Articles by Dev Kundaliya
CAA authorises first beyond visual line of sight test flights for drones in UK
West Sussex-based start-up Sees.ai will conduct trials at three locations in the UK
Fin7 sysadmin gets 10-year sentence in US hacking case
The notorious cyber gang has targeted thousands of businesses including restaurants, retailers and gambling firms since emerging in 2014
UK orders national-security probe of Nvidia-Arm deal
It would be appropriate to 'properly consider the national security implications of a transaction like this', says Oliver Dowden
Priti Patel: Facebook encryption plan 'could harm' fight against child abuse
Facebook plans to extend its end-to-end ecryption to its Messenger and Instagram services
Google revises Disclosure Policy to help improve patch adoption
Google's Project Zero will not share technical details of the bug for 30 days if a vendor fixes the vulnerability within a 90-day deadline
Europeans affected by Facebook leak urged to join mass action lawsuit
Irish civil rights group Digital Rights Ireland says affected people could be awarded between €300 and €12,000
Facebook data leak incident: Irish regulator must step up to the plate, says French minister
If not, France will 'have to draw some conclusions about the European data protection framework'
US sanctions six tech firms for supporting Russian intelligence services
Named firms are Positive Technologies, ERA Technopolis, Neobit, Advanced System Technology (AST), Pasit and SVA
University of Hertfordshire cancels live online teaching following cyber attack
Hertfordshire the latest in a series of cyber attacks on educational institutions in the UK over the past few months
97 per cent of campaigners want second EGM to clear Nominet board
Nominet's board achieved a confidence rating of just 1.3 out of 10
EU set to ban AI use for 'indiscriminate surveillance'
The draft proposal would also ban algorithms that judge people's trustworthiness based on their social behaviour
Irish regulator opens GDPR inquiry into Facebook data leak
Facebook could face a financial penalty of up to 4 per cent of its $86 billion global revenue
Government urged to include 'right to disconnect' in UK Employment Bill
Support for the policy crosses party lines across Labour and Conservative voters
Google's 'Project Bernanke' benefitted the company's own ad-buying system
"If the free market were a baseball game, Google positioned itself as the pitcher, the batter and the umpire"
Apple and Google block NHS Covid-19 app update over privacy issues
Apple and Google's Exposure Notification API specifically disallows asking people to share their location data
Darktrace reveals plan to float in London at the end of the month
The IPO is likely to value the cyber security firm at £2.5-3 billion
Taiwan prioritises chips over food production, suspends irrigation across thousands of acres of farmland as drought continues
Chipmaking facility uses a lot of water, typically two to four million gallons each day
Clubhouse denies report of data leak affecting 1.3 million users
Social media company says that the data referred to is all public profile information that can be accessed via their app or API
IR35: MPs urge government to protect contract workers from the malpractices of umbrella companies
Urgent steps are needed to clean up UK's 'wild west' contracting labour supply chain after IR35, a new investigation says
Amazon leads by big margin in union vote at Alabama warehouse
The final result is expected to come on Friday
British software reseller files £270 million antitrust court action against Microsoft
ValueLicensing alleges that Microsoft pressurises customers not to sell unused Windows and Office licences, to the detriment of the secondhand market
Home Office is creating a 'super database' on people's race, health and biometrics, report
Data collected also includes people's names, location details, identification numbers and online identifiers
Facebook has no plans to notify 533 million users affected by data leak
The company says it is not confident that it has full visibility on which users will need to be informed
Nearly 500 million LinkedIn users' details posted for sale online
The hacker included 2 million records as proof that they have what they claim
Open Rights Group demands Home Office transparency on end-to-end encryption
The Home Office is allegedly considering measures to compel Facebook to break encryption on its messaging apps
Google research manager resigns amid fallout from fired AI researchers
Samy Bengio was a 'strong advocate' of both Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell
Apple says more than 110 of its global suppliers are moving to 100 per cent renewable energy
Once completed, these commitments should help avoid annual emissions of 15 million metric tons of carbon dioxide
Google's copying of Oracle API code did not violate federal copyright laws says US Supreme Court
Allowing enforcement of Oracle's copyright would risk harm to the public, the court rules
Facebook data on 533 million users dumped on hacking forum
The company says this is old data previously reported in 2019
Nominet glosses over call for management change
Despite losing half of the board in membership vote a week ago
Amazon takes chip production in-house
The move will enable the firm to avoid supply chain disruptions and improve its own infrastructure
USA to publish detailed analysis of SolarWinds hacking tools
The report details 18 pieces of malware used in the attack, including the Sunshuttle backdoor, China Copper webshell and covert Sibot tool
Arm announces new chip architecture with focus on security and AI
ARMv9 features Confidential Compute Architecture and 'Realms' to shield sensitive data and code from the OS and non-permitted apps
PayPal and Visa move to embrace cryptocurrency
Crypto 'becoming a legitimate funding source to make transactions in the real world at millions of merchants' says PayPal boss Dan Schulman
Government backs down over NHS deal with Palantir
Victory for openDemocracy as the government promises public consultation before expanding Palantir's contract
Ransomware attack on UK charity affects 37,000 students
The Harris Federation has disabled its email and telephone system as a result of the attack
SolarWinds hackers accessed Homeland Security emails
The intelligence value of hacking the DHS's emails is unknown, but the symbolism is clear
US threatens British tariffs in retaliation for digital taxes
Introduced last year, the UK tax specifically targets big tech firms - the majority of them American
Petlog accused of mishandling details of customers and pets
A database migration appears to have caused a data breach, with pet owners able to see other people's details and potentially register their pets as their own
Apple releases urgent security patch for zero‑day bug under active attack
The bug exists in Webkit, the browser engine which powers the Safari browser across all Apple devices
FatFace pays $2 million ransom to Conti gang
After collecting its ransom, the criminal group gave FatFace advice on how to protect its network in the future
Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs grilled by US Congress over spread of disinformation
All three executives have declined to take responsibility for spreading misinformation that resulted in the Capitol riots earlier this year
NHS approves 19 suppliers for £1bn of ICT hardware and services
Approved vendors can pitch for ICT hardware and services contracts under the Link 3 Framework to support the NHS and the wider public sector organisations
Facebook sued in France over hate speech
The lawsuit is based on the French consumer code, which protects consumers from deceptive commercial practices
Nationwide to let 13,000 office staff work from anywhere in UK
The building society is closing three offices in Swindon to cut spending on office space
Intel to make processors for other chipmakers based on their own designs
CEO Pat Gelsinger says the company will invest $20 billion (£14.6 billion) on two new 'fabs' in Arizona this year
University of Northampton 'severely impacted' by cyber attack
Latest in a series of attacks on educational establishments
Adam Selipsky named as new AWS CEO
Selipsky previously worked for AWS between 2005 and 2016, so can be considered a safe pair of hands