Following successful pilots in Salisbury and Mildenhall in 2022 and beginning the first official parts of its action plan starting with the East Midlands in July, Yorkshire and the Humber in August, and Northern Ireland in September, UK telco BT has now revealed the next phase in its plans to evolve its national…

Sony alleged victim of new extortion gang
An emergent cyber extortion operation going by the name Ransomed.vc claims to have compromised the systems of Japanese electronics and entertainment giant Sony. The incident is currently neither confirmed nor denied by Sony, although Computer Weekly understands the organisation is aware of the claims. In a poorly worded threat, a…

Donald Trump and his company “repeatedly” violated fraud law, New York judge rules
Donald Trump and his company “repeatedly” violated state fraud law, a New York judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling came in response to a request by New York Attorney General Letitia James seeking judgment on one of the claims in her $250 million civil lawsuit, which is scheduled to go to…

Northern Ireland to open largest 5G testbed set for smart manufacturing
Led by advanced digital technology firm Digital Catapult, Smart Nano NI has announced the creation of a local technology consortium to further the development of smart manufacturing in Northern Ireland with what is being called the largest 5G testbed in the country, marking a significant step in its five-year plan…

Fall COVID-19 surge: The best COVID masks for travel
Getty Images Protect yourself against COVID-19 during fall travel. The CDC recommends everyone get the new COVID vaccine booster for fall 2023. Whatever you choose to do, your safest bet during travel is to wear an N95 mask, in combination with being vaccinated and boosted. These masks are designed to filter…

Ericsson, Telefónica ink memorandum of understanding for Open RAN cloud evolution
Ericsson and Telefónica have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to accelerate the adoption of an increasingly open network built on Ericsson’s cloud radio access network (RAN) architecture. Ericsson Cloud RAN is based on an open, standardised architecture for worldwide connectivity, and is fully compatible with the deployed Ericsson Radio…

UK government quietly disbands data ethics advisory board
The UK government has disbanded the independent advisory board of its Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) without a public announcement amid a wider push to position the UK as a global leader in AI governance. Launched in June 2018 to drive a collaborative, multi-stakeholder approach to the governance…

U.S. Coast Guard captures video of critically endangered whales off Louisiana
Officers with the United States Coast Guard captured video footage over the weekend of one of the most endangered whales on the planet, after encountering three of the creatures off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. The footage shows three Rice’s whales, enormous members of the baleen whale…

Cover-ups still the norm in the wake of a cyber incident
Despite broad hints from the likes of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) that openness and transparency is the right choice in the wake of a cyber attack, and that cooperation may lessen the severity of regulatory penalties, victims are still paralysed with fear…

Biden to head to Michigan to stand with UAW workers on picket line
President Biden travels to Michigan Tuesday to join United Auto Workers union members on the picket line, with the strike now in its second week. It’s an unusual move for a sitting president to make such a visible intervention for striking workers. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insists they’re…