Over 700 wrongful subpostmaster convictions overturned by new legislation
The legislation required to quash the convictions of wrongly prosecuted subpostmasters has been passed by Parliament as part of the “wash up” of pending laws…
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Paula Vennells boasted about removing Horizon risk reference in Royal Mail flotation prospectus
Former CEO Paula Vennells removed a reference to the Post Office Horizon system in the IT risk section of a Royal Mail prospectus, as it…
HMRC boosts data scientist numbers
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has significantly increased its spending on data science expertise, according to figures revealed by a Freedom of Information (FoI) request. The…
Government was aware of Post Office strategy to fight subpostmasters
The government was aware of the Post Office’s decision to call on the judge to remove himself from its High Court battle with subpostmasters, Paula…
CMA: AWS and Microsoft deny cloud discounts have anti-competitive effect on market
Cloud customers are failing to see how the offering of committed spend discounts could contribute towards them becoming locked in to hyperscale cloud platforms, according…
Northern Ireland police face £750,000 fine after data protection blunder put lives at risks
Northern Ireland’s police service faces a £750,000 fine from the data protection regulator after the police service mistakenly disclosed the names of all serving officers…
‘You knew’ – former ally accused Paula Vennells of knowing about Horizon problems
Former Royal Mail CEO Moya Greene accused Paula Vennells of knowing what was going on at the Post Office while its practices were destroying the…
Rockwell urges users to disconnect ICS equipment
American industrial control systems (ICS) specialist Rockwell Automation has urged users across the world to disconnect their equipment from the public-facing internet, citing geopolitical tensions…
Neom: The tip of the tech iceberg in the Saudi desert
Even if only a fraction of what is planned gets implemented in Saudi Arabia’s Neom smart city project, it may still provide a huge boost…
Broadcom/VMware: Joining the dots to migrate off VMware
This week, there have been a few product announcements that illustrate the opportunity some IT firms see in targeting existing VMware users who are not…
AI Seoul Summit: 27 nations and EU to set red lines on AI risk
More than two dozen countries have committed to developing shared risk thresholds for frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models to limit their harmful impacts, as part of…
Podcast: AI and its impact on data storage
In this podcast, we look at the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) processing on data storage with Shawn Rosemarin, vice-president for R&D in customer engineering…