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11 Jul 2025
'Click to Cancel' left to the states, for now
By Don Fluckinger'Click to Cancel' laws are still on the books in many states.
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11 Jul 2025
FDA approves Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for high-risk children
By Alivia Kaylor, MScModerna's Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine is now FDA-approved for all adults 65 and older and high-risk kids aged from 6 months to 11 years, aligning with new policy recommendations.
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11 Jul 2025
News brief: Hafnium, Scattered Spider hackers arrested
By Staff reportCheck out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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23 Jun 2025
Interview: Rolf Krolke, regional technology director, The Access Group
By Antony AdsheadWe talk to The Access Group’s technology director for APAC about integration and ongoing management of legacy systems in an extremely acquisitive company, and the worldwide storage refresh he’s overseeing as part of that process
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23 Jun 2025
Police to gain powers to grab online data when they seize phones and laptops
By Bill GoodwinAcademics and civil liberties experts say that proposed ‘authoritarian’ powers to allow police to trawl online and cloud services used by owners of seized devices should require approval from a judge
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20 Jun 2025
Cyber Essentials certifications rising slowly but steadily
By Alex ScroxtonThe number of businesses attaining the NCSC Cyber Essentials certification continues to increase, but much more can be done to raise awareness of the scheme
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20 Jun 2025
M&S, Co-op attacks a ‘Category 2 cyber hurricane’, say UK experts
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK’s Cyber Monitoring Centre has published its first in-depth assessment of a major incident, reflecting on the impact of and lessons learned from Scattered Spider attacks on M&S and Co-op
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20 Jun 2025
UK data reforms become law
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonUK passes wide-ranging data protection reforms to ‘simplify’ organisations’ sharing and processing of data, but questions remain whether changes will be accepted by European Commission when renewing UK data adequacy
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20 Jun 2025
Dutch cloud pioneers face the hard limits of digital sovereignty
By Kim LoohuisThe Netherlands’ ambitious talk of digital independence meets the unforgiving economics of global cloud dominance
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20 Jun 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
By Simon QuickeDevelopments this week at AvePoint, Nebula Global Services, Pulsant, Skyhawk Security and HackerOne
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20 Jun 2025
Government hires chief data officer
By Lis EvenstadFormer MoD data chief, Lindsay Mason, has taken on the role of chief data officer in earl on a temporary basis while government recruits for a permanent position
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20 Jun 2025
SMEs embracing subscription model
By Simon QuickeResearch from Uswitch.com highlights how small businesses are starting to take advantage of more services
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20 Jun 2025
Report on integrity of current Post Office Horizon system due in autumn
By Karl FlindersInvestigation into the integrity and discrepancy identification capabilities of Post Office core system being carried out by independent specialists
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20 Jun 2025
Richer people look forward to cutting-edge tech to help save time
By Cliff SaranResearch for Lloyds Banking Group has found high-paid workers are looking forward to tech like robotic vacuum cleaners, autonomous cars and drone deliveries
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20 Jun 2025
Restaurant fills DR gap with all-flash Pure and dodges higher cloud cost
By Antony AdsheadSeafood chain Red Lobster opted for Pure Storage as-a-service for rapid failover between datacentres. A fully cloud-based option was on the table, but would have been six times the cost
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19 Jun 2025
Inca warns of ‘unjustified’ Openreach prominence in comms review
By Joe O’HalloranTrade association for UK’s independent broadband providers urges regulator to ensure forthcoming legislation secures the future of infrastructure investment, fosters regulatory consistency and promotes a fair and competitive landscape
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19 Jun 2025
MSPs remain confident over security
By Simon QuickeDespite being inundated with attacks, the vast majority of managed service providers are upbeat about their abilities to fend off breaches
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19 Jun 2025
Interview: Tech innovation at Bet365
By Cliff SaranAlan Reed, head of platform innovation at Bet365’s Hillside Technology platform, discusses the role of generative AI in tech innovation
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19 Jun 2025
Government announces details of Post Office Capture redress scheme
By Karl FlindersThe government says it wants new scheme to take a ‘common sense’ approach to redress for former Capture users
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19 Jun 2025
UBS employee data leaked after cyber attack on supplier
By Karl FlindersUBS and fellow Swiss bank Pictet have been affected by a cyber attack on a procurement service provider
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18 Jun 2025
U.S. senators offer perspectives on U.S. energy policy
By Makenzie HollandNuclear energy dominates the discussion among lawmakers and the tech industry as a top potential power source for AI data centers, which consume large amounts of electricity.
