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Internet infrastructure
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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
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March 12, 2020
12
Mar'20
Dutch landscape attracts fintech exploration
In 2019, the Netherlands had more than 450 companies active in financial technology. The country’s “polder model”, in which new and traditional companies work closely together, offers many opportunities for fintechs
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March 03, 2020
03
Mar'20
Industry group launched to develop standards for fibre deployment in sewer network
Water utilities companies are working with SSE Enterprise Telecoms to deploy fibre in the sewers, as well as transform the sewage system into a “smart wastewater network”
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February 27, 2020
27
Feb'20
WikiLeaks founder Assange is well enough to participate in extradition proceedings, says judge
A judge dismissed claims that Julian Assange’s vulnerable psychological state would prevent him from taking part in his extradition hearing to face espionage and computer misuse charges in the US
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February 25, 2020
25
Feb'20
Julian Assange phoned White House to warn of risk to lives
Julian Assange phoned the White House to warn officials that unredacted cables published on the web posed a risk to lives, a court heard yesterday
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February 24, 2020
24
Feb'20
McAfee buys Light Point to enhance web browser protection
Acquisition of Light Point Security will extend the capabilities of multiple McAfee products
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February 24, 2020
24
Feb'20
WikiLeaks founder Assange ‘put lives at risk’ by disclosing names in leaked documents, court hears
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ‘put lives of US informants at risk’ by publishing unredacted documents, lawyers for the US argued at the first day of a week-long extradition hearing
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February 21, 2020
21
Feb'20
Labour condemns Google data plans
Shadow digital minister Chi Onwurah challenges the government to stop Google’s plans to move UK user data out of the EU
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February 21, 2020
21
Feb'20
F-Secure’s AI reads mean tweets to fight abuse and trolls
Researchers working on F-Secure’s Project Blackfin have developed a model for clustering tweets to help pinpoint abuse and harassment
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February 20, 2020
20
Feb'20
Deutsche Telekom claims most successful year ever
Global telco releases end-of-year results showing record revenue and profit growth in all of its operating segments
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February 19, 2020
19
Feb'20
Swedish consumer-protection legislation will hit fintechs
New financial regulation to protect consumers from agreeing to unnecessary credit will force financial technology companies to make changes to their products
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February 18, 2020
18
Feb'20
IR35 private sector reforms: National Grid contractors up in arms over tax status assessments
Assessments are claimed to have resulted in “99%” of utility firm’s off-payroll workers having their roles reclassified as inside IR35
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February 18, 2020
18
Feb'20
Swedish council tests virtual reality in care for vulnerable people
Local authority is testing virtual reality technology to provide care services to vulnerable groups such elderly and disabled citizens
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February 11, 2020
11
Feb'20
MI5 failed to disclose failings in handling intercepted data, court hears
MI5 failed to disclose serious failures in the way it handled intelligence data to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, the surveillance regulator and ministers.
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February 04, 2020
04
Feb'20
Swedish rail firm’s digital journey running on time
Swedish rail company tells Computer Weekly about its successful mission to improve customer experience
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February 04, 2020
04
Feb'20
MI5 faces court ruling over unlawful surveillance warrants
Privacy groups Liberty and Privacy International ask the Investigatory Powers Tribunal to order MI5 to disclose full details of ‘unlawful’ conduct, after classified documents reveal the spy agency failed to comply with surveillance laws
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February 03, 2020
03
Feb'20
India’s 2020 budget to boost local tech sector
A flurry of investments in quantum computing, datacentres and broadband connectivity is expected to shore up India’s technology industry from this year
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January 31, 2020
31
Jan'20
Davos: The clock is ticking on climate change but cyber crime and emerging technologies add to risks
Climate change, natural disasters, extreme weather and loss of biodiversity are the greatest risks we face. With cyber conflicts, state-sponsored hacking and internet fragmentation, doing nothing is not an option, says the World Economic Forum
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January 23, 2020
23
Jan'20
Travelex hackers shut down German car parts company Gedia in massive ‘cyber attack’
Car parts manufacturer says cyber attack will have far-reaching consequences for its business, and it has put emergency plans in place to continue deliveries
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January 21, 2020
21
Jan'20
Will 5G turn Langkawi into world’s first smart island?
