Category: ComputerWeekly

TikTok fined €345m under GDPR for failing to protect children’s privacy
13
Mar
2024

US authorities move a step closer to banning TikTok

The American authorities have moved a step closer to an outright national ban of often-controversial China-owned video-sharing app TikTok, following…

Tech jobs are on the rise, but soft skills are most coveted, says WEF
13
Mar
2024

Microsoft AI-powered cyber service to go live in April

Almost a year after its debut, Microsoft has announced it will be bringing its Copilot for Security artificial intelligence (AI)-backed…

British Library ransomware attack could cost up to £7m
13
Mar
2024

British Library opens up over ransomware attack to help others

The British Library has published extensive details of its devastating experience at the hands of the Rhysida ransomware gang, revealing…

National Semiconductor Strategy: Balancing skills, migration and security
13
Mar
2024

UK gets funding boost through EU Horizon chip initiative

The government has announced a joint undertaking with the European Union, which it says will result in a £35m boost…

VMware/Broadcom: Should you consider the Nutanix hypervisor?
13
Mar
2024

VMware/Broadcom: Should you consider the Nutanix hypervisor?

For its 2024 second-quarter filing, Nutanix reported revenue of $525m, with annual contract value rising 23% to $330m, while recurring revenue…

Post Office CEO refused to meet government minister without her lawyer after 2015 Horizon report
13
Mar
2024

Unprecedented bill to exonerate hundreds of wrongly convicted Post Office workers arrives

Legislation to exonerate hundreds of former subpostmasters of convictions based on evidence from the Post Office’s unreliable computer system begins…

Windows Kerberos, Hyper-V vulns among January Patch Tuesday bugs
13
Mar
2024

March Patch Tuesday throws up two critical Hyper-V flaws

Microsoft has fixed a pair of critical vulnerabilities in Windows Hyper-V, one leading to remote code execution (RCE) if exploited,…

Nationwide IT infrastructure poised to absorb Virgin Money
12
Mar
2024

Nationwide IT infrastructure poised to absorb Virgin Money

Nationwide’s proposed takeover of Virgin Money could see a company that has gone through multiple technology integrations in recent years…

A new security partnership to build a silicon valley in South Wales
12
Mar
2024

A new security partnership to build a silicon valley in South Wales

Sometimes it’s easy to forget in our obsession with developments such as AI that our complex software ecosystems are reliant…

Labour will use AI to grow the economy by 0.5% says shadow tech secretary Peter Kyle 
12
Mar
2024

Labour will use AI to grow the economy by 0.5% says shadow tech secretary Peter Kyle 

The Labour party aims to grow the economy by 0.5% by enabling businesses and the public sector to deploy artificial…

Plexal launches Cyber Runway 3.0 accelerator programme
12
Mar
2024

Industry partnerships and data key to better public services

Digital secretary Michelle Donelan has said the success of government plans to digitally transform public services and become a “science…

UK and German governments sign up to greater R&D collaboration
12
Mar
2024

UK and German governments sign up to greater R&D collaboration

The UK government has signed a science and research agreement with Germany to collaborate on joint opportunities in areas such…