John Oates
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Hey, guys. We know it's a crazy time for the economy, but don't forget to enable 2FA for payments by Saturday
Deadline for multi-factor authentication in UK banking looms → Read More
European electric vehicle sales surged in Q4 2019 but only accounted for wafer-thin slice of total car purchases
'Up 50%' looks good, less so when it's 520,000 out of 15.3 million → Read More
Appareils électroniques: Right to repair gets European Commission backing
What about my iPhone? → Read More
Capita hops on UK's years-late, billions-over-budget Emergency Services Network to keep legacy system alive
What could go wrong? → Read More
Google to appeal against €7m fine from Swedish watchdog for failing to remove search results under GDPR
Google is to appeal against a €7m fine from Sweden for failing to follow Europe's General Data Protection Regulation. The Swedish Data Protection Authority fined Google SEK75m (€7m, £6.13m) for failures relating to the right to have search results removed, granted under GDPR. Under the European rules, individuals have the right to have search results removed from Google results if they are… → Read More
US telcos tossed yet another extension to keep going with Huawei kit despite America's 'security threat' concerns
It's clearly not a pressing issue – this is the fourth time now → Read More
All the IT ladies (all the IT ladies), all the IT ladies (all the IT ladies), now put your hands up! Oh, still not many here
Same old story from PwC but more optimistic than other research → Read More
There's no Huawei we're taking this lying down: Chinese mobe maker denies US govt racketeering charges
Discovery in this case could get very interesting indeed → Read More
Turnover down, losses widen and shares crash: business as usual for Capita
2019 was year two of the magic turnaround and restructuring deepens → Read More
Uncle Sam breathes sigh of relief as Singaporean hopeful thrashes China's candidate in vote to elect leader of WIPO
Fresh start for 'FIFA of UN agencies'? → Read More
Bloodhound gang handles the pan again to get back to Hakskeenpan
You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals... so help us get land speed record on the Discovery Channel → Read More
UK.gov lays out COVID-19 guidance as the tech supply chain considers its own
The British government said today that the novel coronavirus – COVID-19 – will, more likely than not, have a significant impact on the UK and could see up to 20 per cent of people missing work. There are now 39 confirmed cases in the UK and more than 86,000 globally. Over 3,000 people have died; six deaths were confirmed in the US yesterday. With manufacturing powerhouse China still struggling… → Read More
Quantum compute boffins called up to get national UK centre organised for some NISQy business
Interim managers ready to go. £93m budget locked and loaded. No lets not talk about the size of the US National Quantum Initiative Program → Read More
US Homeland Security mistakenly seizes British ad agency's website in prostitution probe gone wrong
They got it back – after reneging any claim against Uncle Sam for damages → Read More
Pope tells his followers to log off for Lent
Upvote or Like if 40 days of peace and quiet sounds good to you → Read More
Sophos was gearing up for a private life – then someone remembered the bike scheme
Today was meant to be Brit security biz Sophos's last day on the London Stock Exchange following its £3bn purchase by a US venture capital company. But there's been a bump in the road, a stick in the wheel, because Sophos was a member of the UK government's "cycle to work" scheme – which offers staff loans to pay for bicycles and related stuff like lights, helmets and panniers. The trouble is… → Read More
Revolut-won: British banking app gets half a billion bucks in backing, seeks to subvert today's market incumbents
Revolut, the British-based mobile banking app, has raised $500m (£385m) in fourth-round funding which gives it a theoretical value of $5.5bn (£4.3bn). The money will go on further developing its software and rolling out banking across Europe. Revolut is one of several firms like Monzo and Starling muscling in to get a chunk of the fees charged by established banks and aiming to bring together… → Read More
Apple tries to have VirnetX VPN patent ruling overturned again, US Supremes say no... again
Still not the last word for VirnetX after 10-year fight → Read More
Credit Karma's enriched: Turbo Tax daddy Intuit snaps up personal finance platform for $7bn
Financial software behemoth Intuit – owner of QuickBooks, TurboTax and Mint – is splashing more than $7bn to get hold of Credit Karma and its 100 million customers. Credit Karma provides financial and credit rating advice and support. Its free services are funded by partnership deals with credit card firms and other financial services. It claims 100 million users, with 37 million active in any… → Read More
We know what you did last summer: MGM's hotel spinoff lost 10.7m guest records and now they're on hacker forums
What happens in Vegas... gets leaked on the internet → Read More