Samsung plans to relaunch refurbished Note 7 devices

The technology giant says it may be able to offer the recalled devices as refurbished phones.

AI to dominate banking, says report

AI can help banks create a human experience even as more and more services are automated, says report.

Google Home to be launched in UK in April

The search giant promises a degree of Britishness in its smart home assistant, Google Home.

Amazon to buy Middle East online retailer Souq

The retailer makes its first move into the region after completing a deal for an undisclosed amount.

Facebook launches Snapchat-style Stories with new in-app camera feature

The social media company is encouraging users to take more pictures and add effects and filters.

Exposed files on Microsoft's document-sharing site

Passwords and sensitive health data are among documents inadvertently shared by Microsoft users.

China's Tencent buys 5% stake in Tesla

The Chinese tech giant is spending $1.8bn on its stake in the electric carmaker.

Uber set to pull out of Denmark

New taxi laws requiring drivers in Denmark to have fare meters have led Uber to withdraw its services.

Apple denies hackers holding millions of iPhones, iCloud accounts ransom

Apple reassures customers that none of its systems have been breached, dismissing hackers' claims that millions of iPhones and iCloud accounts are at risk of being wiped

Almost 45% of men want a robot-led shopping experience in the future

Research reveals differences between what male and female, and older and younger consumers want from their shopping experience

How Google is riding the multi-cloud wave to win over the enterprise

The Google Cloud Next conference saw the internet giant share details about how enterprise appetite for multi-cloud deployments are working in its favour

LastPass releases fix browser extension security flaws

LastPass has been praised for its quick response in fixing flaws reported in browser extensions for its password manager

The rise of the ODMs: Should the branded hardware suppliers be worried?

The use of ODM datacentre hardware makes good economic sense for the hyperscale providers, but what about everyday enterprises?

FBI director reiterates call for action on encryption

The world is wasting time in resolving the conflict between privacy and public safety, and should consider an international framework on encrypted data access, says FBI director James Comey

Inside the well-planned metro network: how CityFibre does it

Computer Weekly met metro network builder CityFibre to find out why, and how, the organisation believes it can mount a credible challenge to Openreach’s dominance of wholesale fibre

UK labour costs are cheap but automation will erode jobs market

PwC has estimated that millions of people may be affected by robots and artificial intelligence replacing their jobs

Security Think Tank: Minimise data to cut costs and comply with GDPR

How can organisations maintain usability and keep support costs low without compromising on security?

AI and robots will 'create political instability' until humans find new occupations

The belief that advances in technology will create more jobs than they replace may no longer hold true

ISPs to pay automatic compensation for broadband faults

Telecoms regulator Ofcom says its plan, which would cover slow repairs and missed appointments, could see consumers in line for a payout of up to £185m every year

Case study: How the Department for Education deployed flexible IT

The Department of Education has upgraded its ageing datacentre to the Azure cloud and Office 365, and rolled out Microsoft Surface devices

UK impersonation fraud up 39% in last quarter of 2016

Just ahead of the end of the UK tax year, a survey underlines the importance of guarding against business email compromise aimed at stealing data and money

Super Mario Run hits Android, rolls out version two on iOS

 Super Mario Run hit Android a day early. Originally expected today, March 23, per Nintendo’s earlier announcement, the game arrived on the Google Play Store yesterday instead, along with an update on iOS. The iOS exclusive ran for three months, and brought the app over 78 million downloads, the gaming company said during its earnings in January. Of those players, more than five… Read More

Ads in your eye

How new technologies are transforming outdoor advertising.

Sonic Boom

BBC Click's Lara Lewington looks at some of the best of the week's technology news stories.

Malaysia screen legend gets Google tribute

P. Ramlee enjoyed fame across South East Asia, even reaching as far as Hong Kong and Japan.

Bank cheques to be cleared within a day

From October 2017, cheques will start to clear much faster than the current six days' waiting time.

The tech turning skyscrapers into adverts

A new projection technique for persistence of vision displays will allow images to be up to 200m tall on buildings.

