The biggest govtech deals of the week (18/11/19)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with the data analysis fir…
Apple hits back at German plans to open up mobile payments infrastructure
Apple has sought to undermine German efforts to force the US tech giant and other vendors to let rivals use their mobile payments infrastructure. T…
Amazon says it lost $10bn Pentagon cloud bid due to “political influence”
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has confirmed that it is mounting a legal appeal against the Pentagon’s decision to award a $10bn (£7.8bn) cloud co…
Why the UK needs a national strategy around AI and work
News this week that the Ministry of Justice’s AI tool for prisoners may increase the risk of discriminatory outcomes will come as no surprise to ma…
How the US’s biggest mobile providers are trying to monetise 5G
At Mobile World Congress Americas 2019, 5G, IoT, AI, AR, VR and private networks were top of mind for operators and their partners. In particular, …
Labour promises free full-fibre broadband as part of £20bn nationalisation plan
The Labour Party has pledged to roll out free full-fibre broadband to every premises in the UK by 2030 as part of a multi-billion-pound plan to ren…
Oracle pushes ahead with legal challenge over Pentagon’s JEDI cloud contract
The US Defense Department has sent shockwaves through the cloud computing sector with a decision in October that Microsoft Azure had won the multi-…
The Ministry of Justice’s prisoner risk algorithm could program in racism
A new algorithmic tool for categorising prisoners in UK jails risks automating and embedding racism in the system, experts and advocacy groups have…
The nine key themes set to shape the wearable tech market
In healthcare, wearable technologies are defined as non-invasive and autonomous devices that capture, analyse, and aggregate physiological data to …
DCMS appoints City Hall official as first head of data policy
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has appointed its first head of data policy as part of an initiative to reform how cent…
Sir Nigel Shadbolt on data privacy, the ODI at seven and virtue signalling in AI
Seven years ago Sir Tim Berners-Lee and I founded the Open Data Institute (ODI). I’m often asked whether we’ve achieved the things we set out to do…
What does edge computing mean for the gaming sector?
Edge computing is fast becoming one of IT’s hottest new growth areas and is expected to usher in a new era of digital services for businesses and c…
Labour Party cyber attack: no evidence to suggest nation state to blame
Early on Tuesday, the Labour Party’s head of campaigns, Niall Sookoo, sent out a mass email to supporters. “Yesterday afternoon,”…
As the future of mobility becomes smarter, we must treat people’s data as a public good
As Minister for Transport in 1969, Richard Marsh and his contemporaries oversaw the UK’s role in a defining era for global transport. According to …
The biggest govtech deals of the week (11/11/19)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with the data analysis fir…
The top 10 most influential people in IoT
GlobalData research has found the top IoT influencers based on their performance and engagement online. Using research from GlobalData’s Influencer…
Why Facebook can’t afford to ban political advertising
Twitter’s decision to ban political adverts last week hasn’t delivered the sort of quick PR win its chief executive Jack Dorsey might have expected…
Cloud gaming tipped to be the top use case for consumer 5G
Cloud gaming has emerged as the top use case for 5G consumer offerings and there’s a good reason why. Mobile games are growing faster than console,…
FirstGroup CIO Dave Lynch on innovating in an industry not known for doing so
Dave Lynch spent almost a decade at transport UK public transport provider Go-Ahead, before becoming a digital consultant – it was his passion for …
Facebook’s UK policy chief seeks to defend targeted political ads ahead of election
One of Facebook’s most senior British lobbyists has sought to defend the company’s decision not to ban political advertising in the run…
The battle to make 5G profitable
As the number of 5G rollouts grow, telecom operators (telcos) need to consider 5G monetisation models for growth and profitability. We are already …
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