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23 Jun 2025
Police to gain powers to grab online data when they seize phones and laptops
Academics and civil liberties experts say that proposed ‘authoritarian’ powers to allow police to trawl online and cloud services used by owners of seized devices should require approval from a judge
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20 Jun 2025
News brief: LOTL attacks, spoofed sites, malicious repositories
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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20 Jun 2025
Cyber Essentials certifications rising slowly but steadily
The number of businesses attaining the NCSC Cyber Essentials certification continues to increase, but much more can be done to raise awareness of the scheme.
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20 Jun 2025
M&S, Co-op attacks a ‘Category 2 cyber hurricane’, say UK experts
The UK’s Cyber Monitoring Centre has published its first in-depth assessment of a major incident, reflecting on the impact of and lessons learned from Scattered Spider attacks on M&S and Co-op
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20 Jun 2025
As Ocient matures, vendor names new CEO to drive growth
As the vendor moves from its startup to growth phase, John Morris, who has significant experience leading companies as they mature, is taking over to guide its evolution.
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20 Jun 2025
Election workers’ data stolen in cyber breach of Oxford City Council
Oxford City Council election workers had personal information stolen by cyber attackers in an attack over the weekend of 7-8 June. The council has stated that most disrupted systems are back online
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20 Jun 2025
Episource data breach affects 5.4M individuals
IT vendor Episource suffered a ransomware attack earlier this year that resulted in a multi-million-record data breach that impacted its health plan and provider customers.
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20 Jun 2025
UK data reforms become law
UK passes wide-ranging data protection reforms to ‘simplify’ organisations’ sharing and processing of data, but questions remain whether changes will be accepted by European Commission when renewing UK data adequacy
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20 Jun 2025
European satellite operators take comms services to higher orbit
Kyivstar advances direct-to-cell services in Ukraine with Starlink integration and regulatory approval for testing, while Constellation Technologies and Operations announces the imminent launch of its first regenerative 5G mmWave payload
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20 Jun 2025
Dutch cloud pioneers face the hard limits of digital sovereignty
The Netherlands’ ambitious talk of digital independence meets the unforgiving economics of global cloud dominance
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20 Jun 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at AvePoint, Nebula Global Services, Pulsant, Skyhawk Security and HackerOne
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20 Jun 2025
ITS wins dark fibre contract to boost Carmarthenshire connectivity
Latest step in Welsh connectivity programme sees major contract to provide fibre to underpin the expanding needs of digital services in communities that rely on effective, secure and high-capacity infrastructure
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20 Jun 2025
Government hires chief data officer
Former MoD data chief, Lindsay Mason, has taken on the role of chief data officer in earl on a temporary basis while government recruits for a permanent position
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20 Jun 2025
SMEs embracing subscription model
Research from Uswitch.com highlights how small business are starting to take advantage of more services
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20 Jun 2025
Report on integrity of current Post Office Horizon system due in autumn
Investigation into the integrity and discrepancy identification capabilities of Post Office core system being carried out by independent specialists
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20 Jun 2025
Richer people look forward to cutting-edge tech to help save time
Research for Lloyds Banking Group has found high-paid workers are looking forward to tech like robotic vacuum cleaners, autonomous cars and drone deliveries
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20 Jun 2025
Restaurant fills DR gap with all-flash Pure and dodges higher cloud cost
Seafood chain Red Lobster opted for Pure Storage as-a-service for rapid failover between datacentres. A fully cloud-based option was on the table, but would have been six times the cost
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20 Jun 2025
Pure CEO Charlie Giancarlo on data management, all-flash and tariffs
We spoke to the Pure CEO about Enterprise Data Cloud and how it can offer insight and management across all its storage, plus a catch-up on the death of the HDD and tariff uncertainty
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20 Jun 2025
AR/VR headset market reaching ‘critical tipping point’
Research finds marked uptick in immersive technologies market with 18.1% year-on-year growth fuelled by immersive and versatile experiences, with future growth anticipated to be driven by mixed and extended reality
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19 Jun 2025
Nokia launches autonomous network fabric
