Deloitte hack: Any impact on UK businesses would be “minimal”, officials say
Government cybersecurity officials have not seen any evidence to suggest that British businesses have been significantly affected by the Deloitte c…
Uber’s set to appeal TfL’s decision to revoke its licence
Uber is to be stripped of its licence to operate in London, TfL has announced. The ride-hailing firm’s licence will expire on 30 September, b…
Seven ideas to help society survive the new machine age
Who are we supposed to believe? Almost four years ago a University of Oxford study predicted that 35 per cent of UK jobs are at risk of automation.…
IT Leaders: O2 UK CIO Brendan O’Rourke on using GDPR to win customers’ trust
In the last 18 months, O2 UK has gone from being “almost acquired” by Three UK owner Hutchison Whampoa in a £10.25bn deal, effectively …
A third of UK business leaders support a universal basic income – as robots threaten millions of jobs
A third of Britain’s business leaders support the introduction of a universal basic income (UBI), according to one of the first surveys of in…
Theresa May challenges tech firms to take down terrorist content within two hours
Theresa May is joining forces with the leaders of France and Italy to challenge tech firms to remove terrorist content from their platforms within …
Cybersecurity Act: European Commission plans to beef up its infosec agency
The European Commission (EC) wants to beef up the EU’s cyber security agency, ENISA, with the introduction of new powers in a “Cybersec…
Equifax data breach may affect up to 400,000 UK customers
The data of around 400,000 people in the UK may have been accessed when US credit agency Equifax suffered a massive data breach over summer. The fi…
Police operate facial recognition in a “policy-free vacuum”, warns MP Norman Lamb
The government’s failure to publish a framework for biometrics in policing “massively increases the risk of abuse”, the chair of …
Equifax could have averted its breach if it had patched a bug
Equifax’s massive data breach was caused by a failure to patch a software vulnerability, the credit agency has confirmed. It posted a progres…
Government unveils plans for £30m big data innovation centre
The government has unveiled plans to build a £30m National Innovation Centre for Data to connect academics with industry and the public sector. The…
Hundreds of thousands “at risk” of being unfairly targeted due to police’s database of faces
Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of being unfairly targeted by the police because their images are stored in a burgeoning facial recogni…
IT Leaders: NHS trust CIO David Wyndham-Lewis on the three stages of digital transformation
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, offering a mix of clinical services. The trust focuses on mental health bu…
Digital minister admits new Data Protection Bill won’t guarantee ethical use of data
Digital minister Matt Hancock has warned that the new Data Protection Bill will not guarantee that firms treat data ethically. In a wide-ranging sp…
OpenAI’s Greg Brockman predicts that domestic robots will be a reality within two years
Intelligent robots will be whizzing around our homes within the next two years, according to one of Silicon Valley’s AI visionaries. Open AI …
Face ID: the iPhone X replaces Touch ID with a facial recognition system
Apple has unveiled a suite of new iPhones in a presentation that delivered few surprises to diehard fans. Just as the leaks predicted, the Californ…
Hackers could manipulate popular syringe pumps, researcher warns
Hackers could exploit flaws in a popular brand of syringe pump to alter the dosages administered to patients, a researcher has warned. Scott Gayou …
Jeremy Hunt: patients will be able to access medical records through an app by 2018
Jeremy Hunt will promise that every patient in England will be able to access their medical records and book an appointment with a GP via an app by…
Google appeals £2bn EU antitrust fine
Google is appealing the European Commission’s decision to fine it a record £2bn for breaching antitrust rules. The search giant was accused e…
Government unlocks £645m for superfast broadband connections across the UK
The government has unlocked £645m to roll out superfast broadband of 24Mbps to up to 900,000 premises. A total of £465m has been freed up thanks to…
ICO tells Equifax to alert British customers affected by data breach
The UK data protection regulator has urged credit agency Equifax to alert customers in Britain who have been affected by its vast data breach. The …