The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has unveiled a new consultation aimed at implementing the National Cyber Security Strategy as a means of developing the cyber security profession in the UK. The ever-growing threat of cyber crime has focussed the Government’s attention of the woeful unpreparedness of the UK…

The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse after the inquiry sent a bulk email that identified victims. The inquiry was formed in the wake of the Jimmy Saville scandal to help investigate the extent of institutional child sexual abuse. The historic abuse inquiry was…

If in Windows, you want to stop your Recycle Bin from taking up storage on your drive, or stop anyone from recovering your erased data, there is a fast and easy way to bypass your Recycle Bin and go straight to permanent delete with unwanted files/folders. Here’s how: (more…)

A recent KPMG reports claims that whereas business spending on artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning(ML) and robotic process automation (RPA) technologies is $12.4bn this year, it will increase to $232bn in 2025. (more…)

A new report by Code42 that surveying 1,634 senior company employees in the UK, US and Germany, has found that most CEOs take what they regard to be their Intellectual property (IP) with them when they leave a company. (more…)

The UK government has announced that, in a move to reinforce digital safety for everyone across the country, it will be expanding the scope of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) to cover the adult population too. (more…)

UK MPs in the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMSC) have been investigating the challenges and a potential threat to democracy posed by ‘fake news’ crowding out real news, and have published their findings in a “Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Interim Report”. (more…)

Dixons Carphone has announced that, after a review following a hack of its customers’ data, 10 million customers rather than the original estimate of 1.2 million have actually been affected. (more…)

If you have multiple File Explorer windows on your screen, the clutter and confusion can get in the way of the task at hand. Here’s the fast and easy way to re-arrange them: - Right-click the taskbar. - Choose Show windows stacked or Show windows side by side. - That's…

The new ‘Site Isolation’ security feature for Google’s Chrome browser has been switched on, and could protect users from log-in credentials theft. (more…)