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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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29 Jul 2024
UK government invests £106m in five quantum tech hubs
By Cliff SaranFive university hubs are receiving funding to support the development of quantum applications that can support healthcare and businesses
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28 Jul 2024
Nearly a third of GenAI projects to be dropped after PoC
By Aaron TanAt least 30% of generative AI projects will be abandoned by 2025 as organisations struggle to realise the value of the technology, says Gartner
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26 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike outage underscores software testing dilemmas
By Beth PariseauExperts say efforts to avoid incidents such as last week's CrowdStrike outage will face time-honored tradeoffs between velocity, stability, access and security.
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26 Jul 2024
Interview: Abhijit Dubey, global CEO, NTT Data
By Bryan GlickA merger between NTT Data and NTT Ltd has created a $30bn tech services and consulting business. We speak to its new CEO to find out what it has to offer IT leaders
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26 Jul 2024
Ban predictive policing and facial recognition, says civil society
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA coalition of civil society groups is calling for an outright ban on predictive policing and biometric surveillance in the UK
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26 Jul 2024
T-Mobile, KKR form fibre joint venture to acquire Metronet
By Joe O’HalloranUS 4G LTE and 5G network teams with global investment firm to take control of ISP, serving more than 300 communities across 17 states with multi-gigabit products to businesses
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26 Jul 2024
Vince Cable says the Post Office ‘lied’ to the government over Horizon issues
By Karl FlindersIn the latest Post Office scandal public inquiry hearings, Vince Cable and Greg Clark reflected on their time as the minister heading the department responsible for the Post Office
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26 Jul 2024
Revenues slip but BT claims solid Q1 2024
By Joe O’HalloranUK’s leading telco reports financial quarter with full-fibre roll-out at pace with more than a million households covered and total coverage now reaching 15 million premises
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26 Jul 2024
APAC mobile industry to surpass $1tn by 2030
By Aaron TanThe APAC region’s mobile industry is expected to exceed $1tn by 2030 due to the rapid adoption of 5G and AI technologies
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25 Jul 2024
Split court decision on FTC noncompete ban adds uncertainty
By Makenzie HollandWhile a Texas court preliminarily decided the FTC noncompete ban isn't enforceable, a Pennsylvania court decided it is, leaving businesses without a set direction.
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25 Jul 2024
North Korean cyber APT targeting nuclear secrets
By Alex ScroxtonMandiant has upgraded the North Korean threat actor known as Andariel to APT status and warned of coordinated efforts to steal western military IP, including nuclear secrets
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25 Jul 2024
Why is CrowdStrike allowed to run in the Windows kernel?
By Cliff SaranMicrosoft has pointed the finger at EU regulators, blaming them for a ruling that means it needs to offer third parties access to the core Windows OS
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25 Jul 2024
Fortune 500 stands to lose $5bn plus from CrowdStrike incident
By Alex ScroxtonThe largest global organisations hit by the CrowdStrike-Microsoft incident on 19 July will likely be out of pocket to the tune of billions of dollars
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25 Jul 2024
India bolsters digital agriculture and space tech in Budget 2024
By Kavitha SrinivasaIndia will extend its digital public infrastructure to the agriculture sector and set up a venture capital fund for space startups, among other tech initiatives in its latest Budget
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24 Jul 2024
FTC seeks to shed light on 'surveillance pricing'
By Makenzie HollandThe Federal Trade Commission's study of surveillance pricing might lead to defining what kind of consumer data can be used to affect prices of products and services.
