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Some 19 projects focusing on automation and robotic technology will get funding from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to boost the agricultural sector

Now the dust has settled on the news Rishi Sunak is tweaking several of the policies underpinning the government’s net-zero goal, the UK tech industry has hit back at the news

Scotland has seen its first Post Office Horizon conviction overturned, taking the UK total to 92

Government is aiming to ramp up digital skills in Whitehall with a promise to recruit 2,500 new tech and digital roles through apprenticeships and talent programmes

Vendor Lenovo acutely aware it needs to work with its partner community to hit carbon reduction targets and help customers do the same

The government breached the privacy of victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal through making a compensation offer public

The funding from the UK Space Agency is part of the National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP), and aims to support and accelerate innovation in the sector

Scotland’s biometrics watchdog urges Scottish Parliament to extend oversight of biometric information to include the entire criminal justice system, not just police

India's progress in space technology will yield benefits not only for its burgeoning space industry but also propel IoT and telephony applications

In six to 12 months, Workday will roll out generative AI uses for everything from job description writing to contract verification. Conversational AI will be part of the UI.

CISA said BlackTech has targeted Cisco and other router makers by using a variety of tools and techniques to modify and even replace devices' firmware.

Cisco said its Advanced Security Initiatives Group discovered the zero-day flaw while investigating attempted attacks on the vendor's Group Encrypted Transport VPN feature.

Everbridge envisions its new 360 critical event management platform as a multiyear release. Features are heavy on the ability to communicate in a disaster.

SAP's Joule is the company's generative AI assistant for its cloud portfolio, but the technology is still in the early stages and the ERP giant will need to prove its value.

The case is expected to have implications for the use of digital evidence in prosecutions against users of other encrypted phone apps

Nutanix’s annual enhancement of its partner efforts continues to put the focus on driving more sales through the channel

Internet of things specialist Wiliot enhances core ambient platform to include real-time humidity sensing – along with temperature and location sensing and carbon emissions measurement – for visibility into enterprise supply chains

Lawmakers have written to nine tech companies – including Amazon, Google and Microsoft – about the working conditions of those they employ to train and maintain their artificial intelligence systems, giving them until 11 October 2023 to respond

Vendor CyberSmart is keen to ensure those serving SMEs are as secure as their customers can be in the face of increasing attacks

Tech provider delivers Athonet private 5G service alongside Aruba Networking Wi-Fi technology for the first time, providing connectivity for fans and operations staff at premier golf event

Compose SDK for Fusion is a composable set of APIs that enable developers to build customized advanced analytics applications to inform business users within their normal workflow.

Business leaders feel confident they’ve got a handle on API security, but at the same time, incidents are through the roof, according to a report

Akamai's managing director for the region outlines the company’s growth journey, how it sets itself apart from competitors, and its strategies to drive the next phase of growth

Global electronics and communications technology provider signs agreement with leading Japanese mobile network operator to form alliance based around key aspect of 5G infrastructure

Growth in public cloud services will stand out over the next 12 months, as Gartner projects an overall 14% increase in cyber spending in 2024

Latest guide to understanding the true experience on offer from the UK’s mobile operators sees not one market best company, but BT-owned comms provider scoops lion’s share of awards

Digital media brand Yahoo is setting up a crowdsourced bug bounty programme with ethical hacking specialist Intigriti, and is reaching out to the Capture the Flag community to participate

Mobile platform giant and leading IT infrastructure and services company invest in and accelerate the development of the 5G device ecosystem, including edge-as-a-service offering and 5G-enabled chipsets with AI models built in

The vendor is not only focusing generative AI on various phases of the workflow, but also on domain-specific LLMs for its Now suite of digital assistants.

The social media giant introduces new tools that incorporate generative AI capabilities in Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Some features could be helpful for small businesses.

Over 90 former subpostmasters have so far seen wrongful convictions overturned since it was proved that software errors were to blame for accounting shortfalls

Boasting a broader contributor base, including Microsoft, and with service mesh on the verge of going fully mainstream, Istio advocates look to shake the project's early image.

