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12 Jun 2025
Cybersecurity top of mind in Cisco 360 partner program
Many of the innovations unveiled during Cisco Live will provide new opportunities for Cisco’s security partners, the company said.
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12 Jun 2025
AI technologies are only as good as their managers
ESG's Jim Frey joins the podcast to discuss why developing the right tools to provide oversight and coordination across agentic and GenAI technologies will be key to network planning and performance.
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12 Jun 2025
Google Cloud, Cloudflare struck by widespread outages
Multiple companies investigate a widespread outage on Thursday, including Google and Cloudflare.
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11 Jun 2025
Meta introduces new world model for robots and agents
The social media giant's new V-JEPA 2 helps robots and agents learn more about the real world. It comes as the vendor seeks to be more competitive in GenAI.
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11 Jun 2025
NHS IT the big winner in Reeves’ Spending Review
The chancellor of the exchequer has significantly upped spending on digital and technology initiatives in the current Spending Review period, with the NHS receiving a 50% tech funding increase.
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11 Jun 2025
How AdventHealth taps technology to get ahead of claim denials
A new AI-driven technology is helping AdventHealth prevent claim denials while the health system builds a more intelligent revenue cycle.
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11 Jun 2025
WhatsApp seeks to join Apple in legal challenge against Home Office encryption orders
WhatsApp today applied to intervene in an Investigatory Powers Tribunal case that is considering the UK’s ability to issue a technical capability notice on Apple to ‘weaken encryption’
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11 Jun 2025
DevOps pros eye Datadog developer portal for ITSM
DataDog advances onto Atlassian and ServiceNow's turf with a self-service developer portal that draws on real-time data about the observed state of IT resources.
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11 Jun 2025
Zocdoc unveils first-ever payer deal for appointment booking
Zocdoc's partnership with Blue Shield of California is intended to improve member experience by promoting better access and online appointment booking.
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11 Jun 2025
What differentiates Mistral AI reasoning model Magistral
Magistral is available in two versions. The vendor has also focused on traceable reasoning, which is important for heavily regulated industries.
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11 Jun 2025
Latest Databricks tools use AI to simplify AI development
Fueled by user feedback, the vendor's newest features include a framework that automates building agents and a no-code interface for creating the pipelines that feed applications.
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11 Jun 2025
Pax8 enhances AI support for MSPs
Marketplace player Pax8 uses Beyond 2025 event to unveil offerings designed to make life easier and more profitable for managed service providers
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11 Jun 2025
Government using national security as ‘smokescreen’ in Apple encryption row
Senior conservative MP David Davis says the Home Office should disclose how many secret orders it has issued against telecoms and internet companies to Parliament
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11 Jun 2025
UK government recommits to Edinburgh supercomputer plan with £750m funding pledge
After pulling the plug on plans by the previous government to build a supercomputer in Edinburgh, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology commits £750m to a very similar initiative
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11 Jun 2025
West Brom Building Society project to meet customers’ digital demands
Calls from customers for a choice of digital channels drove West Brom Building Society’s digital transformation project
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11 Jun 2025
How breaking things builds resilient systems
To prevent and recover from outages in today’s complex, cloud-native world, enterprises must proactively and deliberately inject failure into their systems though chaos engineering practices
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11 Jun 2025
June Patch Tuesday brings a lighter load for defenders
Barely 70 vulnerabilities make the cut for Microsoft’s monthly security update, but an RCE flaw in WEBDAV and an EoP issue in Windows SMB Client still warrant close attention
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11 Jun 2025
Cyber Bill at risk of becoming a missed opportunity, say MPs
An APPG report warns that the government’s flagship cyber security legislation is too narrow in its scope and risks missing opportunities to embed resilience at the heart of the British economy
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11 Jun 2025
Cisco Live 2025: The network critical for the future of the AI era
Network giant unveils simplification of network operations, delivers exponential performance with next-generation devices and fuses security into the network
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11 Jun 2025
London Tech Week: More funding, fellowships and skills
The government wants to make the UK the best place for tech and AI, opening pathways for global talent and venture capital funding
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10 Jun 2025
June Patch Tuesday resolves Windows zero-day
Microsoft fixes 66 bugs, including an actively exploited WebDAV remote-code execution flaw, but the BadSuccessor vulnerability remains unpatched.