Russian man pleads guilty over $500m malware scam

A Russian man faces up to 10 years in jail for spreading a computer virus that cost victims more than $500m (£401m).

Dell joins HPE and Cisco at top of cloud infrastructure leader board

Cloud infrastructure is looking like a three-horse race between the big US suppliers, but the contract manufacturers are also in the running

IBM cognitive assistant to help manage and secure devices

IBM has announced a cognitive assistant powered by IBM Watson to help businesses manage and secure endpoints, including devices making up the internet of things

Global business leaders hail UK tech sector’s innovation potential

KPMG report reveals global confidence in UK tech sector’s ability to create innovative products and services that are keenly adopted across the world

Flash: it’s not all over yet

We look at the need for new approaches to storage as ever-increasing demands are placed on all-flash arrays

Cardiff man Samata Ullah admits terrorist charges after posting encryption details on Islamic blog

Samata Ullah, a resident of Cardiff, pleaded guilty to five terrorism charges, including developing an encrypted version of an Islamic website and posting videos explaining how to use encryption

How business analysts can bring a human touch to IT change programmes

Aviva business analyst David Beckham is keynoting at the Innovation, Business Change & Technology Forum on how his profession can help IT and other workers through trauma of change programmes

Storage fails the business as data balloons, survey finds

Lack of agility and failure of storage to keep pace with the business and data growth are major concerns to UK businesses that see data volumes increase by 27% a year

Security Think Tank: Governance framework key to best security at lowest cost

How can organisations maintain usability and keep support costs low without compromising on security?

HCL Technologies to support IT for Volvo Ocean Race

HCL Technologies is to build and support the IT that will make the Volvo Ocean Race available to spectators around the world

Many UK local councils still unprepared for GDPR, ICO survey shows

The ICO fines the Norfolk Council as it publishes GDPR guidelines for local councils after a survey revealed not all were up to speed in preparations to comply with the new data protection law

Openreach trains apprentice engineers in virtual reality

Openreach inductees get to experience an immersive simulation of life as an engineer, taking them up telephone poles and into underground chambers

Super Mario Run’s Android release date is March 23

 Super Mario Run is officially making its way to Android, as Nintendo promised what seems like so long ago. The company has now revealed an exact date for Mario’s Android debut: March 23. That’s this Thursday, in case you’re bad at math or don’t have a calendar handy. Read More

Mass Effect: Andromeda offers plenty of gameplay depth despite some faults

 Mass Effect is a video game series that attracts ardent fans and invokes emotional reactions from those fans via its storytelling decisions. The franchise builds on the legacy BioWare built with its stewardship of the Star Wars universe with the Knights of the Old Republic, but offers truly unique science-fiction storytelling in expansive action RPG games. Read More

Japanese Kendama game gets a digital upgrade and a Kickstarter campaign

 Like all good games, Kendama is easy-ish to learn and frustrating as all ever-loving £%&*@£^% to master. What’s a poor entrepreneur to do when a game hasn’t changed for 400 years? Rename it Dendama, add a boat-load of electronics, invent a slew of multiplayer games and launch a Kickstarter campaign, of course. Read More

NCC Group launches bounty for open source security flaw fixes

Firm hopes bounty scheme will inspire others to do the same to encourage security specialists to make open source software more secure

Royal Dutch Touring Club stimulates innovation and renewal of ICT

Dutch motoring club has shaped its business in a way that enables the business and IT department to innovate together

Powering the cloud: Unlocking the secrets of Google datacentres

At the Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco, the internet search giant opened up about how it secures, operates and stress-tests its growing cloud datacentre fleet

The true impact of a cyber breach on share price

As cyber security breaches become increasingly common, a security consultant explores how recent headline breaches have affected company valuations

Make identity management a foundation for cloud deployments

Every SaaS product has its own way to authenticate users, making it hard to keep track of which ones have access to which services

HPE, Dell and IBM suffer Q4 server sales slumps, as demand for ODM hardware grows

IDC's latest EMEA-wide server market sales tracker suggests soaring demand for ODM servers is hitting tier-one manufacturers hard

