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04 Sep 2026
Defenders call out OpenAI defense pledge, Astra release timing
OpenAI pledged $1B to cyber defenders the same day it released Astra -- its most powerful offensive model yet. Some experts warn that defense is getting left behind.
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04 Sep 2026
The human in the loop is falling asleep
AI agents can overwhelm human reviewers, creating new security risks. CIOs must rethink how they oversee AI agents and decide when humans should step in.
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03 Sep 2026
Genesys banks on AI customer service agents -- and their orchestration
The agentic SaaS playbook is emerging: Throw open your platform to agents of all stripes, and provide a harness or orchestration layer to manage it all.
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08 Sep 2026
Government to force tech companies to verify age of users to protect children
Phone and tablet users will be required to verify their ages with credit card or official ID under government plans to prevent under-18s viewing nude images.
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08 Sep 2026
UK government proposes AI first responders for cyber attacks
The UK government will use money set aside for defensive investments to build an agentic cyber incident response capability, ministers say.
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08 Sep 2026
Less than 1% of FDA-cleared AI devices tested for clinical benefits
A recent study revealed that only three of 1,300+ FDA-cleared AI medical devices were evaluated for patient outcomes, exposing gaps in clinical evidence requirements.
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08 Sep 2026
UK committed datacentre pipeline grows to more than 14GW
Barbour ABI data show UK’s datacentre pipeline has grown to 173 projects and more than 14GW of capacity, driven by AI demand and large sites in Scotland and the North East
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08 Sep 2026
GSMA urges policymakers to unlock 6GHz spectrum for mobile
Mobile ecosystem trade association makes case to comms policymakers for freeing up key spectrum band for its members’ use as upper 6GHz emerges as critical capacity band for future networks
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08 Sep 2026
Seasonal work risks Medicaid work requirement compliance
One in five adults at risk of noncompliance with Medicaid work requirements already work, with their hours just missing the 20-hour requirement set out by CMS.
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08 Sep 2026
TSB CIO leaves bank as Santander merger progresses
UK bank TSB has let its IT boss go as part of its integration with Spanish banking giant Santander
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08 Sep 2026
Emerge Digital and GCX Managed Services bolster management teams
Managed service specialists look to drive growth and increase support with the arrival of a raft of fresh executives
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08 Sep 2026
Government rejects Computer Misuse Act amendment to protect cyber professionals
The government has rejected an amendment to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill intended to protect cyber security professionals, but says reforms are a priority
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08 Sep 2026
Government rejects Computer Misuse Act amendment to protect cyber professionals
The government has rejected an amendment to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill intended to protect cyber security professionals, but says reforms are a priority
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08 Sep 2026
Virgin Media O2 launches £3m tech reuse fund
UK comms operator announces technology fund after research reveals that while 1.5 million people across the UK remain digitally excluded, around 460 million devices are sitting unused
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08 Sep 2026
Government has seen enough of Capita failure and Civil Service Pension Scheme to be moved in-house
Members of the troubled outsourced scheme are still waiting for pensions nine months after Capita took over its management
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08 Sep 2026
Power costs curb UK advanced tech defence strategy
High energy costs and inability to manufacture hardware and frontier models limit the UK’s advanced tech defence and security capabilities
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08 Sep 2026
Computacenter delivers record-breaking H1
Channel player experiences growth across its offerings, as well as geographically in the first half
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08 Sep 2026
Daimler Truck expands AI infrastructure to support manufacturing
Business and technology services company installs tech designed to handle the practical side of keeping manufacturing infrastructure current for global truck firm
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08 Sep 2026
Freshwave, O2 enhance Canterbury connectivity with mobile small cells
Neutral host communications provider works with south of England authority to deploy 4G/5G outdoor small cells on behalf of UK mobile operator in busy areas of cathedral city
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08 Sep 2026
Interview: Gill Haus, CIO, Chase
Even when leading 12,000 IT professionals to support 87 million consumers and 7.5 million small businesses, the tech chief at JPMorgan's consumer banking arm says being a CIO is still fun
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08 Sep 2026
Interview: Huawei targets Saudi Arabia’s shift from AI experimentation to enterprise-scale adoption
As enterprises move beyond artificial intelligence pilots, Huawei is positioning its cloud, computing and partner ecosystem to help organisations build scalable AI platforms while maintaining control over data, models and infrastructure
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08 Sep 2026
UK bolsters space communications strategy
National satellite communications system strategy to bring together national plans for growth, re-industrialisation, defence and national security
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08 Sep 2026
O2 claims UK mobile first with satellite connectivity for business
