Big Data and Analytics
UK publishes framework for talks on post-Brexit EU-UK data flows
Trade in 'data enabled services' between the UK and EU is valued at more than £120 billion
Prime Minister calls for 'digital Dunkirk' in fight against coronavirus
Boris Johnson called on 30 UK tech firms to volunteer their resources to help UK response to COVID-19
How Superdry offers a smarter fit with Looker
Computing talks to Superdry’s business intelligence manager Brad Woodward about its BI-led fight-back against online rivals and budget stores
Government calls in technology companies to help fight coronavirus
Technology leaders will be asked to pledge their “data, assets and expertise” to combat the outbreak of COVID-19
Deepfakes and the detection challenge
The issue of deepfakes, as depicted in the BBC TV drama The Capture, is only going to get worse, warn Kemp Little's Joanna Conway and Oriana Williams
Tesla in fatal 2018 crash didn't even brake, finds official report
Tesla telemetry indicates the Model X didn’t even see the concrete barrier it accelerated into, killing driver Walter Huang
Peter Cochrane: Fake news, ignorance, and technology wars
State-backed cyber warfare is intended to sow confusion and disillusion people across the democratic world, writes Professor Peter Cochrane
EU unveils 'human centric' artificial intelligence data strategy
New strategy intended to both fuel the development of AI and data-driven business across the EU, as well as to regulate it
Steve Capper moves from BAM to become Group CIO at SNC-Lavalin
Capper to take charge of data-driven digital transformation at global engineering firm SNC-Lavalin
Google's $2.6bn deal for Looker Data Science approved by CMA
Google's proposed acquisition has been investigated, and approved, by three national competition authorities
Public sector lacks transparency in the use of AI, warns official report
Implementations of AI in the public sector risk undermining the Nolan Principles, warns Lord Evans, chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life
Trainline's machine learning could save travellers £340 million this year
The SplitSave feature uses machine learning, with Trainline's massive data repositories, to efficiently calculate the best way to save customers money
Metropolitan Police to roll-out live facial recognition across London
Met plans to use live facial recognition at 'specific location' in London to 'help protect the vulnerable'
Data Ops: What it is, and why you should care
Data Ops brings together principles of Agile, DevOps and Lean Manufacturing, but it isn't right for every situation, argues James Lupton, CTO of Cynozure
Google CEO Sundar Pichai calls for 'proportionate' regulation of artificial intelligence
There is no question in my mind that artificial intelligence needs to be regulated - Sundar Pichai
Downing Street to hire data scientists, project managers - and (even more) weirdos
Prime Minister's chief special advisor calls for flood of new talent as rumours of major Civil Service reforms circulate