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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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20 Nov 2024
Elon Musk, big tech ties to China raise security concerns
By Makenzie HollandA U.S. senator warns U.S. tech companies that deep ties to China pose national security risks as cyberattacks rise. Time to choose a side, experts say.
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20 Nov 2024
ORG urges ICO to revise public sector enforcement approach
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Open Rights Group is urging the Information Commissioner’s Office to revise its light touch approach to public sector data protection issues, arguing that its experimental policy of limiting its enforcement actions to reprimands and notices, rather issuing fines, is allowing bad practices to continue largely unabated
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20 Nov 2024
Apple addresses two iPhone, Mac zero-days
By Alex ScroxtonTwo zero-day vulnerabilities uncovered in Apple’s operating systems could have allowed for arbitrary code execution and cross-site scripting attacks
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20 Nov 2024
Post Office to harness technology to automate scandal financial redress payments
By Karl FlindersTechnology that could speed up financial redress for subpostmasters is being worked on in-house by the Post Office
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20 Nov 2024
Government issues strategic priorities for online safety regulator Ofcom
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonTechnology secretary Peter Kyle sets out the government’s strategic priorities for how Ofcom should approach regulating online safety, including embedding safety by design and supporting innovation in technologies to help protect people online
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20 Nov 2024
Lemongrass stepping up support to get customers to Clean Core
By Simon QuickeSAP channel specialist is guiding users through the stages to unlock the benefits of the vendor’s cloud shift
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20 Nov 2024
Microsoft Ignite: A $4m zero-day reward plus $349 thin client
By Cliff SaranA $4m cyber hackathon prize was revealed at Ignite as part of Microsoft’s latest IT security efforts, as well as a new locked-down client device called Windows 365 Link
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20 Nov 2024
Softcat update signals strong start to 2025 financial year
By Simon QuickeChannel player shares insights into first quarter trading with talk of customer demand remaining strong
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20 Nov 2024
Post Office project taking control of Horizon data from Fujitsu as part of messy split
By Karl FlindersThe Post Office will no longer rely on Fujitsu for Horizon data past and present once cloud migration project is complete, in a major uncoupling of the 30-year relationship
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20 Nov 2024
Microsoft Ignite: AI capabilities double every six months
By Cliff SaranIf Moore's law promised a doubling of tech every 18 months, the pace is three times quicker with AI developments, says Satya Nadella
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19 Nov 2024
AI readiness stalls in APAC
By Stephen WithersDespite significant investment in AI, only 15% of organisations in Asia-Pacific are ready to deploy the technology today, according to Cisco’s latest regional AI readiness survey
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19 Nov 2024
Post Office is paying lawyers too much, admits minister
By Karl FlindersWhen pushed, a government minister admits the Post Office is paying lawyers too much money in relation to the Post Office scandal
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19 Nov 2024
Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2024
By Clare McDonaldComputer Weekly has revealed who is on the 2024 list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech, including this year’s winner, Sheridan Ash
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19 Nov 2024
Computer Weekly’s Women in UK Tech Rising Stars 2024
By Clare McDonaldEach year, Computer Weekly selects a number of Rising Stars who are making waves in the women, diversity and inclusion in tech space and may find themselves on the top 50 list in the future
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19 Nov 2024
From beauty model to tech role model – this year’s most influential woman in UK tech
By Clare McDonaldThis year’s most influential woman in UK tech, Sheridan Ash, talks about her path into the tech space, from modelling after leaving school at 16, to creating an organisation dedicated to encouraging girls and women to pursue tech roles
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19 Nov 2024
CMA clears Google over Anthropic partnership
By Cliff SaranThe UK competition watchdog has finished its initial investigation into Google’s partnership with Anthropic, with no follow-up on the cards
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19 Nov 2024
ITC signals growth plans with BGF backing
By Simon QuickeManaged services player indicates money will support both organic and M&A growth as it looks to widen its reach beyond North-East England
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19 Nov 2024
Interview: Raymond Boyle, vice-president of data and analytics, Hyatt Hotels
By Mark SamuelsData culture is a key focus for the strategy at the global hotel chain, especially as AI opens up new opportunities to drive personalisation and trust with customers
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19 Nov 2024
AMD pushes GPU advantage with HPC top spot
By Cliff SaranAMD’s El Capitan is the world’s fastest supercomputer and is being used in nuclear weapons safety
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19 Nov 2024
Subpostmasters hit by Post Office scandal plan to meet over 'nuclear option'
By Karl FlindersMembers of campaign group Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance will discuss taking legal action in their pursuit of full, fair and final financial redress
