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Pacific Undersea Cable Drops Hong Kong, Amid National Security Concerns
Google and Facebook’s Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) cable will not be activated in Hong Kong, after security law and national security concerns
Santander Online Service Crashes Ahead Of Bank Holiday
Santander UK customers unable to access accounts online for hours on Friday amidst bank holiday weekend preparations and end-of-the-month surge
Facebook Voices Support For Data Portability Law
Facebook says it would support dedicated data portability legislation in the US as an antitrust measure, ahead of key regulatory meeting next month
Google Services Including Gmail Suffer Disruption
Rare event. Disruption around the globe after outage hits Google services including Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Docs on Thursday morning
Zoom Opens Singapore Data Centre
Singapore gets yet another data centre, as video conferencing giant Zoom becomes latest to open facility in the city state
M2M: The Future of Cybersecurity
The focus across much of the cybersecurity landscape has been to mitigate human attacks on networks. However, what about machines attacking machines? As automation expands, many of the systems we take for granted will have an M2M component, how do we secure these channels?
Softbank Confirms It Is Exploring Sell-Off Of ARM Holdings
Japanese giant Softbank has confirmed it is exploring selling off British chip designer ARM Holdings, including selling off parts of it
Microsoft Expands Teams Meetings To 20,000 People
Microsoft extends Teams amidst broad shift to remote working, with ‘view-only’ meetings up to 20,000 people and a new one-on-one cloud-based phone system
United States Touts Purge Of Chinese Tech For ‘Clean Internet’
‘Madness’ says Chinese state-backed media, as America pushes ahead with ‘clean Internet’ plan, with purge of Chinese tech from US networks
Canon Suffers Ransomware Attack, With 10TB Of Data Stolen – Report
Report suggests Canon has been crippled with a ransomware attack with allegedly 10TB of data, including private databases, stolen
TikTok Selects Ireland For First European Data Centre
Ireland to get another data centre after the Chinese-owned short video app TikTok announces first European server facility
The Tech Of Policing: Part 1: The Digital Police
In this first part of a three-part series, Silicon UK considers how UK police forces are using technology today? With significant advances from drones to AI-based data analytics, constabularies have an array of tools to choose from. How are these technologies being used on the frontline to keep citizens safe?
UK Government Should Stop ARM Sale To US – Hermann Hauser
Amid reports that Softbank is looking to offload ARM Holdings to Nvidia, the man involved in ARM’s creation calls for the UK government to intervene
EU’s First Cyber-Warfare Sanctions Target Russia, China, North Korea
EU imposes asset freeze and travel ban on individuals and organisations from three countries over destructive cyber-attacks carried out in the past decade
Google ‘Grace Hopper’ Subsea Cable To Link US, UK, And Spain
New subsea cable from Google named after pioneering computer scientist Grace Hopper and will run from New York to Bude in Cornwall
Nvidia Partners University Of Florida To Build AI Supercomputer
Supercomputer for Florida university will offer 700 petaflops of AI performance to “tackle some of the world’s most formidable challenges”
Linux Foundation Planning Kubernetes Security Certification
Linux Foundation and Cloud Native Computing Foundation set to offer certification for Kubernetes security specialists as demand for cloud hardening soars
Cloud Services Firm Stops Ransomware Attack, But Pays Anyway
Nonprofit technology supplier Blackbaud stops ransomware attack from encrypting files, but pays to ensure attackers delete stolen customer information
Google Bans Ads For ‘Dangerous’ Coronavirus Content
Google will bar advertising from running alongside coronavirus-related content that goes against ‘authoritative scientific consensus’
German Court Strikes Down Telecoms Data Access Law
Current laws give security services ‘excessive’ access to citizens’ data, finds top court, giving government until end of 2021 to bring in higher thresholds
BYOD Becomes WFHD
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) has been a part of the tech landscape for over a decade. Thanks to COVID-19, this has changed to Work From Home Device (WFHD) with all the issues this has presented to businesses. Discover how your business can manage remote mass working and turn this new way of working into an asset.
Microsoft Cuts Jobs, But Doesn’t Disclose Numbers
Software giant remains coy about revealing scale of job cuts across its global operations, or even which roles have been axed
Is ARM Raising Prices For Chip Licences?
ARM is reportedly seeking to raise licensing prices for some customers, leading some customers to consider ARM alternatives
Microsoft Project Freta Looks To Eradicate Undetected Malware
Demonstration technology carries out offline sweeps of Linux virtual machine snapshots at large scale to help organisations root out in-memory malware
Rackspace Plans Return To Public Markets
Services-focused web hosting company plans to return to Nasdaq after it went private in 2016 under £3.25bn takeover by Apollo Global Management
Nvidia Overtakes Intel To Become Most Valuable US Chipmaker
Move aside Intel. Nvidia is now the most valuable chipmaker in the United States, despite not actually making any of its own chips
F5 Networks Warns Of Critical Security Flaw In Networking Devices
F5 says BIG-IP application delivery controllers used on many corporate and government networks are vulnerable to takeover by remote attackers
The Shape Of IT In A Post COVID-19 World
Global IT spend is projected to contract 8% in 2020, according to Gartner. Gartner expects IT priorities to move away from projects aimed at growth or transformation, in favour of mission-critical technology that supports operations. While companies may pause large-scale cloud projects, public cloud services are expected to grow 19% this year, according to the forecast. What’s your business’s strategy?
The State of LawTech
What is the current state of LawTech? LawtechUK, will this year, pilot a government-backed LawTech R&D programme – the Lawtech Sandbox – to help accelerate the digital transformation of the UK’s legal sector. What could this mean for businesses and organizations?