CIO interview: Simon McCalla, Nominet

Nominet, the registry for more than 10 million of the UK’s internet domains, is expanding into the internet of things and internet security services

Digital Economy Bill amended to protect Openreach pensions

The government introduces an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill to protect the pensions of BT employees transferring into the newly independent Openreach business

IR35 research: 85% of contractors will quit public sector if tax status changed

Research by tax advisers QDos Contractor suggests few public sector off-payroll workers would be willing to stick around if made to pay the same tax as salaried staff

Derbyshire NHS Trust takes simple BI approach to secure patient safety

Derbyshire NHS Foundation Trust opts for a simple, clinician and business-led approach to business intelligence to secure patient safety, using MicroStrategy

NCSC chief calls for UK collaboration on cyber security

The National Cyber Security Centre is unashamedly ambitious in aiming to make the UK the safest place to do business online, which chief Ciaran Martin sees as an achievable goal

What’s in the UK government’s 5G strategy?

The UK government’s 5G mobile strategy was released to coincide with the Spring Budget. We look at some of its key aims

Middle East healthcare on cusp of IT innovation era

Healthcare in the Middle East looks set for a revolution, according to the first surgeon to use Google Glass during an operation

Recruiting women key to closing cyber security skills gap, say experts

The European cyber security industry has one of the lowest proportions of women and the highest gender pay gaps in the world, the latest Global Information Security Workforce Study shows

Watch Zelda’s directors go deep on creating the masterpiece that is Breath of the Wild

 The newest Zelda game, Breath of the Wild, is — and I say this without any attempt at being hyperbolic — an instant masterpiece. I won’t go so far as to call it the best game of all time — but if such a title can exist objectively, this one is certainly in the ring. It’s rare to see something like this thrust into the world and have it so quickly and widely… Read More

With PlayStation Now, you’ll soon be able to play PS4 games on your PC

 Sony just announced that PlayStation 4 games are coming soon to the PlayStation Now cloud gaming service. It means that gamers will be able to pay a subscription fee and stream PS4 games to their PlayStation 4 or PC. Read More

Roblox nabs $92 million to power its massive social gaming platform for kids

 Roblox has spent the greater part of the millennium creating a cool place for kids to play a diverse collection of games inside a single cross-platform world for its huge audience of tens of millions of monthly active youngsters. The company announced Tuesday that it has closed a massive $92 million funding round led by Meritech Capital Partners and Index Ventures. Read More

Nintendo releases three-part video series about that insanely good Zelda game

 Nintendo shared on its YouTube channel three behind-the-scenes videos about Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Many thought the Nintendo Switch had a pretty thin launch lineup with Zelda: Breath of the Wild as the only big production. But anybody around you who owns a Switch will tell you that it’s an amazing game. Read More

Interactive fiction and the origins of the conversational interface

 It’s 2017, and conversational interfaces (people talking with machines the same way they talk to other people) are everywhere. Siri has become a household name. Taco Bell lets you order tacos over Slack. It feels like we may spend more time talking to computers than to one another in just a few short years. How did we get to this point? Read More

Your gadgets could help 'launch a cyber attack'

NCA director says a rising number of gadgets are being hacked to launch cyber attacks.

World wide web creator Tim Berners-Lee targets fake news

Social media sites and search engines must be pushed to do more to combat the problem, he says.

GCHQ warns politicians about Russian hacking threat

The spy agency says cyber-attacks could threaten the democratic process in the UK.

Intel buys driverless car technology firm Mobileye

The US chipmaker is taking over its Israeli-based driverless technology partner Mobileye.

'LED street lights are disturbing my sleep'

Cities around the world are converting to low-energy LED street lights - but some residents say their sleep is being affected and are fighting back.

California mulls driver-free car tests

Currently autonomous vehicles tested on the roads must have a human driver ready to take control.

Sony plans to let PC owners play PS4 games

The newer titles will be included in a subscription to the PlayStation Now streaming service

Facebook data 'off-limits' for spy tools

The social media giant responds to news that police in California used tools to spy on activists

Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer could land $23m payout

The Yahoo chief could receive a bumper payout if she loses her job as part of the Verizon deal.

