UK government slammed for Palantir 'free trial period' deal in Ukraine housing scheme US spy-tech vendor’s tactic deemed 'contrary to the principles of public procurement' Public Sector17 Oct 2023 | 14
TaxWatch finds astute scheme minimizes Big Tech's UK tax bill by over $2B As British public spending comes under pressure, tech superstars seemingly avoid two-thirds of tax burden Legal16 Oct 2023 | 12
UK silicon startups to share £1.3M chump change as part of chip strategy Crumbs compared to the billions thrown about in US and Europe Systems13 Oct 2023 | 25
UK government embarks on bargain bin hunt for AI policy wonk Con: You won't get a Menlo Park salary. Pro: You won't have to meet Zuck Public Sector13 Oct 2023 | 14
UK and Japan space agencies team for orbital telemetry network InRange will eliminate reliance on line of sight for the H3 launcher Science06 Oct 2023 | 2
Amazon, Microsoft under UK regulator's eye as cloud market probe confirmed Egress fees, interoperability and licensing discounts all in the crosshairs PaaS + IaaS05 Oct 2023 | 5
Airwave a 'license to print money' on legacy blue-light comms contract Updated Profits and revenue increase for Motorola subsidiary challenging regulator price cap ruling Networks04 Oct 2023 | 11
UK splashes £4B to dive into next-gen nuclear submarines Detailed design and long lead contracts signed off for SSN-AUKUS project Public Sector03 Oct 2023 | 23
Techies at Europe's biggest council have 8 weeks to pull finance reports from Oracle system Auditors issue new deadline following ill-fated migration Public Sector02 Oct 2023 | 72
Huawei's UK tech eviction reportedly caused Sky to fall on mobile customers Whatever the cause, MNVO customers not happy Networks29 Sep 2023 | 43
Contract for England's controversial health data platform delayed NHS also launches £2M project to engage patients with data strategy Databases29 Sep 2023 | 14
UK-US data deal could hinge on fate of legal challenges to EU arrangement So much for sovereignty then Databases22 Sep 2023 | 50
Airport chaos as eGates down for the count across UK Updated Travelers told routine work being performed nationwide On-Prem22 Sep 2023 | 43
UK Online Safety Bill to become law – and encryption busting clause is still there Admits it's 'not technically feasible' ... but with no promise not to invoke it Networks20 Sep 2023 | 91
UK government awards chunk of mega-billions tech framework Exclusive Deal for tax collector’s legacy application services goes to troupe of suppliers including Accenture, Capgemini and IBM Applications13 Sep 2023 | 10
Kyndryl bags short-lived HMRC mainframe contract Tax collector's DALAS waits in wings to tackle humongous legacy estate On-Prem08 Sep 2023 | 14
UK rejoins the EU's €100B Horizon sci-tech funding program Two and a half years after Brexit, some cheer for scientists based in Britain. We're... baaaaxit (sorry!) Science07 Sep 2023 | 156
Newport Wafer Fab blames UK government over 100 redundancies plan Forced sale of Britian's biggest semiconductor component maker creating uncertainty over its future Systems06 Sep 2023 | 15
Northern Ireland's top cop quits after security breach, disciplinary controversy Simon Byrne faced backlash over FoI blunder, plus claims officers were 'punished' to appease Sinn Féin Security05 Sep 2023 | 2
Three years after setting off, Bus Open Data Service wants consultants to help it on its journey UK tender hopes to boost beleaguered local bus services Databases05 Sep 2023 | 12
Out with Tech Services 3 and in with Tech Services 4 – UK govt's £12B shopping spree Could be among the first to come under new procurement rules next year PaaS + IaaS04 Sep 2023 | 7
What happens when What3Words gets lost in translation? UK emergency services organizations urged to consider alternatives Applications01 Sep 2023 | 168
Grant Shapps named UK defense supremo in latest 'tech-savvy' Tory tale Comment He praised Apple for its 'open source' tech – now he'll oversee AI use to defend Britain from its foes Bootnotes31 Aug 2023 | 98
UK flights disrupted by 'technical issue' with air traffic computer system British Bank Holiday blues as flight plans have to be filed by hand Offbeat28 Aug 2023 | 159
UK health service has £1.5B to put toward Digital Workplace Solutions 2: Electric Boogaloo Four-year deal set to start next summer On-Prem24 Aug 2023 | 11
Last rites for the UK's Online Safety Bill, an idea too stupid to notice it's dead Opinion Snoopers Charter: Dead cows don't snitch Security21 Aug 2023 | 316
Electoral Commission had internet-facing server with unpatched vuln ProxyNotShell vulnerability could be how UK body got pwned, suggests infosec expert Cyber-crime11 Aug 2023 | 23
Northern Ireland police may have endangered its own officers by posting details online in error At least it was a blunder and not a hostile attack, unlike what happened to another UK public body this week Security09 Aug 2023 | 31
Palantir lobbied UK pensions department for its software to tackle fraud Approach follows successful contracts in the health sector Software09 Aug 2023 | 20
UK government's semiconductor brain trust meets for the first time Actually listening to the experts? We'll believe it when we see it Systems03 Aug 2023 | 14
Thames Water to datacenters: Cut water use or we will Utility to consider introducing restrictions On-Prem27 Jul 2023 | 115
