UK government to open £16B IT services competition after 6-month delay
Technology Services 4 framework expands by £4B, with procurement to begin this week
Public Sector17 Mar 2025 | 19
Public Sector
China announces plan to label all AI-generated content with watermarks and metadata
Asia In Brief PLUS: Foxconn wants 40 percent AI server market share; Atlassian CEO jets into controversy; Starlink reaches 800 million in India; And more!
AI + ML17 Mar 2025 | 19
India investigates whether Uber makes iPhone users pay more to ride
Rideshare companies said it isn’t happening. Lawmakers aren’t convinced
Public Sector14 Mar 2025 | 22
Judge orders Feds rehire workers falsely fired for lousy performance
Veteran of Oracle vs Google Java trial fumes over 'gimmicks' and 'sham' arguments
Public Sector14 Mar 2025 | 109
Dems ask federal agencies for reassurance DOGE isn't feeding data into AI willy-nilly
Pouring sensitive info into unapproved, unaccountable, unsafe models would be a 'severe' cybersecurity fail
AI + ML13 Mar 2025 | 33
CISA: We didn't fire red teams, we just unhired a bunch of them
Agency tries to save face as it also pulls essential funding for election security initiatives
Security13 Mar 2025 | 28
DOGE helps Veterans Affairs end IT contract run by service-disabled entrepreneurs
Project dubbed 'wasteful' – Musk's lot says under-pressure VA must do it 'in-house'
Public Sector12 Mar 2025 | 106
CISA pen-tester says 100-strong red team binned after DOGE canceled contract
Updated Election infosec advisory center also shuttered
Public Sector12 Mar 2025 | 166
The NHS security culture problem is a crisis years in the making
Analysis Insiders say board members must be held accountable and drive positive change from the top down
CSO10 Mar 2025 | 29
India wants backdoors into clouds, email, SaaS, for tax inspectors
Asia in Brief PLUS: Malaysia teams with Arm for local chip designs; NTT warns of possible breach; Samsung strikers settle; and more
Security09 Mar 2025 | 7
Crypto takes a dip as Trump signs Bitcoin Reserve order
Comment With no allowance to sell and little room to buy, and markets on the slide, it's UB40 time: Red, red, whine
Personal Tech07 Mar 2025 | 108
Troubled French outsourcer Atos finds pot of gold at the end of UK state bank Rainbow
Updated Difficulties unpicking 25 years of technical entanglement secure £474.4M without competition
On-Prem07 Mar 2025 | 27
Do you DARE? Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing sovereignty
€240M found for three-year sprint to develop three chiplets for HPC, AI
HPC07 Mar 2025 | 37
Uncle Sam mulls policing social media of all would-be citizens
President ordered immigration officials to ramp up vetting of foreigners 'to the maximum degree'
Public Sector06 Mar 2025 | 78
Ex-NSA grandee says Trump's staff cuts will 'devastate' America's national security
Video Would 'destroy a pipeline of top talent essential for hunting' Chinese spies in US networks, Congress told
Public Sector05 Mar 2025 | 57
It begins: Pentagon to give AI agents a role in decision making, ops planning
Updated Former allies, take note. This is a WOPR
AI + ML05 Mar 2025 | 41
China's Silk Typhoon, tied to US Treasury break-in, now hammers IT and govt targets
Updated They're good at zero-day exploits, too
Public Sector05 Mar 2025 | 17
Apple drags UK government to court over 'backdoor' order
Updated A first-of-its-kind legal challenge set to be heard this month, per reports
Security05 Mar 2025 | 120
Please fasten your seatbelts. A third of US air traffic control systems are 'unsustainable'
And the FAA's modernization efforts are going so badly they won't exit turbulence any time soon
Public Sector05 Mar 2025 | 124
Microsoft: So what if it costs 4X as much to run Windows Server in AWS, Alibaba, and Google?
That's competition, that's protecting our IP, Redmond's lawyers tell UK monopoly cops
PaaS + IaaS04 Mar 2025 | 44
So … Russia no longer a cyber threat to America?
Comment Mixed messages from Pentagon, CISA as Trump gets pally with Putin and Kremlin strikes US critical networks
Public Sector04 Mar 2025 | 218
America's National Science Foundation workers fired in bulk by Trump now reinstated
Judge slams 'significant chaos' that's become Uncle Sam's standard operating procedure
Science04 Mar 2025 | 84
US stocks slip as Trump pulls trigger on Canada, Mexico, China tariffs
Updated With friends like these...
