UK digital bank Revolut sees value jump £23bn in a year
Digital bank Revolut has been valued at £57bn, just over a decade after it launched as an app that reduced the complexity and cost of…
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Google wins multimillion-pound contract to supply sovereign cloud services to Nato
Google Cloud has secured another multimillion-pound contract to supply a military organisation with secure sovereign cloud capabilities, several months after inking a similar deal with…
Interview: Ian Ruffle, head of data and insight, RAC
Ian Ruffle, head of data and insight at the RAC, says the key to exploiting data assets is twofold – understanding the business problem and…
Dutch voters grasp digital urgency better than their politicians
As the dust settled on a historically close-run Dutch election, a remarkable trend emerged. While party leaders were focused on traditional campaign issues, voters used…
Protecting the defenders: Addressing cyber’s burnout crisis
Nobody embarks on a career in cyber security expecting an easy ride. It’s widely recognised that protecting critical digital infrastructure is high-pressure and high-stakes work. …
Subpostmaster was told no jury would believe Post Office had ‘dodgy computer’
A fundamental misunderstanding of the reliability of computers is partly to blame for the legal principle of being innocent until proven guilty being tarnished by…
Russian money launderers bought a bank to disguise ransomware profit
A billion-dollar money laundering network active in the UK bought a bank in the Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan to facilitate the washing of profits…
UK targets ‘bulletproof’ services that hosted ransomware gangs
The UK’s National Crime Agency and partners from the Anglophone Five Eyes intelligence alliance have fired several shots across the bows of so-called ‘bulletproof’ hosting services…
Swedish welfare authorities suspend ‘discriminatory’ AI model
A “discriminatory” artificial intelligence (AI) model used by Sweden’s social security agency to flag people for benefit fraud investigations has been suspended, following an intervention…
UK government outlines next wave of AI investment plans
The government has unveiled a package of investments and initiatives designed to strengthen the UK’s standing within the artificial intelligence (AI) space, which includes the…
Fujitsu milks £110m from HMRC in six months with hardly a public stir
Fujitsu has raked in just under £110m from its IT services contracts with HMRC alone in six months, as the supplier continues to evade punishment…
Government-backed coalition to end gazumping in property market
Government departments are working as part of a coalition designed to transform the archaic homebuying and selling process, which costs the economy nearly £1bn a…