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24 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike blames outage on content configuration update
By Alex ScroxtonCrowdStrike publishes the preliminary findings of what will be a lengthy investigation into the root causes of the failed 19 July update that caused Windows computers to crash all over the world
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24 Jul 2024
Mimecast to buy insider threat specialist Code42
By Alex ScroxtonMimecast is to buy fellow human-centred risk experts Code42 for an undisclosed sum to take advantage of its insider threat and data loss protection specialisms
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24 Jul 2024
Post Office ‘acted the victim’ and civil servants ‘abandoned their principles’, says former minister
By Karl FlindersFormer government minister tells inquiry the Post Office always played the victim of subpostmasters that it considered either ‘incompetent’ or ‘criminal’
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24 Jul 2024
SAP’s Klein bets on cloud stickiness
By Cliff SaranThe SAP CEO said the quiet part out loud while answering a question on the cloud backlog during the company’s most recent earnings call
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24 Jul 2024
ICO reprimands Essex school for illegal facial recognition use
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Information Commissioner’s Office has reprimanded Chelmer Valley High School in Chelmsford for introducing facial recognition and failing to conduct a legally required data protection impact assessment and obtain the explicit consent of students
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24 Jul 2024
The data, networking and GenAI driving The Open golf championship
By Bryan GlickComputer Weekly goes behind the scenes at the 152nd Open golf tournament to find out how private 5G, data visualisation and deep learning tools are enhancing the ancient traditions of the sport
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24 Jul 2024
New tech could help 18.6 million more NHS patients get better treatment
By Joe O’HalloranStudy from a leading UK operator calculates that almost two-fifths of NHS staff believe new digital tools could help the health service reach 3% to 5% more patients, potentially benefiting at least 51,000 more people daily
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24 Jul 2024
Qualtrics CEO: AI can make businesses more human
By Aaron TanQualtrics CEO Zig Serafin believes AI can democratise experience management and help businesses better understand what matters to both customers and employees
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24 Jul 2024
WhatsApp and Signal messages at risk of surveillance following EncroChat ruling, court hears
By Bill GoodwinDefence lawyers seek leave to appeal a decision by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal that the National Crime Agency lawfully obtained warrants to intercept messages sent over an encrypted phone network
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23 Jul 2024
NCA seizes thousands of social media accounts used by people smugglers
By Alex ScroxtonA three-year campaign has seen thousands of social media posts and accounts used to advertise the services of illegal people smugglers taken down
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23 Jul 2024
Innovations to power secure-by-design development
By Alex ScroxtonSecure Code Warrior unveils technology designed to help CISOs and AppSec teams ensure their projects remain safe and free of coding errors and vulnerabilities – a big issue following the CrowdStrike incident
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23 Jul 2024
GitLab users cautiously optimistic on Datadog DevSecOps deal
By Beth PariseauDatadog is reportedly a suitor for GitLab; existing users understand the rationale for such a deal, but key questions must be answered before they'd adopt deeper integrations.
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23 Jul 2024
Former minister felt she was fighting department over Post Office controversy
By Karl FlindersFormer government minister was fighting with Shareholder Executive officials as she probed for information following allegations brought to her by MPs
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23 Jul 2024
Chrome cookies reprieved amid Google Privacy Sandbox changes
By Alex ScroxtonGoogle abruptly changes tack on third-party cookies in its Chrome web browser, cancelling plans to deprecate them in favour of an unspecified ‘new experience’ for users
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23 Jul 2024
Why did CrowdStrike cause the Windows Blue Screen?
By Cliff SaranThe ‘blue screen of death’ signals a catastrophic Windows failure, which is exactly what many people faced on 19 July 2024 – but why did it happen?
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23 Jul 2024
Huawei Cloud doubled its Singapore business in 2023
By Aaron TanHuawei Cloud grew its Singapore business by over 100% last year, with customers such as Ninja Van leveraging its services to run key workloads
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22 Jul 2024
Interview: Embedding better accessibility in software and websites
By Cliff SaranWe speak to a CIO who relies on a screen reader to do his job and find out how accessibility technology has evolved
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22 Jul 2024
NCA cracks digitalstress DDoS-for-hire operation
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK authorities have taken down a major component of the multinational DDoS cyber attack-for-hire ecosystem, hacking into the digitalstress.su service and exfiltrating data on its users, who now face arrest
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22 Jul 2024
NCSC: Beware of criminal CrowdStrike opportunists
By Alex ScroxtonFinancially motivated cyber criminals are already conducting opportunistic attacks on organisations that leverage the CrowdStrike incident, and more targeted attacks are sure to follow
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22 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike chaos shows risks of concentrated ‘big IT’
By Alex ScroxtonThe concentration of so much mission-critical technology in the hands of a few large suppliers makes incidents like the Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage all the more dangerous
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22 Jul 2024
How Co-op is preparing for the move off SAP ECC
By Cliff SaranWith end of support in 2027, Co-op has deployed its SAP ECC systems onto Rise, as a step to S/4Hana migration
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22 Jul 2024
BT fined £17.5m for ‘catastrophic’ emergency network outage
By Joe O’HalloranUK comms regulator issues fine to country’s leading telco for being underprepared to handle disruption in June 2023, affecting 14,000 emergency calls and lasting 10.5 hours
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22 Jul 2024
Ed Davey and Jo Swinson ‘handled’ by civil servants in Post Office cover-up, says Sir Alan Bates
By Karl FlindersEvidence in public inquiry revealed how ministers in charge of Post Office were left in the dark at a time when campaigners, MPs and journalists were looking for answers
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21 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike update snafu affected 8.5 million Windows devices
By Aaron TanAbout 8.5 million devices globally were hit by the botched CrowdStrike update, with a significant number now back online and operational
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19 Jul 2024
South Korea, Taiwan, Japan monitor EU's Digital Markets Act
By Makenzie HollandCountries including South Korea and Taiwan are taking a cautious approach to tech regulation and assessing the impact of existing laws like the EU's Digital Markets Act.
