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11 Feb
On Safer Internet Day, online incivility is at a four-year high
Today is Safer Internet Day, an annual event that raises awareness of emerging online issues, especially those affecting younger internet-users.
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10 Feb
Equifax hack: Four members of China’s military charged over mega breach
US federal prosecutors have charged four members of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) over the 2017 Equifax hack, in which some 147 million customers of the credit reporting agency had their personal data stolen.
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7 Feb
Flaws in Iowa caucus app could have left it vulnerable to hackers
In Iowa, rather than casting votes in polling stations, registered Democrats meet in precincts to elect delegates that then support a particular Democrat candidate.
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4 Feb
Exclusive: Data breach exposes 17,000 yachting industry professionals
A data breach at UK-based Crew and Concierge Limited has exposed the personal data of 17,379 people of 50 different nationalities working in the yachting industry.
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3 Feb
Golden Entertainment phishing attack exposes gamblers’ data
A malicious hacker gained access to the employee emails of slot machine operator Golden Entertainment, with one email, which the hacker may have accessed, containing a wealth of customer personal data.
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31 Jan
Brexit and the tech industry: Experts share their concerns
After several false starts, today is the day that the UK officially leaves the European Union, marking the start of an 11-month transition period.
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31 Jan
Carrefour CTO: “No usable cybersecurity, no business”
User-friendly cybersecurity is fundamental for businesses to operate, the chief technology officer of French retail giant Carrefour has said.
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30 Jan
CTO Talk: Q&A with Sinch’s Jonas Lindeborg
Jonas Lindeborg is the CTO of Sinch, which provides a cloud communications platform to enable businesses to send mobile messages, voice and videos in seconds.
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28 Jan
Why the UK is right to use Huawei 5G technology
Those with long-ish memories will recall that a lifetime, a government and a parliament ago, the National Security Council (NSC) recommended that Huawei technology be allowed into the non-core aspects of the UK’s 5G network.
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27 Jan
Introducing Verdict Magazine: Bi-monthly enterprise technology must-reads
We are delighted to announce the launch of Verdict Magazine, a bi-monthly digital magazine on the must-read topics in enterprise technology.
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24 Jan
Hitachi Vantara’s Waterline Data acquisition is a shrewd move in a data-logged world
Hitachi Vantara this week announced that it intends to acquire Waterline Data, a company that uses machine learning to power intelligent data cataloguing.
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23 Jan
Could artificial intelligence help tackle the coronavirus outbreak?
The outbreak of novel coronavirus in China is growing in severity with over 500 confirmed cases across six countries.
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23 Jan
The Verdict Podcast: Talking technology, not Ted Cruz
After a one and a half year hiatus, the Verdict Podcast is back.
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22 Jan
Sundar Pichai: “AI is more profound than fire or electricity”
Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai today reaffirmed the need to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) in a discussion at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
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21 Jan
Huawei “can survive even further attacks” from the United States: CEO Ren Zhengfei
The beleaguered Chinese technology giant Huawei does not expect to be significantly harmed from ongoing moves against it by the United States, according to founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei.
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20 Jan
Why Iran won’t rush a cyber response against the US
The spectre of an Iranian cyberattack loomed large following the assassination of Iran’s general, Qasem Soleimani, but has so far – publicly, at least – gone unrealised.
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17 Jan
Is IR35 another own goal in the fight for tech talent?
Despite congratulatory headlines of record investment into London startups, those involved in the nurture and scaleup of tech ventures share the view that the UK is becoming increasingly adept at shooting itself in the foot.
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16 Jan
NSO Group hearing to play vital role in corporate spyware’s future
Today a court hearing in Tel Aviv, Israel, will begin what could be a defining point in the development of corporate spyware, as a judge considers whether to revoke the export license of NSO Group.
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15 Jan
WEF president: Climate crisis inaction like “moving around deckchairs on the Titanic”
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has listed the climate crisis, digital threats, and geopolitical turbulence as notable risks in its 2020 Global Risks Report, with the group’s president Borge Brende comparing inaction on the climate crisis to “moving around the deckchairs on the Titanic”.
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14 Jan
Exclusive: Production company data breach exposes personal data of Dove ‘real people’ ad participants
A data breach at UK-based Fresh Film Productions, which makes adverts for high-profile companies including Unilever, has exposed sensitive personal data of participants in antiperspirant brand Dove’s ‘real people’ campaign.
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14 Jan
Johnson on Huawei: “What’s the alternative?”
The UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson today said that he would not risk Britain’s national security when deciding on whether to allow Huawei equipment on the 5G network, but pressured critics of the Chinese tech company to suggest what other equipment the UK could use.
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13 Jan
On the second anniversary of open banking, what’s next?
Open banking was first launched in January 2018 and received much attention from the financial community as the potential bringer of fintech disruption.
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10 Jan
Facebook has banned deepfakes, but is it avoiding the real issue?
In 2018, a video in which the face of actor Nicolas Cage was imposed onto video footage of President Donald Trump went viral online.
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9 Jan
“We have a volume of data that we’ve never experienced”: How big data is being utilised in public health
Over the past few years, the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare and medicine has generated much excitement in both the public and private sector.
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7 Jan
Iran APT groups: An overview of the country’s key cyber warfare actors
2020’s first major geopolitical event happened before most of us had fully recovered from the New Year festivities, with the assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani by the Trump administration.
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7 Jan
Iran cyberattacks against the US “could very much result in a loss of life”: Former Obama cybersecurity commissioner
The US attack on Iran that caused the death of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani has led to mounting discussions of war, but for many, it is a battle that looks set to be fought as much on digital lines as physical ones, through cyberattacks on US companies and critical infrastructure.
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6 Jan
“After electricity, it is the most important thing at CERN”: How networking is driving scientific discovery
Located 175m beneath the ground near Geneva, Switzerland, The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the biggest particle collider in the world.
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1 Jan
These are the business ideas you should launch in 2020
As a new decade dawns, many will be looking for a fresh start by exploring business ideas to set the world alight in 2020.
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31 Dec
Coming to America: A European perspective on tech innovation
When I was growing up in Spain, while we were certainly encouraged to consider doing any number of things with our lives, we were never encouraged to become entrepreneurs.
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20 Dec
Artificial intelligence predictions for 2020: 16 experts have their say
2019 has seen artificial intelligence and machine learning take centre stage for many industries, with companies increasingly looking to harness the benefits of the technology for a wide range of use cases.
