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08 May 2024
National Security Agency warns against paying ransoms
By Arielle WaldmanRob Joyce and David Luber discussed how the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare exemplified the cons of paying ransom demands.
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08 May 2024
Experts highlight progress, challenges for election security
By Alexander CulafiInfosec professionals at RSA Conference 2024 discussed digital and physical security challenges for election cycles across the globe in a post-COVID landscape.
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08 May 2024
Databricks adds vector search, new LLM support to AI suite
By Eric AvidonThe data lakehouse pioneer is targeting model accuracy with the GA of vector search capabilities that help customers find the data needed to train advanced analytics applications.
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14 Feb 2024
Post Office CEO refused to meet government minister without her lawyer after 2015 Horizon report
By Karl FlindersPost Office statements on the Horizon system, whether to journalists or the government, were routinely carefully crafted by lawyers
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13 Feb 2024
How DBS is industrialising AI across its business
By Aaron TanSoutheast Asia’s biggest lender is building a strong data foundation and upskilling employees on data and artificial intelligence to realise its vision of becoming an AI-fuelled bank
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13 Feb 2024
February Patch Tuesday corrects two Windows zero-days
By Tom WalatAdministrators should focus on quickly deploying a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook and exercising caution when applying an Exchange Server 2019 cumulative update.
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13 Feb 2024
New variants of Qakbot malware under development
By Alex ScroxtonDespite its infrastructure having been taken down by the FBI last year, someone appears to be actively working on a new and improved version of the infamous Qakbot malware
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13 Feb 2024
Hunter-killer malware volumes seen surging
By Alex ScroxtonLatest Picus Security report on malware tactics, techniques and procedures reveals an increasing focus on disabling security defences
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13 Feb 2024
Oracle cloud: Generating value with AI
By Marc Ambasna-JonesIs Oracle’s Fusion GenAI leap a bandwagon move or will it add real power to boost customer happiness?
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13 Feb 2024
What will result from Cohesity’s Veritas acquisition?
By Yann SerraThe $7bn backup giant will leverage huge assets in enterprise customer base, compliance and governance intelligence, AI, R&D, and Kubernetes backup and storage
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13 Feb 2024
Lack of tech skills making hiring more competitive, says Morgan McKinley
By Clare McDonaldA lack of skilled workers is forcing hiring managers to use salary and benefits such as flexibility to compete for talent, according to research from global recruiter Morgan McKinley
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12 Feb 2024
Observe ties in Snowflake to slash observability costs
By Beth PariseauThe emerging competitor to Dynatrace, Datadog and Splunk shuns AIOps, and its approach to data management and price tag intrigued one experienced customer.
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12 Feb 2024
Channel can make money from generative AI
By Simon QuickeGenerative artificial intelligence has gone from hype to use cases to become a growing channel opportunity
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12 Feb 2024
Businesses brace for FCC's ban on AI robocalls
By Makenzie HollandThe FCC's ban on AI-generated robocalls comes in response to growing concern about bad actors using AI to mimic someone's likeness and voice to spread misinformation.
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12 Feb 2024
US works to develop AI standards while California legislates
By Makenzie HollandCalifornia has proposed AI regulation as the U.S. works to develop AI standards by bringing together companies such as Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft.
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12 Feb 2024
More than 1,000 subpostmasters could have used second faulty Post Office system
By Karl FlindersMore than 1,000 subpostmasters could have used a previous faulty computer system in their branches as more people come forward with information following Post Office scandal TV drama
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09 Feb 2024
Amazon defends facial-recognition tech sale to FBI despite moratorium
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe FBI has confirmed it is using Amazon’s Rekognition image and video analysis software, but Amazon says it is ‘false’ to suggest this violates the company’s self-imposed moratorium on selling facial-recognition technology to US police
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09 Feb 2024
MoD ethical hacking programme expands after initial success
By Alex ScroxtonThe Ministry of Defence has expanded the scope of its defensive security partnership with HackerOne
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09 Feb 2024
Cohesity pitches Veritas buy as channel positive
By Simon QuickeDeal will give combined channel base opportunity to sell more cloud, security and AI products
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09 Feb 2024
Europe carves out niche in quantum computing
By Pat BransAs the US, China and Europe accelerate investment in quantum computing, Europe is beginning to develop its own unique position in the fledgling global ecosystem
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08 Feb 2024
Amazon weighs in on AI regulation
By Makenzie HollandAmazon supports a risk-based approach to artificial intelligence regulation, which means focusing on regulating harmful uses of AI.
