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May 28
- Social media advocates sue Florida over new law
- Panel Profile: Guide Dogs CIO Gerard McGovern
- Panel Profile: Kreston Reeves IT and Operations Director Chris Madden
- Panel Profile: RoosterMoney CTO Jon Smart
- What is an SOC audit?
- The rise of the CIO in modern business
- AWS launches full managed container orchestration service
- Fake AnyDesk Google ads deliver malware
- Education is needed to end apprenticeship stigma, says BCS
- FBI partners with 'Have I Been Pwned' on breached password database
- How Brexit fuelled Lithuania’s ambitions to become Europe’s fintech capital
- What has the move to remote working meant for employee monitoring?
- IT Pro Panel: Why BYOD is (sort of) here to stay
- DocuSign acquires ‘smart agreements’ startup Clause
- Acer's ConceptD laptops feature glasses-free 3D technology
- SolarWinds hackers hit 150 organisations in new wave of attacks
- Japanese government data stolen in Fujitsu hack
- MSI Prestige 14 Evo review: A refreshing change of pace
- Smart ships are coming
- What is DMARC and how can it improve your email security?
- IT Pro News in Review: VMware vulnerabilities, WhatsApp sues Indian government & UK PNC under fire
May 27
- Hacktivist breaches private security app Citizen
- The new rules of ransomware
- US pipelines ordered to strengthen cyber defenses
- Oncotech launches the first-ever mobile cancer screening tool
- Nigerian cyber criminals target Texas unemployment system
- Getting ready for the big 'return' to the office
- Pandemic-fuelled PC demand helps tip Lenovo’s shipments
- The IT Pro Podcast: Is it time to give up on the paperless office?
- Privacy campaigners rally against "illegal" Clearview AI data scraping
- Weekly threat roundup: Apple's M1 chip, VMware, Trend Micro
- Nvidia data centre revenues up 79% for Q1
- Apple’s M1 chip contains “unfixable” hardware flaw, researcher claims
- Dell EMC PowerEdge C6520 review: Super dense Gen3 Xeon Scalable
- The art of digitising war
May 26
- Amazon boosts its streaming business with $8.45 billion MGM deal
- Washington, DC sues Amazon for alleged antitrust violations
- Nokia unveils the world’s first telecom AI library
- Lenovo Yoga 9i 14in (Shadow Black) review: Betrayed by its own ambitions
- Trend Micro home network security flaws could let hackers take over PCs
- Google extends online courses to UK job seekers
- VMware urges vCenter customers to immediately patch their systems
- Google Cloud launches trio of new database services
- New Zealand health service hackers send stolen data to press
- McAfee to refund customers following CMA auto-renew probe
- UK gov urged to replace "inflexible" police records system
- WhatsApp sues Indian government over new privacy laws
- Microsoft and the Linux Foundation launch green software initiative
- The secure cloud configuration imperative
May 25
- Microsoft adds more services to its Azure Arc multi-cloud management stack
- Microsoft Teams gets more collaborative in bid to fight Zoom
- Florida passes new anti-censorship law targeting social media firms
- Google now allows you to password-protect your activity page
- Aruba unveils enterprise-grade Wi-Fi 6E
- Bluetooth vulnerability enables hackers to mimic genuine devices
- Home Office reveals plans for long-overdue 'digital border'
- Bose admits ransomware attack exposed employee data
- GCHQ's mass surveillance regime ruled unlawful
- IBM collaborates with Indian universities on quantum research
- Huawei to launch HarmonyOS for smartphones next week
- GDPR turns three: The biggest fines so far
- Qnap QGD-3014-16PT review: A clever combo
- Indian police visit Twitter over "manipulated" tweet
- Apple fixes three macOS flaws under active attack
May 24
- Microsoft Exchange admin portal taken offline due to expired certificate
- Huawei’s founder calls for a shift to software due to US sanctions
- Palantir deepens partnership with the US Space Force
- CISOs aren’t leading by example when it comes to cyber security
- Eight arrested over Royal Mail ‘smishing’ scam
- How dynamic working enables a more inclusive workforce
- Navigating connectivity for your staff
- How to manage a distributed team
- UK the 'most digitally advanced country in Europe'
- HSBC CEO says "volatile" Bitcoin is "not for us"
- Sabre Systems IT outage hits global airline operations
- FBI: Irish HSE hackers targeted 16 US healthcare orgs
- Five lessons learned from the pivot to a distributed workforce
- Reduce management overhead by transforming VDI and app management
- UK’s 'green industrial revolution' to create 60,000 jobs
- China signals major crackdown on Bitcoin mining
- Air India cyber attack exposes 4.5 million customers’ data
- Netgear Orbi RBK352 review: Plagued by compromise
May 21
- Chip shortage slows production at Nissan and Suzuki
- Kemp’s Zero Trust Gateway fortifies sensitive applications’ security
- Misconfigured cloud services exposed 100 million Android users' data
- What are altcoins and how do they work?
