TECH TALK: Cryptocurrencies are on the rise, but regulation is creeping up the agenda, says BILL MAGEE Facebook may have grabbed the recent online headlines, following its worldwide outages, but another incident in the virtual world has gone almost unnoticed despite sending cryptocurrency devotees into a cyberspin. All because of a dodgy text. Ever since […]
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Why your IT system needs a security reboot
TECH TALK: It’s time to question traditional ways of working to curb threats, says BILL MAGEE Insider risk continues to pose the greatest threat to the online security of organisations, a data breach survey reveals. Hitting key sectors such as financial services, legal and healthcare, you might think nothing unusual there and ,of course, you’d […]
GDPR meddling could put a block on trade
TECH TALK: Amending EU privacy rules could pose big problems for UK businesses, says BILL MAGEE It’s two months short of two years since I penned my first “Tech Talk” for Daily Business. All about a Brexit-Britain and Europe wrangling over what amounts to the safe handling of often private and highly-sensitive personal and commercial […]
Time to redeem the drone’s reputation
TECH TALK: Amazon may have stumbled, but drone technology is expanding, says BILL MAGEE Amazon’s products may be flying off the shelves at its Dunfermline “fulfilment centre” – as it labels the warehouse – and practically everywhere else on the planet, but arguably the most world’s most successful company has birled its much-touted drone delivery […]
More monitoring of our lives is on the cards
TECH TALK: The UK government is again looking at introducing identity cards, writes BILL MAGEE Identity cards are like Marmite, donor kebabs and Donald Trump. You either love ’em or hate ’em. But one thing is clear: Brits are just not wired up towards sharing their personal information willy-nilly. As an island we appear strongly resistant to their […]