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IKEA: Cameras were hidden in the ceiling above warehouse toilets for 'health and safety'
Spytech removed after staff outrage
01 Oct 2021 13:28 | 100
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Campaigners call on minister to secure funding to protect UK workers' rights
Including shielding techies against bad behaviour from dodgy umbrella firms
01 Oct 2021 11:15 | 12
Security
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
30 Sep 2021 15:28 | 38
Science
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
30 Sep 2021 14:44 | 13
Networks
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
29 Sep 2021 18:31 | 19
Networks
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
29 Sep 2021 14:05 | 8
Off-Prem
Labour Party proposes raising UK Digital Services Tax (so Amazon can pass the hike on that, too?)
Retailers not enthused
29 Sep 2021 12:17 | 76
Interview
UK altnet CityFibre's boss on its hopes to capitalise on market churn as fibre broadband rolls out
Openreach out and touch a rival
29 Sep 2021 08:30 | 21
Networks
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
28 Sep 2021 16:30 | 22
Networks
Typical. Crap weather halts work on subsea fibre-optic cable between UK and France
Summer was good while it lasted
28 Sep 2021 13:30 | 23
Security
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
28 Sep 2021 12:01 | 20
Security
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
27 Sep 2021 12:58 | 75
Updated
Tech contractors fume over payday outage at Giant Pay after it sniffs 'suspicious activity'
Technical difficulties, please stand by
24 Sep 2021 12:26 | 35
Updated
One-size-fits-all chargers? What a great idea! Of course Apple would hate it
Cupertino thinks EU USB-C plan 'stifles innovation rather than encouraging it'
23 Sep 2021 19:44 | 203
Off-Prem
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
23 Sep 2021 16:06 | 6
Networks
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
23 Sep 2021 13:43 | 6
AI + ML
Britain publishes 10-year National Artificial Intelligence Strategy
Aw, look. It wants to be a 'global science superpower'
22 Sep 2021 21:18 | 18
Networks
Hellfire and damnation: Two French monks charged over 5G mast arson attack
What in the blazes?
22 Sep 2021 18:01 | 66
Edge + IoT
UK's Civil Aviation Authority hashing out rules for crash-proof cargo pods on drones
Project wins £50k from government
22 Sep 2021 07:45 | 23
Legal
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
21 Sep 2021 18:32 | 19
AI + ML
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?
21 Sep 2021 13:45 | 12
Legal
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
20 Sep 2021 19:01 | 3
Offbeat
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'
20 Sep 2021 12:59 | 99
Networks
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
20 Sep 2021 10:02 | 14
Security
Something phishy: Tech recruiters jabbed by fake COVID-19 Passport scam
Tells clients it is tackling the issue
17 Sep 2021 16:42 | 15
Networks
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
17 Sep 2021 15:32 | 42
AI + ML
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
16 Sep 2021 21:40 | 13
Networks
CityFibre scores extra £1bn+ of funding to plumb in up to 8 million British homes by 2025
Ikea parent Interogo Holding among the investors
16 Sep 2021 18:30 | 11
Science
UK funds hydrogen-powered cargo submarine to torpedo maritime emissions by 2050
Green machine will also suck up microplastics between Glasgow and Belfast
16 Sep 2021 11:28 | 56
Networks
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
15 Sep 2021 15:43 | 32
Networks
Catch of the day... for Google, anyway: Transatlantic Cornwall cable hauled ashore
Grace Hopper landed
15 Sep 2021 13:28 | 63
Security
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?
14 Sep 2021 15:15 | 24
Networks
G7 countries outgun UK in worldwide broadband speed test
Ofcom: You know, superfast broadband is available if you'd care to take it up
14 Sep 2021 13:01 | 50
Networks
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
14 Sep 2021 10:15 |
Networks
BT hails hollow-core fibre trials as 'critical advancement' for secure communications
Telco claims to have run Quantum Key Distribution over 6km of cable
13 Sep 2021 16:01 | 7
Databases
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
13 Sep 2021 14:30 | 11
Security
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...
13 Sep 2021 09:15 | 103
Personal Tech
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
10 Sep 2021 15:38 | 18
Science
Orolia inks €70m deal to provide atomic clocks for second generation of EU's Galileo navigation satellites
Time to hit the road
09 Sep 2021 19:15 |
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Search 'middle finger' on Giphy: Basically Facebook's response to UK competition concerns over merger
'Fundamental errors' in CMA's findings, claims The Social Network
09 Sep 2021 13:43 | 17
Networks
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
08 Sep 2021 14:29 | 22
AI + ML
Academics tell UK lords that folk aren't keen on predictive policing, facial recognition, heightened surveillance
Philip K Dick is rolling in his grave
07 Sep 2021 15:20 | 21
On-Prem
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
07 Sep 2021 10:48 | 6
Security
Glasgow firm fined £150k after half a million nuisance calls, spoofing phone number, using false trading names
DialADeal is no longer operating
07 Sep 2021 08:29 | 52
Personal Tech
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
03 Sep 2021 22:32 | 122
Updated
Apple engineers complain of hostile work environment to US labor watchdog
Harassment, bans on discussing pay, responsibilities slashed, and more alleged
03 Sep 2021 19:14 | 24
Security
New Zealand internet outage blamed on DDoS attack on nation's third largest internet provider
Here in the UK, Sky broadband users back online
03 Sep 2021 13:13 | 9
Security
FTC bans 'brazen' stalkerware maker SpyFone, orders data deletion, alerts to victims
Insecure systems were compromised by miscreant, too, watchdog said
02 Sep 2021 21:05 | 19
Legal
Facebook: Let us tell you WhatsApp – we don't want to pay that €225m GDPR fine
Zuckerborg plans to appeal Irish data protection slap
02 Sep 2021 14:27 | 32
Security
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
02 Sep 2021 10:32 | 34
Networks
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
02 Sep 2021 09:35 | 1
Storage
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
30 Jul 2021 14:43 | 4
Channel
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
30 Jul 2021 13:30 |
Off-Prem
Ordinary salaried Brits: Sweet! Payday! Banking giant HSBC: Oh no it isn't
Customers hacked off as online and mobile service wobbles
30 Jul 2021 10:50 | 10
Networks
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
29 Jul 2021 21:52 | 4
Bootnotes
Bill for HMS Vanity Gin Palace swells by £50m in two months
That's 0.25 DUPs!
29 Jul 2021 18:04 | 32
Networks
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
29 Jul 2021 14:03 | 3
Security
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
28 Jul 2021 19:47 | 6
SaaS
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
28 Jul 2021 17:30 | 1
Networks
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
28 Jul 2021 14:30 | 3