Cyber security: Experts warn on rise of hacker ransoms

Smartphones, watches and fitness trackers could be made unusable by criminals, security chiefs say.

Driverless cars 'could lead to complacency'

People may be too slow in taking back control of driverless cars in an emergency, peers warn.

Germany warns social media firms over illegal content

Fines of up to 50m euros are being proposed for social media sites that do not quickly remove illegal content.

Hands-on with the jacket with Google woven in

A partnership between Levi’s and Google has yielded a jacket with technology woven into the fabric.

Facebook, Twitter and Google grilled by MPs over hate speech

Facebook, Twitter and Google are told by MPs to do a "better job" on hate speech and abuse images.

HPE buys Nimble Storage to fill an all-flash and hybrid gap

Hardware giant buys Nimble Storage for $1.2bn and plugs a gap below its high-end flash retro-fitted 3PAR arrays with ground-up solid state-based hardware

WhatsApp, Signal, ProtonMail safe from CIA hacking tools

Top secure messaging and email apps are said to be safe from CIA hacking tools, but organisations are urged to assess their own vulnerability if the tools were to fall into the hands of cyber criminals

Investment industry to spend $2.8bn on AI by 2021, expected to cut quarter of a million jobs

230,000 jobs in the capital markets sector globally will be defunct because of the adoption of artificial intelligence technology

Cloud-based ID management is key to PostNL’s public cloud strategy

Mail company uses Azure, AWS, Salesforce, SuccessFactors, Office 365 and Microsoft Dynamics as it shifts from on-premise IT

Excelero NVMe over fabrics NVMesh brings SAN to hyperscale

Excelero aims at transactional and analytics use cases for webscale users that want to create SAN-like pools of storage with its NVMesh software-defined product

Storage performance 101: Server, array and fabric/network basics

We look at the key performance attributes of storage media in use today, and the choices and basic tuning steps you can take to get the most from your storage

Spring Budget advances 5G strategy and broadband funding

The government has launched its 5G mobile strategy to coincide with Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Spring Budget, and has revealed more details of its planned broadband investment

Budget 2017: IT skills, 5G, broadband, and R&D receive funding boost

Chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond targeted improvements in innovation, connectivity and education in his latest financial update

BT, Ericsson, O2 and Vodafone expand Stem for girls scheme

BT and partners Ericsson, O2 and Vodafone are to expand a mentoring scheme launched last year to encourage girls into Stem careers

Use Nintendo Switch controllers with the NES Classic with this adapter

 Nintendo Switch controllers are flexible, if flawed — the latest hardware they work with is the NES Classic, via 8bitdo’s $17 Retro Receiver, and a new firmware update available now for that little dongle. The wireless accessory already lets you connect a range of Bluetooth controllers to your NES Classic, including 8bitdo’s own NES30 controller replica, and PlayStation 4, Wii… Read More

How iBeacons could help blind people navigate roadworks

BBC Click's Lara Lewington finds out how iBeacons could help blind people navigate roadworks.

MWC 2017: Technology review

BBC Click's Stephen Beckett reviews some of the technology on display at the Mobile World Congress.

Switch sales 'close to Nintendo records'

The firm sold more than 300,000 units of latest gaming console in just three days in Japan alone.

My journey from fleeing Iran to making the internet safer

On International Women's day, one cyber security boss says more women should enter her industry.

ARM chip designer stake 'to be sold by Softbank'

Reports suggest Softbank will sell a 25% stake in ARM to a tech fund it is creating with Saudi Arabia.

CIA hacking tools: Should we be worried?

What the documents posted on Wikileaks say about our online privacy.

Budget 2017: Robotics, driverless cars and 5G to get UK funds

The chancellor promises £270m to put the UK at the forefront of ground-breaking technologies.

Apple, Samsung and Microsoft react to Wikileaks' CIA dump

Apple says it has already fixed some flaws referred to in an alleged leak of the CIA's hacking tools.

