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03 May 2024
Microsoft, Google seek green card rule change
By Patrick ThibodeauTech firms struggle with green card sponsorships amid job cuts, but a proposed rule change, sought by the industry, could exempt certain tech jobs from labor market tests.
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03 May 2024
Adobe expands bug bounty programme to account for GenAI
By Alex ScroxtonAdobe has expanded the scope of its HackerOne-driven bug bounty scheme to incorporate flaws and risks arising from the development of generative artificial intelligence
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03 May 2024
Patch GitLab vuln without delay, users warned
By Alex ScroxtonThe addition of a serious vulnerability in the GitLab open source platform to CISA’s KEV catalogue prompts a flurry of concern
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21 Feb 2024
IT leaders are finding the right balance between on-premise and cloud
By Cliff SaranSurvey shows that fewer IT leaders are prioritising workload migration, which suggests they are happy with their deployment plans
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21 Feb 2024
How Indian fintechs can address compliance issues
By Kavitha SrinivasaFintechs will need to bolster their know-your-customer practices and establish self-regulatory mechanisms, among other measures, to address compliance issues that have come under the spotlight
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21 Feb 2024
Coalition: Vulnerability scoring systems falling short
By Arielle WaldmanCoalition said enterprises faced more substantial fallout from attacks on Citrix Bleed and Progress Software's MoveIt Transfer due to inadequate vulnerability prioritization.
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21 Feb 2024
Lawmakers Introduce MATCH IT Act for Patient Matching, Interoperability
By Hannah NelsonThe Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act of 2024 would improve the interoperability of patients' demographic data within certified health IT.
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21 Feb 2024
Unisys investigating potential involvement in controversial Post Office system
By Karl FlindersIT supplier wants to get to the bottom of its role in the distribution of the Post Office’s controversial Capture software, linked to potential wrongful convictions
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21 Feb 2024
London Grid for Learning enrols Community Fibre to connectivity curriculum
By Joe O’HalloranLondon-based charitable trust taps community broadband provider for backup connectivity in part of wider strategy to deliver ‘world-class’ digital infrastructure to children in London
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21 Feb 2024
Vodafone starts roll-out of commercial Open RAN in Romania
By Joe O’HalloranPan-European operator builds on UK commercial deployment and trials in other European countries for open radio access networks in key territory
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21 Feb 2024
SailPoint cuts ribbon on MSP programme
By Simon QuickeSecurity player keen to get partners to solve more customer identity-related challenges
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21 Feb 2024
CrowdStrike 'Global Threat Report': Cloud intrusions up 75%
By Alexander CulafiThis year's report covered cloud intrusions, data extortion attacks, and the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
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20 Feb 2024
Cloud costs continue to rise in 2024
By John MooreEnterprises might look more closely at workload allocation and explore alternative platforms amid ongoing cloud price hikes. Storage costs are also trending upward.
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20 Feb 2024
Generative AI dominates Google's data and analytics roadmap
By Eric AvidonFollowing recent integrations between Gemini and the tech giant's major data and analytics platforms, more product innovations featuring LLMs are expected over the next few months.
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20 Feb 2024
Operation Cronos dismantles LockBit ransomware gang
By Rob WrightAn international law enforcement operation led by the U.K.'s National Crime Agency seizes LockBit's websites, servers, source code and decryption keys.
