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• June 01, 2018 01 Jun'18

  Huge rise in TSB-themed mobile phishing attacks after IT meltdown

  Scammers have used bank’s IT problems as an opportunity to target its customers with mobile phishing attacks

• May 31, 2018 31 May'18

  Artificial intelligence identifies skin cancer in lab test more effectively than doctors

  Artificial intelligence has outperformed experienced dermatologists in identifying skin cancer samples, further highlighting the potential of the technology in healthcare

• May 29, 2018 29 May'18

  Firms step up spending on digital tech, but struggle with strategy

  Businesses and the public sector are stepping up their spending on digital technology, but many business leaders are struggling to keep pace with what it means for their business

• May 29, 2018 29 May'18

  Drone industry set to contribute £42bn to UK economy by 2030

  PwC research has predicted drones could add £42bn to the economy and create 68,000 jobs by 2030

• May 29, 2018 29 May'18

  Salary is the biggest motivator for software developers

  A survey finds that benefits such as free food and drink or a modern office space are not the main motivator for most developers, with the majority prioritising a higher salary

• May 23, 2018 23 May'18

  Blockchain tourism being replaced by its application to business challenges

  Deloitte reveals the next 12 months could see businesses move from exploring blockchain to applying it to business challenges

• May 17, 2018 17 May'18

  Blockchain technology lacks enough use cases to be disruptive, says Worldpay

  Worldpay's Jason Scott-Taggart says although the company is looking at blockchain, there are too few strong use cases for the technology at present

• May 16, 2018 16 May'18

  AI is more than just doing things cheaper and faster

  Choose the parts of AI to deploy to demonstrate return-on-investment and differentiate your brand, says Volkswagen Australia’s chief customer officer

• May 16, 2018 16 May'18

  Companies need to adapt to new communication demands from millennials

  TechSmith has warned businesses younger generations have new multimedia-based communication demands

• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  TSB refused help from Lloyds as IT meltdown began

  TSB turned down an offer of help from Lloyds Banking Group as the migration of customers accounts to its new banking system went wrong

• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  Santander latest traditional player to open digital bank

  Santander is the latest traditional bank to follow an industry trend and develop a digital banking unit

• May 14, 2018 14 May'18

  HSBC blockchain trial proves trade finance utility model

  HSBC and ING used blockchain to successfully complete a real-world trade financing transaction as part of a pilot

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  Police Scotland did not inform public of mobile phone searches

  Members of the Scottish Parliament heard that Police Scotland did not conduct impact assessments or give explanations to the public when they were accessing private data on their mobile phones

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  GDS wants to take 'hands off control' on digital identity, says Gov.uk Verify boss

  Gov.uk Verify boss Nic Harrison says GDS wants to take its “hands off the controls” of identity, as he confirms target of 25 million Verify user accounts “won’t all be created by government”

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  Government must support SMEs, says Oliver Dowden

  The minister for implementation, Oliver Dowden, provides further details on the GovTech competition and talks about GDS’s role as an “innovation incubator”, losing data policy to DCMS and the importance of SMEs

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  Barclays to set up biggest office outside UK in India

  Bank is expanding its presence in India with plans for an office for 8,000 staff in Pune

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  BT to shut London HQ and cut 13,000 jobs

  Another round of cuts comes as BT struggles to reposition itself for sustainable long-term growth

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  UK railways to save billions of pounds through digital signalling

  Network Rail hails digital transformation plans as “a turning point in the history of our railways”

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  How enterprises can cope with digital disruption

  Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst says enterprises can take a leaf from DevOps and build modularity into their technology infrastructure to prepare for the forces of digital disruption

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  TSB offers interest rate sweetener as IT issues continue at the bank

  TSB is offering customers higher interest rate to go towards making up for the problems its core banking system migration caused customers

• May 04, 2018 04 May'18

  Britons used contactless for 42% of card payments in 2017

  Paymentsense survey confirms rapid growth of contactless payments, but £30 limit is preventing further dominance

• May 04, 2018 04 May'18

  Most CIOs not interested in “massively hyped” blockchain, finds Gartner

  Despite the noise surrounding blockchain technology, not many CIOs are using it or planning to do so in the near future, finds Gartner

• May 03, 2018 03 May'18

  City Police use Lego simulation to teach businesses cyber security

  City of London Police are offering to train business leaders and IT security in cyber security using a Lego simulation that is surprisingly close to real life

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Enterprise readiness for multi-cloud adoption is low across Europe, suggests IDC research

  IDC suggests multi-cloud adoption will become the norm across European enterprises, but there is much work to be done before this becomes a reality

