Intel Security to become McAfee in April 2017

Intel Security has detailed a wave of product innovations at Focus 2016, but promises more to come when it is spun out as an independent company under the McAfee banner

Climate hackathon aims to use tech to save the planet

London joins cities around the world to seek technology solutions to tackle climate change and help the environment

Data is the ‘biggest battle ground’ in marketing, says McKinsey expert

Global lead for marketing and tech at McKinsey, Jason Heller, says data science is the area of marketing that can make or break campaigns

Police forces struggle with complex IT and a lack of digital skills, says watchdog

The latest report from police watchdog HMIC discovers that a lack of skills in digital and complex IT systems are major challenges for modern police forces

Check Point, Huawei join Intel Security Innovation Alliance

Intel Security Innovation Alliance continues to grow as security firm opens up McAfee data exchange layer

Failure to prepare for cyber attack could be catastrophic, warns Ted Koppel

Veteran investigative reporter Ted Koppel says a cyber attack on the US power grid is likely, but preparations for such an event are not up to scratch

Collaborative Team in Office 365 paves way to AI-augmented business

Microsoft Team offers a way for businesses to improve collaboration. It is also pushing its AI research in a way to augment humans

Twitch’s new video ads can’t be blocked

 Twitch, the Amazon-owned video streaming platform which is today used by over 2 million broadcasters, announced today its plans to begin selling video ads in its partners’ live streams which can’t be blocked by third-party ad blockers. These ads will roll out this week, and will be delivered through Twitch’s new SureStream video technology platform, which also offers… Read More

Discord chief executive on distribution and the importance of the PC in gaming

 The global video game industry is exploding in popularity. Companies such as ESPN, Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts have formed their own e-sports divisions in recent months, and the gaming market exceeds $90 billion, up 9 percent in the last year. It is bigger than the movie industry and predicted to expand with new emerging platforms like VR. Greylock investment partner Josh Elman… Read More

Pokémon GO introduces daily bonuses to keep players coming back

 Now that the insane, oh-my-god-it’s-everywhere hype cycle has tapered off a bit for Pokémon GO, Niantic gets to crack the classic startup conundrum: How the heck do they keep people coming back? The company is about to take its first swing at the problem by way of daily bonuses. The more regularly you play, the more you’re rewarded. Read More

To IP or not to IP, that is the question

 The rise and fall of Pokémon GO begs us to ask many questions regarding how to launch a game to position it for success. One specific question it raises is whether branded intellectual property is something game makers should consider prior to launch. Branded IP is one of the most time-tested ways to launch games that go on to become immensely popular. Read More

Learn to code startup pi-top pulls in $4.3M to fund a global edtech push

 London-based computing and learn-to-code startup pi-top has closed a £3.5million ($4.3M) Series A round of funding, led by Hambro Perks and with Committed Capital also participating. Read More

How Yo inspired the Jonas Brothers to create apps

 Remember that silly app, Yo, where you could ping someone with just a tap? Well, Kevin Jonas does. At the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York, the Jonas brothers talked about why they are creating apps. After seeing the Yo app raise over $1 million in funding, Kevin said it made launching startups look easy. “If they could do that, look what I can do,” said Kevin, about… Read More

Sony shares a list of 39 titles that will be optimized for the PS4 Pro at launch

 Next Thursday is PS4 Pro day. Announced two months ago at an event in New York, the souped up version of Sony’s console has been designed with 4K and high dynamic range gaming in mind, featuring amped up specs, including an eight-core x86-64 AMD Jaguar CPU, a GPU offering double the power of the earlier PS7 and a 1TB hard drive. Until now, however, Sony hasn’t offered up a list… Read More

Philip Hammond goes on the attack to target cyber threat to UK economy

Speaking at the Microsoft Future Decoded event in London, the Chancellor revealed how Britain would take an offensive stance to protect infrastructure

Software maker leaves Russia for India to increase resources and reduce risk

Commodities trading software company has moved its software development resources to Bangalore from Moscow

Nexsan adds mobile app access to Unity file sync and share

Nexsan Unity can now be accessed by iPhone and Android mobile users, as well as from desktops and laptops, to provide Dropbox-like functionality within the firewall

Sweden’s Civil Contingencies Agency updates document management system in digital push

