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21 Oct 2026
AI will drive up credit cost of weak cyberdefenses, says Moody's
By Alissa IreiAs Moody's links poor cyber resilience directly to higher capital costs, CISOs gain a powerful financial metric to convince boards to fund defenses.
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20 Oct 2026
CNCF's llm-d 1.0 tackles high AI inference costs
By Beth Pariseau, Lead Editor, Infrastructure NewsThe llm-d project, now ready for production, aims to do for distributed inference on GPUs what Kubernetes did for web apps: make the most of infrastructure resources.
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20 Oct 2026
DeepSeek makes DeepInfer open source to cut AI costs
By Esther ShittuWith the move, the Chinese AI vendor is looking to gain an advantage in the open source market, while addressing enterprise concerns about steep token rates.
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21 Oct 2026
Telstra, Ericsson expand autonomous network collaboration
By Joe O’HalloranLeading operator and comms tech firm expand collaboration to accelerate the industry’s shift towards autonomous networks with a common knowledge taxonomy, exchange and composition
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21 Oct 2026
UK government adapts Post Office scandal redress schemes and investigates pre-Horizon software
By Karl FlindersThe UK government will investigate Post Office software that predates Horizon and opens up new routes to financial redress for subpostmasters as claims of unfairness continue
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21 Oct 2026
MPs ask finance regulators how they will deal with Google Cloud after outage
By Karl FlindersTech giants, including Google Cloud, now fall in the regulatory remit of Critical Third Parties
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21 Oct 2026
Capita postpones investor event to focus on CSPS fix
By Karl FlindersCapita has pulled the plug on a planned event for investors, financial analysts and shareholders to prioritise addressing Civil Service Pension Scheme issues
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21 Oct 2026
ClickFix scams pose growing risk to education sector, Jisc says
By Alex ScroxtonObservers have noted a surge in so-called ClickFix scams targeting the UK's higher education sector as threat actors seek valuable personal and research data
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21 Oct 2026
Southeast Asian enterprises trail consumers in AI usage
By Aaron TanPer capita AI usage in Southeast Asia is about a tenth of US levels, a gap the latest e-Conomy SEA report puts down to consumer-led, mobile-first adoption rather than enterprise deployments
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21 Oct 2026
Prime minister announces thousands of tech-based work experience places for UK’s youth
By Karl FlindersThousands of young people will have the chance to get their tech careers off to a start
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20 Oct 2026
PAC warns that UKRI is not delivering value for money
By Cliff SaranIntellectual property supported through funding from UK taxpayers via UKRI is not delivering a good return on investment
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20 Oct 2026
Survey: Providers, payers prefer to buy rather than build AI
By Anuja VaidyaWith ROI, change management and workflow integration challenging AI in healthcare, providers and payers are increasingly purchasing AI technology over building it themselves.
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20 Oct 2026
Survey: Providers, payers prefer to buy rather than build AI
By Anuja VaidyaWith ROI, change management and workflow integration challenging AI in healthcare, providers and payers are increasingly purchasing AI technology over building it themselves.
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20 Oct 2026
Google Cloud power event knocks out UK banks, courts and couriers
By Antony AdsheadGoogle runs a single UK cloud region, so when one London zone lost power, there was nowhere to failover – most services recovered by late afternoon, but courts are still down
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20 Oct 2026
Confusion around how to adhere to new Medicaid rules persists, survey shows
By Sara HeathWhile Americans know about changes to Medicaid work requirements, many are unsure who the new rules apply to and how to comply with them to ensure they keep their coverage.
