AI patient referrals as good as top human experts, Moorfields research finds
Study of use of DeepMind technology at NHS’s flagship eye hospital suggests artificial intelligence could help lead to swifter diagnosis and treatment of eye conditions
Government backs high-tech industry with £930m investment in regional centres
Manufacturing and research facilities across eight regions given cash injection
MoD to help ex-service personnel into cyber careers
Ministry signs agreement with non-profit organisation TechVets
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MPs voice lingering concerns about Customs Declaration Service
Public Accounts Committee remain ‘worried’ about whether new system can be delivered successfully in time for Brexit
HMRC reveals compatible software for digital VAT returns
Eighteen software programs are currently ready to support Making Tax Digital for VAT, with over 100 more companies hoping to develop products
Government to create digital database of property and land
The creation of a Digital National Asset Register forms part of the newly published Government Estate Strategy
Essex resets digital transformation with multimillion pound programme of work
Authority awards a nine-month deal worth £1.9m to Socitm Advisory and launches £2m tender for a longer-term transformation partner
Overambitious transformation plans to cause ‘ugly scrambling for resources’, predicts NAO chief
Auditor general Amyas Morse flags up three key issues that government must focus on to improve its work with private-sector suppliers
Hull to trial smart bins
Council hopes pilot will show potential for enabling more efficient routes and timetables
MoD hands Rackspace £4m one-year extension to web-hosting deal
Company has run the MoD and Armed Forces Joint Server Farm since 2009
Online tool for jurors launched
System for allowing citizens to respond to a summons goes live today
Which UK cities have the biggest superfast broadband take-up gap?
New report shows low adoption of next-generation connectivity in some major cities
Data-sharing initiative and Digital Platform work canned during HMRC transformation project cull
Annual accounts reveal that last year the department stopped, paused, or consolidated more than 100 transformation projects, while reducing the ambition of others
MoJ offers £100k for leader of data and analysis
Department expresses desire to be ‘data driven’
Southwark plans tools to monitor affordable housing
London borough commences development process for two digital services
DWP to create departmental content standard
Department works with GDS to create and implement a consistent style for all content
Defra hands £135m hosting deal to Atos
Department’s UnITy project to disaggregate overarching deals with IBM and Capgemini continues with award of major contract to French services leviathan
Windrush scandal fallout sees Home Office suspend data-sharing activities
Department to take three-month break from ‘proactive data sharing’ with other government agencies, as well as restricting data shared with financial institutions
Newcastle plans to become UK’s smartest city
Council’s cabinet to vote on proposal to work with a technology partner to realise the city’s ambitions
Birmingham seeks market input on Windows 10 migration
Council asks for suppliers to help shape procurement approach
ICO flags urgent need for laws on political parties’ use of data and hits Facebook with £500k fine
Commissioner’s progress report includes revelations about UKIP’s non-compliance and a six-figure penalty for a pregnancy website that supplied data for Labour Party marketing
Calderdale council seeks digital leader to help set five-year vision
Authority recruiting for senior manager to ‘find innovative digital solutions’
HMRC launches Alexa service for tax credits info
Tax agency offers voice-activated option for obtaining advice
Jeremy Wright named DCMS secretary as Hancock is moved to health
Industry expresses regret as one of government’s most visible digital advocates is given a new job