Public sector agency modernises core system through an IT outsourcing agreement that will support digital transformation

Intel Security shifts channel strategy

Intel Security adjusts its channel strategy in response to a market shift towards services-based security

Unilever puts digital transformation in the hands of IT

The global IT director of digital marketing at Unilever explains how the firm has managed digital transformation by shifting the role of the IT team

Axonify raises $27M to gamify employee training without wasting your time

 Think back to the last time you had to do a corporate training. More likely than not it was a frustrating experience that you simply tried to survive rather than learn from. (If you feel otherwise, I’m genuinely worried about you). With $27 million in fresh funding led by JMI Equity and BDC Capital, Axonify, wants to hack your brain to help everyone get away with doing less while taking… Read More

Google’s Daydream View VR headset arrives in stores November 10

 Google has announced exactly when you’ll be able to get your hands on Daydream View, the new headset it created for Daydream-ready Android phones, including the Pixel and Pixel XL. The View headset will arrive in the Google Store online, and at retailers in the US, Canada, the UK, Germany and Australia on November 10 for $79 US. Pricing in the other countries varies, but is mostly in… Read More

Facebook officially announces Gameroom, its PC Steam competitor

 After losing mobile gaming to iOS and Android, Facebook is making a big push into playing on PC with today’s developer launch of its Gameroom Windows desktop gaming platform. After months of name changes, beta tests and dev solicitation, Facebook opened up the beta build for all developers and officially named it Gameroom. The app is openly available for users to download on Windows 7… Read More

IT industry development is an obvious choice for Bahrain

Bahrain is a gateway to the Middle East for multinationals, and to the world for locally grown IT startups

Around half of customers expect virtual reality to play a part in retail’s future

Consumers and business buyers think virtual reality and artificial intelligence will play a big part in retail experience in the near future, according to Salesforce research

Insurers face same legacy system battle as retail banks

The biggest barrier to insurance companies adopting digital technology is their heavy reliance on legacy IT systems

Lancaster University hails potential of AI software to cut datacentre power consumption

Lancaster University reveals details of its work to create an AI-based, self-assembling software system that could improve the efficiency of datacentres

Using cross-industry collaboration on open standards to address big data in the datacentre

Efforts are under away across the industry to create open standards to ensure datacentre hardware is equipped to cope with the amounts of information datacentres are required to process in real time

UK government re-announces £1.9bn cyber security spend

Five-year cyber security spending increase announced by Chancellor Philip Hammond 12 months after George Osborne did so

Path to telco revenues lies through improved user trust, says KPMG

Report suggests that half of UK adults would switch telecoms and broadband provider in the event of a security breach, and identifies revenue opportunities in building trust among consumers

Tintri adds VMware and Flocker persistent container storage

VM-native storage array maker Tintri will allow customers persistent storage for Docker containers via planned VMware vSphere 6.5 functionality or via bare metal/host OS

Pokémon Go gets a big revenue boost from its special Halloween event

 Pokémon Go had its first special in-game event this Halloween, and the results are promising for people hoping Niantic will run more in the future: Revenue was up 2.3 times from the week before, according to app analytics firm SensorTower, and daily revenue on October 29, in the middle of the event, was at its highest overall level since September 10, according to analytics provider App… Read More

Apple iCloud and Gmail hacker gets 18 months in jail

A US man is given a sentence of 18 months in jail for hacking into celebrity iCloud and Gmail accounts after investigators failed to find a link with the leak of celebrity nude photos online in 2014

Red Cross data breach shows security is still not a priority

The Australian Red Cross Blood Service has responded quickly to a breach of 550,000 donor details, but security commentators say the incident shows security is still not a priority for many organisations

Hundreds of IT contractors let go and projects put on hold as DWP denies rumours of overspend

Hundreds of digital and technology projects are under review at the Department for Work and Pensions - but department denies rumours of budget overspend

United Utilities protects field engineering deployment with AirWatch

United Utilities deploys mobile device management software AirWatch to secure Samsung devices running a SAP workforce management app

SDN trailblazer Big Switch Networks launches in UK

Having established a base of paying customers through a key partnership with Dell, SDN supplier Big Switch Networks is opening its first European offices and gunning for Cisco’s ACI business

