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18 Apr 2025
Google, Meta antitrust cases could set legal precedents
The courts dealt Google a blow this week, deciding it operates an illegal monopoly in digital ad tech. Meta's antitrust trial over Instagram and WhatsApp also began this week.
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18 Apr 2025
Google Evolves Its CCAI Services to a Full CCAI Platform
The expanded Contact Center AI (CCAI) is now a full end-to-end platform designed to help companies reimagine customer experiences.
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18 Apr 2025
AI model estimates heart failure from single-lead ECGs
Researchers have created an AI model that uses single-lead ECGs to predict the risk of heart failure, which could provide a new risk-stratification strategy for the disease.
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18 Apr 2025
Availity eyes GitLab Duo with Amazon Q for code refactoring
The healthcare network's release engineering team is testing the new AI agent pairing to help with code consolidation, modernization and risk mitigation.
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17 Apr 2025
AI companies claim existing rules can govern agentic AI
AI agents are trained to perform tasks autonomously. Vendors including Meta, OpenAI and others offer platforms for businesses to build their own AI agents.
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17 Apr 2025
Google Cloud storage offerings bolstered for AI apps
Storage for Google Cloud now supports many features akin to AWS' catalog for AI app development, but could lead to cloud lock-in as best practices and strategies emerge.
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17 Apr 2025
RPM use in Medicare booming, but policy changes needed
As RPM use rises to new heights among Medicare beneficiaries, the Peterson Center on Healthcare highlights the need for new RPM policies, making three recommendations.
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17 Apr 2025
JetBrains, GitHub add coding agents to IDEs
Coding agents that can take on whole tasks with a natural language prompt are now tied in with widely used IDEs, including a JetBrains free tier.
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17 Apr 2025
Windstream, Ciena boost 400G network capacity in Southeast US
Optical communications technology enhances network infrastructure with its reconfigurable line system and coherent optical innovations, strengthening connectivity between Texas and Florida
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17 Apr 2025
ETSI highlights integrated sensing, communication 6G use cases
European standards organisation releases report identifying the first use cases for next generation of mobile in sensing, spanning indoor, outdoor, mixed environments applications with targets including people, vehicles, UAVs and robots
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17 Apr 2025
Consolidation continues with M Group snapping up Telent
Move will bring together critical infrastructure specialists serving customers across both public and private sectors
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17 Apr 2025
What’s new and not new with OpenAI’s latest reasoning models
The o3 and o4-mini models are supposed to be better than previous models. While they have improved abilities that can be seen as agentic, the upgrades are mostly incremental.
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17 Apr 2025
Tariff turmoil is making supply chain security riskier
Many businesses around the world are taking the decision to alter their supplier mix in the face of tariff uncertainty, but in doing so are creating more cyber risks for themselves, according to a report
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17 Apr 2025
Channel should encourage move from PSTN this year
With the switch-off deadline coming in 2027, those keen to gain the benefits of IP technology should migrate ahead of that date, according to BT
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17 Apr 2025
London falling behind in 5G mobile experience
Research reveals mobile users in UK capital spend more time in mobile signal not-spots and experience slower 5G speeds than residents of other UK cities, resulting in poorer performance in everyday tasks
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17 Apr 2025
UK class action sets stage for Google showdown
Another class action has been filed against search engine giant Google for anti-competitive practices that negatively affect small businesses
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17 Apr 2025
Monte Carlo launches first agents for data observability
Though the vendor already provides monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities, generative AI-powered agents for each aim to make instantaneous tasks that previously took days.
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17 Apr 2025
Standard Chartered grounds AI ambitions in data governance
The bank’s group chief data officer, Mohammed Rahim, outlines how the bank is modernising its data infrastructure and governance practices to support its AI initiatives
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16 Apr 2025
Tariffs and CX: Hold on to customers during an economic storm
Delivering excellent customer experience is a tough job on regular days. Now add rising prices because of tariffs.
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16 Apr 2025
Medicaid work requirements might spur 5M in coverage losses
Experts say complex documentation requirements might cause those meeting Medicaid work requirement criteria to lose their coverage.