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18 Jun 2025
Execs shy away from open models and open source AI
By Cliff SaranThe Capgemini Research Institute has found that business executives prefer the support and security associated with commercial products
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18 Jun 2025
Traditional fake news detection fails against AI-generated content
By Kim LoohuisAs generative AI produces increasingly convincing text, Dutch researchers are exploring how linguistic cues, model bias, and transparency tools can help detect fake news.
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17 Jun 2025
Microsoft declares era of logical qubits
By Aaron TanThe tech giant is moving past the noisy, intermediate-scale quantum era, focusing on building a fault-tolerant supercomputer as it looks to democratise quantum computing and speed up scientific discovery
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17 Jun 2025
Cyber action plan kicks off to ‘supercharge’ UK security sector
By Alex ScroxtonUK government says its cyber growth action plan will provide a large boost to Britain’s security industry as it sets out to create a roadmap for future growth
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17 Jun 2025
Scattered Spider widens web to target insurance sector
By Alex ScroxtonFollowing a series of high-profile attacks on prominent retailers and consumer brands, the Scattered Spider cyber crime collective appears to be expanding its targeting to the insurance sector
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17 Jun 2025
Big tech, UAE make U.S. energy investments to support AI
By Makenzie HollandThe Trump administration has pointed to key partnerships, including with the United Arab Emirates and U.S. tech companies, to bolster U.S. power needs to keep up with AI advances.
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17 Jun 2025
Artificial intelligence could fuel growth in global tennis
By Karl FlindersIBM launches artificial intelligence-driven tools to grow the sport’s reach, but AI’s role also reaches the on-court business
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17 Jun 2025
Patients to access clinical trials via NHS App
By Lis EvenstadAs government plans a £50m upgrade of the NHS App, people will be able to sign up to clinical trials that will match them to available studies
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17 Jun 2025
Integris seals largest deal yet to expand MSP offering
By Simon QuickeChannel player makes another acquisition to bolster business on the other side of the Atlantic as it continues to increase its offering for SME customers
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17 Jun 2025
UKtech50: Vote for the most influential person in UK technology
By Lis EvenstadOur judges have selected the top 50 leaders from a shortlist of nearly 500 people – now it’s your chance to tell us who you think is the most influential person in UK technology
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17 Jun 2025
Infrastructure and governance are key for GenAI adoption
By Aaron TanMany generative AI projects are failing to scale because firms are overlooking foundational needs like network modernisation and governance frameworks, says a regional leader at NTT Data
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16 Jun 2025
Intelligence sharing key to cyber security in Europe, says EU Commission cyber expert
By Lis EvenstadCyber criminals choose not to attack Europe due to its resilience and preparedness, says the EU Commission’s principal advisor for cyber security coordination, Despina Spanou
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16 Jun 2025
CNCF eyes open source Cuda alternative as AI’s influence grows
By Aaron TanOpen source leaders highlight breakthroughs in projects like OpenTelemetry and discuss the open source community’s role in shaping the future of artificial intelligence workloads and fostering global collaboration amid geopolitical tensions
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15 Jun 2025
Qualtrics targets ‘action gap’ with AI copilot
By Stephen WithersThe company’s Assist for CX tool aims to help organisations act on customer feedback, with one Australian airline already using it to slash insight times from months to hours
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13 Jun 2025
CIOs baffled by ‘buzzwords, hype and confusion’ around AI
By Bill GoodwinAlan Trefler, CEO of Pegasystems, is scathing about big tech companies that are pushing the use of AI agents and large language models for business-critical applications
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13 Jun 2025
Innovation culture is in our DNA, says Alibaba chairman
By Lis EvenstadAlibaba chair Joe Tsai on why the company is open sourcing its large language model, how it dealt with the DeepSeek crisis, and plans for the future
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13 Jun 2025
Google Cloud and Singapore’s DISG launch AI initiative
By Aaron TanThe AI Cloud Takeoff initiative, part of the Singapore government’s Enterprise Compute Initiative, will offer local firms up to S$500,000 in incentives to establish in-house AI centres of excellence and build AI capabilities
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13 Jun 2025
Fusion and AI: How private sector tech is powering progress at ITER
By Pat BransWhen commercial AI meets the world’s most ambitious science experiment, nuclear fusion, surprising things start to happen
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13 Jun 2025
AI Summit London: Managing legacy IT and the pace of AI development
By Cliff SaranWhile there appears to be no stopping the progress of AI, businesses need to get a handle on technical debt and decide when to build or buy AI
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12 Jun 2025
Datadog AI agent observability, security seek to boost trust
By Beth PariseauAs AI agents mature, new tools aim to bolster their reliability and security with fresh visibility into automation workflows and more detailed troubleshooting.
