Robert Scammell
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10 Dec
A third of consumers don’t trust any companies with their personal data
The seemingly endless data breaches of 2018 have taken its toll on consumers, with almost a third (32.3%) stating that they would not let any company use any of their personal data.
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7 Dec
Connected car market expected to be worth $225bn by 2025
The connected car market is expected to be worth $225.16bn by 2025, according to a report by Allied Market Research.
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7 Dec
Dark web recruitment: In the web’s lawless underbelly, there are still rules
What we see when we browse the web is just the tip of the iceberg.
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6 Dec
PolySwarm to offer hackers cryptocurrency for discovering malware
PolySwarm is set to launch a decentralised cyber threat intelligence marketplace before the end of the year, in which security experts get rewarded with cryptocurrency for discovering new malware threats.
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4 Dec
Quora hack reaction: ‘No sector is safe’ as 100m users’ data stolen
Question and answer website Quora has suffered a data breach affecting more than 100 million of its users, prompting cybersecurity experts to comment that the Quora hack shows how no sector is safe from cyberattacks.
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4 Dec
Who’s to blame in an autonomous car accident? A legal expert considers three scenarios
As car makers steam ahead in the driverless car race, lawmakers are being left in the dust – and one of the biggest grey areas is liability in the event of an autonomous car accident.
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3 Dec
Realistic 3D printed bones promise lower rejection rates
Scientists from German research organisation Fraunhofer have devised a process to make 3D printed bones that are more realistic and less likely to be rejected by the human body than previous versions.
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30 Nov
Marriott data breach: Details of 500m hotel guests exposed — could it face a GDPR fine?
Marriott International Inc., the parent company of leading hotel chains such as the Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott, has suffered a data breach which exposed the details of some 500 million guests.
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30 Nov
Thousands of commercial electric vehicles to trial in UK next year
The UK’s energy regulator Ofgem has given the green light to a trial of up to 3,000 commercial electric vehicles (EVs) to begin in 2019, as part of the biggest push yet to prepare the country for the EV revolution.
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29 Nov
Business digital asset spend surpasses traditional deals for first time
Businesses around the world are now spending more on digital and technology assets than on traditional mergers and acquisitions, a comprehensive report by leading global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has found.
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28 Nov
FBI and Google take down $30m botnet ad fraud operation
The FBI, Google and a host of cybersecurity companies have combined to take down a botnet ad fraud operation that made nearly $30m in illegal online advertisement activities.
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28 Nov
Hiber nanosatellites to bring internet access to remotest reaches of Earth
Dutch space startup Hiber is set to launch the first of its nanosatellites into orbit today as part of its mission to provide the entire planet with internet access.
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27 Nov
First seized Facebook documents revealed in government grilling
The first details of Facebook documents seized by the UK Parliament have revealed that entities with Russian IP addresses pulled “over three billion data points a day” through a Pinterest application programming interface (API).
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27 Nov
AI “potentially game-changing” for synthetic biology, study finds
A study has found that artificial intelligence (AI) is well-placed to be used in synthetic biology to automatically design new DNA sequences with specific desirable qualities.
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26 Nov
GDPR six months on: Is it working? 12 experts weigh in
Yesterday marked six months since Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation came into force.
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23 Nov
How data analytics gave Mercedes F1 the winning edge
Half a second is a long time in Formula 1.
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23 Nov
SAINTS programme to supply UK businesses with satellite data insights
The North East Satellite Applications Centre of Excellence yesterday launched the SAINTS programme to allow businesses, academia and the public sector to collaboratively gain insight from satellite and Earth-based data.
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22 Nov
Facebook fine appeal isn’t about winning – it’s about sending a message
Facebook yesterday appealed the fine imposed on it by UK data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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21 Nov
Lincolnshire Police adopt cloud-based control room in fight against crime
Lincolnshire Police force is adopting the cloud for its new digital control room, which it hopes will free officers up to spend more time on the beat.
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20 Nov
tessa88 unmasked: Notorious hacker who sold LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter usernames on dark web named
The identity of tessa88, the hacker who sold databases stolen in some of the biggest data thefts in US history from companies including LinkedIn, Facebook and DropBox, has been revealed as a named Russian national by cybersecurity company Recorded Future.
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19 Nov
Corbyn: Labour will vote down May’s “blindfold Brexit” deal
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has branded Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal agreement a “blindfold Brexit” and reaffirmed that Labour will vote against it in the House of Commons.
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19 Nov
May adamant that Brexit deal provides business certainty
Theresa May has doubled down on her draft Brexit deal, reaffirming that it fulfils the promises of the referendum and provides the “certainty that businesses need”.
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16 Nov
Metropolitan Police Gangs Matrix database breached data protection laws
UK data watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office has found that the Metropolitan Police Service’s Gangs Matrix system breached data protection laws.
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15 Nov
Brexit deal vote in numbers: Will it get through Parliament?
Theresa May has agreed a draft Brexit deal with the European Union, but now faces the next hurdle of getting it through a vote in Parliament.
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14 Nov
Signoi launches platform to give human insight into unstructured data
UK startup Signoi has launched a platform that can analyse large amounts of unstructured data and turn it into human insight for businesses.
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13 Nov
Brexit threatens London’s status as data capital: Big Data LDN report
Brexit threatens London’s position as the data capital of Europe, according to a report unveiled at UK data conference Big Data LDN.
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12 Nov
UK tech sector continues to attract high-skilled overseas workers despite Brexit uncertainty
The UK tech sector continues to attract migrant workers despite Brexit uncertainty, according to figures released by leading recruitment site Indeed.
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9 Nov
Email display name deception: The top 10 brands that could really be scammers
Most of us have received a scam email at some point in our lives.
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8 Nov
HSBC data breach: Consumer trust “becoming more fragile”
Cybersecurity experts have reacted to the recent HSBC data breach, warning that consumer trust is “becoming more fragile”.
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8 Nov
Who is Robyn Denholm, Tesla’s new board chair?
Tesla has confirmed that Robyn Denholm is replacing Elon Musk as chair of Tesla’s board after he was forced to step down by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in October.