Malaysia telco TM is set to transform Malaysia’s Langkawi archipelago with a 5G testbed that will pave the way for 5G services across the country
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January 17, 2020
17
Jan'20
App developers sue Facebook over ‘anti-competitive conduct’
Lawsuit is based on leaked internal Facebook documents obtained and published by Computer Weekly and NBC last year
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January 17, 2020
17
Jan'20
Davos 2020: Why IT sector must address climate issues
Climate change is set to be top of the agenda at the World Economic Forum, with Microsoft chief Satya Nadella declaring he aims to delete the company’s emissions
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January 16, 2020
16
Jan'20
UK’s phone and internet bulk data surveillance unlawful, says EU court opinion
The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice issues legal opinions finding that the UK, French and Belgian bulk surveillance regimes are unlawful
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January 15, 2020
15
Jan'20
Gates Foundation mobile money projects in developing world to go live this year
Mobile money projects aim to give millions of the world’s poorest people access to financial services
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January 15, 2020
15
Jan'20
Threat landscape grew in complexity in 2019, no respite in sight
Check Point’s annual state of security report shares some 2019 trends and looks ahead to 2020
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January 14, 2020
14
Jan'20
Maxis and Huawei team up on 5G as Malaysia outlines spectrum allocation plan
Maxis's partnership with Huawei to develop 5G use cases and services comes on the heels of Malaysia's recently announced spectrum allocation plan
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January 09, 2020
09
Jan'20
Travelex hackers threaten to sell credit card data on dark web
Sodinokibi cyber gangsters have threatened to sell Travelex customers’ private data on a Russian underground cyber crime forum if it fails to pay a $6m ransom
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January 09, 2020
09
Jan'20
Swedish venture capitalist giants anticipate increased global interest in local startup scene
Local venture capitalists in Sweden do not fear the arrival of international players
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January 09, 2020
09
Jan'20
KCOM makes £100m full-fibre investment
Operator for UK’s first full-fibre city looks to spread full-fibre reach to surrounding areas with network that is said to have produced estimated cumulative economic impact of more than £469m
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January 06, 2020
06
Jan'20
Personal transport as a service drives across Nordics
New mobility-as-a-service projects are gaining traction in major cities across Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden
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January 03, 2020
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Jan'20
Survey about Swedish people’s attitude to the internet reveals growing distrust of social media
Swedish citizens are becoming more concerned about the activities of social media companies and are reducing their online interaction with them as a result
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December 09, 2019
09
Dec'19
Jailed hacker ordered to pay back £270k
An Essex man jailed in April over malware offences dating back years has been ordered to pay back the profits of his crime spree, and sell valuable assets
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December 06, 2019
06
Dec'19
Cyber security takes its place alongside UK’s armed services
Head of armed services says cyber security will take its place alongside the army, navy and air force as a key pillar of the UK’s defence strategy
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December 06, 2019
06
Dec'19
Great Cannon DDoS operation fires on Hong Kong protesters
AT&T’s security unit has evidence that China is pressing its Great Cannon DDoS tool into service once again, specifically to target pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong
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December 04, 2019
04
Dec'19
AWS Outposts debuts in Australia
Amazon Web Services rolls out Outposts in Australia, enabling enterprises to run a consistent version of the AWS platform at locations that require low latency
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December 02, 2019
02
Dec'19
Goldman Sachs reins in cloud-based retail challenger in UK
Bank does not want rapidly expanding Marcus to breach deposits threshold at which UK banks have to ring-fence their retail operations
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November 27, 2019
27
Nov'19
City of London switches on to connected lighting
City of London teams with Itron, Wi-SUN Alliance for smart lighting project to brighten up urban experience of historic parts of the UK capital
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November 27, 2019
27
Nov'19
How APAC firms can unleash the power of creative disruption
Regional business leaders at the recent Leap Summit in Malaysia talked up the blueprint for creative disruption, which includes scaling up an idea and overcoming the distribution challenge, among other areas
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November 25, 2019
25
Nov'19
AI may open dangerous new frontiers in geopolitics
Truly artificial intelligence has the potential to provoke an international geopolitical crisis, warns F-Secure’s Mikko Hypponen
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November 25, 2019
25
Nov'19
Tim Berners-Lee launches nine principles for the web
Inventor of the worldwide web sets out Contract for the Web to protect its freedom, data privacy and access for all
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November 22, 2019
22
Nov'19
Some 29,000 UK web domains suspended for criminal activity
Domain suspensions for criminal activity over the past year has dropped for the first time since 2014
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November 22, 2019
22
Nov'19
CityFibre appoints chief delivery officer
Alternative UK wholesale fibre provider appoints new network delivery chief to ensure roll-out of programme to bring gigabit broadband to the UK
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November 21, 2019
21
Nov'19
Labour pledges review of NCSC in UK security overhaul
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre may get expanded powers under a Labour government
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November 20, 2019
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Nov'19
Holy grail of digital banking is, at first glance, a new channel, not a new concept
Details of Google’s plans in the financial services sector have emerged with nothing groundbreaking so far, but the sector is guessing what comes next
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November 19, 2019
19
Nov'19
Businesses still struggling to reap benefits of cloud, study shows
Research by global IT firm Unisys shines a light on reasons why some firms are still struggling to reap the benefits of using cloud
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November 19, 2019
19
Nov'19
Huawei shrugs off latest US reprieve
Chinese tech giant dismisses the latest extension of the US Temporary General Licence and maintains that the US government is harming its own interests in banning it
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November 18, 2019
18
Nov'19
Foreign e-commerce giants threaten Nordic high streets
Surveys show up to 40% of high-street stores in Sweden and Finland could face closure by 2030 as retailers seek to combat e-commerce threat
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November 13, 2019
13
Nov'19
11 new 5G hacks enable user device tracking and monitoring
Researchers at Purdue University and the University of Iowa publish details of several new 5G mobile network vulnerabilities
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November 13, 2019
13
Nov'19
Google to launch bank accounts in 2020
Google is launching bank accounts in the US in 2020 as tech giants continue to deepen their activities in the financial services sector
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November 08, 2019
08
Nov'19
GoCardless and TransferWise create global network for direct debits
Fintechs’ network will make it easier for small companies to expand their customer bases internationally