More than 1,600 drivers working for ride-hailing app Bolt are seeking compensation “after years of being denied holiday pay and the National Living Wage”, on the basis they have been wrongly classified as self-employed. Brought on behalf of drivers by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) and law firm Leigh Day, the […]
Due to the emergence of new energy-intensive technologies, the rapid deterioration of the climate, and widespread corporate greenwashing, it is now more important than ever for CIOs to focus on sustainability. They can examine and monitor the environmental impact of technology as well as develop projects that will promote sustainability across the organisation by […]
Oil giant Shell has joined forces with green tech-focused open source foundation LF Energy to support its efforts to help decarbonise the global economy. Shell has joined as a top-tier Strategic Member of the Foundation at the same time as software giant Microsoft, which previously worked with the community as a lower-tier General Member. As members, […]
The European Union (EU) is rolling out a raft of measures designed to hold technology companies more accountable for how their products and services impact end-users, including new online safety and artificial intelligence (AI) liability rules. Regarding online safety, the European Council approved the Digital Services Act (DSA) on 4 October, which is designed […]
What is a filter in computing? The term filter in computing can mean a variety of things, depending on the technology or technical discipline in question. There are four distinct applications for filters in enterprise computing: computer applications and programs cybersecurity telecommunications multimedia applications How are filters used in computer applications and programs? In computer […]
Proposals in the Online Safety Bill to give the telecoms regulator Ofcom powers to mandate technology companies to use scanning software to monitor encrypted messages for illegal content should be dropped, it was claimed this week. According to Cambridge University professor of security engineering, Ross Anderson, proposals that could require tech companies to use […]
Tech Nation and PwC have selected 20 startups to join their inaugural climate technology accelerator programme, which is designed to support late-stage UK climate tech companies with high emissions reduction potential. Launched 4 October 2022, the Net Zero X programme aims to futureproof the UK’s climate tech sector by reducing the climate tech carbon […]
Customers of Chase Bank have been unable to access their accounts following a tech outage that shut down its app. Chase Bank, the UK digital bank launched by JPMorgan Chase last year, is an app-only bank, so the outage left customers unable to log in and access banking services. The company said in a […]
Every day for almost two years, Josh Sklar would get up, go to the office and spend the day sifting through child pornography, animal mutilations and hate speech. Working as a content moderator for Facebook was by no means a dream job, but at the time in 2019, an $18-an-hour office job seemed appealing. […]
The air gap is a fundamental concept of storage and backup. Essentially, it means to have a physical or logical disconnect between production systems and the location of secondary data, including backups. Its role as a fundamental of backup has come into closer focus with the rise of ransomware as a key threat to […]