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12 Jun 2025
Policymakers assess nuclear energy for AI data centers
By Makenzie HollandBig tech vendors are recognizing the energy demands of their AI services, causing them to make significant energy investments.
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12 Jun 2025
UKtech50 2025: the longlist of the UK’s influential tech leaders
By Lis EvenstadEach year, Computer Weekly launches a search for the most influential people in UK IT, asking the tech community who it thinks should be in the top 50 – here is the longlist of everyone nominated for 2025
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12 Jun 2025
Tomlin outlines ambitions in Northern European role at Exclusive Networks
By Simon QuickeExclusive Networks executive Rob Tomlin shares his thoughts after being given an extended leadership role at the security specialist distributor
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12 Jun 2025
Apple encryption row: Does law enforcement need to use Technical Capability Notices?
By Professor Peter Sommer, digital evidence expert witnessHistory shows that law enforcement can bring successful prosecutions without the need for the Home Office to introduce ‘backdoors’ into end-to-end encryption
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12 Jun 2025
France is committed to AI, says president Macron
By Lis EvenstadThe French president wants homegrown artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and thinks plans to create a European cloud platform dedicated to AI will be a ‘game changer’
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12 Jun 2025
Sweden gets help pulling its sovereign AI socks up
By Mark BallardUrgent government calls for more high-powered sovereign computers to fulfil Swedish goal of building a more powerful AI industry answered by foreign financiers, US tech and Europe’s AI emergency fund
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11 Jun 2025
AWS touts AI building blocks as key to customer innovation
By Aaron TanAt the recent AWS Summit in Singapore, company executives and customers showcased how cloud and artificial intelligence are enabling organisations to scale, transform and tackle business challenges
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11 Jun 2025
Cisco Isovalent Load Balancer takes aim at Broadcom's VMware
By Shane SniderThe new product promises to simplify disparate network traffic across cloud, hybrid and on-premises workloads.
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11 Jun 2025
NHS IT the big winner in Reeves’ Spending Review
By Alex ScroxtonThe chancellor of the exchequer has significantly upped spending on digital and technology initiatives in the current Spending Review period, with the NHS receiving a 50% tech funding increase
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11 Jun 2025
WhatsApp seeks to join Apple in legal challenge against Home Office encryption orders
By Bill GoodwinWhatsApp today applied to intervene in an Investigatory Powers Tribunal case that is considering the UK’s ability to issue a technical capability notice on Apple to ‘weaken encryption’
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11 Jun 2025
DevOps pros eye Datadog developer portal for ITSM
By Beth PariseauDataDog advances onto Atlassian and ServiceNow's turf with a self-service developer portal that draws on real-time data about the observed state of IT resources.
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11 Jun 2025
Pax8 enhances AI support for MSPs
By Simon QuickeMarketplace player Pax8 uses Beyond 2025 event to unveil offerings designed to make life easier and more profitable for managed service providers
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11 Jun 2025
Government using national security as ‘smokescreen’ in Apple encryption row
By Bill GoodwinSenior conservative MP David Davis says the Home Office should disclose how many secret orders it has issued against telecoms and internet companies to Parliament
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11 Jun 2025
West Brom Building Society project to meet customers’ digital demands
By Karl FlindersCalls from customers for a choice of digital channels drove West Brom Building Society’s digital transformation project
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11 Jun 2025
How breaking things builds resilient systems
By Aaron TanTo prevent and recover from outages in today’s complex, cloud-native world, enterprises must proactively and deliberately inject failure into their systems through chaos engineering practices
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11 Jun 2025
June Patch Tuesday brings a lighter load for defenders
By Alex ScroxtonBarely 70 vulnerabilities make the cut for Microsoft’s monthly security update, but an RCE flaw in WEBDAV and an EoP issue in Windows SMB Client still warrant close attention
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11 Jun 2025
Cyber Bill at risk of becoming a missed opportunity, say MPs
By Alex ScroxtonAn APPG report warns that the government’s flagship cyber security legislation is too narrow in its scope and risks missing opportunities to embed resilience at the heart of the British economy
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11 Jun 2025
London Tech Week: More funding, fellowships and skills
By Cliff SaranThe government wants to make the UK the best place for tech and AI, opening pathways for global talent and venture capital funding
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10 Jun 2025
June Patch Tuesday resolves Windows zero-day
By Tom WalatMicrosoft fixes 66 bugs, including an actively exploited WebDAV remote-code execution flaw, but the BadSuccessor vulnerability remains unpatched.