Service said to make operator the first UK business mobile network provider to offer direct-to-device satellite connectivity with access to messaging, maps, location sharing and supported apps
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08 Sep 2026
Nokia opens Riyadh R&D centre to advance AI-powered network automation and support Saudi Vision 2030
Facility will develop AI-driven network automation software, strengthen local digital skills and contribute Made in Saudi innovations for global telecoms markets
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08 Sep 2026
Lendi Group taps agent swarm to reshape mortgage broking
The Australian mortgage group has built its own orchestration platform to run the specialised agents that now guide customers through the early stages of a loan application
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08 Sep 2026
Citi pulls data out of regional silos to pave the way for AI
The bank’s wealth arm has spent 18 months moving client and market data off five regional datacentres and onto one cloud platform, cutting reporting times from weeks to days
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07 Sep 2026
Activist takes data protection watchdog to court after Europol ‘unlawfully’ processed personal data
Europe’s data protection supervisor (EDPS) faces court action over claims it failed to properly investigate Europol for ‘unlawfully’ processing the data of a human rights activist
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07 Sep 2026
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Personnel moves in the past week at Lenovo, Gigamon, Optiv, Unit4 and KnowBe4
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07 Sep 2026
InTEC sells off commercial business to Tela
InTEC’s move is designed to help the business increase focus in a couple of chosen areas
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07 Sep 2026
UK gov selects Open Cosmos as sovereign comms framework provider
Oxfordshire space company approved to provide deployable comms to the UK government’s Tactical Communications framework, mapped to series of upcoming contracts over the next eight years
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07 Sep 2026
Orange acquires Dome tech to boost private 5G core offer
Telco swoops for tech developed by Obvios to strengthen sovereign connectivity offering for defence, public safety and critical infrastructure organisations
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07 Sep 2026
Advania welcomes fresh UK CEO
After a search that has lasted almost seven months, the channel player has settled on its preferred candidate to run the UK business
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07 Sep 2026
HP grows Saudi presence through AI, manufacturing and skills investment
With AI research, commercial manufacturing and startup development initiatives, HP is turning its Vision 2030 commitment into tangible outcomes across the Kingdom
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07 Sep 2026
Interview: The tech stack helping ‘q-commerce’ scale at Tesco
Computer Weekly gets the lowdown on the tech stack supporting one of Tesco’s fastest-growing business areas from the man overseeing digital customer experience for grocery home shopping at the UK’s largest retailer
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04 Sep 2026
Digital twins bill to be debated in Parliament
A Ten-Minute Rule Bill curbing the creation of digital twins of individual people is to be debated in Parliament
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04 Sep 2026
US senator Bernie Sanders calls for ban on AI superintelligence
Two bills aimed at curbing the possibility of superintelligent AI systems, and regulating the use of agentic AI, are being introduced in the US
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04 Sep 2026
OpenEvidence launches 4 medical AI models
One of the company's latest models, Darwin, outperformed some of its top competitors by receiving a perfect score on the MedQA benchmark.
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04 Sep 2026
Humans have edge over AI in Dutch hacking contest
As machines become crucial for cyber security, humans wonder where they stand
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04 Sep 2026
Data dive: Mapping NHS hyperscaler dependence
Mapping NHS DNS data reveals a heavy reliance on US hyperscalers, with Microsoft 365 routing email and infrastructure for the vast majority of trusts in a tangled web of connections
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04 Sep 2026
Peer demands action on DWP subpostmaster prosecutions in duty of candour debate
Post Office scandal featured heavily as the House of Lords debated duty of candour Bill
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04 Sep 2026
Billion-dollar AWS financial services investment builds on a decade of work
The US tech giant committed to the financial services sector a decade ago, which has seen its offering develop alongside the industry
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04 Sep 2026
CIO interview: Frédéric Laurent, deputy CIO, Starling Bank
We speak to Starling Bank’s deputy CIO, Frédéric Laurent, about how he uses artificial intelligence for coding personally and in his day job
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04 Sep 2026
Keysight, CfAA accelerate software-defined vehicle AI safety assurance
Research initiative aims to close gap between AI safety research and practical engineering to reduce risk and enable faster, safer deployment of AI-enabled automotive systems
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04 Sep 2026
Nvidia acquires Hugging Face and becomes open platform provider
AI acceleration hardware provider Nvidia announces the acquisition of the open model platform Hugging Face
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03 Sep 2026
New York City to ban children’s use of GenAI tools in school
New York mayor Zohran Mamdani has moved to restrict children’s use of AI tools in the city’s public school system
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03 Sep 2026
Medical groups continue to diverge from CDC on fall vaccine schedule
AAFP, AAP and peer groups' vaccine recommendations remain consistent with previous years, but they now diverge from the CDC's advisories calling for shared decision-making before annual COVID vaccination.