- Creating a sense of value for your workforce
- Humanising customer experience through technology
- The technology of trust
- Amazon to shut down Prime Now quick delivery app
- Microsoft expands retail tech presence in China with Hanshow deal
- US Treasury calls for tougher IRS rules on cryptocurrencies
- Irish High Court serves HSE hackers an injunction to block data leak
- IT Pro News in Review: Contact-tracer fined, the end of Internet Explorer, and Google improves video calls
- Synology RackStation RS1221RP+ review: Short and sweet
- Google to open first physical store in New York
- Mindtree acquires AI startup to meet Industry 4.0 demand
May 20
- FTC and states sue Frontier Communications for misrepresenting internet speeds
- Senators introduce a new bill to protect consumer data privacy
- Raytheon and GlobalFoundries commit to advance 5G and 6G connectivity
- The evolution of security
- Building a data-driven enterprise of the future
- The IT Pro Podcast: Bringing space tech down to earth
- Colonial Pipeline CEO confirms $4.4 million payment to DarkSide hackers
- UK competition watchdog approves O2-Virgin merger
- New South Wales wants to become world leader in cyber security
- Apple says amount of malware on Macs 'no longer acceptable'
- Regtech and the elimination of paper
- The Total Economic Impact™ of Mimecast
- Barracuda Backup Vx review: Hassle-free hybrid backup
- Global chip shortage hits Cisco supply chain
- Weekly threat roundup: Android, Windows 10, AMD
- New Zealand allocates millions to technology-led economic recovery
- Microsoft to retire Internet Explorer 11 in 2022
- Zoom to launch virtual events platform in the summer
May 19
- AWS partners with NPower to boost jobs for women of color in tech
- Acuant and Airside target pre-COVID normalcy with new identity verification solution
- Senate seeks $52 billion to boost US chip production
- DarkSide hackers have raked in more than $90 million in Bitcoin
- Dynabook Portégé X30W-J-10C review: Everything in moderation
- Google I/O 2021: Android 12, 3D video calls, Workspace updates and more
- ICO fines contact-tracing service for using personal data for marketing
- New Zealand health service hit by cyber attack
- Microsoft rolls out Windows 10X-inspired May 2021 Update
- South Australia gets new $70 million DCI data centre
May 18
- FTC warns of rising cryptocurrency fraud
- ITP2020 TEST
- Biden calls for $22 billion in cyber security funding
- Avast’s Business Hub helps eliminate gaps in cyber defense
- The UK 2020 Databerg report
- Defend your organisation from evolving ransomware attacks
- Four ransomware resiliency challenges you can combat with confidence
- Enabling operational resiliency with Veritas
- A guide to enterprise detection and response providers
- The hot cloud storage guide to backup and recovery
- The total economic impact™ of the Intel vPro® platform: Spotlight on mid market organisations
- DarkSide ransomware targets hidden files in disk partitions
- London-based employees most likely to work from home, ONS finds
- Ocado to create 100 new tech jobs in the UK
- HPE launches key framework for EU's Gaia-X project
- HCL expands its AI and cyber security presence in the UK
- Businesses must "embrace chaos" to improve cyber resilience
- Russian spy chief rebuffs “pathetic” SolarWinds hack accusations
- Qnap TS-h2490FU QuTS hero edition review: Smash hit flash
- Reliance Jio deploys 16,000km India-centric subsea cable systems
- The future of AI in advertising and media
May 17
- Biden rescinds Trump's anti-Section 230 executive order
- AWS and The Dream Collective aim to bring more women into tech
- Microsoft Teams moves beyond the workplace
- Data breaches increase by a third as staff continue to work from home
- 17.1 million Brits lack essential digital skills for work
- French insurer AXA suffers ransomware attack in Asia
- Oxford Uni and Oracle join forces on COVID analysis system
- Leveraging knowledge management to scale business
- Government consults on steps to bolster supply chain security
- Are you failing to deliver a single view of the customer?