Minds behind Entiq and Level 39 launch Plexal innovation centre

Founder of Entiq and Level 39 launches innovation hub at Here East space in the London Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Nintendo Switch is the spiritual successor to the Nvidia SHIELD

 Nintendo has revealed its new console, the Switch (which was codenamed the NX prior to its public debut). The thing that makes Switch different from any other console out there by a major game maker is its ability to quickly transition from home console to portable, thanks to a tablet format for the primary gaming hardware, and modular a modular ‘Joy-Con’ controller design. Is… Read More

Zwift merges indoor fitness with massive multi-player online gaming

 At its core, Zwift is indoor cycling software. But layered on top of its functionality is a community that in the two years the company has been operating has grown in both scale and shear strength. At an event at Rapha’s cycling in SF, I found myself surrounded by core users proudly flaunting their team names and meeting, often not for the first time. Even Barry Bonds showed up to… Read More

Six reasons to be hyped for the Nintendo Switch (and four reasons to worry)

 Yesterday saw the introduction — after many leaks and rumors — of the Nintendo Switch, the company’s next game console. It isn’t due to arrive until March of next year, which is infinitely frustrating because it looks amazing for several reasons, not all of them obvious. Here’s why I’m more excited about the Switch than for any Nintendo product in a long time. Read More

Pokémon Go’s first ever in-game event ups the candy count for Halloween

 Pokémon Go players will get the chance to participate in the game’s first ever in-game event this Halloween, starting Wednesday October 26 and running through November 1. The event will feature higher encounter rates for spooky Pokémon, including Drowzee, Zubat, Gastly, Gengar, Golbat, Haunter and Hypno, and trainers will also get more candy for catching, buddy training and… Read More

Xiaomi beefs up its mobile virtual reality push with Mi VR

 Xiaomi has added another mobile VR headset to its portfolio: announcing the Mi VR today — which it says is its first virtual reality headset with an inertial motion controller. Read More

Gaming features in Windows 10 Creator’s Update include native Beam streaming

 Game Broadcasting for Windows 10 is coming, which brings built-in game streaming to the platform at the OS level. The tech for this is built using Beam, the TechCrunch Battlefield company acquired by Microsoft earlier this year. The Game Broadcasting tools provided by Beam incorporate interaction options for spectators, including the ability to make suggestions. On stage at the Windows… Read More

Minecraft comes to Apple TV

 Minecraft, having already come to just about every other platform, is now on Apple TV, or will be soon at any rate. Well, that’s pretty much the news! Read More

John Lewis chooses three retail tech startups to receive 2016 JLab funding

Department store retailer John Lewis selects three retail tech startups to receive their share of the £200,000 JLab funding pot

BT reports solid growth despite weak pound

The collapse in the value of the pound following the EU referendum has not dented BT’s confidence, with strong growth reported across multiple business units

Government launches inquiry into Emergency Services Network

The Public Accounts Committee is to scrutinise the controversial Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme

Schneider Electric praised for positive response to ICS security flaw

Schneider Electric has patched a security flaw that highlights the vulnerability of industrial control systems to cyber attack

Google suspends US FTTP broadband roll-out

Google parent Alphabet calls a halt to its roll-out of FTTP broadband in the US as it embarks on a strategic rethink

World wide web inventor Tim Berners-Lee to join Oxford University

The University of Oxford has appointed Tim Berners-Lee as a professor at its computer science department

Information security set for steep trajectory, says (ISC)2

By helping to create a thriving, diverse and open information security community, (ISC)2 hopes to ensure a steep rise for the profession

Dyn reveals details of complex and sophisticated IoT botnet attack

DNS services provider Dyn, which was the victim of a large-scale DDoS attack perpetrated by an IoT botnet earlier in October, discusses details of its experience

Twitter cuts Vine and jobs as revenue growth slows

Twitter has announced it is to restructure with the aim of achieving profitability in 2017, but in the meantime it is axing its Vine video sharing service and around 350 jobs

Amazon shares fall on disappointing quarter - but AWS up 55%

Amazon reported disappointing quarterly profit but its AWS cloud business grew sales by 55% and is now 10% of the company's revenue

Interview: How Swedish bank prepared robot for customer services

SEB bank is currently integrating artificial intelligence into its customer services channels, following an internal trial of the technology

