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November 30
- Ex-Intel engineer accused of attempted theft of 3D XPoint secrets
- Marriott's Starwood Hotel system breached exposing data of up to 500 million guests
- GCHQ opens up about concealing cyber threats from global community
- Massive UPnProxy router flaw leaves millions open to hack attacks
- AWS re:Invent: A blockchain service for the right market at the right time
- Samsung is building a data centre in Korea's DMZ to challenge Azure and AWS
- Microsoft wins $480M contract to provide US Army with HoloLens headsets for combat use
- DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather fined over crypto promotions
November 29
- Dell resets customer passwords following cyber attack
- SolarWinds unveils Software Development Apprenticeship Program to tackle IT skills gap
- Sadiq Khan announces London small business tech scheme
- AWS re:Invent: Andy Jassy announces ML Marketplace, Blockchain and more
- US identifies and charges SamSam ransomware authors
November 28
- HPE hails 'major leap in storage' with memory-driven flash
- Facebook refutes MP claims it knew about Russian data harvesting in 2014
- AWS Ground Stations link satellites to the cloud
- HPE to acquire BlueData to help with AI efforts
- Half of phishing sites fool users with green padlock symbols
- ICO fines Uber £385,000 following its 2016 data breach
- Google employees revolt as Chinese censorship project gains traction
- Half of businesses will spend more than £100k on digital transformation in next two years
- Apple sued over "unfair" commission rate on iPhone apps
November 27
- One in three CISOs view cloud as a security risk
- HPE builds on its composable vision with new Hybrid Cloud Platform
- Microsoft breaks Windows 10 again in latest update
- BT and Deloitte spearhead police digital transformation
November 26
- LinkedIn violates data protection rules, uses 18 million email addresses without user consent
- Facebook documents seized by parliament’s Serjeant at Arms
November 23
- Price comparison rivals blast Google’s “illegal conduct” in ongoing antitrust furore
- US Gov presses allies to ditch Huawei
- IBM's Red Hat acquisition could be "disastrous", says Puppet exec
- Mirai 'botmasters' now exploiting Hadoop flaw to target Linux servers
- Data aggregator leaks 9.3m people’s personal information
- Dstl deals out lessons in cyber security
- UKESF skills campaign will protect £120m electronics industry
November 22
- Flawed US Postal Service API exposes data on 60 million users
- British Airways sues data centre supplier for 2017 outage
- Lincolnshire Police enlists Motorola in cloud upgrade deal
- Avoiding vendor lock-in is 'crucial to cloud success'
November 21
- SAP buys automation specialist Contextor to boost S/4HANA
- Google invests $700 million in carbon-neutral Danish data centre
- GDPR news: GDPR turns six months old
- The UK Cloud Awards 2019 are open for business
- University of Birmingham to deploy UK’s largest IBM POWER9 AI cluster to boost medical research
- Is the UK headed towards a voice tech skills shortage?
- Google, Uber and Apple must share mapping info, says UK data group
- ICO appoints in-house expert to investigate AI effect on data privacy
November 20
- Microsoft Office 365 and Azure users locked out of accounts due to MFA issues
- UK gov appoints first seats for Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
- Two men sentenced for cyber crimes in £77m TalkTalk hack
- Hacker tells York City Council it's been breached
November 19
- Microsoft launches Azure-based blockchain development kit
- Attackers steal credit card details in Vision Direct data breach
- IBM Watson AI helps drive Lexus car advert with Oscar-winning director
- It's now "impossible" to protect critical UK infrastructure from cyber attack
- Apple and Microsoft working to fix iCloud bug on Windows
November 16
- Facebook supports government engineering skills campaign
- Citrix snaps up micro-app startup Sapho
- EE and Virgin Media fined £13m for overcharging customers
- techUK urges MPs to vote for Brexit agreement to avoid "chaotic" no deal
- Dstl uses AI to gather global radar data and aid UK military
- Cloud infrastructure spending exceeds on-premise for the first time
- Firefox Quantum will now tell you if a site has been breached
- Germany to invest €3 billion into its AI industry
November 15
- Majority of businesses now ditching public cloud for hybrid
- Users told to ditch OneDrive and Office 365 to avoid 'covert' data harvesting
- Cisco defies market shift to cloud with rising hardware sales
- Oracle opts for UK AI expansion due to 'wealth of local talent'
- Raspberry Pi 3 A+ offers the same 3 B+ performance for $10 less
- Intel USB-sized Neural Compute Stick 2 promises smarter edge devices
November 14
- Cyber security skills initiative extends to Scotland and Northern Ireland after successful trial in England
- Robotic process automation software spending to hit $680m
- Amazon Echo to star as key witness in a double murder case
- Nigerian firm admits misrouting Google traffic through China
- New York City and Virginia win Amazon’s new headquarters locations
- EE will roll out 5G services to 16 British cities in 2019
