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17 Jul 2025
Google adds new features in Search as AI race intensifies
The tech giant added more GenAI features to AI Mode, and a new business calling system. The updates respond to growing rivalry in AI search from vendors like OpenAI and Perplexity.
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17 Jul 2025
TSMC's profit soars as AI chips boom globally
The Taiwan-based company, which manufactures a large portion of the world's semiconductors, saw booming profit and revenue in its most recent earnings report.
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17 Jul 2025
Physician AI use damages patient trust, perceived competence
New research shows that physicians using AI for administrative, diagnostic or therapeutic purposes may be viewed negatively by patients, highlighting barriers to health AI use.
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17 Jul 2025
European cyber cops target NoName057(16) DDoS network
A Europol operation has succeeded in disrupting a pro-Russian hacktivist network accused of conducting DDoS cyber attacks on targets in Ukraine and Europe.
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17 Jul 2025
Estimated 96% of EMEA financial services sector not ready for DORA
Research from data backup provider Veeam indicates that vast majority of European financial services firms do not feel ready to meet the resiliency requirements of the EU’s DORA act
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17 Jul 2025
UK government plans to ramp up sovereign computer capacity
Isambard-AI and Dawn are two of the supercomputers that mark the beginning of the UK’s goal to deliver 420 Exaflops of computer by 2030
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17 Jul 2025
Thousands of women in tech leave their roles each year
At the launch of the Lovelace Report, experts state that women in the tech workplace aren’t being promoted, which in turn is pushing them out of the industry
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17 Jul 2025
NetBox Labs raises $35m to modernise infrastructure operations
Significant investment in second funding round as core platform’s adoption said to be ‘exploding’ as companies race to better deploy, manage and secure business-critical networks and infrastructure
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17 Jul 2025
UK government-funded mobile mast upgrades mark milestone in Wales
Latest development in £1.3bn mobile upgrade scheme sees upgrade of existing mobile masts which previously only connected EE customers and anyone making 999 calls
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17 Jul 2025
Fujitsu outage crashes Post Office Horizon system
Japanese IT giant’s time serving the Post Office is due to end next year, but problems persist
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17 Jul 2025
Travelex replacing its software spine as part of cloud migration
The foreign currency supplier is replacing its legacy supply chain backbone to enable its migration to the cloud
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17 Jul 2025
ASEAN’s first driverless bus service debuts in Singapore
The fully autonomous shuttle will operate at Resorts World Sentosa, marking a significant step in Singapore’s push to integrate autonomous vehicles into its public transport network
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17 Jul 2025
Ataccama targets business users with latest AI capabilities
The vendor's latest update makes data lineage accessible to business users, enabling them to trust their data and make decisions without consulting trained experts for assistance.
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17 Jul 2025
Terrorist potential of generative AI ‘purely theoretical’
UK terror legislation advisor takes stock of the potential for generative artificial intelligence systems to be adopted by terrorists, particularly for propaganda and attack planning purposes, but acknowledges the impact may be limited
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17 Jul 2025
Lack of automation hinders UK fibre industry
Study highlights how long-established manual workflows and fragmented processes are delaying time to revenue and compounding operational costs
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17 Jul 2025
HP report exposes printer security gaps
The channel has a role to play in talking about risk and supporting users with best practices to reduce exposure to cyber criminals
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17 Jul 2025
LG adds extra gear to automotive content platform for Kia
Electronics giant’s Automotive Content Platform to power in-car streaming for European models of all-electric SUV, marking an expansion of in-car experience to key region following successful deployments in Korea
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16 Jul 2025
Hackbots biggest cloud security risk, slashing attack times to minutes
With cyber criminals using automated tools to steal data in minutes, organisations must focus on runtime protection and automated responses to combat the rising threat from AI and misconfigured cloud assets
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16 Jul 2025
Consultants, SIs back AWS agentic AI marketplace launch
Accenture, Cognizant and Deloitte are among the partners with offerings on AWS' AI Agents and Tools marketplace, which is expected to combine professional services and software.
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16 Jul 2025
AI training, copyright issues headline U.S. Senate hearing
U.S. senators blasted companies, including Meta and Anthropic, for training AI models on copyrighted content, including pirated books and other materials.