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16 Apr 2025
Footballers object to processing of performance data
Football players are seeking to gain more control of their performance data through ‘stop processing’ requests, in an attempt to strike a better balance between firms’ commercial interests and the data rights of footballers
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16 Apr 2025
Kraft Group enlists NWN for New England Patriots network upgrades
North America’s largest AI-powered technology services provider to power fan experiences across entire sports enterprise business portfolio, including Gillette Stadium, New England Patriots and New England Revolution
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16 Apr 2025
CISA extends Mitre CVE contract at last moment
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has ridden to the rescue of the under-threat Mitre CVE Programme, approving a last-minute, 11-month contract extension to preserve the project’s vital security vulnerability work
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16 Apr 2025
CVE Foundation pledges continuity after Mitre funding cut
With news that Mitre’s contract to run the world-renowned CVE Programme is abruptly terminating, a breakaway group is setting up a non-profit foundation to try to ensure the project’s continuity
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16 Apr 2025
Interview: Markus Schümmelfeder, CIO, Boehringer Ingelheim
The pharmaceutical giant has built a digital and data platform based on cloud and standardisation, from which it is exploring technology opportunities in AI and quantum computing
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16 Apr 2025
Video telematics systems set for solid growth in North America, Europe
Research from dedicated machine-to-machine and IoT analyst finds integration of cameras in commercial vehicle environments will be significant trend for fleet telematics
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16 Apr 2025
KLAS: Top data analytics platforms for payers
Payer organizations are increasingly relying on data analytics platforms to drive better member outcomes.
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16 Apr 2025
Elevate Wholesale taking steps to improve diversity
Industry player Elevate Wholesale launches a community to encourage and support women to enter and work in the channel
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16 Apr 2025
AI chip restrictions limit Nvidia H20 China exports
The US government’s export controls have come into effect, limiting Nvidia’s ability to sell its H20 chip in China
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16 Apr 2025
Fibre fine but US tariffs to take hit on broadband equipment
Analyst predicts effect of US tariffs on telecoms and communications industry, revealing probable winners and losers
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16 Apr 2025
Hammerspace vacuums $100 million in Series B to gear for IPO
The latest funding round doubles the prior Series A total with new and prior investors in Hammerspace to expand sales and marketing reach, but experts question IPO ambitions.
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16 Apr 2025
Saudi Arabia struggling to reach global leadership in deeptech
Petrostate monarchy trying to build surrogate industry made of foreign startups because own ecosystem is too immature
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16 Apr 2025
Security leaders grapple with AI-driven threats
Experts warn of AI’s dual role in both empowering and challenging cyber defences, and called for intelligence sharing and the need to strike a balance between AI-driven innovation and existing security practices
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15 Apr 2025
Global leaders reckon with U.S. tariffs
The Trump administration says it is using tariffs to renegotiate trade deals, stop illegal drug crossings into the U.S. and boost domestic manufacturing.
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15 Apr 2025
Mitre warns over lapse in CVE coverage
Mitre, the operator of the world-renowned CVE repository, has warned of significant impacts to global cyber security standards, and increased risk from threat actors, as it emerges its US government contract will lapse imminently
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15 Apr 2025
OpenAI's GPT-4.1 targets coding for developers
The new family of models is aimed at making developers code better. It includes OpenAI's first nano model.
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15 Apr 2025
Only a third of CMMI models yield substantial net savings
Most CMMI models did not generate significant savings to the federal government, if any savings at all, according to a recent analysis.
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15 Apr 2025
Benchmarking data shows healthcare cybersecurity pain points
Organizations continue to take a reactive over a proactive approach to healthcare cybersecurity, KLAS, the AHA and several partners reported in their latest benchmarking study.
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15 Apr 2025
Surescripts HIE network receives TEFCA QHIN designation
As a TEFCA QHIN, healthcare stakeholders can now connect to Surescripts Health Information Network to participate in national health information exchange.
