SEC sues SolarWinds, alleging serious security failures
The US government’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged SolarWinds and its chief information security officer (CISO) Timothy Brown with multiple offences related to…
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Over a quarter of UK adults use buy now, pay later fintechs
Fintech-based credit services, known as buy now, pay later (BNPL), were used by over a quarter of adults in the UK in the second half…
The implications of biased AI models on the financial services industry
The meteoric increase of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across all sectors is impossible to ignore. Whatever your feelings about AI, the use of…
UK government to invest £100m in using AI to research treatments for incurable diseases
The UK government is to invest £100m in deploying artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help accelerate the pace of research into treatments for incurable diseases.…
UK government AI Summit already branded ‘missed opportunity’
The UK government has excluded the communities and workers most affected by artificial intelligence (AI) from its upcoming AI Safety Summit, which will be a…
Frontier AI Taskforce starts recruitment drive
The chair of UK’s Frontier AI Taskforce, Ian Hogarth, has released the second progress report on the Frontier AI Taskforce. The report follows on from…
Devon County digitises with Unit4 ERP
Devon County Council has selected Unit4 and Embridge Consulting to digitise its organisation, data and services with Unit4 ERP, encompassing finance, procurement, and financial planning…
FDM Group partners with ISACA to boost cyber training programme
The FDM consulting group has announced a partnership with ISACA to boost its cyber training programme and credentials. Through this partnership, FDM employees will benefit…
More office days leads to fewer women, says Nash Squared
Companies with more mandated office days are less likely to have hired female tech talent in the past two years, according to research from Nash…
Domestic abuse charities surface fresh worries over NHS data sharing
Some of the UK’s most prominent charities working to prevent violence against girls and women have warned that the automatic opening up of NHS GP…
Tech firms cite risk to end-to-end encryption as Online Safety Bill gets royal assent
The government’s controversial Online Safety Bill has become law amid continued concerns from tech companies that it could damage the privacy of encrypted communications. The…
Microsoft warns over growing threat from Octo Tempest gang
A gang of native English-speaking cyber criminals who began their careers as social engineers in support of so-called SIM swapping attacks and cryptocurrency fraud, and…