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March 02, 2018
02
Mar'18
Wearables join mobiles as high-growth payment methods
Banks must develop broad contactless payment strategies if they are to keep pace with consumer demand
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March 02, 2018
02
Mar'18
New privacy fears as IT challenges delay surveillance oversight body by a year
IT challenges have delayed government plans for an independent body to authorise requests to access the public’s internet and phone records by nearly a year, raising new legal and privacy concerns
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March 01, 2018
01
Mar'18
Pizza Hut customers can now pay for meals with Mastercard Qkr mobile app
Pizza Hut has joined a number of UK restaurants in enabling customers to pay at the table using the Mastercard Qkr app
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February 28, 2018
28
Feb'18
Open Banking could bring an extra £1bn to UK economy
As a result of the Open Banking initiative, an additional £1bn could be available to drive the UK economy forward
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February 28, 2018
28
Feb'18
Government must rewrite illegal sections of Snoopers’ Charter, court told
A court has been asked to give ministers until July 2018 to rewrite powers to require phone and internet companies to retain data on the population. The government acknowledges parts of surveillance regime are unlawful
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February 26, 2018
26
Feb'18
Surveillance watchdog investigates security risks of GCHQ IT contractors
The investigatory powers commissioner is reviewing the security arrangements for IT contractors that have access to live computer systems at GCHQ holding highly sensitive records on the UK population
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February 23, 2018
23
Feb'18
More than a quarter of UK shoppers prepared for wearable contactless payments
Mastercard research shows a growing number of shoppers are prepared to make purchases with smartwatches, rings and bracelets
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February 21, 2018
21
Feb'18
Manchester Science Partnerships opens competition to drive data science and tech startups forward
Manchester Science Partnerships has begun a competition for startups to win free desk space at its Tech Incubator
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February 20, 2018
20
Feb'18
University of Cambridge to host ethical hacking challenge
Cambridge is hosting its 2018 hacking challenge, aiming to captivate students and address the cyber security skills shortage
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February 16, 2018
16
Feb'18
London remains top city for migrating tech talent
Despite Brexit, the UK capital is still a popular destination for technology workers migrating from both inside and outside the European Union
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February 16, 2018
16
Feb'18
CIO interview: Mike Thomas, CIO, Hobbycraft
The CIO of Hobbycraft, Mike Thomas, speaks to Computer Weekly about the art of digital transformation in retail, the importance of customer experience and getting a good return on investment
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February 15, 2018
15
Feb'18
ODI begins fitness-focused startup accelerator to get the UK moving
The Open Data Institute is calling for startups to join its accelerator programme, as it aims to get more people to be active in the UK
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February 14, 2018
14
Feb'18
Technology spend growing at expense of trader salaries
Investment firms are spending a larger proportion of their budgets on software as data and artificial intelligence technology is seen to provide a competitive advantage
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February 14, 2018
14
Feb'18
Grocer Lidl rolls out natural language chatbot to improve customer experience
The German supermarket has unveiled a natural language chatbot to offer customers information about wines
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February 09, 2018
09
Feb'18
UK technology salaries lag well behind major US cities, research finds
The salaries for tech workers in London fell well below the figures for major US cities in 2017