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20 Oct 2026
AstraZeneca works with Oracle to speed up drug trials
By Cliff SaranPharmaceutical company is working with Oracle to advance the use of AI and data analytics in medicine
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20 Oct 2026
Nvidia, German government team to advance industrial AI
By Joe O’HalloranSummit sees AI chip leader embark on joint initiative to advance cutting edge artificial intelligence models for physical AI using German industrial data, manufacturing know-how and engineering expertise
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20 Oct 2026
Utilize buys again to strengthen Sage channel position
By Simon QuickeSerial acquirer has picked up TN4 Solutions as it continues to broaden its expertise and widen its customer base
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20 Oct 2026
Future digital ID arrangements remain unclear, PAC hears
By Lis EvenstadFollowing the scrapping of the government’s digital ID scheme, future plans, costs and data-sharing agreements are not yet settled
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20 Oct 2026
AI agents turn enterprise access into an ongoing decision
By James Alan MillerWorkplace agents, identity lifecycle controls and recent AI failures show why enterprise access can no longer be treated as a one-time approval.
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20 Oct 2026
GTIA takes Alliance approach to improving AI trust
By Simon QuickeChannel organisation working with a number of partners to improve the support for those looking to take the technology out to SME customers
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20 Oct 2026
Teradata's new security measures aim to harness AI agents
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's new features, including poly-anonymization to reduce PII exposure address customer needs, bring its privacy and security capabilities in line with its peers.
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20 Oct 2026
FCA gets hundreds of applicants for two top artificial intelligence roles
By Karl FlindersThe financial services regulator is looking for senior staff to lead its agentic AI and data science operations
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20 Oct 2026
Mercedes-Benz accelerates global product development with PLM.AI
By Joe O’HalloranProduct lifecycle management system connects sales and after-sales across entire product lifecycle through AI to enable innovations to reach series maturity faster
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20 Oct 2026
Teachers’ pension transfers from Capita on eve of government’s civil service scheme decision
By Karl FlindersThe government is currently deciding what to do with two failed pension outsourcing contracts as members of a third brace for upcoming switchover
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20 Oct 2026
BT spreads Global Fabric security across networks
By Joe O’HalloranAI-ready networking platform offers optimised secure connectivity, allowing users to scale use of AI agents, cloud applications and autonomous digital workflows
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20 Oct 2026
Freshworks builds towards autonomous IT as it moves upmarket
By Aaron TanFreshworks CEO Dennis Woodside is expanding Freshservice into IT operations and software spend management and says customers shouldn’t have to work out what AI is costing them in tokens
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20 Oct 2026
Neo4j joins the context cavalcade with suite for informing AI agents
By Eric AvidonContext Engine is a set of features that enables the vendor's customers to build knowledge layers for agents to access to inform their actions.
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20 Oct 2026
CIOs admit they are being forced to upgrade enterprise IT
By Cliff SaranThe deep integration within the organisation makes it increasingly difficult for IT departments to select alternative enterprise IT systems, says survey
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19 Oct 2026
Microsoft could hold an advantage with Copilot for Legal
By Esther ShittuWhile the vendor is not the first in the AI for legal market, the Microsoft environment is entrenched in many law firms.
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19 Oct 2026
Tenstorrent raises $1.5B to challenge Nvidia in AI servers and chip IP
By Shane SniderAI chipmaker reaches $6.2B valuation as it expands server production and licenses processor IP, but it remains to be seen whether it can offer a viable Nvidia alternative.
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19 Oct 2026
Off the rails: Railway cyberattacks highlight infrastructure risks
By Richard LivingstonCyberattacks on Japanese rail operators Keio and Tokyo Metro reveal how corporate IT breaches expose passenger data and threaten operational technology systems.
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19 Oct 2026
5 things to know right now about modern data catalogs
By Craig StedmanAs data catalogs shift from passive registries to platforms that drive AI and analytics, utilizing them to improve data use and governance is a priority for data leaders.
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19 Oct 2026
How Boston is becoming a physical AI hub
By Scarlett EvansRobotics talent, customers and investment are concentrating in Boston, and what that means for the U.S. physical AI industry.
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19 Oct 2026
Robot company bets touch, sound can give bots an edge over vision AI
By Scarlett EvansNeura’s latest foundation model combines vision, touch and audio to improve robotic perception, but training it on enough real-world data could prove difficult.
