Public Sector

Durham Police Gets Helping Head From A Suspect Assessing AI

The police force is set to go live with the HART AI system in a couple of months

7 years ago

Leaked Document Outlines Government Plans For ‘Live’ Internet Surveillance

Open Rights Group head says public has a right to know about government surveillance plans

7 years ago

NASA Wants Help From Coders To Speed Up Old Software

Entrants will be given the code to analyse and search for bottlenecks

7 years ago

Ulster University IoT Network To Power Connected Health Research

Ulster University is first university to launch a SIGFOX IoT network and the first in Northern Ireland

7 years ago

Barclays New London Fintech Site Is ‘Europe’s Largest’

Barclays gives boost to London's fintech community post-Brexit as it seeks to work with startups on future of banking

7 years ago

Cardiff Police Will Use Facial Recognition At UEFA Champions League Final

Fans are against the use of such technology and there are doubts as to the effectiveness of such systems

7 years ago

GDS Addresses Legacy IT In Revised Tech Code Of Practice

No sweeping changes, but GDS aims to simplify the road to government digital transformation

7 years ago

BT Wins £100 Million Contract To Boost Metropolitan Police Network

BT will play a key role in the Met's digital transformation efforts across London

7 years ago

DVLA Has Digital Drivers License Ambitions For Apple Pay

The government agency is aiming to have a working prototype available by September 2017

7 years ago

UK Tech Sector Is More Attractive Despite Brexit

KPMG says the UK, and London, will continue to attract tech talent and funding

7 years ago

UK SMEs Awarded £200,000 To Digitally Transform Planning System

Nearly 90 entries were submitted and the winners now have 12 weeks to develop prototypes

7 years ago

Budget 2017: Government Funds 5G, AI, And STEM Skills Investment

No big suprises: The government's technology funding builds on from last year's Budget

7 years ago

IT Life: Mark Corley, CTO at Avanade UK

Mark Corley, chief technology officer at Avanade UK, discusses IoT, AI, and doggedly sticking with the Windows Phone

7 years ago

Bristol NHS Trust Turns To Microsoft Wearables And Predictive Tech To Boost Patient Care

HealthVault uses machine learning and analytics to collate patient data from a range of sources

7 years ago

IT Upgrade Blunder Leaves MoD Suppliers Millions Out Of Pocket

Some suppliers have been forced to take out loans to pay staff and suppliers

7 years ago

NCSC To Train Private-Sector Security Staff

The centre allow the government to draw on private-sector expertise and vice-versa.

7 years ago

Microsoft Trial Helps Dyslexic Kids With OneNote App

Feel good Friday. Trial conducted in a UK school by Dyslexia charity reveals benefits from using Microsoft's OneNote

7 years ago

Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (10th February 2017)

NSA data leak, government reveals, and corporate purchases; what do you remember about the week in technology?

7 years ago

Government Finally Reveals Its Digital Transformation Strategy

Digital will allow government to offer a “revolution” in the way it delivers public services to the great unwashed

7 years ago

Bett 2017: F1 In Schools Trains Next Generation Of Engineers

Claire Williams joins global STEM education initiative F1 in Schools on stage at Bett 2017

7 years ago

Driverless Cars Can Reduce Delays And Journey Times, Says Government

The Department for Transport used computer modeling to measure the impact autonomous vehicles will have on traffic flow

7 years ago

UK Government Suffers ‘Alarming’ Loss Of Senior GDS Staff

Concerns raised as Government Digital Services fails to hold on to top talent

7 years ago

UK Police Urged To Take Crime Fighting To The Cloud

Digital technology should play an increasingly significant role to help British police tackle crime, says new report

7 years ago

BlackBerry Awarded CE+ Cyber Security Certification From UK Government

BlackBerry is the first UK mobile communications vendor to get the certification

7 years ago

Can The UK Government Really Benefit From Blockchain?

IN DEPTH: Beyond the hype, can the government exploit Blockchain in the same way as other industries such as banking…

7 years ago

Government Commits £2bn To Cutting-Edge Tech And Research Funding

Prime Minister Theresa May has outlined plans to pour an additional £2 billion per year in to Britain’s research and…

7 years ago

GDS Appoints Anna Shipman As Open Source Lead

The government legitimises its commitment to open source

7 years ago

UK Police’s 10 Year Digital Plan Focuses On Communications, Forensics

A 10-year strategy sees UK police forces taking wider advantage of digital tech, while training to handle its risks

7 years ago

Fujitsu: UK Government Is ‘More Realistic’ With Its IT Supplier Ambitions

Fujitsu Forum: Big firms working with startups allows government IT to be better delivered

7 years ago

Cyber-Politics Reached New Heights In 2016 Presidential Election

ANALYSIS: Never before have social media and even cyber-spying been used to such an enormous extent to shape voter sentiment

7 years ago