IKEA: Cameras were hidden in the ceiling above warehouse toilets for 'health and safety' Spytech removed after staff outrage Security01 Oct 2021 | 100
Campaigners call on minister to secure funding to protect UK workers' rights Including shielding techies against bad behaviour from dodgy umbrella firms Legal01 Oct 2021 | 12
Which? survey finds people would actually pay the online giants not to take their data On the other hand, sweeten the deal with a couple of quid and they'll be a lot more happy to share Security30 Sep 2021 | 38
Airline meal-sized £700k awarded by UK.gov for green aviation: That's for eco-tech rather than planes, mind Infrastructure to support lower-emission aircraft, is the hope Science30 Sep 2021 | 13
TskTsk: UK ISP TalkTalk told off by regulator over 'misleading' adverts promising fixed price service Don't claim 'no mid-contract price rises if that was not the case' says ASA Networks29 Sep 2021 | 19
Email billing blunder meant MVNO iD Mobile told 24,000 customers to pay up or have their service suspended Rush of subscribers trying to sort it brings network's online portal down Networks29 Sep 2021 | 8
Labour Party proposes raising UK Digital Services Tax (so Amazon can pass the hike on that, too?) Retailers not enthused Off-Prem29 Sep 2021 | 76
UK altnet CityFibre's boss on its hopes to capitalise on market churn as fibre broadband rolls out Interview Openreach out and touch a rival Networks29 Sep 2021 | 21
Ofcom unveils broadband switching plans, but providers claim it's not so easy ‘One Touch Switch’ is great, but logistics are an issue for BT, while Virgin cites data protection worries Networks28 Sep 2021 | 22
Typical. Crap weather halts work on subsea fibre-optic cable between UK and France Summer was good while it lasted Networks28 Sep 2021 | 23
UK umbrella payroll firm Giant Pay confirms it was hit by 'sophisticated' cyber-attack Tech contractors fume at lack of info as company says it will 'try' to get them paid by Friday Security28 Sep 2021 | 20
Fake 'BT' caller fleeces elderly victim of £30k in APP app scam That's authorised push payment – where they get the mark to make the transfer Security27 Sep 2021 | 75
Tech contractors fume over payday outage at Giant Pay after it sniffs 'suspicious activity' Updated Technical difficulties, please stand by On-Prem24 Sep 2021 | 35
One-size-fits-all chargers? What a great idea! Of course Apple would hate it Updated Cupertino thinks EU USB-C plan 'stifles innovation rather than encouraging it' Personal Tech23 Sep 2021 | 203
Remember when UK watchdog spent a bunch of cash with Google warning people about ad scams ... on Google? Mountain View still ducking questions over whether it'll reimburse that Off-Prem23 Sep 2021 | 6
BT jittery about Cellnex snapping up UK mobile tower assets Brit telco says buyout will mean less competition, higher prices, cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria Networks23 Sep 2021 | 6
Britain publishes 10-year National Artificial Intelligence Strategy Aw, look. It wants to be a 'global science superpower' AI + ML22 Sep 2021 | 18
Hellfire and damnation: Two French monks charged over 5G mast arson attack What in the blazes? Networks22 Sep 2021 | 66
UK's Civil Aviation Authority hashing out rules for crash-proof cargo pods on drones Project wins £50k from government Edge + IoT22 Sep 2021 | 23
SEC takes legal action after crowdfunded marijuana investment scheme appears to go up in smoke Platform and individuals charged in first case of its kind Legal21 Sep 2021 | 19
UK's Surveillance Commissioner warns of 'ethically fraught' facial recognition tech concerns How about being an anonymous face in a crowd? Is that not allowed anymore? AI + ML21 Sep 2021 | 12
Eco-friendly warning from UK tech trade group: Some of you have dirty green credentials IT sector at risk of public humiliation if CMA finds they're not up to code Legal20 Sep 2021 | 3
Clegg on its face: Facebook turns to former UK deputy PM to fend off damaging headlines Plus: US lawmakers get 'in touch with Facebook whistleblower' Offbeat20 Sep 2021 | 99
Three UK says its 5G plans are under threat if tower merger with Euro giant Cellnex is blocked According to a filing with Brit competition watchdog Networks20 Sep 2021 | 14
Something phishy: Tech recruiters jabbed by fake COVID-19 Passport scam Tells clients it is tackling the issue Security17 Sep 2021 | 15
How long till some drunkard puts a foot through one of BT's 'iconic, digital smart city communication hubs'? Phonebox upgrade dishes out internet and more in Kensington and Chelsea Networks17 Sep 2021 | 42
It's bizarre we're at a point where reports are written on how human rights trump AI rights But that's what UN group has done AI + ML16 Sep 2021 | 13
CityFibre scores extra £1bn+ of funding to plumb in up to 8 million British homes by 2025 Ikea parent Interogo Holding among the investors Networks16 Sep 2021 | 11
UK funds hydrogen-powered cargo submarine to torpedo maritime emissions by 2050 Green machine will also suck up microplastics between Glasgow and Belfast Science16 Sep 2021 | 56
BT Wholesale wants the channel to give SMBs a nudge before copper sunset in 2025 New products launched to help shift oblivious or straggler firms over ahead of PSTN switch-off Networks15 Sep 2021 | 33
Catch of the day... for Google, anyway: Transatlantic Cornwall cable hauled ashore Grace Hopper landed Networks15 Sep 2021 | 63
