Tech giants accused of data protection breaches by Austrian activist January 19, 2019 Tech giants Apple and Amazon have been named in a complaint filed by Noyb, claiming they are still failing to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The company, chaired by data privacy activist and lawyer Max Schrems, filed a complaint in Austria also naming Netflix, Spotify and Youtube after it tested the [...]
Lloyds Bank suffers IT outage as customers struggle to send and receive money January 18, 2019 Thousands of Lloyds Bank customers were unable to make payments this afternoon after the bank experienced an IT outage. Customers complained of difficulties transferring money from their accounts due to issues related to the lender's Faster Payments system, which allows customers to send and receive payments by internet or phone. "We are aware that some customers [...]
Don’t hand control to the machines just yet January 18, 2019 Bad news: the robots are destroying jobs. The good news, however, is that the jobs they are destroying are their own. This week, a hotel in Japan was forced to lay off its 243 robots, after they ended up creating more work for their human colleagues. The Siri-like virtual assistants couldn’t answer the guests’ questions, [...]
Concerns over Sophos as shares tank in early trading after ‘subdued performance’ warning January 18, 2019 Sophos Group shares were down 23 per cent in early morning trading after reporting “subdued performance” in its third quarter trading update. The IT security company said a “challenging” previous year was context for the disappointing results, which saw the company earnings decline eight per cent year-on-year for the nine months to 31 December to [...]
IBM links up with Vodafone for $550m cloud computing contract January 17, 2019 IBM and Vodafone have entered into a joint venture to provide businesses with support for linking up cloud systems, which can support next-generation technology such as machine learning or 5G networks. Vodafone will pay IBM $550m (£423.4m) under an eight-year contract as part of the deal, the firms said today, enabling it to offer tools [...]
Netflix shares slide as it misses revenue estimates despite profits bump January 17, 2019 Shares in Netflix fell as much as five per cent in after-hours trading last night, after the streaming giant missed analyst estimates on revenue and paid subscriber growth. Netflix reported $4.19bn in revenue for the three months to the end of December last year, narrowly missing the $4.21bn predicted by consensus estimates, as collated by S&P [...]
The world’s biggest data dump: How do I find out if my email was caught in the Collection #1 hack? January 17, 2019 More than 722m email addresses and passwords were uploaded to the internet on Wednesday, in what is being referred to as the world's biggest data dump to date. Known as Collection #1, the dump was discovered by security researcher Troy Hunt, who is also the owner of hack-checker website HaveIBeenPwned.com. Initially uploaded into a hacking [...]
Universally Challenged: Oxford University turns on under-fire Chinese tech giant Huawei January 17, 2019 Oxford University said last night it was suspending donations from Huawei following widespread concern over the Chinese tech firm’s practices. The university said it had decided on 8 January that it will “not pursue” new funding opportunities with the firm “at present". “Huawei has been notified of the decision, which the university will keep under review. [...]
Flawed cyber insurance policies could lead to years of litigation January 17, 2019 The majority of cyber insurance policies on the market are riddled with flaws and may not pay out in the event of a data breach or hack, according to new research. A review by insurance governance company Mactavish of dozens of off-the-shelf cyber policies identified a litany of flaws. Mactavish chief executive Bruce Hepburn said: [...]
Consultants ‘braver’ about challenging clients who treat women inappropriately, says PwC January 17, 2019 Advisers are “getting braver about…calling out our clients” who act inappropriately towards female consultants, a partner at PwC told a tech industry event in east London today. The partnership at PwC gets “incensed” when client chief executives shout at female partners, said Mads Thomson, who leads the the professional services firm’s technology consulting business in [...]