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16 Jul 2025
AWS launches AgentCore system and agentic marketplace
The cloud provider introduced a service that includes capabilities that help agents perform at a bigger scale. It also unveiled a new marketplace.
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16 Jul 2025
Co-op chief ‘incredibly sorry’ for theft of 6.5m members’ data
Co-op chief executive Shirine Khoury-Haq has revealed that all the personal data of all 6.5 million of its members was compromised in the April 2025 cyber attack on its systems
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16 Jul 2025
Scattered Spider playbook evolving fast, says Microsoft
Microsoft warns users over notable evolutions in Scattered Spider’s attack playbook, and beefs up some of the defensive capabilities it offers to customers in response
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16 Jul 2025
UK government to invest £1m in building out regional tech clusters
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is leading a push to make the UK tech sector less London-centric
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16 Jul 2025
Meta AI training will be challenged at Europe’s highest court, says data protection chief
The data protection commissioner for Hamburg believes Meta’s AI training should be stopped
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16 Jul 2025
Exploring the 2026 OPPS, ASC Payment System Proposed Rule
CMS announced the CY 2026 OPPS and ASC Payment System Proposed Rule, which includes a 2.4% rate outpatient rate hike, site-neutral payments and hospital price transparency changes.
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16 Jul 2025
UK mobile, broadband outpace delivery targets
Second year of government department said to be driving the UK’s leading position in science and technology, and makes clear the success of current broadband roll-out plans
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16 Jul 2025
BBC plans to outsource and offshore thousands of tech roles
The BBC is drawing up plans to outsource roles in its digital product group and finance, which could include some being carried out overseas
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16 Jul 2025
Forrester urges IT leaders to dump technical debt
IT needs to invest in innovative technologies and outsource legacy IT management to tackle volatile global markets, says Forrester
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16 Jul 2025
Securonix tackles security data deluge with AI-driven platform
As security data volumes grow and security budgets tighten, Securonix is betting on its AI-driven platform to help businesses manage threats cost-effectively, says its CEO
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16 Jul 2025
What health IT affects patient outcomes, experiences the most?
Although the EHR is widely considered the most impactful health IT on patient outcomes, telehealth is emerging as a key tool to meet increasing patient demands.
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15 Jul 2025
Meta, Google unveil massive AI data center investment plans
Meta and Google tout aggressive AI infrastructure investments focused on data center builds and power.
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15 Jul 2025
Infrastructure-as-code tools advance platform evolution
Infrastructure as code still anchors IT automation, but its primary users are now platform engineers, prompting ongoing shifts in product features and competition.
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15 Jul 2025
UKtech50 2025 winner: Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO, DeepMind
From chess prodigy to AI visionary, this year’s most influential person in UK technology is far from ordinary. From using AI to win video games to discovering the structure of proteins, Demis Hassabis is a force to be reckoned with
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15 Jul 2025
UKtech50 2025: The most influential people in UK technology
Computer Weekly has announced the 15th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector
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15 Jul 2025
ONC: Health information exchange happening more via Direct
While the rate of health information exchange via standardized, digital means increases, the rate of fax-based exchange only dips slightly.
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15 Jul 2025
Current approaches to patching unsustainable, report says
Organisations are struggling to prioritise vulnerability patching appropriately, leading to situations where everything is a crisis, which helps nobody, according to a report
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15 Jul 2025
Omega Healthcare expands agentic AI for RCM with Microsoft
Omega Healthcare is deepening its partnership with Microsoft Azure to enhance its generative and agentic AI capabilities to support revenue cycle management through new solutions.
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15 Jul 2025
MoD cyber breach put thousands of Afghan lives at risk
More than 18,000 Afghan citizens eligible to relocate to the UK under a government programme to protect them from the Taliban were put at risk in a heretofore unreportable data breach
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15 Jul 2025
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule seeks to expand virtual care
The proposed 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule wants to make some telehealth permanent and expand pay for digital mental health treatment devices, among other virtual care policies.
