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14 Feb 2025
Kenyan AI workers form Data Labelers Association
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA group of Kenyan data workers whose labour provides the ‘backbone’ of modern artificial intelligence systems set up the Data Labelers Association to improve their working conditions and raise awareness about the challenges they face
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14 Feb 2025
SailPoint IPO highlights importance of identity
By Simon QuickeSecurity player’s distributor views move as a moment that validates the market, as well as its involvement with the vendor
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14 Feb 2025
SAP data cloud, Databricks integration aims to unify AI data
By Jim O'DonnellSAP unveiled the Business Data Cloud platform and Databricks partnership to support customers in AI projects, which analysts bill as an important evolution of data management.
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19 Aug 2024
Challenges of deploying PQC globally
By Cliff SaranQuantum computers will eventually be powerful and reliable enough to crack strong encryption. PQC is the answer, but it could take years to deploy
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19 Aug 2024
Popular Microsoft apps for Mac at risk of code injection attacks
By Alex ScroxtonResearchers at Cisco Talos turn up evidence suggesting that Microsoft apps running on the Apple macOS operating system are not as secure as they seem
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19 Aug 2024
CXL moves forward as memory technology for AI
By Cliff SaranA recent demo has showcased how the new memory technology could be applied in Red Hat Linux to speed up AI workloads cost-effectively
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19 Aug 2024
NHS England plans EPR for prisons and detention centres
By Lis EvenstadThe government is looking to procure an electronic patient record system with the aim of improving health records access for individuals in the justice system
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19 Aug 2024
Singtel expands GPUaaS offering to Southeast Asia
By Aaron TanSingapore telco teams up with the Bridge Alliance industry group to bring its GPU-as-a-Service to enterprises across Southeast Asia
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16 Aug 2024
New Relic CEO on APAC growth and future of observability
By Aaron TanNew Relic CEO Ashan Willy talks up growth trajectory in APAC, the company’s long-term vision, and how going private has enabled it to make strategic investments
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16 Aug 2024
Thousands of NetSuite customers accidentally exposing their data
By Alex ScroxtonMisconfigured permissions across live websites are leaving thousands of NetSuite users open to having their valuable customer data stolen, researchers say
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16 Aug 2024
Campaigners criticise Starmer post-riot public surveillance plans
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA UK government programme to expand police facial recognition and information sharing after racist riots is attracting criticism from campaigners for exploiting the far-right unrest to generally crack down on protest and increase surveillance
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15 Aug 2024
Redcentric shares preliminary FY numbers as CEO bows out
By Simon QuickeMSP updates investors, with current boss deciding the time is right to head into retirement and kickstart the search for a successor
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15 Aug 2024
Number of girls taking A-level computing exceeds 3,000
By Clare McDonaldGirls taking A-level computing has seen a large year-on-year jump between 2023 and 2024
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15 Aug 2024
Google Cloud survey shows GenAI business benefits
By Cliff SaranSurvey on behalf of Google Cloud suggests that business can start generating value from GenAI within six months
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15 Aug 2024
ASEAN organisations lack mature AI strategy
By Aaron TanIBM-commissioned study reveals that while ASEAN organisations are engaging with AI, only 4% have reached a transformative level of AI maturity
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14 Aug 2024
EU, Calif. climate risk rules prompt companies to prepare
By Makenzie HollandA challenge companies are facing while preparing for compliance with climate risk reporting rules is a lack of consistency among different rules and standards.
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14 Aug 2024
August Patch Tuesday proves busy with six zero-days to fix
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft patches six actively exploited zero-days among over 100 issues during its regular monthly update
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14 Aug 2024
Newcastle City Council swaps out Oracle Java for Azul
By Cliff SaranChanges to Oracle’s Java licensing meant the council no longer received free security patches
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14 Aug 2024
Microsoft corrects six zero-days for August Patch Tuesday
By Tom WalatAdmins can address most of the zero-days with a cumulative update. But of more concern is the lack of patches for two vulnerabilities demonstrated at the Black Hat conference.