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15 Apr 2025
Roadmap for commercial adoption of quantum computing gains clarity
There has been plenty going on in the world of quantum computing, suggesting that commercial systems are on the horizon
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15 Apr 2025
UK altnets set to usher mass migration away from legacy broadband
Research reveals how momentum is building in the alternative provider sector to drive gigabit broadband to rural and hard-to-reach locations the UK
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15 Apr 2025
Hertz warns UK customers of Cleo-linked data breach
Car hire giant Hertz reveals UK customer data was affected in a cyber incident orchestrated via a series of vulnerabilities in Cleo managed file transfer products
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15 Apr 2025
UK challenger bank targets US’s mid-tier banking sector with tech platform
Starling Bank expands its banking as a service platform sales operation into the North American market
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15 Apr 2025
EU launches €104m call to advance European role in 6G
EC announces investment in Europe’s journey towards 6G leadership bringing together vertical industries, academia and research institutions
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15 Apr 2025
Tableau enters the agentic AI era with the launch of Next
The new platform features agents addressing needs such as data preparation and natural language-based analysis, and includes a semantic layer that targets relevancy and accuracy.
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15 Apr 2025
Innov8 and Sage mark 25 years of partnership
The channel player and vendor provide an example of trust and value over more than two decades
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15 Apr 2025
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal explained
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal is a semi-secret judicial body that has made significant legal rulings on privacy, surveillance and the use of investigatory powers. What does it do and why is it important?
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15 Apr 2025
Qwilt covers more than 2,000 edge cloud nodes across six continents
Distributed edge network technology provider claims milestone in Edge Cloud infrastructure through shift in how enterprises can deliver content and deploy latency-sensitive applications
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15 Apr 2025
Alibaba Cloud bolsters AI offerings
The Chinese hyperscaler has launched new models, tools and infrastructure upgrades for international customers following plans to advance its cloud computing and AI infrastructure
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14 Apr 2025
Computer and law experts respond to call for opinions on computer evidence
IT and legal experts have made submissions to a government consultation on the use of computer evidence in court
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14 Apr 2025
AI provides foundation for Atlassian customer service app
Atlassian will enter the world of customer service by extending its current internal ticketing tool to its users' customers.
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14 Apr 2025
Are patients stressed awaiting patient portal test results?
Some patients worry while they wait on patient portal test results, opening the door for some policy and health IT solutions to create a better digital patient experience.
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14 Apr 2025
CMS proposes 2.4% inpatient Medicare reimbursement hike
The FY 2026 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) proposed rule would increase inpatient Medicare reimbursement by about $4 billion.
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14 Apr 2025
AI-led automation drives strategic forces for industrial transformation
Research reveals eight key forces driving growth in smart factories, in what could be a revolution in automation, with AI-driven predictive maintenance for zero downtime a priority
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14 Apr 2025
Dialysis firm DaVita suffers ransomware attack
Kidney care company DaVita said patient care is continuing despite suffering a weekend ransomware attack that encrypted elements of its network.
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14 Apr 2025
Meta settles lawsuit over surveillance business model
Meta settles lawsuit over use of personal data in targeted advertising, opening up the possibility of other UK users raising legal objections to its processing
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14 Apr 2025
Expect a tariff on semiconductors within two months, says US commerce secretary
The Trump administration has separated out semiconductors in a bid to bring back manufacturing to the US
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14 Apr 2025
Distology increases consultative approach
Distributor looks to sign vendors to support its technology strategy and position it as a source of support and market leadership
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14 Apr 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
M&A activity of note in the past week was undertaken by Softcat, Exertis IT and Focus Group
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14 Apr 2025
Windtre Advances 5G offer with Juniper network architecture
AI-native networking tech provider announces major collaboration with Italian operator to future-proof core and edge network infrastructure as demand for 5G and internet services surge
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14 Apr 2025
Nokia networking backbone firms up ResetData AI factory
Deployment of networking backbone to support immediate roll-out of Australia’s first sovereign and sustainable liquid immersion-cooled data centres looks to gain 75% reduction in energy consumption over previous generations
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14 Apr 2025
Government injects extra funding to drive quantum growth
The UK government has ploughed an extra £121m into quantum to drive development of the technology
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14 Apr 2025
Government faces claims of serious security and data protection problems in One Login digital ID
The Government Digital Service was warned about serious cyber security and data protection problems in its flagship digital identity system, with insider claims that the data of three million users may still be at risk
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14 Apr 2025
SUSE CEO champions open source choice
Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen warns against suppliers diluting open source to lock in customers, and touted SUSE’s commitment to providing choice and support across multiple Linux and Kubernetes distributions
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14 Apr 2025
Qualcomm, Epec team to drive digital transformation in mobile machinery
Collaboration aims to transform off-highway heavy machinery sector combining machine system solutions and automation expertise with computing, AI and connectivity technologies
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14 Apr 2025
BT stretches Fabric further through Google Cloud partnership
UK’s leading telco announces step forward in partnership with IT giant, deepening collaboration to offer customers cloud WAN routes via its Global Fabric network platform
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11 Apr 2025
GenAI vendor Writer releases agentic platform for business
The platform is geared for business users, the vendor's primary targets. However, it must compete with bigger tech companies' agentic tools.
