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• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  AR/VR headset market reaching ‘critical tipping point’

  Research finds marked uptick in immersive technologies market with 18.1% year-on-year growth fuelled by immersive and versatile experiences, with future growth anticipated to be driven by mixed and extended reality

• June 16, 2025 16 Jun'25

  Cellular IoT module revenues show double-digit growth over 2024

  Research shows internet of things is continuously evolving and expanding into new domains, and that by the end of 2024, approximately 4.3 billion devices were connected to wide area networks based on cellular or LPWA technologies

• May 29, 2025 29 May'25

  Value of mobile device trade-ins up 40% in US

  Analysis for first quarter of 2025 sees value of turned-in mobile handsets reach $1.24bn, with trend towards newer models even as average device age rises

• May 21, 2025 21 May'25

  Extreme Networks ups networking AI ante with Platform One

  Leading cloud networking provider announces limited availability of next-gen networking platform attributed with reducing manual tasks by up to 90%

• May 12, 2025 12 May'25

  University will ‘pull the plug’ to test Nutanix disaster recovery

  University of Reading set to save circa £500,000 and deploy Nutanix NC2 hybrid cloud that will allow failover from main datacentre

• April 30, 2025 30 Apr'25

  Digital Catapult joins EU 6G innovation consortia

  Deep tech innovation organisation to participate in European Union-funded initiative to advance the development and deployment of 6G technologies

• April 16, 2025 16 Apr'25

  Fibre fine but US tariffs to take hit on broadband equipment

  Analyst predicts effect of US tariffs on telecoms and communications industry, revealing probable winners and losers

• March 05, 2025 05 Mar'25

  MWC 2025: Smartphone users upgrade devices faster as AI cranks up

  Latest quarterly analysis from business services company finds decreasing age of trade-in devices in second half of 2024 coincides with launch of next-gen AI-enabled devices

• March 04, 2025 04 Mar'25

  Canadian businessman remains in French jail, accused of distributing Sky ECC cryptophones

  Canadian businessman Thomas Herdman has been held in pre-trial detention without trial for nearly four years – he has once again been refused bail

• January 21, 2025 21 Jan'25

  Greek authorities subject refugees to invasive surveillance

  Greek border authorities are subjecting asylum seekers to invasive phone confiscations and artificial intelligence-powered surveillance, in another potential violation of European data protection laws

• January 13, 2025 13 Jan'25

  Gramedia speeds up inventory checks with RFID

  Indonesian bookstore giant has sped up inventory checks, minimised shrinkage and improved customer experience with RFID-powered checkout kiosks and exit gates

• January 02, 2025 02 Jan'25

  Foodora tests drone and robot deliveries in Sweden

  Food delivery firm tests out drone and robot deliveries in Swedish capital

• December 18, 2024 18 Dec'24

  Top 10 Kubernetes and storage stories of 2024

  In this 2024 review, Computer Weekly looks at Kubernetes’ evolution from stateless application runtime to enterprise-ready environment for cloud-native with persistent storage and data protection

• December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

  iOS vuln leaves user data dangerously exposed

  Jamf threat researchers detail an exploit chain for a recently patched iOS vulnerability that enables a threat actor to steal sensitive data, warning that many organisations are still neglecting mobile updates

• November 25, 2024 25 Nov'24

  5G, AI reshape mobile trade-ins in record-breaking Q3

  Latest quarterly analysis from business services company finds that for the first time, 5G devices have become the top turned-in models for Android and Apple

• November 20, 2024 20 Nov'24

  Virgin Media O2 streamlines fixed and mobile service delivery

  UK operator claims major milestone in its long-term network evolution strategy by switching on Converged Interconnect Network to rationalise and enhance service delivery

• November 20, 2024 20 Nov'24

  Apple addresses two iPhone, Mac zero-days

  Two zero-day vulnerabilities uncovered in Apple’s operating systems could have allowed for arbitrary code execution and cross-site scripting attacks

• November 14, 2024 14 Nov'24

  A fifth of new PCs shipped in Q3 were AI-optimised

  PC manufacturers are working hard to showcase the benefits of premium devices that use neural processing units to deliver on-device AI acceleration

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Europol provides detail on Ghost encrypted comms platform takedown

  Law enforcement bodies from across the world have revealed how they collaborated to bring down encrypted network Ghost and the new ways of working that have been established with Europol at the centre

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Police make arrests after hacking Ghost encrypted comms app

  An international police operation has penetrated an end-to-end encrypted communications service allegedly used by organised criminals in Australia, Ireland, Sweden and Italy

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  Toshiba follows the pack with launch of 24TB and 28TB HDDs

  Several months behind Seagate and Western Digital, Toshiba achieves the maximum possible in commercial HDDs and benefits from a speed boost over its rivals

• June 07, 2024 07 Jun'24

  eSIM set to be next mobile industry disruptor

  Even though its current acceptance and take-up is low, embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) pinpointed by industry report to be the next industry disruptor, bringing about lasting changes to the way people connect with mobile providers and ...

