All articles by Ryan Morrison

Ryan Morrison

Mini-budget delivers positive news and unanswered questions for tech sector

Chancellors growth plans show promise but lack detail, tech experts say following mini-budget announcement.

IR35 reforms scrapped in Kwasi Kwarteng’s low tax ‘mini-budget’

The Chancellor also revealed plans for new enterprise zones with low rates of tax and simplified planning rules.

Russian-speaking hacking group Shathak targeting healthcare and manufacturing

Businesses around the world are in the crosshairs of a gang that uses a wide variety of malware.

Companies back ‘open, private’ internet in face of Big Tech ‘surveillance capitalism’

The privacy pledge is designed to hold the signatories to put user privacy first and create an open internet.

AI adoption is ‘mission critical’ for tech leaders, but ‘internal rigidity’ is holding them back

While CIOs are sold on the benefits of automation, there is less enthusiasm in other business teams.

Adobe to buy online design tool Figma in $20bn ‘future of work’ deal

Integrating Figma’s browser and collaboration system could help speed up Adobe’s plans to move its own tools to the web.

Terra founder Do Kwon faces arrest warrant in South Korea

Scrutiny on the behaviour of the Terra founders could act as a “wake-up call” for the crypto sector.

Meta transfers control of its AI framework to the PyTorch Foundation

Many of tech’s big names will sit on the board of the new foundation, which will be responsible for the popular AI framework.

The security risks of the Ethereum merge

Ethereum began the slow switch to proof-of-stake in December 2020, a move set to be complete on Wednesday.

Iranian embassy in Albania raided as countries cut diplomatic ties over cyberattack

Iranian hackers have been blamed for a major attack on Albanian government infrastructure. Further sanctions could follow.