PlayStation VR is easily the winner in virtual reality right now

 Consumer virtual reality has a clear new leader today, and it’s the just-launched PlayStation VR. Unequivocally, this is the best VR experience currently available outside of the kinds of high-flying, super-secret test rigs that exist out there for army training or whatever that cost millions of dollars. That includes top-of-line hardware like HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, as well as… Read More

Six new Sun and Moon Pokémon evolutions revealed

 Pokémon Sun and Moon’s release for 3DS rapidly approaches, and the Pokémon Company is unveiling eight new Pokémon unique to the new games, including six evolutions of Sun/Moon characters and two Alola-region variants of existing pocket monsters. The new Pokémon include two evolutions of a new dragon/fighting type that looks like a good candidate for inclusion in my primary lineup of six. Read More

Rockstar teases Red Dead Redemption follow-up

 Rockstar is toying with the emotions of fans of its popular western adventure game Red Dead Redemption, with a couple of teaser images that are clearly leading up to a big announcement. Fans and industry observers suspect we could finally see the studio announce a sequel to the 2010 Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game. Red Dead Redemption was itself a follow-up to Red Dead Revolver, a… Read More

Razer acquires audiovisual icon THX as it explores growth beyond the games industry

 Razer, the company that develops hardware and services for gamers and the world of gaming, has made an acquisition to catapult it to more platforms and more people: The company has acquired THX, the legendary audio and video quality assurance company that was originally founded by George Lucas as part of Lucasfilm. Razer’s CEO Min-Liang Tan said in an interview that the terms of… Read More

Red Dead Redemption 2 confirmed for Fall 2017

 Rockstar games confirmed a sequel to Red Dead Redemption is on the way for release in Fall 2017, tweeting the date along with the promise of a trailer arriving this Thursday, October 20. The follow-up to Rockstar’s epic Western action-adventure game series has been teased through Rockstar’s account, leaving many to suspect a sequel was planned, but now we know for sure. The… Read More

Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition is a lovely piece of self-contained 80s nostalgia

 Nintendo’s got a gift for repurposing. In the 30+ years since it was first released, the NES and its beloved range of intellectual properties have been repackaged in just about every way imaginable – and heck, even that system’s most beloved protagonist was on-loan from a platformer about a giant ape with a princess-stealing problem. Mind, none of this is a criticism, really.… Read More

HP’s OMEN 17 is an epic gaming laptop that needs just a tweak or two

 HP Inc. isn’t a name that comes to mind when you think of “enthusiast PC gaming system,” but the more endearing folks at HP think that recent tweaks made to OMEN gaming brand can change brand perception in the eyes of PC gamers, like myself. Read More

Is VR a leap back in time for the games industry?

 When we look back through the annals of time, there, etched in the history books will be “2016: The year of VR.” And what a year it’s been. We’ve already seen the Samsung VR launch to great applause, but with the imminent release of the PlayStation VR and Oculus Rift devices, the sector is about to shift into overdrive. But VR is not exactly new — the concept has… Read More

Nintendo added $1.36 billion in market cap after Nintendo NX teaser

 In just a few minutes, Nintendo will unveil (update: meet the Nintendo Switch) the first official teaser for the Nintendo NX, the company’s next flagship console. While the console isn’t supposed to come out until March 2017, people are excited — including investors. A few minutes after Nintendo teased the NX preview on Twitter, Nintendo’s shares jumped. The company… Read More

Nintendo wants all third-party games on the Nintendo Switch

 Nintendo finally unveiled the successor to the Wii U and 3DS — the Nintendo Switch. Interestingly, Nintendo won’t just be showing off its own games before the release. In the press release, the company announced that it has partnered with most of the big video game companies. For once, Nintendo wants to partner with third-party developers in a big way. While many video game… Read More

The new Remix Android set top box adds 4K video

 Even with an abundant number of Android set top boxes floating around, the promise of the Remix Mini managed to capture Kickstarter’s imagination in a big way, pulling in $1.6 million in pledges when it closed in August of last year. The device’s success was due in no small part to pricing – the company was offering early birds a first-gen version of the system for $20, a… Read More

Osmo’s new Pizza Co. game uses augmented reality to teach kids about running a business

