Latest articles by Sabina Weston
Cyber incidents targeting UK financial services providers surged in 2021
News A fifth of incidents reported to the Financial Conduct Authority involved ransomware
Virgin Media O2 partners with VMware to speed up 5G rollout
News The UK operator has committed to deploying 5G services to 50% of the UK's population in 2023
Kaspersky declared threat to US national security
News Kaspersky was added to the FCC's blacklist alongside China Mobile International and China Telecom
EU law may force Meta, Apple to open their chat apps to smaller rivals
News If passed, Meta and Apple will have six months to open their messaging platforms to interoperability
HMRC tells businesses to prepare for post-Brexit border IT system move
News CHIEF is expected to be closed down on 30 September 2022 after almost three decades in operation
All schools in England to have access to gigabit broadband by 2025
News The £150 million investment won't extend to schools in Scotland and Wales
Kyndryl and Lenovo collaborate on hybrid cloud and edge computing
News The collaboration with Lenovo is the latest in a series of partnership announcements from Kyndryl
EU proposes new bloc-wide cyber security regulations
News The Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU institutions, bodies, offices, and agencies (CERT-EU) will be renamed as the ‘Cybersecurity Centre'
Treasury pledges to 'fully compensate' Post Office scandal victims
News Chancellor Rishi Sunak says he hopes the compensation scheme will provide “a measure of comfort” for the ‘555’.
UK government initiative will fund disruptive telecoms tech
News The UK Telecoms Innovation Network Competition will provide up to £10 million of funding to research and develop technologies such as Open RAN
Pasqal quantum computers to become available on Azure Quantum this year
News The French startup is the latest company to join Microsoft’s fleet of quantum partners
Three CEO calls for "structural change" in mobile market amid rumour of Vodafone merger
Analysis Analyst suggests merger is likely following Three's failed attempt to acquire O2 in 2015
Microsoft rebrands Partner Network to strengthen cloud focus
News However, Microsoft's contentious New Commerce Experience scheme went unmentioned during Wednesday's announcement
NortonLifeLock and Avast merger could reduce competition, CMA warns
News The watchdog will launch a phase two investigation into the merger unless NortonLifeLock and Avast address its concerns within five days
Intel to invest €33 billion in EU chip manufacturing
News This will include the long-rumoured €17 billion semiconductor fab mega-site in Magdeburg, Germany
Vodafone and Ericsson complete UK's first 5G network slicing trial
News Network slicing allows businesses and app developers to carve out a ‘slice’ of the network suited to specific use cases
Ukraine given access to Clearview AI's controversial facial recognition tech
News The tech will be used to recognise Russian soldiers, tackle misinformation, and identify the deceased
Foxconn resumes iPhone SE production in Shenzhen
News The week-long lockdown is said to have had next to no effect on Foxconn’s clients
Intel, Barclays to provide laptops to UK teachers unable to access the Internet
News The initiative aims to help teachers of more than 20,000 UK schoolchildren overcome inadequate online access
BT selects Google Cloud to support group-wide digital transformation
News The five-year partnership will see Google Cloud deploy cloud infrastructure, data analytics, AI/ML, security, and API management to help digitise BT
Harmful ads and scams to be included in Online Safety Bill
News Ofcom will have the power to issue a fine of up to £18 million pounds – or 10% of the company’s global annual turnover
Apple unveils M1 Ultra, Mac Studio, 5G iPhone SE and a new iPad Air
News The tech giant unveiled a host of new hardware during its “Peek Performance” event on 8 March
Google uncovers Russian phishing campaign targeting Ukrainian news provider
News The tech giant has also recorded repeated DDoS attempts against the Ukrainian government