Public Sector03 Mar 2025 | 110
FBI officially fingers North Korea for $1.5B Bybit crypto-burglary
Federal agents, open up ... your browsers and see if you recognize any of these wallets
Cyber-crime27 Feb 2025 | 22
30-year-old NHS supply chain system hit by 35 major alerts in 11 months
Updated Thousands of order lines not picked, causing delays to hospital deliveries
Applications27 Feb 2025 | 29
FAA confirms it's testing Starlink, maybe for tasks Elon says Verizon is doing badly
Plus: Musk's biz empire reportedly pulled in $6B-plus from Uncle Sam last year
Networks27 Feb 2025 | 36
Incoming deputy boss of Homeland Security says America's top cyber-agency needs to be reined in
Plus: New figurehead of DOGE emerges and they aren't called Elon
Public Sector26 Feb 2025 | 37
Xi know what you did last summer: China was all up in Republicans' email, says book
Of course, Microsoft is in the mix, isn't it
Cyber-crime25 Feb 2025 | 29
Mega council officers had no idea what they were buying ahead of Oracle fiasco
Lack of skills left Birmingham officials unable to challenge suppliers and with a system incapable of managing finances
Databases25 Feb 2025 | 114
US Dept of Housing screens sabotaged to show deepfake of Trump sucking Elon's toes
'Appropriate action will be taken,' we're told – as federal HR email sparks uproar, ax falls on CISA staff
Public Sector24 Feb 2025 | 133
The software UK techies need to protect themselves now Apple's ADP won’t
No matter how deep you are in Apple's 'ecosystem,’ there are ways to stay encrypted in Blighty
Security24 Feb 2025 | 125
Trump administration threatens tariffs for any nation that dares to tax Big Tech
Digital services taxes, network build levies, touted as violations of US sovereignty
Public Sector24 Feb 2025 | 138
As China embraces Big Tech again, Alibaba plans vast spend to push for artificial general intelligence
Asia in Brief Plus: Samsung exec jailed for selling DRAM secrets; ASUS launches sweetly scented mouse; Toyota’s smart city nears opening; and more
AI + ML23 Feb 2025 | 2
National Science Foundation staff axed by Trump fear for US scientific future
Feature An inside tale: Probation extended, tenure revoked, a scramble to merge research portfolios, and more
Science21 Feb 2025 | 141
DXC paid 50% more than original contract value for disastrous public sector Oracle project
Updated Systems integrator secured 'variation' just before mega SAP migration put on hold
Databases20 Feb 2025 | 43
Trump’s DoD CISO pick previously faced security clearance suspension
Hey, at least Katie Arrington brings a solid resume
Public Sector19 Feb 2025 | 13
Trump teases 25% semiconductor tariffs that will go ‘substantially higher’
Envisions phased introduction dependent on manufacturing commitments
Public Sector19 Feb 2025 | 177
DeepSeek disappears from South Korean app stores over privacy concerns
Nation also orders thousands of GPUs to advance local AI smarts
Public Sector18 Feb 2025 | 8
Fujitsu worries US tariffs will see its clients slow digital spend
Asia In Brief PLUS: Pacific islands targeted by Chinese APT; China’s new rocket soars; DeepSeek puts Korea in a pickle; and more
Public Sector16 Feb 2025 | 1
UK's new thinking on AI: Unless it's causing serious bother, you can crack on
Comment Plus: Keep calm and plug Anthropic's Claude into public services
AI + ML15 Feb 2025 | 80
Critical PostgreSQL bug tied to zero-day attack on US Treasury
High-complexity bug unearthed by infoseccers, as Rapid7 probes exploit further
Research14 Feb 2025 | 22
Chinese spies suspected of 'moonlighting' as tawdry ransomware crooks
Some employees steal sticky notes, others 'borrow' malicious code
Ransomware in Focus14 Feb 2025 | 11
Cisco says it’s already dug in to protect itself – and customers – if trade war breaks out
Also reckons it can dodge DOGE
Networks13 Feb 2025 | 4
Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study
From the billionaire who said real-time surveillance is good for keeping us in check
AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 69
Trump’s cyber chief pick has little experience in The Cyber
GOP lawyer Sean Cairncross will be learning on the fly, as we also say hi to new intelligence boss Tulsi Gabbard
Public Sector12 Feb 2025 | 54
EU plans to 'mobilize' €200B to invest in AI to catch up with US and China
Captain's Log, Stardate 3529.7 – oh yeah, Commish also withdrawing law that would help folks sue over AI harms
AI + ML12 Feb 2025 | 15
UK government insiders say AI datacenters may be a pricey white elephant
Economy-boosting bit barn? Not in my back yard, some locals expected to say
On-Prem12 Feb 2025 | 119
Microsoft wants to quit building Army VR goggles, hand contract to Anduril
Will the Pentagon get Luckey with a new IVAS vendor?
Public Sector12 Feb 2025 | 10
Probe finds US Coast Guard has left maritime cybersecurity adrift
Numerous systemic vulnerabilities could scuttle $5.4T industry
Public Sector11 Feb 2025 | 13
Legacy systems running UK's collector are taxing – in more ways than one
Updated Costs for fixing them and keeping them working up by 390%, NAO report reveals
Public Sector10 Feb 2025 | 67
UK armed forces fast-tracking cyber warriors to defend digital front lines
High starting salaries promised after public sector infosec pay criticized
Security10 Feb 2025 | 29
Judge says US Treasury ‘more vulnerable to hacking’ since Trump let the DOGE out
Order requires destruction of departmental data accessed by Musky men
Public Sector10 Feb 2025 | 57
India's banking on the bank.in domain cleaning up its financial services sector
With over 2,000 banks in operation, a domain only they can use has potential to make life harder for fraudsters
Security10 Feb 2025 | 16
Does DOGE have what it takes to actually tackle billions in US govt IT spending?
Comment (updated) Tesla’s DIY ERP legend meets the messy reality of entrenched federal contracts
Public Sector08 Feb 2025 | 275
Amazon, Google asked to explain why they were serving ads on sites hosting CSAM
Updated And US government adverts at that, say senators
Personal Tech08 Feb 2025 | 42
Trump's Dept of Transport hits brakes on Biden’s EV charger build-out
Funding freeze while Feds review priorities
Science07 Feb 2025 | 64
Musk's move fast and break things mantra won't work in US.gov
Opinion 248-year-old democracy is not a tech startup
Public Sector07 Feb 2025 | 265
DOGE geek with Treasury payment system access now quits amid racist tweet claims
Final update We did Nazi see that coming
Public Sector07 Feb 2025 | 222
Federal judge tightens DOGE leash over critical Treasury payment system access
Final update Lawsuit: 'Scale of intrusion into individuals' privacy is massive and unprecedented'
Public Sector06 Feb 2025 | 28
Dems want answers on national security risks posed by hiring freeze, DOGE probes
Updated Are cybersecurity roles included? Are Elon's enforcers vetted? Inquiring minds want to know
Security06 Feb 2025 | 35
Biting the hand that feeds IT
