UK.gov announces review – not proper inquiry – into Fujitsu and Post Office's Horizon IT scandal
One can force folk to testify, the other mumbles about 'lessons learned'
11 Jun 2020 | 74
Business
Two COVID tests, five-day quarantine, limited expense account abuse opportunities: Taiwan sets new rules for business travel
Visits to your favorite electronics supplier are not going to be fast or fun
11 Jun 2020 | 5
UK spending watchdog blasts £792m STEM school scheme over low student numbers, deficits, education quality
So that's an 'F' for University Technical Colleges then?
10 Jun 2020 | 11
Germany to fund development of edge CPUs as part of 'tech you can trust' plan to home-brew more kit
€400m for starters, after recent ban on 'untrustworthy' suppliers that sounded a lot like it was directed at Huawei
10 Jun 2020 | 18
Malaysia using digital MaGIC to join the spend-on-tech-to-defeat-viral-slump club
$8bn for all things innovative and economically restorative
10 Jun 2020 | 2
Big Tech trade association warns Uncle Sam against knee-jerk national security measures that harm industry
There'll be 'unintended negative consequences' if we continue like this
09 Jun 2020 | 17
Ex-Dell distributor in Lebanon ignored ban on suing US tech giant. Now four directors have been sentenced to prison in the UK
18- and 9-month terms dished out for contempt of court
09 Jun 2020 | 45
Civica bags £25m deal to handle web portal for UK National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme
How many speeding Brit drivers does contract value equate to? 250,000 based on minimum fine possible
09 Jun 2020 | 8
Singapore government boosts tech spend by 30% to pump post-pandemic economy
Contact-tracing and building logins hailed as COVID-crimpers, so gov wants more
09 Jun 2020 | 1
Samsung heir remains free as judge rules putting him inside would be detention without trial
Financial contortions will be considered, but not with Lee Jae-yong under arrest
09 Jun 2020 | 2
TsoHost swings axe at 'legacy' DIY website builder MrSite, giving customers a month to find alternative arrangements
Celebrating two years of merged activities by hitting the Off button
05 Jun 2020 | 7
Amazon declined to sell a book so Elon Musk called for it to be broken up
That escalated quickly
05 Jun 2020 | 109
Korean prosecutors seek arrest warrant for Samsung's heir apparent
Fraud allegations regarding health company transaction mean more strife for Lee Jae-yong
05 Jun 2020 | 1
Amazon warehouse workers sue over safety concerns as several contract COVID-19
One employee went on to infect her cousin, who later died
04 Jun 2020 | 15
Brit MP demands answers from Fujitsu about Horizon IT system after Post Office staff jailed over accounting errors
Biz committee chairman asks whether firm accepts software had issues
04 Jun 2020 | 138
Global bean-counting behemoth PWC tells vendors: Now would be a great time to audit your customers
A little more short-term revenue never hurt any.. er, well..
04 Jun 2020 | 17
Barmy ban on businesses, Brits based in Blighty bearing or buying .eu domains is back: Cut-off date is Jan 1, 2021
If you're not registered somewhere in the union, you can't use the TLD
04 Jun 2020 | 212
Spending watchdog doubts UK is capable of managing Brexit and coronavirus info campaigns at the same time
Yeah, you and the entire country
03 Jun 2020 | 89
Tech set responds in wake of American protests, police violence and civil unrest
Cisco cancels Live web conference, Google delays Android Beta, SAP boss voices support for Black Lives Matter
02 Jun 2020 | 26
UK.gov dangles £100m for service slingers for back office 'transformation' that'll kill off bespoke systems
We want COTS, industry-standard processes... you know... make yourself replaceable
02 Jun 2020 | 18
India reveals plans to make electronics manufacturing its top industry
China cited as an example to follow, not a rival in plan to lure five global whales
02 Jun 2020 | 8
Mozilla cautions India's national open digital plan is 'open-washing'
Internet Society also weighs in with worries about vague definition of 'open'
02 Jun 2020 | 2
Privacy activists prep legal challenge against UK plan to keep coronavirus contact-tracing data for two decades
It's too long a retention period, say digital rights campaigners
01 Jun 2020 | 33
Not the Wright stuff: Bitcoin 'inventor' loses bid to sue YouTuber who called him a liar
Too bad, Craig. Now, about those court costs?
01 Jun 2020 | 45
Home Office waves a cool £1bn to outsource handling of British visa, citizenship applications
Here's hoping the winner does a better job than Sopra Steria
01 Jun 2020 | 30
Singapore to accelerate digitalisation of COVID-kicked economy
New agency will hustle small retailers onto digital payments and teach seniors how to Internet
01 Jun 2020 | 2
Australia to refund $720m in 'debts' determined by dodgy algorithm
May well have been killer algorithm, too
01 Jun 2020 | 26
So you really didn't touch the settings at all, huh? Well, this print-out from my secret backup says otherwise
On CallCultures clash when a combustion turbine goes K-pop
29 May 2020 | 176
Boeing brings back the 737 Max but also lays off thousands
And still no sign of safe software or approval to fly
28 May 2020 | 116
Vietnam accelerates – dare we say it? – digital transformation for a fourth industrial revolution
Prime Minister gives e-cash and e-government a hurry-up as Apple tunes in to its manufacturing smarts
28 May 2020 | 6
China to slice internet connection costs for locals as part of plan to rebound from recent unpleasantness
More 5G. More e-commerce. More IoT. But no growth target for the first time in ages
22 May 2020 | 8
UK.gov splashes out on 40,000 new devices amid COVID-19-fuelled homeworking boom
And guess which department bought 10,000 O365 licences?
21 May 2020 | 19
UK MPs to off-payroll workers: Delay IR35 reforms until 2023? You wish
And we will change your tax forever, no need to delay ya... nothing's gonna stop us now
20 May 2020 | 53
Philippines floats digital services tax – and Uber’s local arm surprisingly applauds
Aims to fill post-pandemic coffers and level the local playing field
20 May 2020 | 5
Indeed sued by account exec who said she was raped by male coworker amid misogynistic, sexually charged culture
UpdatedJobs biz accused of pressuring women into sleeping with managers, discrimination, ignoring complaints
20 May 2020 | 4
Podcast Addict Play Store ban: Android chief says soz for incorrect removal, developers aren't impressed
Chorus of 'what about my app' protests follow executive intervention
19 May 2020 | 18
