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• May 27, 2022 27 May'22

  NatWest replacing multiple customer service systems

  NatWest Bank puts customer service tools on a single platform using Microsoft Dynamics 365

• May 27, 2022 27 May'22

  Amazon shareholders vote down audit of warehouse work conditions

  Shareholders reject proposal calling for an independent audit of Amazon’s working conditions during the company’s annual general meeting

• May 27, 2022 27 May'22

  NUS students learn to handle agitated patients through VR

  Medical and nursing students at the National University of Singapore’s medical school will soon don virtual reality headsets to learn how to handle agitated patients

• May 26, 2022 26 May'22

  Executive interview: Miles Hillier, NatWest

  Retail bank’s digital channel development head talks about building a multi-channel customer experience

• May 26, 2022 26 May'22

  Global business insurer saves 50,000 hours through RPA

  QBE started its robotic process automation journey in 2017 and has already saved 50,000 hours, enabling staff to focus on customer care

• May 26, 2022 26 May'22

  Two-thirds of UK organisations defrauded since start of pandemic

  Nearly two out of three UK companies say they have experienced some form of fraud or economic crime in the past two years, according to a report

• May 26, 2022 26 May'22

  Dutch companies struggle to fill tech jobs

  There are plenty of IT job vacancies in the Netherlands, but a shortage of IT professionals

• May 26, 2022 26 May'22

  The barristers that broke their backs to break the Post Office’s shield of lies

  Computer Weekly spoke to the barristers at Henderson Chambers that fought the Post Office in the High Court to expose the widest miscarriage of justice in UK history

• May 25, 2022 25 May'22

  IR35 reforms: PAC report blames HMRC for ‘widespread non-compliance’ in public sector

  The Public Accounts Committee has shared the findings of its report into the after-effects of the IR35 reforms coming into force in the public sector back in April 2017

• May 24, 2022 24 May'22

  ICO orders facial recognition firm Clearview AI to delete all data about UK residents

  UK data watchdog fines facial recognition company Clearview AI £7.5m for multiple privacy breaches. The firm, which offers services to law enforcement, faces growing pressure from regulators and legal action around the world

• May 24, 2022 24 May'22

  Ransomware volumes grew faster than ever in 2021

  Verizon’s annual DBIR assessment of the security landscape highlights an unprecedented boom in ransomware volumes, to the surprise of nobody

• May 24, 2022 24 May'22

  JPMorgan’s UK digital retail bank reaches half-million customer mark

  Chase Bank in the UK has already reached the half-million customer mark, but expects a profit to be some years away

• May 24, 2022 24 May'22

  Fintech unicorn Klarna to cut 10% of staff amid global shocks

  Fintech unicorn to slash jobs in reaction to global economic shocks signalling challenges in the financial technology sector

• May 23, 2022 23 May'22

  Netherlands approves beyond-visual-line-of-sight inspection drones

  Drones can automate the traditionally challenging job of inspecting industrial sites, including hard-to-reach infrastructure

• May 23, 2022 23 May'22

  Government has no plans to review controversial court rules on computer evidence

  Government accused of ‘passing the buck’ and ‘not knowing what it is talking about’ after stating it has no plans to review court rules on computer evidence

• May 23, 2022 23 May'22

  Reimagining the cities of the future in Finland

  New ideas around new space: Helsinki not only imagines, but can see, the cities of the future

• May 20, 2022 20 May'22

  Applying international law to cyber will be a tall order

  Many in the security community have voiced their support for the UK government’s ambitions to work towards agreement with other countries on the application of international law to cyber space, but not without some reservations

• May 20, 2022 20 May'22

  Government will legislate to protect access to cash amid digital revolution

  The government is giving the Financial Conduct Authority more powers to force banks to ensure cash withdrawal and deposit services are within easy reach of customers

• May 19, 2022 19 May'22

  Defensive cyber attacks may be justified, says attorney general

  Speaking ahead of a speech at the Chatham House think tank, the UK’s attorney general has suggested defensive cyber attacks against hostile countries may be legally justifiable

• May 19, 2022 19 May'22

  Deliveroo accused of ‘soft union busting’ with GMB deal

  Smaller grassroots unions have criticised Deliveroo and GMB for making a “hollow” deal that will ultimately undermine workers’ self-organising efforts

• May 19, 2022 19 May'22

  Relentless branch closures at Lloyds Bank continue as digital banking takes hold

  UK bank branches are being shuttered in large numbers as consumers choose online banking, with Lloyds Banking Group announcing more closures

• May 18, 2022 18 May'22

  Mastercard biometric programme will allow payment authentication by smile

  Mastercard is inviting banks and merchants to join a programme to set standards for biometric payments technology

• May 18, 2022 18 May'22

  Portworx adds anti-ransomware to PX-Backup for Kubernetes

  Pure’s Kubernetes storage and data protection platform adds object locking to combat ransomware

• May 17, 2022 17 May'22

  Post Office scandal victim calls for government’s role in silencing victims to be investigated

  Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal in Scotland raise further questions about Post Office and government conduct

• May 17, 2022 17 May'22

  (ISC)² to train 100,000 cyber pros in UK

  Security association (ISC)² unveils ambitious UK training programme

• May 17, 2022 17 May'22

  Investment in UK ‘cleantech’ sector hit new high in 2021 as climate change concerns rise

  Investment in companies that make technologies designed to help society more sustainable is on the rise across Europe, and in the UK, too

