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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 Jan 2025
Computacenter signals strong finish to the year
By Simon QuickeAfter suffering soft market conditions in the first half of 2024, the channel player saw momentum pick up in the second half
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28 Jan 2025
NAO: UK government cyber resilience weak in face of mounting threats
By Brian McKennaThe National Audit Office has found UK government cyber resilience wanting, weakened by legacy IT and skills shortages, and facing mounting threats
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28 Jan 2025
Juniper Networks encourages cross-selling with JPA enhancements
By Simon QuickeNetworking player uses partner programme enhancements to encourage partners to sell a wider portfolio
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28 Jan 2025
Concerns over Fujitsu billing application used at SSE Airtricity in Republic of Ireland
By Karl FlindersUnder-scrutiny IT services firm has escalated fears over problems with one of its applications, used at a Republic of Ireland energy firm, to its headquarters in Japan
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28 Jan 2025
Managed service providers seen as ‘critical’ to SMEs
By Simon QuickeJumpCloud Q1 report reveals the extent to which customers are leaning on their channel partners
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28 Jan 2025
DeepSeek: Welcome to US artificial intelligence’s Sputnik moment
By Cliff SaranIn spite of the US’s financial might, Russia’s Sputnik was the first satellite. Is something similar about to happen thanks to a new Chinese LLM?
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28 Jan 2025
Has Pure got the first of its ‘HDD is doomed’ ducks in a row?
By Yann SerraPure Storage predicted the end of spinning disk by 2028. Will its agreements with flash makers Micron and Kioxia, and an unnamed hyperscaler, be the first nails in the coffin for HDD?
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28 Jan 2025
Datafy promises to slash massive EBS overprovisioning costs
By Antony AdsheadAWS Elastic Block Storage is often over-provisioned. Datafy virtualises EBS volumes to allow customers to scale capacity up and down, and says it will not charge customers if it doesn’t cut their costs
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27 Jan 2025
TCS to inject AI and quantum computing into aerospace through French delivery centre
By Karl FlindersIndian IT services giant opens IT delivery centre that will focus on technology that can address the challenges of the aerospace sector
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27 Jan 2025
Three sentenced over OTP.Agency MFA fraud service
By Alex ScroxtonThree men have been sentenced over their role in a cyber criminal subscription service that offered access to online accounts using illicitly obtained one-time passcodes
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27 Jan 2025
Cyber incident that closed British Museum was inside job
By Alex ScroxtonAn IT incident that disrupted visitor access to the British Museum last week was the work of a disgruntled contractor who had been let go
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27 Jan 2025
Interview: Feryal Clark, AI and digital government minister, DSIT
By Lis EvenstadComputer Weekly talks to the parliamentary under-secretary about digital identity, the importance of trust and utilising the power of artificial intelligence
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27 Jan 2025
Oxford-Cambridge Arc gets government support
By Cliff SaranLabour aims to capitalise on the growth potential of the cluster of businesses and academic institutes around Oxford, Cambridge and Milton Keynes
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27 Jan 2025
Softcat: Customers want innovation and resilience
By Simon QuickeChannel player’s latest annual insights into customer priorities underlines the need for the channel to recognise the budgetary challenges most users are under
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27 Jan 2025
Inside CyberArk’s security strategy
By Aaron TanCyberArk CIO Omer Grossman talks up the company’s security-first ethos, the importance of an assumed breach mentality and how the company is addressing threats from the growing use of AI
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24 Jan 2025
Trump's shift in climate policy alters business strategies
By Makenzie HollandBusiness strategies on climate and environmental goals will change during the next four years, under the Trump administration.
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24 Jan 2025
Gartner tech spending forecast tempered by price hikes
By John MooreThe global IT market is projected to grow 9.8% in 2025, but an expected increase in the prices of vendor products and services will eat into CIOs' tech budgets.
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24 Jan 2025
MPs and peers start inquiry into Russian and Chinese sabotage threats to subsea internet cables
By Bill GoodwinMPs and Lords on the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy have begun an inquiry into the resilience of UK internet cables, following heightened threats of Russian and Chinese sabotage
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24 Jan 2025
Loan Charge under review: MPs brand latest independent inquiry into controversial policy ‘a farce’
By Caroline DonnellyDetails of the government’s highly anticipated independent review into the loan charge have emerged, and MPs claim it falls way short of what is needed to resolve the financial and mental health damage the policy has caused to those in-scope of it
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24 Jan 2025
US indicts five in fake North Korean IT contractor scandal
By Alex ScroxtonThe US authorities have accused five men, including two American citizens, of involvement in a scheme which saw companies duped into hiring fake North Korean IT contractors
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24 Jan 2025
Labour’s first digital government strategy: Is it déjà vu or something new?