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15 Jul 2025
Memphis Light, Gas and Water deploys private 5G for grid modernisation
Collaboration said to mark a milestone in building a smarter, more resilient and future-ready utility infrastructure with private 5G wireless network to modernise comms, cyber defence and operations
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15 Jul 2025
Microsoft, Databricks simplify synchronizing, sharing data
A new integration designed by the tech giant and data platform vendor eliminates the need for users to move or copy data to join it across platforms for better-informed analysis.
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15 Jul 2025
SailGP unfurls private, public 5G connectivity across UK event sites
Leading UK operator and comms tech provider forge partnership with global racing championship that will see its 5G Standalone network slicing capabilities deliver real-time communications, telemetry and live video
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15 Jul 2025
SnapLogic adds MCP support to aid agentic AI deployment
Following the launch of AgentCreator in 2024, the data integration vendor is adding support for the open standard to better enable customers to build and manage agentic tools.
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15 Jul 2025
CMS proposes CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
The proposed CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule seeks a conversion factor increase after years of cuts, as well as payment polices supporting chronic disease management.
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15 Jul 2025
NCSC sets up Vulnerability Research Initiative
The NCSC is expanding its vulnerability research project to draw in external expertise
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15 Jul 2025
Security distie e92plus sparks off division with Scalefusion
Security distributor e92plus makes launch signing of its emerging technologies operation by bringing UEM player Scalefusion on board
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15 Jul 2025
Businesses say they are getting four Oracle Java audits a year
Changes to Oracle Java licensing now means that IT leaders need to be wary of the footprint of this widely deployed enterprise platform
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15 Jul 2025
Interview: Philip Colligan, CEO, Raspberry Pi Foundation
With the trend of ‘vibe coding’ growing, Raspberry Pi Foundation’s CEO warns schools should not be complacent about continued coding education
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15 Jul 2025
Xeretec and Qodea active on M&A front
Xerox partner and Google consultancy takes steps to widen market reach and add to their portfolios
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15 Jul 2025
Delayed diagnosis affects 14% of hypertensive patients
EHR alerts and interdisciplinary care teams could reduce the rate of delayed diagnosis for patients with hypertension.
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15 Jul 2025
Enhanced mobile connectivity takes flight at Manchester Airport
Passengers to UK’s third busiest airport now served by enhanced indoor wireless network coverage and capacity, especially when the outdoor signal from cell towers doesn’t effectively penetrate into buildings
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15 Jul 2025
Qdrant lowers vector database complexity to aid development
The vendor now provides an integrated environment for operationalizing unstructured data to aid enterprises struggling with a profusion of tools to generate and manage vectors.
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15 Jul 2025
Ada Lovelace: using market forces to professionalise AI assurance
The Ada Lovelace Institute examines how ‘market forces’ can be used to drive the professionalisation of artificial intelligence assurance in the context of a wider political shift towards deregulation
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15 Jul 2025
Soaring cloud costs force firms to curtail IT staff hiring and AI efforts, research shows
Research from Akamai Technologies shines a light on how rising cloud costs are affecting business spending in other areas of IT
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15 Jul 2025
UK government adds funding for connected and automated mobility
Funding added for UK connected and automated mobility pathfinder programme that addresses the challenges of bringing CAM vehicles to market
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15 Jul 2025
Datadog doubles down on APAC, targets faster growth
The observability tools supplier is executing a multi-year growth plan for Asia-Pacific and Japan, focusing on data residency, localisation and AI-driven observability to grow its market share
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14 Jul 2025
China startup Moonshot AI rivals U.S. with cheap open model
A Chinese startup is out with an open source trillion-parameter model that excels at coding and agentic tasks. It outperforms Western competitors on some benchmarks.
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14 Jul 2025
U.S. pushes back on China, invests in rare earth resources
U.S. officials are increasingly concerned about China's dominance over critical minerals used in advanced technologies.
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14 Jul 2025
AWS Kiro coding agents highlight spec-driven development
AWS Kiro, a project developed by a 'small, opinionated team within AWS,' prioritizes spec-driven development in the workflows of coding agents.
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14 Jul 2025
Payers buy more primary care practices, boost MA penetration
A new study shows that payers have significantly integrated with primary care practices, especially in markets with higher Medicare Advantage penetration.