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19 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike security update fails Windows PCs globally
By Cliff SaranAn update to the security firm’s Falcon service has led to many Windows users being unable to work this morning. Microsoft 365 is also affected
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18 Jul 2024
DBS rolls out GenAI assistant for customer service teams
By Aaron TanThe CSO Assistant was built entirely in-house and uses a large language model tailored to local languages
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18 Jul 2024
Aviatrix CEO pitches cloud networking to 'underserved buyer'
By Beth PariseauDoug Merritt has been in the multi-cloud networking business for a year, but still draws on his experience as CEO of Splunk to steer Aviatrix toward a new phase of growth.
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18 Jul 2024
Growth in nude image sharing heightens cyber abuse risk
By Alex ScroxtonThe normalisation of sharing self-created intimate content with others is putting great numbers of people at risk of online abuse, says Kaspersky
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18 Jul 2024
SonicWall adds cloud edge proposition for MSPs
By Simon QuickeVendor SonicWall continues to crank up the tools and services it can provide its managed service provider partner base
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18 Jul 2024
Government trusted ‘abuser’ over the abused on Post Office scandal
By Karl FlindersThe government referred allegations about subpostmasters’ mistreatment by the Post Office to the alleged abuser itself
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18 Jul 2024
Neo4j eyes GenAI workloads in APAC
By Aaron TanNeo4j is targeting GenAI workloads in the fast-growing APAC market by leveraging knowledge graphs to improve the accuracy and explainability of large language models
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18 Jul 2024
Glasgow’s digital strategy highlights digital rights for citizens
By Lis EvenstadThe strategy aims to create organisational change, equipping Glasgow to reap the benefits of digital and protect its citizens’ rights
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17 Jul 2024
UK Cyber Bill teases mandatory ransomware reporting
By Alex ScroxtonIn the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill introduced in the King's Speech, the UK's new government pledges to give regulators more teeth to ensure compliance with security best practice and to mandate incident reporting
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17 Jul 2024
Hackney Council reprimanded over 2020 ransomware attack
By Alex ScroxtonThe London Borough of Hackney has been reprimanded by the ICO over a series of failures that led to a devastating cyber attack, but at the same time, the regulator praised the local authority for its response and commitment to making improvements
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17 Jul 2024
Tech workers misinformed about number of women at top, finds Computer Weekly
By Clare McDonaldHalf of IT workers in Europe believe there is good representation of women in leadership positions in tech, despite numbers telling a different story
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17 Jul 2024
Gartner: AI is driving customer spending
By Simon QuickeAnalyst firm outlines how much money will be spent on IT this year, with growth being supported by customer adoption of fresh technologies
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17 Jul 2024
Eyes on costs a feature of K3 first-half results
By Simon QuickeChannel player K3 delivers a significant reduction in operating losses thanks to its continued focus on reducing costs
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17 Jul 2024
Labour government plans new laws around cyber security, data sharing and skills
By Bryan GlickThe King's Speech outlined the legislative agenda for the new Parliament, including several bills that will impact the tech community
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17 Jul 2024
How the Mercedes F1 IT team helped Lewis Hamilton win the British Grand Prix
By Bryan GlickComputer Weekly went behind the scenes with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One team, during its victorious British Grand Prix weekend, to find out about the role of IT in beating the stopwatch
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17 Jul 2024
How iProov is fending off deepfake fraud
By Aaron TanFacial biometrics and controlled illumination can detect liveness, verify identities and help prevent deepfake attacks
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16 Jul 2024
AI gateways emerge in response to governance concerns
By Beth PariseauEnterprise IT investment is pouring into AI, but security and governance remain major stumbling blocks to production. Enter API gateway vendors eager to assist -- and cash in.