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14 Aug 2024
Post Office brings in new IT chief as it awaits funding for Horizon replacement
By Bryan GlickIncoming tech leader Andy Nice will be responsible for the troubled programme to replace the Horizon IT system at the heart of the Post Office scandal - and a new non-executive director for technology is on the way too
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14 Aug 2024
Dawn Project calls out Big Tech for selling AI snake oil
By Cliff SaranA campaigning group focused on safety critical technology has called out the major tech firms for putting people’s lives at risk with flawed AI
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14 Aug 2024
Automated police tech contributes to UK structural racism problem
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonCivil society groups say automated policing technologies are helping to fuel the disparities that people of colour face across the criminal justice sector, as part of wider warning about the UK’s lack of progress in dealing with systemic racism
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14 Aug 2024
IR35 public sector reforms: HS2 finalises £6.2m settlement with HMRC over compliance failings
By Caroline DonnellyAfter setting aside over £10m to cover its IR35 compliance liabilities, HS2 accounts confirm the organisation reached a final settlement with HMRC totalling £6.2m
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14 Aug 2024
Leeds Teaching Hospitals deploys patient records and data sharing on Azure
By Cliff SaranIn-house patient records system has been migrated to the Microsoft public cloud, opening up the potential for greater data sharing
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13 Aug 2024
What the Delta-CrowdStrike lawsuit may mean for IT contracts
By Antone GonsalvesThe recent exchange of allegations between Delta and CrowdStrike reveals legal arguments Delta could use to recover the massive losses suffered in the CrowdStrike outage.
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13 Aug 2024
NIST debuts three quantum-safe encryption algorithms
By Alex ScroxtonNIST has launched the first three quantum-resistant encryption algorithms, and as the threat of quantum-enabled cyber attacks grows greater, organisations are encouraged to adopt them as soon as they can
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13 Aug 2024
Cyber criminal kingpin ‘J.P. Morgan’ appears in US court
By Alex Scroxton‘J.P. Morgan’, a Belarusian cyber criminal who ran a major ransomware campaign supported by malvertising scams, faces decades in prison in the United States after being extradited from the EU
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13 Aug 2024
Oracle Exadata Exascale: Big architecture shift for small workloads
By Gaétan RaoulExascale is multitenant architecture for Oracle Database that promises performance equal to dedicated infrastructure and savings compared with existing products, with AI workloads in mind
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13 Aug 2024
Australia’s cyber security skills gap remains pressing issue
By Aaron TanStudy reveals Australia’s critical shortage of cyber security professionals, escalating the risk of data breaches
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12 Aug 2024
Social care must ensure IT systems comply with data standards
By Lis EvenstadAs social care is moving towards meeting its target of 80% of providers having digital records, the Department for Health and Social Care calls on them to ensure the digital systems meet national standards
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12 Aug 2024
How JSR is using generative AI to drive insights
By Aaron TanJSR Corporation has been using the Cohesity Gaia enterprise search assistant to surface insights from backups of employee mailboxes and OneDrive data
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11 Aug 2024
Scottish universities lead digital twin hub for transport
By Cliff SaranDigital twins offer researchers the ability to monitor transportation to identify ways of reducing the UK’s carbon footprint
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09 Aug 2024
The Security Interviews: Google’s take on confidential computing
By Cliff SaranWe speak to Google’s Nelly Porter about the company’s approach to keeping data as safe as possible on Google Cloud
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09 Aug 2024
CyberSmart: MSPs now expected to provide security
By Simon QuickeCustomers are increasingly looking to their service provider to cover all bases, including data protection
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08 Aug 2024
Endor Labs ships Java 'Magic Patches' with SCA tools
By Beth PariseauUpgrade impact analysis and backported fixes will help one enterprise customer make a major Java upgrade manageable and keep compliant with FedRAMP.
