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• September 22, 2022 22 Sep'22

  Privacy Pledge signatories dream of alternative internet

  A group of privacy-focused organisations have come together to establish a set of principles for taking the internet back from big tech and surveillance capitalism

• July 14, 2022 14 Jul'22

  Government pauses Online Safety Bill’s progress

  The government has paused the Online Safety Bill’s journey towards becoming law, amid timetable pressure

• July 08, 2022 08 Jul'22

  Ofcom publishes Online Safety Roadmap

  The roadmap sets out how the online harms regulator will approach implementing the UK’s online safety regime, and tells tech firms to start preparing for the new rules

• July 07, 2022 07 Jul'22

  Deliciously Ella – how the brand adopted D2C during the pandemic

  Plant-based brand Deliciously Ella did not intend to sell directly to customers, but shifting unsold stock during the pandemic opened digital doors for the brand

• June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22

  Digital Poverty Alliance unveils evidence review

  Evidence review into the state of digital poverty in the UK sets out policy principles and recommendations, which will be used as the basis for a national action plan to eliminate the issue

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Primark trials click & collect for children’s products

  Predominantly offline brand Primark will be trialling click & collect orders for a select number of children’s products

• May 06, 2022 06 May'22

  John Lewis to hire more than 150 tech workers

  As the retail group continues its drive to digitise, the John Lewis Partnership is aiming to hire more than 150 tech workers

• March 23, 2022 23 Mar'22

  Digital continues to deplete bank branch networks as Lloyds cuts 60 more

  Lloyds Banking Group has stripped UK high streets of a further 60 branches as the take-up of digital banking continues

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  Microsoft uses Q2 2022 earnings to delve into metaverse

  Company’s CEO sees a role for Microsoft that takes the metaverse beyond gaming and into the business sphere

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  Bank account switching accelerates as consumers choose digital services

  Surge in UK consumers changing current account providers is a sign that digital banking services are eating into the traditional sector

• January 20, 2022 20 Jan'22

  Advantages of traditional banks are weakening amid digital challenge, says FCA

  Weakening of the advantages enjoyed by traditional banks over the years is “driven by digital innovation and changing consumer behaviour”, says regulator

• January 05, 2022 05 Jan'22

  Fintech players get cosy in Luxembourg

  Luxembourg aims to play a larger role in the rapidly growing global fintech market

• November 08, 2021 08 Nov'21

  How cosmetics retailer Lush made over its approach to authentication

  Evolving approaches to IT at cosmetics retailer Lush meant the organisation’s previous approach to authentication was no longer up to scratch. Find out how it overcame this hurdle

• November 02, 2021 02 Nov'21

  HSBC standardises on DevOps platform

  HSBC to standardise and automate software development through CloudBees platform

• October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21

  Auto-enrolment begins for Google multi-factor authentication

  Google has started to turn on multi-factor authentication on consumer accounts by default, and aims to auto-enrol 150 million users by the end of 2021

• September 21, 2021 21 Sep'21

  Dutch scientist receives top award for work on digital media’s effect on society

  Utrecht University media scientist José van Dijck wins the Spinoza Award and funds for her research into the effects of social media on society

• September 09, 2021 09 Sep'21

  Latest Microsoft zero-day being actively exploited

  New Microsoft zero-day CVE-2021-40444 affects multiple versions of Windows and is probably being exploited through convincing phishing attacks

• September 07, 2021 07 Sep'21

  ICO in bid to end cookie pop-ups

  Outgoing information commissioner Elizabeth Denham will call on her equivalents across the G7 group of countries to collaborate on an overhaul of cookie consent pop-ups

• August 05, 2021 05 Aug'21

  Around 75% of minority tech employees don’t feel a sense of belonging at work

  Research by Capgemini found just over three-quarters of global tech employees who are women or ethnic minorities don’t feel a sense of belonging at work

• July 20, 2021 20 Jul'21

  Nordic banks join forces to compete with fintechs

  Collaboration will be key for traditional Nordic banks to retain business amid intense competition from tech companies

• July 06, 2021 06 Jul'21

  Nordic fintech could lead the world

  Will the Nordics become the fintech and open banking innovation capital of the world?

• June 16, 2021 16 Jun'21

  Competition and Markets Authority turns attention to Google and Apple

  Are the two dominant mobile operating system providers anti-competitive? The Competition and Markets Authority shines a spotlight on the two digital giants

• June 14, 2021 14 Jun'21

  G7 commits to action on ransomware, digital privacy

  The G7 urges Russia to do more to hold criminal ransomware gangs operating from within its borders to account as it commits to more action on the issue

• June 11, 2021 11 Jun'21

  CMA secures commitments from Google on future of cookies

  The Competition and Markets Authority is opening a consultation on commitments offered to it by Google to ensure its Privacy Sandbox proposals do not harm digital advertising markets

• May 27, 2021 27 May'21

  How the pandemic accelerated the Gulf’s edtech revolution

  The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital learning technologies in the Gulf region’s education sector

