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May 31
- Police investigate University of South Wales data breach
- Microsoft will open London flagship store on 11 July
- Google Cloud scores FA digital transformation partnership
- Salesforce launches blockchain platform for CRM
- Tech industry bands together to oppose GCHQ snooping
- Zuckerberg unscathed by shareholder revolt
- Ministers criticised for failing to back ‘open government'
May 30
- Exposed business data rises by 50% to 2.3 billion files
- Laptop laden with malware's greatest hits sells for $1.3m
- Businesses warned of soaring cost of employee subject access requests
- AWS' launches Textract tool capable of reading millions of files in a few hours
- Microsoft hints at a "modern OS" for the 5G age
- More than half of UK employees admit to stealing corporate data
- HERE joins MuleSoft Technology Partner Program
May 29
- Code42 expands channel partner programme in EMEA
- Becrypt’s revamped channel strategy will target the quasi-public sector
- Digital healthcare services 'must be internet-facing by default'
- Most of the UK's top websites fail GDPR, claims ImmuniWeb
- MediaTek's new 5G chip aims to cut the cost of early 5G devices
- Londoner allegedly hacked by Saudi Arabia
- Huawei and China launch fresh offensives amid US trade war
- Europe leads the way in mobile excellence ahead of 5G launch
May 28
- NetApp appoints Chris Greenwood as its new UK and Ireland chief
- Huawei CEO would oppose a China ban on Apple
- Nvidia launches edge platform to ramp up AI and IoT data processing
- US security agency 'linked to Baltimore hack'
- Windows 10 security focused Sandbox broken and left without a fix for a month
- Cyber security crisis looms as 72% of professionals consider leaving their jobs
May 24
- Managed services now the number one revenue opportunity for channel firms
- Github launches ‘Patreon for coders’
- Defence Secretary commits £22m to fund Army cyber operations centres
- Trump suggests Huawei could be included in China trade deal
- Citrix targets the channel with Desktop as a Service Microsoft partnership
- Ofcom opens up Openreach for full-fibre commitment
May 23
- Salesforce adds enhanced functionality to its app store and eyes the 7m download milestone
- Salesforce creates $125m fund to give European cloud start-ups a boost
- Lexmark names Allen Waugerman as new president and CEO
- IoT cyber attacks cost UK economy £1bn each year
- Fresh TalkTalk customer data found publicly available online
- Baltimore ransomware attack cripples public services
- Security researcher auctions off Windows 10 zero-day exploits
- Former US defence chief calls for public and private sector cyber taskforce
May 22
- Citrix Synergy 2019: Citrix launches desktop as a service tool with Microsoft Azure
- LogMeIn embarks on partner programme expansion
- TfL will track tube passengers to improve its service
- Box overhauls its Relay workflow tool
- Recurring services key to MSP success, Datto finds
- ARM, EE and Microsoft form the latest companies to exclude Huawei
- Citrix Synergy 2019: Citrix revamps Workspace to tackle “disengagement epidemic”
- Citrix Synergy 2019: Citrix ports Workspace to Google Cloud
- Amazon shareholders to vote on facial recognition
- EE's 5G network will launch 30 May
- Big Four accountancy firms top list of cyber security employers
- G Suite passwords stored in plain text for 14 years
May 21
- Vapour Cloud looks to push growth with 10 new partners
- Ingram Micro launches new self-service tools to empower UK partners
- Police in the dock over facial recognition
- Google Glass reborn with its second enterprise-ready model
- Facebook uses robots to develop its AI
May 20
- Britain's ePassport border controls opened up to seven non-EU nations
- Government's roll out of fibre broadband for rural and remote locations is underway
- Hackers steal data from 113,000 other hackers
May 17
- Barracuda sets sights on hitting $1 billion target
- HPE acquires Cray for $1.3 billion
- Alibaba Cloud bolsters EMEA offering with nine partners
- Microsoft and Sony partner on cloud-based gaming and tech development
- 'Uncrackable' passwords introduced to Microsoft Azure
- Hackers breach StackOverflow but steal no user data
- Police hunt the 'GozNym' malware gang
- Sensitive data of 2.25 million Russians exposed online
- NYPD 'abuses' facial recognition tech
- Huawei Mate 20 X (5G) Hands-on review: Huawei’s got a mate that’s 5G ready
- UK Cloud Awards 2019 winners announced
May 16
- Tech firms pledge to make the C-suite more diverse
- ExtraHop unveils freshly-expanded Panorama Partner Program
- GCHQ, MI5 decisions can now be challenged in court