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08 Aug 2024
Sysdig Sage early adopters kick the tires on CNAPP AI agents
By Beth PariseauAI agents in Sysdig Sage add more sophisticated multi-step reasoning than is available with generic LLMs. But it's meant to assist humans, not replace them.
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08 Aug 2024
Dell layoff part of repositioning for PC demand thaw
By Patrick ThibodeauDell continues to cut its workforce to become 'leaner,' as it repositions for changes in the enterprise PC market that are expected to drive future growth.
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08 Aug 2024
Royal ransomware crew puts on a BlackSuit in rebrand
By Alex ScroxtonThe Royal ransomware gang is back, with a new name and refreshed capabilities, including an apparently unique ‘partial encryption’ gambit, according to CISA
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08 Aug 2024
UK competition regulator looks into Amazon’s Anthropic funding
By Cliff SaranThe Competition and Markets Authority is continuing to look at big tech’s interconnected web of artificial intelligence partnerships
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08 Aug 2024
US lawmakers seek to brand ransomware gangs as terrorists
By Alex ScroxtonProposals from legislators in Washington DC could shake up the global ransomware ecosystem and give law enforcement sweeping new powers
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08 Aug 2024
Ofcom issues online safety warning to firms in wake of UK riots
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonOfcom has issued a warning reminding social media firms of their upcoming online safety obligations, after misinformation about the Southport stabbings sparked racist riots throughout the UK
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08 Aug 2024
Accountants predict AI-driven business surge
By Stephen PritchardArtificial intelligence looks likely to improve business, but ethics, data quality and skills shortages remain barriers to take-up
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07 Aug 2024
Walz, Harris' VP pick, made Minn. a leader in AI regulation
By Makenzie HollandMinnesota Gov. Tim Walz supports climate action and released a Climate Action Framework detailing steps for the state to become carbon neutral by 2050.
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07 Aug 2024
CloudBees buys co-founder's AI test automation tools startup
By Beth PariseauJenkins creator Kohsuke Kawaguchi rejoins CloudBees as co-CEO of Launchable, which aims to stem the tide of AI-generated code with AI-driven test optimization.
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07 Aug 2024
Microsoft and CrowdStrike hit back at Delta’s legal threats
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft and CrowdStrike have rejected claims by Delta Air Lines that it was left high and dry amid thousands of flight cancellations during July’s software outage, accusing the airline of ignoring their offers of help and running out-of-date IT systems
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07 Aug 2024
Maintel strategy underpins progress made in H1
By Simon QuickeComms specialist Maintel shares trading update on its strategy to secure contracts, stating that it is heading in the right direction
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07 Aug 2024
Acronis signals increased support for MSPs after landing fresh backer
By Simon QuickeSecurity player intends to build on track record of developing programmes and products that support managed service provider community
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07 Aug 2024
Rocketing AI demand sees Lumen light up custom networks division
By Joe O’HalloranConnectivity provider shakes up corporate structure in response to artificial intelligence economy changing business operations and companies recognising need for powerful network to manage unprecedented data flows and demand
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07 Aug 2024
Navigating the data analytics and AI landscape
By Stephen WithersAnalysts at the Gartner Data and Analytics Summit in Sydney call for organisations to focus on business outcomes, extend data literacy to AI literacy and foster human-AI collaboration to benefit from the AI era
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06 Aug 2024
Advanced faces fine over LockBit attack that crippled NHS 111
By Alex ScroxtonAdvanced Software faces a multimillion pound fine for a series of failings which directly led to a 2022 LockBit ransomware attack that disrupted NHS and social care services across the UK
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06 Aug 2024
Labour drops Edinburgh exascale supercomputer but funds more AI
By Cliff SaranThe £1.3bn pledge by the former government to build an £800m supercomputer in Edinburgh has gone – but there’s new money for artificial intelligence
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06 Aug 2024
Judge will face remedy challenge in Google antitrust case
By Makenzie HollandRemedies in the Google online search antitrust case could include eliminating the company's use of distribution contracts that cemented Google as a default setting.
