New Delhi: India is preparing to roll out global tendering features on the government’s digital commerce portal that will allow British firms as well as all other global firms to bid for government tenders, a senior official said. The move on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal follows the successful conclusion of negotiations for the India-UK…
(Bloomberg) — The UK government will force employers in the care sector to hire migrant workers already in Britain before they can recruit from abroad, in its latest attempt to bring down the huge number of people arriving in the country through legal routes. New rules announced on Wednesday mean employers in the social care…
Apple’s tensions with the UK over encryption finally reached breaking point last week. Rather than submit to the government’s demand for a backdoor to customer data, the iPhone maker instead killed end-to-end encryption for all British customers of iCloud. It’s a principled gamble that seems to rely on public outrage, but Apple may discover that…
Britain has demanded that Apple provide extensive access to encrypted user data stored on its cloud platform, marking an unprecedented move in major democracies, according to a report byThe Washington Post. Reportedly, the order, issued under a “technical capability notice” last month, is said to go beyond standard requests for assistance with accessing specific accounts….
