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DSIT makes £5.5m of funding available to new projects

The government has announced £5.5m of funding to support projects that will be streamlined by the Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) to cut bureaucracy.  The RIO, headed by David Willetts, was set up by the government to cut red tape, remove barriers to innovation and accelerate the time it takes to bring emerging technologies to market.…

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Microsoft raises posse to target dangerous Lumma malware

A broad coalition of technology partners and law enforcement agencies, spearheaded by Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU), has disrupted the dangerous Lumma Stealer malware-as-a-service (MaaS) operation, which played a key role in the arsenals of multiple cyber criminal gangs, including ransomware crews. Using a court order granted in the US District Court of the Northern…

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European Wi-Fi firms make their call for 6GHz spectrum

The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) is demanding the European Commission (EC) support allocation of the upper 6GHz band to licence-exempt use for its members to ensure Europe uses Wi-Fi technologies to benefit Europe’s businesses to the fullest, leaving the blunt message that “Wi-Fi matters”. The DSA describes itself as a global, cross-industry, not-for-profit organisation that…

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BT returns to capital spending for full-fibre expansion

In May 2024, BT reported a financial year of flat revenues and a significant fall in profits, but generated enthusiasm in stock markets by announcing that it had reached a peak for its significant investments in full-fibre broadband – but now, having published its current end-of-year results, the comms giant has turned the capital spending…

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3 tricks that let ChatGPT read websites it shouldn’t be

I don’t know about you, but one of the reasons I used to fight with ChatGPT until recently was the AI’s inability to visit certain web pages. I’m not even talking about paywalled content that the AI can’t see. It’s regular web pages you might give the AI when looking to discuss a certain topic.Sometimes,…

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Virgin Media O2 Business offers Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile

Virgin Media O2 Business has announced it will offer Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile as part of its business collaboration portfolio, in a move to enable business customers to easily switch between mobile and desktop Microsoft Teams calls. In essence, Virgin Media O2 Business says the combined offering – available immediately to large business customers with…

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HMRC’s hunt for hyperscaler to lead £500m datacentre exit project

HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC’s) £500m tender for a hyperscaler to manage a 10-year datacentre exit and cloud migration project for the government tax collection agency is anti-competitive and contradictory, it is claimed. With the deadline for those interested in participating in the tender for the contract coming up on Friday 23 May 2025, the…

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Enterprise to the fore as Zoom claims strong Q1

With its chief executive, Eric Yuan, somewhat fittingly delivering his financial update via a custom artificial intelligence (AI) avatar, Zoom Communications announced “solid” financial results for the first quarter of its 2026 financial year, with sustained enterprise momentum, strong profitability and the expansion of AI-powered solutions across its core platform. For the quarter ended 30…

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