Private company set up to oversee UK's prototype fusion reactor STEP won't be complete until 2040, but here's a 'delivery body' in the meantime Science06 Feb 2023 | 29
British government torched over lack of chips strategy When you say it's gonna happen now... when exactly do you mean? Systems03 Feb 2023 | 37
McDonald's pulls plug on Wi-Fi, starts playing classical music to soothe yobs Welsh city of Wrexham has a reputation to uphold Offbeat31 Jan 2023 | 138
UK Cyber Security Centre's scary new story: One phish, two phish, Russia phish, Iran phish Nice people on LinkedIn want to harvest logins from politicians, boffins, and defense types Cyber-crime27 Jan 2023 | 10
Defra 'confident' it has 'handle' on risk for 30% of apps out of support UK government applies 'hypercare' to applications to try to avoid security and stability risks Government Tech Week25 Jan 2023 | 9
City council cans ERP project, keeps details of replacement supplier secret New system 'commercially sensitive' but set to go live in October Government Tech Week23 Jan 2023 | 22
UK Online Safety law threatens Big Tech bosses with jail Two years in the clink proposed for not thinking of the children Personal Tech18 Jan 2023 | 85
Questions asked about Chinese takeover of UK tech company Are flow sensors such a big deal? In any case, MP invokes National Security and Investment Act Systems12 Jan 2023 | 15
Royal Mail, cops probe 'cyber incident' that's knackered international mail Final update Don't go postal and call it a cyberattack because nobody knows (yet) what knocked out key system Cyber-crime11 Jan 2023 | 57
Patients wrongly told they've got cancer in SMS snafu We wish you a very merry chemo and a happy new year Personal Tech03 Jan 2023 | 57
Financial authorities fine UK bank nearly $60m for platform migration disaster Doesn't it make your current migration at work look like a walk in the park though Systems20 Dec 2022 | 18
Brit MPs pour cold water on hydrogen as mass replacement for fossil fuels But gas likely to find a 'big niche' in rail, aviation, shipping, and industry Science20 Dec 2022 | 151
Blockchain needs a reason to exist, Boris Johnson tells roomful of blockchain pros As for Twitter, politicians need to grow thick skins and stop mistaking it for advertisement Software02 Dec 2022 | 110
UK to test Starlink satellite broadband for those hard to reach areas But why Elon Musk's satellite broadband biz and not govt-funded OneWeb? Networks01 Dec 2022 | 26
Britain has likely missed the boat for having a semiconductor industry Report concludes government needs to implement a chips strategy now – like the rest of the world Systems30 Nov 2022 | 102
UK's Online Safety Bill drops rules forcing social media to remove 'legal but harmful' content Governments directly policing online content will put free speech at risk Personal Tech30 Nov 2022 | 89
University orders investigation into Oracle finance disaster Staff forced to make their own purchases after suppliers walk away due to payment failures PaaS + IaaS23 Nov 2022 | 47
UK competition watchdog investigates Apple and Google 'stranglehold' over the mobile market Apple doesn't want to bite Software23 Nov 2022 | 28
Watchdog warns UK health data platform could damage patients' trust 'This store of confidential data is a national treasure that must never be compromised or treated carelessly' Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 30
Locked out of Horizon Europe, UK commits half a billion to post-Brexit research EU still fixated with Britain keeping its word on trading arrangement Science22 Nov 2022 | 184
UK's National Health Service will roll existing Palantir work into patient data platform Does spy-tech supplier have a head start in bidding for the controversial deal it considers a 'must win'? Databases21 Nov 2022 | 37
Sizewell C nuclear plant up for review as UK faces financial black hole 'Every major project' on the table, says government as Autumn Statement looms Science07 Nov 2022 | 201
All of the norths are about to align over Britain Magnetic north is on a walkabout, and your OCD will benefit Bootnotes04 Nov 2022 | 112
Is it any surprise that 'permacrisis' is the word of the year? It's enough to make you want to sploot Off-Prem01 Nov 2022 | 33
UK facing electricity supply woes after nuclear power stations shut, MPs told Larger and smaller reactors carry risks, island nation failed to keep pace with nuclear fleet closure Science01 Nov 2022 | 254
India's – and Infosys's – favorite son-in-law Rishi Sunak is next UK PM prime_minister_v3_FINAL DO_NOT_EDIT.docx Offbeat25 Oct 2022 | 216
It's official: UK telcos legally obligated to remove Huawei kit Immediate ban on new installations in 5G networks, all contravening gear must be gone by end of 2027 Networks13 Oct 2022 | 86
Arm founder says the UK has no chance of tech sovereignty Government fritters away homegrown technologies and has no strategy to lessen reliance on other countries Systems29 Sep 2022 | 118
UK, US slip down World Digital Competitiveness Ranking Denmark takes top spot, Croatia improves fastest, Hong Kong flops Software29 Sep 2022 | 12
Consolidation looms for UK broadband providers Too many small fish in the pond mean the bigger ones are about to enjoy a feeding frenzy Networks27 Sep 2022 | 58
