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March 31st
- Ubiquiti insider says the company downplayed the severity of a major breach
- Oppo Find X3 Pro review: An exceptional device
- Netflix commits to becoming carbon neutral by 2022
- Tax refund scammers target university staff and students
- How smart city tech could help us return to ‘normal’
- Infosys and LivePerson partner on conversational AI
- IT Pro 20/20: Meet the companies leaving the office for good
- IBM offers quantum industry’s first developer certification
- VMware patches critical flaws in vRealize AI platform
- Huawei posts record profits despite turbulent 2020
- Epic files complaint against Apple with UK's competition watchdog
- UK could be locked out of EU quantum research
- Amazon is reportedly developing custom networking chips
- Google Stack is an AI-powered document scanning app
- Arm launches its first new chip architecture in a decade
March 30th
- FTC abandons Qualcomm antitrust case
- Facebook and Google plan new undersea cable to Asia
- Akamai’s Vaccine Edge offers rapid access to COVID-19 vaccine appointments
- Apple's online-only WWDC 2021 will kick off on 7 June
- Head of Homeland Security had his email hacked in SolarWinds attack
- Gov 'forced into major U-turn' on NHS deal with Palantir, privacy group claims
- Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra official with dual displays and triple cameras
- AI is too risky for hackers, says former GCHQ boss
- PayPal users can now checkout using Bitcoin
- Harris Federation disables students' emails following ransomware attack
- Apple’s independent repairs programme expands globally
- US considering 25% tariff in retaliation to UK’s digital services tax
- Netgear WAX610 review: Wi-Fi 6 at a price you’ll love
- Why DIY data collection should come before automation
March 29th
- Zscaler teams with CrowdStrike for remote access security
- Meet Stretch: Boston Dynamics' new box-shifting robot
- New York rolls out digital COVID-19 vaccine passport
- Netmask flaw allows hackers to bypass server access controls
- Visa will allow customers to settle payments using cryptocurrency
- UK council to use drones and AI to tackle litter
- Capgemini to create 1,500 new digital jobs across the UK
- Uber to offer electric vehicles to London customers
- Ransomware gang offers to refund victims' payments
- Alex Salmond's new Alba Party hit by data leak
- Android spyware disguised as 'system update' app discovered
- Australia's Channel 9 hit by cyber attack during live broadcast
- Qnap TVS-h1288X QuTS hero Edition review: One heck of a box
- Panel Profile: Moonpig head of cyber security Tash Norris
- IT Pro Panel: Does AI have a place in security?
March 26th
- How to measure your network bandwidth
- Congressional leaders grill tech CEOs over misinformation
- Amazon’s new Lookout for Metrics monitors your organization’s KPIs
- Samsung and Marvell develop low-power SoC to support 5G
- Weakness in Mamba ransomware could help recover data
- Amazon and Red Hat partner on bringing OpenShift to AWS
- Red Hat drops support for Free Software Foundation following return of Richard Stallman
- Lenovo ThinkPad T14s (AMD Ryzen) review: Stuck in the middle
- IT Pro News in Review: Microsoft to buy Discord, Intel plays catch-up and the end of LG smartphones
- UK watchdog says Facebook's Giphy acquisition may stifle competition
- The IT Pro Podcast: What happens when you’re the only woman in the room
March 25th
- TP-Link Omada EAP265 HD review: A cloudy Wi-Fi 5 access point
- Forex broker FBS leaves millions of customer records exposed
- Here’s what big tech CEOs will say at today’s Congressional hearing
- Cognizant acquires digital automotive firm ESG Mobility
- Microsoft launches bug bounty programme for Teams
- EU needs to invest €300bn in 5G to remain competitive, research group warns
- Weekly threat roundup: Android, Windows, Purple Fox
- Onboarding during the pandemic and beyond
- Slack abandons external message invites over harassment concerns
- Samsung unveils 512GB DDR5 DRAM for high-performance computing
- Ikea-owner invests £12m in London-based startup what3words
March 24th
- Google extends Cisco networking relationship with cloud-based network management
- Fintech startup raises $200 million to fight digital banking fraud
- CNA Financial suffers extensive network disruption following cyber attack
- IBM targets hybrid cloud environments with expanded Security Services for Cloud
- Philips 329P1H review: An enormous screen, with a price to match
- Purple Fox malware can now spread between Windows devices
- Hackers have raked in £34.5 million from COVID-related scams
- Transform your MSP business into a money-making machine
- Taking a proactive approach to cyber security
- Sierra Wireless halts production after ransomware attack
- University of Northampton hit by cyber attack
