UK and US pledge closer working on children’s online safety
The UK and US governments are jointly pledging to collaborate more closely on the issue of children’s safety online, after launching a new online safety…
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Google slams US government’s proposal to split company up on anti-competitive grounds
Internet search giant Google has hit back at the US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) suggestion that its operations should be broken up on anti-competition grounds,…
Afas leads the way with four-day work week in the Netherlands
In the run-up to Prinsjesdag, the traditional opening of the Dutch parliamentary year where the government presents its budget and policy plans for the coming…
What the datacentre industry would like to see from the government’s planning reforms
The Starmer government lost little time in announcing a consultation on datacentre planning reforms, with more comprehensive, joined-up thinking favoured by industry players speaking to…
Under-fire Nick Read was unprepared for Post Office challenge
The Post Office CEO job description advertised in 2019 didn’t mention the landmark High Court judgment against the organisation and its ramifications on the role,…
MoneyGram customer data breached in attack
Financial services firm and money transfer specialist MoneyGram has disclosed a breach of customer data arising from a late-September cyber attack on its systems, but…
Five zero-days to be fixed on October Patch Tuesday
Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday drop has arrived, addressing a total of five publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities – two of them exploited in the wild, and…
UK Cyber Team seeks future security professionals
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the SANS Institute have kicked off a search for people aged between 18 and 25 to…
Secureworks: Ransomware takedowns didn’t put off cyber criminals
The brutal dismantling of the LockBit ransomware crew and the humiliation of its key players has been one of the most talked about cyber security…
Post Office IT transformation project was ‘set up to fail’, chairman tells inquiry
The Post Office’s once-in-a-generation project to replace the controversial Horizon system was “set up to fail” and needs to be reset, its chairman has told…
UK’s cyber incident reporting law to move forward in 2025
The UK’s new government has teased further details of its proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, confirming that it will contain a clause that mandates…
Datacentre power purchase agreements: Are they the right way to lower emissions?
Renewables-based electricity generation in the UK shot to 39TWh (terawatt-hours) in the first quarter of 2024, or 50.9% of the mix. This is the second…