 With its latest title, educational game-maker Osmo is tackling a subject that’s close to CEO Pramod Sharma’s heart — entrepreneurship. Co-founded by Sharma and Jérôme Scholler (both former Googlers), Osmo makes iPad games that combine touchscreen gameplay with real-world objects and physical activities in front of the screen. Past games have covered topics like coding,… Read More

A short list of some games we want to see on the Nintendo Switch

 Nintendo showed off its new console, the Nintendo Switch, for the first time, in a video earlier today. It’s basically a tablet to which you connect two controllers when you’re carrying it around, and then you use a regular controller when the tablet is plugged into the TV. In other words, it’s a kind of hybrid console where you can play both while you’re on the move… Read More

Flytoget’s digital transformation accelerates express train service

Flytoget implements a development platform to enable it to respond quickly to the demands of digital-minded customers

Mobile internet will grow GDP and generate jobs in Asean countries

Mobile internet penetration in Southeast Asia will boost the region’s gross domestic product and increase employment, a report says

Robot Wars: Team Storm uses modern IT to breathe new life into legacy machines

Robot Wars’ Team Storm is applying the principles of DevOps, IoT and real-time data analytics in advancing the design of its machine, while setting out to inspire a new generation to get into robotics

Gain insights into customer behaviour

Predictive analytics can give marketing campaigns a head start, but business stakeholders may need convincing

Slow response to Privacy Shield EU-US data transfer programme

Only 40 US firms has been certified under the Privacy Shield transatlantic data transfer programme, but this is expected to gain momentum

Europe lags US in gigabit broadband deployments

Network test firm Viavi inaugurates its Global Gigabit Monitor, examining the pace of gigabit broadband roll-out around the world

Sage data breach underlines insider threat

Organisations need to take insider threats more seriously say security experts, as Sage warns that a data breach using an internal log-in may have compromised employee data at nearly 300 UK firms

Cloudian makes HyperStore object storage available from AWS

System available with storage tiers on-site and in the Amazon cloud monitored and billed from the AWS interface

Disaster Tech Lab brings emergency internet to refugee camps

Voluntary organisation Disaster Test Lab deploys ruggedised Cradlepoint technology to provide mobile connectivity to 18 refugee camps in Greece

Financial sector faces era of cyber mega heists

Banks and other financial institutions are threatened by a new breed of elite cyber criminals running professional operations that will use any means to achieve their goals, says Barclays security chief

Case study: Improving food safety and traceability

We look at how Transparency-One is using a Neo4j graph database to deliver traceability across the global food supply chain

Met Office moves weather observation site to Azure

The Met Office's Weather Observation Website (WOW) used to run on Google's cloud, but has switched to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform

Vodafone to end broadband landline rental charges

Vodafone becomes the first UK internet service provider to remove line rental charges for new and upgrading fibre-based broadband customers

UK security startup discovers one-stop-shop for cyber crime businesses

Setting up a cyber criminal business is easier than ever believed, according to UK information security startup Digital Shadows

Digital Greenwich joins forces with University of Surrey for 5G smart city tests

Collaboration will investigate “smarter” ways to cope with challenges related to transport, health, energy and the built environment

Gotcha! Norwegian prime minister caught playing Pokémon GO during parliamentary debate

 Pokémon GO fever may be receding in the U.S., but in Norway it’s still raging. The country’s prime minister, Erna Solberg, was caught red-handed playing the game in parliament. Read More

Security Think Tank: Making a game of phishing

What are the most effective types of security controls and end user training approaches to dealing with phishing?

SMEs are the Achilles heel for Asean security

Small to medium-sized enterprises in the Asean region will be gateways to large enterprises for cyber criminals unless they improve their security

Birmingham Uni beefs up network automation, virtualisation to support research

The University of Birmingham has deployed a Brocade switching infrastructure and network virtualisation to support the needs of its research teams

IoT security threat is real, says researcher

The security threat posed by IoT devices is not hype, says security researcher James Lyne

Amex Global Business Travel pools data lake to bolster ‘duty of care’

Amex Global Business Travel is investing in modern IT, including cloud analytics, to pivot its business towards serving the traveller in their whole journey

Time to move on with social engineering training, says Jenny Radcliffe

Organisations need to move from awareness of the risk of social engineering to empowering employees to understand and recognise the threat to protect themselves and the company, says Jenny Radcliffe