- Intel unveils $20 billion plan to revitalise its business
- AWS appoints Salesforce exec Adam Selipsky as CEO
- UK watchdog takes Norton to court over auto-renewing contracts
March 23rd
- Biden nominates antitrust advocate as FTC commissioner
- Supreme Court rejects Facebook appeal in privacy lawsuit
- ServiceNow acquires RPA platform Intellibot
- Ericsson’s 5G Core Policy Studio simplifies network policy management
- Box 'exploring sale' amid investor pressure
- Salesforce aims to close UK's digital divide with free skills workshop
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 review: A GPU worth waiting for
- Home Office migrates key HR workloads to Oracle Cloud
- LG might shut down its struggling smartphone business
- Fake COVID vaccination certificates available on the dark web
- Google Cloud hires Intel exec to ramp up in-house chip production
- Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for $10 billion
- Intel’s 10nm Alder Lake CPUs look set to deliver a major performance boost
- Microsoft will put hybrid work into practice with HQ reopening
- 10 learnings to consider when it comes to enterprise mobility
March 22nd
- Three billion emails sent in 2020 showed signs of sender fraud
- Call for Code seeks open-source solutions to help tackle climate change
- Researchers discover threat actors with links to SolarWinds hack
- Performance benchmark: PostgreSQL/ MongoDB
- Tech Data and Synnex agree to $7.2 billion merger
- Security best practices for PostgreSQL
- Adding value to your business with data
- Six things a developer should know about Postgres
- The present and the future of higher education IT
- Zoom launches new video SDK capabilities for developers
- City of London Police wage war against Sci-Hub
- F5 Networks BIG-IP flaw is the latest to be exploited by hackers
- The path to CX excellence
- Acer falls victim to $50 million ransomware attack
- UK's growing skills gap could stall COVID recovery
- UK tech vacancies fell sharply in 2020
- The quantum internet is on its way
- D-Link Nuclias DBA-2820P review: Speedy and sophisticated
March 19th
- Google Threadit is a TikTok-like short video platform for professionals
- VMware buys Mesh7 in cloud security push
- CopperStealer malware hijacks Facebook business accounts to run malicious ads
- Hackers target US taxpayers with NetWire and Remcos malware
- Facebook reveals wrist-based hardware for augmented reality
- How NHS Bedfordshire is building a paperless hospital
- IT Pro News in Review: Twitter hack sentencing, Infosecurity conference go-ahead and BT strike warning
- Hackers auction stolen CD Projekt data with ‘charity fundraiser'
- Businesses in these areas will be the first to benefit from gov's gigabit broadband scheme
- Google to invest $7bn in offices and data centres across the US
- Acer Chromebook 714 review: Unfussy, affordable and effective
- The IT Pro Podcast: The tech keeping your telly on
March 18th
- Cloud can help you understand data – but only if you plan first
- Help to Grow: Government responds to SMB SOS
- Hancock reveals digital future of NHS
- Google publishes green energy metric for cloud customers
- Oracle unveils upgraded Autonomous Data Warehouse
- Advocacy groups say new police bill threatens individuals' data and privacy rights
- FBI: Over $4 billion lost to cyber crime in 2020
- Intel partners with DARPA to build 'state-of-the-art' security chips
- "Desperate" job seekers turn to hacking forums for paid work
- Confidential computing – the next frontier in security
- Broadband providers welcome Ofcom's new full-fibre rollout rules
- Tesla's bitcoin investment 'equivalent to carbon footprint of 1.8m cars', bank claims
- Weekly threat roundup: DuckDuckGo, Chrome, Cisco
- OVH data centre fire shows backups should be standard, founder says
- Facebook Workplace review: Are you ready for Facebook’s social office?
March 17th
- Five top benefits of a dynamic work model for both your employees and your business
- Samsung Galaxy A52 and A72 bring flagship features to the mid-range
- Google Privacy Sandbox added to US antitrust compaint
- New Mirai variant spotted targeting network devices
- US intelligence agencies deny 2020 election was 'hacked'
- Mimecast dumps SolarWinds after hackers breached its network
- Microsoft acquires rapid prototyping firm The Marsden Group
- Samsung might shelve Galaxy Note due to chip shortages
- Dropbox Passwords will be free for all users from April
- Twitter hacker will serve three years in prison for infamous Bitcoin scam
- Security professionals need to become wellness experts
- Employer demand for IT degrees grew significantly in 2020
- Uber still "short-changing" drivers despite minimum wage u-turn
- UK raises more than £1.3 billion in 5G spectrum auction
- Dell OptiPlex 7070 Ultra review: The ultimate small form-factor PC?
