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• September 19, 2024 19 Sep'24

  Post Office scandal victim becomes first to receive £600,000 under new redress scheme

  The compensation payment raises hopes that other wrongly convicted subpostmasters will receive payments far more quickly under new scheme

• September 19, 2024 19 Sep'24

  Government on the hunt for science and tech leaders

  The prime minister’s Council for Science and Technology is looking for 10 members to join the council, which advises government on science and technology issues

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  M1 ditches 70% of legacy systems in cloud transformation drive

  Singapore telco M1 is switching off 70% of its legacy systems by the end of 2024 and leveraging Salesforce to offer more personalised services

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Dreamforce 24: Salesforce taps Nvidia to power Agentforce

  At Dreamforce in San Francisco, Salesforce and Nvidia detail some of the tech that will power the software giant's newly launched Agentforce service

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Europol provides detail on Ghost encrypted comms platform takedown

  Law enforcement bodies from across the world have revealed how they collaborated to bring down encrypted network Ghost and the new ways of working that have been established with Europol at the centre

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Public digital transformation will be challenged by austerity

  Public sector and IT industry figures gathered at TechUK’s 10th annual Building the Smarter State event discussed how Labour’s ‘mission-driven’ policy approach can drive digital transformation efforts in the context of fresh austerity measures

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Post Office chief executive Nick Read quits

  After months in the spotlight and calls for his resignation from victims of the Post Office scandal, CEO Read will step down in March 2025

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Dreamforce 2024: Salesforce calls on customers to flesh out AI vision

  A stream of customers helped Salesforce make the case for its Agentforce artificial intelligence offering on the opening day of the annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Police make arrests after hacking Ghost encrypted comms app

  An international police operation has penetrated an end-to-end encrypted communications service allegedly used by organised criminals in Australia, Ireland, Sweden and Italy

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  Barclays takes on more GreenLake

  Barclays has ramped up its HPE-powered private cloud, as it continues to modernise IT and reduce its carbon footprint

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  Toshiba follows the pack with launch of 24TB and 28TB HDDs

  Several months behind Seagate and Western Digital, Toshiba achieves the maximum possible in commercial HDDs and benefits from a speed boost over its rivals

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  Fujitsu loses £50m in sales after Post Office scandal furore

  Supplier of the controversial Horizon IT system has been hit by public outrage after the Post Office scandal became mainstream news

• September 13, 2024 13 Sep'24

  Mid and South Essex deploys shared care record

  The shared care record is live across the region’s NHS providers, allowing them to share patient information from GPs, hospitals, and mental health and community services

• September 13, 2024 13 Sep'24

  Vodafone/Three merger likely to increase mobile prices, warns competition watchdog

  A Competition and Markets Authority investigation finds the proposed merger of the two mobile operators would be bad for competition – but offers companies the chance to suggest remedies

• September 13, 2024 13 Sep'24

  Municipal makeover: Indian cities embrace cutting-edge tech

  From AI-powered stray dog management to blockchain-secured building permission certificates, municipal corporations across India are ditching outdated processes for digital tools

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  Teenager arrested in TfL cyber attack investigation

  New security measures following the cyber attack, which took down some of TfL’s services, have led to delays in contactless roll-out

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  Lord introduces bill to regulate public sector AI and automation

  A private members’ bill seeking to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other automated technologies throughout the public sector has been brought to Parliament

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  Data sharing for immigration raids ferments hostility to migrants

  Data sharing between public and private bodies for the purposes of carrying out immigration raids helps to prop up the UK’s hostile environment by instilling an atmosphere of fear and deterring migrants from accessing public services

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  Government receives report on second controversial Post Office IT system

  Former subpostmasters suffered as a result of unexplained accounting shortfalls which they believe were caused by errors in Post Office Capture software, used before the controversial Horizon system

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  Keir Starmer vows to create a ‘digital NHS’ following damning Darzi review

  The prime minister promises to move from an analogue to a digital NHS after Lord Darzi’s rapid review of the health service found an NHS in disrepair, with outdated IT and low productivity

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  Mphasis expands UK roots with leap into quantum computing

  Indian heritage software development services supplier opens London hub to help customers integrate the latest technologies into their business plans

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  UK and others sign first ‘binding’ treaty on AI and human rights

  The UK, US and EU have all signed a treaty from the Council of Europe that aims to mitigate the threat AI poses to human rights, democracy and the rule of law, but commentators say it lacks enforcement mechanisms and creates loopholes

• September 11, 2024 11 Sep'24

  HMRC could lose millions in unpaid tax as non-compliant umbrella enters pre-pack administration

  HMRC looks set to miss out on millions of pounds in unpaid tax it is owed by a non-compliant umbrella company that slipped into administration, prompting renewed calls for the sector to be regulated

• September 11, 2024 11 Sep'24

  Under-pressure Post Office botches hardware procurement in project to replace error-prone system

  Pressured decision-making caused mistakes in the Post Office project to replace the system at the heart of national scandal

• September 11, 2024 11 Sep'24

  Fujitsu cuts annual staff pay rise as Post Office scandal bites

  UK staff morale is at an all-time low as Japanese IT giant deals with the backlash from its involvement in the Post Office Horizon scandal

• September 10, 2024 10 Sep'24

  Ada Lovelace Institute warns NHS against deploying genomics AI

  A report has found that widespread use of artificial intelligence-powered genomic health prediction in the NHS could lead to privacy and ethical issues, discrimination and dependency on the private sector

