Huawei Technologies is flexing its legal muscle in the face of a heightened risk of being shut-out of major national 5G network equipment contracts across the Nordic states. The Chinese company suffered a fresh setback Read more…
Following complaints from marketing and publishing organisations, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that it will investigate proposed changes to Google’s Chrome browser. This is one of the first investigations after the formation Read more…
Internet experts have welcomed the bans placed on US president Donald Trump by major social media platforms following his incitement online of the mobs that invaded the US Capitol, but they remain critical of these Read more…
The idea of a killer robot, capable of making its own, lethal decisions autonomously, is something that defines The Terminator in James Cameron’s 1984 film. Luckily for humanity, autonomous killer robots do not exist just Read more…
Datacentres represent a growing share of global power consumption and emissions. An average user PC consumes 1.3 kWh of electricity every three hours, without even going online; transmitting a million static webpage requests per second has been estimated Read more…
The AI Council has published a “roadmap” of advice for government in respect of developing a UK state strategy for artificial intelligence (AI). Eye-catchingly, it advocates what it calls “moonshots” that “could tackle fundamental challenges Read more…
An investigation by consumer rights organisation Which? has revealed gaps in online banking security systems at some major banks. During its investigation of current account providers in the UK, conducted with security experts 6point6, it Read more…
The impacts of Covid-19 have had a detrimental effect on people’s mental health, but there is now hope that the events of 2020-21 will trigger a longer-term, positive transformation. Feelings of isolation or helplessness, struggles Read more…
Japanese biometrics firm NEC Corporation has launched a facial-recognition system specifically for identifying people wearing masks, which it claims is 99.9% accurate and takes less than one second for verification. In a NEC blogpost from 24 Read more…
Last month, the UK and the European Union (EU) put in a place a short-term agreement as part of the Brexit deal to allow for the continued free flow of data, which supports more than Read more…