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Four more startups are set to join the NCSC accelerator, which helps the UK government develop technology and approaches to pressing cyber security challenges

Two vulnerabilities uncovered in Cisco hardware could have opened the door to serious supply chain cyber attacks, according to the Trellix researchers who found them

5G tech designer forges partnership with 5G silicon manufacturer to create new class of private network coverage for global enterprises, promising creation of cost-effective in-building networks faster than ever

A PwC study finds senior executives expect cyber attacks on cloud services to increase significantly this year

With rumours of mass redundancies rife in the IT sector, many tech workers are applying for other roles rather than risk becoming unemployed

Sophos researchers report on two fake apps used by romance scammers to lure victims into parting with their money, both of which were able to escape the attention of Apple and Google app store safeguards

The new R-Cloud connects SaaS data silos to HYCU's data protection capabilities for an under protected part of the IT infrastructure.

A review has been published regarding the circumstances that led to two datacentres, hosting healthcare systems for Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, overheating during the 2022 summer heatwave

Fintech giant making thousands of redundancies as global economic outlook remains poor

A company involved in Home Office-led trials of biometric age estimation technologies has begun rolling out its hardware to UK shops and pubs so they can use its facial recognition algorithm to assure customers’ ages

Kaspersky warns that the latest variant of the Prilex malware can block contactless payments to force people to insert cards, enabling criminals to steal money

The UK Cyber Security Council has teamed up with ISACA to partner on a new audit and assurance programme for security pros

Using IBM’s foundational model for artificial intelligence, NASA plans to offer researchers a way to access the vast troves of data it collects about Earth

Getting data management right has been pivotal for Singapore IoT startup SensorFlow to optimise energy consumption and reduce carbon emissions for its hotelier clients

The Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act introduced in California would require businesses to report their scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions.

NetApp reduced its global workforce by 8%. Analysts said the layoffs are a combination of hardware buyer hesitancy and employee redundancies from acquisitions.

Workday's layoff is part of a growing list of tech companies cutting employees. But the company says it didn't overhire and is instead taking steps toward realignment.

The Zoom chatbot uses conversational language and proprietary AI to assist people calling Zoom's contact center as a service. Zoom launched its CCaaS last year.

Penetration testing vendor Horizon3.ai published technical details and exploit code for three new CVEs in VMware vRealize Log Insight that can be chained for remote code execution.

Tech Nation due to shutter after losing core funding to Barclays Eagle Labs, which will take over its role in supporting UK technology startups and scaleups

Training specialist Freevacy has launched a £20,000 scholarship fund to train data privacy and protection professionals

Responding to user demand, Oracle struck a deal with Red Hat to make the latter's Enterprise Linux operating system an integral part of Oracle's multi-cloud strategy.

A swathe of attacks by the Putin-supporting DDoS operation known as Killnet has targeted hospitals and other infrastructure in several Nato countries, with the UK thought to be at risk

The corporate and investment bank has run experiments with Pasqal and Multiverse to demo quantum computing in finance

Vendor enhances global partner programme with focus on enablement and support

Threat actors stole encrypted code-signing certificates for GitHub’s Desktop and Atom applications in December 2022, prompting warnings for users

SD-WAN specialist adds more voice and data depot with its latest acquisition in just a few weeks

Secretive court finds MI5 knowingly acted unlawfully in use of bulk surveillance warrants, and the Home Office continued granting warrants despite information the agency was operating outside the law

Multiline insurance firm Zurich is plotting a move to the AWS public cloud to help revamp its customer offerings

As deal sizes increase in the face of growing demand for cloud and internet-based services, datacentre operators are increasingly finding themselves on the receiving end of private equity investment

Banks are reshaping their channels as customers move to digital services, with physical innovation complementing digital strategies

The University of Stirling is the first non-US university to participate in a data management education programme provided pro bono by data catalogue supplier Alation

Royal Mail is making further progress in recovering IT systems hit by a ransomware attack, and has re-enabled another tranche of international export services

Expert tells Parliamentary committee that tech companies developing artificial intelligence are cutting corners and placing safety on the backburner, opening up ‘enormous risks’ for the future of AI

The contract renewal will enable the Australian Tax Office to tap Macquarie’s security operations centre, among other services, to secure its IT environment and protect sensitive data

The semantic layer platform vendor's tools are now listed on Databricks' Partner Connect, and existing customers can now connect to Databricks SQL and Unity Catalog.

Program participants believe the SaaS provider's updated program offers greater clarity around expectations and a path toward greater partner differentiation.

Recent layoffs will create an influx of software engineers on the job market in the coming months, which might benefit smaller enterprises searching for talent.

Filling the finance position has been popular over the past week and there are a few moves worth noting across the industry

The trial with Stratospheric Platforms may lead to hydrogen-powered drones being used to provide 4G and 5G rural coverage

Channel player shares an update on the performance in its last fiscal year and talks of Q4 being a ‘record quarter’

Ransomware gangs have increasingly focused their attacks on the K-12 education sector, even though most school districts do not pay the ransom. But how long will that last?

Tiger Bridge targets vertical sectors that find it hard to migrate to the cloud by allowing data storage in the cloud while using files locally as if stored on-premise

Two former Fujitsu IT professionals being investigated for potential perjury will face Post Office Horizon public inquiry in May

Data on 10 million people who shopped online at JD Sports over a two-year period was accessed and potentially stolen in a cyber attack

IT services provider Noventiq has been expanding its presence in APAC through several acquisitions in India, and is eyeing a bigger slice of the region’s IT services pie