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19 Nov 2024
Post Office scandal: Inquiry’s final phase exposes dysfunction past and present
By Karl FlindersConclusion of the seventh and final phase of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry hearings is another landmark in a scandal that has unfolded over a quarter of a century
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19 Nov 2024
Nationwide Building Society backs HPE GreenLake for hybrid cloud push
By Caroline DonnellyNationwide Building Society's digital transformation efforts are continuing apace, with the company enlisting the help of HPE GreenLake to meet its hybrid cloud goals
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18 Nov 2024
How banks are navigating the AI landscape
By Aaron TanIndustry experts discuss the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in banking, while addressing the challenges and governance implications of integrating AI into financial services
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18 Nov 2024
Infinidat gets in on the RAG act with workflow architecture offer
By Antony AdsheadStorage array maker says customers can get data from any NFS storage to use in RAG for internal enterprise AI projects, and claims its OS metadata expertise enables this
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18 Nov 2024
AWS widening scope of MFA programme after early success
By Alex ScroxtonAWS reports strong take-up of multi-factor authentication among customers since making it compulsory for root users earlier this year, and plans to expand the scope of its IAM programme in spring 2025
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18 Nov 2024
Denmark’s AI-powered welfare system fuels mass surveillance
By Josh OsmanResearch reveals the automated tools used to flag individuals for benefit fraud violate individuals’ privacy and risk discriminating against marginalised groups
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18 Nov 2024
UK consumers losing more than ever to holiday scams
By Alex ScroxtonLast Christmas, UK consumers lost over £11m to cyber criminals. This year, to save them from tears, the NCSC and Action Fraud are teaming up to launch an anti-fraud campaign
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18 Nov 2024
Nextview Consulting enters UK via Sabio Salesforce practice deal
By Simon QuickeEuropean player makes move to head across the side of the channel with an acquisition and partnership
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18 Nov 2024
Final report on Nats calls for improvements to contingency process
By Cliff SaranSuppliers need to be involved much sooner and a review of technical documentation is needed to speed up recovery
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18 Nov 2024
Post Office IT boss calls for subpostmasters to judge him on his actions
By Karl FlindersRecently installed Post Office chief transformation officer tasked with replacing controversial IT system tells Computer Weekly the organisation’s leadership understands the challenges ahead
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15 Nov 2024
AI gateways, Kubernetes multi-tenancy loop in LLMOps
By Beth PariseauThere are many areas of IT infrastructure affected by the emergence of LLMOps; for each, there were products and projects rolled out this week at KubeCon.
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15 Nov 2024
Intel, Nvidia vie for dominance with agentic AI blueprints
By Beth PariseauRival sets of tools meant to better support AI apps on developer platforms have hit the market as an even bigger wave of change looms in agentic AI.
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15 Nov 2024
Google breakup likely off the table under Trump
By Makenzie HollandDonald Trump might not want to break up Google, but history suggests he won't slow antitrust enforcement efforts against bad actors.
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15 Nov 2024
IT leaders raise concerns over IT security overspend
By Cliff SaranHow many IT security products does it take to secure a business? Too many, according to some IT decision-makers
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15 Nov 2024
CBRE: Spare datacentre capacity levels to hit all-time low across Europe by end of 2024
By Caroline DonnellyReal estate consultancy CBRE has lifted the lid on how growing demand for datacentre capacity, coupled with shortages of land and power in Europe, are having a downbeat impact on vacancy rates
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15 Nov 2024
Post Office to decide on Horizon before April, Fujitsu board considers final contract extension
By Karl FlindersChief transformation officer tells Computer Weekly about ongoing work on replacing controversial Post Office Horizon system and extending contract with Fujitsu
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15 Nov 2024
Maintel interim CEO details transformation progress
By Simon QuickeThe channel player has been through a process of focusing the business on specific areas
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15 Nov 2024
Schwarz Group partners with Google on EU sovereign cloud
By Cliff SaranPartnership with Europe’s biggest retailer will offer client-side encryption and ensure data doesn’t leave Germany
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15 Nov 2024
Microsoft UAE power deal at centre of US plan for AI supremacy
By Mark BallardMicrosoft pens artificial intelligence energy deal with United Arab Emirates oil giant ADNOC
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15 Nov 2024
Nvidia powers AI development in Japan and Indonesia
By Aaron TanNvidia is deepening its presence in Japan and Indonesia through partnerships with local cloud providers and tech companies to build sovereign AI infrastructure and local large language models
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14 Nov 2024
Trump's Department of Government Efficiency will face issues
By Makenzie HollandBig political and bureaucratic obstacles await Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who will lead the department with the goal of slashing spending and stripping regulations.