• April 11, 2024 11 Apr'24

  TIP creates user group to tap into neutral host business model

  Trade association created to accelerate pace of innovation in worldwide mobile and fixed telecoms industries launches new chapter looking to address need for more efficient, less costly and sustainable infrastructure

• April 10, 2024 10 Apr'24

  Qt Group teams with Qualcomm to streamline industrial IoT UI

  Product development lifecycle software provider partners with mobile processor platform giant to reduce time-to-market for IoT manufacturers

• March 21, 2024 21 Mar'24

  Three UK sees top-line revenue growth but first EBIT loss since 2010

  UK mobile network operator reports earnings loss for the first time since 2010 but growth in certain customer segments driven by business-to-business, 5G, home broadband and Smarty service

• March 15, 2024 15 Mar'24

  UK government calls on comms firms to limit installation of telegraph poles

  After public demonstrations, minister urges communications industry to ‘do whatever it takes’ to share existing infrastructure to avoid ‘inappropriately or unnecessarily throwing up’ new telegraph poles

• March 06, 2024 06 Mar'24

  Apple patches zero-days amid ‘foundational’ post-quantum update

  Apple’s iOS 17.4 update not only fixes zero-day flaws that are being actively exploited, but includes important new security protocols to safeguard users against future attacks

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  Home Office GPS tagging of asylum seekers breaches data protection law

  The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued an enforcement notice against the Home Office after finding its programme to tag asylum seekers with GPS monitors breaches data protection law

• February 29, 2024 29 Feb'24

  Windows 11: Not as big a priority in EMEA compared with North America

  Survey shows that IT decision-makers are prioritising desktop productivity and PC refreshes this year, with more in the US prioritising spending on PCs and Windows 11 upgrades

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  How TeamViewer is charting its growth beyond remote connectivity

  TeamViewer CEO Oliver Steil outlines the company’s efforts to build on its remote connectivity and control capabilities to support emerging use cases such as smart factories

• January 24, 2024 24 Jan'24

  WebKit vulnerability sparks Apple’s first major security update of 2024

  A zero-day in the open source WebKit browser engine that powers Safari has sparked Apple’s first major patch roll-out of the new year

• January 11, 2024 11 Jan'24

  Gartner: PC market collapsed in 2023

  The post-Covid recovery of the PC industry is taking far longer than hoped, with businesses and consumers hanging onto devices

• December 18, 2023 18 Dec'23

  Top 10 end user computing stories of 2023

  While the humble personal computer remains core to business productivity, IT admins now need to support a flexible and hybrid workforce

• October 24, 2023 24 Oct'23

  Nokia claims first with Wi-Fi 7 product portfolio, enhances wholesale access for FTTH

  Nokia unveils portfolio of carrier-grade wireless broadband devices to the market that are more than 3x faster than previous generations, while Altiplano Open Access Solution offers programmable interface to enhance wholesale operational models

• September 14, 2023 14 Sep'23

  Google, Microsoft and Mozilla push browser updates to foil zero-day

  A zero-day in Google’s Chrome browser was first reported by surveillance researchers at The Citizen Lab and Apple, but also affects other browsers

• September 13, 2023 13 Sep'23

  Wi-Fi 7 to play fundamental role in transforming work

  Study from wireless technology trade association shows latest version of Wi-Fi standard will enable enterprise, Industry 4.0, medical, smart city and other applications that are impractical or impossible with wired and other wireless technologies

• September 08, 2023 08 Sep'23

  Apple patches Blastpass exploit abused by spyware makers

  Apple has patched two vulnerabilities that formed an exploit chain which has been allegedly abused by spyware company NSO

• September 06, 2023 06 Sep'23

  French supreme court dismisses legal challenge to EncroChat cryptophone evidence

  Defence lawyers plan to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights after the French supreme court disallowed an appeal over the legality of EncroChat evidence

• September 05, 2023 05 Sep'23

  Ryder Cup testbed to feature tech firsts in Rome

  This year’s Ryder Cup will test out technology to improve how fans digitally consume the event while reducing the workload on IT teams

• August 17, 2023 17 Aug'23

  Researchers demo fake airplane mode exploit that tricks iPhone users

  Exploit chain that tricks a victim into believing their iOS device is offline in airplane mode when it is not could open the door to grave privacy concerns

• August 16, 2023 16 Aug'23

  ITAM influence on cyber risk becoming a factor in credit ratings

  Credit agency S&P Global Ratings warns that organisations that pay inadequate attention to IT asset management as a factor in their cyber risk management processes may find their creditworthiness takes a dive

• August 08, 2023 08 Aug'23

  MPs warn about growing prevalence of tech-enabled domestic abuse

  The UK government must take action to prevent perpetrators from being able to use connected or smart technologies to conduct their domestic abuse, a select committee has warned

• August 02, 2023 02 Aug'23

  Ivanti MDM users told to patch against two dangerous flaws

  Users of Ivanti’s mobile device management platform have been warned to act now to patch two vulnerabilities that were chained by a threat actor in a series of cyber attacks on the Norwegian government

• July 11, 2023 11 Jul'23

  Apple pushes Rapid Response patch to fix WebKit zero-day

  Apple deployed an emergency patch under its Rapid Security Response update programme, but had to temporarily suspend delivery after it caused problems for users of the Safari browser

• June 07, 2023 07 Jun'23

  Welsh ambulance service upgrades life-saving communications

  Welsh ambulances going through major communications upgrade as part of wider NHS programme

• May 17, 2023 17 May'23

  CTO interview: Europe benefits from energy gains in AMD chips

  AMD’s chief technology officer explains how the latest chip technology can help European organisations solve the energy puzzle facing IT departments

• May 04, 2023 04 May'23

  Google debuts passwordless login options for users

  Launch of Google’s passkey service hailed as a great leap forward for passwordless technology

• May 03, 2023 03 May'23

  Mystery Apple security update sparks speculation

  Apple releases its first Rapid Security Response update for iPhone, iPad and Mac devices, but users are in the dark about what security problems they have fixed

• April 25, 2023 25 Apr'23

  UAE improves healthcare through information technology

  Health authorities in the United Arab Emirates are increasing their emphasis on new, smart technologies to modernise healthcare services

• April 24, 2023 24 Apr'23

  IT Priorities 2023: Balancing end user productivity and IT budgets

  End user computing is being driven by future of work initiatives to support hybrid work patterns