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March 29
- HiddenMiner cryptocurrency mining malware can push Android devices to breaking point
- Football club Lazio loses €2 million by falling foul of phishing scam
- Playboy quits Facebook after 'data mismanagement' exposed user info
- Salesforce harnesses Mulesoft to connect data silos
- Microsoft Store gets tweaked to help developers test apps in private
- Smart home mobile apps vulnerable to takeover
- Boeing reportedly hit by WannaCry attacks
- Oracle automates the cloud data warehouse with AWS in its sights
- Facebook updates privacy controls to let you delete your data
March 28
- Google faces $9bn damages bill after Oracle wins copyright claim
- Ofcom to roll out 10Mbps broadband to all UK premises by 2020 under USO
- AWS says its entire cloud is GDPR-ready
- Apple updates iWork for new education-focused iPad
March 27
- Apple unveils new £319 iPad that will work with the now cheaper £89 Apple Pencil
- iPhone manufacturer Foxconn buys Belkin for $800m
- GDS adds provisional July launch date for G-Cloud 10
- University of Winchester upgrades IT network for predictive maintenance
March 26
- Pivotal files for a $100m IPO, eyeing enterprise cloud opportunity
- Remote Scottish community to get the fastest UK broadband
March 23
- 'Crypto jacking' cyber attacks up by 8,500%, says Symantec
- GitHub discovers 4 million vulnerabilities in public code libraries
- Qualys integrates with Google Cloud Platform's Security Command Centre
- London AI Innovation Census launched by Sadiq Khan
March 22
- Twitter a “toxic place for women”, says Amnesty International UK
- A tamper-proof Bitcoin wallet was hacked by a British 15-year-old
- Tim Berners-Lee: Facebook was "abused and misused" by Cambridge Analytica
- Is the tech skills shortage holding back DevOps growth?
- Workday adds conversational UI with Slack
- VMware adds smarts to monitoring platform Workspace One
March 21
- Save the Children: How cloud helps in disaster zones
- CIOs 'should make their roles redundant' in five years
- HPE launches new AI-powered services
- WhatsApp co-founder tells Facebook users to delete their accounts
- CIOs prioritise business value over cost-cutting
- Ofcom opens 5G spectrum auction
March 20
- Security is the biggest driver and obstacle in hybrid cloud migrations
- Cambridge Analytica and Facebook: What happened and has it impacted any votes?
March 19
- Micro Focus suffers shares slump amid revenue fears
- Is Apple developing its own MicroLED screen technology for a future iPhone?
- Hackers turn to email phishing as security investments mount
- Google sinks $14.5m into shared-AR startup Blue Vision Labs
March 16
- Common passwords shared across brands leave smart home tech open to hacking
- Google ups Chrome Enterprise security credentials with new features
- Google criticised over gender pay gap data
- Grayshift's $15,000 GrayKey promises to unlock Apple iPhones
- Chinese hackers building a botnet out of five million compromised Android devices
- UK companies unprepared for cloud outages
- Cloudian acquires Infinity Storage to help customers reduce IT workloads
- Tech sector faces recruitment crisis due to staff churn
March 15
- Finding malware on the Play Store is less likely than "an asteroid hitting the earth", says Google
- Two new Monero cryptominers found on Google Play
- Microsoft launches speculative attack bounty programme
- WhatsApp stops sharing data with Facebook
March 14
- Microsoft accused of inaction on 238 gender discrimination claims
- Salesforce to buy $100m of Dropbox shares post-IPO
- Raspberry Pi 3 B+ features improves processor and networking
March 13
- Spring Statement: Tech industry expresses concern over UK's slow growth forecasts
- Judge denies Yahoo's bid to dismiss data breach lawsuits
- 500 new cyber threats emerge every minute
- Trump blocks Broadcom's Qualcomm bid, citing security concerns
- UK government delays online porn checks
- UK startups fly to Australia to share smart city innovations
- Nutanix buys Netsil for application discovery tools
March 12
- UK government funds six new 5G trials with £25 million grant
- Sadiq Khan: Regulation must catch up with tech innovation
- Tim Berners-Lee: Google and Facebook are helping to weaponise the web
- McAfee snaps up TunnelBear VPN
- Dell EMC leads global server revenue boom
- Apple macOS malware soared 270% in 2017
March 9
- Dropbox and Salesforce enter into cloud service integration partnership
- European Commission wants to make Europe a fintech hub
- Cortana vulnerability allows hackers to bypass Windows 10 passwords to install malware
- Google wants to take AMP to the whole web
- Kaspersky: North Korea framed for Winter Olympics malware
- ICO raids companies suspected of sending 11 million nuisance texts
- Oracle opens submissions for start-up cloud accelerator programme
- Microsoft is killing off its Outlook Web App for Android and iOS
- Dolby launches Voice Room video conferencing solution
March 8
- Cryptocurrency mining threat to business can't be ignored, warns report
- Cyber criminals only honour half of ransomware payments
- VMware and AWS bring hybrid partnership to Europe
March 7
- Ocado improves fraud detection with machine learning
- Trainline and Code First: Girls launch women in tech programme
- NATS teams up with aviation startup to improve drone safety
- IoT vendors urged to ditch devices' default passwords and improve security
- Oculus Rift release date, price and system requirements: Oculus overtakes HTC in key market
- Kaspersky offers hackers $100,000 for spotting bugs
- Microsoft tailors Azure Stack for US government
March 6
- US firm fends off the largest DDoS attack ever recorded
- Kali Linux comes to Windows 10, handing hacking tools to pen testers
- UK data watchdog draws up plans for 'data protection by design'
- Hershey's aims to streamline supply chain with S/4 HANA
March 5
- EU 'may create blockchain standards' to support fintech
- Government will create 'a two-tier data protection system', campaigners warn
- Apple might release a cheaper MacBook Air
- Samsung Galaxy S9 price, release date, features & specs: S9's facial recognition is 'no more secure than S8'
- NCSC: Cyber crime is a major threat to UK charities
- TechVets aims to get UK military veterans into cyber security
- Nvidia trains MPs to make AI neural networks
March 2
- EU to give tech firms one hour to remove illegal content
- Former YouTube employee sues Google for discriminatory hiring practices against white and Asian men
- New Nokia phones to be added to Google's Android Enterprise Recommended list
- ISPs now have 30 days to fix net speeds or face null contracts
- Github weathers world's largest DDoS attack
- Dropbox teams with Google Cloud to integrate G-Suite
- Microsoft reveals new AI and cloud-powered health initiatives
- Applications for the next phase of the Open Up Challenge are now open
- Women in Tech Employer Awards open for nominations
March 1
- Google's Hangouts Chat is now generally available through G Suite
- ICO: Use GDPR to earn customers' trust
- Facebook will allow adverts to target users based on beliefs
- Government 'must be held to account' over illegal Snooper's Charter
- Researchers find bug allowing hackers to bypass first factor authentication of users accounts
- Mayor of London launches £7m scheme to improve digital diversity