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10 Jun 2025
U.S. will need policy to navigate EU rules
Protecting U.S. tech companies from the EU's regulatory regime will present a challenge to U.S. officials, who have pursued antitrust cases against big tech.
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10 Jun 2025
Cisco unleashes agentic AI, global partnerships for data center
The networking company launched new tools to meet the AI needs of enterprise customers in the data center.
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10 Jun 2025
RFK Jr. removes all 17 members of vaccine advisory committee
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. removes all 17 CDC vaccine advisory panel members, sparking industry concerns over vaccine policy, patient access and public trust.
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10 Jun 2025
UK finance regulator tie-up with Nvidia allows firms to experiment with AI
FCA wants to support organisations in testing their ideas for the use of artificial intelligence
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10 Jun 2025
Channel continues to deliver security training and support
Research and MSP training platforms from security players underline the position of partners to deliver threat awareness
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10 Jun 2025
UK defence scheme invests in future cyber tech Cheri
Cambridge-based SCI Semiconductors is awarded DTEP funding to work on the application of defensive Cheri technology
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10 Jun 2025
AI legal battles: U.K. trial and new U.S. lawsuit unfold
Getty Images fights Stability AI over copyright infringement in the U.K. courts, while Reddit sues Anthropic for contract breach over unauthorized data scraping for AI training.
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10 Jun 2025
OIG audit: Grant payment system control gaps led to $7.8M in fraud
Effective internal controls could have prevented bad actors from diverting $7.8 million in grant funds from HHS' Program Support Center grant payment system, an OIG audit found.
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10 Jun 2025
Cisco reimagines infrastructure for the AI era
Cisco is betting on an AI-driven, agent-based future for infrastructure management with AI Canvas and a raft of network security capabilities at its Cisco Live 2025 conference
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10 Jun 2025
Cisco beefs up AI, security in new networking products
The networking giant released a slew of products leveraging the capabilities of last year's Splunk acquisition and touting a focus on AI adoption support.
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10 Jun 2025
Non-English speakers face breast cancer treatment delays
Patients with limited English proficiency face breast cancer treatment delays of up to 11 days, but language services can attenuate potential poor outcomes.
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10 Jun 2025
Docusign rolls out fresh programme to arm partners with IAM answers
Agreement management specialist enhances channel offering in reaction to changing market dynamics
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10 Jun 2025
HMRC paid Fujitsu £310m last year, but Post Office supplier’s UK business faces gradual decline
While victims are made to fight for every penny they are owed, the IT supplier at the centre of the Post Office scandal is handed hundreds of millions of pounds by UK government
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10 Jun 2025
IBM updates path to fault-tolerant quantum computing
Two academic papers show how the company plans to provide quantum error correction using a technique that can run in real time
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10 Jun 2025
Open source a ‘force multiplier’ for AI innovation
From powerful large language models to the next wave of AI agents, the open-source community is driving innovation and setting the agenda for the entire field, according to leaders at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China
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10 Jun 2025
Microsoft given until 25 July to respond to UK cloud licensing legal claim
The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal has given Microsoft just over a month to prepare a response to a group legal claim over its cloud licensing practices
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10 Jun 2025
Third-party security weaknesses threaten Europe’s big banks
Security breaches via third parties increased by 25% at Europe’s largest finance firms
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09 Jun 2025
OIG audit finds $6.9M in MA overpayments made to Coventry
An OIG audit finds Coventry collected nearly $7 million in Medicare Advantage overpayments due to improper coding of high-risk diagnoses, although the payer denied the findings.