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20 Feb 2024
Birmingham City Council needs a further £45m to fix ‘disastrous’ Oracle system
By Cliff SaranBirmingham City Council’s ERP system is failing to deliver an accurate ledger, which means finance staff have spent months manually entering cost centre data
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20 Feb 2024
HM Treasury signs AWS hosting environment management deal with Keysource
By Caroline DonnellyHM Treasury has enlisted datacentre management services provider to help operate the AWS environment used to host cross-government spending data system
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20 Feb 2024
Crayon bolsters education pitch with Kahoot partnership
By Simon QuickeChannel player will have more to talk about with schools and universities after getting involved with learning and engagement specialist
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20 Feb 2024
Telefónica, Matsuko launch holographic meeting experience
By Joe O’HalloranTelco and spatial computing firm to unveil holographic conferencing service to help users gain more effective communication and emotional connection in meetings
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20 Feb 2024
Uber CEO denies pricing algorithm uses ‘behavioural patterns’
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonUber workers are concerned about what data is being used by the company’s algorithm to set variable pay and pricing levels after CEO Dara Khosrowshahi admits to using drivers’ ‘behavioural patterns’
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20 Feb 2024
LockBit locked out: Cyber community reacts
By Alex ScroxtonReaction to the takedown of the LockBit ransomware gang is enthusiastic, but tempered with the knowledge that cyber criminals are often remarkably resilient
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20 Feb 2024
University of Lincoln undergoes edge datacentre modernisation project
By Caroline DonnellyThe University of Lincoln reveals details of the work it has done, with the help of Schneider Electric and RMD UK, to ensure the resiliency of its edge datacentre environments
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20 Feb 2024
US extradition of Julian Assange is ‘state retaliation’ for exposing war crimes, court hears
By Charlie MoloneyLawyers argue that the US extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is politically motivated and in is breach of the UK-US extradition treaty
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20 Feb 2024
BICS, Skylo unite to deliver GEO satellite NB-IoT connectivity
By Joe O’HalloranConnectivity enabler announces partnership with non-terrestrial network operator to deliver ubiquitous satellite-based narrowband internet of things connectivity for enterprises, letting IoT devices travel outside of their home country
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20 Feb 2024
LockBit gang members arrested in Poland and Ukraine
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK’s National Crime Agency and its global partners have shared more details on their audacious takedown of the LockBit ransomware operation, including news of two arrests
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20 Feb 2024
EE delivers mobile coverage boost in North Yorkshire
By Joe O’HalloranUK mobile operator has upgraded or built more than 40 mobile masts in North Yorkshire in the past two years, improving connectivity across the county as part of a £1.3bn coverage programme
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20 Feb 2024
VA OIG Flags Medication Safety Issues with Oracle Health EHR System
By Hannah NelsonAccording to VA OIG, the Oracle Health EHR is posing medication safety issues for veterans through duplicative, inaccurate, or missing medication data.
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20 Feb 2024
Competition in the cloud: Microsoft's ‘unfair’ licensing tactics go under the microscope
By Caroline DonnellyMicrosoft’s share of the global cloud infrastructure market is growing at a time when its customer recruitment and retention techniques are coming under increased regulatory scrutiny
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20 Feb 2024
Rolls-Royce looks at viability of quantum computing in nuclear safety
By Cliff SaranThe manufacturing firm is one of several participating in a Digital Catapult programme looking at industrial applications for quantum computing
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20 Feb 2024
Government agrees law to protect confidential journalistic material from state hacking
By Bill GoodwinThe government will update Investigatory Powers Act to require secret intelligence agencies to seek independent approval before accessing confidential journalistic material obtained by bulk hacking, but journalists remain vulnerable to other bulk surveillance powers
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20 Feb 2024
Vodafone teams with vcita to boost small business digital productivity
By Joe O’HalloranTelco and software management firm launch digital business management service intended for small businesses, replacing time-consuming and manual tasks with automated and digital services
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20 Feb 2024
Alibaba Cloud debuts Model Studio
By Aaron TanAlibaba Cloud’s Model Studio provides access to its Qwen family of foundation models and other third-party models and a suite of tools to speed up training and deployment of large language models
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19 Feb 2024
UK government launches tech talent campaign
By Lis EvenstadThe Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is encouraging people to sign up to digital skills bootcamps as government-funded research reveals huge demand for entry-level and junior tech talent
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19 Feb 2024
Cops take down LockBit ransomware gang
By Alex ScroxtonThe notorious LockBit ransomware crew has been disrupted in an international law enforcement sting led by the UK's National Crime Agency
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19 Feb 2024