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06 Aug 2024
2024 seeing more CVEs than ever before, but few are weaponised
By Alex ScroxtonThe number of disclosed CVEs soared by 30% in the first seven-and-a-half months of the year, but a tiny fraction of these have been exploited by threat actors, a reminder of the importance of focused security strategies
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06 Aug 2024
The Prince’s Trust partners with tech company to draw kids into sector
By Clare McDonaldNew programme from The Prince’s Trust sees partnership with tech company encourage young people into the IT sector
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06 Aug 2024
Court document reveals Google’s strategy to dodge Department of Justice
By Cliff SaranGoogle got away with various practices to avoid scrutiny from regulators, but has been found guilty of acting in an anti-competitive way in the US
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06 Aug 2024
IR35 public sector reforms: Chancellor urged to review departmental costs generated by blanket bans
By Caroline DonnellyChancellor Rachel Reeves urged to review ‘non-essential’ departmental spend since the introduction of IR35 reforms in April 2017 as part of her push to close £22bn public spending gap inherited from the Conservatives
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06 Aug 2024
How Darussalam Assets is tapping AI in HR operations
By Aaron TanBrunei’s Darussalam Assets is leveraging the artificial intelligence capabilities in SAP SuccessFactors to generate job descriptions and optimise recruitment processes
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05 Aug 2024
DevOps platform aids app modernization, sets stage for AI
By Beth PariseauAmid a company rebranding and product consolidation, IT ops teams at Rival HR paved a path for DevOps velocity and AI-based automation with updates to legacy infrastructure.
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05 Aug 2024
Chinese cyber attack sparks alert over six-year-old MS vuln
By Alex ScroxtonAfter a proof-of-concept for a six-year-old Microsoft vulnerability emerged in a Chinese APT attack chain, defenders should be on the look-out for exploitation of CVE-2018-0824
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05 Aug 2024
World’s largest companies at near-universal risk of supply chain breach
By Alex ScroxtonData from SecurityScorecard once again focuses on the interconnected nature of business supply chains and the risk posed to operational resilience by unexpected IT problems and cyber threats
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05 Aug 2024
Russia’s luxury car phish continues to prove effective
By Alex ScroxtonGovernment organisations and other bodies operating in Ukraine continue to be targeted by a relatively unsophisticated phishing campaign that has proven so effective for Russia’s cyber spooks that there are now multiple agencies involved
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05 Aug 2024
ServiceNow expands footprint in APAC, doubles down on AI
By Aaron TanServiceNow has been building local teams, targeting customers in regulated industries and doubling down on AI to expand its presence in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region
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05 Aug 2024
What are the options when migrating from VMware?
By Cliff SaranBroadcom’s changes to VMware licensing means some people are facing big price increases – we look at how these can be avoided
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05 Aug 2024
Post Office scandal: Phases 5 and 6 had islands of conscientiousness in great depths of neglect
By Karl FlindersComputer Weekly rounds up the latest phase of the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry after a marathon 16 weeks of questions
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02 Aug 2024
AWS CodeCommit, Cloud9 closure communication critiqued
By Beth PariseauAWS CodeCommit gives up the Git ghost to competitors, while a lack of advance notice to users has some IT pros questioning the future of other services.