Nokia’s platform aims to accelerate full network automation in an open, cloud-native, multi-supplier environment including telco-trained models, integrated security, and AI apps for automation workflows
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19 Jun 2025
Inca warns of ‘unjustified’ Openreach prominence in comms review
Trade association for UK’s independent broadband providers urges regulator to ensure forthcoming legislation secures the future of infrastructure investment, fosters regulatory consistency and promotes a fair and competitive landscape
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19 Jun 2025
Interview: Tech innovation at Bet365
Alan Reed, head of platform innovation at Bet365’s Hillside Technology platform, discusses the role of generative AI in tech innovation
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19 Jun 2025
MSPs remain confident over security
Despite being inundated with attacks, the vast majority of managed service providers are upbeat about their abilities to fend off breaches
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19 Jun 2025
Government announces details of Post Office Capture redress scheme
The government says it wants new scheme to take a ‘common sense’ approach to redress for former Capture users
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19 Jun 2025
University of Oulu shows machine vision can replace expert presence
Leading Finnish university and tech hub reveals advances in immersive augmented reality technologies to support remote work and operations and address unique challenges and skill shortages of northern regions
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19 Jun 2025
UBS employee data leaked after cyber attack on supplier
UBS and fellow Swiss bank Pictet have been affected by a cyber attack on a procurement service provider
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19 Jun 2025
Brazil’s defence, public safety agencies unify comms with federal network
Comms service to integrate existing land mobile radio networks with broadband technology to strengthen collaboration for national security in key Latin America territory
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18 Jun 2025
Pure looks beyond storage to data management
The vendor's Enterprise Data Cloud architecture, unveiled at Pure//Accelerate, suggests just how much data management is converging in the enterprise.
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18 Jun 2025
U.S. senators offer perspectives on U.S. energy policy
Nuclear energy dominates the discussion among lawmakers and the tech industry as a top potential power source for AI data centers, which consume large amounts of electricity.
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18 Jun 2025
Texas Instruments injects $60B into U.S. chip manufacturing
The company will partner with Nvidia, Apple, Ford, SpaceX and others to spur domestic semiconductor production.
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18 Jun 2025
Oracle unveils offline EHR for remote care settings
Oracle Health Community Care offers offline EHR access to support remote and in-home care delivery in areas with limited broadband or unreliable internet connectivity.
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18 Jun 2025
Preventive care, health equity falter despite access gains
The Commonwealth Fund's Scorecard on Health System Performance shows state-by-state variability in health equity and preventive care.
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18 Jun 2025
Medicare Advantage patients face longer hospital stays: Report
NORC researchers found that Medicare Advantage enrollees are more likely to have longer hospital stays and less access to follow-up care compared to traditional Medicare patients.
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18 Jun 2025
Enterprise LAN sector rebounding
After period of volatility, local area network arena shows stabilisation in market dynamics as Wi-Fi standards drive significant adoption of technology from leaders such as Cisco, HPE Aruba, Ubiquiti, Huawei and Juniper Networks
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18 Jun 2025
Pure Storage hands channel fresh data management pitch
Vendor announces launch of a cloud data management option that it believes will offer an alternative to traditional storage approaches
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18 Jun 2025
Weka connects storage AI with new NeuralMesh architecture
Weka's Data Platform adapts to AI data center needs with new NeuralMesh architecture, which can deploy in hybrid-cloud setups, self-heal and prioritize storage paths to the GPUs.
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18 Jun 2025
BT Wholesale: Making the switch to digital
In a Q&A session, the telco giant’s managing director of BT Wholesale shares the priorities of its partners
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18 Jun 2025
Execs shy away from open models and open source AI
The Capgemini Research Institute has found that business executives prefer the support and security associated with commercial products
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18 Jun 2025
Pure Enterprise Data Cloud bundles its IP for business outcomes
All-flash evangelist bundles storage management and as-a-service under Enterprise Data Cloud banner while boosting hardware offerings with performance arrays and a 300TB flash module
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18 Jun 2025
Pure Storage supporting automation with cloudlike approach
Pure Storage's new Enterprise Data Cloud platform automates common storage workloads and refreshes server hardware at the vendor's annual conference.