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19 Oct 2026
Verizon, Ericsson complete first outdoor 6G field call at 7GHz
By Joe O’HalloranTrial said to mark the first time 6G has moved from lab integration into a real-world environment, where performance can be assessed outdoors and as signals travel from outside to inside buildings
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19 Oct 2026
AI-based clinical intelligence is all the rage. But who is using it?
By Anuja VaidyaA new study finds that use of the OpenEvidence platform has soared since 2024, with early-career clinicians relying on it most for clinical decision-making.
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19 Oct 2026
Microsoft's Nscale exit exposes $103B AI contract pipeline risk
By Shane SniderMicrosoft terminated its Nscale data center contract after UK power delays. Nscale's $103B contract pipeline highlights the financing risks facing AI infrastructure developers.
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19 Oct 2026
Denmark stands against critics of public sector AI plans
By Mark BallardPublic authorities to get standing permit to process personal data with artificial intelligence, but critics say it plays too loosely with rights against government intrusion
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19 Oct 2026
Funding, people and patience: How the UK can become a deeptech leader
By Clare McDonaldAt an event run by the Global Tech Advocates group, female leaders working in the deeptech sector discussed the ways in which the UK can become a leader in the space, including a focus on funding, people and having patience
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19 Oct 2026
DE-CIX claims AI-agent network management first
By Joe O’HalloranInternet exchange introduces open source Model Context Protocol server to let customers use AI agents to find, order and manage network connections, through natural-language network
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19 Oct 2026
The AI happy path is easy, but enterprise reality isn't
David Linthicum says the AI happy path ends where enterprise reality begins. CIOs must design for messy data, exceptions and failure before production.
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19 Oct 2026
IAA Mobility: Mercedes-Benz gears up AI-driven experiences in all-electric vehicles
By Joe O’HalloranDigital Chassis powers the next-generation MBUX system in CLA and electric GLC car range to deliver immersive, AI-driven in-cabin functionality, real-time assistance and 5G connectivity
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19 Oct 2026
AI can find IT problems faster, but fixing them is another matter
By James Alan MillerAI tools can be bossy and prescriptive. They are getting better at telling us what's wrong and how to fix it, but CIOs must decide who authorizes changes and verifies results.
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19 Oct 2026
How quantum computing can work in enterprise IT
By Berenice BakerThe latest thinking on quantum computing suggests that it will be used in application areas alongside existing high performance computing systems
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19 Oct 2026
Interview: Jakob Freund, the quiet founder behind software that banks run on
By Kim LoohuisCamunda’s co-founder and CEO on bootstrapping in a city without a startup scene, learning to lead without pleasing everyone, and the day he broke down after a layoff call
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19 Oct 2026
Santander slashes cost of generating AI responses
By Karl FlindersWorking with Nvidia, Spanish bank is using smaller specialised AI models for specific banking tasks
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19 Oct 2026
Lenovo’s AI Express targets enterprises waiting for AI servers
By Aaron TanLenovo has set a 15 to 25 business day order-to-ship target for three pre-validated AI server configurations, offering faster shipments to enterprises that have struggled to get GPU kit amid a memory crunch
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18 Oct 2026
OpenAI backs AI incident reporting rules but leaves timelines to governments
By Aaron TanOpenAI’s global affairs chief Chris Lehane said the company is behind Singapore’s call for full transparency on AI incidents, but will let governments decide how quickly they must be told
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16 Oct 2026
What the H-1B crackdown means for the future of AI tech talent
By Sean Michael KernerEnterprise IT leaders face potential challenges in the wake of President Trump's recent policy changes regarding the H-1B work visa. Is the future of your tech workforce at stake?
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16 Oct 2026
Open source and on device: the strategy behind Nvidia’s new AI models
By Esther ShittuThe latest Nemotron 3.5 models show how the AI giant is focusing on reinforcing its own GPU infrastructure while supporting the open source community.
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16 Oct 2026
Enterprise controls can't keep up with AI agents
By Liz HughesCompanies are giving agents more authority, but many are still struggling to track what they can access, what they're doing and how to stop them.