• September 10, 2024 10 Sep'24

  Belgium: Researchers at Imec tackle bioconvergence

  Several initiatives are underway at Imec to apply semiconductor and related technology to a range of challenges in healthcare

• September 10, 2024 10 Sep'24

  Unilever calls on Accenture to drive AI business efficiency

  Manufacturer Unilever is already using AI for advanced data analytics, but is now exploring how to use Accenture’s GenAI platform

• September 09, 2024 09 Sep'24

  Post Office scandal victims given route to appeal unfair financial settlements

  Subpostmasters who feel they received inadequate financial redress in the Horizon Shortfalls Scheme can appeal the settlements through a new independent process

• September 09, 2024 09 Sep'24

  Interview: Jon Grainger, CTO, DWF

  The law firm’s IT leader discusses the transition to cloud and his strategy for digital transformation, as well as the opportunities and challenges of generative AI in the legal sector

• September 06, 2024 06 Sep'24

  China dominates AI and advanced analytics research

  Research looking at each country’s AI contribution, based on the quantity and quality of researchers papers published, shows China is leading the way

• September 05, 2024 05 Sep'24

  NCSC and allies call out Russia's Unit 29155 over cyber warfare

  The NCSC and counterpart agencies from the US and other countries have exposed a long-running campaign of Russian cyber espionage and warfare conducted by GRU Unit 29155

• September 05, 2024 05 Sep'24

  Fog ransomware crew evolving into wide-ranging threat

  The emergent Fog ransomware gang appears to be changing up its victimology in search of more cash-rich victims

• September 05, 2024 05 Sep'24

  Ongoing TfL cyber attack takes out Dial-a-Ride service

  The Dial-a-Ride assisted transit service for disabled people had to temporarily suspend part of its operations as Transport for London deals with an ongoing cyber attack, but the service has now been recovered

• September 05, 2024 05 Sep'24

  Government plans for NHS Digital Health Check roll-out

  The digital health check, originally planned to be deployed in spring 2024, will be piloted at three local authorities, covering 130,000 people

• September 05, 2024 05 Sep'24

  Canadian arrested by France after cooperating with US on Sky ECC cryptophone investigation

  Thomas Herdman, who faces charges in France over his involvement in distributing Sky ECC encrypted phones, was arrested by French police despite agreeing to cooperate with US law enforcement

• September 04, 2024 04 Sep'24

  Lloyds Bank uses artificial intelligence to check trade finance documents

  Bank is automating checks of digital and paper-based documentation in trade financing with the help of artificial intelligence

• September 04, 2024 04 Sep'24

  Retailers question using live facial recognition for shoplifting

  Retailers praise benefits of retrospective over live facial recognition in dealing with shoplifting, but stress there are ongoing concerns around the ethical, legal and safety implications of using the technology in stores

• September 04, 2024 04 Sep'24

  Fraud and scam complaints hit highest ever level in UK

  The Financial Ombudsman Service says it recorded almost 9,000 complaints about fraud and scams from April to June, the most ever recorded

• September 04, 2024 04 Sep'24

  Post Office and Fujitsu malevolence and incompetence means huge final taxpayers’ bill

  The human tragedy caused by the Post Office scandal cannot be measured, but the total financial cost will be well beyond the £1bn set aside by the government

• September 03, 2024 03 Sep'24

  TSB systems could be on the move again as BBVA eyes its parent

  TSB was migrated to the systems of Sabadell in a project remembered for its monumental IT meltdown in 2018

• September 03, 2024 03 Sep'24

  Tech secretary pledges to ‘rewire Whitehall’ and plug the digital gap

  Secretary of state for Science, Innovation and Technology, Peter Kyle, promises to drive innovation through the NHS, champion AI safety and ensure government harnesses the power of digital

• September 03, 2024 03 Sep'24

  Flash prices drop as drive production increases but demand lags

  Flash prices were high in the early part of this year as a result of manufacturer production squeezes but have since dropped because demand has been slack, with flash now costing just under 10 cents per gigabyte

• September 03, 2024 03 Sep'24

  Transport for London hit by cyber attack

  London’s transport network provider TfL experiences cyber security incident, but reassures customers there is no impact on services

• September 03, 2024 03 Sep'24

  Nationwide development platform uses Red Hat technology

  Building society is speeding up its software releases through Red Hat cloud application development platform

• September 02, 2024 02 Sep'24

  UK and Ukraine digital trade deal comes into force

  The UK eases access to the deep tech startup community in Ukraine through digital-only agreement

• September 02, 2024 02 Sep'24

  Government funds research to tackle extreme weather

  Researchers will use data gathered from monitoring rivers, weather conditions and ground water saturation to improve flood and drought defences

• August 30, 2024 30 Aug'24

  Norwegian Refugee Council leverages Okta for Good cyber scheme

  Pietro Galli, CIO of the Norwegian Refugee Council, reveals how the globally distributed NGO has been taking advantage of the Okta for Good CSR programme to improve its own cyber security and data protection practice, and elevate good practice in ...

• August 30, 2024 30 Aug'24

  Government renews hunt for UKRI CEO

  Two senior innovation roles are up for grabs as government looks for a CEO to lead UK Research and Innovation, as well as a new executive chair of Innovate UK

• August 29, 2024 29 Aug'24

  Telegram CEO Pavel Durov under formal investigation, released on bail

  European Commission confirms it has powers to place Telegram under ‘direct supervision’ if it meets the threshold for regulation under the Digital Services Act