Jisc recommits to academic cyber collaboration network
Jisc, the non-profit organisation devoted to delivering digital infrastructure and shared services across the UK’s higher education sector, has resigned an updated cyber threat intelligence…
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Kanishka Narayan takes on AI sovereignty in Burnham cabinet
Kanishka Narayan, who was previously minister for artificial intelligence (AI) under the UK’s Keir Starmer government, has joined the Andy Burnham cabinet, jointly working in…
UK regulator crackdown on finfluencers gathers pace
The UK financial services regulator took enforcement action against 74 “finfluencers” last year, as it continues to target unregulated individuals who use social media to…
Burnham government to drop digital ID and tech department
Andy Burnham’s premiership is set to start with the scrapping of controversial plans for a digital ID scheme for all UK adults. The Department for…
How Lithuania became a tech startup nation
Cyber City in Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius, was built on the site of a textile factory, which in its day turned out millions of socks a…
Cosmetics giant Estée Lauder victim of mass Oracle breach
Cosmetics multinational Estée Lauder is contacting both current and former employees after discovering internal data was compromised in a breach orchestrated through Oracle’s E-Business Suite…
Interview: Virgin Media O2’s Dana Haidan on growing a green strategy
For nearly four years, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) chief sustainability officer (CSO) Dana Haidan has been pushing ahead with environment, social and governance (ESG) strategy…
Where AI fits in modern supply chains
In retail and in manufacturing, artificial intelligence (AI) is being put at the heart of back-office operations to flex stock up and down based on…
Interview: Reflections on tech revolutions and silos
“I sold my vinyl collection to buy CDs. Now my children are buying vinyls, and I’m buying vinyl records and reading real books again,” says…
NatWest signs up to quantum trial for fraud detection
Eleven organisations, including NatWest, have joined Digital Catapult’s Quantum Technology Access Programme (QTAP), delivered in collaboration with the National Quantum Computing Centre’s (NQCC) SparQ programme. …
Interview: Dan Cherowbrier, CTO, Formula E
Lots of digital leaders must keep multiple plates spinning. After all, being a successful technology chief in the modern era means ensuring nothing falls crashing…
Datacentre dive: Through the looking glass at Telehouse South
I cross the road on a concrete footbridge, the multi-lane A1261 rumbling beneath. Ahead, men in the “uniform” of contemporary IT staff trudge to their…