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16 Jul 2024
Strategic Defence Review must emphasise cyber security, says industry
By Alex ScroxtonCyber security leaders say the new government's Strategic Defence Review needs to put digital security front and centre
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16 Jul 2024
Fujitsu analyst gave witness statements when more qualified colleagues refused
By Karl FlindersFujitsu employee provided witness statements to courts in cases against subpostmasters despite not understanding the evidence, after qualified IT experts refused
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16 Jul 2024
Incubator Plexal heads to Singapore for CyberBoost
By Alex ScroxtonCyber startup hub Plexal expands its presence to Singapore through a new initiative, and sets its sights on helping new UK businesses break into the booming Asia-Pacific market
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16 Jul 2024
SMEs looking to MSPs to help with AI and security challenges
By Simon QuickeFirm shares research that reveals top concerns of channel’s customer base and areas where they feel most threatened
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16 Jul 2024
CMA looks deeper into Microsoft’s AI hirings
By Cliff SaranMicrosoft recently hired two former co-founders of AI specialist Inflection AI, and signed a deal to host the company’s AI model on Azure
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16 Jul 2024
Legal, tax and audit professionals look forward to AI efficiency promise
By Cliff SaranHundreds of hours a year could be saved through the use of AI in the legal, tax, and risk and compliance fields
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16 Jul 2024
Cloud spend trumps AI but data, security and cost a common headache
By Antony AdsheadNasuni-sponsored survey finds cloud projects higher on the to do list than AI, but data management, security and cost reduction are common themes in all areas of investment
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16 Jul 2024
Massive hyperscaler GenAI spend raises questions on costs
By Cliff SaranHow much will IT buyers be expected to pay, as hyperscalers ramp up investment in AI-powered servers to support GenAI?
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16 Jul 2024
Labour government begins to dish out digital responsibilities
By Lis EvenstadAs the new government begins to settle in, ministers with technology remits begin to emerge as DHSC and others declare which ministers will have digital responsibilities
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16 Jul 2024
Finnish tech sector opposes government’s immigration reforms
By Gerard O'DwyerThe tech sector in Finland fears talent shortage as government introduces stricter immigration policy
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15 Jul 2024
J.D. Vance is a Silicon Valley insider and tech policy critic
By Makenzie HollandJ.D. Vance's tech policy is likely to focus on bolstering competition with China while addressing perceived political biases amid big tech platforms like Google and Meta.
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15 Jul 2024
NHS Trusts cancelled over 6,000 appointments after Qilin cyber attack
By Alex ScroxtonThe two NHS Trusts most heavily impacted by the Qilin ransomware attack on pathology services provider Synnovis have cancelled over 6,000 appointments and procedures in the past five weeks
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15 Jul 2024
Schools hit with cost hike as free Microsoft licences end
By Cliff SaranThe A1 Plus academic licence, which gave teachers and pupils access to the Microsoft productivity suite, stops in August
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15 Jul 2024
DACH education ‘ready for AI’ as parents call for next phase of innovation
By Matthew StaffA rallying cry for digital intervention in the sector across the DACH region could set the tone for a continental shift towards more dynamic and intuitive learning in the years to come
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15 Jul 2024
WHO launches digital health collaboration network
By Lis EvenstadThe World Health Organisation’s network, which includes 53 member states alongside data and digital health partners, will tackle digital transformation issues in healthcare
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15 Jul 2024
How Snowflake is tackling AI challenges
By Aaron TanSnowflake’s regional leader Sanjay Deshmukh outlines how the company is helping customers to tackle the security, skills and cost challenges of AI implementations
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15 Jul 2024
Civil servant said subpostmasters’ threat of legal action was ‘sabre-rattling’
By Karl FlindersPost Office scandal public inquiry hears damning evidence capping off a bad week for the reputation of high-profile civil servants
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12 Jul 2024
Businesses left in legal limbo with FTC noncompete ban
By Makenzie HollandEmployers need to start planning for compliance with the FTC noncompete ban, effective Sept. 4, despite uncertainty around whether the rule will hold up in court.
