The German government is reportedly planning stricter oversight of telecommunications network vendors. This will make it harder for Shenzhen-based Huawei to hold its place in the German market, whilst stopping short of an outright ban. Government sources told media that an agreement had been reached to extend scrutiny of the governance and technology of 5G … Read more
One of the spinoffs of the pandemic is the surge in digital services. The security landscape has transited to a new level, thanks to the speed at which digital transactions take place. Around 95-99 per cent of operations are automated. “Customers need not visit ‘on site.’ Physical documents are on the decline. Matters related to … Read more
A report from Oxford Insights and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has assessed countries on the basis of their AI readiness and responsibility and found that some are at risk of furthering inequality and marginalisation. The ‘Government AI Readiness Index’ in the report ranked the US at number one and the UK at number two … Read more
Covid 19 has changed the cyber-security threat landscape of the country. This has accelerated the usage of cloud. Companies are going beyond just legacy IT operations. They are going that extra mile to build overall resilience, besides factoring digital trust into the system Cloud security is important than anything else now and it has to … Read more
A system that collects tyre dust – particles of tyre that are emitted when a vehicle is in operation – as they are emitted, has won its creators the James Dyson Award. Tyre wear is the second-largest microplastic pollutant in our ocean after single-use plastic and accounts for up to 50 per cent of PM2.5 … Read more
Tesco has joined a group of large businesses including Dixons Carphone, E.ON, Heathrow, Lime and SSE that have called on the Government to bring forward the date for when new petrol and diesel vehicles should be banned from sale to 2030. The original 2040 date for the ban was announced in 2017, although some MPs … Read more
Tesla founder Elon Musk has unveiled his firm’s latest battery technology which promises more affordable cars that can travel longer distances, but the three-year timeframe necessary before commercialisation has not impressed investors. Musk envisions future electric cars priced as low as $25,000 (£19,657) that will be able to drive themselves once the new battery tech comes to … Read more
According to the Financial Times, the European Commission is due to propose a new set of rules known as the Digital Services Act, which will seek to hold tech companies to higher standards. Under extreme circumstances, offending companies could be excluded from the EU. In an interview with The Financial Times, Thierry Breton, the EU commissioner for international … Read more
Months ago, when the UK was in the midst of a nationwide lockdown brought on by the outbreak of Covid-19, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the release of an NHSX contact-tracing app that would be at the heart of the Government’s strategy to ease restrictions. Although the app was touted for a mid-May release, after … Read more
Facebook is fighting demands from European data regulators to stop transferring user data from the EU to US servers. In a lawsuit filed in Dublin, the company warned that it would not be able to provide services to EU users if forced to comply with the order. Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that Ireland’s … Read more