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18 Jun 2025
Nokia, Telstra team for network API development
Comms tech provider partners with Australia’s leading telco to give developers access to network APIs to create enterprise applications, including managing network traffic during large events and prioritising connectivity for critical services
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18 Jun 2025
Workday UK head Dan Pell: Managing AI agents requires system of record
Speaking with Computer Weekly at Workday’s Elevate 2025 event in London, its UK and Ireland general manager discussed what it will mean to manage digital labour
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18 Jun 2025
Traditional fake news detection fails against AI-generated content
As generative AI produces increasingly convincing text, Dutch researchers are exploring how linguistic cues, model bias, and transparency tools can help detect fake news.
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18 Jun 2025
'Readiness gap' holds back GenAI adoption in healthcare, survey finds
Staffing shortages, workflow issues and a lack of corporate buy-in hamper generative AI readiness in healthcare, but the technology can help with documentation and administrative tasks.
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18 Jun 2025
New era of connectivity required to unlock power of AI
Leading comms tech provider’s report reveals how outdated connectivity is restricting businesses’ ability to capitalise on emerging technologies such as AI
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18 Jun 2025
EVS: Gothenburg Wireless Charging project expands with new station
Smart city ecosystem in Sweden’s second city gains extra juice and mileage with boost to inductive wireless charging technology for commercial fleets and autonomous vehicle systems
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18 Jun 2025
Uninsured rate dips linked to Medicaid expansion, outcomes
Commonwealth Fund researchers said dips in statewide uninsured rates are likely due to Medicaid expansion and the ACA marketplace plans.
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17 Jun 2025
Microsoft declares era of logical qubits
The tech giant is moving past the noisy, intermediate-scale quantum era, focusing on building a fault-tolerant supercomputer as it looks to democratise quantum computing and speed up scientific discovery
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17 Jun 2025
Cyber action plan kicks off to ‘supercharge’ UK security sector
UK government says its cyber growth action plan will provide a large boost to Britain’s security industry as it sets out to create a roadmap for future growth
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17 Jun 2025
Pendo launches platform to analyze AI agent performance
The company said its new platform will enable businesses to track agentic AI software and optimize performance.
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17 Jun 2025
Scattered Spider widens web to target insurance sector
Following a series of high-profile attacks on prominent retailers and consumer brands, the Scattered Spider cyber crime collective appears to be expanding its targeting to the insurance sector
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17 Jun 2025
Big tech, UAE make U.S. energy investments to support AI
The Trump administration has pointed to key partnerships, including with the United Arab Emirates and U.S. tech companies, to bolster U.S. power needs to keep up with AI advances.
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17 Jun 2025
FDA voucher program expedites high-need drug approvals
The FDA's new voucher program fast-tracks drug reviews to 1–2 months for therapies that address U.S. health crises, unmet needs or national security priorities.
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17 Jun 2025
Apple AI paper likely self-serving but has some merit
Although the iPhone maker appears to be trying to draw attention away from the fact that it's behind in LLMs, the point it makes might still be valid.
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17 Jun 2025
Lawmakers introduce bipartisan healthcare cybersecurity bill
The Healthcare Cybersecurity Act aims to increase coordination between HHS and CISA, particularly during active cyberattacks.
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17 Jun 2025
Oracle adds xAI Grok models to OCI
The move is customer-focused, as the tech giant aims to offer the models for applications such as content generation, research and business process automation.
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17 Jun 2025
EnterpriseDB targets AI development with latest update
A low-code/no-code interface and data observability across hybrid environments address the challenges enterprises face moving AI projects beyond development and into production.
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17 Jun 2025
Wait is over for Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation 9
The first major revision of the VMware platform under Broadcom's ownership is now available to all VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware vSphere Foundation subscribers.
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17 Jun 2025
Adobe takes on AI search optimization with LLM Optimizer
SEO isn't dead yet, but new tools are needed to optimize content for generative AI search engines.
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17 Jun 2025
'Big Beautiful Bill' puts rural hospitals at even greater risk
The House-passed reconciliation bill would push the 338 rural hospitals already at risk of closing, converting or stopping service lines to shutter their doors, new data shows.
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17 Jun 2025
Artificial intelligence could fuel growth in global tennis
IBM launches artificial intelligence-driven tools to grow the sport’s reach, but AI’s role also reaches the on-court business
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17 Jun 2025
Senate committee's Medicaid cuts imperil coverage, outcomes
Outside experts say ACA changes and Medicaid cuts could threaten insurance coverage and cause thousands of preventable deaths.