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14 Jul 2025
Brits clinging to Windows 10 face heightened risk, says NCSC
Businesses and consumers alike may not feel the need to upgrade to Windows 11 as its predecessor approaches end-of-life, but they are putting their own security at risk, says the NCSC
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14 Jul 2025
Potential £230bn boost from improved UK mobile coverage
Economic study calls for UK government to support acceleration in investment in mobile networks through reforming planning laws and significantly increasing the availability of spectrum for operators to reap huge financial rewards
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14 Jul 2025
EXA unveils high-capacity fibre route for key Euro business centres
Dedicated digital infrastructure platform provider expands its current reach, deploying new high-capacity 1,200 km fibre connection route from London to Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels.
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14 Jul 2025
Luxury retailer LVMH says UK customer data was stolen in cyber attack
French luxury goods retailer LVMH has disclosed multiple cyber attacks in 2025 so far, and their impact is now spreading to the UK as a new incident affecting Louis Vuitton comes to light
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14 Jul 2025
Home Office dumps Fujitsu from IT services contract
Home Office to take IT service desk contract in-house, with staff set to transfer from Fujitsu
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14 Jul 2025
Channel Recruiter and Nebula team up with talent offering
Partnership between Nebula and The Channel Recruiter will help the channel tap into skilled staff on demand to bolster their capabilities
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14 Jul 2025
Technology fuels successful FCA fight against unauthorised financial services
The UK finance regulator is using data and technology to identify websites and apps that could cause financial harm
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14 Jul 2025
CityFibre to gain more than £2bn in financing round
CityFibre reveals cash injection to ‘supercharge’ next phase of growth and to boost UK economy through large-scale deployment of 10Gbps XGS-PON network
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14 Jul 2025
Nokia network APIs available on Google Cloud Marketplace
Comms tech provider’s applications programming interface now available on Marketplace, specifically quality of service on demand, number verification and device location verification
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14 Jul 2025
DCC sells Exertis to private equity firm Aurelius
A deal for Exertis is struck eight months following DCC’s announcement that it was divesting its IT distribution business
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14 Jul 2025
UK sets sights on humanoid robot future
AI and robots are part of Labour’s plans to build out a high-tech economy, but a robot workforce is a long way off
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14 Jul 2025
AI adoption grows amid falling trust in AI outputs
As organisations move from AI hype to reality, a decline in trust for AI outputs is not a sign of failure, but a signal of market maturity, according to Bhavya Kapoor, Avanade's Asia-Pacific president
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11 Jul 2025
'Click to Cancel' left to the states, for now
'Click to Cancel' laws are still on the books in many states.
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11 Jul 2025
FDA approves Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for high-risk children
Moderna's Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine is now FDA-approved for all adults 65 and older and high-risk kids aged from 6 months to 11 years, aligning with new policy recommendations.
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11 Jul 2025
EU broadband challengers warn of fixed connectivity monopolies
Non-incumbent EU fixed broadband providers raise alarm at proposed legislation, insisting that regulatory certainty is needed to drive investment in connectivity
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11 Jul 2025
News brief: Hafnium, Scattered Spider hackers arrested
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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11 Jul 2025
MoD supply chain cyber scheme gets up and running
The Ministry of Defence and IASME have launched a certification scheme for organisations working in the UK defence supply chain, with construction firm Morgan Sindall the first business to achieve compliance
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11 Jul 2025
Pobl Group builds on managed SD-WAN for housing development
Three-year contract for managed software-defined wide area network service follows merger creating Wales’s largest housing association
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11 Jul 2025
ACM president Yannis Ioannidis sees a more humane role for AI
Panel brought together academic, industry and policy leaders to discuss how AI can support climate goals, financial inclusion and infrastructure development
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11 Jul 2025
Schools using AI to personalise learning, finds Ofsted
When looking into how some education providers in the UK are using AI, Ofsted found many have hit the ground running
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11 Jul 2025
Meta and Alan Turing Institute back open source AI fellowship
Labour’s AI fellowship will see experts use open source AI tools in a bid deliver better public services at lower cost
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11 Jul 2025
London Underground expands 4G, 5G coverage
