Twitter’s former head of security has accused the company of “extreme, egregious deficiencies” in its handling of user information and spam bots in a scathing whistleblower complaint. Peiter Zatko, a veteran hacker and security expert known as “Mudge”, says the company has deceived users, board members and the federal government about the strength of its security measures. Zatko was hired in 2020...
Meta’s Facebook has in principle agreed to settle a lawsuit in the San Francisco federal court seeking damages for letting third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, access the private data of users, a court filing showed. The financial terms were not disclosed in the filing on Friday that asked the judge to put the class-action suit on hold for 60 days until the lawyers for both plaintiffs...
Tech solutions specialist Razor has announced the opening of its new Leeds office, signalling a new phase of expansion. The Sheffield company is recruiting eight new employees as part of the move into the West Yorkshire city. The company said its new office allows it to continue putting people at the centre of its business, by connecting the team through working spaces close to employees and...
Everton are to create digital shirts for their supporters to wear in the Metaverse. The Premier League club have partnered with Fancurve to create the “digitally-wearable shirts” which will be “unique, photo-realistic custom collections”. Fancurve will develop a series of “high-end digital shirts as fashion wearables and enriched media content to enable a hyper-immersive online fan experience”...
Toyota management have refuted reports the car marker could quit Britain due to stringent new low carbon requirements following a report it was unhappy with the Government’s plans. The Sunday Telegraph suggested the Japanese car maker could end manufacturing in the UK if hybrid models are banned from 2030 as part of net zero plans. The paper reported the Government has set a 2030 phase-out date...
More than 1,200 applications have been received for the initial 200 apprenticeship spots at a new nuclear training academy opening this autumn. Rolls-Royce Submarines is opening the Nuclear Skills Academy to train up the next generation of engineers at Infinity Park, a new commercial and technology cluster going up on the southern outskirts of Derby. Rolls-Royce Submarines is planning to take on...
Software giant Sage has reported a third quarter rise in revenues driven by take up of its cloud-based products. The North Tyneside-based plc saw total organic revenue increase 6% to £1.4bn. Recurring revenue grew 9% to £1.33bn in the nine months to the end of June, thanks to 20% growth of Sage Business Cloud to £886m. In a trading update, Sage said its business in North America had seen...
North East tech company Kromek has seen sales jump 16% to £12.1m on the back of growing traction in the nuclear detection market. The Durham University spin-out supplies radiation detection products to customers around the world in the medical, security and industrial sectors, and said growing revenues came from existing contracts and development programmes, as well as increased commercial...
Property technology could be a “game changer” for the West Midland economy if the region’s public and private sectors work together to help it grow- that’s the message from a new PropTech report launched during the Commonwealth Games. Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) today released a report into the future of PropTech in the region, including a blueprint on...
Communications tech firm Filtronic says it expects the national 5G roll out to deliver a further rise in sales next year, as it posted a 9.6% rise in revenues in full year results. The electronic component manufacturer, which has bases at NETPark in Sedgefield, County Durham, Yeadon in Leeds and Maryland, US, designs and makes products for the aerospace, defence, telecoms infrastructure and...