- Bitcoin value sinks to a three-month low
- UK and Thailand join forces to fuel smart city collaboration
- Ransomware operators in turmoil after Colonial Pipeline backlash
- Is AI making us lazy?
- Why aren’t women heading more tech startups?
- Asus PN51 MiniPC review: An affordable miniature marvel
- Slack Connect vs Microsoft Teams Connect: Better than email?
May 14
- World’s biggest crypto exchange under federal investigation
- Laptop shipments soar 81% in the first quarter of 2021
- Cisco to acquire threat intelligence provider Kenna Security
- Hackers use open source Microsoft dev platform to deliver trojans
- What’s next for the education sector?
- European TSMC chip factory talks reportedly collapse
- Google Cloud and SpaceX partner on Starlink internet service
- Addressing the data literacy problem in the financial services sector
- Can IBM buy its way to cloud success?
- Rapid7 says its source code was accessed after CodeCov hack
- iPhone 12 mini review: Mini phone, major fun
- Toshiba hit by ransomware in suspected DarkSide attack
- IT Pro News in Review: Social media hate speech fines, MWC loses more exhibitors, new VR headsets for business
- From cigarettes to the cloud: How tech took over F1
May 13
- Colonial Pipeline reportedly paid $5 million ransom
- Report finds ransomware hitting manufacturers hardest
- Cisco's Socio Labs acquisition will bring Webex enhancement
- Most iPhone users plan to buy Apple AirTags
- Getting everyone on board with the corporate vision
- The IT Pro Podcast: Has the biometric revolution stalled?
- Biden bolsters nation’s cyber security defenses by executive order
- Microsoft to shut down Azure Blockchain Service
- VMware names Raghu Raghuram as new CEO
- Weekly threat roundup: Microsoft, Adobe, Wi-Fi gadgets
- Australia steps closer to cross-border data transfers with US
- Acronis Cyber Protect 15 Advanced review: A well-rounded package
- BT to create 7,000 jobs as FTTP rollout accelerates
- Cyber risk planning for directors – six principles to follow
- Amazon reveals new designs for its leafy Virginia campus
- Tesla to abandon Bitcoin for vehicle payments due to environmental costs
- South Korea reveals massive tax breaks to invigorate chip industry
May 12
- Over two-thirds of companies still run software with WannaCry flaw
- HP’s new print solutions support a hybrid workforce
- IT researcher finds widespread flaws in Wi-Fi security
- The impact of AWS in the UK
- GitHub now supports security keys in a move away from passwords
- Xiaomi to be removed from US trade blacklist
- Amazon's €250 million tax bill thrown out by EU judges
- Exchange Server zero-day among latest Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes
- View from the Airport: Appian World 2021
- 328 security weaknesses found in Australian local government systems
- Chillblast Fusion Threadripper Pro RTX 3975WX Workstation review: Big name, big specs
- UK gov pledges post-pandemic digital skills boost
- Germany bans Facebook from using WhatsApp data over GDPR concerns
- Social media firms face fines and shutdowns under draft UK law
- Google Pay users can now send money to Singapore and India
May 11
- JEDI contract's future becomes murky after AWS court win
- Tech giants lobby US to fund chip production
- AWS makes CloudFront Functions generally available
- HP Z27u G3 review: A stylish and versatile office display
- AMD Epyc processors will power Singapore’s new supercomputer
- Appian talks up mobile at annual global conference
- Cyber attacks on manufacturing up 300% in a year
- HTC launches new business-focused VR headsets
- Train firm slammed over 'bonus' phishing test
- 'Low-code data' placed front and centre at Appian World 2021
- What is Digital Experience Management?
