AI pothole patrol to snap flaws in Britain's crumbling roads
Now if only the councils could afford to fill them
Offbeat21 Jan 2025 | 26
United Kingdom
Ransomware attack forces Brit high school to shut doors
Students have work to complete at home in the meantime
Cyber-crime20 Jan 2025 | 60
IBM swoops in to rescue UK Emergency Services Network after Motorola shown the door
With a near half-billion-pound price hike bringing contract value to £1.4B
Networks17 Jan 2025 | 57
Medusa ransomware group claims attack on UK's Gateshead Council
Pastes allegedly stolen documents on leak site with £600K demand
Cyber-crime17 Jan 2025 | 12
Brit government contractor CloudKubed enters administration
Home Office, Department for Work and Pensions supplier in hands of FRP Advisory
Public Sector17 Jan 2025 | 9
Brits must prove their age on adult sites by July, says watchdog
Regulator asks people to link their credit cards, mobile accounts, or face scans for smut use to protect kids
Personal Tech16 Jan 2025 | 257
NARROWER TOPICS
It's not just Big Tech: The UK's Online Safety Act applies across the board
Analysis That niche forum running for 20 years – get ready, there's work to do
Security14 Jan 2025 | 148
CoreWeave drops £1bn in UK datacenters – but don't expect the latest Nvidia magic just yet
Rent-a-GPU outfit's latest datacenters are packed to the brim with H200s
Systems13 Jan 2025 | 2
UK prepared to throw planning rules out the window for massive datacenters
Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project designation could tear down more restrictions
On-Prem13 Jan 2025 | 85
What happens when someone subpoenas Cloudflare to unmask a blogger? This...
Ex-politician in UK claims he's been defamed – and goes to court in US for answers
Legal09 Jan 2025 | 87
£3.8B later, old tech supplier flames still burning for HMRC
Deal supposed to end in 2017 continues to haunt tax collector procurement
Software09 Jan 2025 | 10
UK government pledges law against sexually explicit deepfakes
Not just making them, but sharing them too
Public Sector09 Jan 2025 | 29
UK digital markets watchdog expects to launch investigations within the month using new powers
Regulator will see a 'participative' approach before imposing fines
Public Sector08 Jan 2025 | 13
We told Post Office about system problems at the highest level, Fujitsu tells Horizon Inquiry
State-owned retail company was not subordinate to Japanese multinational in technical matters, legal rep says
Software18 Dec 2024 | 125
British boffins build diamond battery capable of working for a millennium or five
Video Carbon-14 decay could be coming to an implant in you
Science08 Dec 2024 | 49
UK financial regulator slammed for failed tech transformation
Poor software projects among efforts to overhaul FCA that came up short, MPs find
Public Sector27 Nov 2024 | 7
Google must face £7B UK class action over search engine dominance
Ad slinger alleged to have abused position, resulting in higher prices for consumers
Software26 Nov 2024 | 24
UK council still hadn't fully costed troubled Oracle project 2 years in
Updated Meanwhile, budget clambered from £2.6M to nearly £40M, says report
Databases26 Nov 2024 | 54
SafePay ransomware gang claims Microlise attack that disrupted prison van tracking
Fledgling band of crooks says it stole 1.2 TB of data
Cyber-crime22 Nov 2024 | 3
Now Online Safety Act is law, UK has 'priorities' – but still won't explain 'spy clause'
Draft doc struggles to describe how theoretically encryption-busting powers might be used
Cyber-crime21 Nov 2024 | 56
UK test-fires Spear mini cruise missile that will equip F-35 fighters
2-way datalink allows in-flight info updates including retargeting and abort
Public Sector18 Nov 2024 | 78
UK energy watchdog slaps down Capita's £130M smart meter splurge
Regulator finds poor planning and overuse of consultants added to costs in ailing rollout
Networks15 Nov 2024 | 174
UK's Darpa clone faces tough test next spring as government considers future funding
With plant platforms and neural circuits on the program, Aria's leadership hope cross-party concensus continues
Public Sector13 Nov 2024 | 11
UK government plays power broker with small modular reactor suitors
Four bidders chosen to submit tenders for SMR program
On-Prem13 Nov 2024 | 121
Europe's largest local authority slammed for 'poorest' ERP rollout ever
Government-appointed commissioners say Birmingham severely lacked Oracle skills during disastrous implementation
Databases08 Nov 2024 | 73
Cyberattackers stole Microlise staff data following DHL, Serco disruption
Experts say incident has 'all the hallmarks of ransomware'
Cyber-crime06 Nov 2024 | 5
Want advice from UK government website about tax 'n' stuff? Talk to the chatbot
Need to know how to set up a business? There's an (experimental) AI for that
Public Sector06 Nov 2024 | 31
UK watchdog hints Voda-Three merger will likely pass
Game of Phones settles into its final chapter
Networks05 Nov 2024 | 36
Financial institutions told to get their house in order before the next CrowdStrike strikes
Calls for improvements will soon turn into demands when new rules come into force
Security02 Nov 2024 | 34
UK councils bat away DDoS barrage from pro-Russia keyboard warriors
Local authority websites downed in response to renewed support for Ukraine
Cyber-crime01 Nov 2024 | 34
UK immigration seeks tech support, development partner for border crossing systems
After years of delay, new systems with 'diverse tech stacks' need a hand in £195M deal
On-Prem29 Oct 2024 | 17
UK’s new Minister for Science and Technology comes to US touting Britain's AI benefits
Interview $82B in investment shows we've still got it as a nation
Public Sector28 Oct 2024 | 15
'Newport would look like Dubai' if guy could dumpster dive for lost Bitcoin drive
To Wales now, where crypto bro sues to be allowed to excavate landfill site
Bootnotes16 Oct 2024 | 84
Post Office seeks more Horizon support as it continues hunt for replacement
Someone has got to keep those back end systems running
On-Prem15 Oct 2024 | 22
Britain opens floodgates to US datacenter investment
Who needs climate goals and planning permission anyway?