- Dell P2719HC review: Attractive but inaccurate
- Restricting admin rights heavily mitigates impact of Microsoft flaws
- Google follows Apple by halving its Play Store fee to 15%
March 16th
- Pandemic-fueled e-commerce growth is here to stay
- Building a better data centre
- Tech employees think big tech is too powerful
- Huawei to start demanding 5G royalties from smartphone makers
- Tech firms that proactively root out security flaws are in high demand
- AMD unveils Ryzen 5000 Pro chips for business laptops
- AWS introduces fully managed Fault Injection Simulator
- Hackers spoofed Huawei website to steal 5G information
- Microsoft releases one-click patch for Exchange vulnerability
- NHS digital transformation needs “further work”
- Paragon Backup & Recovery 17 CE review: Free and flexible
- Nokia agrees 5G cloud deals with AWS, Azure and Google
- Nokia to cut 10,000 jobs in bid to boost R&D funds
- UK leads Europe on VC investment despite Brexit uncertainty
- How do IT leaders prepare for a refusal to return to the office?
- Infosecurity Europe 2021 to go ahead in July
- Vodafone Spain fined £7 million for repeated GDPR breaches
- AMD Epyc Milan server CPUs are "twice as fast" as Intel Xeon
March 15th
- Stripe raises another $600m in funding
- Federal judge blocks US trading ban on Xiaomi
- DeepSee.ai raises $22.6m for its process automation platform
- Exchange Server attacks increase 10 times in a week
- Ofcom to review net neutrality laws following EE complaint
- UK's National Cyber Force will be based in the North
- Government secures £1 billion backing for rural 4G project
- NCSC issues Exchange hack warning as Microsoft probes security partner leak
- BT strike threatens major disruption to remote workers
- PAC slams Home Office over failing digital borders project
- The indie shops that kickstarted computing
March 12th
- The most secure email services of 2023
- COVID-19 takes US school hacks to new heights
- What are the CISSP domains?
- Democrats launch a new broadband initiative
- Apple launches its privacy-label database
- Trouble is brewing at Molson Coors after massive hack
- EU ploughs €2 billion into digital projects
- Google welcomes new applicants for its Career Certificates programme
- On-prem storage vs. public cloud storage
- Qualcomm reportedly struggling to cope with semiconductor demand
- IT Pro News in Review: MWC 2021 in peril, Google discrimination woes & female entrepreneur fund formed
- UK seeks divergence from GDPR to 'fuel growth'
- Microsoft warns of ransomware attacks as Exchange hack escalates
- Xiaomi Redmi Note 9T review: A 5G bargain
- The IT Pro Podcast: Can technology make us more than human?
March 11th
- House passes COVID stimulus package with billions in technology funding
- Facebook cancels undersea cable to Hong Kong
- Roadmap 2021: What’s coming from 3CX
- Sovryn announces $1.25 million bug bounty program
- We'll meet again: The future of business meetings and travel are still in doubt
- Third-party attacks expose 12 million health care records
- Making a smooth transition to a new IT services provider
- Nokia and Samsung sign multimedia patent deal
- Microsoft Exchange servers targeted by 'at least ten hacker groups'
- Weekly threat roundup: Internet Explorer, Linux, GitHub
- Investigation underway into cause of OVH data centre fire
- Chinese hackers target Linux systems with RedXOR backdoor
March 10th
- O&O DiskImage Professional review: All-round assurance
- Twitter sues Texas AG for violating its free speech
- Biden appoints new federal CIO
- 10 keys to AI success in 2021
- AI thought leadership digest
- Z0Miner malware spreading through unpatched Elasticsearch and Jenkins servers
- Optimise your hybrid workforce with flexible work-from-home policies and monitors
- How monitors deepen your employee experience and support your distributed workforce
- UKRI invests £700k in digital security SMEs
- Remote workforce security report
- The ultimate guide to dynamic work
- Apple plots €1 billion Munich lab for 5G chip production
- Hackers breach security cameras at Cloudflare, Tesla and more
- Adapt to thrive: Evolving customer experience in the face of a pandemic
- Google and Red Hat team up with Linux Foundation for software-signing service
- Five critical questions to ask your identity provider
- UK 5G spectrum auction will finally go ahead this week
- Microsoft patches actively exploited Internet Explorer flaw
- 75% of jobs will require advanced digital skills by 2030
- Qsan XCubeFAS XF3126D review: The price is right
- Chrome OS gets enterprise overhaul in 10th anniversary update
- The future of CIAM
March 9th
- Cloud computing could cut a billion tons of CO2 in four years
- Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 might offer both AMD and Intel chips
- What is customer identity and access management?
- Dropbox to acquire DocSend for £118 million
- SpaceX to offer on-the-go internet service for vehicles
- GitHub bug saw users logged into others users’ accounts
- Microsoft-led scientists retract quantum "breakthrough" research
- Next Information Commissioner will correct ‘imbalance’ favouring privacy rights
- Apple faces another iOS privacy lawsuit in Europe
- PayPal acquires cryptocurrency security startup Curv
- Sony follows Ericsson's lead with early MWC exit
- A new age of collaboration tools
- Intel joins forces with DARPA to help build encryption ‘holy grail’
- Microsoft was warned about Exchange Server flaws two months ago
- Dell Inspiron 15 7000 2-in-1 (late 2020) review: A compelling combination
- What does digital transformation mean for SMEs?