By Bryan GlickLabour won the 2024 general election on a platform of change – and its technology cheerleader insists the new digital government strategy is all about change. Have we heard it all before or is this time really different?
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24 Jan 2025
Review of legal rule on computer evidence long overdue, say Post Office scandal victims
By Karl FlindersComputer Weekly talks to people who suffered miscarriages of justice at the hands of flawed computer evidence, as well as to experts in law and IT, as the government commits to review the legal presumption that computers work all the time
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24 Jan 2025
High Court: Sky Betting ‘parasitic’ in targeting problem gambler
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonUK High Court rules that Sky Betting acted unlawfully after breaching a customer’s data protection rights when it obtained his personal data through cookies and used it to profile him for the purposes of direct marketing, despite his ‘impaired’ ability to provide meaningful consent
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24 Jan 2025
Teachers to use AI for lesson planning and marking
By Clare McDonaldSpeaking at the Bett Show this year, the UK’s education secretary outlined the ways in which teachers will be using technologies such as AI in the future, including planning lessons and marking work
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24 Jan 2025
CISOs boost board presence by 77% over two years
By Brian McKennaA global research study, from Splunk and Oxford Economics, into how chief information security officers interact with boards finds greater participation but enduring gaps
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23 Jan 2025
EU, U.S. at odds on AI safety regulations
By Beth PariseauThe U.S. under the new Trump administration changes course on AI safety, in contrast with the EU, as uncertainty lingers about other Biden-era federal cybersecurity efforts.
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23 Jan 2025
Trump takes issue with EU actions against U.S. big tech
By Makenzie HollandPresident Donald Trump spoke against significant EU fines on big tech companies and said the U.S. has some 'very big complaints with the EU.'
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23 Jan 2025
Apple and Google app stores come under CMA scrutiny
By Cliff SaranThe Competition and Markets Authority in the UK is looking at whether the Play Store and App Store support innovation and are pro-competition
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23 Jan 2025
TD Synnex hits UK credit milestone
By Simon QuickeDistributor has extended credit lines of more than £2bn to help keep business flowing for partners
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23 Jan 2025
ICO launches major review of cookies on UK websites
By Alex ScroxtonICO sets out 2025 goals, including a review of cookie compliance across the UK’s top 1,000 websites, as it seeks to achieve its ultimate goal of giving the public meaningful control over how their data is used
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23 Jan 2025
Samsung unpacks Galaxy AI’s personal data engine
By Cliff SaranThe headlines are the Galaxy S25 line-up, but the hardware is powered by Samsung’s ambition to develop an AI ecosystem
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23 Jan 2025
UK eVisa system problems persist despite repeated warnings
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonTravellers are already having issues boarding UK-bound flights, while refugees have been left with no way to prove their immigration status in the UK, just two weeks after the Home Office transitioned to electronic visas
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23 Jan 2025
Zebra gallops ahead in APAC, driven by automation and e-commerce
By Aaron TanZebra Technologies is riding the wave of e-commerce and automation in APAC, fuelling strong growth with RFID technology, tablets and scanners that boost business productivity and efficiency
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22 Jan 2025
Venture capital ties could shift U.S. government policies
By Makenzie HollandPresident Donald Trump's administration includes several former venture capitalists who will help shape U.S. policies, including AI and cryptocurrency czar David Sacks.
