The government has finally published its long-awaited response to its review of the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) of 1990 and opened a new consultation on proposed legislative changes, but has disappointed campaigners who want to see the law reformed to protect cyber security professionals from potential prosecution. The CMA was introduced before the development […]

H&M is now working with Snap, using the tech platform’s Camera Kit to provide consumers with virtual try-on (VTO) opportunities for a range of products in the fashion retailer’s app and via Snap’s app. Elsewhere, direct selling cosmetics powerhouse Avon has integrated Perfect Corp’s technology to enable VTO capabilities for more than 400 lip, […]

“The VMware of edge servers.” That was the plan for Robin.io. Since being bought by Japanese giant the Rakuten Group, Robin.io has become Symworld Cloud, and seen its Kubernetes management and storage system deployed to more than 50,000 servers by the company’s telco arm, Rakuten Symphony, in OpenRAN equipment in 5G towers. Has that […]

Containerisation typifies the biggest current shifts in IT. Containers are intended as lightweight and portable – between systems, between datacentre and cloud – and are a cornerstone of digital transformation and cloud-native application development. But while containerisation potentially simplifies the development, deployment and operation of application environments, behind the veil is a great deal […]

Automobile company Jaguar Land Rover has announced that it will be offering around 300 people the opportunity to take part in its apprenticeship programmes in 2023. As part of its push to find talent to work on autonomous cars, among other innovations, Jaguar Land Rover will offer apprenticeships in a number of tech-base topics […]

The LockBit ransomware cartel has confirmed it was indeed behind the 10 January cyber attack on the systems of Royal Mail, which left the UK’s postal service unable to accept mail for international despatch, the ramifications of which are still being felt a month later. The involvement of LockBit in the Royal Mail cyber […]

A proposed method of reimbursing victims of authorised push payment (APP) fraud has an “inherent” conflict of interest that makes it “fundamentally flawed”, according to a Treasury Committee report. The cross-party Treasury select committee report on proposals put forward by the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) for reimbursing APP victims said handing control of process […]

CERT, CSIRT, CIRT and SOC are terms you’ll hear in the realm of incident response. In a nutshell, the first three are often used synonymously to describe teams focused on incident response, while the last typically has a broader cybersecurity and security scope. Still, terminology can be important. Inconsistent terminology can cause misunderstandings of […]

The UK Treasury has launched a consultation on its plans to launch a digital currency, which could lead to a government-backed digital pound. The digital pound consultation is to help inform the government – it does not mean a decision has been made to introduce a digital currency. Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey […]

NetApp has launched a new QLC flash storage array family – the C-series – aimed at higher-capacity use cases that also need the speed of SSD. It has also added an entry level AFF all-NVMe flash array, the AFF A150. In addition, NetApp has launched Advance, which brings subscription upgrades to purchases of its […]