• May 25, 2021 25 May'21

  Stockholm’s startup scene seeks more diversity

  Swedish capital has created a world-leading tech startup environment, but it still lacks the diversity of people needed to move it to the next level

• May 07, 2021 07 May'21

  Reddit enlists HackerOne to run public bug bounty programme

  Online community platform is opening up its HackerOne bug bounty programme to any ethical hacker who cares to have a look under the bonnet

• May 06, 2021 06 May'21

  Tech startups turn to digital PR platform for media exposure

  Digital PR platform Newspage helps early-stage tech startups with limited resources increase their visibility to journalists and news organisations

• March 30, 2021 30 Mar'21

  Asda bags ex-Marks and Spencer CIO

  Carl Dawson, who has been CIO at department store M&S for six years, is leaving the retailer to become CIO at Asda

• March 16, 2021 16 Mar'21

  Government calls for input into Covid-19 vaccine passports

  Evidence gathering exercise will inform the development of the UK’s proposed Covid-19 vaccine passport scheme

• March 12, 2021 12 Mar'21

  Web founder calls for ubiquitous, safe internet access for young people

  Internet access has a direct correlation to GDP. On the 32nd birthday of the world wide web, its founder calls for improvements to safe access

• March 09, 2021 09 Mar'21

  UK's Starling Bank reaches unicorn status

  UK app-based bank Starling reaches unicorn status following its latest round of funding

• March 01, 2021 01 Mar'21

  Covid accelerates Bradford University remote working project

  Pandemic injected fuel into university’s existing project to introduce remote working

• February 24, 2021 24 Feb'21

  Is Clubhouse safe, and should CISOs stop its use?

  With more concerns being raised over the privacy and security of social media app Clubhouse, we consider whether security teams should consider restricting or stopping employees from using it

• February 24, 2021 24 Feb'21

  Internet companies should provide real-time data on disinformation, Lords told

  Fact-checking experts tell House of Lords inquiry that upcoming Online Safety Bill should force internet companies to provide real-time information on suspected disinformation, and warn against over-reliance on AI-powered algorithms to moderate ...

• February 15, 2021 15 Feb'21

  Digital investments will add £232bn to UK economy by 2040

  The UK economy could grow by £232bn over the next two decades if investments in digital technologies continue

• January 29, 2021 29 Jan'21

  Revealed: Brits who fuelled ‘vicious’ conspiracy theory by Trump supporters

  Trump supporters have apologised and paid millions in damages to the family of murdered Democratic Party staffer Seth Rich for promoting false allegations that Rich – not Russian agents – stole emails from the Democratic National Committee

• January 28, 2021 28 Jan'21

  JP Morgan Chase hires for UK digital bank launch

  US banking giant hires in the UK in preparation for digital consumer bank launch

• January 25, 2021 25 Jan'21

  Executive interview: Antony Roberts, Audi

  The head of digital at Audi UK discusses how the luxury car company has revamped its online presence as it shifts gear to drive online sales

• January 22, 2021 22 Jan'21

  Google threatens to cut off Australia

  Google’s threat to end its Australian Search operation comes in the face of new legislation that would force it to pay media publishers for news content

• January 08, 2021 08 Jan'21

  Competition and Markets Authority battles with cookies and privacy

  CMA is looking at proposed privacy changes to Google’s Chrome browser that could be seen as anti-competitive

• December 29, 2020 29 Dec'20

  Top 10 financial services stories of 2020

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 financial services IT stories of 2020

• December 03, 2020 03 Dec'20

  Allied Irish Bank prioritises digital services as it cuts workforce

  Bank is cutting its operating costs by 10% with job cuts and facility closures, but will continue to invest heavily in technology

• November 27, 2020 27 Nov'20

  Spending Review commits £32m to Gov.uk Accounts

  Government Digital Service’s Gov.uk Accounts project will allow people to sign into government services online and get a personalised experience tailored to their needs

• November 23, 2020 23 Nov'20

  Amazon Swedish language site will expand reach of local retailers

  Amazon launches Swedish language website and promises to make more products available in the Nordic region

• September 24, 2020 24 Sep'20

  Third-party code bug left Instagram users at risk of account takeover

  A critical vulnerability in Instagram’s image processing could have allowed attackers to take over not just their victim’s account, but their entire device

• September 23, 2020 23 Sep'20

  Video gamers barraged with cyber attacks

  From credential stuffing to SQL injection and DDoS, video game producers and players are seeing massive volumes of cyber attacks

• September 22, 2020 22 Sep'20

  CIO interview: Mark Holt, CTO, Trainline

  The coronavirus pandemic has reduced train travel significantly, but for the rail ticketing app it’s been an opportunity to focus on using innovative technologies to help support passengers in new ways

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  Nordic banks invest and innovate to keep digital rivals at bay

  Large traditional banks are accelerating their digital transformations as the regional fintech sector makes its presence felt

• August 06, 2020 06 Aug'20

  GCHQ seeks researchers to tackle deep fakes and misinformation

  A GCHQ research fellowship based at its Manchester office will explore various national security priorities such as deep fakes, fake news and the impact of AI