Researchers at London's Alan Turing Institute to utilise Azure cloud after Microsoft donation of £3.9 million
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2016
Samsung Will Acquire AI Specialist Viv To Take On Siri And Cortana
Viv will give Samsung an artificial intelligence platform to push to developers
Android Security Bulletin Patches 78 Vulnerabilities
Busy month for Google as it patches multiple vulnerabilities with the Android operating system
BT Revamps Randstad Networks And IT Infrastructure In £88m Deal
BT to deploy VPN, VoIP and standardise office networks across 37 countries for Randstad
LuxConnect And Volta Data Centre Alliance Links London And Luxembourg
Data centre partnership aims to simplify client expansion across two European markets
Fujitsu Mulls PC Options Amid Lenovo Deal Talk
Is Lenovo about to acquire the PC business of Fujitsu? Japanese firm admits it is considering options
Gatwick Airport Moves To Digital Radio System To Improve Safety
Gatwick Airport migrates to a Motorola Solutions digital radio system in latest stage of a digital transformation that has seen it apply cloud and analytics
Benioff Says Salesforce Betting Big On The Success Of Einstein AI
Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff calls the company's artificial intelligence push a game changer, but is the hype at Dreamforce conference justified?
IoT And The Enterprise World Must Put Cyber Security At The Forefront Warn Experts
IP Expo 2016: Sophos, Kaspersky and Trend Micro talk future threats from IoT, Hired cyber criminals, and security education
Free entry Juniper Network SD-WAN. Where next for VPN?
Signal Disclosed User Data To US Government
Signal's parent company provided data on a user to US authorities - but there wasn't much to hand over
TalkTalk’s Cyber Security Negligence Gets It Hit With £400,000 ICO Fine
The Information Commissioner said TalkTalk’s security was found wanting
London Has Slower, But More Reliable, 4G Than Rest Of The UK
Opensignal research shows disparities between London and the rest of the UK in terms of network performance
Digital Catapult Tests Blockchain ‘Smart Contract’
Blockchain could be used to encourage creative working patterns where companies law is too restrictive
AI Control Needs ‘Careful Consideration’ To Prevent Killer Computers
IP Expo 2016: Professor Nick Bostrom highlights the risks of creating a true artificial intelligence, even if its is completely benevolent
University Of Edinburgh To Sell Supercomputing Power
The university is to sell access to its new 2,016-core Cirrus system along with support from the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre
Linux ‘Vulnerable To Tweet-Sized Attack’
The short command could allow any user to crash most Linux systems, claims a developer
Panasonic Shows Off Thin, Flexible Battery
The flexible battery could be used for gadgets carried in wallets or worn on the body
Salesforce Buys Marketing Data Management Start-Up Krux
The company's latest acquisition is aimed at improving customer targeting capabilities
Google: Unification Of Software And Hardware Will Enable ‘Always On’ AI Computing
Google says it can bring the power of artificial intelligence to everyone by combining its hardware and software and shows off Google Assistant-powered Pixel smartphone and Home appliance
Google Pixel Packs AI Assistant To Realise Android Smartphone Vision
Google releases its first ever "inside out" Android flagship smartphone, powered by AI Assistant and Daydream VR
IBM Touts Trio Of Partnerships To Spread Watson IoT Further
Cognitive computing from Big Blue has IoT in its sights
Turkey, Italy And Hungary Riddled With Botnets Finds Norton Research
Botnets hop on high-speed city infrastructure to fire malware, spam and other threats across the Internet
Three & TalkTalk Demand Ofcom Stops BT, Vodafone Getting Too Much Spectrum
Regulator is urged to impose a 30 percent cap ahead of spectrum auction next month as Three, TalkTalk voice concerns about BT and Vodafone's 'hoarding'
Startup Showcase: Streetlife
Streetlife CEO Limvirak Chea talks about they local social network taking on Facebook, its use of AWS and why it's based in London
Metro Bank And Co-op Enable iPhone And Apple Watch Payments With Apple Pay
Apple Pay is increasing its share of contactless payments by signing up two high street banks
DressCode Malware Infects Hundreds Of Google Play Apps
The malware could allow hackers to bypass corporate firewalls, according to Trend Micro
Apple Apes Microsoft By Automatically Downloading New OS To Macs
Following in Microsoft's footsteps, Apple will now send automatic downloads of MacOS Sierra to newer Macs
Shellshock Bug Back And Stronger Than Ever
IBM Managed Security Services identifies poor server patching as the reason for the bug's survival
Councils Sign Up For ‘Laggard’ Gov.UK Verify Trials
GDS is to trial the authentication scheme with 19 councils, as Capgemini says Verify delays are holding back UK e-government