- IBM CodeNet teaches AI to translate programming languages
- Dell CEO expects chip shortage to last for "a few years"
- iPhone 12 production falls by 50% in India due to COVID
- Samsung becomes latest big name to pull out of MWC 2021
- Apple faces UK class-action over "excessive" App Store charges
- View from the Airport: Dell Technologies World 2021
May 10
- TestZone unveils new platform to keep employees socially distanced
- Apple's AirTag tracker has already been hacked
- Trend Micro and Snyk team up to combat open source flaws
- Russian hackers are exploiting these 11 flaws to attack businesses
- The total economic impact of Nutanix for end user computing
- Virtual desktops and apps for dummies
- Prevent fraud and phishing attacks with DMARC
- Microsoft and Darktrace partner on AI-enhanced cloud security
- NHS Digital accused of conflict of interest over Accenture contracts
- Commonwealth Bank harnesses data science for AI decision making
- How to increase cyber resilience within your organisation
- Just 13% of iOS users opt into being tracked by third-party apps
- US fuel pipeline hackers reveal their motive
- COVID-related phishing fuels a 15-fold increase in NCSC takedowns
- ACCC takes “unusual” step of seeking to assist in Epic vs Apple lawsuit
- Dell XPS 17 (2020) review: A big laptop for big jobs
May 7
- Most comments in FCC net neutrality consultation were reportedly fake
- Data breach exposes widespread fake reviews on Amazon
- NICE launches agile call recording solution for contact centers
- TsuNAME vulnerability could enable DDoS attacks on major DNS servers
- What are SSH keys?
- India delays wireless approvals for Chinese-made devices
- Microsoft to give EU business customers greater control over data storage
- Researchers show how hackers can easily 'clog up' neural networks
- Why the number of students taking GCSE IT has fallen and how it can be reversed
- Salesforce wins Disney Studios contract to overhaul digital workflows
- NCSC warns councils over ‘foreign influence’ in smart city projects
- Australia plans to become a leading digital economy by 2030
- LG Gram 17 review: Slim and sophisticated
- How do you measure the success of your cloud strategy?
- IT Pro News in Review: Dell's decade-long bug, UK-India tech jobs boost, Facebook Workplace's bumper year
May 6
- New York seeks to ban bitcoin mining over power consumption
- The IT Pro Podcast: Should companies spy on their employees?
- Google’s about to push everyone into two-factor authentication
- Oculii raises $55 million for its AI-powered radar software
- My journey from Mumbai to Mars
- The future of AI in manufacturing
- Peloton security bug could expose user data
- The top five essential VSCode extensions for your 2021 setup
- Weekly threat roundup: Dell, Apple, Qualcomm
- Oracle wins Premier League contract to provide in-match performance data
- Qualcomm modem flaw puts millions of Android users at risk
- IBM unveils breakthrough 2nm chip technology
- Wipro's AI platform to be used in vaccine safety research
- KPMG offers staff 'four-day fortnight' in hybrid work plans
- Dell launches flagship Apex services brand
- How COVID accelerated Kreston Reeves’ agile transformation
May 5
- Defense Dept. expands vulnerability disclosure program to all publicly accessible defense systems
- Security researchers take control of a Tesla via drone
- Facebook bans Signal's crafty anti-tracking ad campaign
- UK devising EU-alternative mechanism for global data sharing
- Red Hat unveils Developer Sandbox for Red Hat OpenShift
- COVID vaccine passports will fail unless government wins public trust, ICO warns
- Indro Mukerjee appointed as new Innovate UK CEO
- Facebook Workplace hits 7 million paid subscribers
- Out of office - on forever: Meet the companies leaving the office for good
- HPE unveils storage as a service overhaul to take on edge market
- Dell patches vulnerability affecting hundreds of computer models worldwide
- Synology DiskStation DS1621+ review: A speedy desktop contender
May 4
- Broadband industry sues New York over $15 price cap
- Taiwan’s TSMC plans five additional US-based chip plants
- Acuant acquires identity verification provider Hello Soda
- IT Pro 20/20: Understanding our complicated relationship with AI
- Tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians health data exposed following data breach
- Singapore needs foreign tech talent to stave off crisis, central bank warns
- Microsoft launches open source tool Counterfeit to prevent AI hacking
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R750 review: A third-gen Xeon Scalable powerhouse
- Transforming business operations with AI, IoT data, and edge computing
- Apple patches exploited iOS and macOS WebKit flaws
- India trade deal to create over 2,000 UK tech roles
- Sony inks integration deal with chat app Discord
- Apple hires Google AI veteran Samy Bengio amid ethics controversy
May 3
- Basecamp loses a third of its staff over internal freedom of speech row
- Verizon loses billions in Yahoo and AOL sale
- Vodafone and Google Cloud to develop global data platform