London police to roll out live facial recognition technology
Critics ramp up opposition as force announces controversial kit will go into live operational use
Nicola Sturgeon warns of risk of ‘communities left behind’ by new technology
Scotland’s first minister says AI and automation will bring both opportunities and dangers
Civil service top dog Manzoni to leave government
As Cabinet Office perm sec, departing CEO oversaw digital transformation agenda
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Powys gets £1m backing for digital transformation
County council gets Welsh Government funding to implement tech
UK Statistics Authority issues warning on ‘unclear’ schools spending election claims
Watchdog claims figures quotes by two main parties could offer inaccurate picture
MoD awards secretive million-pound photocopying deal
Canon wins contract for ‘provision of services to REDACTED’
Facebook upholds BBC complaint over Tory election ad
Video that incorporated footage of high-profile journalists is taken down
UK commits to European Space Agency with £1.9bn funding
Government announces country will continue to take part in key programmes
Home Office looks to implement ‘user-centred design’
Department seeks partners to ‘avoid shortfall of essential skills’
Labour plans Trainline-style online ticket shop for rail journeys
Party proposes government-run ‘one-stop shop’ for all train trips
HMRC awards £13k deal for YouTube voiceover artist
Tax agency recruits professional provider of dulcet tones for online videos
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
MoD hunts for head of profession for military and civilian techies
Postholder will provide a ‘focal point’ for IT, cyber and digital workers
Durham shops for £10m fibre network
County council publishes three-lot framework tender
Government progresses plan to use robots for Sellafield clean-up
Two proposals in the running for decommissioning project
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
Citizens Advice warns telecoms firms on vulnerability of rural citizens
Scottish body urges broadband providers to offer increased support to those in rural areas
University of Sheffield to install 3D bioprinter
Institution shops for machine that could work with ‘technological and biological’ matter
Newcastle Uni floats £15m Huawei support contract
Institution to launch dynamic purchasing system to address ‘significant installed base’ of vendor’s kit
Essex seeks £90k leader to ‘set technology vision’
Post as head of tech and architecture comes with a remit to set standards and principles
ICO appoints ethics lead
Regulator recruits former BP exec Ellis Parry in newly created role
Home Office recruits for £75k head of data science
Department seeks leader for ‘largest data science team in government’
Government launches £350m electronics and office supplies framework
CCS issues contract notice for three-lot deal offering direct-award and further-competition options
Number of untaxed vehicles three times higher since introduction of digital-only system
Following the abolition of paper tax discs in 2014, there are hundreds of thousands of additional drivers ducking duty