Government IT

Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (21 July)

Test your weekly tech news knowledge!

7 years ago

Tech Quiz: Biometric Technology & Security

Biometrics are taking over and technology is becoming more personalised, but what do you know?

7 years ago

US Ends Laptop Ban For US Bound Flights

Controversial ban preventing Middle Eastern passengers carrying their laptops on flights to the US officially ends

7 years ago

BlackBerry Can Now Protect US Government From Eavesdroppers

BlackBerry SecuSUITE receives NSA approval to encrypt government calls and texts

7 years ago

UK Parliament Launches Investigation Into Future Of AI

Committee will examine the possibilities of AI and how it could impact society

7 years ago

FBI Warns About Security Risks From IoT-Connected Toys In Your Home

ANALYSIS: As more toys and recreational devices are directly or indirection connected to the internet of things, security threats rise,…

7 years ago

Reports Suggest WhatsApp Is Blocked In China

Another example of the Chinese government's ongoing efforts to control the internet

7 years ago

UK NCSC ‘Has Never’ Certified Kaspersky Lab Products But Has No Blacklist

UK National Cyber Security Centre says that just because it has never certified Kaspersky products, doesn't mean it has a…

7 years ago

Openreach FTTP Broadband Consultation Invites Others To Invest In ‘Large Scale’ Rollout

Openreach broadband consultation invites government and other providers to look at new investment and funding models for FTTP

7 years ago

House of Lords: Brexit Could Crush Trade And Security If Data Transfer Is Hindered

The House of Lord's EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee suggests the government comes up with an 'adequate agreement' with the EU…

7 years ago

Government Delays Controversial Digital Tax Plans

The Making Tax Digital system will be voluntary for smaller organisations, while larger groups will only have to use it…

7 years ago

Government Offers £2m To Fund Terrorist Targeting Tech

Research projects that help pick out terrorists in crowds are being sought by the Home Office

7 years ago

Government Presses Ahead With Age Verification Plans For Porn

Visitors to porn websites will be asked to supply credit card information to prove they are 18

7 years ago

Vive La France: The French Tech Companies Taking On The World

The French tech scene is populated by huge multinational organisations, telco giants and emerging startups. Here are some of the…

7 years ago

Government Champions UK Digital Ambitions With Help From Google Cloud Platform

Leaving the EU will help Britain harness more digital opportunities says DCMS secretary of state

7 years ago

NHS To Receive £21 Million Cyber Security Boost From UK Government

Cash injection aims to protect NHS against future WannaCry-esque attacks

7 years ago

Government Urges Cyber Security Startups To Apply For GCHQ Accelerator Scheme

The GCHQ Cyber Accelerator will look to help UK cyber security startups to scale up

7 years ago

Ofcom’s 5G Spectrum Auction Plans Attract Three’s Anger

Ofcom's new rules for 5G spectrum auction place caps on operators but Three hints it could take action

7 years ago

Oracle Launches Government Cloud For UK Public Sector

Follows on from plans to build three new London data centres by the end of the year

7 years ago

President Trump U-Turns On Russia Cyber Security Partnership

Russian hackers are widely believed to have meddled in last year's US Presidential election

7 years ago

Virgin Media Outage Takes London Borough Councils Offline

Virgin Media fixes problems in London after difficult week

7 years ago

Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (7 July)

Work your memory muscles with our quiz on the top tech news this week

7 years ago

Government Hopes £16m University 5G Network Will Make UK A World Leader

Government ups commitment to 5G development with academic testbed targeting a 2018 end to end trial

7 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Sport And Technology In 2017

How much do you know about sport's relationship with technology?

7 years ago

Cyber-Security Executive Order Implementation Deadlines Near

ANALYSIS: Security experts chime in on the impact of President Trump's cyber-security executive order as the first set of deadlines…

7 years ago

EU Mulls Another Record Fine Against Google For Android

Double whammy. EU ponders a second record fine against Google, but this time over Android OS

7 years ago

Data Sharing Is Needed For The Greater Good Even If It Compromises Privacy

OPINION: Roland Moore-Colyer believes access to data offers more benefits than it erodes privacy

7 years ago

NHS Doctors Sending Patient Data On Snapchat In Alarming Case Of Shadow IT

DeepMind Health report criticises 'insecure, risky, and non-auditable way of operating'

7 years ago

TechUK Praises ‘Strong’ ICO Strategy Ahead Of Brexit And GDPR

ICO's "ambitious" four-year strategy applauded by techUK as Britain gears up for Brexit and GDPR

7 years ago