- Starling Bank becomes UK's latest fintech unicorn
- Panasonic to acquire Blue Yonder for $6.5 billion
- The importance of data testing and how to do it right
- McAfee to sell enterprise business to STG for £2.8 billion
March 8th
- Apple discontinues the iMac Pro
- Dell and Faction debut multi-cloud backup and data protection solutions
- DuPont acquires electronics materials manufacturer Laird Performance Materials
- Invoice ZLoader campaign hides within encrypted Excel docs
- International Women’s Day: Where now for women in tech?
- Google under fire for 'problematic' response to employee racism complaints
- UK gov backs female entrepreneurs with £50k cash injection
- Microsoft's Apprenticeship Connector will help SMBs find digital apprentices
- John McAfee charged with cryptocurrency fraud
- Huawei loses smartphone market lead in China
- Broadberry CyberServe Xeon E-RS100-E10 review: A cracking specification at a great price
- ‘Hundreds of thousands’ of victims in Microsoft Exchange Server attacks
March 5th
- Microsoft targets tab hoarders with new Edge features
- Monero miners target cloud-native development environments
- Pros and cons of breaking up big tech
- Google speeds up Chrome update cycle to four weeks
- UK competition watchdog to probe Apple's 'unfair developer terms'
- Star Alliance passenger data stolen in SITA data breach
- UK gov flip-flops on remote work, wants it a standard for all jobs
- Widely-used cyber crime forums targeted in hacking spree
- IT Pro News in Review: Home working disagreements, Intel sued, and Help to Grow commended
- I went shopping at Amazon’s till-less supermarket so that you don’t have to
- Asus ZenBook 14 UX425J review: An affordable dose of lightweight luxury
- The IT Pro Podcast: Why the tech skills gap doesn’t exist
March 4th
- Senators question the privacy of cameras in Amazon delivery vans
- Arizona legislators vote against exclusive app store payment systems
- All work and no play?
- CISA orders agencies to fix Microsoft vulnerabilities abused by Chinese hackers
- How to secure your multi-cloud deployments
- Okta agrees to buy rival Auth0 for $6.5 billion
- WhatsApp adds voice and video calling to desktop app
- Amazon opens first checkout-free store in west London
- Weekly threat roundup: Microsoft Exchange, Chrome, Spectre
- Google launches Flutter 2 for cross-platform app development
- Xero to acquire Planday for £159 million
- Iperius Backup Free: A sober-looking backup tool
- 15 schools in Nottinghamshire crippled by cyber attack
March 3rd
- Virginia passes consumer data protection law
- How intelligent campus networking is core to the enterprise digital transformation journey
- IT security awareness and training firm KnowBe4 acquires MediaPRO
- High-risk email security threats increased by 32% last year
- What is green cloud?
- Automate your software builds with Jenkins
- HPE MSA 2060 Storage review: Storage tiering for dummies
- Intel ordered to pay £1.56 billion for patent infringement
- Google rebuffs claims that Workspace is embedded with data protection risks
- First look at the Cambridge-1, the UK's fastest supercomputer
- Microsoft Exchange targeted by China-linked hackers
- Modern networking for the borderless enterprise
- UK's £520m SMB digital support fund welcomed by techUK
- Microsoft ports free RPA tools to Windows 10 with Power Platform updates
March 2nd
- Apple opens all US stores for the first time in a year
- US "unprepared" to defend against AI threats
- Malicious ‘dependency confusion’ packages are stealing password files
- IDrive Personal review: Set it and forget it
- Microsoft takes on Slack with new Teams Connect feature
- Microsoft Azure Percept promises to make edge computing a doddle
- Microsoft doubles down on zero trust security policies
- Zoom hails 2020 a “pivotal year” as Q4 revenues surge
- Google Workspace updates take aim at hybrid working
- National Grid plots £450 million overhaul of Britain’s fibre network
- The most interesting tech of CES 2021
- Citrix rebuffs PM's claims that remote working will come to an end
March 1st
- Hackers steal 70GB of data from far-right social network Gab
- IT Pro 20/20: Keeping the lights on
- AOL users are the target of a new phishing campaign
- IBM brings its hybrid cloud to the edge
- What are your tech skills worth?
- Apple releases macOS update to fix USB-C ‘bricking’ issue
- SolarWinds blames intern for weak ‘solarwinds123’ password
- US Huawei ban looks set to continue under Biden administration
- UK gov will reportedly buy stakes in tech startups
- Ransomware operators are exploiting VMware ESXi flaws
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R340 review: A sound investment for small businesses