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Yandex might leave London and Paris
Published in News
Friday, 01 April 2022 12:06

Yandex might leave London and Paris


Streets are not paved with gold any more

Cash strapped Russian internet giant Yandex is gradually winding down the Paris operations of its e-grocery service Yango Deli and might have to exit from London.

Half of London Councils don’t have cyber insurance
Published in News


Five per cent “plead the fifth”

A Freedom of Information (FoI) request by ProLion has revealed that 17 (52 percent) of London’s borough councils do not have a cyber insurance policy in place to provide support in the event they suffer a cyber attack on their IT systems.

Google expands in London
Published in News
Friday, 14 January 2022 13:42

Google expands in London


Wants to hire 10,000 people

Google is seriously expanding its presence in London, snapping up the Central Saint Giles development next to Tottenham Court Road station for $1 billion as part of a plan to expand its UK workforce to 10,000 people.

Brexit is slowing London’s tech sector
Published in News
Tuesday, 11 June 2019 12:37

Brexit is slowing London’s tech sector


Distraction warns London Mayor

London’s booming technology sector could be making even faster progress if the gridlock over Brexit wasn’t depriving thousands of start-ups and big tech companies of the certainty they need over policy, according to London mayor Sadiq Khan.

London coppers ready to intro inaccurate facial recognition system
Published in AI


What could possibly go wrong?

Millions of people face the prospect of being scanned by police facial recognition technology that has sparked human rights concerns and has been found to be "staggeringly inaccurate".

OnePlus readies the OnePlus 6 London event
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 25 April 2018 14:29

OnePlus readies the OnePlus 6 London event


Launching on May 16th in London

OnePlus has sent  invitations for the OnePlus 6 launch event, that will be held in London on May 16th.

BT starts giving calls for free
Published in News
Wednesday, 26 October 2016 13:03

BT starts giving calls for free


New generation phone boxes in London

British Telecom has announced that it will soon begin providing Londoners with free public Wi-Fi, free phone calls and free charging in a range of hotspots.

London’s coppers stuck in Windows XP time warp
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27,000 PCs still run the ancient software

More than 27,000 PCs in use by London’s Metropolitan Police are running Windows XP despite an IT modernisation programme and fears that it makes them vulnerable to hackers.



Mind the gap

Thursday, 30 October 2014 14:19

Police turn to software fortune telling

y handcuffs

We will arrest you on the basis of our software