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Technology News

Open Access Government’s technology category has plenty of very recent and updated information on all the key topics on this ever-expanding market. 

Within this section, you can find articles on topics such as cybercrime, data protection and online harms. And we also touch upon the relevant topics such as social media and its potential danger and its ongoing need for regulation. The protection of personal data in the modern age is a topic is something we touch upon often in the contexts of revenge porn and other forms. Topics such as Cybersecurity in relation to business and the domination of ‘The Cloud’ are very popular.

We all cover a wide range of information concerning the emerging potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and the many developments and ethical arguments within this topic. we have experts giving their opinion on the future of AI and how it will move forward. We also look at AI and its involvement in healthcare.

We also cover the Internet of Things (IoT) along with the use of data and GDPR related issues.

new normal

The new normal: You have already begun your digital transformation journey

Gaurav Malhotra, Chief Technology Officer at MSC Digital, discusses the logical next steps to continue your digital journey to ensure agility, engagement, and productivity for whatever the post COVID-19 “new normal” turns out to be.
sustainable alternative fuels, the NEWjet project

The NewJET project: Additional benefits of Sustainable Alternative Fuels for aviation

Dr Simon Blakey talks us through The NewJET project pioneered by the University of Birmingham, which is creating Sustainable Alternative Fuels for aviation.
child internet safety

What will COVID-19 mean for child internet safety?

Ian Stevenson CEO at Cyan Forensics discusses what COVID-19 will mean for child internet safety.
online victimisation

Reduce child online victimisation: What effective prevention programs have in common

Teaching children to foster safe and healthy relationships in social media environments is explored here by Marsali Hancock from the EP3 Foundation.
public service information

Delivering critical public service information using tech during crisis

Richard Stephenson, CEO of YUDU, discusses why we can only successfully deliver critical public service information using the power of technology.
sexual exploitation

Cybersecurity and child sexual exploitation

Defence and Security Experts Nick Newman and Chris Cole of global innovation and transformation consultancy PA Consulting, discuss how online safety has taken a hit amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and how to work together to end the sexual exploitation of children online.
COVID-19 test kits

A compliance verification package for end-to-end delivery of COVID-19 test kits

Genevieve Leveille, CEO of UK firm 08 Group and Co-Chair of the TechUK DLT Working Group, collaborates with digital health tech companies to deliver verified-safe China-sourced Covid-19 test kits at scale.
sexual health provision

Technology: Creating a digital front door for sexual health provision during COVID-19

Susan Bunn, Inform Health, discusses how technology can enable access to sexual health provision during COVID-19 and beyond.
protecting children, digital

Rising to the challenge of protecting children in a digital world

In this in-depth analysis, PRIVO highlights the real solutions for protecting children online.
digital transformation, PFU

Digital transformation: Getting your organisation digital-ready

Robyn Boyd on behalf of PFU (EMEA) Limited – a Fujitsu company discusses how organisational intelligence will help businesses achieve digital transformation fit for today’s digital age.
digital immunity certifcates, contact tracing

Digital immunity certificates: The use of tech to transition out of lockdown

Edgar A Whitley, Professor at LSE, co-chair of PCAG and consultant on Ada Lovelace review, highlights the problems with digital immunity certificates and contact tracing apps.
life and work, BCS

How technology changes who you are when your life and work exist predominantly online

Dr Bill Mitchell OBE, Director of Policy at the British Computer Society (BCS), highlights how technology changes you, when both your life and work exist mainly through the internet.
maximising technology, digital content management

Moving forward: Maximising technology from a usability and accessibility perspective

Senior Accessibility Analyst at Digital Analyst Centre Mike Taylor discusses maximising technology to be both usable and accessible, and how to make it work for everyone.
user-centred

Designing public services in a user-centred way in a time of crisis

In order to make transformation more effective and beneficial in the long term, user-centred design must come into play, says Sam Menter, Co-founder and Managing Director of Mace & Menter.

Cyber Security Services Framework: Managing cyber risk in the NHS

The Cyber Security Services Framework has been developed by NHS Shared Business Services to help protect the NHS and other public sector organisations to mitigate cyber threats.
RM3808

RM3808: Choosing the best procurement process for your business

Ian Wilcox, Health Sector Business Development Director, MLL Telecom, discusses the challenges that RM3808 is helping to overcome and what organisations should look at when choosing a new network service and provider.
online data

What happens to our online data when we die?

Here, Dr Elaine Kasket, psychologist, speaker, and writer, explores our digital afterlives and what happens to our online data when we die.
digital innovation

Digital Innovation: It’s what keeps the world going ‘round

Here, Alun Foster, Head of Plans and Dissemination at ECSEL JU, highlights the key role that Digital Innovation plays in society, now more than ever during the world’s environmental and pandemic crises.
developing world, IoT

IoT can make a difference in the developing world

Christine Sund, Senior Advisor, ITU Regional Office for Africa at International Telecommunication Union argues that the Internet of Things can make a difference in the developing world.
internet as a utility

COVID-19 recasts internet as a utility for every home

Jorg Welters, Partner at Reply, explores how the telecommunications sector has grown amid the COVID-19 crisis after broadband is perceived to be essential to surviving lockdown.

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