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Apple encryption row: Does law enforcement need to use Technical Capability Notices?
History shows that law enforcement can bring successful prosecutions without the need for the Home Office to introduce ‘backdoors’ into end-to-end encryptionThu, 12 Jun 2025 08:50:00 GMT
Sweden gets help pulling its sovereign AI socks up
Urgent government calls for more high-powered sovereign computers to fulfil Swedish goal of building a more powerful AI industry answered by foreign financiers, US tech and Europe’s AI emergency fundThu, 12 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT
MPs to investigate potential for government digital identity scheme
Amid growing calls for a national digital ID scheme, Home Affairs Committee launches inquiry into likely benefits and risksThu, 12 Jun 2025 06:45:00 GMT
AI vs creative industries - the UK government's foolish choice
The UK government is cosying up to Big Tech when instead it should be vociferously protecting the creative industries from the avarice of AI giantsThu, 12 Jun 2025 05:30:00 GMT
Agentforce London: 78% of UK companies use agentic AI, says Salesforce
Salesforce released Digital Labour Trends survey data to coincide with its Agentforce London 2025 event that found 78% of UK organisations are using agentic AIThu, 12 Jun 2025 04:45:00 GMT
NHS IT the big winner in Reeves’ Spending Review
The chancellor of the exchequer has significantly upped spending on digital and technology initiatives in the current Spending Review period, with the NHS receiving a 50% tech funding increaseWed, 11 Jun 2025 12:54:00 GMT
WhatsApp seeks to join Apple in legal challenge against Home Office encryption orders
WhatsApp today applied to intervene in an Investigatory Powers Tribunal case that is considering the UK’s ability to issue a technical capability notice on Apple to ‘weaken encryption’Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:19:00 GMT
Cyber security beyond compliance: Why resilience is the new boardroom imperative
Cyber security has been everything from a tick-box exercise to a compliance headache for organisations - but the pressing threats we face mean cyber resilience must become a boardroom issueWed, 11 Jun 2025 09:45:00 GMT
Human vs digital therapy: AI falls short when IT pros need help
Stressed IT and cyber professionals are turning to AI chatbots for support, but is handing people's mental wellbeing over to algorithms really such a bright idea?Wed, 11 Jun 2025 08:25:00 GMT
Investor behaviour in the wake of cyber's 'black swan' moment
So-called Black Swan events expose the blind spots in even the most sophisticated forecasting models, signaling a need to rethink how businesses, and those investing in them, quantify and prepare for cyber risk.Wed, 11 Jun 2025 08:05:00 GMT
Government using national security as ‘smokescreen’ in Apple encryption row
Senior conservative MP David Davis says the Home Office should disclose how many secret orders it has issued against telecoms and internet companies to ParliamentWed, 11 Jun 2025 07:55:00 GMT
UK government recommits to Edinburgh supercomputer plan with £750m funding pledge
After pulling the plug on plans by the previous government to build a supercomputer in Edinburgh, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology commits £750m to a very similar initiativeWed, 11 Jun 2025 07:15:00 GMT
West Brom Building Society project to meet customers’ digital demands
Calls from customers for a choice of digital channels drove West Brom Building Society’s digital transformation projectWed, 11 Jun 2025 06:54:00 GMT
June Patch Tuesday brings a lighter load for defenders
Barely 70 vulnerabilities make the cut for Microsoft’s monthly security update, but an RCE flaw in WEBDAV and an EoP issue in Windows SMB Client still warrant close attentionWed, 11 Jun 2025 05:08:00 GMT
Cyber Bill at risk of becoming a missed opportunity, say MPs
An APPG report warns that the government’s flagship cyber security legislation is too narrow in its scope and risks missing opportunities to embed resilience at the heart of the British economyWed, 11 Jun 2025 05:00:00 GMT
London Tech Week: More funding, fellowships and skills
The government wants to make the UK the best place for tech and AI, opening pathways for global talent and venture capital fundingWed, 11 Jun 2025 03:15:00 GMT
UK finance regulator tie-up with Nvidia allows firms to experiment with AI
FCA wants to support organisations in testing their ideas for the use of artificial intelligenceTue, 10 Jun 2025 11:45:00 GMT
Tariff turmoil: IT procurement and the public sector
In the first of a two-part series, we look at the current tariff turmoil in public sector IT procurement, the particular challenges faced by public sector procurement, and how the cloud and pay-as-you-go can helpTue, 10 Jun 2025 11:42:00 GMT
UK defence scheme invests in future cyber tech Cheri
Cambridge-based SCI Semiconductors is awarded DTEP funding to work on the application of defensive Cheri technologyTue, 10 Jun 2025 11:00:00 GMT
IBM reorients storage to cloud, containers and as-a-service
Storage profile: We look at Big Blue’s storage offer, which spans file, block and object, on-premise, in the cloud, and mainframes, while also embracing containers and the cloudTue, 10 Jun 2025 09:45:00 GMT