Music agency halves space and energy costs with switch to Pure
By Antony AdsheadSUISA handles billions of royalty payments, but had capacity and storage admin nightmares with its EMC hardware. It cued up Pure Storage for simple admin, space and cost savings
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19 Feb 2024
ANS and Global 4 partnering and CodeStone buying
By Simon QuickeTie-ups across the channel continue to be struck as firms look to extend areas of expertise and bolster service offerings
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19 Feb 2024
Etisalat unveils multi-access edge slicing innovation
By Joe O’HalloranLeading Middle East operator to be first to deploy ‘breakthrough multi-access edge slicing innovation’ to offer new premium slicing services across 4G/5G, fixed wireless access and fixed access
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19 Feb 2024
Cradlepoint embedded IoT connects AI-driven sustainable intelligent waste system
By Joe O’HalloranCollaboration shows how cellular-connected artificial intelligence can support environmental sustainability through secure, scalable IoT connectivity that merges cellular technology with AI for optimal waste diversion and profitability
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19 Feb 2024
Controversial Post Office Capture system was developed in-house
By Karl FlindersSecond controversial Post Office system was the work of developers in its own IT operation
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19 Feb 2024
Virtus plots colocation campus in Buckinghamshire as demand for London datacentres soars
By Caroline DonnellyVirtus is committing to bringing a new datacentre campus online by 2026, as data shows the demand for colocation capacity continues to outstrip supply
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19 Feb 2024
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
By Simon QuickePersonnel moves of note at AMD, Mitel, NetSPI and mpro5 have been made in the past week
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19 Feb 2024
Nexfibre makes billion-pound broadband infrastructure investment
By Joe O’HalloranNext step in UK wholesale provider’s plan to deliver full-fibre gigabit network to 5 million premises by 2026 sees commitment to billion pound investment in broadband infrastructure across the course of 2024.
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19 Feb 2024
Vodafone looks to ease AR loads with HyperRealityHub
By Joe O’HalloranTelco unveils standalone solution powered by Qualcomm technology utilising fast, secure connectivity computing to be shared between a hub, extended reality glasses and across the cloud
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18 Feb 2024
Singapore to invest S$1bn in AI over five years
By Aaron TanThe funding will go towards compute, talent, and industry development to support Singapore’s national AI strategy
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16 Feb 2024
Dell, Nokia team to advance network cloud transformation, private 5G
By Joe O’HalloranComms tech provider adopts technology and services as its preferred infrastructure and preferred private wireless partner for enterprise edge use cases
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16 Feb 2024
Vonage unveils network API availability
By Joe O’HalloranComms platform provider announces network API availability, and claims first-to-market developer registration service to simplify network API access and adoption
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16 Feb 2024
Poor data and IT hamper cross-government working, PAC report finds
By Lis EvenstadReport cites inadequate data, poor IT systems and departmental silos as major barriers to cross-government working, and calls on government to do better
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16 Feb 2024
Government awards £10m to medtech developers
By Lis EvenstadThe government has awarded £10m to eight technology companies to create innovative medical devices and bring them to market
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16 Feb 2024
Green IT: How Google’s cloud and AI tools are supporting a methane-tracking satellite project
By Steve RangerCloud and AI will help to analyse data from MethaneSAT, due to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in March 2024
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16 Feb 2024
Samsung accelerates Open RAN development
By Joe O’HalloranElectronics giant beefs up fund to advance Open RAN interoperability, performance and security and teams, with telco and testing firm to advance commercial conformance and interoperability testing
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16 Feb 2024
Google claims AI advances with Gemini LLM
By Cliff SaranCode analysis, understanding large volumes of text and translating a language by learning from one read of a book are among the breakthroughs of Gemini 1.5
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16 Feb 2024
Misunderstanding and underrepresentation blocking tech diversity
By Clare McDonaldResearch from the Institute of Coding has found UK adults don’t think tech represents the wider UK population, and are uncertain about the level of education needed for a tech job
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16 Feb 2024
Record high returned to US smartphone consumers through trade-in
By Joe O’HalloranReport reveals record $4.3bn returned to US consumers through mobile device trade-in programmes in 2023, with $1.6bn in the last quarter alone
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16 Feb 2024
Post Office IT insider and the software decision that lit the Horizon scandal
By Karl FlindersAs the Post Office replaces its controversial Horizon software, a former Post Office IT executive describes disastrous mistakes of the past
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15 Feb 2024
Employer power over H-1B workers could create financial risk
By Patrick ThibodeauA new study says H-1B visa holders hired into accounting positions might be fearful of losing their jobs and could face pressure to perform unethical tasks.
