Government IT

Poll: Should We Fear Or Embrace AI?

POLL: What do you think about artificial intelligence and automation?

8 years ago

How Is A Perfect Smart City Built?

IN DEPTH: Smart cities are a recent innovation. How does a local authority harness the benefits?

8 years ago

Swiss-US Privacy Shield Mimics EU Data Sharing Arrangement

Switzerland's Privacy Shield data transfer agreement with the US is similar to the EU, aiding multinationals and offering potential Brexit…

8 years ago

World Economic Forum Urges ‘Balanced’ Regulation For AI & Transformative Tech

Ahead of event in Davos, World Economic Forum (WEF) says regulation needs to be balanced to maximise benefits and mitigate…

8 years ago

GCHQ Selects Seven Startups To Lead Future Of UK Cyber Security

The accelerator programme is part of the UK government's long-term plan to boost the country's cyber security sector

8 years ago

DHS Designates Election Machines, Systems As ‘Critical Infrastructure’

Individual states will still have oversight and control over their election systems, but the move makes a statement “domestically and…

8 years ago

ICO Slaps Insurers RSA With £150,000 Fine After Data Protection ‘Failure’

An unencrypted hard drive containing customer's names, addresses and bank account details was stolen

8 years ago

City Of London Invests In Wireless Gigabit Broadband

'World class' high speed wireless network to replace The Cloud's free Wi-Fi network in London's square mile

8 years ago

NHS Official Imprisoned For Accepting £80,000 Bribe To Award IT Contract

Peter Lewis faces three and a half years in prison for accepting corrupt payments

8 years ago

Civil Liberties Group Targets Crowdfunded Court Challenge Against Snoopers’ Charter

Liberty wants to put the core parts of the Investigatory Powers Act to the legal test

8 years ago

Uber Movement Shares Data With City Authorities To Assist Traffic Planning

The taxi-bothering service looks to extend an olive branch to authorities

8 years ago

UKCloud Cuts Prices To Fend Off Big US Players In The Public Sector

Cloud price wars keep driving service costs for public sector companies down

8 years ago

FTC Suit Against D-Link Warns All IoT Device Makers To Boost Security

ANALYSIS: Despite claims about advanced security, the FTC says D-Link hard-coded login credentials leaving encryption keys unprotected and publicly exposed

8 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: The Tech Quiz Of 2016

What do you know about the past year in the world of tech?

8 years ago

Driverless Cars Can Reduce Delays And Journey Times, Says Government

The Department for Transport used computer modeling to measure the impact autonomous vehicles will have on traffic flow

8 years ago

CES 2017: Is UK Government Support For Tech Really ‘Embarrassing’?

ANALYSIS: CES head says lack of UK presence at show is embarrassing, but is the criticism fair?

8 years ago

Hacker CyberZeist Breaches FBI Website And Leaks Data

Leaked FBI data has been posted online after a well known hacker penetrated the Fed's CMS system

8 years ago

Anti-Surveillance Camouflage Created To Scramble Facial Recognition Software

HyperFace uses multiple patterns printed on clothing and fabrics that resemble features of human faces to confuse facial recognition systems

8 years ago

Expect 2017 Cyber-Attacks To Far Surpass 2016 In Damage, Frequency

ANALYSIS: Constant bad news about Russian hacking and the increasing prevalence of ransomware made 2016 an IT security disaster... but…

8 years ago

UK Police Look To Internet Of Things For Evidence

Police say washing machines and refrigerators will provide invaluable evidence as they log residents' every move

8 years ago

Yorkshire Local Council Systems Hit By Extended Outage

The email, web and phone services of Kirklees Council were knocked offline on Boxing Day and are yet to be…

8 years ago

11 Stories And Trends That Dominated Tech In 2016

Time to take a look back at what has been an extremely interesting 2016...

8 years ago

Pentagon To Pay Microsoft $1bn For Tech Support

Nice Christmas bonus for someone. Microsoft reportedly being paid close to $1 billion for Windows 10 support

8 years ago

Government Aims To Create Smartphone Signal Blocking Tech For Cars

The Department for Transport is looking to work with telecoms, tech and car companies to stop drivers from using mobiles…

8 years ago

ICO Threatens Central Government FOI Audits

The new information commissioner plans to crack the whip on Whitehall departments over lax freedom of information compliance

8 years ago

Government Must Fix ‘Poor 4G’ If UK Is To Be 5G Leader

National Infrastructure Commission report says government should appoint a dedicated cabinet minister and improve transport 4G if the UK is…

8 years ago

EU To Tighten User Data Rules For Skype & WhatsApp

Internet-based companies face stricter data security rules under draft changes that mirror upcoming data protection laws

8 years ago

Obama Orders Full Review Of Russia Election ‘Hacking’

The review is to examine government-sponsored hacks going back to 2008

8 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Latest: Software Update Will Kill Unreturned Handsets

UPDATED: Samsung is releasing a software update that will essentially brick Galaxy Note 7 handsets that have not been returned…

8 years ago