The data, networking and GenAI driving The Open golf championship
Since it was founded in 1754, The Royal and Ancient Golf Club (The R&A) has been a bastion of sporting tradition and history, preserving the…
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WhatsApp and Signal messages at risk of surveillance following EncroChat ruling, court hears
Police could lawfully use bulk surveillance techniques to access messages from encrypted communications platforms such as WhatsApp and Signal following a ruling by the UK’s…
CrowdStrike chaos: Enterprises urged to take protective action in wake of botched software update
Microsoft users across the globe should review the state of their infrastructure security setups in the wake of the botched CrowdStrike software update that took…
NCA seizes thousands of social media accounts used by people smugglers
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), working with social media platforms Meta, TikTok, X and YouTube, has removed almost 12,000 posts, pages and accounts that were…
IT sustainability: Why we’re still waiting for quantified emissions reductions
That’s even though seemingly straightforward proxy metrics such as energy consumption exist – and it’s not for want of trying. Precision down to the kilowatt-hour…
Chrome cookies reprieved amid Google Privacy Sandbox changes
Google has dramatically changed course on its proposals to deprecate third-party cookies in its Chrome web browser in favour of a “new experience” that it…
Innovations to power secure-by-design development
Security leaders and software developers will benefit from deeper visibility into their organisations’ software development security posture as they work, bolstering moves towards the nirvana…
Former minster felt she was fighting department over Post Office controversy
The government department responsible for the Post Office “lost objectivity” as it managed inquiries from MPs about allegations made against the Horizon computer system, according…
Enhancing mobile app security with behaviour-based biometrics
It’s estimated that 75% of security vulnerabilities go undiscovered. Much of this has to do simply with ease of access – for a long time,…
Hybrid multicloud storage: Pros, cons and key workloads
Hybrid multicloud storage is intended to create the best of all worlds. By mixing on-premise technology with multiple public cloud resources, enterprises hope to optimise…
Why did CrowdStrike cause the Windows Blue Screen?
In a YouTube video, David William Plummer, former Microsoft software engineer, who developed the Windows Task Manager, posted a video describing how the CrowdStrike update…
Podcast: Sustainable data storage and how to achieve it
In this podcast, we look at sustainable storage with Grant Caley, UK and Ireland solutions director at NetApp. Caley talks about what’s driving the need…