4 Minutes Government and politics Public order, justice and rights Society and welfare How has the online voter registration service coped with 100,000 users a day? Sam Trendall November 29, 2019 0 Comment on How has the online voter registration service coped with 100,000 users a day? Since MPs voted in favour of a December election, upwards of 3.5 million registrations have been processed digitally... Read More
Society and welfare -1 Minute HMRC awards £13k deal for YouTube voiceover artist Sam Trendall November 29, 2019 0 Comment on HMRC awards £13k deal for YouTube voiceover artist Tax agency recruits professional provider of dulcet tones for online videos... Read More
Communities, housing and planning Transport -2 Minutes Manchester calls Uber in for talks Sam Trendall November 29, 2019 1 Comment on Manchester calls Uber in for talks Following TfL’s decision to uphold revoked licence, authority is reported to be considering whether taxi app should continue to operate in the city... Read More
Defence and Security Education and skills Employment Science, technology and research Society and welfare -1 Minute MoD hunts for head of profession for military and civilian techies Sam Trendall November 28, 2019 0 Comment on MoD hunts for head of profession for military and civilian techies Postholder will provide a ‘focal point’ for IT, cyber and digital workers... Read More
Agriculture and rural affairs Business and industry Communities, housing and planning Economics and finance -1 Minute Durham shops for £10m fibre network Sam Trendall November 28, 2019 0 Comment on Durham shops for £10m fibre network County council publishes three-lot framework tender... Read More
Defence and Security Energy -2 Minutes Government progresses plan to use robots for Sellafield clean-up Sam Trendall November 28, 2019 0 Comment on Government progresses plan to use robots for Sellafield clean-up Two proposals in the running for decommissioning project... Read More
Business and industry Health and social care -2 Minutes NHS staff unhappy at idea of big tech firms handling patient data Sam Trendall November 27, 2019 0 Comment on NHS staff unhappy at idea of big tech firms handling patient data YouGov poll shows little trust that large multinational companies will treat information with adequate confidentiality... Read More
Agriculture and rural affairs Communities, housing and planning -2 Minutes Citizens Advice warns telecoms firms on vulnerability of rural citizens Sam Trendall November 27, 2019 0 Comment on Citizens Advice warns telecoms firms on vulnerability of rural citizens Scottish body urges broadband providers to offer increased support to those in rural areas... Read More
Education and skills -1 Minute University of Sheffield to install 3D bioprinter Sam Trendall November 27, 2019 59 Comments on University of Sheffield to install 3D bioprinter Institution shops for machine that could work with ‘technological and biological’ matter... Read More
5 Minutes Business and industry Education and skills Government and politics Labour manifesto: five tech takeaways Sam Trendall November 26, 2019 0 Comment on Labour manifesto: five tech takeaways The free broadband plan has attracted attention, but the party has a number of other proposals for the use and regulation of technology. PublicTechnology rounds up the major manifesto policies... Read More