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17 Jun 2025
Patients to access clinical trials via NHS App
As government plans a £50m upgrade of the NHS App, people will be able to sign up to clinical trials that will match them to available studies
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17 Jun 2025
Integris seals largest deal yet to expand MSP offering
Channel player makes another acquisition to bolster business on the other side of the Atlantic as it continues to increase its offering for SME customers
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17 Jun 2025
UKtech50: Vote for the most influential person in UK technology
Our judges have selected the top 50 leaders from a shortlist of nearly 500 people – now it’s your chance to tell us who you think is the most influential person in UK technology
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17 Jun 2025
SingleStore boosts database performance to meet AI needs
With AI development and deployment imposing greater workload demands on data management systems than traditional analytics, the vendor's latest update targets efficiency at scale.
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17 Jun 2025
Partners embracing Rapid7’s training
Security player’s channel head provides an update on the reaction to partner programme changes the vendor introduced earlier this year
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17 Jun 2025
Infrastructure and governance are key for GenAI adoption
Many generative AI projects are failing to scale because firms are overlooking foundational needs like network modernisation and governance frameworks, says a regional leader at NTT Data
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16 Jun 2025
HPE doubles Nonstop server platform memory, bandwidth
The company says its latest releases will fuel efficiency for enterprise customers, with the help of Intel Xeon processors.
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16 Jun 2025
Uncompensated care to rise by $283B under reconciliation bill
The House reconciliation bill and the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits for Marketplace plans would increase the level of uncompensated care, particularly at hospitals.
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16 Jun 2025
New Amazon Health Services structure unveiled
Amazon is redesigning its healthcare division, creating six units focused on different aspects of the business, including One Medical, pharmacy and network development.
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16 Jun 2025
Cellular IoT module revenues show double-digit growth over 2024
Research shows internet of things is continuously evolving and expanding into new domains, and that by the end of 2024, approximately 4.3 billion devices were connected to wide area networks based on cellular or LPWA technologies
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16 Jun 2025
IR35: Use of HMRC CEST tool drops by more than 70%, delayed FOI reveals
HMRC has revealed, via a Freedom of Information response, that use of its IR35 status checker tool is declining, as around 20% of users continue to get an undetermined response from it
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16 Jun 2025
Better communication key to improving HCAHPS scores
Researchers said state-by-state comparisons and analysis of top performers could inform strategies for improving HCAHPS scores.
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16 Jun 2025
Apogee taking the consultative approach to Windows 11 migrations
Customers are wrestling with budget and resource issues, and using the end of support for Windows 10 as a threat is not the right approach for the channel to take
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16 Jun 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
A round-up of the people moves in the past seven days at Network Group, Nasuni, Uipath, CyberArk and Vertiv
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16 Jun 2025
GLP-1 real-world weight loss falls short of trial results
GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide and tirzepatide deliver lower weight loss in real-world use than in clinical trials, due to early discontinuation, suboptimal dosing and access challenges.
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16 Jun 2025
Intelligence sharing key to cyber security in Europe, says EU Commission cyber expert
Cyber criminals choose not to attack Europe due to its resilience and preparedness, says the EU Commission’s principal advisor for cyber security coordination, Despina Spanou
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16 Jun 2025
Long-range drones to fly across UK’s critical national infrastructure
UK’s air transport regulator gives green light for BVLOS drones in non-segregated airspace to fly over the country’s critical national infrastructure to improve safety, security and efficiency
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16 Jun 2025
Digital Catapult explores quantum innovation for advanced connectivity
Deep tech innovation organisation highlights how quantum networking innovation is being embedded across UK industries such as telecoms, aerospace, automotive and ports to address real-world operational challenges
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16 Jun 2025
Nokia private wireless flies at Leonardo as Elisa extends for 5G advanced
Comms tech provider works with global aerospace and defence firm to deliver integrated mission-critical services over private wireless networks for public safety and critical infrastructure, and wins long-term extension with key telco
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16 Jun 2025
CNCF eyes open source Cuda alternative as AI’s influence grows
Open source leaders highlight breakthroughs in projects like OpenTelemetry and discuss the open source community’s role in shaping the future of artificial intelligence workloads and fostering global collaboration amid geopolitical tensions
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15 Jun 2025
Qualtrics targets ‘action gap’ with AI copilot
The company’s Assist for CX tool aims to help organisations act on customer feedback, with one Australian airline already using it to slash insight times from months to hours
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13 Jun 2025
News brief: Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit recap
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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13 Jun 2025
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Next employs more agents, CDP
Salesforce overhauls Marketing Cloud with agentic AI.