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22 Jan 2025
Privacy professionals expect budget cuts, lack confidence
By Alex ScroxtonOver 50% of privacy professionals in Europe expect to see less money earmarked for data security initiatives in 2025, and many don’t have faith their organisations are taking the issue seriously, according to an ISACA report
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22 Jan 2025
Funksec gang turned up ransomware heat in December
By Alex ScroxtonThe criminal ransomware fraternity was hard at work over the festive period, with attack volumes rising and a new threat actor emerging on the scene
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22 Jan 2025
ADP deepens relationship with Wavenet
By Simon QuickeCollaboration between Assured Data Protection and Wavenet, as well as Evolve and Evolve IP, underlines the benefits of partners working together
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22 Jan 2025
Elon Musk distances himself from Trump’s Stargate AI mission
By Cliff SaranJust a few days into the Donald Trump presidency and there appears to be a disagreement brewing around funding of OpenAI and the Stargate Project
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22 Jan 2025
How smartphones are transforming global health
By Kavitha SrinivasaShyam Gollakota, winner of the 2024 Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer Science, is bringing medical care to underserved communities through with smartphone-based diagnostic tools
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22 Jan 2025
Europol seeks evidence of encryption on crime enforcement as it steps-up pressure on Big Tech
By Bill GoodwinEuropol wants examples of police investigations hampered by end-to-end encryption as it pressures tech companies to provide law enforcement access to encrypted messages
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22 Jan 2025
APAC businesses face surge in email attacks
By Aaron TanSophisticated phishing and business email compromise campaigns are increasingly targeting organisations across the Asia-Pacific region, research reveals
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21 Jan 2025
Kearney, Futurum: Big enterprise CEOs make AI core to future
By Brian McKennaAccording to research from management consultancy Kearney and analyst firm Futurum, big company CEOs are buying into AI hopes and dreams, with a dash of prudence
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21 Jan 2025
Weak supplier management hinders digital government
By Cliff SaranProcurement, legacy systems, data fragmentation and the changing IT market are among the issues highlighted in a review of digital services
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21 Jan 2025
Hyperscalers to spend a trillion dollars on AI optimised hardware
By Cliff SaranThe market for AI optimised servers is growing, driven by hyperscalers and IT services firms developing AI-enabled services
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21 Jan 2025
Greek authorities subject refugees to invasive surveillance
By Lydia EmmanouilidouGreek border authorities are subjecting asylum seekers to invasive phone confiscations and artificial intelligence-powered surveillance, in another potential violation of European data protection laws
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20 Jan 2025
Government calls for expert views on computer evidence to learn lesson from Post Office scandal
By Karl FlindersThe government is calling for evidence from experts in computing and law to help it ensure no repeat of the miscarriages of justice in the Post Office scandal
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20 Jan 2025
Labour announces plans to overhaul digital government
By Bryan GlickThe Government Digital Service will be expanded along with changes to the way technology is funded, built and delivered across the public sector, as Labour aims for improvements previous administrations struggled to achieve
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20 Jan 2025
Power grid constraints threaten Dutch digital innovation ambitions
By Kim LoohuisThe Netherlands risks falling behind in crucial digital innovations such as artificial intelligence as power grid congestion reaches critical levels across the country
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20 Jan 2025
Government plans to revamp digital services to save £45bn
By Cliff SaranLegacy IT and the use of tech contractors is costing taxpayers billions. The government aims to fix the public sector with AI and new digital services
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20 Jan 2025
The death of the piggy bank marks coming of age of a fintech
By Karl FlindersFintech is a broad church that can be applied to high finance and child savings alike, as the team at startup Those Beyond have demonstrated
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20 Jan 2025
Singtel’s 5G network slicing to boost Singapore’s defence and security
By Aaron TanSingapore’s defence and security technology agencies will leverage Singtel’s 5G network slicing technology nationwide to combat evolving security threats and enhance national security
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19 Jan 2025
ST Logistics teams up with Lenovo on smart warehouses
By Aaron TanThe Singapore logistics firm is partnering with Lenovo to integrate AI and automation into its warehouse operations
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17 Jan 2025
US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban
By Alex ScroxtonThe US Supreme Court has upheld a legal ban on TikTok, meaning that the video-sharing application will be shut down from midnight on Sunday 19 January
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17 Jan 2025
Biden order gives CISA software supply chain 'teeth'
By Beth PariseauThe outgoing administration makes a Hail Mary attempt to salvage work it began in 2021 to require specific software supply chain security information from software suppliers.
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17 Jan 2025
U.S. TikTok ban will affect small businesses
By Makenzie HollandThe Supreme Court upholds the U.S. TikTok ban, which means businesses that have used the app to reach and grow audiences will no longer be able to do so.
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17 Jan 2025
£150m AI framework agreement set to drive NHS forward
By Cliff SaranNHS Shared Business Services is looking to deploy artificial intelligence across the NHS
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17 Jan 2025
Researchers say AI fails to describe complexities of Holocaust
By Vipin ChimraniUsing AI in Holocaust education will require the responsible digitisation of historical assets, as well as collaboration between system providers and domain-specific experts, to ensure effective guardrails that protect against misuse
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17 Jan 2025
Citrix hands Arrow exclusive mid-market role in Europe
By Simon QuickeSoftware player Citrix gives distributor the responsibility for growing and supporting channel partners focused on that customer base
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17 Jan 2025
Lords debate government approach to automated decision-making
By Vipin ChimraniDuring the second reading debate of a Lords private members’ bill seeking to better regulate public sector algorithms, the government argued existing measures were sufficient to protect the public
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17 Jan 2025
Enterprises need to make better choices to reduce GenAI emissions
By Vipin ChimraniCapgemini says the high environmental costs of generative artificial intelligence systems mean organisations need to develop roadmaps to make their use more sustainable
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17 Jan 2025
Why CIO tenures are getting shorter ... and why it matters
By Neil Price, Practice Head, Executive Search, and Denis Bayliss, Managing Consultant, Harvey NashWhile the CIO role often has a strong focus on delivering technology change many now have a wider business-focused role
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17 Jan 2025
Takeda opens innovation centre in Bengaluru
By Kavitha SrinivasaGlobal biopharmaceutical giant Takeda opens its first Asian Innovation Capability Centre in Bengaluru to speed up drug discovery and development
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16 Jan 2025
Tech industry experts digest cybersecurity executive order
By Beth PariseauIT pros assess a last-minute cybersecurity executive order with new directives on a broad swath of topics, from cybercriminal sanctions to AI and identity management.