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16 Oct 2026
Google AI chatbot performs well in primary care settings
By Sara HeathData from Beth Israel Deaconess and Google shows a low error rate and good patient satisfaction when deploying the AI chatbot in a primary care setting.
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16 Oct 2026
CEOs press CIOs to rethink IT's role in the AI era
By Tim MurphyCEOs want CIOs to take a bigger role in business strategy as AI adoption grows. Eight executives share what they need most from their IT leaders in the AI era.
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16 Oct 2026
Channel forum: AI the dominant theme
By Simon QuickeArtificial intelligence is affecting every aspect of the industry, with the topic dominating 2026’s Canalys Channels Forum
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16 Oct 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
By Simon QuickeDevelopments this week at Barracuda Networks, Plasma Cloud, WWCS and Zyxel Networks
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16 Oct 2026
Crest CEO: 'Basics shouldn't be abandoned in the race to deploy AI'
By James WalkerCrest's Nick Benson breaks down new AI testing standards, human oversight and the rapid shift toward mandatory security compliance.
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16 Oct 2026
CMA to decide Microsoft strategic market status by February 2027
By Antony AdsheadThe CMA proposes to designate Microsoft’s business software ecosystem with strategic market status and sets out a roadmap on Copilot, Teams, cloud licensing and security
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16 Oct 2026
Turing AI chips hit accelerator for XPeng L03
By Joe O’HalloranIntelligence platforms are based on AI chips delivering 2,250 Tops computing power to support intelligent driving and smart cockpit systems
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16 Oct 2026
International finance body espouses ‘sound practices’ for AI adoption
By Karl FlindersThe Financial Stability Board has published 12 practices for financial services organisations to follow when implementing AI
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16 Oct 2026
Europe is watching Starshield’s actions in Ukraine
By Cliff SaranPolicymakers in Europe may be having second thoughts following the widely reported throttling of SpaceX’s Starshield system in Ukraine
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16 Oct 2026
London AI concentration could stunt UK growth
By Karl FlindersDemand for artificial intelligence is surging across the UK, but talent is concentrated in the capital
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15 Oct 2026
AI agents can act, but humans must own the outcome
By Aaron TanAI agents can operate at machine speed, but people still need to set intent, make the hard calls and answer for outcomes, says Goh Eng Choon of ST Engineering
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15 Oct 2026
Customer service faces a new customer: Personal AI agents
By Don FluckingerBots are filling carts, seeking service and getting banned by Amazon. Customer service has a strange new customer.
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15 Oct 2026
Vendors build safeguards for autonomous software factories
By Ben LutkevichExperts say baked-in workload isolation, network controls and continuous verification are important safeguards for autonomous software development.
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15 Oct 2026
Salesforce expands Tableau agentic analytics push with Loops buy
By Craig StedmanThe startup's acquisition will add an AI agent that tracks and analyzes KPIs to the Tableau platform. Full details of the integration plans weren't disclosed.
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15 Oct 2026
MoD’s new SIEM, analytics platform up and running
By Alex ScroxtonAt a critical moment for Britain's national security, the Ministry of Defence’s upgraded SIEM and security analytics platform is being delivered by Centerprise and Elastic
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15 Oct 2026
UK data watchdog warns Met Police over shadow IT data breach
By Bill GoodwinThe UK’s data protection watchdog warns of an ‘ongoing failure’ by the Metropolitan Police Service to restrict staff from using unauthorised IT services
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15 Oct 2026
Project teams get new names, but the money stays put
By Pam BakerA former Verizon VP and other executives explain why product operating models stall when funding and decision rights don't change -- and what CIOs can do about it.
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15 Oct 2026
RFK Jr. gives CMS authority to ban individual providers
By Jacqueline LaPointeThe head of the CMS can now exclude healthcare providers from receiving federal healthcare funds, an authority once reserved for the HHS OIG.