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09 Jun 2025
Nokia takes the helm of Proactif to deliver ‘state-of-the-art’ UxV platforms
Comms tech provider selected to lead major project backed by initiative aiming to redefine how Europe uses robotics and unmanned vehicle technologies to manage emergencies and critical infrastructure
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09 Jun 2025
Labour commits £17.2m to support Spärck AI scholarships
The government has put up money to help drive the UK’s expertise in artificial intelligence
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09 Jun 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Personnel movements this week at Exclusive Networks, Six Degrees, Tenable, Pure Storage and LogicMonitor
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09 Jun 2025
Object First cranking up UK channel growth
Boss of data backup and restore specialist Object First is keen to build on the momentum the business generated over the past year
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09 Jun 2025
Compensation to Post Office scandal victims reaches £1bn milestone
The government has now paid out more than £1bn to victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal
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09 Jun 2025
Starmer opens London Tech Week with £1bn AI boost
Prime Minister unveiled plans to boost UK’s high-performance compute capacity 20-fold, along with funding to bolster skills
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09 Jun 2025
Government to create online platform for public sector tech buyers
The National Digital Exchange will be a one-stop shop for public sector tech buying, allowing organisations to rate and review products and gain access to pre-approved tech deals
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09 Jun 2025
Barclays rolls out Microsoft Copilot to 100,000 employees as AI adoption gathers pace
Barclays is doubling down on its adoption of artificial intelligence tools by moving to embrace Microsoft Copilot with a large-scale roll-out of the technology to 100,000 staff
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09 Jun 2025
US lawmakers say UK has ‘gone too far’ by attacking Apple’s encryption
US politicians are calling for Congress to rewrite the US Cloud Act to prevent the UK issuing orders to require US tech companies to introduce ‘backdoors’ in end-to-end encrypted messaging and storage
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09 Jun 2025
Orange, Eutelsat expand LEO satellite partnership
Multi-year agreement enhances access to the benefits of low Earth orbit satellite communications to telco’s enterprise and government customers, and supports mobile backhaul to meet global demand
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06 Jun 2025
FTC sends message with Synopsys, Ansys divestiture order
To prevent the creation of a monopoly in software tools used to design semiconductors, the FTC wants the two companies to divest assets before merging.
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06 Jun 2025
IBM launches Watsonx AI Labs, acquires Seek AI
The company said its new startup incubator will give AI developers access to tools and expertise to build enterprise AI applications.
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06 Jun 2025
News brief: CISA and partners face budget overhauls, cuts
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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06 Jun 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at Infinigate Group, Assured Data protection, Diliko, N-able, Coro and Quantum Dice
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06 Jun 2025
CSC, Surf and Nokia achieve 1.2 Tbps data transfer in supercomputer trial
Trial designed to help research networks prep for high-performance computing clusters and AI factories handling high-intensity workloads, confirming feasibility of multi-domain, high-capacity data transfers across multiple domains
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06 Jun 2025
More reasoning, interoperability key to future of agentic AI
As agents evolve from hype to reality, research and industry must collaborate to improve agents' recall and ability to work together so that they can realize their full potential.
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06 Jun 2025
Healthcare wearable intervention cuts alcohol use, boosts sleep
A digital health program that included self-monitoring via a mobile diary and healthcare wearables helped reduce alcohol intake and improve sleep health among young adults.
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06 Jun 2025
InfoSec distribution panel: The value of expertise
At security industry show InfoSec, executives from a number of distributors shared their views on the benefits they offer to partners and vendors
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06 Jun 2025
AI plays key role in NWN-InterVision IT services M&A deal
NWN's acquisition of InterVision will combine generative AI services with contact center, cybersecurity and cloud offerings. It also opens cross-selling opportunities.
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06 Jun 2025
UK ICO publishes AI and biometrics strategy
The UK data regulator has outlined how it will approach the regulation of artificial intelligence and biometric technologies, which will focus in particular on automated decision-making systems and police facial recognition
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06 Jun 2025
‘Severe’ network outages costing $160bn globally
Research reveals costly impact of outages and spotlights a critical turning point in enterprise network architecture changing how IT leaders think about the network, such as what it is, what it enables and how it protects organisations
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06 Jun 2025
CISOs must translate cyber threats into business risk
To manage risk effectively and secure board-level buy-in, CISOs must stop talking about technology and start speaking the language of business, according to a senior Check Point executive
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05 Jun 2025
FairPrice taps Google Cloud for AI-powered store
The supermarket chain will leverage generative AI and cloud technologies to enhance customer experience and streamline in-store operations, starting with its upcoming Punggol Digital District outlet
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05 Jun 2025
Whitehall fails to recognise digital procurement challenge, says PAC
Committee concerned that Government Commercial Function doesn’t understand the scale of reform needed to address long-standing digital procurement issues, including lack of skills and leadership
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05 Jun 2025
UK backdoor order to Apple raises bipartisan concerns
U.S. officials fear that gaps in existing law may enable countries to target U.S. companies with data access requests that harm user privacy and security.
