Northumbria University suffers major disruption after cyber attack

  Some exams cancelled as university appoints external specialists to investigate incident

• September 02, 2020 02 Sep'20

  UK to build commercially available quantum computer

  The UK government is backing a quantum computing project that will provide businesses with access to the technology

• September 02, 2020 02 Sep'20

  Ethical and professional data science needed to avoid further algorithm controversies

  BCS is calling for higher ethical and professional standards in algorithmic development to ensure public trust in future government information systems

• September 02, 2020 02 Sep'20

  App integration means emergency services can identify caller location in three words

  Capita integrates What3words app into its emergency services control centre platform to help respondents identify the exact location of people who need help

• September 01, 2020 01 Sep'20

  UBS streamlines software product development with GitLab

  The bank hopes to double the speed of software development, testing and deployment to support applications for clients

• September 01, 2020 01 Sep'20

  Pure aims at unified file and object and launches new QLC storage

  Flash storage maker says unified storage in file and object is what is needed for contemporary analytics and AI workloads, while it launches a new all-QLC version of FlashArray//C

• September 01, 2020 01 Sep'20

  UK government unveils next steps in digital identity plans

  Long-awaited response to July 2019 consultation highlights private sector demands for digital identity support from government

• September 01, 2020 01 Sep'20

  Norway’s corporates want government to support ‘herd immunity’ to cyber attack

  Leading business organisations in Norway call on government to play a more active role in improving and coordinating the country’s cyber defences

• September 01, 2020 01 Sep'20

  Here East CEO advises startups to generate own revenue streams

  In a time of deep uncertainty, startups with their own streams of revenue independent of investors and large corporates will have more options and be in a much stronger negotiating position

• September 01, 2020 01 Sep'20

  How Bank Mandiri is driving the use of big data analytics

  Indonesia’s largest bank has built a big data platform to track transactions and monitor the health of its workforce, among other big data analytics initiatives

• August 31, 2020 31 Aug'20

  How India’s Tata Capital is expanding its digital footprint

  Tata Group’s financial services arm has been migrating branch walk-ins and voice calls to self-service digital channels staffed by chatbots as it expands its digital footprint

• August 28, 2020 28 Aug'20

  NHS gets £50m in AI funding for digital pathology

  Government funding package focuses on earlier diagnosis of cancer in the West Midlands, north of England and London

• August 28, 2020 28 Aug'20

  University of Staffordshire recruits robots to get more out of its people

  University staff were bogged down with administrative work, but will now have time to be creative

• August 28, 2020 28 Aug'20

  Office for National Statistics defines better cross-government data linkage

  ONS review of data-linking practices across government is consistent with Cummings and Johnson drive to put data in command of government

• August 28, 2020 28 Aug'20

  New Zealand activates security services as DDoS outage enters fourth day

  New Zealand government calls in its national cyber security agencies to help investigate a continuing cyber attack on the country’s financial systems