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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

• 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

• 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

• February 20, 2020 20 Feb'20

  Google plans to send Brits’ data to US after Brexit

  Move puts British user data beyond the reach of the EU’s GDPR, makes it more accessible to UK and US law enforcement agencies, and has prompted anger

• 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

• 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

• February 18, 2020 18 Feb'20

  US ‘breached due process’ in spying operation against Julian Assange’s lawyers

  Surveillance footage of Julian Assange’s meetings with lawyers and doctors in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London was an “abuse of process”

• 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

• February 18, 2020 18 Feb'20

  Veeam Availability Suite v10 adds NAS backup and cloud tiering

  Availability Suite is mostly about consolidating the company’s data management platform idea, but it has added incremental forever NAS backup, cloud tiering and recovery to vSphere

• 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

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  Brexit cited as reason for German digital bank’s UK exit

  German challenger bank N26 leaves the UK, saying Brexit is the reason behind the decision due to the removal of passporting rights

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  Communications watchdog Ofcom to gain extra powers as online harms regulator

  The government has released its initial response to 2019’s Online Harms White Paper, setting out a number of decisions about how it will regulate harmful content on the internet

• February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20

  IBM unifies storage arrays under FlashSystem brand

  IBM to bring together all non-mainframe storage arrays as FlashSystem product, with options from entry-level to petabyte-scale with NVMe flash and storage class memory

• 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.

• February 11, 2020 11 Feb'20

  Mobile checkout expanded to 50 M&S stores

  After a successful trial, retailer Marks & Spencer has expanded its mobile checkout-free offering to 50 stores around the UK

• February 11, 2020 11 Feb'20

  Tencent Cloud gains multi-tier cloud security certification

  China's Tencent Cloud joins major cloud suppliers in securing tier three of Singapore’s Multi-Tier Cloud Security standard in a bid to grow its presence in Asia

• February 10, 2020 10 Feb'20

  US hotel group ditches datacentre for Nasuni cloud NAS

  Wyndham Hotels & Resorts got rid of its datacentre and put everything in the cloud, with Nasuni cloud NAS providing storage from which any user can restore files

• February 09, 2020 09 Feb'20

  Australian government to roll out SAP S/4 Hana

  Australia’s finance department earmarks S/4 Hana as its ERP system to provide common financial and HR services across government

• February 07, 2020 07 Feb'20

  Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker is ‘most dangerous’ movie

  Ahead of the 2020 Oscars, Kaspersky researchers say they found more than 300 files masquerading as the Joker movie

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Veeam pushes subscription licensing in cloud-centric ‘Act II’

  Backup specialist wants to “win the cloud” as it pushes towards a cloud-focused vision that includes pay-for-what-you-use and multicloud after its acquisition last month

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  OVHcloud eyes Indian market in APAC expansion

  French cloud infrastructure supplier OVHcloud is investing more in India over the next few quarters as part of its regional expansion plan

• 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

• 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

• February 04, 2020 04 Feb'20

  Record-breaking rise in global cloud infrastructure spend between Q3 and Q4

  Synergy Research Group’s fourth-quarter look at the cloud infrastructure market reveals a huge jump in sequential spend since the third quarter

• 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

• 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

• January 27, 2020 27 Jan'20

  Interpol uncovers cyber crime operation in Indonesia

  An Interpol-coordinated cyber operation leads to the arrest of three people in Indonesia who allegedly used a JavaScript-sniffer malware to steal payment card details of online shoppers

• January 24, 2020 24 Jan'20

  Disaster recovery failover choices: Synchronous mirrors, P2V and the cloud

  We survey the key options in disaster recovery: whether to failover to an on-site location or off-site facility. We also look at the cloud as an option in disaster recovery

• 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

• January 22, 2020 22 Jan'20

  ICO code sets out digital privacy standards for children

  The Information Commissioner’s Office has published its Age Appropriate Design Code, a set of 15 standards that online platforms must meet to protect the privacy of younger users

• January 21, 2020 21 Jan'20

  High-street banks face disruption three weeks after Travelex hack

  Foreign exchange services still disrupted, three weeks after Travelex received a $6m ransom demand from cyber gangsters

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• January 16, 2020 16 Jan'20

  A quarter of users will fall for basic phishing attacks

  Phishing emails that appear to be security alerts are the most effective method of compromise, says KnowBe4

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  LGBTQ+ social app Grindr accused of breaching GDPR

  Norwegian Consumer Council files complaints about LGBTQ+ social networking app, alleging it is in breach of the General Data Protection Regulation

• 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

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  Asos trials AR tool to give customers idea of fashion fit

  Online fashion brand Asos has launched an augmented reality trial to help customers see how garments will fit their body type

• 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

• 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

• January 13, 2020 13 Jan'20

  APAC retailers warm to AI amid roadblocks

  Retailers in the Asia-Pacific region believe artificial intelligence is key to their success, but lack the skills and infrastructure needed to harness the technology

• 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

• January 09, 2020 09 Jan'20

  Automation could help resolve store shortfalls, says Capgemini

  As consumers become more receptive to in-store technology, introducing automation to improve the retail experience could increase footfall, says Capgemini

• 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

• January 09, 2020 09 Jan'20

  Can fintech succeed where schools and parents have failed?

  Young people in Britain are unprepared to manage their finances when they leave home and, as a result, many run into serious problems

• 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

• January 09, 2020 09 Jan'20

  AWS finds growth in Australia amid maturing cloud market

  Edge computing, the internet of things and contact centre services are some of the key growth areas for Amazon Web Services in Australia

• January 08, 2020 08 Jan'20

  TikTok video-sharing app left user data exposed

  Check Point uncovered serious vulnerabilities in the TikTok video-sharing app that left users exposed

• January 07, 2020 07 Jan'20

  Facebook to ban deepfake videos

  New policy closes some loopholes around misinformation, but seems to leave others wide open