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03 Sep 2026
Financial firms face ‘vulnerability bottlenecks’ from frontier AI
The Financial Conduct Authority warns that frontier AI models are finding security vulnerabilities faster than firms can patch them
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03 Sep 2026
Interview: Oracle accelerates Middle East cloud expansion as demand for sovereign AI rises
The company is expanding its regional cloud footprint, growing sovereign cloud deployments and investing in AI skills development as governments and enterprises seek control over data, compliance and artificial intelligence
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03 Sep 2026
VodafoneThree claims UK connectivity ‘reshape’ with SuperMobile
UK operator claims to set mobile benchmark around quality and performance with enhanced standalone 5G network
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03 Sep 2026
Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison called to testify over US health system overspend
The executive chair of Oracle and its CEO will be asked to justify why a project budgeted at $10bn is costing taxpayers $17bn more
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03 Sep 2026
Study: Emergency care costs fall up to 52% after No Surprises Act
A new analysis from HaloMD provides evidence that the No Surprises Act is working to cut costs, with data indicating about $1B in savings from out-of-network emergency care.
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03 Sep 2026
Tenex.AI looks to widen channel reach with Infinigate
Security player signs distributor to cover UK and Ireland as it continues to build its presence across the wider EMEA market
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03 Sep 2026
CDW expands AI expertise
Distributor acquires more data and analytics expertise, while Genesys shares a momentum update on the positive impact of demand for AI tools
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03 Sep 2026
Digital Catapult to deliver UK’s Assured 5G Technical Authority programme
UK deep tech innovation organisation appointed tech leader in next stage next stage of innovation programme set to develop and deploy secure 5G networks across the UK
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03 Sep 2026
Heddian to acquire Kajeet’s private wireless deployment business
Intelligent IoT connectivity services firm sells private wireless deployment business to provider of mission-critical communications infrastructure, boosting private LTE and 5G offers
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03 Sep 2026
Sceye, SoftBank demo high-altitude platform systems connectivity
Test programme travels more than 15,000km in the stratosphere, backhauls into operator’s core network, verifies direct-to-device and edge computing capabilities and Haps-based communications
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03 Sep 2026
Singapore’s digital infrastructure bill leaves cross-border data to contract
Proposed licensing regime for datacentre and cloud providers tightens security and resilience obligations, but organisations using capacity in Johor and Batam will still rely on privacy law and contracts to protect data stored overseas
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02 Sep 2026
Lords considers government emergency AI kill switch
An amendment to the UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will give the government powers to switch off AI systems or datacentres in an emergency
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02 Sep 2026
UK airport hackers leak stolen customer data
The cyber gang that attacked Manchester Airports Group has leaked data on 8.7 million travellers after its victim refused to pay a ransom
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02 Sep 2026
Mythos helps bug bounty firm find critical hidden RCE
HackerOne used Anthropic’s controversial Claude Mythos 5 model on its codebase and found a critical hidden flaw
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02 Sep 2026
Study: More young women skip cervical cancer screenings
The number of women aged 21-29 having never gotten a cervical cancer screening nearly doubled between 2005 and 2023, researchers wrote.
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02 Sep 2026
OpenAI launches Epic integration with ChatGPT for Healthcare
Users will be able to use ChatGPT to query the Epic Systems medical record, helping streamline their care management workflows.