Premier League gets Kodi piracy court order

The Premier League gets the power to block computer servers that power pirated video streams.

Retail industry steps up the fight against rising cyber threats

UK retail body BRC publishes the first of its kind step-by-step guide on how to manage cyber security threats

Four reforms to deliver competitive broadband

The UK will never benefit from ‘gold standard full fibre’ broadband without major reforms to the fabric of government, writes Ed Straw

ZF Group opens doors to Hyderabad tech centre

German car parts manufacturer ZF Group opens a technology centre in India to focus on software lead innovation

Bank branches still more popular than mobile apps for new accounts

Major research reveals the opportunities and challenges facing fintech firms

Accept everything is hackable, business told

Many companies are in denial about cyber attacks, but they need to accept that they are likely to be targets, that everything is hackable and that they need to act accordingly, says security expert Menny Barzilay

Can you work around SAP indirect access software licensing?

The SAP legal case against Diageo highlights the seemingly arbitrary rules governing software licensing

Build mobile experiences that drive engagement

Mobile experiences throw open the door to new opportunities for firms to win, serve and retain customers

AWS outage shows vulnerability of cloud DR

The recent outage at Amazon Web Services has highlighted the risks of using any public cloud for disaster recovery IT

More than a million Gmail and Yahoo account credentials on sale

Usernames, email addresses and plaintext passwords of more than a million Yahoo and Gmail accounts are reportedly on sale on the dark web, posing a threat to corporate security

Businesses blame rivals for DDoS attacks

Industrial sabotage is considered to be the most likely reason behind a distributed denial of service attack, a study has revealed

AWS claims human error to blame for US cloud storage outage

Cloud services giant says an input error by an engineer is what led to large numbers of users being unable to use its cloud storage services for several hours on Tuesday 28 February

Modern Muse: ‘We all need to play our part’ to get girls into Stem, says equalities minister

As Everywoman relaunches its Modern Muse application, the parliamentary under-secretary of state for women, equalities and early years at the Department for Education, Caroline Dinenage, emphasises the importance of visible role models

UK sailing team picks BT to help beat Oracle at America’s Cup

BT is to supply a 4G wireless and fixed network to support the Land Rover BAR America’s Cup team, led by Olympian Ben Ainslie, in its bid to win the 35th America’s Cup

Crystal Palace Football Club uses app to securely share tactical information

IT is helping Crystal Palace football team to prepare for matches

NSPCC CIO on combining hybrid cloud with managed services to boost Childline resiliency

NSPCC CIO Ray Bilsby sets out the work the children's charity is doing to boost the resiliency of its flagship services, with the help of its managed services partners

HMRC blasted over "inaccurate" and "unreliable" IR35 online assessment tool

Public sector contracting stakeholders claim newly launched tool is returning inaccurate results over IR35 status of some public sector off-payroll workers

Cyber attack on Barts NHS trust exploited zero-day vulnerability

A cyber attack that forced parts of Barts NHS trust offline in January 2017 has been blamed on previously unknown malware that was able to bypass the antivirus systems, highlighting a common weakness in cyber defences

Mixed reality arcades are the next big market opportunity — but not for VCs

 Mixed reality arcades can be a huge boon for VR adoption, and I’m confident there will be profitable ventures created in these immersive arcade experiences. But the path to profitability will be a long one. Because VCs typically shy away from capex-intensive industries, I don’t see VCs as the right backers to see these exciting experiences to market. Read More

Bitcoin buyer

As the value of Bitcoin tops gold for the first time, we spoke to an early investor who bought one Bitcoin for just $18 (£14.70) in 2012.

Are food bloggers fuelling racist stereotypes?

Asian American photographer says some digital foodies are playing into racist stereotypes about ethnic dishes.

Snapchat IPO: California school banks millions

Tech investor Barry Eggers' whip-round at California's Saint Francis High led to an incredible windfall.

Newsbeat meets the brains behind the Nintendo Switch

The creators of the Nintendo Switch say their console isn't lacking in games.

