Revealed: the highest paying tech companies in the UK
Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook might be the most valuable technology companies in the world, but are they the highest paying? Not in…
The week in public sector tech: the biggest tenders and awards (31/07)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive feature analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with data analysis firm T…
Dixons Carphone becomes the latest firm to massively underestimate the size of a breach
Dixons Carphone has admitted that the hackers who infiltrated its systems last year stole data belonging to 10 million customers, nearly 9 million …
Exclusive: the government wants to use 5G to accelerate the rollout of self-driving cars
The government is exploring how ultrafast 5G connectivity could accelerate the adoption of self-driving cars, NS Tech can reveal. The Department fo…
Social media sites should be subjected to algorithmic audits, say MPs
The era of social media companies marking their own homework must come to an end, an influential committee of MPs has warned. In a long-anticipated…
Monzo poised to move into Bloomberg’s old HQ as it eyes major expansion
Challenger bank Monzo is moving out of its offices in east London and into Bloomberg’s old headquarters in Finsbury Square, as it prepares fo…
“Back-up is the least sexy bit of IT, but when it goes wrong you’re in a world of pain,” says Matt Harris, head of IT at Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1
It’s easy to get fixated on the excitement of Formula 1 – take the sensational win for Lewis Hamilton in the German Grand Prix last weekend – witho…
IBM was the biggest supplier of government tech in Q1 2018
IBM has topped a new ranking of the biggest suppliers of public sector tech, winning more than £93m worth of awards in the first quarter of 2018 al…
Google unveils new cloud tools aimed at democratising machine learning
AI is “the number one opportunity” associated with cloud computing, Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene told attendees at the company’s…
The week in public sector tech: the biggest tenders and awards (24/07)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive feature analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with data analysis firm T…
The Facebook group fighting anti-tech rhetoric
Why do people hate their phones so much? As an anthropologist specialising in ‘Digital Detoxing,’ I’ve watched years of anti-tech rheto…
Exo Investing’s Lennart Asshoff on the future of “robo-advice”
Lennart Asshoff is the CEO of Exo Investing, a new AI-powered wealth manager that aims to democratise the world of private investments. NS Tech spo…
MoJ’s £1.2bn court reforms may never be delivered, MPs warn
The government is “cutting corners” to deliver a £1.2bn overhaul of the UK’s courts on time, an influential group of MPs has warn…
Full-fibre broadband will be available to all of the UK by 2033, minister claims
The government has unveiled plans to secure full-fibre broadband coverage across all of the UK by 2033, as part of a new telecoms strategy. The Fut…
The EU’s Google fine should act as a catalyst for the UK to review its stance on big tech
The EU’s decision to fine Google €4.3 billion is further confirmation that Brussels is not afraid to take on the global tech giants. This hefty sla…
Huawei products may pose a security risk to UK telecoms, report warns
Shortcomings in products supplied by Huawei to the UK’s telecoms networks may pose a risk to national security, a government report has warne…
“We pick tech companies that match our values rather than pointing to the contract and saying they can’t help,” says UHL CIO John Clarke
Several years ago, University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) brought in some strategic partners to work on its digital future, modernising its approa…
Cisco and UCL to launch AI research centre as part of £77m commitment to UK tech
Cisco is joining forces with University College London to launch “one of the world’s largest” artificial intelligence research ce…
Mark Zuckerberg: breaking up Facebook would aid less cooperative Chinese rivals
Mark Zuckerberg has defended Facebook against claims that it should be broken up to make way for greater competition in the social media market. In…
Claims of mass automation are overhyped – but that doesn’t mean we can relax about the new machine age
Will it be five per cent of jobs as McKinsey suggests? Or are we looking at 14 per cent, as predicted by the OECD? Or could AI actually lead to mor…
Google “denied consumers the benefits of competition”, says Margrethe Vestager
Google is appealing a record €4.34bn fine from the European Commission after it was accused of using its Android mobile operating system to cement …
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