- Staff details leaked in British Transport Police website hack
- Security flaw found in Google's "most secure" account authenticator
- Expert appointments boost government's AI Council
- Huawei placed on trade blacklist by US gov
May 15
- Epson reinforces channel commitment with Partner Programme expansion
- San Francisco bans facial recognition technology
- Ofcom broadband transparency rules will save money for 20 million customers
- IT powering NHS screenings ‘unfit for purpose’ for a decade
- Intel needs its community to fight ZombieLoad
- Bitcoin news: Major retailers offer support for bitcoin payments
- Microsoft fixes critical flaw in legacy Windows systems to prevent WannaCry-like attack
- Vodafone is the first carrier to name its 5G switch-on date
May 14
- Lenovo launches ‘world’s first foldable laptop’
- OnePlus 7 hands-on review: No revelations, but no disappointments
- Adobe issues legal warning to Creative Cloud users
- ICO warns tech industry to rebuild public trust or face ruin
- CSP sales channels to be “sidelined” in smart home device market
- Huawei confirms its entrance into the database market
- UK tech continues to exceed growth predictions
- Critical Cisco exploit hands attackers keys to your business' network
- WhatsApp call hack installs spyware on users’ phones
May 13
- Nvidia and King's College London will train AI tech to help tackle cancer
- Trump slaps 25% tariffs on Chinese networking equipment
- FBI thwarts Lazarus-linked North Korean surveillance malware
- Nick Clegg: Stop throwing rocks at Facebook
- DARPA will train AIs to ace close-combat aerial dogfights
May 10
- Masergy appoints UK Channel lead amid “significant growth”
- Kaseya CEO: “We didn’t sell out”
- VMware on AWS is now widely available across the NHS
- Rival cryptomining gangs warring over unsecure Linux servers
- Researchers only “scratching the surface” of a pervasive Android bloatware issue
- Anthem healthcare insurance hacker charged by FBI
- Home Office savaged for delays to 4G emergency services network
- University of Worcester plans move to the cloud with Oracle
- Windows 10 release date, features, devices and free upgrade: Windows PowerToys customisation project returns in open source guise
May 9
- Intel reveals Project Athena Open Labs to set component standards for OEMs
- Windows 10 gains FIDO certification for biometric logins
- US Secretary of State pleads UK to consider wider world in Huawei decision
- MPs slam Verify scheme that's "failing the public"
- BT revenues slip, but investment indicates long-term vision
- ICO to pull back the curtain on digital companies
- Skills shortage feared as students taking computer science GCSE drops sharply
May 8
- Salesforce unveils Einstein Analytics for financial services industry
- EfficientIP enhances channel programme with overhauled initiative
- Forcepoint appoints John Sorensen to lead global sales strategy
- AWS aims to get more girls into tech with 'Get IT'
- £120,000 ICO fine allegedly based on inaccurate information
- Hackers steal $41m of Bitcoin in Binance security breach
- UK misinformation fighter selected as Google AI grantee
May 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 launches with simplified multicloud tools
- Chinese hackers used 'stolen' NSA tools a year before they were leaked by the Shadow Brokers
- NHS to launch data-sharing hubs with trial in Manchester
- Mayor of London wants SMBs to benefit from AI
- The ICO compels HMRC to delete five million biometric records
- Microsoft announces Azure updates for IoT, databases and more
- FTC needs to go further with Facebook oversight
May 3
- Microsoft wants you to ditch passwords for biometrics
- NBM brings Vertiv data centre portfolio to its reseller network
- Organ delivered by drone for first time
- Microsoft unveils preset services for AI and Blockchain
- 50,000 SAP customers are currently vulnerable to hacks due to software misconfiguration
May 2
- Dell announces slew of new hardware
- Google to offer 'auto-delete' for web tracking history
- Facebook could face FTC oversight as part of Cambridge Analytica settlement
- UK's tech sector reputation "damaged by Brexit uncertainty"
- Gavin Williamson sacked by Prime Minister over Huawei leak
May 1
- Zerto bolsters leadership team with VP of EMEA
- Microsoft simplifies data privacy for 365 suite
- Microsoft introduces native VMware support for Azure
- Government opens consultancy on IoT security laws
- Google staff "sick of retaliation" from HR over abuse complaints
- VMware announces data centre as a service offering
- Huawei security issue far less threatening than first thought