Uber loses legal test case over language

Judge rules London drivers will be required to prove their ability to communicate in English.

Bitcoin value tops gold for first time

Demand for the digital cryptocurrency has soared since the beginning of the year.

Weather supercomputing ‘heads to Italy’

Europe's medium-range weather forecasts will cease to be constructed in the UK from 2020.

Amazon typo knocked websites offline

Downtime for some high-profile websites was caused by the error, the company says.

IBM gives out-of-office patent to public

The granting of a patent for an email system in use for years sparks criticism.

Windows 10 to offer update 'snoozes'

Microsoft says people will be able to choose a time to activate updates and reboots.

Uber uses 'secret program' Greyball to hide from regulators

The taxi-hailing service has been using a secret program to prevent regulators from shutting it down.

Has wearable tech had its day?

It's been a rollercoaster year for wearables in terms of sales, and experts are divided on their future.

Breathe easy? Air pollution trackers put to the test

Lara Lewington finds out if air pollution gadgets can help her pick the healthiest route to take.

MWC 2017: Huawei R&D focuses on vehicles, drones, virtual reality

Huawei used its presence at the annual Mobile World Congress fair in Barcelona to showcase a number of its mobile innovation programmes

MoD ditches spreadsheets for SaaS-based collaboration tool

The Ministry of Defence is taking advantage of G-Cloud for collaboration software to manage its global activities

China calls for mutually-beneficial global co-operation in cyber space

China is calling for greater international collaboration in cyber space, saying it is committed to working with other countries to combat cyber crime and cyber terrorism

Dutch manufacturer standardises internal IT services through Unisys

Metal-based product maker Constellium wants to cut the costs associated with its disparate IT support operation through a contract with Unysis

Swedish municipality Järfälla signs €14m outsourcing deal

Swedish municipality signs a new IT services partner to drive digital transformation

Cloudflare reviews code after Cloudbleed bug leaks data

Cloudflare has published a detailed analysis of the Cloudbleed data leaks and promised ongoing code reviews to assure customers and partners

BT to create 1,700 apprenticeships and graduate jobs

BT has announced it will create 1,700 apprentice and graduate positions across its group businesses this year

Net gains

How a pilot scheme in Havana might point the way to an internet-connected Cuba.

Love on the line?

Online dating fraud is on the rise, so what are dating firms doing to protect their members?

Nintendo Switch cartridges 'taste so bad'

The games company adds a "bittering agent" to stop the small cartridges being accidentally ingested.

Snapchat firm share price soars on debut

Shares in the owner of messaging app Snapchat jump around 40% in its opening minutes on Wall Street.

Can technology solve Chicago's gun crime problem?

US police have turned to technology to help fight crime, but can the solutions really solve the problem?

IWM digitises vast collection in SpectraLogic tape archive

Imperial War Museum deploys SpectraLogic tape archive systems with LTFS Black Pearl in digitisation project for 21,000 hours of film and millions of images and voice recordings

Unite union members at Fujitsu on strike

Union members strike over jobs, pay and pensions after Fujitsu announced plans to cut it UK workforce by 1,800

Microsoft to discontinue Skype Wi-Fi service

Microsoft is retiring its Skype Wi-Fi service to concentrate on other services on the communications platform

DevOps done right: Why work-life balance matters to digital transformation success

DevOps practitioners warn enterprises off neglecting the health and well-being of the IT staff responsible for delivering their digital transformation projects

The internet of things: an overview

Despite security and other concerns, there are many benefits associated with embracing the internet of things

CloudPets’ data breach underlines need for secure cloud apps

More than two million voice recordings and e-mail addresses and password data for more than 800,000 accounts linked to an internet-connected toy have been leaked online

UK fintech investment down in 2016

Investment in UK fintech went down in 2016 but is still ahead of 2014 numbers, according to figures from FinTech Global

White boxes set to shift server buying habits

Traditional server providers still have the lion’s share of the on-premise datacentre market, but original design manufacturers are now a major force

