Regulation

British Government urged to make ethnicity pay gap statistics mandatory This article is sponsored by:

MPs on the Women and Equalities Committee said that the government had ‘no excuse’ for not mandating large companies to collect ethnicity pay gap data.

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Quantum security - how one CIA agent spied opportunity in the new atomic age This article is sponsored by:

A former CIA officer sees big potential in quantum computing – and in making the US government tackle the threat from China.

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British Government seeks to tighten up Online Safety Bill after facing criticism This article is sponsored by:

The government was facing backlash from MPs over its Online Safety Bill, with criticism that it wasn’t robust enough to protect users against a range of abuse and harms.

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Monday Morning Moan - Meta might take its ball home if Europe's regulators don't make the 'right' decisions This article is sponsored by:

Not playing anymore! Meta's 'regulate us' stance is somewhat conditional...

Software safety has been compromised by academics, claims report This article is sponsored by:

diginomica shares a controversial paper on software reliability, and speaks to one of its authors. Are you sitting comfortably? Not for long…

New kids on the blockchain - or more of the same old? This article is sponsored by:

techUK's blockchain event throws up some interesting questions that weren't necessarily answered...

British MPs urge government to fine social media companies failing to tackle online abuse This article is sponsored by:

MPs on the Petitions Committee also want to see social media companies give users the option to block interactions with unverified users.

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Brexit Freedoms Bill - Britain continues to look in rear-view mirror This article is sponsored by:

Debating Brexit is futile now that the exit from the EU has happened. But if the UK wants to be at the ‘leading edge of science and technology’ it needs to put forward some actual ideas on how to make that happen.

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Data Privacy Day - how Lifebit unlocks world health data while keeping it secure This article is sponsored by:

Lifebit is an innovative start-up at the tipping point between privacy and data exploitation.

UK’s Online Safety Bill - not robust enough to to tackle illegal content, nor does it protect freedom of expression This article is sponsored by:

MPs on the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee issue a double blow to the government’s landmark Online Safety Bill.

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Enterprise hits and misses (the bite-sized version) - Microsoft’s metaverse malarky and retail in absentia This article is sponsored by:

Microsoft's on a land grab in the metaverse while retail action continued, some at the NRF Big Show, some not.

Monday Morning Moan - Sir Tim Berners-Lee wants a Solid bond in your heart This article is sponsored by:

SirTimBL - the inventor of the World Wide Web - talks up his big idea to give users control over their own data. Can it work?

Game on! Microsoft's near $70 billion gambit on the metaverse This article is sponsored by:

Microsoft is digging deep into its pockets to stake a landgrab on the metaverse.