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15 Feb 2024
The promise of CXL still hangs in the balance
By Adam ArmstrongWith AI pushing at the limits of hyperscaler environments, CXL offers a way to alleviate the memory problem. But it still requires a killer app if it's going to gain ground.
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15 Feb 2024
ADP deploys GenAI for payroll, HR customer service
By Patrick ThibodeauADP adopts GenAI to refine HR functions, targeting improved efficiency and upgrading HR to more advisory roles.
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15 Feb 2024
OpenAI intros text-to-video model Sora, challenges rivals
By Esther AjaoSora can generate video from text. OpenAI is red teaming the technology and admits it has some weaknesses. The release is a natural progression of the vendor's GenAI technology.
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15 Feb 2024
Generative AI for enterprises: ADP, IKEA launch tools
By John MooreThe human capital management company and the retailer have taken different roads to GenAI deployment. But both enterprises aim to boost customer experience.
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15 Feb 2024
Declining revenues lead to 4,000 job cuts at Cisco
By Antone GonsalvesA 12% drop in networking revenue contributed to the company's overall revenue decline and its decision to cut 5% of its workforce.
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15 Feb 2024
Google updates AI model Gemini, adds 1M context window
By Esther AjaoThe cloud provider's 1.5 Pro model has the largest context window seen in the market. Despite its innovation, it still needs to show the applicability of its model for enterprises.
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15 Feb 2024
Ransomware disrupts utilities, infrastructure in January
By Arielle WaldmanRansomware attacks last month caused outages and disruptions at public sector and critical infrastructure organizations as well as a major financial services firm.
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15 Feb 2024
Sitecore to bring more generative AI XM, XP clouds
By Don FluckingerKatie Johnson joined Sitecore after leading vertical market pushes at Salesforce and Talkdesk. In this Q&A, we discuss that, future generative AI plans and more.
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15 Feb 2024
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces last appeal against ‘political’ extradition
By Bill GoodwinWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seeking leave to appeal against extradition to the US in a case that could have chilling implications for journalists reporting on national security
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15 Feb 2024
UK altnets announce fibre broadband infrastructure share scheme
By Joe O’HalloranAssociation of UK’s independent broadband network provider sets up working group designed to ensure that full-fibre roll-out across all of the country is not held back by inconsistencies in the availability of physical infrastructure
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15 Feb 2024
Dapr brings microservices principles to platform engineering
By Beth PariseauWith microservices now mainstream -- and past the trough of disillusionment -- a framework developed for them appeals to platform engineers with shared services consistency.
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15 Feb 2024
Exclusive Networks and TD Synnex add to security options
By Simon QuickeThe trend of distributors adding more security vendors has continued with the latest couple of examples
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15 Feb 2024
Nokia intros first OT-compliant GenAI service for connected workers
By Joe O’HalloranComms tech provider says it has become the first company to adapt GenAI large language model technology for operational environments
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15 Feb 2024
Security-by-design push prompts new ISC2 accreditations
By Alex ScroxtonSecurity-by-design has become a hot-button regulatory issue. ISC2 has decided now is the time to upskill cyber pros around these vital software and hardware development principles
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15 Feb 2024
Startup intros new platform for AI inferencing at the edge
By Esther AjaoThe platform delivers 5G and GPU-based micro clouds to specific locations. It's for enterprises that want an on-premises deployment without having to own the physical data center.
