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  • March 10, 2023 10 Mar'23

    Technology minister Michelle Donelan defends data reforms

    Secretary of state Michelle Donelan has defended the government’s new data reforms as providing certainty for businesses while simultaneously retaining high standards of data protection, but industry figures are having mixed reactions

  • March 08, 2023 08 Mar'23

    UK government introduces revised data reform bill to Parliament

    Designed in close collaboration with technology businesses, the UK government is re-introducing an updated version of its Data Protection and Digital Information Bill to Parliament, which civil society groups say upends key safeguards

  • March 08, 2023 08 Mar'23

    How ForgeRock is tackling identity management

    ForgeRock CEO Fran Rosch has set the identity and access management software supplier on a path to deliver a frictionless identity experience without compromising security or privacy

  • March 07, 2023 07 Mar'23

    Nine in 10 enterprises fell victim to successful phishing in 2022

    Egress annual email security risk report breaks down impacts of email-based phishing attacks and data loss, and the effect these can have on organisations in terms of staff retention and morale

  • March 07, 2023 07 Mar'23

    Dutch hospitals underestimate impact of cyber attack

    IT failures in acute care organisations in the Netherlands have increased considerably since 2010, affecting patient care and stressing the need to improve IT security in hospitals

  • March 07, 2023 07 Mar'23

    Taking back control: Could a distributed model breed a better AI?

    AI tools such as ChatGPT are trained on datasets scraped from the web, but you don’t have much say if your data is used. Technologist Bruce Schneier says it’s time to give control of AI training data back to the people

  • March 07, 2023 07 Mar'23

    APAC IT leaders bullish on tech spending

    Over half of respondents in this year’s IT Priorities study have bigger IT budgets as they continue to make strategic investments in cyber security, cloud and automation, among other areas

  • March 03, 2023 03 Mar'23

    White House unveils National Cybersecurity Strategy

    The strategy will focus on ensuring closer collaboration on cyber security between government and industry, while giving software and other tech companies a bigger role in combatting threats due to their resources and expertise

  • March 02, 2023 02 Mar'23

    AI interview: Michael Osborne, professor of machine learning

    Artificial intelligence researcher speaks with Computer Weekly about the implications of a market-driven AI arms race and the overwhelming dominance of the private sector over the technology

  • March 02, 2023 02 Mar'23

    Uber introduces dynamic pricing algorithm in London

    The dynamic pricing algorithm will allow Uber to set variable pay and pricing levels, but drivers are concerned about how their personal data will be used and the impact the algorithm will have on their livelihoods