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11 Apr 2025
OCR settlement: Cracking down on HIPAA risk analysis gaps
Northeast Radiology paid $350,000 and agreed to implement a corrective action plan to resolve OCR's sixth enforcement action under its HIPAA risk analysis initiative.
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11 Apr 2025
Trump signals shift in drug import tariff policy
Analysts warn Trump's looming threat of pharmaceutical tariffs on drug imports could upend global pharma supply chains, drive up costs and reduce patient access to medicine.
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11 Apr 2025
Atlassian Data Center stops multiyear license renewals
The company confirmed that new on-premises product licenses are now limited to one year as it adds high-security cloud offerings. Users see the writing on the wall.
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11 Apr 2025
Work-life balance biggest barrier for women in tech, says survey
A lack of work-life balance and discrimination are among the biggest challenges for women in tech, finds Lorien
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11 Apr 2025
CMS ends federal funding for state Medicaid DSHPs, DSIPs
CMS indicated that DHSPs and DSIPs go beyond the scope of Medicaid services and therefore do not warrant federal funding.
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11 Apr 2025
AI surveillance towers place migrants in ‘even greater jeopardy’
The use of autonomous surveillance towers throughout the English coast forces migrants into increasingly dangerous routes and contributes to their criminalisation
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11 Apr 2025
Comms consortium calls for greater vigilance on subsea cable security
Open letter from European telecommunications operators and subsea cable stakeholders calls on cables ecosystem to align security objectives with operational feasibility as well create viable business model based on risk-based best practices
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11 Apr 2025
Nokia claims alien wavelength record, boosts event wireless connectivity
Leading comms tech provider seals deals for 1,000km 800Gbps trial and to deliver private wireless connectivity for large domestic and international mass events.
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11 Apr 2025
More than 100 Horizon victims are challenging Post Office offers on complex claims
Calls for advanced dispute resolution meetings by victims of the Post Office Horizon system have been ignored by the Department of Business and Trade
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11 Apr 2025
IT strategy implications of US tariffs
When is the best time to buy IT equipment? With tariffs in place that are set to increase, tech CEOs have signalled price rises ahead
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11 Apr 2025
Wes Streeting launches digital qualification for social care leaders
As part of the government’s plan to create a digital national care service, social care leaders will be trained in adopting and using cutting-edge technology
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11 Apr 2025
FDA clears Dexcom G7 15-Day continuous glucose monitor
Dexcom’s G7 15-Day continuous glucose monitor extends wear, improves usability and accuracy and sets a new bar for diabetes care and integration.
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11 Apr 2025
Google Cloud, Juniper Networks accelerate enterprise campus deployment
AI-native networking platform to use Google’s Cloud WAN service to help accelerate new branch deployments, and offer simplified branch operations with security and agility
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11 Apr 2025
Met Police to deploy permanent facial recognition tech in Croydon
The Met Police is set deploy permanent live facial recognition cameras on street furniture in Croydon from summer 2025, but local councillors say the decision – which has taken place with no community input – will further contribute the over-policing of Black communities
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11 Apr 2025
Warranty fraud fuels hidden army of hardware hackers
Widespread warranty fraud is not only costing companies billions but also creating a breeding ground for advanced hardware exploits, warns hardware hacker and researcher Bunnie Huang at Black Hat Asia 2025
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10 Apr 2025
Agentspace vs. Rovo: A new battlefront in enterprise search
Aligning DevOps and business teams using agentic AI prioritizes effective data and knowledge management and prompts fresh enterprise search offerings.