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02 Aug 2024
Labour axes £1.3bn AI funding promised by the Conservatives
By Lis EvenstadGovernment scraps £1.3bn worth of AI and tech programmes launched by the Conservatives, but says it is committed to building technology infrastructure in the UK through its AI Opportunities Action Plan
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02 Aug 2024
UK broadband altnets unite to push for fairer access regulation, pricing
By Joe O’HalloranFive of the UK’s largest alternative fibre network operators have come together to create an alliance and call on UK comms regulator to ensure fair and equal access for all users of nation’s physical infrastructure
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02 Aug 2024
Second round of ChipStart sees 11 more companies receive support
By Cliff SaranGovernment-backed ChipStart initiative aims to support UK startups developing semiconductor technology
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02 Aug 2024
How CrowdStrike is leveraging AI to empower security teams
By Aaron TanCrowdStrike CTO Elia Zaitsev explains how the company’s multi-agent AI architecture can help to enhance analyst efficiency and tackle cyber security challenges
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01 Aug 2024
Warren slams legal challenges to FTC noncompete ban
By Makenzie HollandAs the FTC noncompete ban faces legal challenges, some in Congress including Sen. Elizabeth Warren are supporting the FTC's authority to create such a rule.
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01 Aug 2024
Enterprises struggle to find business value with GenAI
By Antone GonsalvesEnterprises chase an impractical immediate payback from GenAI and miss opportunities to use less expensive machine learning to solve problems, experts say.
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01 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike shareholders sue, alleging false security claims
By Alex ScroxtonA US pension fund is lining up a lawsuit against CrowdStrike, claiming the cyber company lied about the integrity of its systems, leading to failings that caused a worldwide IT outage
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01 Aug 2024
Scottish government to roll out digital evidence sharing
By Lis EvenstadFollowing a controversial pilot scheme, Scotland is investing £33m in deploying digital evidence sharing technology nationally
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01 Aug 2024
Community care neglected in national digital transformation efforts
By Lis EvenstadDigital technologies could help the government’s ambition of delivering care at home for longer, but community services suffer from a lack of basic technologies and access to funding, according to the King’s Fund
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01 Aug 2024
Banks, telcos call for more data sharing to fight fraud
By Alex ScroxtonA Which?-led coalition of banks and telecoms operators is calling on the UK's new government to take the lead on enabling data sharing to help fight digital fraud
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31 Jul 2024
API attacks surge by 65% in APAC, fuelled by rapid digitisation
By Aaron TanAkamai's report reveals a significant rise in cyber attacks on web applications and APIs in the region over the past year, with financial and commerce sectors hardest hit
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31 Jul 2024
U.S. top science chief says federal AI R&D spending lagging
By Makenzie HollandWhile the U.S. spends billions on broader R&D efforts annually, the Office of Science and Technology Policy is advocating for increased funding for AI research.
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31 Jul 2024
Campaigners call for evidence to reform UK cyber laws
By Alex ScroxtonThe CyberUp Campaign for reform of the 1990 Computer Misuse Act launches an industry survey inviting cyber experts to share their views on how the outdated law hinders legitimate work
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31 Jul 2024
Court overturns Appian’s $2bn trade secrets award against Pegasystems
By Bill GoodwinBusiness process management software suppliers Pegasystems and Appian head for retrial after a judge finds flaws in trade secrets trial
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31 Jul 2024
Poor connectivity holding back rural Britain
By Joe O’HalloranResearch from leading UK operator warns the nation is sleepwalking into a countryside crisis, with 4.6 million rural residents considering moving to a town or city in the next 12 months
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31 Jul 2024
Police Digital Service confirms resignation of second director in two weeks
By Caroline DonnellyCompanies House filing states the Police Digital Service has said goodbye to non-executive director Allan Fairley, with a representative from the company confirming his departure is for ‘conflict of interest’ reasons
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31 Jul 2024
Mayor launches London Privacy Register for smart city information
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonTo increase transparency around and trust in London’s smart city technology deployments, the London Privacy Register aims to provide the public with more information about the systems they encounter in their day-to-day lives
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31 Jul 2024
SysGroup backing artificial intelligence
By Simon QuickeFirm shares FY numbers and indicates it is committed to investing in artificial intelligence to position itself as an expert provider to the SME community
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31 Jul 2024
Nominate: Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2024
By Clare McDonaldTell us who you think should be included in Computer Weekly’s 2024 list of the 50 most influential women in UK technology
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31 Jul 2024
Norway’s datacentre builders focus on energy efficiency
By Gerard O'DwyerDatacentre developers in Norway are shifting their focus to energy efficiency, with expected increases in taxation for those who fall short
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31 Jul 2024
Microsoft set to spend more than $13bn on AI and cloud datacentres
By Cliff SaranArtificial intelligence is driving the Microsoft business, with the company investing in infrastructure to support AI inference workloads as demand picks up
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31 Jul 2024
Breach costs soar as record ransomware payment made
By Alex ScroxtonIBM publishes data on the spiralling costs of cyber attacks and data breaches, while researchers identify what appears to be the largest ransomware payment ever made
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30 Jul 2024
How India is driving road safety with technology
By Pratima HarigunaniTraffic departments, law enforcers and new-tech players are betting on technology tools such as AI-powered drones and mobile apps to improve road safety across India
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30 Jul 2024
Microsoft, SecOps pros weigh kernel access post-CrowdStrike
By Beth PariseauMicrosoft will explore alternatives to direct kernel access for partners following the CrowdStrike outage. But some IT pros worry that change could do more harm than good.