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05 Jun 2025
Rubrik expands cloud databases and Oracle Cloud protection
Backup vendor Rubrik will protect numerous new workloads in the platform this year, but cybersecurity experts warn customers to continue prepping for threats.
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05 Jun 2025
Interlock ransomware group claims Kettering Health cyberattack
Kettering Health confirmed that it eradicated the tools and persistence mechanisms used by Interlock ransomware group from its systems.
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05 Jun 2025
House bill would lead to provider revenue problems: Analysis
An analysis estimates more than $770 billion in provider revenue losses and substantially higher uncompensated care costs over the next decade under the House reconciliation bill.
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05 Jun 2025
HMRC phishing breach wholly avoidable, but hard to stop
A breach at HMRC saw innocent taxpayers tricked into letting scammers impersonate them through simple phishing attacks leading to account takeover. Such attacks are avoidable, but hard to stop
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05 Jun 2025
Citigroup cuts thousands of staff at China-based tech centres
Financial services giant Citigroup is drastically reducing headcount in its Chinese tech delivery centres as it restructures its technology operation
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05 Jun 2025
SXSW: An immersive experience is the future of AI
OpenAI’s recent acquisition heralds a new direction for generative AI, away from the screen-based user experience
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05 Jun 2025
CyberSentriq and Netgear both courting MSPs
Arrival of fresh brand in the security market and an acquisition move by networking player should provide managed service providers with options
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05 Jun 2025
Paula M. Stannard appointed as OCR director
Paula M. Stannard will serve as the new OCR director, leading federal enforcement of HIPAA and civil rights laws within HHS.
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05 Jun 2025
UK’s error-prone eVisa system is ‘anxiety-inducing’
People experiencing technical errors with the Home Office’s electronic visa system explain the psychological toll of not being able to reliably prove their immigration status in the face of a hostile and unresponsive bureaucracy
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05 Jun 2025
CCS and Servium contribute to Advania UK growth
Channel player reveals how acquisitions contributed to its 2024 performance and how it has grown in the region
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05 Jun 2025
Verizon Business opens availability for V2X connected-driving platform
Integrated mobile network vehicle-to-everything communication platform allows connected vehicles to talk to each other, road users and infrastructure
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05 Jun 2025
Australia’s CommBank completes migration of data to AWS in AI drive
Putting all of its data in AWS cloud will support bank’s use of artificial intelligence to offer customers more personalised services
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05 Jun 2025
Real AI use cases emerge for SDVs but readiness gaps persist
Research finds nearly two-thirds of global automakers believe artificial intelligence use cases – such as predictive maintenance, over-the-air optimisation and personalisation – will drive software-defined vehicle adoption
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05 Jun 2025
How GitLab is tapping AI in DevSecOps
GitLab CISO Josh Lemos explains how the company is weaving AI, through its Duo tool, into the entire software development lifecycle to enhance efficiency and automate incident response
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05 Jun 2025
Istres deploys private 5G network to bolster smart city safety
Southern French city establishes dedicated mobile infrastructure to improve coordination and emergency rapid response capabilities, and support fixed and mobile video surveillance and encrypted communications
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04 Jun 2025
Amazon to launch $10B data center upgrade in North Carolina
As Amazon races to compete with Big Tech rivals for AI dominance, its Tar Heel State investment is part of a $100 billion capital expenditure effort slated for 2025.
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04 Jun 2025
Health insurance coverage costs soar 6% in 2025
Spikes in health insurance coverage costs could raise questions about how much employers and employees will shoulder these expenses moving forward.
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04 Jun 2025
Put ROCs before SOCs, Qualys tells public sector
Putting risk operations before security operations may help government agencies and other public sector bodies better manage the myriad threats they face, and make better decisions for the security of all
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04 Jun 2025
NCSC sets out how to build cyber safe cultures
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has published guidance for security teams and leaders on how to foster accessible and appropriate cyber security cultures in their organisations
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04 Jun 2025
Investigatory powers: Guidelines for police and spies could also help businesses with AI
Computer Weekly talks to Muffy Calder, technology advisor to the UK’s investigatory powers commissioner, about privacy, intrusion and artificial intelligence
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04 Jun 2025
CBO: Tax bill would strip health insurance from 11 million people
The Congressional Budget Office projected that nearly 11 million people would lose health insurance coverage under Trump's tax bill, which House Republicans narrowly passed in May.