Systems15 Oct 2024 | 20
Keir Starmer tells regulators to chill as Microsoft exec takes wheel of advisory council
What could possibly go wrong?
Public Sector15 Oct 2024 | 84
Keir Starmer hands ex-Darktrace boss investment minister gig
What's harder? Convincing people to invest in a beleaguered security business or a tiny island everybody hates?
Public Sector11 Oct 2024 | 53
The .io domain isn't going anywhere anytime soon amid treaty
UK-Mauritius handshake holds but Chagos Islands shift could eventually phase out the ccTLD
Off-Prem10 Oct 2024 | 51
Hold my Pimms! Wimbledon turns to tech for line-ball calls
Humans dumped by famously fusty tennis tournament
Personal Tech10 Oct 2024 | 27
UK Regulatory Innovation Office vows to slash red tape – but we've heard it all before
Comment The real issue is a reluctance to invest
Public Sector09 Oct 2024 | 38
Brits hate how big tech handles their data, but can't be bothered to do much about it
Managing the endless stream of cookie banners leaves little energy for anything else
Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2024 | 38
Blackstone invests £10B to build Europe's 'biggest AI datacenter' in UK
Construction slated to begin next year at site of failed BritishVolt plant
Systems26 Sep 2024 | 17
Public Wi-Fi operator investigating cyberattack at UK's busiest train stations
Updated See it, say it… not sorted just yet as network access remains offline
Cyber-crime26 Sep 2024 | 62
UK government's bank data sharing plan slammed as 'financial snoopers' charter'
Access to account info needed to tackle benefit fraud, latest bill claims
Security26 Sep 2024 | 146
Northern Ireland cops whose info was leaked in 2023 may get £240M+ damages
Officers put in danger when republican dissidents grabbed hold of their names and details
Legal25 Sep 2024 | 2
Cybercrooks strut away with haute couture Harvey Nichols data
Nothing high-end about the sparsely detailed, poorly publicized breach
Cyber-crime20 Sep 2024 | 10
UK activists targeted with Pegasus spyware ask police to charge NSO Group
4 file complaint with London's Met, alleging malware maker helped autocratic states violate their privacy
Security19 Sep 2024 | 13
Objections to datacenter builds may be overruled now they are 'Critical National Infrastructure'
Well you wouldn't get far protesting a water system or a power grid, right?
On-Prem17 Sep 2024 | 34
Meta back at it, harvesting Britons' public Facebook, Insta feeds for AI training
I wanna know 🎵 What you're feeling 🎵 Tell me what's on your mind
Personal Tech14 Sep 2024 | 33
UK watchdog fears Voda-Three merger will balloon phone bills for customers
Analysts claim it would be better for competition though
Networks13 Sep 2024 | 36
MI6, CIA using generative AI to combat tech-driven enemies
Spy bosses use first-ever joint article to bemoan how Russia and China use tech to mess with the world
AI + ML09 Sep 2024 | 55
UK trio pleads guilty to running $10M MFA bypass biz
Updated Crew bragged they could help crooks raid victims' bank accounts
Cyber-crime03 Sep 2024 | 14
Body of IT tycoon Mike Lynch recovered after superyacht sinks
Updated Search for others missing, including his 18-year-old daughter, continues
On-Prem21 Aug 2024 | 67
B2B ISP Fastnet staggers back to feet after VMware incident
Company continues to investigate root cause
VMware Explore19 Aug 2024 | 8
From windfarms to Amazon Prime, UK plans to long range test six drone services
BVLOS operations to modernize airspace
Edge + IoT16 Aug 2024 | 50
UK's 'electricity superhighway' gets green light just in time for AI to gobble it all up
500 km transmission cable promises enough power for two million homes, or a heck of a lotta GPUs
On-Prem14 Aug 2024 | 130
UK semi industry exposed to supply chain risk, China state ownership
Report suggests govt get cracking on a proper ownership structure survey and ... hang on, did they forget the Midlands?
Systems13 Aug 2024 | 14
UK Royal Mint mining PCBs for precious metals in e-waste recovery effort
There's gold in them thar boards
Personal Tech08 Aug 2024 | 66
UK axes plans for Edinburgh-based exascale computer
Shortsighted or a chance to refocus? Tech sector is not happy
HPC05 Aug 2024 | 45
Keir Starmer says facial recognition tech is the answer to far-right riots
The technology remains highly controversial despite widespread rollout
Public Sector05 Aug 2024 | 292
UK plans to revamp national cyber defense tools are already in motion
Work aims to build on the success of NCSC's 2016 initiative – and private sector will play a part
Cyber-crime02 Aug 2024 | 8
UK crimebusters shut down global call-spoofing outfit that claimed 170K-plus victims
Suspected devs behind Russian Coms cuffed – now to find the users of the nastyware
Cyber-crime02 Aug 2024 | 11
Biting the hand that feeds IT
