Category: ComputerWeekly

Mercedes Pay turns vehicles into payment devices
06
Jun
2023

Mercedes Pay turns vehicles into payment devices

Mercedes-Benz has introduced Mercedes Pay to enable customers in the US to use their vehicles as a device for booking…

Netherlands makes case for harmonisation of cloud security standards
06
Jun
2023

Netherlands makes case for harmonisation of cloud security standards

Late in 2022, an update of the Dutch Corporate Governance Code was released to include a section on governance of…

TechUK publishes ‘UK tech plan’ for next government
06
Jun
2023

TechUK publishes ‘UK tech plan’ for next government

A comprehensive, forward-thinking strategy is needed from the UK government to fully realise the potential of technology to drive economic…

Five key steps where there is a risk of fraud investigation
06
Jun
2023

Cyber spotlight falls on boardroom ‘privilege’ as incidents soar

Three-quarters of all data breaches observed in the past year included a significant element of human failure, with social engineering…

Workers ‘deeply uncomfortable’ with digital surveillance at work
05
Jun
2023

Workers ‘deeply uncomfortable’ with digital surveillance at work

UK workers are “deeply uncomfortable” with digital surveillance and automated decision-making in the workplace, a survey by union Prospect has…

Bank of International Settlement sets up channel secure from quantum breach
05
Jun
2023

Bank of International Settlement sets up channel secure from quantum breach

The Bank of International Settlement (BIS) and two of Europe’s central banks have established a channel that can protect financial…

UK has time limit on ensuring cryptocurrency regulatory leadership, says Parliamentary report
05
Jun
2023

UK has time limit on ensuring cryptocurrency regulatory leadership, says Parliamentary report

A cross-party group of MPs has made recommendations on the government’s approach to regulating the crypto industry and warned that…

Sweden is developing its own big language model
05
Jun
2023

Sweden is developing its own big language model

In 2019, a group of researchers at AI Sweden received funding from the Swedish Innovation Agency (Vinnova) for a project called Language model…

Discovering the Diversity Process Flow in cyber
02
Jun
2023

Discovering the Diversity Process Flow in cyber

Following the UK Cyber Security Council’s Ethnic Minorities in Cyber Symposium and wider consultation with our members, the Council has…

Met Police director of intelligence defends facial recognition
01
Jun
2023

Met Police director of intelligence defends facial recognition

The Metropolitan Police Services’ (MPS) director of intelligence has defended the force’s use of facial-recognition technology to a Parliamentary committee,…

AI interview: Dan McQuillan, critical computing expert
01
Jun
2023

AI interview: Dan McQuillan, critical computing expert

The ways that artificial intelligence (AI) will impact upon our lives are being determined by governments and corporations, with little…

CIO interview: Adam Warne, CIO, River Island
01
Jun
2023

CIO interview: Adam Warne, CIO, River Island

Experienced retail technologist Adam Warne made an important transition when he became CIO at high street fashion brand River Island…