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15 Feb 2024
Eclypsium: Ivanti firmware has 'plethora' of security issues
By Alexander CulafiIn its firmware analysis, Eclypsium found that the Ivanti Pulse Secure appliance used a version of Linux that was more than a decade old and several years past end of life.
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15 Feb 2024
Alan Turing Institute hits ‘key milestone’ in AI strategy
By Steve RangerThe Alan Turing Institute reaffirms its commitment to addressing “grand challenges” in health, environment and security with the appointment of four new directors
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15 Feb 2024
Samsung, AMD and Vodafone claim Open RAN data call first
By Joe O’HalloranLeading processor and electronics company team with telco to reinforce open radio access network expansion, using technical expertise from existing large-scale commercial network deployments
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15 Feb 2024
Openreach unveils ‘turbo-charged’ full-fibre gigabit broadband offer
By Joe O’HalloranNation’s leading broadband provider reacts with new speed tiers to ‘massive network traffic surge’ due to demand for high-definition streaming, online gaming, video conferencing and other bandwidth-intensive applications
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15 Feb 2024
Legacy kit undermining sustainability efforts
By Simon QuickeDaisy research has shone a light on an issue causing high numbers of customers ESG and budgetary headaches
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14 Feb 2024
Microsoft, OpenAI warn nation-state hackers are abusing LLMs
By Arielle WaldmanMicrosoft and OpenAI observed five nation-state threat groups leveraging generative AI and large language models for social engineering, vulnerability research and other tasks.
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14 Feb 2024
Microsoft: Nation-state hackers are exploiting ChatGPT
By Alex ScroxtonThreat actors from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia have all been probing use cases for generative AI service ChatGPT, but have yet to use such tools in a full-blown cyber attack
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14 Feb 2024
Dutch Supreme Court approves use of EncroChat evidence
By Bill GoodwinDefence lawyers plan appeal to European Court of Human Rights after Supreme Court upholds a conviction based on intercepted messages from the EncroChat encrypted phone network
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14 Feb 2024
Nokia, A1, Microsoft claim first for enterprise 5G edge cloud network slicing
By Joe O’HalloranTelco teams with IT giant and comms tech provider to offer network slicing solution designed to deliver secure virtual private network services to enterprise customers integrated with edge-based enterprise cloud applications over 4G and 5G networks
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14 Feb 2024
UK government adds to autonomous vehicle funding
By Joe O’HalloranMembers of the fifth connected vehicle technology development cohort given potential to receive funding from UK government to aid creation of services that could power self-driving vehicles
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14 Feb 2024
Alteryx, Databricks expand complementary partnership
By Eric AvidonThe expanded partnership features new integrations designed to better enable joint customers to combine self-service data preparation and analysis with data science and AI.
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14 Feb 2024
eHealth Exchange Announces Public Health Data Sharing Incentives
By Hannah NelsonA new program will provide financial incentives to current and prospective members of eHealth Exchange to help boost public health data sharing.
