Apple is launching a new ‘lockdown mode’ designed to give additional protection to users at high risk of targeted cyberattacks from private businesses developing state-sponsored mercenary spyware.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into Microsoft’s planned buyout of video game giant Activision Blizzard. The British regulator said it will explore whether the transaction could lead to a reduction of competition in the UK market.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a new investigation into Amazon over concerns the company’s practices on its UK marketplace may be anti-competitive. The probe follows an existing European Commission investigation over similar concerns.
A UK investment platform using short-form video in a similar style to Tik-Tok has announced £205,000 in funding. London-based Zeed aims to make investing more accessible to Gen-Z by pairing in-house finance content with trade execution.
NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard has announced a new trial that will see chemotherapy delivered by drones. NHS cancer patients will be the “first in the word” to have the treatment delivered via the technology.
techUK has urged the government to address barriers to public and private sector data sharing. The technology trade association says that the government should make progress on work to facilitate the “right data governance framework” and a "culture of trust" to drive data sharing across the entire economy.
Following its successful fourth mission in California, Virgin Orbit is planning to launch its next satellite from the UK later this year. The satellite will be launched from Spaceport Cornwall.
The government has announced plans to upgrade broadband so that rural primary schools have better digital connections. Over the next three years, up to 3,000 schools across rural England will get fast gigabit broadband under the new scheme.
The Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA), a charity coalition of third, public, and private sector organisations, has called for more action from national bodies and local communities to address digital poverty in the UK.