Latest articles by Lee Bell
UK is now the most targeted nation for cyber attacks
News Ransomware across the globe rose by 700% in 2017 fuelled by WannaCry
Innovate UK awarded £19 million
News R&D organisation seeks out products, processes and services in tech, health and life sciences
Fewer than half of businesses ready for GDPR, warns UK gov
News Organisations urged to prepare for the new data protection laws with only 4 months to go
Lime and Seeed launch cheap SDR bundle for Raspberry Pi
News The $249 package includes an array of sensors and equipment to build IoT devices
UK smartphones sales soar up 24%
News Global value of smartphones also soared by 10% to over £250 per handset
Google outspends any other tech company in lobbying
News Search engine giant spent more than $18 million in 2017 to influence Washington
Linus Torvalds blasts Intel's Meltdown/Spectre patches
News Meanwhile, Intel tells users not to download the latest patch as it causes too many problems
Slack launches on Linux
News But the Ubuntu app is still in beta while Slack irons out 'any potential issues'
Apple sued for Spectre and Meltdown bugs
News Filing accuses the Apple of failing to keep processors in iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs secure
Google moves internal systems from Ubuntu to Debian
News The switch will give Google more control and offers the added benefit of a development community
Kaspersky uncovers Android spyware tool, Skygofree
News The spyware steals WhatsApp messages and your passwords
Only 4% of business mobile devices patched against Meltdown
News And nearly three-quarters are vulnerable to both chip flaws, research suggests
Researchers uncover Google Play Store malware 'AdultSwine'
News The malicious code is hidden inside 60 game apps downloaded 'millions of times'
Barcelona to ditch Microsoft in favour of open source
News The city council aims to complete the transformation by spring 2019 - report
Robots are set to join Ocado's human factory workers
News Ocado sees the SecondHands bot working alongside human engineers
Intel promises more transparency about Meltdown debacle
News CEO vows to communicate better about upcoming patches, amid slowdown anger
FFC chairman Ajit Pai forced to cancel CES appearance
News Likely a result of the controversial vote to scrap the US government’s net neutrality rules in December
Microsoft partners with Adaptive Biotechnologies
News Aims to help diagnose and treat disease with machine learning
UK tech industry saw record investment in 2017
News Venture capital investment in British tech sector last year was almost double that of 2016
Lenovo unveils latest ThinkPad line-up ahead of CES
News Updated hardware said to be thinner and lighter but more powerful than predecessors
Security flaw 'affects all Intel chips from the last decade'
News But an OS-level fix could drastically affect device performance - report
Google Maps policy update bans reviews by former workers
News Labels it a ‘conflict of interest’
Germany to enforce anti-hate speech law
News Twitter, Facebook and YouTube could face fines of up to 50m euro if they don't comply