Dymaxia: Combining cloud, IoT and wearables to manage the anxiety of autism

Canadian startup Dymaxia explains how it's using cloud, IoT and wearable devices to help autistic people manage anxiety

Malaysia and Singapore face IT talent shortage

Organisations in Malaysia and Singapore face tough competition to attract the right skills to drive their IT strategies

Mirai IoT botnet code release raises fears of surge in DDoS attacks

Organisations with an online presence should prepare for terabit-class IoT botnet-based DDoS attacks that could knock almost any business offline or disable chunks of the internet, warn security experts

DDoS attacks consistent, relentless and costly, report shows

The latest global DDoS report from Neustar underlines the importance of investing in appropriate defences as the high volume of attacks looks set to increase

Microsoft calls for cross-industry collaboration to create ‘responsible and inclusive’ clouds

Software giant launches A Cloud For Global Good campaign in a bid to get the industry focused on creating off-premise environments that are accessible to all

Splunk .conf2016: Closing the tech gender gap requires a shift in culture

Cyber security experts assembled at the Splunk 2016 conference to discuss the gender gap in cyber security and what can be done to solve it

Dreamforce 2016: Salesforce stakes claim for baked in artificial intelligence

Salesforce inaugurates Dreamforce 2016 by restating a claim to bring artificial intelligence to bear on its customer relationship management cloud-delivered software

Mastercard rolls out selfie payments in UK

Financial services provider Mastercard announces its cardholders in the UK will be able to use a selfie as authentication to pay for goods

Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2016: Shortlist announced

Find out who made the shortlist for this year's Best of VMworld Europe User Awards, which is set to take place on Wednesday 19 October 2016 at VMworld, Barcelona

More organisations than ever have DR plans, but don’t keep them up to date

The prevalence of disaster recovery plans increases year on year, but many fail to keep their plans up to date or test them, according to a survey sponsored by Databarracks

Look to over-the-top services to secure mobile, says specialist

Mobile network operators should look to 3G and 4G while enterprises should consider OTT services to provide the best security, says telecommunications industry veteran and pioneer Charles Brookson

Home IoT technology irrelevant to most home owners

Smart home technology, such as security systems and IoT-enabled thermostats, is overpriced and uninteresting to most home owners, says Beecham Research report

Demand rises for low-cost flash storage across Australia

Flash storage gains popularity in Australia, as smaller organisations are attracted by lower prices and higher capacity

Google’s new VR headset is a hipster Daydream

 Looking cool has never been Google’s strong suit. This is the engineer-led company that brought us Google Glass, after all. Yet some beanie-clad Mountain View designer seems to have had a vinyl-fueled revelation. Google is late to the game of non-cardboard virtual reality headsets. Oculus, Samsung, HTC, and others have popularized sci-fi looking VR masks. So to standout, Google needed… Read More

Play this killer self-driving car ethics game

 Should a self-driving car full of old folks crash to avoid puppies in the cross-walk? Is it OK to run over two criminals if you save one doctor? Whose lives are worth more, seven-year-olds or senior citizens? In, This new game called the “Moral Machine” from MIT’s researchers, a car’s breaks fail and you have to choose whether it crashes into a barrier, killing the… Read More

Lightseekers aims to evolve toys-to-life with rich stories and many ways to play

Skylanders, Amiibo, Disney Infinity – the toys-to-life category got big, fast, but most of the action in the space following Skylanders tended to be mostly derivative, without really pushing the category forward when it comes to the breadth of available technologies. Lightseekers, a new cross-platform action RPG game debuting on Kickstarter today that incorporates physical toys created… Read More

Computer Weekly @ 50 startup interview: Pilgrim Beart, founder, DevicePilot

We speak to DevicePilot's founder, Pilgrim Beart, about sing the cloud to monitor and secure mobile devices

Security Think Tank: Phishing awareness a key element of a security positive culture

What are the most effective types of security controls and user training approaches for dealing with phishing?