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02 Sep 2026
Boomi intros layer for controlling AI costs and connections
The Agent Control Plane combines previously disparate capabilities in one environment to help users better observe and command their fleets of agents.
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02 Sep 2026
CrowdStrike widens ecosystem and emphasises AI
Security player uses Fal.Con as an opportunity to reveal a host of alliances, as well as encouraging partners to increase their expertise in artificial intelligence
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02 Sep 2026
Adobe in Slack: Access content, production tools from Slackbot
Everyone's spreading the love -- and premium features -- with everyone else's AI interface.
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02 Sep 2026
Distology talks of expansion after Foresight backing
The security distributor has welcomed a fresh private equity backer as it looks to grow the business through M&A
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02 Sep 2026
Dragonwing expands access to intelligent connected devices
Processors intelligently connect devices across the IoT industry, attributed with adding intelligence, vision and connectivity to devices deployed in businesses and factories
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02 Sep 2026
SES, De Boer Marine expand maritime satellite comms collaboration
Maritime technology specialist collaborates with leading satellite communications provider, looking to strengthens ability to deliver reliable, flexible connectivity services to maritime customers
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02 Sep 2026
AWS sets 2026 opening date for Saudi cloud region
New cloud region, AI partnerships and skills programmes underscore AWS’s growing role in supporting Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030
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02 Sep 2026
Microsoft sets November launch for Saudi cloud region
Announcement at Leap 2026 highlights Saudi Arabia’s push to expand local cloud and AI infrastructure in support of Vision 2030
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02 Sep 2026
Rising token bills force rethink of AI cost management
APAC enterprises are consuming more tokens even as unit prices fall, and the advice on what to do about it runs from smarter caching and gated model access to renting their own infrastructure
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01 Sep 2026
Digital ID challenges remain despite government U-turn, says NAO
While the government may have cancelled its digital ID scheme, challenges such as fragmented data, digital access to public services and public trust remain
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01 Sep 2026
200+ stakeholders push back on CMS plan to cut third-party RPM payments
Various groups, including trade associations, health systems and RPM companies, are raising the alarm over the potential fallout from the CMS proposal.
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01 Sep 2026
Medicare GLP-1 program sees rapid uptake among seniors
CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz says 600,000 seniors have signed up for discounted GLP-1s through Medicare Bridge, projecting taxpayer savings through reduced hospitalizations.
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01 Sep 2026
Health disparities persist in patient portal signups, messaging
Racial health disparities in patient portals utilization still vex healthcare organizations, with racial minorities not getting the most out of the technology, studies show.
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01 Sep 2026
Qdrant builds dataset to benchmark vector retrieval at scale
With AI tools requiring massive volumes of vectors to perform properly, the public dataset is designed to help organizations test their systems in real-world conditions.
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01 Sep 2026
Higher prices lengthening PC refresh cycles
Latest findings from Context indicate some customers are sweating their hardware to stave off rising costs
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01 Sep 2026
DE-CIX expands global AI-ready connectivity with Microsoft Azure route
Dual-homed architecture across North America, Europe and Asia designed to deliver resilient, geo-redundant Microsoft Azure connectivity for latency-sensitive enterprise and AI workloads
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01 Sep 2026
Chancellor unveils plans to entice UK tech startups
The UK government aims to build out home-grown research and development in artificial intelligence and cyber security
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01 Sep 2026
CloudClevr bolsters services options with Flow AI buy
Acquired outfit will form the basis of a fresh digital transformation practice that will add AI, data and automation options
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01 Sep 2026
Interview: Haleon’s tech chief delighted for AI agents to feed SAP ‘clean core’
Haleon, formed from the consumer health units of GSK, Pfizer and Novartis, makes familiar brands like Sensodyne and Advil. Its chief digital and technology officer, Claire Dickson, tells its IT transformation story
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01 Sep 2026
UK businesses challenged by accountability when connectivity fails
Research reveals significant number of UK connectivity buyers have experienced disputes over responsibility during faults, leaving them navigating multiple suppliers at the very moment they need a fast response
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01 Sep 2026
The Security Interviews: Abby Kearns, ActiveState
ActiveState CEO Abby Kearns discusses open source’s ‘existential crisis’, how AI is changing the secure software playbook, and why it’s time to have a different conversation about open source security
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01 Sep 2026
AllPoints Fibre Networks reaches 9.3 million more UK premises with SoGEA
Following successful partner trials, broadband provider extends reach of UK wholesale platform promising simple, largely remote activation and a faster, lower-cost way to serve those without full-fibre
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01 Sep 2026
Pay more, check nothing: Councils buy Microsoft but don’t test
A Computer Weekly analysis of FOI responses from 37 English councils found 32 have never run a competitive procurement in which an alternative to Microsoft could have won
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01 Sep 2026
Snowflake: dashboard-era access controls won’t govern AI agents
The company’s chief data and AI officer talks up efforts to move access controls into the data layer, the cost of dynamic model routing and why governance cannot be baked into model weights
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31 Aug 2026
AI agent security: How reliable is enterprise AI testing?