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12 Jul 2024
Microsoft rolls out further partner incentives and support
By Simon QuickeVendor uses inaugural digital event to outline where it’s hoping partners will focus and how it will support those efforts
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12 Jul 2024
AT&T loses ‘nearly all’ phone records in Snowflake breach
By Alex ScroxtonHackers have stolen records of virtually every call made by AT&T's customers during a six-month period in 2022, after compromising the US telco's Snowflake data environment
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12 Jul 2024
Public awareness of ID security grows, but big obstacles remain
By Alex ScroxtonConsumers are improving their awareness of the issues around digital identity security, but there are still some big issues preventing many from doing better, according to an Okta report
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12 Jul 2024
How Howdens used GenAI to power app user experience
By Cliff SaranThe Howdens app has been updated with a GenAI-powered digital assistant that helps its trade customers tackle technical issues
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12 Jul 2024
VMO2, MS3, Brsk report gigabit gains
By Joe O’HalloranUK full-fibre broadband boom continues as major provider allows 20,000 more homes in Milton Keynes to gain access to 2Gbps connectivity, while leading altnets record deployment landmarks
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12 Jul 2024
IBM: Reimagine processes to unlock AI’s value
By Aaron TanAsia-Pacific organisations must reimagine processes for AI success, says IBM’s general manager for the region, Paul Burton
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11 Jul 2024
Service providers putting funds into AI and automation
By Simon QuickeResearch from Kaseya reveals the top priorities for service providers as we move deeper into the second half
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11 Jul 2024
MSPs confident they can fend off cyber threat
By Simon QuickeDespite the ongoing targeting of the managed service community by cyber criminals, many feel confident about their position
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11 Jul 2024
ITER workshop highlights the role of computing technology in nuclear fusion
By Pat BransOne of the themes from the private sector workshop run in France this May is that information technology remains a key enabler for nuclear fusion
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11 Jul 2024
Dutch research firm TNO pictures the SOC of the future
By Kim LoohiusIn only a few years, security operations centres will have a different design and layout, and far fewer will remain
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11 Jul 2024
Challenges of deploying AI to run public services more efficiently
By Cliff SaranA report from an organisation headed by former prime minister Tony Blair has set an AI challenge for the Labour government
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11 Jul 2024
GDS appoints Christine Bellamy as CEO
By Lis EvenstadThe former head of Gov.uk has taken over as CEO of the Government Digital Service following the departure of Tom Read in June
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11 Jul 2024
Inside Israel’s cyber security operations
By Bill GoodwinAn emergency phone line allows cyber security analysts at the Israel Computer Emergency Response Team to map threats against national infrastructure
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11 Jul 2024
AI and cyber skills worryingly lacking, say business leaders
By Clare McDonaldA lack of skilled workers has been an ongoing concern for the tech sector, but Computer Weekly’s annual survey finds skills in artificial intelligence and cyber are a particular pain point
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10 Jul 2024
Kamala Harris might alter big tech regulation
By Makenzie HollandVice President Kamala Harris' friendliness toward the tech sector could affect President Joe Biden's regulatory efforts if she replaces him as the Democratic presidential nominee.
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10 Jul 2024
JetCool CEO on liquid cooling and the modern data center
By Adam ArmstrongIn this Q&A, JetCool's CEO talks about the growing interest in liquid cooling and how it's being used to divert heat away from compute so that bigger workloads can run consistently.
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10 Jul 2024
IT ops pros grapple with glut of AI assistants
By Beth PariseauAfter nearly two years of hype, it's still early for enterprise GenAI. That said, skepticism -- and outright pessimism -- have begun to emerge about AI assistants for IT automation.
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10 Jul 2024
Tennis and technology: How Wimbledon gave fans a GenAI experience
By Bryan GlickComputer Weekly goes behind the scenes at Wimbledon to see how tennis fans are benefiting from the latest developments in artificial intelligence
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10 Jul 2024
Civil servant was lone voice on Post Office board to query legal plan that blew taxpayers' cash
By Karl FlindersGovernment representative felt he was 'in a minority of one' on the Post Office board of directors in questioning the handling of a High Court battle with subpostmasters that cost £100m
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10 Jul 2024
The security interview: Managing the ‘no’ mindset
By Cliff SaranMatt Riley, data protection and information security officer at Sharp Europe, discusses balancing cyber risks with business leaders’ goals
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10 Jul 2024
Setting the high bar in digital transformation
By Aaron TanRoel Louwhoff, Standard Chartered’s chief transformation, technology and operations officer, outlines what it takes for the company to become a client-focused, data-driven bank
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09 Jul 2024
Microsoft fixes 2 zero-days in massive July Patch Tuesday
By Rob WrightMicrosoft disclosed and patched a whopping 142 vulnerabilities in a busy Patch Tuesday that included two zero-day flaws under active exploitation in the wild.
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09 Jul 2024
Hyper-V zero-day stands out on a busy Patch Tuesday
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft has fixed almost 140 vulnerabilities in its latest monthly update, with a Hyper-V zero-day singled out for urgent attention
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09 Jul 2024
Chinese spies target vulnerable home office kit to run cyber attacks
By Alex ScroxtonChina’s APT40 is ramping up targeting of victims using vulnerable small and home office networking kit as command and control infrastructure, according to an international alert
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09 Jul 2024
Computing curriculum leaving digital skills behind, research suggests
By Clare McDonaldResearch by the Subject Choice, Attainment and Representation in Computing Project has found that the technical focus of the computing curriculum is leaving many without other important digital skills