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By Steve McCaskill The European Commission (EC) has launched an in-depth investigation into Hutchison’s proposed £10.25 billion takeover of O2 to look at concerns about whether concerns the deal might negatively impact the U.K. mobile market. Hutchison applied for EU approval last month, but the Commission is concerned that the combination of O2 and Three—the […]

By Steve McCaskill The government-funded rollout of superfast broadband in Scotland is to connect a further 20,000 homes in 40 rural and remote communities as the latest phase of the public-private Digital Scotland initiative. The £410m partnership, funded by Broadband Delivery (BDUK), the Scottish Government, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and BT, compromises two […]

By Steve McCaskill RBS will make Facebook At Work available to all of its 100,000 staff so they can work together on projects and communicate more rapidly. The enterprise version of the social network has been in a closed beta since January and in development for nearly 18 months. RBS has been testing the platform […]

By Ben Sullivan A new visa scheme aimed at luring startups to Israel has been introduced by the Israeli Ministry of Economy. The program will allow entrepreneurs and investors to work on technology startups in the country for up to two years. Dubbed “Innovation Visas for Foreign Entrepreneurs,” the program will grant two-year visas to […]

By Matthew Broersma Companies continuing to transfer EU individuals’ personal data to the United States under Safe Harbor rules will face legal action beginning at the end of January 2016. This is unless a new agreement is reached between the European Union and the United States by that time, European data protection regulators have said. […]

By Duncan Macrae Most United Kingdom workers are clueless when it comes to cyber-security, according to the results of a cyber-IQ test created by Internet security firm ESET. Study participants were asked a range of basic to intermediate questions around cyber-crime and security awareness, but most of them were answered incorrectly. Vishing For example, when […]

Jaguar Land Rover has announced an £11 million research program aiming to solve some of the technical issues surrounding the introduction of driverless automobiles. The initiative is jointly funded by the car maker and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the British government’s main funding agency for engineering and physical sciences research. The […]

By Michael Moore Connected and self-driven cars are often seen as the future of transportation, but even today the worlds of motoring and technology are inching closer then ever before, with vehicles becoming smarter and more connected. Audi has long been at the forefront of automotive technological development, and has packed its new A4 with […]

By Tom Jowitt Cyber-crime continues to vex British businesses after a new report revealed that the nation’s firms are paying a higher price for protection and also having to endure a longer post-attack recovery period. These are some of the findings of Hewlett-Packard’s annual Cost of Cyber Crime Study, which said that the cost of […]

By Michael Moore London’s status as one of the world’s major technology hubs has been highlighted by new findings that show it netted a huge amount of investment this year. Data from London & Partners has said that London’s technology firms have so far received £1bn in funding, including £320m in venture capital investment in […]