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16 Jan 2025
Biden signs new cyber order days before Trump inauguration
By Alex ScroxtonWith days left in the White House, outgoing US president Joe Biden has signed a wide-ranging cyber security executive order with far-reaching implications
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16 Jan 2025
Fujitsu staff at HMRC to strike for two days over pay
By Karl FlindersMore public image woes for Fujitsu as hundreds of staff to strike after colleagues at HMRC get significantly bigger pay rise
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16 Jan 2025
Trump's tech policy appointments ready to unleash AI
By Makenzie HollandPresident-elect Donald Trump's tech policy team at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will strongly influence the administration's direction on AI.
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16 Jan 2025
Russia’s Star Blizzard pivots to WhatsApp in spear-phishing campaign
By Alex ScroxtonThe Russian cyber spy operation known as Star Blizzard changed tactics after a takedown operation by Microsoft and the US authorities, turning to widely used messaging platform WhatsApp to try to ensnare its targets
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16 Jan 2025
NAO calls for ‘cross-government’ revamp of IT procurement to improve ‘big tech’ project outcomes
By Caroline DonnellyThe National Audit Office has highlighted a series of shortcomings in the government’s approach to digital procurement
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16 Jan 2025
NAO report calls for government IT procurement rethink
By Simon QuickeCriticism abounds of reliance on big tech to deliver digital transformation across government departments
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16 Jan 2025
Almost half of UK banks set to miss DORA deadline
By Alex ScroxtonA significant minority of financial services organisations in the UK will not be fully compliant with the EU’s DORA cyber and risk management regulation when it comes into force on 17 January
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16 Jan 2025
DORA unpreparedness spells channel opportunity
By Simon QuickeCompliance regulations come into force on 17 January, but many in the financial services community are not ready
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16 Jan 2025
L’Oréal: Making AI worth it
By Cliff SaranNo stranger to advanced technologies, the cosmetics firm is partnering with IBM on GenAI capabilities to support its sustainability goals
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16 Jan 2025
Bank of England and New York counterpart exchange puts technology cooperation into 3D
By Karl FlindersA staff exchange between regulators will see US and UK financial technology experts cross the Atlantic
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16 Jan 2025
Global IT spending to soar in 2025
By Aaron TanS&P Global Ratings expects a 9% surge in global IT spending for 2025, fuelled by demand for AI and cloud technologies, despite potential trade headwinds and a slowing global economy
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16 Jan 2025
DDN seeks AI leadership as it bags $300m investment
By Yann SerraDDN aims to take high-performance computing expertise and become a leader in storage for artificial intelligence. It builds on years in the HPC space, and now has £300m from Blackstone, a fund with an AI focus
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16 Jan 2025
Davos 2025: Digital supply chains at risk as world faces two years of turbulence
By Bill GoodwinWorld Economic Forum urges digital business leaders to build the resilience of supply chains, improve cyber defences and develop contingency plans
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16 Jan 2025
Diversity in tech 2024: Collaboration is vital for DEI progress
By Clare McDonaldAt the 2024 Computer Weekly and Harvey Nash diversity in tech event, speakers and audience members alike made it clear that gaining true equity in the technology sector will continue to move at a snail’s pace without working together
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15 Jan 2025
Cisco AI cybersecurity launch touts shadow AI defense
By Beth PariseauCisco wields the power of incumbency to weave AI security into existing cloud access management tools, including algorithmic validation testing on AI models.
