CIO interview: Retail’s past a poor guide to future, says Paul Coby of John Lewis

Paul Coby, IT director at John Lewis, believes retailers will need to move with changing customer patterns and demands to survive the omni-channel shift

How to transition to a cloud-based analytics environment

Accenture Digital consultants say businesses can be more agile by way of cloud-based analytics

FBI to apply iPhone security bypass in second case

The FBI is to help unlock an iPhone in an Arkansas murder case, deepening fears that the method used to break into the San Bernardino gunman’s phone will be applied more widely

Businesses should help shape graduates, says Hitachi Data Systems COO

Lynn Collier, COO of Hitachi Data Systems, wants businesses to collaborate with educational institutions to ensure young people gain the right skills

Adwind at centre of cyber attack on Singapore bank

Kaspersky Lab has revealed that the Adwind malware-as-a-service platform was at the centre of an attack on a Singapore bank

Build out networks and mobile to rebalance UK economy, says O2

In a major report, mobile operator O2 suggests that access to better digital infrastructure could boost the UK economy by £1.5bn outside of London and the South East

DDoS attacks on universities normally performed by “disgruntled” students or employees

The majority of distributed denial of service attacks on universities are made by students or employees, says the head of infrastructure services at the University of London

MedStar says it is recovering from suspected ransomware attack

US hospital group MedStar says it is restoring its IT systems after reportedly being hit by a stealthy new strain of server-targeted ransomware

New London mayor urged to take ‘drastic action’ on capital broadband

A YouGov poll for the Foundation for Information Society Policy finds widespread disillusionment among Londoners when it comes to broadband provision in the capital

Fintech axe to fall on a third of banking jobs over next 10 years

More than a third of jobs at European banks will disappear over the next decade as the adoption of fintech-based services grows

Why the Oculus Rift won’t go the way of Google Glass

 On a recent episode of our podcast we spoke about the VR industry with Matt Hartman, director of seed investments at Betaworks. When evaluating VR companies, Hartman looks for whether the company is delivering a “10X experience.” Ultimately, can you deliver 10 times the value of comparable offerings with your solution? For VR companies, the vision of their given solution may not… Read More

ACLU map shows locations of 63 ongoing phone-unlocking cases

 In case you thought the recently and abruptly terminated fracas in San Bernardino was an isolated incident, the ACLU has put together a handy map of cases around the country where the All Writs Act has been used to justify an order to unlock a smartphone. Read More

Citizen scientists, you can now DIY your own DNA analysis with Bento Lab

 Want to know if you have the “athlete gene” or if you’re actually related to the weirdos who claim you as a family member? Get your collection tubes ready, citizen scientists, Bento Lab’s DIY DNA analysis kit is here and ready for the in-home lab. Normally you’d order a kit somewhere like 23andMe, spit in a tube and mail it off for results in six to eight weeks. Read More

Dyson’s new purifier fan purportedly tackles the problem of home air quality

 “Fresh air” is a concept most often associated with the “great outdoors”. Dyson is looking to make your home nature fresh by ridding it of indoor pollutants with the Pure Cool Link purifier fan. Hopefully, the engineering that went into James Dyson’s new gadget is better than the branding. The company’s proposed ingenuity is that the Pure Cool Link is a… Read More

Sure, why not? FBI agrees to unlock iPhone for Arkansas prosecutor

 The FBI, which just a few days ago was attempting to convince the country of its helplessness in the face of encrypted iPhones, has generously offered its assistance in unlocking an iPhone and iPod for a prosecutor in Arkansas Read More

Airware snatches $30M to sell complete drones to the Fortune 500

 Airware used to sell drone operating systems. Now it’s swiveling to sell the whole flying kit and caboodle: drone hardware, the software to control them, and the cloud where their data goes. It discovered that big enterprise companies didn’t know how to piece together drone systems themselves, so they were slow to adapting to the tech that could save them money and keep employees… Read More

Cyber criminals use Microsoft PowerShell in ransomware attacks

A newly discovered family of ransomware, dubbed PowerWare, uses Microsoft PowerShell to target organisations through macro-enabled documents

San Francisco data analytics early-stage firms point to third-wave BI

California start-up and early-stage data analytics companies are positing technologies that point beyond second-generation business intelligence, such as Qlik and Tableau

New Chelmsford housing estate has FTTP built in

Developers Countryside and L&Q deploy full fibre broadband services on their Beaulieu residential development in Chelmsford, Essex

Security researchers warn of server-attacking ransomware

New strain of ransomware said to be distributed by compromising servers and using them to move through networks to encrypt and hold multiple data sets to ransom

British-Swedish research team breaks spectrum efficiency record

Engineers at the University of Bristol and the University of Lund show how a multiple antenna system can offer a 12-fold increase in mobile spectrum efficiency

What is behind the slowdown in public-sector sales of ‘true cloud’ services via G-Cloud?