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15 Oct 2026
Warm jumpers and a power imbalance – this year’s most influential woman in UK tech
By Clare McDonaldStop offering ‘warm jumpers’ and actually change the inhospitable tech climate, says Computer Weekly’s most influential woman in UK tech 2026
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15 Oct 2026
Computer Weekly’s Women in Tech to Watch 2026
By Clare McDonaldEach year, Computer Weekly selects a number of Women in Tech to Watch who are making waves in the women, diversity and inclusion in tech space and may find themselves on the top 50 list in the future
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15 Oct 2026
Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2026
By Clare McDonaldComputer Weekly has revealed who has made the 2026 list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech, including this year’s winner, Karen Blake
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15 Oct 2026
AI will trade in finance markets instead of humans, says HSBC investment bank boss
By Karl FlindersHumans will have to remain in the loop as AI completes more algorithmic trading, according to HSBC’s corporate and institutional banking CEO
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15 Oct 2026
Waste-to-energy firm picks Stackable on Ionos for sovereignty
By Antony AdsheadMunich plant builder Martin centralises 10GB of telemetry per line each day on open-source Stackable, hosted by Ionos, to dodge US hyperscaler lock-in and the US Cloud Act
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15 Oct 2026
Robots can't talk to each other yet -- that's a big AI bottleneck
By Scarlett EvansCoordinating robots and autonomous systems will be critical to unlocking physical AI, but it’s still unclear whether interoperability is an immediate barrier to adoption.
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15 Oct 2026
Canalys Channel Forum: Now is the moment for circular computing
By Simon QuickeWith customers struggling to afford or source hardware, and the pressure to keep energy costs down multiplying, there is a clear case for an alternative approach
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15 Oct 2026
CIRCIA reporting deadline puts OT data integrity under the microscope
By Richard LivingstonAs CISA's incident reporting rule advances, critical infrastructure operators must prove the data and commands driving operations are authentic -- even when networks seem secure.
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15 Oct 2026
Epic unveils drug price transparency tool to compare pharmacy costs
By Sara HeathThe drug price transparency tool, Prescription Marketplace, lets clinicians and patients compare drug costs by pharmacy and with or without insurance.
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15 Oct 2026
AI agents are changing the math on software spending
By Liz HughesAs vendors mix seats with credits, actions and consumption-based charges, CIOs face new questions about how to compare, forecast and fund software costs.
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15 Oct 2026
AIforce World Tour: Salesforce promises free Slack access to UK students
By Brian McKennaSalesforce said it will give UK further and higher education students free Slack Enterprise, as part of a drive to close the digital skills gap
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15 Oct 2026
UAE organisations must prepare for quantum security now, says Help AG CEO
By Andrea BenitoAleksandar Valjarevic, CEO of Help AG, says organisations should begin mapping their cryptographic assets and apply zero-trust principles to AI agents as the UAE advances its sovereign artificial intelligence ambitions
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15 Oct 2026
UAE leads in AI agent deployment as governance gaps emerge
By Andrea BenitoSome 15% of UAE CIOs say their organisations run more than 500 AI agents in production, but limited visibility and containment capabilities pose challenges for enterprise oversight
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15 Oct 2026
CISA to AI labs: Share test-network IPs to flag rogue agents
By Alissa IreiCISA wants AI testing labs to provide a mechanism for mainstream cyber defenders to spot and flag rogue agents before they cause real damage. Experts' reactions were mixed.
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15 Oct 2026
AI tool used in asylum case reviews failing accuracy tests
By Bill GoodwinAsylum seekers are not informed that caseworkers use an AI tool to summarise their interviews used by decision makers
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15 Oct 2026
How Nearmap is teaching AI to read rooftops from 10,000 feet
By Stephen WithersAustralian aerial imagery specialist Nearmap is pairing its own camera systems with AI models trained on expert-labelled data to assess the condition of individual properties, from hail-damaged roofs to rusting air-conditioning systems
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15 Oct 2026
ORCA launches PT-3 quantum computer in London datacentre
By Antony AdsheadORCA Computing unveils PT-3 in London, a room-temperature quantum system paired with Nvidia GPUs to boost AI-driven drug discovery yield and complex energy grid scheduling
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15 Oct 2026
Anthropic opens Singapore office, signs AI safety pact with government
By Aaron TanThe Claude maker now offers in-region inference for firms with strict data residency rules in the city-state, where GovTech, Grab and DBS are already using its models
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14 Oct 2026
GlobalFoundries to run $21B U.S.-Japan chip fab project
By Shane SniderJapan's investment could add 1.8 million wafers of annual capacity in New York, but staffing two fabs and allocating production will test the plan's execution.
