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• March 18, 2020 18 Mar'20

  Employment and investment in UK tech sector booms

  UK digital tech sector continues rapid growth in 2019, attracting record investment for another year

• March 18, 2020 18 Mar'20

  4G arrives for eastern half of Jubilee Line

  Full 4G mobile connectivity arrives on half of one of London’s busiest Underground transport links, paving the way for extended communications throughout the network

• March 18, 2020 18 Mar'20

  Swedish municipalities test AI to drive efficiencies and cost savings

  Research in Sweden measures the benefits of using artificial intelligence in local government operations

• March 18, 2020 18 Mar'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: Coronavirus prompts Treasury to delay start date to April 2021

  HM Treasury confirms roll-out of IR35 reforms to the private sector will be halted for a year to ease the pressure on businesses in the face of the coronavirus outbreak

• March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20

  MoD defence capabilities programme in trouble, says NAO

  The Ministry of Defence is struggling with its £196bn defence capabilities programme, as 10 of 32 projects, including several technology ones, are in trouble, according to the National Audit Office

• March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20

  Covid-19: NCSC issues secure remote working guidance

  With hundreds of thousands likely to be working remotely for some time, the UK’s NCSC has issued best practice guidance to enable security teams to support them

• March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20

  New-build homes in UK to come gigabit-speed ready

  UK government carries on with ambitious plans to roll out full-fibre across nation by 2025

• March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20

  Travelex under threat as insolvency risk, hacking costs and coronavirus take their toll

  Foreign exchange group’s future remains uncertain as its parent company, Finablr, prepares for potential insolvency

• March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20

  Courts make use of tech to hold remote hearings due to Covid-19

  The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary will increase the use of technology in court proceedings as emergency legislation is being drafted to expand powers to allow criminal courts to hold remote hearings during the Covid-19 pandemic

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• March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20

  UK mobile networks hit by outage

  It didn’t take long for the UK’s mobile networks to feel the strain from additional home workers, after UK government advised people to work from home

• March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20

  Microsoft and Google join forces on Covid-19 dataset

  Data scientists and researchers are being encouraged to use data mining, artificial intelligence and machine learning to gain insights into the coronavirus pandemic

• March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20

  Amazon to recruit 100,000 extra workers to cope with coronavirus-induced online shopping surge

  Online retailer plans to focus its recruitment drive on providing jobs to hospitality and service industry workers who are out of work as coronavirus prompts city-wide shutdowns across the US

• March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20

  Carphone Warehouse to close 531 standalone stores in UK

  Troubled UK computer and comms retailer takes what it calls essential next step in turnaround of UK mobile business

• March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20

  UN identifies tech companies working in Occupied Palestinian Territories

  United Nations Human Rights Office report names a number of technology companies that could be involved in violating human rights

• March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20

  Operators plan to cope with increased overheads

  There are conflicting views from Spain and the UK over how ready home networks are to cope with extra overheads, as populations are told to work from home