How did the Twitter hack really go down?
Twitter has announced that the major hack it suffered this month – which compromised the accounts of some of the most high-profile people in the wo…
EU imposes sanctions on Chinese, Russian and North Korean hackers
The European Union has announced plans to impose sanctions on individuals and organisations in China, Russia and North Korea in relation to a strin…
The issue with Big Tech is not competition, but how it makes money
The US Congress’s antitrust hearing put the alleged systematic violations of competition laws by Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple under the spot…
Five must-read stories from the intersection of tech, business and politics
From Congress’s antitrust hearing to the EU’s first cyber attack sanctions, here are this week’s key developments. Antitrust hear…
HMCTS’s video hearings win inspectors’ approval, but judges harbour concerns
A video hearings service rolled out during the coronavirus crisis is robust and simple to use, according to a review of nearly two dozen cases. HMC…
Antitrust hearing concludes with a call to break up Big Tech – here are the highlights
Yesterday’s congressional antitrust hearing – which dragged on for more than five gruelling hours – was less about explosive revelations and …
IBM agrees to offer discounted cloud pricing to UK government buyers
IBM has joined a growing list of tech firms offering cloud computing services at a preferential rate to buyers across Whitehall and the wider publi…
What to expect in Big Tech’s antitrust trial
Today, Big Tech’s four horseman of the advancing apocalypse – Facebook, Amazon, Google, Apple – will stand before Congress and attempt to arg…
Inside Defra’s plans for using IoT to combat climate change
When Malcolm McKee joined the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in 2017, he wanted to recreate a practice he’d put t…
The definitive list of where every country stands on Huawei
Countries in Europe and around the world are split on their attitudes to including Chinese firm Huawei in their 5G mobile networks, according to an…
Five must-read stories from the intersection of tech, business and politics
From the National Cyber Security Centre’s CEO appointment to a new UK-Japan trade deal and an exclusive global analysis of where every countr…
Vodafone: OpenRAN 5G network could be deployed by 2025
In the wake of the UK’s decision to ban Huawei from the 5G network, Vodafone says it will likely rely on a mixture of Ericsson and Nokia tech…
“We’re excited as we’re not aligned to a legacy telco anymore,” says Aptum CEO Susan Bowen
Aptum Technologies comes from a 20-year heritage, but has only been a managed services provider (MSP) providing hybrid infrastructure services for …
NCSC study reveals concerns about inclusivity of security sector
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has revealed the results of its first official analysis of diversity and inclusion in the UK’s cybe…
NIO’s Lindy Cameron to succeed Ciaran Martin as NCSC CEO
The director-general of the government’s Northern Ireland Office, Lindy Cameron, is set to become the National Cyber Security Centre’s …
Oxford University launches commission on AI in the public sector
Today, the Oxford Internet Institute is launching a new commission on AI and good governance which will examine artificial intelligence in the publ…
Innovate UK to launch search for new chair as Ian Campbell announces exit
Innovate UK is gearing up to launch a recruitment search for a new executive chair after the agency’s interim chief Ian Campbell announced pl…
The biggest govtech deals of the week (27/7/20)
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…
New UK-Japan trade deal set to protect business encryption keys
The UK’s post-Brexit trade deal with Japan is taking shape, with both countries agreeing to advanced digital standards that ban either govern…
NCSC unveils latest cohort of Cyber Accelerator startups
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has named the six startups set to join the fifth cohort of its accelerator programme. Launched in January…
The UK’s Huawei decision is emblematic of the new tech Cold War
After months of prevaricating, the UK recently made the decision to lock Chinese telecoms company Huawei out of its 5G network. In January, the UK …
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