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04 Jun 2025
Legends ASM taps Boldyn to enhance fans’ entertainment experience
Leading UK neutral host provider boosts connectivity at first direct bank arena, laying groundwork for all UK mobile operators to provide uninterrupted, high-speed 5G coverage at the venue
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04 Jun 2025
SXSW London: Risk of AI removing choice
The modern era, where AI speeds up day-to-day chores, is undermining creativity and the ability to make choices
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04 Jun 2025
Greenerwave opens hub to offer French revolution in space comms
Deep-tech startup specialising in the control of electromagnetic waves announces the opening of offices in Toulouse to accelerate its growth in space-based comms and to offer technology addressing major industrial challenges
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04 Jun 2025
Artificial intelligence to initiate and manage litigations after ‘landmark’ approval
The Garfield Project created an artificial intelligence-based litigation service for small claims, but how far can the technology reach in the legal sector
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04 Jun 2025
Snowflake continues to add AI, boost Cortex capabilities
Features that enable users to develop agents, coupled with the integration of agentic capabilities into the vendor's own platform, show the vendor's growth beyond data management.
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04 Jun 2025
Microsoft outlines three-pronged European cyber strategy
Microsoft chair Brad Smith outlines an expansive cyber programme targeting governments across Europe with enhanced threat intelligence and support
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04 Jun 2025
FDA launches gen AI Elsa to support clinical, regulatory tasks
The FDA is scaling up the rollout of Elsa, an in-house generative AI tool designed to assist with clinical protocol reviews, adverse event summaries and internal data tasks.
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04 Jun 2025
Health orgs still committed to closing health disparities
Most healthcare leaders say their organizations will still commit to closing health disparities, even as political and policy headwinds emerge.
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04 Jun 2025
Meta inks 20-year nuclear deal to power data center
The tech giant's agreement with Constellation Energy will secure an alternative source for power-hungry AI ambitions -- likely saving a once-doomed nuclear energy plant.
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04 Jun 2025
European Commission should rescind UK data adequacy
Civil society organisations have urged the European Commissioner to not renew the UK’s data adequacy, given the country’s growing divergence from European data protection standards
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04 Jun 2025
CityFibre doubles broadband speed with 5.5Gbps wholesale offer
Independent UK broadband provider reveals new symmetrical wholesale product, twice as fast as its fastest currently available service, enabled by 10Gbps XGS-PON upgrade
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04 Jun 2025
Kaseya hires ‘passionate SME advocate’ as next CEO
Supplier of tools for managed service providers concludes its five-month search for its leader
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04 Jun 2025
Interview: Manish Jethwa, chief technology officer, Ordnance Survey
The UK mapping service has moved on a long way from paper maps as it now looks to use artificial intelligence to understand, interpret and derive insights from geographical data
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04 Jun 2025
Interview: Pega’s ‘Blueprint’ for breaking the curse of legacy IT
Legacy IT is a drag on profits and innovation, but AI agents will help companies rebuild their processes better than before, claims Pegasystems CTO Don Schuerman
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04 Jun 2025
Open source adoption faces reality checks
Industry leaders lauded the power of open source to drive innovation but warned that its adoption requires significant effort, due diligence and a clear understanding of inherent complexities and licensing challenges
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04 Jun 2025
Infosecurity 2025: SMEs feel on their own in the face of cyber attacks
Project findings to be presented at Infosecurity Europe 2025 highlight vulnerability of SMEs to cyber attack
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03 Jun 2025
Acumatica sale to Vista expected to solidify its cloud ERP
Acumatica's new ownership by Vista Equity Partners should result in increased investment in industry-specific functionality and AI capabilities, while maintaining independence.
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03 Jun 2025
Initial claim denial rates put revenue cycle in tough spot
New data shows an increase in initial claim denial rates, which are putting pressure on patient collections and the overall healthcare revenue cycle.