Privacy organisations raise concerns over new Test and Trace data collection programme
Two prominent privacy organisations have launched a challenge to the government over the new Test and Trace programme that has launched alongside t…
‘Taking funding from Big Tech is problematic,’ says inaugural director of Oxford AI ethics institute
The inaugural director of Oxford University’s Institute for Ethics in AI has signalled his opposition to the practice of Silicon Valley giant…
ConnectWise signs up to HackerOne bug bounty platform
The MSP software specialist ConnectWise is rolling out a new bug bounty programme as part of a drive to bolster the security of its applications. C…
Will Facebook really pull out of Europe?
Facebook is threatening to pull the plug on its operations in Europe following a court order demanding it to stop transferring data to the US. But …
Three UK appoints Centrica’s Belinda Finch as CIO
Three UK has appointed Centrica’s Belinda Finch as chief information officer as part of a shake-up of its tech division. Finch takes on the n…
The EU is set to declare war on encryption
The EU is set to declare war on encryption with plans to allow law enforcement officials “targeted lawful access” to protected communic…
The biggest govtech deals of the week (21/9/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve dri…
‘Many businesses want to be MSPs but still see it as selling technology,’ says Calligo CEO
Calligo is Julian Box’s fifth company. He built and sold the previous four, the last of which was a cloud-based company called Virtustream, which w…
OneWeb deal: business secretary ‘interfered’ in parliamentary inquiry
The chair of an inquiry into the government’s £400m OneWeb deal has accused the business secretary, Alok Sharma, of interfering in his commit…
Five must-read stories from the intersection of tech, business and politics
From the EU’s ‘Digital Decade’ to claims of interference in an inquiry into the sale of OneWeb, here are the key developments fro…
European Commission pushes back plans for AI legislation to 2021
The European Commission president, Urusula von der Leyen, has revealed that new legislation governing the use of AI will be pushed back until 2021.…
Why Indian tech startups are so excited about the UAE’s tech boom
The relationship between the UAE and India is a storied and symbiotic one. Both countries benefit from a strong trade relationship that extends fro…
‘Europe’s Digital Decade’: how the EU is pitching tech as the driving force behind its recovery
In a state of the union address on Wednesday (16 September), the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, unveiled plans to posi…
Five must-read stories from the intersection of tech, business and politics
From “Europe’s digital decade”, to the $40bn sale of ARM, here are the key developments so far this week. Nvidia’s $40bn Arm acqu…
New national data strategy ‘threatens’ UK data adequacy resolution
The government’s new national data strategy could jeopardise Britain’s chances of securing an adequacy decision after Brexit, policy an…
Drone delivery: accelerated by Covid-19 but not yet taking off
The pandemic has unleashed a swarm of new technologies, especially within the logistics industry. While drones have benefited in particular, the fl…
The biggest govtech deals of the week (14/9/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve dri…
Nvidia’s $40bn Arm acquisition is a threat to UK’s economic sovereignty, says Hermann Hauser
The US chip giant Nvidia’s $40bn (£31bn) acquisition of Arm, the Cambridge-based silicon designer, poses a threat to Britain’s economic…
John Tasioulas named as first director of Oxford’s AI ethics institute
Oxford University has appointed John Tasioulas, a philosophy professor at King’s College London, as the inaugural director of its Institute f…
Contact tracing app set for nationwide launch on 24 September
England and Wales’s long-awaited Covid-19 contact tracing app is due to go live on 24 September, the government announced today. In a stateme…
Johnson Matthey CIO Paul Coby says IT needs to stand up to sustainability commitments
Johnson Matthey CIO Paul Coby said his IT function needs to stand up to the 200-year-old company’s sustainability goals, in particular contributing…
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