Security player views deal as start of next growth phase just weeks after welcoming fresh CEO

Fujitsu memo reveals Post Office didn’t care how legal action would affect its subpostmasters as it placed the reputation of its computer system before their welfare

Firm is looking to help improve channel marketing efforts with a concierge service that will provide high levels of support

Permiso, a cloud detection and response startup, is making its threat intel team available to speak on Scattered Spider, the group behind recent cyber attacks on MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment

Space-based connectivity sector set for much higher orbit as new satellite technology acts as catalyst for improved economics, including lower-capacity pricing and capability to provide higher provisioning rates per site

The acquisition will give users more visibility into generative AI and LLM pipelines in addition to the traditional data pipelines already served by the vendor.

According to research by security vendor Emsisoft, 2,095 organizations and 62,054,613 individuals have been affected by the Clop gang's attacks on MoveIt Transfer customers.

The image generator helps the stock image company get into the generative market and answer copyright questions for businesses but could still be a concern to artists.

The FTC is looking to make an antitrust case against Amazon for using anticompetitive strategies to harm both sellers and shoppers on its platform.

After unveiling an integration with Google's LLM suite in June, the vendor moved a set of NLP tools into preview and introduced new data migration and vector search capabilities.

Progressive Computing was one of 60 victims of the Kaseya VSA ransomware attack in 2021. Now, a co-founder tells the story of discovery and recovery.

Leading operator and global communications tech provider embark on collaboration to deal with shift in future mobile networks towards cloud-based open networks

The vendor brings new capabilities such as pre-built question fields with Forms, an online form creation tool, to make it easier for businesses to collect data from customers.

UK authority on advanced digital technology announces launch of what it says will be the largest 5G testbed in Northern Ireland

Networking vendor D-Link is keen to make sure it does good business with partners and sell a wide range of products

The government has disbanded its Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation’s advisory board in favour of pulling the relevant artificial intelligence (AI) and data knowledge from a pool of external experts

A little-known threat actor claims it has breached IT systems and networks at electronics and entertainment giant Sony, and is threatening to release the organisation’s data unless paid off

Dell Apex Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure combines Dell hardware with Microsoft Azure software, a move that adds to Dell's hybrid cloud offerings.

Despite its plan for making voice services an add-on to broadband, rather than a service in its own right, UK leading telco asserts that the landline is here to stay as it reveals strategy to change analogue services to digital

SAN and NAS are finished in the age of the cloud when it comes to cloud-native Kubernetes storage, according to container-focused object storage maker MinIO

Research conducted by contracting authority ContractorCalculator paints a bleak picture of the plight of IT contractors ‘forced’ to provide their services through umbrella firms

Almost half of organisations that have experienced a cyber incident did not report it to the appropriate authorities, according to a report

The government tax collection agency is stepping up its efforts to prevent contractors falling victim to non-compliant umbrella firms with three new names added to its list of known tax avoidance schemes

Study calculates that annual spending on LTE and 5G NR-based CBRS network infrastructure – which includes RAN, mobile core and transport network equipment – will boom over next three years

Crest and IASME have been tasked with assuring that security services providers signing up to a soon-to-launch NCSC Cyber Incident Exercising scheme are up to the job

This makes the tech giant Anthropic's primary cloud provider. This arrangement is different from Google's investment in the AI startup and Microsoft's investment in OpenAI.

The city of Dallas provided a detailed attack timeline that showed Royal threat actors compromised a service account a month before ransomware was deployed.

A lack of flexibility at work is causing many women to leave their jobs, or leave the sector entirely, according to research by Tech Talent Charter

Case teams with Hyundai to see its car subscription tech platform be the provider of all technical aspects needed to scale Mocean vehicle services to new European markets

Another busy week across the industry on the personnel movement front, as more executives take up fresh positions

The cost of SaaS tools is getting attention from those that have the power to tighten budgets

Payments giant supports UK scheme to increase diversity in the data and artificial intelligence sector through funding

Leading UK independent broadband provider awards contracts to full-fibre build partners in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Hampshire and Suffolk, and inks deal with energy, broadband, mobile and insurance services company

Amazon Web Services (AWS) will build on its existing ties to the firm to help it scale its enterprise-grade large language model (LLM) Claude

The e-commerce vendor builds on its customer segmentation capabilities by adding platform integrations with Snapchat, Criteo and TikTok for creating lists of target contacts.

Apple has patched three more vulnerabilities uncovered by spyware and surveillance researchers at The Citizen Lab

Liverpool Football Club is leveraging data analytics and cloud technology to improve fan engagement and enable its media production team to work more efficiently

UK operator enables mobile communication from anywhere on a farm, and installs network of sensors to monitor items such as soil conditions, machinery, livestock and land boundaries