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  GDPR is key to driving other transformational strategies in business

  With GDPR compliance in place, there are several technologies organisations can use to transform their data analytics

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Fresh blow for Facebook as court refuses stay in Max Schrems legal action

  Facebook has lost a legal attempt to delay the Irish High Court from seeking answers from the European Court of Justice over the legality of EU-US data transfers

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Up to 270 women may have died due to breast cancer screening IT failure, says health secretary

  Computer algorithm failure caused 450,000 women to miss their breast cancer screenings – some of whom will have "had their lives shortened" by the error, Jeremy Hunt has admitted

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Cabinet Office updates spend controls

  Revamped spend controls policy aims to give departments more flexibility, but requires them to keep a 15-month pipeline plan of any current and intended technology spend above £5m

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Finnish government launches regional digitisation plan

  Finland’s government allocates €400m to support digital projects run by the country’s local authorities

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  RBS closes branches after axing challenger bank project

  Royal Bank of Scotland to close 162 branches and shed 800 jobs after deciding not to create a challenger bank – but a new digital bank may be on the way

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Facebook bolsters enterprise integration with Workplace tool

  Facebook wants to embed its platform in the enterprise, and hopes to achieve this through integration with third-party services

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  ODI and Sport England launch project using data to break down exercise barriers

  Ten startups have been chosen as part of the OpenActive accelerator programme to develop fitness products and encourage people to be active

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  MPs to grill TSB CEO over IT disaster

  Paul Pester will face questions from the Treasury Committee about the bank’s IT problems

• April 30, 2018 30 Apr'18

  TSB IT disaster moves into a second week

  TSB's IT problems have moved into a second week, as the bank fights to get its services and reputation back on track

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  Most organisations unprepared for GDPR, survey finds

  Despite the vast majority of businesses agreeing that GDPR affects them, only 5% say they are fully prepared for it, according to a BSI survey

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  Government given six months to rewrite snoopers’ charter

  The government has until 1 November 2018 to rewrite a key section of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, after the high court declared them unlawful in a judicial review brought by human rights group Liberty

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Barclays aims to drive entrepreneur startup development with law incubator

  Barclays is opening its Eagle Lab incubator in London to help entrepreneurs create successful law businesses.

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Almost all London law firms are using or plan to use artificial intelligence

  Law firms are harnessing artificial intelligence to reduce the manual creation and checking of legal documents

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  SuiteWorld 2018: Hiring people is about more than just ability, says Rachel Zoe

  NetSuite customer, fashion designer and CEO of Rachel Zoe explains that part of entrepreneurship is hiring people who fill the gaps you leave behind, and that in doing so passion can be more important than ability

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  SuiteWorld 2018: Businesses more likely to learn from failures than successes, says NetSuite EVP

  Failure is the best way for firms to learn and succeed when it comes to business transformation, NetSuite’s executive vice-president Jim McGeever tells the audience at SuiteWorld 2018

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Digital Catapult aims to accelerate AR and VR startups to long-term success

  Ten augmented reality and virtual reality startups can join 10-week Augmentor accelerator, with access to classes, facilities and mentorship

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  SuperNova growth programme offers European tech scale-ups chance to pitch for investment

  Scale-Up.eu says initiative will enable scale-up companies to grow their business without relying on overseas investment

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  ICO and finance regulator assess TSB IT blunder

  Customer data was exposed during migration to new core banking platform

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  Next generation of SCADA industrial controls will protect against cyber attack

  Oil, energy and chemical companies are rethinking how to control big manufacturing plants, replacing expensive control technology with cheaper, more secure systems, taking their cue from biology

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  GDS on the hunt for new chief operating officer

  Cabinet Office offers up to £130,000 for chief operating officer role, to act as Kevin Cunnington’s deputy and be responsible for the internal transformation and day-to-day running of Government Digital Service

• April 22, 2018 22 Apr'18

  Thales to open ‘digital factory’ in Asia

  India and Australia are potential candidates for Thales’s new coding centre that will support digital transformation efforts

• April 19, 2018 19 Apr'18

  CyLon continues to drive cyber security innovation with next accelerator cohort

  CyLon has selected the next group of innovative cyber security startups for its seventh London accelerator programme

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  Australian supermarket chain hit by IT outage

  Thirty-minute glitch knocked out checkout systems at half of Woolworths’ stores in Australia

• April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18

  Artificial intelligence will help Metro Bank customers manage their money

  Service will use AI and predictive analytics to provide personalised prompts to help customers control their spending

• April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18

  Norway’s tax administration combats economic crime through IT

  Authority has updated its IT system to step up the fight against tax evasion