More sections of the Tube gain high-speed mobile coverage as roll-out of 4G and 5G continues along further stretches of the Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria lines
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11 Jul 2025
Former Post Office staff in Horizon replacement bid team
Escher, which supplied middleware in the Post Office Horizon system, is eyeing up the contract to replace the controversial software
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11 Jul 2025
UK to create ‘governance framework’ for police facial recognition
Home secretary Yvette Cooper has confirmed UK will regulate police facial recognition, citing police reticence to deploy systems without proper governance, but declined to say if any new framework will be statutory
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11 Jul 2025
European 5G landscape “on a rollercoaster”
Research finds impact of spectrum availability across Europe leading to disparity of 5G download speeds with increases in the use of the 3.5GHz spectrum strongly correlating with faster 5G downloads
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11 Jul 2025
UK online safety regime ineffective on misinformation, MPs say
A report from the Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee outlines how the Online Safety Act fails to deal with the algorithmic amplification of ‘legal but harmful’ misinformation
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11 Jul 2025
European Commission accused of rigging data watchdog appointment
The European Commission has been accused of rigging the selection process for the next European Data Protection supervisor
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11 Jul 2025
AWS bolsters security tools to help customers manage AI risks
Amazon Web Services has unveiled new and updated security services, including container-level threat detection and a unified command centre, to help organisations build and secure artificial intelligence applications
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10 Jul 2025
Tariffs could hamper U.S. manufacturing growth
The Trump administration's fluctuating position on tariffs is creating pricing unpredictability for U.S. businesses and manufacturers.
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10 Jul 2025
Oracle, AWS partner for cloud database boost
Oracle Database@AWS combines the companies' tools to eliminate costly and complex data pipeline buildouts while adding to its collection of agreements with hyperscalers.
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10 Jul 2025
XAI releases Grok 4 amid furor over antisemitic comments
Elon Musk’s xAI launches latest model amid backlash over antisemitic responses by previous version. Meanwhile, startup Perplexity releases Comet, an AI browser.
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10 Jul 2025
Machine learning unlocks insights into physician fatigue
A machine learning model identified physician fatigue through clinical notes, linking it to worse clinical decision-making in a new study.
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10 Jul 2025
Samsung to buy Providence spinout Xealth
Samsung signed an agreement to buy digital health company Xealth, which offers streamlined pathways for clinicians to order digital health tools and monitor patient engagement.
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10 Jul 2025
Government funding to help SMEs protect their IP
Scheme will see SMEs and innovative startups working in sensitive sectors receive advice on enhancing cyber and physical security measures to protect their valuable intellectual property
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10 Jul 2025
UK and France forge closer cyber, tech research ties
The navigation and timing systems used by power suppliers and emergency services to run their operations will fall in scope of an Anglo-French research pact that will also foster development in AI and supercomputing
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10 Jul 2025
'Docker Compose up' now includes AI agents
Docker is expanding the Docker Compose spec to accommodate AI agents in an effort to bring AI development closer to existing software development workflows.
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10 Jul 2025
High-profile attacks underline ransomware threat
With the headlines dominated by recent incidents that have impacted retailers and the channel, the need remains for partners to continue to support customers
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10 Jul 2025
Irish bank rolls out AI tools to 10,000 staff
Following exploration of artificial intelligence’s potential in conjunction with staff, AIB is rolling the tools out across the company
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10 Jul 2025
Four arrested in M&S cyber attack investigation
Police have made four arrests in connection with a trio of cyber attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods
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10 Jul 2025
Oxfordshire County Council completes GigaHubs project
Partnership between business-dedicated network provider and local authority brings to fruition vision of a ‘smart county’ that will see gigabit-capable connectivity deployed at rural public buildings, such as schools, GP surgeries and libraries
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10 Jul 2025
AI-RAN Alliance draws more than 100 members in first year
Global consortium aiming to accelerate the integration of artificial intelligence into radio access networks passes milestone over the course of first 12 months and adds leading European telco to its ranks
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09 Jul 2025
Broadcom discontinues vVols storage capability for VMware
The vVols capability, a VMware storage feature for the past decade, is being sunset in VCF 9 and discontinued in VCF 9.1 as Broadcom continues to winnow the VMware catalog.