One year since being freed, Julian Assange still a victim of state secrecy
It is one year since WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange became a free man again. When he addressed the Council of Europe last October, he was…
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CMA consults on Google’s search dominance
Under the Digital Markets Competition Regime, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has proposed to designate Google with “strategic market status” (SMS). Google Search accounts…
Digital ID: cool or contentious?
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Widening Middle Eastern war increases cyber risk
With the United States entering a widening Middle Eastern conflict following a series airstrikes of airstrikes against nuclear targets in Iran over the weekend, organisations…
Industrial strategy: Takeaways for UK tech innovations
Labour’s 10-year industrial strategy, launched today, includes measures the government hopes will boost the UK’s tech sector. These include a lighter-touch regulatory environment to support…
Europe’s semiconductor leaders are racing to meet energy demands
At last week’s Leti Innovation Days (LID) 2025 event in Grenoble, power consumption was on everyone’s mind. With artificial intelligence (AI) driving insatiable demand…
Interview: Rolf Krolke, CIO, The Access Group
With an average of around 10 acquisitions a year since 2017, The Access Group got good at integrating disparate systems into its IT stack. But…
Police to gain powers to grab online data when they seize phones and laptops
Last-minute amendments to a parliamentary bill will give police sweeping powers to access people’s online services and data, including bank accounts, encrypted messaging services, email…
Clouded judgement: Resilience, risk and the rise of repatriation
When Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched its cloud services in 2006, it offered a utopian computing vision of agility, cost-efficiency and freedom from clunky legacy…
Election workers’ data stolen in cyber breach of Oxford City Council
Oxford City Council election workers from 2001 to 2022 had personal information accessed by hackers in an attack over the weekend of 7 to 8…
Cyber Essentials certifications rising slowly but steadily
The number of Cyber Essentials badges issued via the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) backed security certification scheme continues to increase but at a slower…
M&S, Co-op attacks a ‘Category 2 cyber hurricane’, say UK experts
The Scattered Spider/Dragonforce cyber attacks that struck Marks & Spencer and Co-op during the spring have been classed as a Category 2 cyber event on…