Digital revolution at HMRC left 99,000 UK taxpayers on hold over five-day fiasco Technology resilience gets red rating in tax collector's annual report On-Prem25 Jul 2023 | 17
Always on the Horizon, UK must wait for megabucks EU science deal Rishi Sunak fails to secure place in €95.5B program before Parliament packs up for holiday Science20 Jul 2023 | 114
Meet the guy trying to drag HM Treasury's data strategy into the 21st century Interview John Kelly is building approach around Microsoft, but there's room for flexibility Databases19 Jul 2023 | 13
Number of pensioners hurt by DWP legacy system error actually 165,000 UK benefits department forced to use 'legacy bridge' to help reduce error after underpaying people by c £1B On-Prem10 Jul 2023 | 7
Comms regulator says UK cloud market should be referred to competition watchdog Ofcom takes quick glance, says: It's off to the CMA with you PaaS + IaaS10 Jul 2023 | 6
UK's proposed alt.GDPR will turn Britain into a 'test lab' for data harvesting EU citizens' info could be at risk over new rules Personal Tech06 Jul 2023 | 163
Microsoft drops out of top three for UK software and IT services AWS now biggest supplier in Britain, according to TechMarketView PaaS + IaaS06 Jul 2023 | 8
No open door for India's tech workers in any UK trade deal Both countries want it, but respective red lines could torpedo an agreement Sysadmin Month04 Jul 2023 | 219
Semiconductor execs try to push UK government to do more for industry The national strategy was released in May – but execs say it's not nearly enough Systems03 Jul 2023 | 8
UK's dream of fusion power by 2040s will need GPUs Boffins plan 'digital twin' to help hit deadline, recruit heavy-hitting partners Science29 Jun 2023 | 21
Wind tunnels for fluid dynamics boffins among UKRI's £72M funding Funds will focus on energy, transportation, astronomy, and healthcare Science26 Jun 2023 | 25
Mega-data platform worth half a billion will suck in info from family doctors UK officials argue NHS patient details will only be available locally PaaS + IaaS23 Jun 2023 | 30
Yeah, Rishi, it's AI that'll make Britain great again DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic promise to give Blighty priority access to their models for safety research AI + ML13 Jun 2023 | 78
UK government proposes legislation to regulate umbrella companies 'Mixed bag' of solutions await tech workers forced into IR35 alternatives Legal07 Jun 2023 | 28
UK.gov reboots ERP refresh with £934 million procurement Second time lucky? But departments still lack funding to complete strategy, watchdog says Databases01 Jun 2023 | 8
UK tech industry pushing up salaries – but UI devs out of luck As much as 30% increase for some jobs Personal Tech31 May 2023 | 36
Individual data platforms for all health providers under controversial NHS plans Procurement under threat of legal action imagines trusts will tailor systems for their own use cases PaaS + IaaS31 May 2023 | 11
Meta promises UK it won't pilfer rivals' ad data to build Facebook Marketplace Once it knows how to stop, anyway Personal Tech26 May 2023 | 15
IR35 costs UK Research and Innovation £36M – the same it spent funding tech projects Quango tax blunder follows similar payments from Defra and MoJ Science26 May 2023 | 26
Microsoft appeals UK's block on Activision deal CMA: European Commission accepted proposals that would let Redmond set terms in market 'for the next 10 years' Off-Prem25 May 2023 | 7
UK watchdog won't block Openreach’s discount fiber pricing Nation's overwhelmingly dominant broadband plumber can run copper migration promo, despite rivals' pleas Networks24 May 2023 | 19
Billionaire BT stalker Patrick Drahi increases stake to 24.5% Just a shade under the 25% threshold that would spark investigation, but he still doesn't want to take over, honest Networks23 May 2023 | 9
Keir Starmer's techno-fix for the NHS: Déjà vu disaster or brave new blunder? Opinion Beware over promising benefits and underestimating complexity Off-Prem23 May 2023 | 138
UK told it must double low carbon investment to meet net zero targets Complexity also a problem across 115 funding streams, watchdog says Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week23 May 2023 | 41
UK government prays that size doesn't matter as it chips in £1B for semiconductor sector Domestic industry 'will never be wholly sovereign' say critics as Blighty hooks up with Japan Systems19 May 2023 | 36
UK and Japan ink agreement for semiconductor and security cooperation Hiroshima Accord promises 'ambitious joint research and development collaboration' On-Prem19 May 2023 | 8
Dyson moans about state of UK science and tech, forgets to suck up his own mess Opinion Brexit-supporting offshore merchant wonders what has happened to all the investment Science15 May 2023 | 414
Most of UK agriculture dept's customer interactions are paper based Only 20% of biz apps directly supported, with 30% requiring 'hypercare' at farming org Applications12 May 2023 | 31
Activists gatecrash Capita's AGM to protest GPS tracking contract Outsourcer asked to take 'principled stance' Security12 May 2023 | 23
Unlike your iPhone, Apple's batterygate controversy refuses to die iGiant now battles to kill off $2B UK class-action suit Personal Tech03 May 2023 | 45
Microsoft cries foul over UK gaming deal blocker but it's hard to feel sorry for them Opinion Brit regulator is merely heeding the Call of Duty Software02 May 2023 | 80