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• May 11, 2021 11 May'21

  AWS, Microsoft and Google secure spots on £750m UK government Cloud Compute framework

  Tech giants Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM and Oracle are among the suppliers to secure a place on the four-year CCS Cloud Compute framework

• May 11, 2021 11 May'21

  Swedish court finds ambiguities in hacked EncroChat cryptophone evidence

  Defence lawyer claims evidence obtained by hacking the EncroChat encrypted phone network has ‘no legal’ value following Swedish appeal court ruling

• May 11, 2021 11 May'21

  Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack has grave consequences

  The ramifications of a major ransomware attack against a US fuel pipeline operator could spread far and wide

• May 10, 2021 10 May'21

  Miscarriages of justice are the potent tip of Post Office scandal

  The miscarriages of justice involving subpostmasters are the most disturbing element of the Post Office Horizon scandal – but it goes much deeper

• May 10, 2021 10 May'21

  Telemedicine to save healthcare industry tens of billions globally by 2025

  Research predicts good times ahead for key network-based industry, especially as teleconsultations improve patient care, but warns that deregulation of telemedicine is needed to maximise growth

• May 10, 2021 10 May'21

  NCSC Active Cyber Defence blocks surge of pandemic scams

  The NCSC responded to a surge in online scams last year as it moved to protect both the general public and critical national services during the pandemic

• May 07, 2021 07 May'21

  NCSC publishes smart city security guidelines

  Guidance for local authorities, IT and cyber professionals aims to ensure the security of connected, smart city projects

• May 07, 2021 07 May'21

  Post Office contacts over 500 subpostmasters potentially wrongly prosecuted for financial crimes

  The Post Office has contacted hundreds of people it might have wrongly prosecuted for financial crimes

• May 07, 2021 07 May'21

  Monmouthshire County Council digitises HR with Zellis cloud

  Monmouthshire County Council is using a cloud HR system from Zellis as part of its digital transformation programme, aimed at being lean and agile

• May 07, 2021 07 May'21

  Nordic real estate industry moves digital

  The Nordic real estate is investing in technologies like IoT to prepare the sector for the changing demands from customers post-Covid

• May 07, 2021 07 May'21

  Minister promises ‘fair and speedy’ compensation for 555 subpostmasters who defeated Post Office

  Government says it wants to ensure a fair pay-out for the 555 subpostmasters who defeated the Post Office in a legal battle but were then excluded from the resulting compensation scheme

• May 06, 2021 06 May'21

  Government urged to add scam protections to Online Safety Bill

  Group of organisations calls for the government to use the Online Safety Bill to protect people from cyber scams

• May 06, 2021 06 May'21

  Tech startups turn to digital PR platform for media exposure

  Digital PR platform Newspage helps early-stage tech startups with limited resources increase their visibility to journalists and news organisations

• May 06, 2021 06 May'21

  Scammers accidentally reveal fake Amazon review data

  More than 13 million records relating to an organised fake review scam have been found on an unsecured ElasticSearch database, implicating hundreds of thousands of people in unethical behaviour

• May 06, 2021 06 May'21

  Google to introduce mandatory MFA for users

  In future, holders of Google accounts will have no option but to use multifactor authentication if they want to use the firm’s services

• May 06, 2021 06 May'21

  Premier League promotes football analytics with Oracle Cloud

  From season 2021-22, the Premier League will provide in-match statistics and analysis for fans, made possible by Oracle Cloud

• May 06, 2021 06 May'21

  Netherlands to build new national supercomputer

  The Netherlands has laid out plans for its next national supercomputer, to be known as Snellius

• May 06, 2021 06 May'21

  HSBC blocks £249m in UK fraud with voice biometrics

  HSBC voice recognition technology has reduced telephone banking fraud as demand for the channel increases

• May 06, 2021 06 May'21

  Wipro’s AI platform to improve vaccine safety

  Wipro is partnering a stem cell technology firm on the use of its Holmes artificial intelligence platform to help researchers ascertain the safety and potency of vaccines

• May 05, 2021 05 May'21

  Interview: ONS data science chief Tom Smith on government data capability

  The managing director of the Office of National Statistics’ Data Science Campus, Tom Smith, describes the organisation’s data capability building activities for and across government

• May 05, 2021 05 May'21

  Cambridge scale-up company Eagle Genomics expands in India

  UK data analytics life sciences-focused scale-up company Eagle Genomics announces Indian expansion to coincide with government declaration of UK-India trade partnership

• May 05, 2021 05 May'21

  Post Office dishonesty in Horizon scandal is reason enough for statutory public inquiry

  Subpostmasters, MPs and the public call for a full statutory judge-led public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal, following another damning court judgment

• May 04, 2021 04 May'21

  Nebulon helps DCI offer high-performance edge hyper-converged

  Cambridge-based cloud and colo provider DCI will offer DataQube servers with Nebulon, which marries a cloud control plane with local PCIe-connected flash storage

• May 04, 2021 04 May'21

  Government digital chiefs outline plans for CDDO and GDS

  Paul Willmott, Joanna Davinson and Tom Read talk about establishing a digital, data and technology sub-board, plans to hire a chief technology officer and a chief data officer, and a five-year plan for the Government Digital Service

• May 04, 2021 04 May'21

  Infosys to create 1,000 tech jobs in UK

  Infosys joins TCS in announcing the creation of UK IT jobs as India and the UK negotiate a future trading relationship

