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‘Must be transportable as commercial carry-on luggage’ – MoD seeks on-the-go device for battlefield cyberthreat-hunting

The dedicated innovation unit of UK Strategic Command wishes to acquire a portable hardware system

‘AI can turbocharge deceptive and unfair practices that harm consumers’, regulators warn

Watchdogs from the UK, US and EU have jointly warned that the rise of generative

Almost half of citizens encounter deepfakes

Research from regulator Ofcom – which is responsible for online safety – finds that exposure

HMRC creates £500m legacy tech and security programme after merging major projects

The Critical Platform Transformation project and Enterprise Security Programme, which aim to tackle technical debt

Treasury seeks leader for Data Hub

Government’s finance department is recruiting for a new chief data officer who will also take

ICO reprimands Essex high school over use of facial-recognition tech

Data protection regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office has formally censured a school for failing to

DWP seeks suppliers to help tap into ‘unprecedented opportunity and challenge’ of generative AI

The Department for Work and Pensions – despite banning staff use of ChatGPT – is

Horizon shows need for tighter reins on ‘rogue’ ALBs, minister claims

Pat McFadden – who served as Post Office minister under Gordon Brown and now heads

ICO expenditure grows 15% in FY24 as watchdog grows digital expertise

The UK data protection watchdog committed millions of pounds in additional investment last year to

Covid Inquiry report calls for urgent ‘public debate’ on mass digital and data surveillance

The initial report from the public inquiry led by Baroness Heather Hallett has identified data

BT fined £17.5m for 999 outage as Ofcom finds telco ‘fell woefully short of its responsibilities’

The telecoms giant has been issued with a hefty penalty after a regulatory investigation found

UK Space Agency releases £33m in funding

Agency will provide a new tranche of financial support intended to support growth and innovation

NHS ‘systems back online’ after Microsoft outage but patients warned of further delays

The tech shutdown, caused by a faulty update of security software from CrowdStrike, disrupted both

Home Office signs £3m assisted digital deal as immigration transformation ‘may exclude customers that are not online’

As campaigners have reignited calls for government to reverse plans to wholly digitise the immigration

Feryal Clark named minister for AI and digital government

Once government’s core digital units complete their move from the Cabinet Office to the Department

Microsoft outage: Most GP practices suffering ‘disruption’ as ministers coordinate government response

Patients are advised by the NHS to only contact their local doctor with urgent queries,

Scottish councils face funding pinch over Microsoft licensing changes

From the start of the new school year, institutions north of the border are set
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