With sales of “true cloud” services via G-Cloud showing signs of slowing down, Computer Weekly asks the experts the reasons why

Wearable technology creates opportunities for retailers

Wearable technology allows taxis to offer commuters a ride when it is raining, and restaurants' to tailor their dishes to customers' weight-loss plans.

Security should be driven by business, says Corvid’s Andrew Nanson

Information security should be business-driven and investments assessed for their effectiveness and business value, according to Corvid CTO

EE still generating most broadband complaints, but volumes fall

The overall volume of complaints about broadband services dropped during the last three months of 2015, says Ofcom

Centrica deploys large scale Hortonworks cluster to boost business

Utility company Centrica is looking at how to grow the business by harvesting data lakes

Hackers to probe engine control units amid emissions scandal

ICCT hires computer whizz-kids to find out who else besides Volkswagen uses ‘defeat devices’ in cars

Google Fiber’s latest innovation is a landline

 Google Fiber may be the holy grail of Internet service for many, but many people still rely on landlines for everyday communication purposes or emergency use. In order to allow its subscribers to sever connections with the old local ISPs and telecoms completely, Google will soon offer home phone service for Fiber subscribers. Read More

What’s trending in the IoT space

 Our team has been active as investors in the Internet of Things and hardware space over the past two years. We’ve read pitches from hundreds of companies, met with dozens, read hundreds of research reports and spoken with various experts. We’ve invested in six IoT/hardware companies from our global seed fund and seven from our startup accelerator. With this accumulated knowledge,… Read More

Apple strikes a deal with MLB to put iPads in dugouts

 The MLB is taking a page from the NFL’s playbook and equipping teams with tablets to use during games for the 2016 season. But, instead of Microsoft Surface Tablets, the MLB has made a deal with Apple to provide all 30 MLB teams with iPad Pros to use. The iPads will give coaches the ability to get historical game statistics, pull up video from previous games, and even simulate… Read More

Parrot’s Henri Seydoux to talk about the future of drones at Disrupt NY

 Parrot has been a pioneer in the drone industry. The company started working on drones nearly ten years ago before it was cool. That’s why we’re glad to announce that Parrot founder and CEO Henri Seydoux will join us on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt New York on May 9-11, 2016. Read More

Watch the Microsoft Build 2016 keynote live right here

 Microsoft is holding its annual Build developer conference in San Francisco this week and the company is kicking off the event with its first of two major keynotes this morning. You can watch the live stream right here. The keynote is scheduled to start at 8:30am Pacific, 11:30am Eastern, and 17:30 Central European Time. Read More

Zerto adds file level recovery to Virtual Replication

Cross-hypervisor, storage-agnostic Zerto Virtual Replication version 4.5 allows customers to recover files to any point in time, such as prior to deletion, virus or corruption

The dawn of managed services in the Middle East

Managed services are on the up in the Middle East, with enterprises looking at ways to support critical infrastructures while they invest in new technologies

St Andrews University uses IoT to monitor seal populations

The Sea Mammal Research Unit at the University of St Andrews is connecting harbour seals to the internet of things to try to learn why their populations are declining

Sweden’s central bank puts brake on cash-free society

Sweden has been on a fast track to become the world’s first cashless society, but now its central bank is stamping on the brakes

Hunters: a rare but essential breed of enterprise cyber defenders

They wait, they watch, they search the outer reaches of networks and the darkest corners of the web, setting traps, crafting tools, collecting evidence and going in pursuit: they are the hunters

OSNexus unlocks Ceph object storage in QuantaStor v4

Software-defined storage maker OSNexus adds Ceph-based object storage to its QuantaStor product, adding it to block and file storage from ZFS, Gluster and Ceph

University of Reading deploys IPv6 on Malaysian campus

The University of Reading has recently built a campus in Malaysia, allowing a new network design deploying IPv6 from the outset

Why are telcos so readily adopting open standards for NFV?

Communications services providers are lining up to make their future virtualised networks as open as possible. What’s the attraction?

DNB to close 59 branches in Norway as online banking dominates

Norwegian bank DNB is closing branches and cutting jobs as more customers move to digital channels

Apple vows to raise security as FBI breaks into iPhone

Apple says it will help law enforcement with investigations, but will increase the security of its products after the FBI broke into an iPhone

Thailand to strengthen broadband backbone

Thailand's government is investing heavily in communications infrastructure to make the country’s broadband fit for the digital age

FBI investigating cyber attack on US hospital group Medstar

US hospital group Medstar Health appears to be the latest target of ransomware as it suspends IT system to halt malware infection

Fibre altnet B4RN may get code powers to build out network

Ofcom has started a consultation to give community-backed fibre-to-the-premises altnet B4RN new powers to roll out its network on a wider scale

Watch us unbox and poke around the Oculus Rift for the first time

 After years of build up and pre-release developer kits, the first deliveries of the consumer version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset started arriving this morning. Join us as we take our first steps into this crazy new future we’re in, won’t you? Read More

China’s Xiaomi unveils a $150 smartphone-controlled rice cooker

 China’s Xiaomi has launched the smart home product that many people have been waiting on: a smart rice cooker. Read More