• May 17, 2022 17 May'22

  Video effects firm cuts costs by 20% and goes hybrid with Hammerspace

  Jellyfish Pictures saves on rising power and office space costs, as well as Brexit difficulties, by using Hammerspace to allow access to large files from any geographic location

• May 17, 2022 17 May'22

  Controversial Post Office IT system to be replaced by 2025

  Work is ongoing by the Post Office to replace the controversial Horizon retail and accounting system used in nearly 12,000 branches

• May 17, 2022 17 May'22

  Hammerspace the ‘missing link’ for a cloud still lacking

  The cloud can’t enable true multi-region working so Hammerspace helps make data visible globally and aggregate it as needed between locations with workflows set via customer policy

• May 16, 2022 16 May'22

  Smart traffic management offers greater emissions control

  Juniper Research has predicted that CO2 emissions could be slashed if governments fully deploy smart traffic management systems

• May 13, 2022 13 May'22

  Pro-competition data sharing will not include users’ personal info, says minister

  UK government proposals to improve competition in digital markets by making tech giants share data with smaller firms will not include consumers’ personal information, says digital minister

• May 13, 2022 13 May'22

  Santander has so far moved 80% of IT infrastructure to cloud

  Spanish banking giant Santander continues its journey into the cloud as it strives to be cloud native

• May 13, 2022 13 May'22

  Amazon shareholders to vote on audit of working conditions

  Amazon shareholders will vote on whether the company has to conduct an independent audit on the working conditions and treatment of its warehouse workers, following the e-commerce giant’s unsuccessful attempt to dismiss the proposal

• May 13, 2022 13 May'22

  Government levelling up bill promotes open data-based digital planning

  The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill announced in the Queen’s Speech includes proposals for digital planning powers to be given to local government in England and Wales, based on open data

• May 12, 2022 12 May'22

  Parasol data breach: Leaked email claims Optionis is denying responsibility for incident

  Parent company of the Parasol umbrella firm that suffered a cyber attack and data breach earlier this year is denying responsibility for the incident, as legal action against the firm heats up

• May 12, 2022 12 May'22

  App-based Starling Bank doubles its Cardiff workforce

  Digital bank is recruiting nearly 500 people, including data scientists and engineers, to its Cardiff operation

• May 12, 2022 12 May'22

  GPDPR data scrape a ‘mistake’, says leading scientist

  Giving evidence to the Science and Technology Committee, academic, physician and science writer Ben Goldacre has expressed serious misgivings about the on-hold GPDPR NHS data scrape

• May 12, 2022 12 May'22

  Fashion tech investment grew 66% during pandemic

  As the pandemic caused an increase in online shopping, fashion businesses began investing in technology to help them match customer demand

• May 11, 2022 11 May'22

  CyberUK 22: Five Eyes focuses on MSP security

  The western intelligence community has set out practical steps IT service providers and their customers can take to protect themselves

• May 11, 2022 11 May'22

  Pure to offer on-prem object storage as Snowflake data source

  Pure Storage partnership with Snowflake will see the cloud data warehousing platform make use of on-prem FlashBlade fast file and object storage as a source for analytics data

• May 11, 2022 11 May'22

  DWP partners with AI-powered career and job services

  Partnership involves a trial to see how well artificial intelligence can be used to help job seekers find work more quickly

• May 11, 2022 11 May'22

  Cyber accreditation body Crest forges new training partnerships

  Crest says partnerships with Hack The Box and Immersive Labs will enhance its members’ defensive and offensive security skills

• May 11, 2022 11 May'22

  Nationwide stops thousands more attempted frauds with Strong Customer Authentication

  Nationwide Building Society is blocking an additional 2000 attempted online shopping frauds a month through extra checks

• May 11, 2022 11 May'22

  Microsoft fixes three zero-days on May Patch Tuesday

  It’s the second-to-last Patch Tuesday as we know it, and Microsoft has fixed a total of 75 bugs, including three zero-days

• May 11, 2022 11 May'22

  Queen’s Speech: Employment Bill omission suggests further delays to umbrella market regulation

  Contracting market stakeholders were hoping for some clarification on the delivery timeline for umbrella market regulation in the Queen’s Speech, but none was forthcoming

• May 11, 2022 11 May'22

  EU plans to police child abuse raise fresh fears over encryption and privacy rights

  Draft regulation unveiled today will require internet and messaging firms to use algorithms to identify grooming and child abuse or face heavy fines

• May 10, 2022 10 May'22

  CCRC to contact 88 more former subpostmasters with potentially wrongful convictions

  The Criminal Cases Review Commission is to contact 88 more potentially wrongfully convicted Post Office workers

• May 10, 2022 10 May'22

  ‘Spy cops’ inquiry delves into police relationship with MI5

  There was ‘no filter’ on the information that undercover police officers were collecting on activists throughout the 1970s, despite senior managers and officials involved in directing the surveillance questioning the appropriateness of the ...

• May 10, 2022 10 May'22

  CyberUK 22: Cyber leaders affirm UK’s whole-of-society strategy

  On the opening day of CyberUK 2022, GCHQ director Jeremy Fleming and NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron have spoken of their commitment to the government’s ambition for a whole-of-society cyber strategy

• May 10, 2022 10 May'22

  NetApp’s cloud-era storage competitors in ‘world of hurt’

  NetApp is busily reinventing itself as a cloud services provider, with its competition years behind, according to its public cloud vice-president