Spotted at industry confab: Quadcopter equipped with Brit missiles Ukraine is so fond of Updated BAE falls over itself to stress it's only a hypothetical serving suggestion Offbeat26 Sep 2022 | 19
Another UK tech company bought out: Schneider Electric grabs rest of Aveva Analysis French industrial conglomerate pays $10.75b, but already owned lion's share of industrial software specialist Software22 Sep 2022 | 15
Former Newport Wafer Fab owner linked to buyback from China's Nexperia If you think customers were impatient before, this report won't soothe their worries Systems15 Sep 2022 | 11
Bye bye BoJo: Liz Truss named new UK prime minister Can tech hold its own among an overflowing in-tray? On-Prem05 Sep 2022 | 254
Nadine Dorries promotes 'Brexit rewards' of proposed UK data protection law Culture secretary talks up pre-Commons reading as UK waits to hear who new leader will be CSO05 Sep 2022 | 163
UK govt says contractors should challenge IR35 status via self-assessment What could possibly go wrong? On-Prem02 Sep 2022 | 38
$50m+ contract for crime-fighting IT system won by Fujitsu after no one else bid Japanese giant will stop making mainframes four years later Systems23 Aug 2022 | 28
UK blocks sale of chip design software company to China Trail from Super Orange HK Holding Ltd leads back to National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund Systems19 Aug 2022 | 50
Skyrora fires up second stage of XL rocket First stage hot fire and launch from UK soil in 2023 Science18 Aug 2022 | 13
Virgin Orbit trims losses, eyes two final launches for the year Second quarter revenues at zero, though should jump to $12m following successful flights from Cornwall Science15 Aug 2022 | 21
UK Parliament bins its TikTok account over China surveillance fears Plan to educate the children turned out to be a 'won't someone think of the children?' moment Security04 Aug 2022 | 43
WhatsApp boss says no to AI filters policing encrypted chat 'What's being proposed is that we ... read everyone's messages. I don't think people want that' Personal Tech02 Aug 2022 | 52
Court OKs billion-dollar Play Store gouging suit against Google Just as web giant accepts third-party payment platforms, reduces fees in the EU Personal Tech20 Jul 2022 | 7
UK Info Commissioner slams use of WhatsApp by health officials during pandemic Sure, stuff got done fast – but personal information was put at risk Security12 Jul 2022 | 41
UK response to China's tech ambitions labelled 'incoherent and muted' Working outside power blocs, without policy, leaves Blighty a likely rule-taker says Foreign Affairs Committee Security11 Jul 2022 | 40
Competition regulators probe Amazon's Marketplace and Microsoft's buy of Activision Blizzard Tech giants under scrutiny by the Competition and Markets Authority Legal07 Jul 2022 | 6
FBI and MI5 bosses: China cheats and steals at massive scale Other US spooks chime in with similar warnings Security07 Jul 2022 | 82
Nexperia talks up its investment in UK wafer fab, says no plans to close Customers 'becoming impatient' to get 'clarity' on the matter, says exec Systems06 Jul 2022 | 13
UK, South Korea strike data-sharing pact Time to bone up on Hancom Office, the productivity suite that's big in Korea – and nowhere else Software06 Jul 2022 | 22
Calls for bans on Chinese CCTV makers Hikvision, Dahua expand UK wants to follow US move to stop sales from equipment manufacturers Security05 Jul 2022 | 51
UK signs deal to share police biometric database with US border guards Officials could access data to make immigration decisions, European Parliament report suggests Networks04 Jul 2022 | 156
UK govt considers invoking national security in Arm IPO saga Reportedly dropping hints it may use legislation to push a London listing Systems22 Jun 2022 | 24
Cookie consent crumbles under fresh UK data law proposals Campaigners fear erosion of rights as narrowing of law proposed as well as political control over independent watchdog Security17 Jun 2022 | 121
UK government still trying to get Arm to IPO in London Would give its right, er, leg, to keep HQ – and jobs – in Britain Systems14 Jun 2022 | 15
UK health privacy watchdog still in talks over who is accessing country's COVID data store Over a year after discussions began, National Data Guardian continues to pursue transparency in health data use Security14 Jun 2022 | 6
Next six months could set a new pace for work-life balance Poll The only way to ease transition back to office is reduce the time in the office Personal Tech07 Jun 2022 | 36
Buoyant tech sector bucking the UK trend, says consultancy Tech jobs – and salaries – look safe despite cooling economy Software07 Jun 2022 | 13
UK monopoly watchdog investigates Google's online advertising business Another probe? Mountain View is starting to look like a pincushion at this rate Legal27 May 2022 | 11
UK opens national security probe into 2021 sale of local wafer fab to Chinese company Government has power to unwind transactions such as sale of Newport facility to China-controlled Nexperia Legal26 May 2022 | 40
Astra Space to launch satellites from Shetland Rockets could fly from the UK as soon as next year Science10 May 2022 | 11
Infosys quits Russia, ending UK political and tax scandal … maybe Founder's daughter is married to top UK politician, holds billion dollar stake that was maxed for tax efficiency Legal14 Apr 2022 | 55