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13 Jun 2025
CIOs baffled by ‘buzzwords, hype and confusion’ around AI
Alan Trefler, CEO of Pegasystems, is scathing about big tech companies that are pushing the use of AI agents and large language models for business-critical applications
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13 Jun 2025
ThoughtSpot evolving as BI becomes driven by AI
Recent releases, including the Agentic Analytics Platform and Agentic Semantic Layer, demonstrate that the vendor continues to be creative amid the changing analytics industry.
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13 Jun 2025
CityFibre triples business Ethernet availability
UK’s largest independent full-fibre platform provider makes Ethernet services available to 180,000 more UK businesses underpinned by nationwide 10Gb XGS-PON upgrade, with investment in a dedicated business ethernet platform
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13 Jun 2025
Innovation culture is in our DNA, says Alibaba chairman
Alibaba chair Joe Tsai on why the company is open sourcing its large language model, how it dealt with the DeepSeek crisis, and plans for the future
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13 Jun 2025
Ericsson, Supermicro advance enterprise connectivity for edge AI systems
Global comms tech provider and application-optimised IT services firm collaborate to simplify and accelerate edge AI deployments by bundling 5G connectivity with pre-validated AI compute
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13 Jun 2025
European telcos team to gain edge, AI factories
Orange, Fastweb, Swisscom, Telefónica and Telenor announce partnership with AI technology leader to build infrastructure to support generative and agentic AI services for regional enterprises
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13 Jun 2025
Google Cloud and Singapore’s DISG launch AI initiative
The AI Cloud Takeoff initiative, part of the Singapore government’s Enterprise Compute Initiative, will offer local firms up to S$500,000 in incentives to establish in-house AI centres of excellence and build AI capabilities
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13 Jun 2025
Fusion and AI: How private sector tech is powering progress at ITER
When commercial AI meets the world’s most ambitious science experiment, nuclear fusion, surprising things start to happen
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13 Jun 2025
VodafoneThree begins operation with 5G SA, broadband push
UK’s largest communications company comes to life backed by £11bn infrastructure investment with push on 5G Standalone networks and partnerships with full-fibre fixed broadband providers
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13 Jun 2025
AI Summit London: Managing legacy IT and the pace of AI development
While there appears to be no stopping the progress of AI, businesses need to get a handle on technical debt and decide when to build or buy AI
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12 Jun 2025
Google Cloud, Cloudflare struck by widespread outages
Multiple companies investigated a widespread outage Thursday. Google Cloud later said it was due to a faulty API update and promises a full incident report of the root cause.
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12 Jun 2025
Datadog AI agent observability, security seek to boost trust
As AI agents mature, new tools aim to bolster their reliability and security with fresh visibility into automation workflows and more detailed troubleshooting.
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12 Jun 2025
Adults facing language barriers less likely to use video visits
New research shows that adults facing language barriers are not only less likely to participate in video visits but also less likely to access specialty care via telehealth.
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12 Jun 2025
Policymakers assess nuclear energy for AI data centers
Big tech vendors are recognizing the energy demands of their AI services, causing them to make significant energy investments.
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12 Jun 2025
RFK Jr. names 8 new members to CDC vaccine advisory committee
RFK Jr. appoints eight new members to the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, days after firing the panel's 17 sitting members.
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12 Jun 2025
Kettering Health resumes normal operations after cyberattack
Kettering Health restored its normal operations three weeks after the Interlock ransomware group launched a cyberattack against its systems.
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12 Jun 2025
Cigna to launch 6 new AI features in member portal
The payer is launching AI features to answer members' benefits and claims questions, track their costs and find healthcare providers and services that match their medical needs.
