No silver bullets and ‘bumps in the road’ likely but UK contact-tracing app development gathers pace

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ISSUE DATE: 5 May 2020 TOP STORIES No silver bullets and ‘bumps in the road’ likely but UK contact-tracing app development gathers pace UK scientific experts address doubts on contact-tracing app’s effectiveness, particular regarding data privacy, but admit that its nature may have to evolve as the roll-out scales up. READ MORE → NHSX contact-tracing app needs legislative oversight Legal experts have told Parliament’s Human Rights Committee that legislation is desirable to ensure public trust in the data security of the Covid-19 coronavirus contact-tracing app. READ MORE → Xen Orchestra latest victim of Salt cryptojackers More victims of cyber criminals exploiting two critical Salt vulnerabilities are coming forward. READ MORE → ADVERTISEMENT

IN DEPTH Assange extradition hearing to take place in September following coronavirus lockdown An extradition hearing against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been delayed by four months, after defence and prosecution lawyers said the Covid-19 lockdown would make it impractical to hold a fair hearing in May. READ MORE → StorageOS v2 puts ‘mini brains’ in Kubernetes storage volumes StorageOS persistent software-defined storage for Kubernetes distributes control plane decisions to volumes in a cluster and takes away the impact on centralised scheduler. READ MORE → Blogging platform Ghost hacked through Salt vulnerability Publishing service’s network was taken over by illicit cryptominers after failing to patch a critical vulnerability. READ MORE → Digital Realty doubles down on sustainability with pledge to cut carbon emissions by 2030 Colocation giant Digital Realty is embarking on a 10-year, business-wide carbon emissions reduction quest, led by climate science. READ MORE →

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