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MPs: UK ‘Will Lose Influence On EU Market’ Post-Brexit
The UK has missed a chance to 'dominate' the EU's proposed Digital Single Market and will now have to play catch-up, finds a Commons committee
NAO: HMRC Digital Shift ‘Risks Losing Confidence’
The department was 'over-optimistic' about reducing staff in the transition to digital services
Does £24bn ARM Sale End UK’s Last Hope Of Creating A Tech Giant?
ANALYSIS: ARM will stay in Cambridge and its UK workforce will double, but the UK's biggest hope for a tech titan is now lost
Matthew Hancock Replaces Sacked Ed Vaizey As Digital Economy Minister
Cabinet reshuffle claims another victim as Ed Vaizey leaves government after six years and Matthew Hancock takes over broadband and tech policy
IBM Offers Secure Blockchain Testing Service
Secure business push as Big Blue offers businesses a cloud testing service for secure blockchain networks
New Prime Minister Theresa May Sacks Culture Secretary John Whittingdale
Karen Bradley is new culture minister as John Whittingdale leaves cabinet after 14 months, while Ed Vaizey stays put as digital economy minister
Mobile Tech And Wi-Fi Lets Sports Venues Reduce Queues And Increase Revenues
ANALYSIS: Apps, Wi-Fi and contactless payments would encourage more fans to spend more on food and drink at stadiums
TfL Licenses Contactless Ticketing System In £15m Deal
Transport for London and Cubic Transportation Systems will export contactless technology in the first of a 'series' or deals
Prime Minister May ‘Should’ Replace Ed Vaizey As Broadband Minister
ISP Entanet wants Ed Vaizey to be replaced with Baroness Joanna Shields or a new ministry for communications to be created
NHS Data-Sharing Programme Closed By Dept Of Health
Privacy win? Controversial care.data programme is being axed after widespread criticism
Bulgaria Demands Open Source For Public Sector Software
The country is to legally require open source licensing for all new software projects
Police Scotland Scraps Delayed £40m IT Project
Police Scotland will press on with other IT projects after i6, which was set to cost tens of millions, is abandoned
Government To Require HTTPS For Online Services
A new government policy requires the use of web encryption and anti-phishing email policies
CityFibre Teams Up With Gigaclear For Rural Ultrafast Broadband
Gigaclear and CityFibre partner up to push ultrafast broadband deployments for rural areas
Cross Channel: How Brexit Will Impact The Channel
A week is a long time in politics, and a long time in the channel too. Find out how Brexit has been impacting the industry in our roundup from ChannelBiz
MPs Urge Government To Protect Science And Tech EU Funding
Chair of the Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee tells Chancellor it is essential the UK has access to EU research grants and overseas talent
2016 Tour De France Keeps Viewers Informed With Big Data Analytics Upgrade
Dimension Data gives Tour de France 2016 greater data capture ability and analytics to keep organisers, viewers and commentators informed
Google Project Bloks Is A Physical Coding System For Children
Google hopes its open hardware platform will help developers and researchers create 'tangible' programming projects for education
Brexit: UK Tech Research To Lose Billions In EU Funding Unless Government Steps In
IT industry body BCS says UK government needs to make sure universities and reseach labs get the same €8.8bn EU funding they would lose from Brexit
Privacy, Networks, Funding And Talent: How Brexit Will Affect UK Tech
ANALYSIS: The UK technology industry opposed Brexit but now it has to face the consequences of Britain leaving the EU
Cross Channel: The Week’s News From The Channel
SMBs suffer, a LinkedIn for the channel, and new MapR reseller programme
KCOM Builds Cloud Ticketing And Revenue Systems For UK Railways
KCOM will build common IT systems based on AWS for train operators to manage reservations, tickets and revenue sharing
TechWeek Readers Believe UK Tech Is Better In The EU
Just a third of TechWeek readers think a Brexit will help the British technology industry as EU referendum nears
Avaya Opens Up Operating System For Approved Network Providers
Avaya's network OS can now be deployed to rival vendor's hardware as part of branded 'white box' switching move
Microsoft Makes AI Move For Wand Labs
Reinforcements for malfunctioning Tay chatbot? Microsoft purchases AI app specialist Wand Labs
Quiz Of The Week: European And EU Tech
Ahead of the EU referendum, why not test your knowledge of European tech pioneers and the EU's contribution to the industry
G-Cloud Dream Is ‘Dying’, Claims Founding Adopter
Early G-Cloud adopter claims framework is dying, and slams “pitiful returns”, buyer attitudes and broken app store
IBM Watson Helps Wimbledon 2016 Win Social Battle With Euro 2016
IBM Watson will deliver insights to help Wimbledon 2016 attract more fans but there's still no WiFi at SW19
BT Agrees £200m London Local Government Communications Framework
Fourth tri-borough IT framework will be open to all 33 London boroughs and public sector organisations like the Met Police and TfL