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14 Oct 2026
Gartner forecasts massive AI infrastructure write-downs
By Beth Pariseau, Lead Editor, IT Infrastructure NewsGartner forecasts that up to 80% of neoclouds will cease independent operations by 2030, as projected AI infrastructure costs exceed projected revenue.
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14 Oct 2026
IBM: Agentic AI is reshaping governance, controls and trust
By Scarlett EvansAs AI agents move from answering questions to making decisions and acting, businesses face a growing challenge of keeping accountability in step with the pace of change.
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14 Oct 2026
Historic Curl flaw shows AI risk to legacy supply chain
By Craig GalbraithAn AI audit of Curl unearthed a 25-year-old authentication flaw in code powering 20 billion devices, proving heavily scrutinized legacy libraries still harbor hidden risks.
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14 Oct 2026
How Medicare calculates site-neutral rates matters, research says
By Jacqueline LaPointeSite-neutrality is now a question of when, not if, and research shows that how Medicare calculates the rates could affect some service lines more, despite similar overall savings.
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14 Oct 2026
Bank of America hit with £1.2bn fine after money laundering probe
By Karl FlindersBank of America has been fined £1.2bn for its failings related to anti-money laundering
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14 Oct 2026
Bug bounty reckoning: AI slop forces enterprise strategy shift
By Dan RaywoodAs AI fills bug bounty queues with low-quality reports, tech giants like Intel and Google are rethinking paid rewards and shifting toward automated internal defenses.
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14 Oct 2026
Internet traffic records topple as Champions League returns
By Joe O’HalloranReturn of top-level European football sees surge in online viewership traffic at Frankfurt data exchange and other locations reach new highs
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14 Oct 2026
Why many AI companies are set to fail
By Cliff SaranIs the artificial intelligence bubble about to burst? Analyst Gartner does not expect CIOs will ramp up the amount they pay for AI inference
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14 Oct 2026
FERC approves PJM load registry, rejects curtailment plan
By Shane SniderFERC approved PJM's registry for large electricity loads but rejected proposed curtailment rules, leaving grid reliability and new-load obligations unresolved.
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14 Oct 2026
Docomo, Abside Networks sign high-altitude comms MoU
By Joe O’HalloranComms equipment company and operator see complementary nature of respective visions and technologies and explore potential collaboration toward networks that integrate ground, stratosphere and space
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14 Oct 2026
Softcat CEO talks of investing in future growth
By Simon QuickeAs the channel player shares its FY26 numbers, it is a moment to reflect on a strategy that continues to deliver results
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14 Oct 2026
Bigeye focuses on enforcing AI governance with Policy Engine
By Eric AvidonAI doesn't work without user confidence in the results; a new feature within Bigeye's Agent Trust Hub aims to reassure users by controlling what data agents can access.
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14 Oct 2026
Ciena to upgrade Space Norway subsea cable
By Joe O’HalloranComms tech provider to deploy end-to-end optical platform to upgrade Norwegian comms provider’s subsea systems to deliver resilient, secure connectivity across the Arctic
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14 Oct 2026
Does private equity ownership impact hospital AI adoption?
By Anuja VaidyaNonprofit hospitals are keeping pace with AI investments at PE-backed hospitals, while independently owned, for-profit facilities trail significantly.
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14 Oct 2026
AI puts more gray behind CIOs' yes-or-no decisions
By James Alan MillerCIOs still make yes-or-no decisions, but AI is making everything behind those choices more complicated -- from change and cost to architecture and productivity.