BT tests out high-altitude flying antenna
Through a trial funded by Innovate UK, BT and Stratospheric Platforms plan to extend 4G and 5G coverage using antenna technology mounted on hydrogen-power aircraft.…
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Tiger’s hybrid cloud storage targets medical imaging
Bulgarian startup Tiger, which specialises in sharing cloud files via Windows as if stored locally, aims to set a new drive for growth in motion…
Former Fujitsu staff under police investigation to face Post Office IT scandal inquiry
Two former Fujitsu workers, who are currently under police investigation for possible perjury, will give evidence and face questions in the statutory inquiry into the…
Data of 10 million JD Sports customers accessed in cyber attack
Personal data on up to 10 million people who shopped online at sporting goods and fashion retailer JD Sports has been accessed and potentially stolen…
Hive ransomware gang taken down after FBI hacks back
In one of the largest international cyber law enforcement actions seen to date, the Hive ransomware cartel’s infrastructure was hacked, its decryption key “stolen” and…
SAP 2022: 11% revenue growth, 2.5% staff targeted by restructure
SAP has announced what it calls a “targeted restructuring” as part of its full-year and fourth-quarter 2022 results. It expects this to affect 2.5% of…
Enterprise on-premise infrastructure spending experiences ‘post-pandemic’ bounce-back
The amount of money enterprises are investing in their own private datacentres experienced a “post-pandemic” bounce-back in 2022, as shown by data accrued by IT…
Employees over 55 want new skills
Just over 30% of people over the age of 55 want to improve their digital skills in the hopes of new career opportunities before they…
Lords question ‘extensive’ government online safety powers
Safeguards will be written into the Online Safety Bill to ensure the secretary of state does not unduly interfere with the work or independence of…
CEF selects HPE Greenlake to build out digitisation strategy
Electrical wholesale network City Electrical Factors (CEF) is set to deploy HPE GreenLake as the first stage of its digital transformation. CEF plans to use…
Royal Mail resumes some international parcel services from UK
Royal Mail continues to make steady progress on recovering its international letter and parcel export services following a suspected LockBit ransomware attack earlier in January.…
Final months of 2022 saw highest ever number of bank account switches
More people than ever before switched current account providers in the final three months of last year, with 376,000 moving to a new bank. In…