US tech giant Palantir Technologies has been awarded a £330m contract to design a new data platform for the NHS, providing services such as facilitating combined work between health organisations. Several companies including Accenture and PwC will support Palantir to develop the NHS Federated Data Platform. Controversy surrounds this decision due to previous issues with Palantir and questions surrounding procurement transparency.
Google Fixes Two Chrome Zero-Days Exploited in the Wild Affecting Skia and V8
Google on Thursday released security updates for its Chrome web browser to address two high-severity vulnerabilities that it said have been exploited in the wild.
