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20 Jul
Can the challenger bank from Natwest prove its Mettle?
With the closure of numerous bank branches around the UK as a result of lockdown measures, as well as a rapid shift online as remote working becomes the norm for many, it would be easy to assume that digital banking has fared well during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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16 Jul
5G growth, startup funding and post-Covid success: Verdict Magazine Issue 4 is Out Now
Issue 4 of Verdict Magazine is out now, covering the latest and greatest developments in technology.
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15 Jul
Kaspersky: Covid-19 has created a “perfect storm” for cybercriminals
The Covid-19 pandemic has created a "perfect storm" for scammers and hackers, with smaller businesses facing a significant threat, experts from Kaspersky have warned.
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14 Jul
Industry reacts to the UK’s Huawei 5G ban: From disappointment to relief
Six months after giving Huawei the green light to continue operating in the UK’s telecommunications network, the government has made a screeching U-turn and banned all new Huawei 5G technology from 2021.
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13 Jul
“Impossible” to strip Huawei from UK network by 2030: BT CEO
The chief executive of BT has said that it will be “impossible” to strip out Huawei equipment from the UK’s telecommunications network by 2030 and warned that a rushed reduction of the Chinese firm’s involvement could lead to “outages”.
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10 Jul
Coronavirus case studies: How Marquee TV brought the stage home during lockdown
The UK’s theatres have been closed since mid-March to help prevent the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus and the knock-on effect has been devastating for everyone whose livelihood depends on the performing arts sector.
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9 Jul
Huawei asks UK for more time to assess impact of US chip sanctions
Chinese technology giant Huawei says it needs more time from the UK to assess how the latest US sanctions will affect its 5G supply chain.
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8 Jul
Russian BEC gang Cosmic Lynx fakes M&As to steal millions
Security researchers have uncovered a Russian cybercrime gang that creates fake merger and acquisition (M&A) scenarios over email to trick senior employees into transferring vast sums of cash.
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8 Jul
Arm CEO: “We now have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to design a new future”
While the past few months have been brutal, Simon Segars, CEO of semiconductor giant Arm, sees considerable opportunity to use the post-Covid chaos as an opportunity to create a better future supported by technology.
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6 Jul
Huawei’s days in the UK’s 5G network look numbered – here’s why
When Boris Johnson gave telecoms firms the green light to use Chinese technology giant Huawei’s 5G equipment back in January, it appeared to draw a line under the matter after more than a year of delay.
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1 Jul
Christopher Wylie at H&M: From whistleblower to fashion data maven
Christopher Wylie shot to global prominence as the leading whistleblower in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but now he is turning his considerable data skills to fashion, through his current role as research director at H&M.
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30 Jun
“There is a permanent shift towards ecommerce”: Ikea CDO
The coronavirus has forever transformed many aspects of our lives, not least the way we shop, and if the experience of Swedish furniture giant Ikea is any measure, we are seeing a marked switch to ecommerce that is set to stay long after the pandemic has subsided.
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29 Jun
Reform UK’s ‘out of date’ Computer Misuse Act, cybersecurity experts urge
A coalition of leading cybersecurity experts, organisations, lawyers and academics have sent an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging him to reform the UK’s cybercrime legislation, warning that it makes it harder for professionals to defend against cyber threats.
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25 Jun
Coronavirus case studies: How Clubify is on a mission to “keep music alive” during lockdown
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit those in the hospitality and live entertainment industry with particular force.
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24 Jun
Web Summit CEO: Hybrid virtual-physical events are the future for conferences
Paddy Cosgrave, the CEO of Web Summit, the company behind some of the world’s largest technology conferences including this week’s Collision from Home, has said that hybrid events that combine virtual, interactive experiences with physical in-person conferences will be the dominant format in the future.
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24 Jun
Self-driving hospital beds and social distancing sensors: Covid-19 innovation
Digital Concepts Engineering (DCE) has used its experience in the military, agricultural and nuclear industries to repurpose its tech with the aim of responding to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, and the result is self-driving hospital beds designed to safeguard medical staff, and social distancing sensors for unmanned vehicles.
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23 Jun
Cisco CSO: Judge the tech industry’s Covid-19 role in 18 months
The time to judge whether the tech industry played an appropriate role in Covid-19 will be in a year and a half, according to Cisco’s chief strategy officer Anuj Kapur.
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17 Jun
Amazon CTO: Pandemic has “ushered in a new era of technology”
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the digitisation of businesses and “ushered in a new era of technology”, according to Amazon chief technology officer (CTO) Werner Vogels.
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16 Jun
UK’s Huawei 5G stance threatens to “fundamentally alter” US intelligence sharing, congressman warns
The UK government's current stance to allow Huawei into the non-core parts of the country’s 5G network threatens to “fundamentally alter” the intelligence-sharing relationship with America, a US congressman has warned.
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16 Jun
Apple faces EU antitrust probe over App Store practices
The European Commission has launched a fresh antitrust investigation into Apple after e-book firm Kobo joined Spotify in filing a complaint alleging that the App Store has anti-competitive practices.
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15 Jun
How WiFi hackers target home networks – and how remote workers can fight back
The new remote work reality is good news for cybercriminals seeking to capitalise on security shortcomings – including workers using personal WiFi networks to access corporate resources remotely and without the help of company IT.
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12 Jun
Trump’s Buffalo protester conspiracy theory shows why we are not ready for deepfakes
When 75-year-old protester Martin Gugino approached a police officer during a Black Lives Matter protest in Buffalo, US, he was met with a shove.
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11 Jun
Covid-19, technology and the food supply chain: Strained, but not broken
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a shock to many systems and technologies upon which the modern world is built, not least the food supply chain.
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10 Jun
From roadie to CEO: CognitionX and CogX founder Charlie Muirhead on technology, networking and beyond
Ahead of this week’s CogX AI and technology-focused global leadership event, founder and CEO of CognitionX Charlie Muirhead talked to Verdict about the history of the knowledge networking platform and his aims for this year’s event, which has the theme “How do we get the next 10 years right?” Like many others, CogX 2020 is [...]
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9 Jun
Keepnet Labs confirms contractor exposed ‘data breach database’ of 5 billion records
A UK-based cybersecurity firm that threatened legal action against a security blogger has confirmed that a contractor temporarily exposed a database containing five billion email addresses and passwords collated from previous data breaches.
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5 Jun
Racist facial recognition technology is being used by police at anti-racism protests
The protests that have sparked across the US and around the world following the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer have drawn sharp attention to the systematic racism embedded in Western society, and in particular, law enforcement.
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5 Jun
How retail technology can help shops reopen after pandemic closures
The retail sector, like many industries, has been deeply impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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4 Jun
Absence of services sector from Brexit negotiations risks “profound impact”
The absence of the UK services sector from UK-EU Brexit trade negotiations could have a "profound impact" on businesses, according to one thinktank.
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3 Jun
Zoom revenue soars 169% in one year, fuelled by remote working surge
Videoconferencing firm Zoom generated $328.2m in revenue during the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, marking a 169% year-over-year increase thanks to a global surge in remote working during the coronavirus pandemic.
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2 Jun
Crew Dragon has ushered in the era of commercial space travel
When SpaceX’s Crew Dragon space capsule docked with the International Space Station it marked a return of US space sovereignty; no longer will NASA be reliant on Russia’s ageing Soyuz rocket.