Westminster is today unveiling a cyber growth action plan to set a path forward for the UK’s burgeoning cyber security industry – which already makes £13.2bn in revenues every year, supporting over 67,000 jobs – and “supercharge” its future. The coming months will see experts from the defence and technology sectors come together under the…
Cyber action plan kicks off to ‘supercharge’ UK security sector Read More »
Dan Pell is the general manager of Workday in the UK and Ireland, with a background at Salesforce and Microsoft, and a law degree in his hinterland. At the recent London edition of the HR software-as-a-service supplier’s Elevate customer conference, he gave the interview that follows, and which majors on how digital labour – agentic…
Workday UK head Dan Pell: Managing AI agents requires system of record Read More »
Among the questions a head of technology may ponder are, what does it mean to be innovative, and perhaps, what technology can be used to drive an innovation strategy? Given the main way people tend to place bets with Bet365 is via its mobile app, Alan Reed, head of platform innovation at Bet365’s Hillside Technology…
When Dutch hosting provider mijn.host launched what it claimed was “one of the Netherlands’ first digitally sovereign public clouds” late last year, it struck a chord with a growing European anxiety. Built entirely on open source Apache CloudStack technology and hosted exclusively within Dutch borders, the platform promised businesses a genuine alternative to American cloud…
Dutch cloud pioneers face the hard limits of digital sovereignty Read More »
Citing security concerns, the chief administrative officer (CAO) of the House of Representatives today issued an order prohibiting representatives and staff members from using WhatsApp on government-issued devices. This includes smartphones along with laptop and desktop computers. Further, any individuals with WhatsApp already installed on a device must delete it. Using web-based versions of the…
House of Representatives bans WhatsApp on government-issued devices Read More »
Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday update landed on schedule on 10 June, with admins facing a much lighter load heading into the summer – at least lighter than of late – with barely 70 security flaws awaiting attention and just two potential zero-day common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in scope. The two most pressing issues for…
June Patch Tuesday brings a lighter load for defenders Read More »
As the UK government ponders a consultation on artificial intelligence (AI), privacy and copyright, a Michelle Obama quote comes to mind: “There is simply no time for that kind of foolishness”. Despite fierce opposition from cultural industries, the UK government seems to be following the US lead by bowing down to the broligarchy (again) when…
AI vs creative industries – the UK government’s foolish choice Read More »
In April 2025, at the ITER Private Sector Fusion Workshop in Cadarache, something remarkable unfolded. In a room filled with scientists, engineers and software visionaries, the line between big science and commercial innovation began to blur. Three organisations – Microsoft Research, Arena and Brigantium Engineering – shared how artificial intelligence (AI), already transforming everything from…
Fusion and AI: How private sector tech is powering progress at ITER Read More »
Seven civil society organisations are calling on European Commissioner Michael McGrath to rescind the UK’s data adequacy status, citing major concerns around the country’s ongoing erosion of privacy and data rights. Writing to McGrath in an open letter dated 3 June 2025, the organisations argue that current data handling practices in the UK – in…
European Commission should rescind UK data adequacy Read More »
Microsoft has today launched a European Security Programme (ESP) for government bodies in the region, throwing a protective embrace around all 27 European Union (EU) member states, EU accession candidates, European Free Trade Association members, the UK, Monaco and the Vatican. Recognising that the European cyber threat landscape is in a state of flux as…
Microsoft outlines three-pronged European cyber strategy Read More »