- Intel accelerates the development of its 5G modem chip
November 13
- Virgin Media Business unveils SD-WAN services aimed at businesses using cloud tech
- China erases citizens’ social media accounts in widespread censorship campaign
- Critical vulnerabilities in WordPress GDPR plugin let hackers seize control of websites
- Google creates Transfer Appliance to help EU companies shift cloud data
- Apple's T2 chip is restricting third-party repairs of its recent Mac models
- Six-month sentence handed for data abuse in landmark ICO prosecution
- Home Office selects iProov for identity verification tech
- Government urges businesses to claim £2,500 broadband boosting voucher
November 12
- British Army begins military robot testing exercise to further frontline efficiency
- Apple will offer free repairs for iPhone X and MacBook Pros
- Foreign firms earmark £110m injection to create hundreds of tech jobs across UK
- SAP snaps up Qualtrics for $8bn in continued cloud push
- Trickbot now uses Microsoft Excel to steal passwords and web browser data
- Trade Unions Congress fearful of implanting workers with tracking chips
November 9
- A supercomputer that works like the human brain has just been turned on
- Lazarus hackers engage in ‘FASTCash’ scheme to steal tens of millions of dollars from ATMs
- Bank of England to test finance sector's cyber security
- Oracle and Equifax among seven firms accused of violating GDPR by Privacy International
- Google Cloud introduces AI Hub and Kubeflow Pipelines
- Amazon and Cisco join forces to create hybrid app development platform
- IBM and Seagate use Blockchain to tackle counterfeit hard drives
- Microsoft's president says we need to regulate facial recognition to avoid a 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' scenario
November 8
- Report savages NHS Wales for fixating on legacy IT and snubbing the benefits of cloud
- Chinese cities roll out gait-recognition technology, alarming human rights campaigners
- Android is ready to fold
- Hackers infiltrated analytics platform used by 2m sites to syphon Bitcoin from gate.io
- Three claims 5G will end fixed-line home broadband
- Qualcomm must license its modem tech to rival companies, judge rules
November 7
- VMworld Europe 2018: VMware’s on-premise software-defined data centre hits beta
- AMD launches on AWS and instantly undercuts Intel by 10%
- Scientists train an AI to spot Alzheimer’s disease six years before human diagnosis
- AMD reveals 7nm 'Rome' EPYC processors aimed at data centres
- Metop-C weather satellite launched with 17-year-old tech
- Facebook blocks 115 bot accounts over US Midterm meddling fears
- Government to fund AI technology centres for healthcare revolution
- Fujitsu contributes to near-zero emission data centre
- Dropbox unveils extensions for boosting employee collaboration
- HSBC locks US customers out of accounts after data breach
- Dreams gets in bed with digital transformation drive aided by Envoy Digital
- VMworld Europe 2018: VMware expands AWS and IBM partnerships to fuel hybrid cloud
- VMworld Europe 2018: VMware beefs up hybrid portfolio with Cloud Foundation 3.5 release
November 6
- Leave.EU faces big fine over data law breaches
- Researchers expose 'critical vulnerabilities' in SSD encryption
- Lloyds bank to cut 6,000 jobs to create 8,000 digital ones
- Amazon’s HQ2 could be split between two cities
- Government warns UK telecoms industry over security risks to 5G supply chain
- Ryanair website and app down for 12 hours
- Matt Hancock touts digital tech in the NHS as key to fuelling preventative healthcare
- Government watchdog will assess the programming skills in GCSE computer science after coursework leak
November 5
- Amazon turns to robot workers to bolster Black Friday employees
- Researchers ‘break’ Edge with zero-day remote code exploit
- Apple reportedly slated to release a 5G iPhone in 2020
- Attackers target SIP flaws in Cisco firewalls to overload devices
- Global smartphones sales slump as Samsung shipments slip
- Cyber attacks against energy and utilities firms occur in enterprise not critical infrastructure
- Microsoft partners with Centrica and NHS Scotland to drive digital transformation
November 2
- NHS Digital to axe 500 jobs in first wave of major restructure
- Hackers broker access to '120m Facebook profiles' as 81,000 users' messages published
- Intel to outsource entry-level processor production
- UK gov's EU citizen app doesn't work on Apple devices
- FIFA discloses massive hack as internal documents are leaked to press
- Apple customers are paying 30% more for their iPhones on average
- Nutanix update offers full visibility for all cloud environments
- EA unveils Project Atlas AI-powered development platform
- Avis chooses AWS for connected car analysis
- Radisson advises members of confirmed data breach
- Holograms to lecture students at Imperial College
November 1
- Stuxnet is back, Iran admits
- MPs make fresh attempt to haul Zuckerberg before 'fake news' inquiry
- Facebook plans to move Workplace to its own domain
- Government commits £200m to deliver full-fibre connections across the UK
- Eurostar makes customers reset passwords after suffering data breach
- Hyperoptic rolls out fibre broadband to over 160,000 social houses