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• September 05, 2023 05 Sep'23

  Government pumps £18.5m into autonomous vehicles

  Government’s funding is part of a £50m pot going to 30 different ‘cutting-edge’ manufacturing projects, with the aim of boosting green technology innovation

• September 05, 2023 05 Sep'23

  NCSC names ex-NCC man as new CTO

  New NCSC CTO Ollie Whitehouse joins from NCC Group, having also worked at BlackBerry and Symantec

• September 05, 2023 05 Sep'23

  Plymouth Uni spearheads research into wind farm cyber resilience

  Project hosted at the University of Plymouth in Devon aims to develop cyber security measures to protect the UK’s increasingly important offshore wind farm assets

• September 05, 2023 05 Sep'23

  VMware builds vSAN Max, consolidates multicloud and online deployment

  VMware launches new iteration of vSAN Max with up to 8.6PB of independently scalable storage, NSX gets a “+” as it unifies networks and Ransomware Recovery ups efficiency

• September 05, 2023 05 Sep'23

  London Stock Exchange plans blockchain-based market

  The London Stock Exchange plans to have a blockchain-based trading venue available in the next 12 months

• September 04, 2023 04 Sep'23

  TUC launches AI taskforce for workers’ rights and societal benefit

  The Trades Union Congress has launched what it calls an AI ‘taskforce’ to draft an AI and Employment Bill, aimed at safeguarding workers’ rights, early in 2024

• September 04, 2023 04 Sep'23

  LockBit ransomware gang allegedly leaks MoD data after hit on supplier

  The UK government appears to have become entangled in a LockBit ransomware attack after data was leaked from a third-party supplier online

• September 04, 2023 04 Sep'23

  How startup Once.net and Cloudflare secured the 2023 Eurovision vote

  When the Eurovision Song Contest introduced paid-for public voting from outside Europe in 2023, it faced new cyber challenges. Learn how Dutch startup Once.net and Cloudflare teamed up to secure and support the big night

• September 01, 2023 01 Sep'23

  Police Scotland five-year digital strategy approved

  Police Scotland’s new strategy outlines how the force will approach and invest in its digital transformation over the next five years, but notes its ability to achieve its ambitions is subject to the availability of funding

• September 01, 2023 01 Sep'23

  IT experts issue new warnings over Online Safety Bill plans to weaken end-to-end encryption

  BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, argues the government is seeking a technical fix to terrorism and child abuse without understanding the risks and implications

• August 31, 2023 31 Aug'23

  Border Target Operating Model gives update on digital border plans

  The model aims to make smarter use of data and technology at the border, including a digital gateway for users to provide data and apply for licences and authorisations

• August 31, 2023 31 Aug'23

  Ducktail social media marketing malware rears its head again

  Use of the Ducktail infostealer, which first popped up in 2022 targeting Meta Business accounts, seems to be increasing

• August 31, 2023 31 Aug'23

  Thousands of Klarna staff access ChatGPT Enterprise

  Fintech unicorn Klarna has become an early adopter of the enterprise version of ChatGPT as it continues to focus on artificial intelligence

• August 31, 2023 31 Aug'23

  Home Office and MoD seeking new facial-recognition tech

  The UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator is running a ‘market exploration’ exercise on behalf of the Home Office to identify new facial-recognition capabilities for security and policing bodies in the UK

• August 31, 2023 31 Aug'23

  Post Office to provide in-person identity checks for One Login

  Partnership between the Government Digital Service and the Post Office will see postmasters and staff provide face-to-face identity checks for those unable to use the One Login app or website

• August 31, 2023 31 Aug'23

  GenAI outranks cloud as business IT strategic priority

  Enterprise Strategy Group research on the use cases for generative AI shows it as strategic for corporate IT, with impacts on customer experience, software development and IT Ops

• August 31, 2023 31 Aug'23

  MPs say UK at real risk of falling behind on AI regulation

  MPs in charge of scrutinising the UK government’s proposals for regulating artificial intelligence have warned that time is running out for the introduction of new AI legislation before 2025

• August 30, 2023 30 Aug'23

  July sees huge jump in open banking payments

  The number of open banking payments in the UK have doubled over the past year, according to latest figures

• August 30, 2023 30 Aug'23

  Met police data platform deployed with data protection issues

  Met Police deploys integrated record management system despite data protection ‘compliance issues' that would inhibit its ability to retrieve data, meet its statutory logging requirements, and respond to subject access requests

• August 30, 2023 30 Aug'23

  Zurich Insurance slashes ServiceNow application development time

  Insurance giant cuts time it takes to complete development of ServiceNow applications by days

• August 29, 2023 29 Aug'23

  Zero-day that forced Barracuda users to bin kit was exploited by China

  Mandiant has published details of how a Chinese threat actor targeted high-profile users of Barracuda Networks' Email Security Gateway appliances, including government agencies of interest to Beijing's intelligence goals

• August 29, 2023 29 Aug'23

  Nats resorts to fail-safe manual process after technical hitch

  Just a few hours of manual processing has resulted in a massive backlog in flights

• August 29, 2023 29 Aug'23

  Top-performing CISOs reserve time for professional development

  Survey of chief information security officers conducted by Gartner sheds light on habits shared by the top-performing members of the profession

• August 24, 2023 24 Aug'23

  Bletchley Park to host UK government AI safety summit

  An international collaboration event on artificial intelligence safety is being run at the site that was home to the world’s first programmable computer

• August 24, 2023 24 Aug'23

  NHS SBS to launch £1.5bn digital workplace solutions framework

  NHS Shared Business Services is planning on a second iteration of its digital workplace solutions framework before the current one expires in August 2024

