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ICO fines profiteering UK firm for touting coronavirus products over spam texts
The UK company sent cold texts offering products “effective against coronavirus.”
Contact tracing: New NHS COVID-19 app launches in England and Wales
The new app uses Apple and Google's contact-tracing tech and features a QR check-in system for UK venues.
This is how an old television took out an entire village’s broadband for 18 months
Perplexed engineers couldn’t work out why signals kept vanishing.
'We built two data centers in the middle of the pandemic'
The IT team on the Isle of Guernsey had to build two data centers by the month of July. They didn't let a global pandemic get in the way.
Police drones are taking to the skies
The police air force in the UK is trialing drone technologies to help on-the-ground officers.
Contact tracing: England's app finally gets a launch date
The government has announced the COVID-19 app will be ready for launch at the end of the month.
Now Scotland's contact-tracing app launches, while England's remains in trials
Scotland has followed Northern Ireland's lead and launched its own contact-tracing app called Protect Scotland.
It's the biggest job in tech. So why can't they find anyone to do it?
Like many businesses, the government wants to achieve a digital transformation. It might try to start with appointing a leader.
Big bad data: We don't trust AI to make good decisions
The lack of trust in AI systems comes after a number of bad algorithm-driven decisions.
ACCC partners with five overseas agencies to tackle global competition concerns
It will work with watchdogs in the UK, US, Canada, and New Zealand on competition issues like those in the digital tech giants space.
The UK is building its first commercial quantum computer
The government announced a £10 million investment to let businesses and researchers make the most of quantum capabilities.
More than 300,000 users have downloaded Northern Ireland's contact-tracing app
The user base is likely to keep growing as children and young adults get access to the app.
Back in business: How pubs, gyms and holiday parks have been preparing to welcome back guests
Leisure and hospitality businesses have been working tirelessly to get customers back through their doors since lockdown restrictions eased in the UK - with technology the driving force.
Contact tracing: England's new NHS Test and Trace app finally sees the light of day
The new NHS contact-tracing app has entered trials on the Isle of Wight, this time based on technology from Apple and Google.
When algorithms define kids by postcode: UK exam results chaos reveal too much reliance on data analytics
Analysis: Updated: AI, ML, and data analytics are valuable tools -- but the human factor can be too easily lost.
What a brand new data center looks like - from the inside
Kao Data has just started operating a 40,000 square feet data center at the heart of the UK's "innovation corridor", between London, Cambridge and Stansted. This is what 8.8MW of data center capacity looks like from the inside.
Photos: From facial recognition to connected toys, a trip inside the invisible big data revolution
This new exhibition at London's Science Museum looks to help people explore the "invisible revolution of big data" and inspire the data scientists of the future.
Here comes the BBC Micro Bit, the tiny board that wants to surpass the BBC Micro
One million of the programmable boards will be given to schoolchilden, as part of a project backed by ARM, Microsoft, Samsung, and more.
Photos: Google's first shop lands in London
Google has chosen London's Tottenham Court Road as the test bed for a physical retail presence called 'the Google shop'.
Meet the driverless cars coming to cities across the UK: Photos
Trials of two autonomous vehicles have kicked off in a number of places across the country - but while they'll be carrying passengers, the driverless cars aren't taking to the roads just yet.
Photos: Battling cyber-attacks from an underground bunker
A wargame aimed at finding hidden cyber-security talent took place in Winston Churchill's wartime bunker.
Tesco takes on Kindle and iPad with Jelly Bean Android tablet Hudl
Hands-on with Tesco's seven-inch Android tablet for the masses: can it compete with Amazon and Apple when it comes to hardware?
A photo tour of Digital Realty's newest London datacentre
Digital Realty has opened up a new Tier 3 datacentre 17 miles south west of the capital.
Inside the workspace for start-ups with their heads in the clouds: Photos
A new workspace on the 39th floor of Canary Wharf is extending London's Tech City out to Docklands, and aims to bring together smart start-ups and potential customers.
From warehouse to (data)warehouse: Virtus keeps it cool in North London
A warehouse north of London is on the verge of completing its transformation into a datacentre
2012: ZDNet's definitive guide to the year in tech
A look back at the hot topics, major discoveries, and technological breakthroughs of 2012: from privacy to surveillance, major product launches, successes and catastrophes.
Twitter in review 2012: The good, the bad, and the very ugly
A look back at some of the successes and victories, the bad times and controversies, and the downright ugly failures by Twitter and by its users, during 2012.
Mapping 4G speeds in London: A road test with EE's LTE network
4G is finally here, but how good is it? And does it vary depending on where exactly you are? I took to the London Underground to map out some average download and upload speeds around London, to see how EE's 4G fares.
Windows 8 London launch: 'Is this a queue for the iPad mini?'
Microsoft's Windows 8 is here, but with no UK launch activities I was slightly dubious as to how many people would drag themselves to central London for Currys/PC World's launch event. So, just how many did?
Round-up: EE's 4G phones and prices
T-Mobile and Orange's parent EE has now revealed tariffs for its 4G network in the UK. Here's a look at the operator's line-up of 4G phones, how they compare and what it will cost you to get one.
A look back at the 1906 S.F. quake
When the 1906 quake hit Northern California, author Jack London covered the damage for a magazine. The quake killed untold numbers, but it also gave rise to modern seismology in America. Here's the story with London's photos courtesy of the California Historical Society.
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