Neutron’s role evolves in OpenStack networks

We examine the progress of Neutron, OpenStack’s cloud networking module

TalkTalk overhauls broadband packages to challenge rivals

Internet service provider TalkTalk throws down the gauntlet to its rivals by making a number of changes to its packages that it claims will put customers' interests first

Dutch government uses Microsoft Dynamics to improve recruitment

Government recruitment and career management of senior civil servants in the Netherlands has been improved through a Microsoft Dynamics implementation

Digital apprentice turns social media into power security tool

Social security is not only a source of info for attackers, but a powerful way to raise awareness of security, as a young cyber security worker is demonstrating

Government provides free digital skills training to unskilled adults

The UK government announces plans to offer free skills training to adults in the UK who are lacking relevant digital skills qualifications

Telegram levels up its bot platform with competitive games that live inside chats

 Messaging platform Telegram is powering up on the chatbot front, with the launch of what it dubs a “bot-powered gaming platform” — in a bid to try to drive more engagement via addictive new features. Read More

NGOs challenge UK and US mass surveillance in human rights court

Privacy International, Liberty and the American Civil Liberties Union are among 10 human rights groups backing a landmark challenge to mass surveillance in the European Court of Human Rights

Computer Weekly @ 50 startup interview: Jamie Avi-Dan, CEO, ShareOptic

We speak to ShareOptic co-founder, Jamie Avi-Dan about his company is aiming to make cloud security affordable

Computer Weekly @ 50 startup interview: Christine Hawkins, CEO, Info-CTRL

We speak to Christine Hawkins, CEO, Info-CTRL, on how the product consolidates a set of two-dimensional spreadsheets into a three-dimensional database

Computer Weekly @ 50 startup interview: Paul Green, creative director, Iotic Labs

We speak to Paul Green, creative director, Iotic Labs, about why the company has created an internet-like environment for things

Computer Weekly @ 50: The future of us – how the next 50 years of tech will reshape the world

In this panel debate filmed at our 50th anniversary we contemplate how IT could evolve over the next 50 years

Computer Weekly @ 50 startup interview: Chris Dye, VP marketing, Glasswall Solutions

Chris Dye, VP of marketing explains how Glasswall helps organisations ensure electronic file and document integrity, security and assurance

Computer Weekly @ 50 startup interview: Callum Murray, MD, Amiqus

We discuss with Callum Murray, managing director of Amiqus, how the company uses machine learning and open data to build tools

Computer Weekly @ 50 startup interview: Ky Nichol, CEO, Cutover

We speak to the CEO and co-founder of Cutover about what makes his company unique

Manchester tech firms clamour for faster broadband connections

Tech businesses in Manchester are crying out for better broadband connections, according to a report commissioned by digital connectivity analysts WiredScore

Google to open UK datacentre region as enterprise cloud push gathers pace

Internet giant outlines next phase of enterprise cloud development, including rolling out machine learning across its portfolio and building out its global datacentre presence

Brexit has thrown ICO plans into flux, admits information commissioner

The ICO is working to ensure that the UK's post-Brexit data protection law is progressive, stands up to scrutiny and provides stability, says information commissioner Elizabeth Denham

Singapore’s merged IT and media agency is up and running

Government organisation will drive digital and media technology in business, government and society

Business rate increases will hurt UK broadband sector, says industry

Stakeholders have criticised the Valuation Office Agency for huge rises in business rates on fibre cables that may affect the cost of broadband services

CISOs need to be more business-focused, says Publicis CISO

Information security leadership is about politics, getting a place at the top table and showing what security can do for the business, according to Publicis CISO Thom Langford

Amazon shows its first games integrated with Twitch

 Amazon Game Studios this week showed off the first games that will be integrated with live-streaming site Twitch, which Amazon acquired for over $1 billion in 2014.  The new games will run on Lumberyard, the game engine powered by Amazon Web Services, that debuted earlier this year. These integrations will allow gamers to stream their broadcasts in real-time, overlaid with live stats,… Read More

PewDiePie’s new game “Tuber Simulator” hits the top of the App Store, crashes

 What happens when the world’s biggest YouTube star Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg tells his 48 million YouTube subscribers to download and play his new mobile game? The game promptly shoots up to the top of the App Store, and the servers crash under the load. That’s what happened, at least, following the iOS and Android launch of “PewDiePie’s Tuber… Read More

Nintendo shows off some highly nerdy features of the NES Mini

 Nintendo has further taken the wraps off the must-have gaming gadget of the holidays — which is to say, the one we’re all buying ourselves as soon as it’s available. An aggressively retro-themed video released today visually demonstrates three of the the NES Mini’s features. Brace yourself, it’s about to get real nerdy in here. Read More