• August 24, 2023 24 Aug'23

  NHS England calls on NHS organisations to take part in wireless trials

  NHS organisations are encouraged to apply for funding for the wireless trials programme, which aims to explore how cutting-edge tech can improve patient care

• August 24, 2023 24 Aug'23

  AWS debuts Dedicated Local Zones with Singapore government as first customer

  The new offering will be fully managed by AWS, built for exclusive use by a customer or community, and placed in a customer-specified location or datacentre

• August 23, 2023 23 Aug'23

  Inside Micron Singapore’s sustainability journey

  The chipmaker has been doubling down on sustainability efforts in Singapore by tapping solar power, recycling water and waste, as well as treating greenhouse gases, in a bid to achieve net zero by 2050

• August 23, 2023 23 Aug'23

  Six subpostmaster appeals to be heard in Scottish court

  Scottish court will hear appeals against the convictions of six former subpostmasters based on evidence from a Post Office computer system

• August 23, 2023 23 Aug'23

  St Helens Council in Merseyside hit by ransomware attack

  St Helens Borough Council is investigating a suspected ransomware incident targeting its systems, and is advising residents to be on the alert for follow-on phishing attacks

• August 23, 2023 23 Aug'23

  Cyber attacks in 2023 develop quicker as average dwell times plummet

  The median attacker dwell time shrunk from 10 to eight days in the first seven months of 2023, and in the case of ransomware attacks it is down to just five days

• August 23, 2023 23 Aug'23

  Innovative UK SMEs spend half of turnover on tech

  UK SMEs are increasing spending on technology, with dedicated IT teams set up to enable them to keep pace with tech change

• August 22, 2023 22 Aug'23

  Met Police data platform £64m over budget

  A freedom of information request has revealed that the Met’s Connect integrated record management system is running tens of millions over budget, and has already generated more than 25,000 support requests so far

• August 21, 2023 21 Aug'23

  Cyber attack on Aussie energy services firm may hit UK CNI

  Energy One, an Australia-based supplier of tech services to the energy sector, is investigating the possibility that some UK customers may have been caught up in an ongoing cyber attack on its systems

• August 18, 2023 18 Aug'23

  BSI launches sustainability-focused startup accelerator

  Startups selected to participate in the BSI and Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership’s joint sustainability startup accelerator are working in a diverse range of areas and using a variety of technologies to positively affect society

• August 18, 2023 18 Aug'23

  More than 400 Liberty Global IT staff move to Infosys as part of €1.5bn contract

  TV and broadband giant outsources the build and operation of its entertainment and connectivity platforms to Indian supplier in five year deal

• August 18, 2023 18 Aug'23

  NatWest customer calls bank’s handling of breach of his data ‘disgusting’

  A second NatWest customer has contacted Computer Weekly after finding out from a whistleblower that his sensitive personal data has been in her home for 14 years

• August 17, 2023 17 Aug'23

  NUHS taps LLM to boost productivity, patient care

  Healthcare professionals at Singapore’s National University Health System can now summarise patient case notes and predict patient healthcare journeys using a large language model trained by a supercomputer

• August 17, 2023 17 Aug'23

  MP calls for review of computer evidence rule which led to subpostmasters being wrongly convicted

  MP writes to minister in charge of courts requesting he looks at the controversial rules on the use of computer evidence in court

• August 16, 2023 16 Aug'23

  Accenture’s Brussels AI lab to focus on European public sector and health

  Accenture will use its Brussels AI lab to test AI and generative AI's application in the European public sector

• August 15, 2023 15 Aug'23

  Biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner resigns

  Dual biometrics and surveillance camera watchdog will step down at the end of October 2023, noting that while he agreed to stay on until the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill received royal assent, continuing delays to its passage means ...

• August 15, 2023 15 Aug'23

  Norfolk and Suffolk police hit by FoI-linked data breach

  Latest UK police data breach relates to crime suspects, victims and witnesses across East Anglia, and comes just days after a similar incident at the Northern Irish service

• August 15, 2023 15 Aug'23

  Nutanix GPT-in-a-Box aims hyper-converged at AI/ML use cases

  Nutanix targets a pre-configured bundle of AI/ML and GPT software with hyper-converged infrastructure and GPT to help organisations safely take advantage of learning networks

• August 15, 2023 15 Aug'23

  TSB and Fintech Scotland lab open for applications

  High street bank opens applications to its latest fintech programme in partnership with Fintech Scotland

• August 15, 2023 15 Aug'23

  Bank of England core system experiences outage

  The “beating heart” of the UK financial system stopped after a technical issue

• August 14, 2023 14 Aug'23

  NatWest offers compensation to customer affected by data breach exposed by whistleblower

  NatWest bank has offered compensation to a former customer affected by a data breach alongside around 1,600 other former and current customers

• August 14, 2023 14 Aug'23

  CMA provisionally clears US healthcare giant’s purchase of GP IT supplier EMIS

  US company UnitedHealth is looking to buy UK healthcare technology firm EMIS in a £1.2bn deal

• August 11, 2023 11 Aug'23

  Google Help workers claim layoffs are retaliation for unionising

  More than 100 Google Help workers claim that Google and Accenture’s decision to layoff two-thirds of the team was done in retaliation for their attempts to form a union, while companies claim decision was made well in advance of unionisation attempt

• August 11, 2023 11 Aug'23

  Biden administration bans investment in Chinese high tech

  Executive Order prohibits investment firms from supporting Chinese firms specialising in AI, quantum and advanced semiconductors

• August 10, 2023 10 Aug'23

  DWP accounts highlight decline in outside IR35 workers in wake of department’s £87.9m tax bill

  The Department for Work and Pensions has seen a marked decline in the number of outside IR35 contractors it engages since the department was hit with a £87.9m tax bill several years ago, its accounts show