Contactless payment limit removal will happen overnight, but change won’t
When UK citizens wake up on 19 March, there will no longer be a regulation that limits how much they can spend in a single…
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Technology accelerating crime, boosts case for national police service, says NCA chief
Technology is accelerating crime, and making it more global and more harmful, the head of the UK’s National Crime agency said today. Graeme Biggar, the…
AI tools offer ‘near-real-time’ analysis of data from seized mobile phones and computers
Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools developed by Israeli digital intelligence company Cellebrite will give police investigators the capability to interrogate call records, text messages, images and…
Digital IDs edge closer to practical reality for UK businesses
Work to translate the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology’s (CFIT’s) Digital Company ID blueprint into practical, real-world deployments of reusable digital identities for UK…
MPs asks Lloyds Bank for more information about ‘alarming’ breach
The chair of the Treasury Committee of MPs has written to Lloyds Banking Group boss demanding more information about an “alarming breach of confidentiality”. On…
Funding and procurement to target UK quantum innovation
The UK government has committed to investing £1bn over the next four years to enable the country to win the race to deliver quantum computing at…
SuperMicro takes on server leaders as AMD pushes on-premise AI
Market data from analyst IDC has shown that SuperMicro has leapfrogged established server makers Lenovo and HPE as the second-largest PC server maker behind Dell.…
Everpure’s Evergreen One for AI brings Exa flash and GPU-based service-level agreements
Everpure has announced Evergreen One for AI, a performance-backed consumption model for artificial intelligence (AI) that extends to use of its FlashBlade//Exa high-performance storage. Meanwhile,…
Companies House restarts online services following cyber breach
Companies House, the UK’s business registrar, has successfully rebooted its online WebFiling service after it emerged that a previously-unknown cyber security issue exposed various data…
Cyber flywheel aims to kick-start UK cyber security startups
The UK government and businesses are being urged to back the growth of a critical mass of cyber security startup companies. Startup founder Alastair Paterson…
Child rapist could have profiled victims through unaudited access to NHS databases
A former NHS analyst and convicted child rapist could have profiled his victims through NHS database queries that were unaudited. Paul Lipscombe, from Rothley, Leicestershire,…
Strong security balances consolidation and best-of-breed capabilities
The commercial case for cyber security platformisation is a compelling one, and it is a primary driver behind its momentum. Organisations running 15 or 20…