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14 Feb 2024
Virgin Media O2 Shared Rural Network roll-out reaches new heights
By Joe O’HalloranOperator claims major milestone in commitment to £1bn UK rural communications programme after it rolled out reliable 4G coverage across 100 sites on Scotland’s second-largest island
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14 Feb 2024
Southern Water customer data was taken in ransomware attack
By Alex ScroxtonSouthern Water has started to contact customers whose data was stolen in a January 2024 ransomware attack on its systems
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14 Feb 2024
GTDC: Distribution marketplaces evolving and competing
By Simon QuickeReport from industry body uncovers the progress made so far and the prospects for future enhancements putting distie offerings in a strong position
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14 Feb 2024
Met Police to scrap and replace ‘racist’ Gangs Violence Matrix
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA database used by the Metropolitan Police to identify and track people linked with gang violence is being decommissioned and replaced. The decision follows a long-running controversy over its discriminatory impacts on young black people, but campaigners warn that racial discrimination will persist with new tool
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14 Feb 2024
Microsoft patches two zero-days for Valentine’s Day
By Alex ScroxtonTwo security feature bypasses impacting Microsoft SmartScreen are on the February Patch Tuesday docket, among more than 70 issues
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14 Feb 2024
Kyocera: In tough times, get closer to your suppliers
By Simon QuickePrint and document management player advises the channel to deepen relationships, while elsewhere, Canon puts more products into the hands of partners
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14 Feb 2024
Insurance company Admiral partners with Google Cloud for digital transformation push
By Caroline DonnellyInsurance company Admiral has made Google its strategic cloud partner, as it embarks on a push to boost the efficiency of its operations and improve the experience it offers to customers
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14 Feb 2024
Revolut launches eSIM plan for 100 countries
By Joe O’HalloranFinancial institution claims to be first company of its kind in the UK to launch embedded subscriber identity module offering a cost-effective way to access data plans without unexpected roaming charges in over 100 countries
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14 Feb 2024
Vodafone announces alert-based CCTV over mobile connectivity
By Joe O’HalloranOperator announces IoT smart surveillance that offers business customers live video-over-mobile network on unlimited data plan designed to overcome challenges faced by existing CCTV infrastructure
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14 Feb 2024
Security experts: Investigatory powers plans will delay security updates
By Bill GoodwinCyber security experts warn that government proposals to amend the Investigatory Powers Act will limit tech companies’ ability to respond to security threats and could hamper the use of end-to-end encryption
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14 Feb 2024
Post Office CEO refused to meet government minister without her lawyer after 2015 Horizon report
By Karl FlindersPost Office statements on the Horizon system, whether to journalists or the government, were routinely carefully crafted by lawyers
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13 Feb 2024
How DBS is industrialising AI across its business
By Aaron TanSoutheast Asia’s biggest lender is building a strong data foundation and upskilling employees on data and artificial intelligence to realise its vision of becoming an AI-fuelled bank
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13 Feb 2024
February Patch Tuesday corrects two Windows zero-days
By Tom WalatAdministrators should focus on quickly deploying a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook and exercising caution when applying an Exchange Server 2019 cumulative update.
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13 Feb 2024
Iranian cyberattacks targeting U.S. and Israeli entities
By Alexander CulafiGoogle said Tuesday that state-backed Iranian actors targeted the U.S. and Israel consistently in the years prior to the start of the Israel-Hamas war as well as the months after.
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13 Feb 2024
Otter.ai rolls out cross-platform Meeting GenAI
By Esther AjaoThe vendor's new tools will appeal to users who access the application across different meeting platforms. However, it could face resistance from companies that use one platform.
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13 Feb 2024
Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM adds to logistics management
By Jim O'DonnellNew applications in Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM for transportation and trade management are intended to help companies manage logistics networks and deal with supply chain disruptions.
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13 Feb 2024
Alation launches benchmark tool to assess data maturity
By Eric AvidonThe data catalog specialist's new tool examines four key criteria, including literacy and governance, in assessing an organization's business intelligence culture.
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13 Feb 2024
New variants of Qakbot malware under development
By Alex ScroxtonDespite its infrastructure having been taken down by the FBI last year, someone appears to be actively working on a new and improved version of the infamous Qakbot malware
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13 Feb 2024
Pega GenAI Blueprint aims at application design processes
By Esther AjaoWhile the vendor's use of the technology is similar to others in the low-code market, its focus on design differentiates it. The platform enables collaboration.
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13 Feb 2024
Proofpoint: 'Hundreds' of Azure accounts compromised
By Rob WrightProofpoint researchers found that the attackers manipulated the MFA of compromised accounts, registering their own methods to maintain persistent access.
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13 Feb 2024
MSB strengthens Sweden’s national critical network with 5G
By Joe O’HalloranComms tech and service company becomes part of Sweden’s next-generation mission-critical network infrastructure, Rakel G2, whose 5G core network is designed to ensure fast and secure sharing of voice, data, images and video