The Xbox Game Pass is a $9.99 Spotify-like game subscription

 Having free games with Xbox Live Gold was one thing, but Microsoft wants to go one step further. The company is launching a new service called the Xbox Game Pass. It’s a library of more than 100 games that you can download and play for a monthly subscription of $9.99. The feature isn’t live yet, but the company already announced some names so that the company can start beta… Read More

Gaming company Kabam’s roller coaster ride to a $700 million exit

 We talked with Kevin Chou, co-founder and CEO of the gaming company Kabam, about his own both stressful and euphoric experience in running a gaming startup for roughly a decade before selling most of its assets in December to South Korea’s Netmarble Games for a reported $700 million. Read More

Car wars

A row has broken out over who should control access to all the data your new car generates.

Londoner accidentally gets Uber to Croydon, via Bristol

Uber is refunding the £467 taxi fee as a "goodwill" gesture, describing the trip of 280 miles as an "unfortunate mistake".

MWS 2017: 5G - the next mobile revolution

The next-generation 5G mobile network causes lots of excitement at the Mobile World Congress trade show.

MWC 2017: Google Home challenges Amazon Echo

Google suggests its expertise in search will help its Home speaker triumph over Amazon's Echo.

MWC 2017: DJI M200 drone works in rain and winds

A new drone is being pitched to business that want to safely carry out inspections from the sky.

BT landline-only customers set to get £5 off monthly bills

Customers who only buy a landline service from BT are not getting value for money, Ofcom says.

MWC 2017: Google Home speaker to launch in UK by June

Google's smart speaker will compete against Amazon's Echo in the UK this summer.

Man jailed for hitting woman with drone

The pilot of a drone that knocked a woman unconscious has been jailed for 30 days in the US.

Children's messages in CloudPets data breach

More than 2 million voice messages left between parents and children exposed, security researcher claims.

Google robot leaps and spins with leg-wheels

Handle - a human-sized robot that can travel over uneven surfaces and jump over obstacles - makes its debut.

Bad bug found in Microsoft browsing code

If exploited, the bug could let attackers run their own code on victims' machines.

Tagged animals at risk from hunters and nature-lovers

Radio signals from tags are helping hunters and harming conservation, warn scientists.

Government sets out post-Brexit digital strategy

The government wants the UK to lead the world in the digital economy and re-skill its citizens.

Coadec suggests increase in software development apprenticeships

Not-for-profit Coadec urges the technology industry and government to increase the number of available software development apprenticeships in the UK to tackle the growing skills crisis

Old code haunts Cloudflare with memory leak scare

Ancient software has been blamed for a major memory leak affecting hundreds of thousands of web pages delivered via Cloudflare’s CDN

Welsh university offers fintech degree

Wrexham Glyndwr University becomes the latest education provider to launch a course in financial technology

Number of people hit by professional financial cyber attack grows after lull

Kaspersky Labs reports that the number of people hit by financial cyber attack grew in 2016 after falling in the previous two years

At IBM’s Watson lab, customers marry the power of AI with the IoT

IBM formally inaugurated its Watson Internet of Things headquarters in Munich, Germany in February, and Computer Weekly went to meet the customers and partners who are using Watson AI to deliver on the promise of the IoT

RSAC17: Geopolitical changes driving encryption usage, survey shows

More organisations are planning to deploy encryption in response to geopolitical changes, but confidence in organisations’ ability to secure and protect encryption is low, a survey shows

Security Think Tank: Integrity of business data key to cyber defence

What types of organisation are likely to be targeted by data integrity breaches and how best can they detect and mitigate against such attacks?

High Court rules for SAP, against Diageo in indirect licensing case

Judge rejects Diageo’s submission that SAP PI is a “gatekeeper” licence for gaining access to the SAP suite of applications and database

FOI requests reveal appetite for datacentre change in London’s local councils

Research conducted by cloud service provider HyperGrid suggests IT departments in local councils are working with outdated and underperforming datacentre infrastructures

RSAC17: Former MI5 head calls on infosec community to make world safer

In a digital era, the information security community has a key role in helping to make the world a safer place, according to former MI5 boss Stella Rimington