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15 Jan 2025
Government, Nesta and ODI issue £600k smart data challenge to technologists
By Brian McKennaDepartment for Business and Trade, Challenge Works and the Open Data Institute have issued a Smart Data Challenge to app developers and entrepreneurs with a total prize fund of £600,000
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15 Jan 2025
Cyber security dovetails with AI to lead 2025 corporate IT investment
By Brian McKennaCyber security and GenAI top enterprise IT investment plans for 2025, whether singly or together, according to research from Enterprise Strategy Group
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15 Jan 2025
Larger businesses spend, spend, spend on AI
By Cliff SaranCompanies earning over $500m are spending 5% of their revenue on artificial intelligence initiatives
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15 Jan 2025
Users protest, flee TikTok as clock ticks on US ban
By Alex ScroxtonAs the US Supreme Court prepares to rule on the future of TikTok, rumours of a sale are swirling around Washington DC while panicked users make plans for an exodus
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15 Jan 2025
Biggest Patch Tuesday in years sees Microsoft address 159 vulnerabilities
By Alex ScroxtonThe largest Patch Tuesday of the 2020s so far brings fixes for more than 150 CVEs ranging widely in their scope and severity – including eight zero-day flaws
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15 Jan 2025
UK’s female fintech leaders hit harder by investment collapse
By Karl FlindersUK fintechs led by women suffered disproportionately as a result of the fall in investment in the sector
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15 Jan 2025
Davos 2025: Misinformation and disinformation are most pressing risks, says World Economic Forum
By Bill GoodwinWorld leaders, business chiefs and civil society organisations will discuss the risks posed by misinformation, disinformation and artificial intelligence at the World Economic Forum
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15 Jan 2025
Cohesity CEO on Veritas integration and IPO plans
By Aaron TanCohesity CEO Sanjay Poonen shares his vision for integrating Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, uniting 12,000 customers, driving AI-powered innovation and building a public-ready company
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14 Jan 2025
January Patch Tuesday resolves 3 Hyper-V zero-days
By Tom WalatThe number of vulnerabilities corrected for January Patch Tuesday is one of the highest in recent memory and includes three Hyper-V vulnerabilities exploited in the wild.
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14 Jan 2025
NBN boost: A$3bn to upgrade internet speeds for millions
By Aaron TanThe Australian government is investing A$3bn to upgrade Australia’s fibre-to-the-node network, bringing faster internet speeds to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses
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14 Jan 2025
CMA kicks off investigation into Google search engine dominance
By Cliff SaranThe Competition and Markets Authority is using powers that came into force at the start of the year to assess Google’s reach
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14 Jan 2025
Subpostmasters won’t get financial redress until mid-2027 at current rate of progress
By Karl FlindersCampaigning former subpostmaster warns that some members of the group that took the Post Office to court might not receive financial redress until mid-2027
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14 Jan 2025
Government funding to help businesses discover AI value
By Cliff SaranThe government is betting the bank on the power of artificial intelligence to fix the public sector, mend roads and boost the UK economy
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14 Jan 2025
Evole IP and DataVita share progress and 2025 ambitions
By Simon QuickeChannel players indicate that the year ahead will be one focused on building momentum and expanding business
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14 Jan 2025
Many are called, but few are chosen: Secrets of MI5 watchers revealed
By Bill GoodwinDespite advances in electronic surveillance, security service MI5 still relies on human ‘watchers’. Government documents reveal what it takes to follow suspects without being detected
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13 Jan 2025
UK government plans to extend ransomware payment ban
By Alex ScroxtonA ban on ransomware payments by UK government departments will be extended to cover organisations such as local councils, schools and the NHS should new government proposals move forward
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13 Jan 2025
Metro mayors face similar digitisation challenges to banks, but lack their resources
By Karl FlindersUK regional leaders want to be independent of central government when it comes to digital transformation decision-making, but don’t fully understand what’s ahead
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13 Jan 2025
Biden's AI diffusion rule met with heavy backlash
By Makenzie HollandA newly proposed rule from the Biden administration targeting AI and chip exports has been met with intense criticism.
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13 Jan 2025
CNI operators should ask these 12 questions of their OT suppliers
By Alex ScroxtonThe NCSC, CISA and others have set out 12 cyber security considerations CNI organisations and other users of operational technology should incorporate into their buying processes to force their suppliers to do better
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13 Jan 2025
Experts say ‘something has to break’ before banks slow IT-driven cost-cutting measures
By Karl FlindersBanks will cut costs until something breaks and they are forced to scale back, according to industry experts
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13 Jan 2025
Can UK government achieve ambition to become AI powerhouse?
By Cliff SaranThe artificial intelligence opportunities action plan has been largely well received, but there are plenty of questions about how it will be achieved
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13 Jan 2025
Your.Cloud adds to European arrivals in the UK
By Simon QuickeDutch player Your.Cloud follows a recent wave of fellow MSPs that have identified opportunities across this side of the English Channel