The UK’s biometrics commissioner has written to Dahua Technology to ask the company about the extent of its involvement in surveillance activity within Uyghur ‘political re-education camps” in China.
The government has pledged £7.6 million for what it describes as “cutting-edge” rail technology as part of a competition in association with Innovate UK. Minister for rail Wendy Morton has this week announced this year’s ‘First of Kind’ competition, which calls for bids from companies specialising in ways to modernise the UK’s railways.
The Security Awareness Special Interest Group (SASIG) has called for greater focus on real-life cyber resilience following the launch of government research on UK cybersecurity breaches. The study found that 39 per cent of UK businesses had experienced a cyberattack in the past 12 months – the same percentage as last year.
Honda has announced it is planning to launch 30 electric vehicle (EV) models globally by 2030. The company said that it will have a production volume of two million units every year.
The Council of Europe has issued guidelines for digital political campaigning to its 46 member states. The guides aim to “address the challenges to the fairness and legitimacy” of electoral processes created by new digital techniques.
The European Union (EU) has launched its new Digital Finance Platform. The new platform is designed to support financial innovation and digital technologies in the European Union.
The government has announced plans to run fast broadband through water pipes in parts of South Yorkshire. The move aims to get better internet access to people at a faster pace.
The government has announced it will spend £375 million on supporting “innovative energy technologies” to power UK homes and businesses. The investment includes £240 million to support the production of hydrogen, £2.5 million of funding to develop “next-generation” nuclear tech, and £5 million towards research into carbon capture.
Meta is planning to launch new virtual coins, called 'Zuck Bucks', which will be used on its social media platforms. According to a report by the Financial Times, the company will also introduce tokens and lending services on its platforms.
The UK's central bank has spent nearly £3 million on its data roles, according to figures from a Freedom of Information Act (FOI) request from the Parliament Street think tank. Between 2017 and 2021, the Bank of England quadrupled its data scientist payroll.
Businesses on Amazon are exploiting weaknesses in the company’s review system to fraudulently boost their listings with reviews from unrelated items, an investigation by Which? has found.
Dell Technologies is expanding its asset recovery services with new availability in the UK. The service helps to properly dispose of IT equipment, including laptops, desktops, servers, peripheral or accessory.
Up to six million adults in the UK only started playing video games last year, according to research from Marmalade Game Studio. The gaming company said that overall there are around 44 million video game users in the UK.
The Ukraine ware could lead to a global recession, according to the chief global economist at Deloitte. At the World Retail Congress in Rome, Ira Kalish told guests that the conflict has thrown a “massive monkey wrench” into what was a gradually improving post-pandemic picture.