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10 Apr 2025
With Llama 4, Meta ups stakes in open model race
Models in the new Llama 4 family compete with open source offerings, most notably from Chinese upstart DeepSeek.
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10 Apr 2025
Providers, payers struggle with CMS interoperability rule
Discover key challenges healthcare stakeholders face in complying with the CMS interoperability and prior authorization final rule.
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10 Apr 2025
Antitrust fix elusive as Google set to face remedies trial
Divesting Chrome, ending search engine agreements and increasing data access are some of the remedies proposed by the Justice Department to fix Google's monopoly in online search.
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10 Apr 2025
Google bets on unifying security tools to ease CISO pain
At Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas, Google launches its Unified Security platform with the goal of bringing together disparate security solutions to help cyber leaders and practitioners address their most keenly felt pain points
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10 Apr 2025
Top 3 factors driving patient loyalty across generations
Faced with competing priorities across generations, health systems should home in on reliability, competence and respect to drive loyalty and market share.
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10 Apr 2025
Ericsson unveils AI-led enterprise wireless-first branch architecture
Global comms tech provider launches wireless-first branch architecture to deliver secure, reliable and scalable connectivity to support higher-bandwidth, business-critical AI-based operations across multiple industries
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10 Apr 2025
Google offers open protocol for AI agent connectivity
The idea of having AI agents coordinate activities to achieve a task requires a standard protocol for sharing queries, answers and admin tasks
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10 Apr 2025
HubSpot users get more Breeze generative AI agents
HubSpot users get agents for sales, service and marketing.
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10 Apr 2025
Mattel taps into Google Cloud to accelerate product innovation in response to customer feedback
Barbie doll manufacturer Mattel reveals how leaning on Google Cloud has enabled it to respond to customer feedback quicker and speed up its product development processes
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10 Apr 2025
Elevate raises full-fibre bar for businesses across Cardiff
Altnet to bring gigabit-speed connectivity to thousands of businesses through partnership with local council and national government across Welsh capital to boost digital inclusion, economic growth and educational access
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10 Apr 2025
Infor offers process mining, automation in CloudSuite ERP
With Velocity Suite, Infor embeds process mining, automation and generative AI into its industry-specific CloudSuite ERP.
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10 Apr 2025
Companies House goes live with One Login ID verification
People can verify their identity with Companies House using Gov.uk One Login as the central government body becomes the 36th service to start using the digital identity system
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10 Apr 2025
Lloyds Bank moves AI work onto Google Cloud platform
Banking group is cutting its emissions and accelerating the development of AI platforms by moving work onto Google Cloud
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10 Apr 2025
HPE intros virtual private cloud, on-premise options for Aruba Networking Central
Expansion of flagship network management service designed to address increasing demand for data sovereignty with regional and local control of networks with built-in security, AI-powered optimisation and enhanced observability
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10 Apr 2025
Spirit of openness helps banks get serious about stopping scams
Recent announcements show that banks, financial services firms and IT companies are increasing efforts to curb online scams
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10 Apr 2025
NetSuite bets big on built-in AI
At its customer event in Sydney, Oracle NetSuite unveiled a suite of AI-powered features integrated directly into its platform at no extra cost in a bid to make AI more accessible to customers
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10 Apr 2025
Investigative reporter files legal action over police surveillance and social media monitoring
Journalist complains to Investigatory Powers Tribunal after Northern Irish police placed him under surveillance as he investigated their handling of a high-profile death
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09 Apr 2025
Trump puts stamp on CHIPS Act deals with new office
President Donald Trump tasks a new U.S. Investment Accelerator office with managing the CHIPS Program Office and reducing businesses' regulatory burdens.
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09 Apr 2025
Gaps in healthcare vulnerability management persist
New benchmarking data can help security practitioners identify gaps in healthcare vulnerability management and make the case for a proactive versus reactive approach to managing vulnerabilities.