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14 Nov 2024
Platform engineers call for cloud-native GenAI updates
By Beth PariseauGenAI apps put unprecedented pressure on IT infrastructure management, which has IT pros in the field looking to the open source community for reinforcements.
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14 Nov 2024
Williams Racing F1 team supports kids cyber campaign
By Alex ScroxtonA multi-region campaign will teach pre-teen children cyber security basics – with a little help from Formula 1 star Alex Albon
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14 Nov 2024
A fifth of new PCs shipped in Q3 were AI-optimised
By Cliff SaranPC manufacturers are working hard to showcase the benefits of premium devices that use neural processing units to deliver on-device AI acceleration
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14 Nov 2024
HMRC puts Loan Charge settlements ‘on pause by request’ until independent review concludes
By Caroline DonnellyAfter campaigners called for HMRC to pause all of its Loan Charge enforcement activity until the government’s independent review of the policy is complete, Computer Weekly has learned that the agency is accepting requests to pause settlements
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14 Nov 2024
MPs hold first ever debate on live facial recognition
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonMPs have held an open debate on police use of live facial recognition technology for the first time since it was initially deployed by the Met Police in August 2016
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14 Nov 2024
Virtual wards to digital feedback: the Nordic approach to post-pandemic healthcare
By Matthew StaffPost-pandemic healthcare is benefitting from Nordic tech foresight, with the country bringing digital change to the world’s health sector to allow for more remote care
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14 Nov 2024
Mike Potter’s departure leads to changes at the CDDO
By Lis EvenstadThe government digital officer left his role in September, and government chief technology officer David Knott is currently leading the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) in the interim while permanent arrangements are agreed
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14 Nov 2024
CIO interview: Steve O’Connor, Aston Martin
By Marc Ambasna-JonesSkills gaps, electrification and customisation driving need for change, says Aston Martin CIO Steve O’Connor
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14 Nov 2024
Ping CEO on ForgeRock integration and future of identity
By Aaron TanPing Identity CEO Andre Durand discusses the company’s unified roadmap, commitment to customer stability and growth plans in the evolving identity landscape following the merger with ForgeRock
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14 Nov 2024
Microsoft ramps up small language model effort
By Cliff SaranMicrosoft is working with several industry sector specialist software providers to bring industry-specific AI models to its Azure AI platform
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14 Nov 2024
Apple hit by Which? with £3bn legal claim that iCloud service charges are ‘anti-competitive’
By Caroline DonnellyUK consumer rights advocate Which? has appointed legal representation, as it sets about challenging Apple on anti-competitive grounds over its treatment of UK iCloud users
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13 Nov 2024
China’s Volt Typhoon rebuilds botnet in wake of takedown
By Alex ScroxtonNine months after its malicious botnet comprising legacy routers was disrupted by the Americans, Chinese APT Volt Typhoon is rebuilding and presents as persistent a threat as ever
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13 Nov 2024
Closing in on quantum computing with error mitigation
By Cliff SaranCurrent quantum computers are prone to error. IBM’s latest Heron machine uses software and hardware to get better results
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13 Nov 2024
Red Hat acquires tech to lower the cost of machine learning
By Cliff SaranThe acquisition of Neural Magic by Red Hat is being positioned as a way to democratise machine learning and reduce the need for GPUs
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13 Nov 2024
Giacom adds Inform Billing to bolster cloud services
By Simon QuickeFirm makes acquisition to add further depth to the tools it can provide its channel partners
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13 Nov 2024
Questions over the future of Exertis as DCC signals break-up
By Simon QuickeGroup’s chief executive signals a strategic shift to focus solely on its energy business, with it unclear what comes next for its channel business
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13 Nov 2024
Ex-boxer fights US government over legality of Sky ECC cryptophone intercepts
By Bill GoodwinLawyers for former heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic argue that US prosecutors’ reliance on messages obtained by a European police hacking operation into the SKY ECC encrypted phone network breaches the US constitution
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13 Nov 2024
European eArchiving project aims at eternal archive with smart metadata
By Yann SerraThe European Commission’s eArchiving project has got to version 2.0 and aims at open formats and sector-specific metadata to allow organisations to exploit data for decades to come
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13 Nov 2024
Even AI laggards can see triple return on investment
By Cliff SaranA study from IDC shows that those businesses that have an aligned AI strategy can achieve accelerated benefits
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13 Nov 2024
Server manufacturers ramp-up edge AI efforts
By Cliff SaranThere has been a spate of developments in the server space, as manufacturers focus on supporting inference workloads at the edge
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12 Nov 2024
Microsoft halts 2 zero-days on November Patch Tuesday
By Tom WalatThe company addressed 88 vulnerabilities, including an Exchange Server spoofing flaw and a significant number of SQL Server bugs, this month.