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30 Jul 2024
How to stop AI costs from soaring
By Cliff SaranGenerative AI promises to improve business efficiency, but Gartner has found many projects are failing to get beyond pilot roll-outs
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30 Jul 2024
UK competition watchdog scrutinises Alphabet and Anthropic tie-up
By Cliff SaranThe Competition and Markets Authority is looking at whether Alphabet’s $2bn investment in AI startup Anthropic is anti-competitive
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30 Jul 2024
Core British Library services to return for new academic year
By Alex ScroxtonThe British Library’s recovery from a devastating ransomware attack that laid waste to its IT systems continues - with hopes that some of its most popular services will be running again in September
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30 Jul 2024
Lemongrass taking advantage of SAP cloud moves
By Simon QuickeVendor’s encouragement to customers to adopt its Rise technology has opened up opportunities for its channel
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30 Jul 2024
ADP and Khipu Networks partner to offer data protection
By Simon QuickeThe two managed service providers will work together to get data resilience options in front of more Khipu customers
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30 Jul 2024
GP digital tools could cause patients harm, says report
By Lis EvenstadInvestigation by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body finds some online tools used in general practices could cause risk to patient safety and impact GP workload
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30 Jul 2024
Government commits at least £540m to financial redress for wrongfully convicted Post Office staff
By Karl FlindersHundreds of eligible former subpostmasters and branch staff are yet to come forward to have convictions overturned, but government hopes new scheme will encourage them to do so
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30 Jul 2024
APAC organisations can cut carbon emissions with AWS
By Aaron TanAccenture study reveals that APAC organisations can significantly reduce their carbon footprint by migrating workloads from on-premise datacentres to AWS
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29 Jul 2024
UK government sets up AI action plan unit
New government has ambitious plans to use artificial intelligence to grow the economy, and has hired a tech entrepreneur to help guide the strategy
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29 Jul 2024
Scam CrowdStrike domains growing in volume
By Alex ScroxtonHundreds of malicious domains exploiting CrowdStrike’s branding are appearing all over the web in the wake of the 19 July outage. Experts from Akamai share some noteworthy examples, along with guidance on how to avoid getting caught out
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29 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike says most Falcon sensors now up and running
By Alex ScroxtonThe vast majority of CrowdStrike Falcon sensors affected by a coding error have now been recovered, with a final resolution expected this week
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29 Jul 2024
WTO digital trade agreement aims to modernise global commerce
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA digital trade deal negotiated over five years at the World Trade Organization has been signed by 91 countries, laying the groundwork for a new global digital trade regime
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29 Jul 2024
Exclusive heading back into private hands
By Simon QuickeDistributor’s board and founder back bid to usher in fresh majority shareholder
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29 Jul 2024
ALSO strengthens European position with Westcoast
By Simon QuickeDistributor tie-up will provide Swiss channel player with more options in the UK, Ireland and France