The Alan Turing Institute has joined forces with three Japanese research centres as part of a pioneering plan to bols…
Airports to test counter-drone equipment following Gatwick incident
The government has unveiled plans to start testing new counter-drone equipment at British airports after drone sighti…
The European Union is paying ethical hackers £80,000 for software bugs
The European Commission is launching 14 bug bounty programmes this month with the aim of boosting the resilience of o…
Facebook launches global hiring spree to crack down on election interference
Facebook is hiring a raft of new staff tasked with tackling election interference, as it prepares for a series of vot…
Privacy Shield: why the US is still failing to comply with the data sharing deal
The EU has called out the US government for failing to appoint an ombudsman to oversee transatlantic data flows. The …
ICO calls on businesses to review data policies ahead of possible no-deal Brexit
The Information Commissioner’s Office has urged British businesses to review how they handle personal data in t…
Digital minister Margot James: “I know our Brexit deal has its critics in the tech community, but it’s the best option we have”
The digital minister, Margot James, has sought to convince senior figures in the tech sector that the government̵…
Facebook launches new political ad transparency rules in the UK
Facebook has rolled out a new set of rules in the UK that enable users to see who has paid for political adverts disp…
New Zealand intelligence agency blocks mobile carrier from using Huawei components
One of New Zealand’s biggest mobile carriers has been blocked from using Huawei components in its 5G infrastruc…
Home Office’s Ben Wallace rejects MPs’ call for cyber security minister
The security minister, Ben Wallace, has rejected a call for the creation of a ministerial position dedicated to cyber…