Halfpoint/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. “Smart home” is a term that’s thrown around pretty loosely in 2025, and it carries a different meaning for everyone. To some, a smart home is just a normal house with a fancy security system. To others, it’s about buying every internet-connected device for…

The last year has seen some of the costliest cyber attacks on UK businesses to date. Attacks on Marks & Spencer cost the supermarket chain hundreds of millions in lost profits and led to empty shelves. The Jaguar Land Rover attack sent shockwaves throughout its supply chain, which ultimately dragged down UK GDP in the third…

Nicolas Ospina/Getty Images Keeping your laptop clean isn’t the most challenging task. It doesn’t take much more than a microfiber cloth to safely clean your MacBook’s screen and surfaces, but there’s one area that tends to prove a bit more troublesome when it comes time to remove dirt and muck: The trackpad. If you’re not…

Looking to help modernise and future-proof campus networks across a range of use cases and industries, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) and Nokia have strengthened their strategic partnership to deliver an end-to-end portfolio of network services designed to support the digital transformation of critical industries such as transportation, smart cities, energy and utilities, healthcare, and hospitality. The…

Governments should make software companies liable for developing insecure computer code. So says Katie Moussouris, the white hat hacker and security expert who first persuaded Microsoft and the Pentagon to offer financial rewards to security researchers who found and reported serious security vulnerabilities. Bug bounty schemes have since proliferated and have now become the norm for…

Freemixer/Getty Images The logical assumption about wearing headphones while driving is that it’s a big no-no. Not only might they distract you from what’s happening on the road, but covering your ears also makes it challenging to hear things around you, which is crucial while driving. You can have a conversation with someone via Bluetooth…

As security leaders in the UK, we often feel squeezed between an increasingly aggressive threat landscape and a sprawling legislative framework. A new assessment of the UK’s cyber security legislative framework confirms what many of us discuss over drinks at industry conferences: we are drowning in compliance obligations, yet the nation’s cyber resilience remains alarmingly…

Stock all/Shutterstock Winter changes how we go about our lives, with shorter days and lower temperatures forcing us to spend more time indoors. This can lead us to recognize inefficiencies in our home, as well as boredom and even cabin fever. When you throw in the gauntlet of holiday festivities that close out one year…

Among the interesting discussions taking place during this year’s annual UKISUG conference was how much SAP customisation is actually needed, and how to move into the SAP cloud. Like many companies, Radisson Hotel Group has been on a journey to migrate from a legacy SAP system to a more modern platform. But unlike many organisations,…

Microgen/Shutterstock Researchers have successfully resurrected a gene that humanity lost millions of years ago. The results could change how we treat common diseases such as gout and maybe even contribute to slowing down aging. Using the gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9, a team at Georgia State University introduced a reconstructed version of the ancient enzyme gene…