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10 Jun 2025
U.S. will need policy to navigate EU rules
By Makenzie HollandProtecting U.S. tech companies from the EU's regulatory regime will present a challenge to U.S. officials, who have pursued antitrust cases against big tech.
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10 Jun 2025
UK finance regulator tie-up with Nvidia allows firms to experiment with AI
By Karl FlindersFCA wants to support organisations in testing their ideas for the use of artificial intelligence
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10 Jun 2025
Channel continues to deliver security training and support
By Simon QuickeResearch and MSP training platforms from security players underline the position of partners to deliver threat awareness
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10 Jun 2025
UK defence scheme invests in future cyber tech Cheri
By Alex ScroxtonCambridge-based SCI Semiconductors is awarded DTEP funding to work on the application of defensive Cheri technology
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10 Jun 2025
Cisco reimagines infrastructure for the AI era
By Aaron TanCisco is betting on an AI-driven, agent-based future for infrastructure management with AI Canvas and a raft of network security capabilities at its Cisco Live 2025 conference
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10 Jun 2025
Docusign rolls out fresh programme to arm partners with IAM answers
By Simon QuickeAgreement management specialist enhances channel offering in reaction to changing market dynamics
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10 Jun 2025
HMRC paid Fujitsu £310m last year, but Post Office supplier’s UK business faces gradual decline
By Karl FlindersWhile victims are made to fight for every penny they are owed, the IT supplier at the centre of the Post Office scandal is handed hundreds of millions of pounds by UK government
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10 Jun 2025
IBM updates path to fault-tolerant quantum computing
By Cliff SaranTwo academic papers show how the company plans to provide quantum error correction using a technique that can run in real time
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10 Jun 2025
Open source a ‘force multiplier’ for AI innovation
By Aaron TanFrom powerful large language models to the next wave of AI agents, the open-source community is driving innovation and setting the agenda for the entire field, according to leaders at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China
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10 Jun 2025
Third-party security weaknesses threaten Europe’s big banks
By Karl FlindersSecurity breaches via third parties increased by 25% at Europe’s largest finance firms
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09 Jun 2025
Labour commits £17.2m to support Spärck AI scholarships
By Cliff SaranThe government has put up money to help drive the UK’s expertise in artificial intelligence
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09 Jun 2025
Compensation to Post Office scandal victims reaches £1bn milestone
By Karl FlindersThe government has now paid out more than £1bn to victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal
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09 Jun 2025
Starmer opens London Tech Week with £1bn AI boost
By Cliff SaranPrime Minister unveiled plans to boost UK’s high-performance compute capacity 20-fold, along with funding to bolster skills
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09 Jun 2025
Government to create online platform for public sector tech buyers
By Lis EvenstadThe National Digital Exchange will be a one-stop shop for public sector tech buying, allowing organisations to rate and review products and gain access to pre-approved tech deals
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09 Jun 2025
US lawmakers say UK has ‘gone too far’ by attacking Apple’s encryption
By Bill GoodwinUS politicians are calling for Congress to rewrite the US Cloud Act to prevent the UK issuing orders to require US tech companies to introduce ‘backdoors’ in end-to-end encrypted messaging and storage
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06 Jun 2025
FTC sends message with Synopsys, Ansys divestiture order
By Makenzie HollandTo prevent the creation of a monopoly in software tools used to design semiconductors, the FTC wants the two companies to divest assets before merging.
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06 Jun 2025
UK ICO publishes AI and biometrics strategy
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK data regulator has outlined how it will approach the regulation of artificial intelligence and biometric technologies, which will focus in particular on automated decision-making systems and police facial recognition
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06 Jun 2025
CISOs must translate cyber threats into business risk
By Stephen WithersTo manage risk effectively and secure board-level buy-in, CISOs must stop talking about technology and start speaking the language of business, according to a senior Check Point executive
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05 Jun 2025
FairPrice taps Google Cloud for AI-powered store
By Aaron TanThe supermarket chain will leverage generative AI and cloud technologies to enhance customer experience and streamline in-store operations, starting with its upcoming Punggol Digital District outlet
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05 Jun 2025
Whitehall fails to recognise digital procurement challenge, says PAC
By Lis EvenstadCommittee concerned that Government Commercial Function doesn’t understand the scale of reform needed to address long-standing digital procurement issues, including lack of skills and leadership
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05 Jun 2025
UK backdoor order to Apple raises bipartisan concerns
By Makenzie HollandU.S. officials fear that gaps in existing law may enable countries to target U.S. companies with data access requests that harm user privacy and security.
