DCMS keeping tabs on child-safety implications of Apple updates
New versions of the vendor’s operating systems include support for DNS over HTTPS
Government follows tech firms’ lead in launching autism internship scheme
Programme will recruit 18-25 year olds
Government appoints task force to help mitigate impact of Huawei ban via ‘diversification’ of telecoms market
A selection of telecoms executives and academics will help deliver a strategy to be published...
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Contact-tracing app launches today
Major networks announce that use of program will not be taken from data allowances
Tech firms won £18m contracts to help build NHS coronavirus dashboard
Contract data shows Mastek and InterWorks were tasked with building data resource
Companies House to clamp down on identity fraud with verification tools and better data
Register of companies announces reforms
Shadow minister claims government ‘addicted’ to outsourcing
Rachel Reeves criticises amount of public money spent with private firms
New GDS minister unveils vision for single sign-on
Julia Lopez wants to improve system for citizens to identify themselves
Scottish start-ups get funding boost
Public funding dedicated to help smaller firms survive pandemic
DCMS taps consultancy to help build transformation plan
Digital department is expecting ‘increased responsibilities’ as government works on coronavirus recovery
NHS opens bidding on £1bn PC and print framework
Suppliers sought across six lots covering a comprehensive range of end-user devices
Spending watchdog to probe ‘transparency’ of government procurement during pandemic
Auditor general says NAO will produce ‘detailed piece of work’
Central London boroughs seek IT chief to develop joint strategy
Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea launch recruitment for CIO
Derbyshire police seeks £15m long-term IT product partner
Force floats procurement opportunity
‘Our adversaries are investing in AI’, warns military intelligence chief
Russia and China are increasingly operating in a ‘grey zone between war and peacetime’, according to the government
Government gives £44m boost to development of electric aeroplanes
Money will also be invested in robots for nuclear power stations
Nuclear power control desk heads for second life as movie star
Government agency sells unit to film studio for £10,200
Government floats £1.4m social-media analytics deal to identify ‘key influencers’ to support Covid messaging
Comms service looks for analytics to identify target audiences
New civil service chief issues call for government to ‘unlock the potential of data’
Incoming cabinet secretary Simon Case praises ‘innovative’ response to coronavirus
Digital sector accounts for one in five workers in Scotland’s major cities
Stats show healthy tech industry blossoming in Edinburgh and Glasgow
DfE awards £27m deal in expansion of laptops scheme
Schools and children affected by local lockdowns will be given extra devices
Scottish Government kickstarts plan to foster 300 tech start-ups
Five hubs for new technology businesses are to be created with £4m in public funding
UK’s ‘next cyber crisis’ likely to come from mistake or misfortune – outgoing NCSC head
Ciaran Martin believes major security incident is still more likely to come from ‘unintentional consequence’, rather than attackers’ expertise
Hancock pledges to ‘innovate our way out of this crisis’ as government puts £500m into rapid tests
Trials of ‘next-generation technology’ could support the rollout of a mass testing programme