Experts outline comprehensive testing practices before and after deployment of AI agents to prevent them from acting on their own beyond prescribed instructions.
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31 Aug 2026
As AI evolves, Tableau talks direction ahead of Dreamforce
A knowledge layer and headless analytics capabilities show that the vendor is changing to meet the needs of its users as AI reduces the need for traditional BI.
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31 Aug 2026
Providers warn of another decade of 340B payment problems
Leading provider associations are urging the CMS to reconsider severe cuts to 340B reimbursements to hospitals, warning of another decades-long payment battle.
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31 Aug 2026
Docs say medical misinformation is on the rise, but AI isn't behind it
Physicians say social media is the biggest contributor to the rise in medical misinformation, not patient use of AI chatbots.
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31 Aug 2026
With VCF 9 'bedrock' in place, Broadcom fleshes out private AI
Broadcom looks to appeal to VCF customers with new layers of private cloud AI services, from model sharing to a new AI factory "metal to model" offering.
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31 Aug 2026
Why AI may need fewer datacentre GPUs than you think
The focus on inferencing, allied to smaller models, purpose-built silicon and on-device processing, is loosening the grip of hyperscale GPU clusters on enterprise AI workloads
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28 Aug 2026
CISA red team reveals why some SOCs fail and others succeed
CISA tested two critical infrastructure SOCs with similar red team tactics. The results expose dangerous gaps in detection, response and credential security.
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28 Aug 2026
Arm chips in spotlight amid AI infrastructure cost concerns
Between a planned dual-purpose mainframe chip with IBM and the growing cost crunch as enterprises weigh private AI, Arm might have finally met its moment, experts say.
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28 Aug 2026
Where should CIOs invest next? IT leaders weigh in
Six CIOs share where they would invest if their IT budgets increased. AI leads, with data, infrastructure and security investments helping to scale it.
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28 Aug 2026
Wide misconception that AI investment information is regulated and that users are protected
With many using information generated by artificial intelligence to support their investments, the Financial Conduct Authority spells out the risks
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28 Aug 2026
Rapid7 channel boss eyeing UK growth
Recent decision to appoint Exclusive Networks part of a wider strategy to increase support for partners in the region
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28 Aug 2026
US citizens hold onto iPhones longer than ever
Research finds mobile trade-in programmes return $1.43bn to US consumers in second quarter of 2026 as smartphones reach four-year upgrade milestone
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28 Aug 2026
NBN upgrade floats all boats for Australian fixed broadband
Research finds all Australian fixed-line retail service providers see big increases in ratings since national network’s significant upgrade in speed tiers
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28 Aug 2026
When AI agents fail, companies can’t play the blame game
Singapore Academy of Law’s Yeong Zee Kin, who helped shape Singapore’s model AI governance framework, sets out who answers when AI causes harm – and why the trail usually leads back to a human decision
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27 Aug 2026
Rival buyout aids customers after DevSecOps firm shutters
One DevSecOps company shut its doors. Just days later, the company was acquired, saving customers from a potentially difficult migration.
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27 Aug 2026
Cigna links supplemental benefits with medical plans
In 2027, employers can offer Medical with Smart Coverage, which allows them to connect supplemental benefits to high-deductible health plans.
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27 Aug 2026
When AI agents go rogue: What enterprise leaders need to know
A recent wave of AI agents breaching test sandboxes and outside company systems is raising new governance and security questions for enterprise IT leaders deploying autonomous AI.
