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The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today fined Advanced Computer Software Group – now known as OneAdvanced – £3.07m for cyber security failings that exacerbated the impact of a LockBit ransomware attack against the organisation. The cyber attack, which occurred in August 2022, saw services provided by Advanced customers – including the NHS … Read more
Google is planning a major change to the way it develops new versions of the Android operating system. Since the beginning, large swaths of the software have been developed in public-facing channels, but that will no longer be the case. This does not mean Android is shedding its open source roots, but the process won’t … Read more
New Zealand-based Rocket Lab has launched its third satellite-deployment mission in two weeks, marking a new record for the up-and-coming SpaceX rival. The Finding Hot Wildfires Near You mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Pad B, in Mahia, New Zealand, on Wednesday local time. You can watch the rocket lift off in … Read more
Bottom line: To commemorate World Backup Day on March 31 – just one day before April Fool’s Day – Western Digital commissioned a survey of 6,118 people across 10 countries, conducted a month ago, to better understand their backup practices. The findings revealed that 87 percent of respondents do back up their data, either manually … Read more
US President Donald Trump says he may cut tariffs on China to help seal a deal for short video app TikTok to be sold by its owner ByteDance. Trump also said he is willing to extend a 5 April deadline for a non-Chinese buyer of the platform to be found. In January, he delayed the … Read more
The Trump administration is facing heavy blowback for using Signal, a messaging app, to discuss sensitive military plans. On March 24, officials’ usage of the app was revealed after The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg published a story titled “The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans,” in which Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, among … Read more
Given digital technology is so central to how we live, work, transact and communicate, we have recently seen the finalisation of an unprecedented amount of digital regulation in both the UK and the EU. In such a fast-moving environment, this begs the question; how should companies stay ahead of the curve? Although the exact … Read more
All Kindles that get the 5.18.1 update also gain access to new book summaries for “thousands of bestselling English language Kindle books,” aiming to make it easier to pick up a new book in an ongoing series. When a recap is available, it will be accessible from your Kindle’s home page, or by opening the … Read more
VMware is suing the US arm of industrial giant AG Siemens. The Broadcom company claims that Siemens outed itself by revealing to VMware that it downloaded and distributed multiple copies of VMware products without buying a license. VMware filed the lawsuit (PDF) on March 21 in the US District Court for the District of Delaware, … Read more
There’s never a bad time of year to buy a TV, but there are definitely the best times of year to score an incredible discount on a set that may have surpassed your 2024 TV budget. As 2025 models start rolling in, last year’s TVs receive heavy discounts, which leads us to this awesome offer: … Read more