• May 04, 2021 04 May'21

  Shadow ministers call for public consultation on health data review

  Two Labour shadow ministers want a public consultation following the findings of Ben Goldacre’s review on the use of health data for research and analysis

• May 04, 2021 04 May'21

  Tech firms unite to advance diversity and inclusion in the sector

  The plan will focus on areas such as leadership representation and inclusive product development

• May 04, 2021 04 May'21

  Post Office CEO either knew what was going on in Horizon scandal, or was ‘asleep at the wheel’

  Post Office IT scandal CEO has no excuse for her inaction in preventing the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history, says Criminal Cases Review Commission chairperson

• April 30, 2021 30 Apr'21

  EncroChat: Top lawyer warned CPS of risk that phone hacking warrants could be unlawful

  Lord David Anderson QC warned prosecutors that there were formidable arguments against the lawfulness of a police operation to infiltrate the encrypted phone network, EncroChat

• April 30, 2021 30 Apr'21

  MPs accuse government of unduly interfering in information commissioner appointment

  Cross-party group of MPs says government is influencing the appointment of a new information commissioner by explicitly seeking a candidate who will support its policy agenda, rather than regulate independently

• April 30, 2021 30 Apr'21

  Simon Bolton named as NHS Digital interim CEO

  Following the announcement of Sarah Wilkinson’s departure as CEO of NHS Digital, the organisation has appointed NHS Test and Trace CIO Simon Bolton as interim CEO

• April 29, 2021 29 Apr'21

  Public sector organisations ‘in the dark’ about where their data is, suggests UKCloud survey

  Response to a poll of public sector IT and business leaders suggests few have any idea if their data is stored in the cloud or on-premise, claims UKCloud

• April 29, 2021 29 Apr'21

  G7 countries to cooperate on digital regulation

  Digital and technology ministers outline their agenda for how technology can be used to facilitate the post-Covid recovery, signalling closer collaboration in key areas of the digital economy

• April 29, 2021 29 Apr'21

  Impact of low chip supply spreads

  Covid-19, shifts in consumer purchasing, sanctions and a drought in Taiwan have come together as a perfect storm to squeeze the supply of semiconductors

• April 29, 2021 29 Apr'21

  UK demand for digital automation skills soars

  The need for automation proficiency has more than doubled in the past two years, according to research

• April 29, 2021 29 Apr'21

  GCHQ: Dyslexic thinkers key to solving UK cyber security challenges

  Neurodiverse staff are bringing a unique contribution to keeping the country safe, according to the intelligence and cyber agency

• April 29, 2021 29 Apr'21

  Microsoft outlines five-year plan for accessibility tech

  Department for Work and Pensions staff to be trained on accessibility technologies to help people with disabilities return to work

• April 28, 2021 28 Apr'21

  Covid-19 security challenges leave bank customers at risk

  Challenges arising from the pandemic have left gaping holes in banking security, putting consumers at risk of fraud

• April 28, 2021 28 Apr'21

  Office 365 compromise likely led to Merseyrail ransomware attack

  Compromise of Merseyrail employee data seems to have begun after a key email account was hacked

• April 28, 2021 28 Apr'21

  NHS App to serve as vaccine passport for foreign holidays

  Existing NHS App will have vaccine passport functionality added to it, transport secretary confirms

• April 28, 2021 28 Apr'21

  CIO interview: Chris Porter, VP talent acquisition and matching, BP

  With the help of digital technologies and recruitment of data-savvy talent, BP is aiming to become a net-zero business by 2050

• April 28, 2021 28 Apr'21

  Government extends Gov.uk Verify for a further two years

  The government’s Gov.uk Verify identity platform will continue to run until April 2023 while a new identity service is developed

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  UK supermarkets to trial age estimation tech for alcohol purchases

  Biometric age estimation technology developed by Yoti to be tested in UK supermarkets for alcohol purchases as part of government-led digital identities initiative

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  Scality launches Artesca container-native object storage

  Object storage specialist gets on a burgeoning container object storage market with Artesca, which runs from Kubernetes to provide persistent storage for containerised applications

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  Leaky Azure storage account puts software developer IP at risk

  Source code for multiple products was left exposed in an unsecured Microsoft Azure cloud storage account, say researchers, but attributing responsibility for the error has proved difficult

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  Falkirk Council deploys end-to-end digital telecare

  Council has become the first in Scotland to go live with a complete digital telecare service for its local residents

• April 26, 2021 26 Apr'21

  Another 38 subpostmasters submit appeals against convictions

  The biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history is set to get bigger as more subpostmasters take their cases to the Court of Appeal

• April 26, 2021 26 Apr'21

  French legal challenge over EncroChat cryptophone hack could hit UK prosecutions

  Lawyers are challenging the legality of a French police operation to harvest tens of thousands of messages from the EncroChat encrypted phone network in a move that could overturn criminal prosecutions in the UK

• April 26, 2021 26 Apr'21

  Digital tech potential in health and social care not yet realised, says King’s Fund

  Report by health policy think-tank says that although there is evidence that digital technology can support staff and patients, there are large gaps in the evidence base

• April 26, 2021 26 Apr'21

  Post Office scandal CEO steps down from roles after massive miscarriage of justice is laid bare

  Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells has left roles in the church, Morrisons and Dunelm after postmasters’ convictions were overturned in the Court of Appeal