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12 Nov 2024
OpenShift AI boosts LLMOps chops with Neural Magic deal
By Beth PariseauThe acquisition of a top contributor to an open source library already linked to OpenShift AI comes as LLMOps fundamentally alters the platform engineering scene.
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12 Nov 2024
Microsoft fixes 89 CVEs on penultimate Patch Tuesday of 2024
By Alex ScroxtonHigh-profile vulns in NTLM, Windows Task Scheduler, Active Directory Certificate Services and Microsoft Exchange Server should be prioritised from November’s Patch Tuesday update
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12 Nov 2024
Zero-day exploits increasingly sought out by attackers
By Alex ScroxtonThreat actors increasingly favour zero-day exploits to attack their victims before patches become available, according to the NCSC and CISA, which have just published a list of the most widely used vulnerabilities of 2023
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12 Nov 2024
More data stolen in 2023 MOVEit attacks comes to light
By Alex ScroxtonOver a year since the infamous MOVEit Transfer cyber attacks affected thousands of organisations, more new victims have come to light after an anonymous threat actor leaked their data on the dark web
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12 Nov 2024
Avanade: Mid-market wants to consume AI but needs help
By Simon QuickeChannel player Avanade shares research that exposes obstacles holding back customers from further adoption of artificial intelligence and automation
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12 Nov 2024
Post Office requested four-year Horizon extension, as Fujitsu boss arrived at public inquiry
By Karl FlindersFujitsu boss says the Horizon system has reached the end of its life and a long contract extension might not be possible
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12 Nov 2024
Police cloud project raises data protection concerns despite legal reforms
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonOngoing data protection issues with the use of hyperscale public cloud infrastructure by UK police could complicate the ambitions of nine forces to move their common records management system into the cloud
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12 Nov 2024
Pure Storage CTO: How AI is changing storage demands
By Aaron TanPure Storage’s CTO stresses the need for adaptable IT systems to support AI workloads, advocating for open architectures and flexible storage platforms to avoid supplier lock-in
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12 Nov 2024
How quantum computing could reshape financial services
By Aaron TanExperts at the Singapore FinTech Festival predict quantum computing will improve risk management, investment strategies and fraud detection in the financial sector, while also posing new challenges for data security
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11 Nov 2024
Post Office scandal not caused by software errors, says combative Fujitsu boss
By Karl FlindersDuring a sometimes heated appearance at the public inquiry, Fujitsu’s European boss Paul Patterson said the inquiry has shed light on who is to blame for the scandal
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11 Nov 2024
Hyperscalers’ net-zero plans hit roadblock
By Cliff SaranHyperscalers are looking at nuclear to power their energy-hungry datacentres and meet net-zero targets – but regulations may curb their plans
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11 Nov 2024
Budget should spark channel to drive more AI and automation
By Simon QuickeRecently announced changes to National Insurance, capital gains tax and increases to the minimum wage should spark opportunities for partners
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11 Nov 2024
UK Bolt drivers win legal claim to be classed as workers
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonEmployment Tribunal ruling says Bolt must classify its drivers as workers rather than self-employed, putting drivers in line to receive thousands of pounds in compensation from the ride-hailing and delivery app
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11 Nov 2024
Fresh concerns over NHS England registries procurement
By Alex ScroxtonClinicians and technologists behind a number of medical devices registries being brought together by NHS England on a new common platform have accused the health service of flouting public sector procurement regulations
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11 Nov 2024
NetApp boosts AFF, StorageGrid and E-series hardware with 60TB drives
By Antony AdsheadBigger drives, new CPUs and controller hardware add to upgrades to NetApp arrays that started in September, while the supplier undergoes transition to data management as a key focus
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08 Nov 2024
Government announces Green Paper on future of scandal-ridden Post Office
By Karl FlindersConsultation process will enable a wide range of people to air their views on the future of the scandal-hit Post Office
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08 Nov 2024
ESET shines light on cyber criminal RedLine empire
By Alex ScroxtonESET publishes fresh data on the inner workings of the RedLine Stealer malware empire, which was taken down at the end of October
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08 Nov 2024
Kaseya boss on fixing MSP economics
By Simon QuickeManaged service providers continue to be undervalued for the services they deliver, but the firm’s CEO is keen to change that situation
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08 Nov 2024
Gartner Symposium: How Specsavers saved on Oracle costs
By Cliff SaranThe high street opticians chain has swapped Oracle support for Spinnaker third-party support to help drive its business transformation
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08 Nov 2024
Inside Grab’s platform strategy
By Aaron TanGrab’s group CTO talks up the super app’s platform strategy, architecture and organisational structure behind its growth across diverse Southeast Asian markets
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08 Nov 2024
Loan charge under review: Second inquiry into controversial contractor tax policy announced
By Caroline DonnellyNearly five years have passed since the results of the government’s first independent review into the controversial loan charge policy surfaced, and now another one has been ordered. But will it change anything?