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05 Jun 2025
HMRC phishing breach wholly avoidable, but hard to stop
By Alex ScroxtonA breach at HMRC saw innocent taxpayers tricked into letting scammers impersonate them through simple phishing attacks leading to account takeover. Such attacks are avoidable, but hard to stop
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05 Jun 2025
Citigroup cuts thousands of staff at China-based tech centres
By Karl FlindersFinancial services giant Citigroup is drastically reducing headcount in its Chinese tech delivery centres as it restructures its technology operation
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05 Jun 2025
SXSW: An immersive experience is the future of AI
By Cliff SaranOpenAI’s recent acquisition heralds a new direction for generative AI, away from the screen-based user experience
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05 Jun 2025
CyberSentriq and Netgear both courting MSPs
By Simon QuickeArrival of fresh brand in the security market and an acquisition move by networking player should provide managed service providers with options
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05 Jun 2025
UK’s error-prone eVisa system is ‘anxiety-inducing’
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonPeople experiencing technical errors with the Home Office’s electronic visa system explain the psychological toll of not being able to reliably prove their immigration status in the face of a hostile and unresponsive bureaucracy
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05 Jun 2025
CCS and Servium contribute to Advania UK growth
By Simon QuickeChannel player reveals how acquisitions contributed to its 2024 performance and how it has grown in the region
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05 Jun 2025
Australia’s CommBank completes migration of data to AWS in AI drive
By Karl FlindersPutting all of its data in AWS cloud will support bank’s use of artificial intelligence to offer customers more personalised services
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05 Jun 2025
How GitLab is tapping AI in DevSecOps
By Aaron TanGitLab CISO Josh Lemos explains how the company is weaving AI, through its Duo tool, into the entire software development lifecycle to enhance efficiency and automate incident response
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04 Jun 2025
Put ROCs before SOCs, Qualys tells public sector
By Alex ScroxtonPutting risk operations before security operations may help government agencies and other public sector bodies better manage the myriad threats they face, and make better decisions for the security of all
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04 Jun 2025
NCSC sets out how to build cyber safe cultures
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has published guidance for security teams and leaders on how to foster accessible and appropriate cyber security cultures in their organisations
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04 Jun 2025
Investigatory powers: Guidelines for police and spies could also help businesses with AI
By Bill GoodwinComputer Weekly talks to Muffy Calder, technology advisor to the UK’s investigatory powers commissioner, about privacy, intrusion and artificial intelligence
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04 Jun 2025
SXSW London: Risk of AI removing choice
By Cliff SaranThe modern era, where AI speeds up day-to-day chores, is undermining creativity and the ability to make choices
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04 Jun 2025
Artificial intelligence to initiate and manage litigations after ‘landmark’ approval
By Karl FlindersThe Garfield Project created an artificial intelligence-based litigation service for small claims, but how far can the technology reach in the legal sector
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04 Jun 2025
Microsoft outlines three-pronged European cyber strategy
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft chair Brad Smith outlines an expansive cyber programme targeting governments across Europe with enhanced threat intelligence and support
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04 Jun 2025
European Commission should rescind UK data adequacy
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonCivil society organisations have urged the European Commissioner to not renew the UK’s data adequacy, given the country’s growing divergence from European data protection standards
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04 Jun 2025
Kaseya hires ‘passionate SME advocate’ as next CEO
By Simon QuickeSupplier of tools for managed service providers concludes its five-month search for its leader
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04 Jun 2025
Interview: Manish Jethwa, chief technology officer, Ordnance Survey
By Mark SamuelsThe UK mapping service has moved on a long way from paper maps as it now looks to use artificial intelligence to understand, interpret and derive insights from geographical data
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04 Jun 2025
Open source adoption faces reality checks
By Aaron TanIndustry leaders lauded the power of open source to drive innovation but warned that its adoption requires significant effort, due diligence and a clear understanding of inherent complexities and licensing challenges
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04 Jun 2025
Infosecurity 2025: SMEs feel on their own in the face of cyber attacks
By Brian McKennaProject findings to be presented at Infosecurity Europe 2025 highlight vulnerability of SMEs to cyber attack
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03 Jun 2025
HashiCorp Terraform leads IBM, Red Hat integration roadmap
By Beth PariseauHashiCorp and IBM have begun to knit together products such as Terraform and Ansible and divulged some roadmap details, but a few potential product overlaps are still unresolved.
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03 Jun 2025
Maintel shares progress ahead of AGM
By Simon QuickeChannel player Maintel provides update on how the first five months of the year have gone ahead of its annual general meeting
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03 Jun 2025
Fintech growth three times that of finance sector as a whole
By Karl FlindersGlobal fintech revenues reached £280bn in 2024, according to Boston Consulting Group report