Some of the UK’s biggest police forces are using algorithms to predict crime
More than a dozen of the UK’s biggest police forces are at risk of reinforcing discrimination by using biased algorithms to predict crime, ca…
Why the UK’s surveillance laws could threaten British business after Brexit
For privacy advocates, a no-deal Brexit presents an alluring opportunity: the chance to protect EU citizen data from the worst excesses of Britain’…
How Pokémon Go’s creators managed its meteoric success
Pokémon is now one of the most popular children’s entertainment properties in the world; its popularity soared 20 years ago with an animated series…
Digital secretary calls on EU to grant UK data adequacy deal “as soon as possible”
The digital secretary, Jeremy Wright, has called on the European Commission to grant the UK an adequacy deal to secure UK-EU data flows in the even…
Revealed: the biggest suppliers of govtech in 2018
IT reseller Bytes Software Services has been named 2018’s biggest supplier of government technology in a new ranking from contracts data prov…
HealthWatch becomes first government agency to sign up to Workplace by Facebook
NHS patients champion HealthWatch England has become the first UK government agency to sign up for Workplace by Facebook, the embattled social netw…
Apple revokes Facebook’s enterprise certificates amid latest data scandal
Apple has taken steps to restrict Facebook’s ability to test iOS apps after it emerged that the social media giant was exploiting its platfor…
Coordinated ransomware attack could cost global economy £148bn
A coordinated cyber attack could hit 600,000 businesses around the world and cost the global economy as much as £148bn, according to a new report. …
Huawei hits back at criminal charges against CFO Meng Wanzhou
Huawei has hit back at criminal charges laid down by US authorities last night alleging the Chinese firm violated sanctions against Iran and stole …
The week in govtech: the biggest tenders and awards (29/1/19)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. Every Monday, in partnership with data an…
Facebook to open election integrity centre in Dublin
Facebook is preparing to open an elections integrity centre in Dublin in the coming months as it seeks to stem the tide of fake news on its platfor…
How can CIOs empower users while maintaining a degree of control?
In 2018, the global public cloud computing market was worth an estimated $176bn (£138bn). This year, for the first time, it is predicted to top $20…
Government pledges £100m for cyber security research
The government has unveiled plans to invest £100m in cyber security research and development as part of a new drive to make hardware more secure. T…
How the NHS is using deep learning to combat coronary heart disease
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the leading causes of death in the UK; it’s responsible for more than 66,000 deaths each year, and it’s esti…
How can we close the funding gap for northern startups?
As a Manchester United fan, few things have put more of a smile on my face than watching our revival under club legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. His wi…
Data centre failure blamed for IT outage in British courts
A data centre failure is to blame for an IT outage that wreaked havoc on the UK’s justice system this week, MPs were told on Wednesday. Speak…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella calls for facial recognition regulation
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has warned that if governments fail to regulate facial recognition technology, they will pave the way for a “race…
British data discovery startup Exonar raises £6.5m
British data discovery startup Exonar has raised £6.5m in an early stage funding round led by venture capital firm Beringea. Exonar was founded in …
The week in govtech: the biggest tenders and awards (23/01/19)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. Every Monday, in partnership with data an…
Government should name and shame companies with poor cyber security, say experts
Academics at King’s College London have called on the government to name and shame companies with poor cyber security. In a new report publis…
Blockchain publicist says whole gender will disrupt your business
Yesterday I and hundreds of others received an email from a press officer, promoting what exactly was quite hard to understand. From what I could d…
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