Nicole Kobie
Latest articles by Nicole Kobie
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Netherlands raises concerns on UK data adequacy after EU database copying incident
By Nicole Kobie published
News The UK faces the challenge of convincing Europe that its post-Brexit data protection will be adequate
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Birmingham NHS trust passes medical data to Telefonica without patient consent
By Nicole Kobie published
News The data was anonymised and used to train Telefonica's mental health predicting AI
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Microsoft developer declares it's time to ditch IE for Edge
By Nicole Kobie published
News IE developer wants users to let the Explorer "retire to the great bitbucket in the sky"
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Twilio powers Be My Eyes app to aid the visually impaired
By Nicole Kobie published
News Cloud communications firm halves response time for app, with 90% of connections made within 30 seconds
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UK says it's vital to fairly tax tech giants
By Nicole Kobie published
News Business minister Andrea Leadsom claims tax ambitions won't affect trade relationship with the US
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FireEye expands cloud security with Cloudvisory acquisition
By Nicole Kobie published
News FireEye picks up cloud visibility firm Cloudvisory and unveils two new Mandiant security products
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CityFibre buys TalkTalk's fibre network for £200m
By Nicole Kobie published
News The acquisition will help CityFibre meet new goal of eight million homes covered by full fibre by 2025
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Facebook Libra drives central banks to consider digital currency
By Nicole Kobie published
News Bank of England and counterparts in Japan, Europe and Canada are joining forces to study how to setup digital currencies
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Whatever happened to the 3D printing revolution?
By Nicole Kobie published
In-depth 3D printers are quietly changing manufacturing, but not in the way many expected.
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Barts Health NHS Trust shifts to cloud with Capgemini
By Nicole Kobie published
News The NHS health trust has signed a three-year partnership to modernise its ICT estate
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Gartner: PC shipments to slide again in 2020 and beyond
By Nicole Kobie published
News After posting growth last year, the PC market will continue to shrink in the next three years, Gartner predicts
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Microsoft disagrees with EU facial-recognition ban
By Nicole Kobie published
News Microsoft president believes it's better to use facial recognition tech to learn how to improve it
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Google CEO says it's time to regulate AI
By Nicole Kobie published
News Sundar Pichai argues that guardrails are needed in an age of deepfakes and facial recognition
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Exploited Internet Explorer flaw won't be patched until next month
By Nicole Kobie published
News Microsoft's legacy browser hit by zero-day strikingly similar to one found in Mozilla's Firefox
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EU: Security concerns won't delay 5G
By Nicole Kobie published
News European commissioner says security measures won't push back 5G networks
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Cloud hardware sales slide, but still dominates wider IT market
By Nicole Kobie published
News IDC predicts cloud infrastructure will overtake traditional hardware sales this year
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Amazon will pass on 2% digital tax to sellers
By Nicole Kobie published
News Amazon says small businesses are likely to bear the brunt of any proposed tax
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App data sharing sparks Grindr complaint
By Nicole Kobie published
News Norwegian consumer group reveals how apps are sharing user data
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Google looks to replace third-party cookies in two years
By Nicole Kobie published
News The online advertising market needs to shift to tracking methods that offer some user privacy, admits Google
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NSA hands serious flaw to Microsoft rather than use it
By Nicole Kobie published
News Patch Windows 10 now, as the NSA has spotted a bug impacting security certificates
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Heathrow turns to Thales for anti-drone tech
By Nicole Kobie published
News Airport buys in drone-spotting system from Aveillant, a Cambridge startup bought by Thales in 2017
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Boris Johnson wants US to suggest an alternative to ‘mad’ Huawei 5G tech
By Nicole Kobie published
News However, the PM doesn't want any decision to impact US-UK relations
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Amazon hopes to halt Microsoft's work on Pentagon contract
By Nicole Kobie published
News AWS lawyers ask for injunction against work starting on disputed $10 billion contract