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07 Nov 2024
Trump plans to repeal Biden order, limit AI regulation
By Makenzie HollandDonald Trump might want less regulation, but he has close ties to tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who has supported AI regulation, including California's AI safety bill.
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07 Nov 2024
Google DORA issues platform engineering caveats
By Beth PariseauAs with generative AI, the same techniques that can boost enterprise developer productivity can also slow and destabilize overall software delivery.
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07 Nov 2024
Post Office wrongly used public funds to pay for legal battle
By Karl FlindersSenior civil servant’s appearance at public inquiry reveals Post Office broke spending rules when it diverted money to legal battle
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07 Nov 2024
Google Cloud MFA enforcement meets with approval
By Alex ScroxtonLatest Google Cloud policy to enforce multifactor authentication across its user base is welcomed by security professionals
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07 Nov 2024
Gartner Symposium: Time to get rid of the dead wood
By Cliff SaranIT architecture complexity is set to increase in a way that means IT departments are juggling multicloud and legacy environments
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07 Nov 2024
Tech industry will see less regulation under Trump
By Makenzie HollandPresident-elect Donald Trump will likely repeal President Joe Biden's AI executive order and introduce new tariffs that could create problems for companies and consumers.
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07 Nov 2024
AI a force multiplier for the bad guys, say cyber pros
By Alex ScroxtonCIISec’s annual report on the security profession finds evidence of growing concern that artificial intelligence will ultimately prove more useful to threat actors than defenders
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07 Nov 2024
Post Office appointing third-party reviewer of current Horizon system
By Karl FlindersAccording to government representative on the Post Office board, an independent reviewer of Horizon is being appointed
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07 Nov 2024
Government presses pause on Single Trade Window project
By Lis EvenstadThe project to create a UK Single Trade Window, a digital gateway for traders, has been put on hold for the 2025/26 financial year as mounting costs cause concerns
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07 Nov 2024
Interview: Petra Molnar, author of ‘The walls have eyes’
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonRefugee lawyer and author Petra Molnar speaks to Computer Weekly about the extreme violence people on the move face at borders across the world, and how increasingly hostile anti-immigrant politics is being enabled and reinforced by a ‘lucrative panopticon’ of surveillance technologies
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07 Nov 2024
MSPs benefitting from customer security demand
By Simon QuickeResearch from EasyDMARC has put some numbers to anecdotal reports of sustained customer spending on data protection
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06 Nov 2024
Snowflake brings AI to data for Australian businesses
By Stephen WithersAt the Sydney leg of the Snowflake World Tour, the company showcased how its platform simplifies data management, reduces costs and drives AI adoption for Australian businesses
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06 Nov 2024
UK government launches AI assurance platform for enterprises
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe platform is designed to drive demand for the UK’s artificial intelligence assurance sector and help build greater trust in the technology by helping businesses identify and mitigate a range of AI-related risks
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06 Nov 2024
Gartner Symposium: Why the chance of digital success is random
By Cliff SaranFor some CIOs, there is only a 48% chance their digital business initiatives will succeed, but collaborating with non-IT functions can increase success rates
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06 Nov 2024
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06 Nov 2024
Lords shoplifting inquiry calls for facial recognition laws
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA Lords committee has expressed concern about the use of facial recognition technology by retailers to combat shoplifting, and is calling on the government to introduce new laws to ensure there are minimum standards for their deployments
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06 Nov 2024
Post Office was reluctant to cut costs despite 143 central staff earning more than £100k
By Karl FlindersFormer Post Office minister told public inquiry that Post Office boss did not want to cut central costs, despite how many staff were earning more than £100k