Brits open doors for tech-enabled fraudsters because they 'don't want to seem rude' Impersonation scams and smishing rocket, say UK Finance and Which? Security14 Sep 2021 | 24
G7 countries outgun UK in worldwide broadband speed test Ofcom: You know, superfast broadband is available if you'd care to take it up Networks14 Sep 2021 | 50
Ignore politics of whitebox radio: Mix and match OpenRAN tech will be 10% of market in 2025, claims analyst Critics say the post-Huawei world of telco networking increases complexity but it has legs Networks14 Sep 2021 |
BT hails hollow-core fibre trials as 'critical advancement' for secure communications Telco claims to have run Quantum Key Distribution over 6km of cable Networks13 Sep 2021 | 7
Spending watchdog blames British Home Office for delays to £1bn crime-fighting IT system Department says it's prepared to run ailing Police National Computer out of support if it has to Databases13 Sep 2021 | 11
You can 'go your own way' over GDPR, says UK's new Information Commissioner Tells committee: I know I said Facebook was 'morally bankrupt' but... Security13 Sep 2021 | 103
Lenovo blames 'firmware' issue for blank-screened Smart Displays, says Google's working on a fix – 6 months after complaints started Home assistant little more than an expensive plastic brick for some owners Personal Tech10 Sep 2021 | 18
Orolia inks €70m deal to provide atomic clocks for second generation of EU's Galileo navigation satellites Time to hit the road Science09 Sep 2021 |
Search 'middle finger' on Giphy: Basically Facebook's response to UK competition concerns over merger Updated 'Fundamental errors' in CMA's findings, claims The Social Network Legal09 Sep 2021 | 17
We're going deeper underground: New digital project to map UK's sub-surface 'assets' 4 million holes dug in the UK each year... many in the wrong place Networks08 Sep 2021 | 22
Academics tell UK lords that folk aren't keen on predictive policing, facial recognition, heightened surveillance Philip K Dick is rolling in his grave AI + ML07 Sep 2021 | 21
UK tech investors buy data centre from the land of ice and snow, from the midnight sun where the hot springs flow Verne Global site claimed to be 'one of the most efficient' globally On-Prem07 Sep 2021 | 6
Glasgow firm fined £150k after half a million nuisance calls, spoofing phone number, using false trading names DialADeal is no longer operating Security07 Sep 2021 | 52
Lenovo pops up tips on its tablets. And by tips, Lenovo means: Unacceptable ads Amid customer fury, PC maker says it has 'no plans to add any further push notifications' to its stealth adware Personal Tech03 Sep 2021 | 122
Apple engineers complain of hostile work environment to US labor watchdog Updated Harassment, bans on discussing pay, responsibilities slashed, and more alleged Legal03 Sep 2021 | 24
New Zealand internet outage blamed on DDoS attack on nation's third largest internet provider Here in the UK, Sky broadband users back online Security03 Sep 2021 | 9
FTC bans 'brazen' stalkerware maker SpyFone, orders data deletion, alerts to victims Insecure systems were compromised by miscreant, too, watchdog said Security02 Sep 2021 | 19
Facebook: Let us tell you WhatsApp – we don't want to pay that €225m GDPR fine Zuckerborg plans to appeal Irish data protection slap Legal02 Sep 2021 | 32
UK VoIP telco receives 'colossal ransom demand', reveals REvil cybercrooks suspected of 'organised' DDoS attacks on UK VoIP companies One firm hit with at least two attacks as outages continue Security02 Sep 2021 | 34
O-RAN Alliance: Nokia downplays decision to take breather as critics worry over fate of key industry groups Backs away from potential Entity List security issues related to Chinese alliance members Networks02 Sep 2021 | 1
UK regulator waves through SK Hynix's $9bn acquisition of Intel's NAND and SSD biz Number of 'strong remaining competitors' within the market planning expansions of their own, says CMA Storage30 Jul 2021 | 4
Telefónica's cloud limb slurps Cancom's UK&I biz to cash in on Brit enterprise tech market There's a tasty NHS contract in there Channel30 Jul 2021 |
Ordinary salaried Brits: Sweet! Payday! Banking giant HSBC: Oh no it isn't Customers hacked off as online and mobile service wobbles Off-Prem30 Jul 2021 | 10
Time for a 'great experiment' says Cisco as it lets team leaders set place of work Fewer than one-in-four staff want to be in the office for more than three days a week Networks29 Jul 2021 | 4
Bill for HMS Vanity Gin Palace swells by £50m in two months That's 0.25 DUPs! Bootnotes29 Jul 2021 | 32
BT says it's trading in line with expectations as revenue slides and pre-tax profit shrinks Former state monopoly talks up FTTP build out, as does Virgin Media Networks29 Jul 2021 | 3
Security breaches where working from home is involved are costlier, claims IBM report Great, it's not like employers need more reasons to haul you back to the office Security28 Jul 2021 | 5
Xero says accounting software users were locked out by login glitch, not nefarious deeds Issue has been resolved and your data is 'secure', claims SaaS outfit SaaS28 Jul 2021 | 1
Cellnex complains regulators waved through CK Hutchison mast buyout in Europe – only sticking point is the UK Cell tower acquisition faces full inquiry from Britain's Competition and Markets Authority Networks28 Jul 2021 | 3