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08 Feb 2024
Why open data is needed in the battle to address homelessness
By Cliff SaranCentrepoint needed to send FOIs to more than 300 local authorities in England to access required information
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08 Feb 2024
CIO interview: Sandy Venugopal, SentinelOne
By Cliff SaranWe speak to the former CIO of Uber and LinkedIn, current CIO of SentinelOne, about how artificial intelligence should be deployed in business
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08 Feb 2024
Executive alleged to be behind EncroChat encrypted phone network arrested
By Bill GoodwinA businessman allegedly behind EncroChat, an encrypted phone network that was used by organised crime groups, has been extradited from the Dominican Republic to France
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08 Feb 2024
Swedish CIO contributes best practices for ethical use of artificial intelligence
By Pat BransIT leaders are scrambling to keep up with AI technology, but many are losing sight of its ethical impact – and what CIOs need to do to ensure responsible use
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08 Feb 2024
IBM expands AWS marketplace programme to UK
By Simon QuickeIBM’s experiences running AWS offering in the US has given it the confidence to move to the next phase and introduce it to a number of European countries
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07 Feb 2024
NCSC warns CNI operators over ‘living-off-the-land’ attacks
By Alex ScroxtonMalicious, state-backed actors may well be lurking in the UK’s most critical networks right now, and their operators may not even know until it is too late, warn the NCSC and its partners
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07 Feb 2024
GitOps vendor's close echoes wider funding, open-core woes
By Beth PariseauScore one for IT orgs that rely solely on upstream code, as Flux CD sails on. But Weaveworks' demise points to larger issues for vendor sustainability, especially in open source.
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07 Feb 2024
Dozens of surveillance companies are supplying spyware to governments, says Google
By Bill GoodwinGoogle’s Threat Analysis Group has identified 40 companies involved in selling and supplying security exploits and spyware services to governments
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07 Feb 2024
The challenges of open source in government
By Cliff SaranPublic sector bodies may find their policy decisions are stymied due to the inflexibility of the software they deploy. Is open source the answer?
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07 Feb 2024
BCS report shows lack of improvement in tech diversity
By Clare McDonaldResearch from BCS shows very slow progress when it comes to the number of women and people from under-represented groups in tech over the past five years
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07 Feb 2024
Government reaffirms commitment to hold off on AI laws
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK government reaffirming its commitment hold off on artificial intelligence legislation has been received positively by industry for balancing innovation and safety
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07 Feb 2024
Gamma picks up Coolwave to enhance global position
By Simon QuickeComms player will be in a stronger position when it comes to supporting international customers with SMS and voice services
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07 Feb 2024
How Iranian cyber ops pivoted to target Israel after 7 October attacks
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft has shared new intelligence on how Iranian government-aligned threat actors have turned their fire on Israel over the past four months
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07 Feb 2024
South Staffs Water faces group action over Clop ransomware attack
By Alex ScroxtonSouth Staffordshire Plc, the parent company of South Staffordshire and Cambridge Water, is facing legal action from customers whose data was compromised in a 2022 Clop ransomware attack
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07 Feb 2024
AI ID specialist Onfido in talks to be bought by Entrust
By Alex ScroxtonUK-based cyber unicorn Onfido agrees to enter talks to be acquired by Entrust
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07 Feb 2024
Government funds two semiconductor centres
By Cliff SaranSo-called information knowledge centres in Bristol and Southampton are each receiving £11m
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06 Feb 2024
UK’s McPartland Cyber Review to probe trust in technology
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK government has launched a cyber security review that will investigate how best to give businesses the confidence they need to use new technologies
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06 Feb 2024
UK government responds to AI whitepaper consultation
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK government is considering introducing binding legal requirements for companies developing the most powerful AI systems, and has outlined a range of funding to realise the ambitions of its ‘pro-innovation’ framework for artificial intelligence
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06 Feb 2024
Inquiry to explore cyber risk to Sunak-Starmer showdown
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK’s Joint Committee on National Security Strategy is opening an inquiry into securing the democratic process ahead of the next general election
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06 Feb 2024
UK and France push for international agreement on spyware
By Bill GoodwinThe UK and France are hosting diplomats, big tech companies and civil society groups, in a two-day conference in London targeting the proliferation of spyware tools and ‘hackers for hire’
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06 Feb 2024
CIO interview: Stuart Birrell, chief data and information officer, EasyJet
By Bryan GlickThe short-haul airline fills an aircraft every 10 seconds through its e-commerce operation – all while transforming its booking systems and migrating its IT estate to the cloud
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06 Feb 2024
Post Office scandal: Phase four’s rogues’ gallery
By Karl FlindersPhase four of the public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal revealed ‘a parade of liars, bullies, amnesiacs and arrogant individuals’ that made up the teams investigating and prosecuting subpostmasters
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06 Feb 2024
Inside NetApp’s cloud and AI strategy
By Aaron TanNetApp’s senior executives talk up the company’s efforts to support AI initiatives and deliver first-party storage services on public cloud platforms
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05 Feb 2024
Blackbaud blasted for failing to prevent customer breaches
By Alex ScroxtonA supply chain attack at software supplier Blackbaud in 2020 saw data on multiple UK organisations compromised. The US authorities are now taking steps to ensure it can’t happen again
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05 Feb 2024
US sanctions Iranians behind CNI cyber attacks
By Alex ScroxtonUS government issues new sanctions against six Iranians suspected of being behind a series of cyber attacks targeting critical national infrastructure, notably water supply systems
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05 Feb 2024
UK quantum initiatives get funding boost
By Cliff SaranGovernment funds new initiatives to drive quantum computing opportunities across the public sector
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05 Feb 2024
RM looking to deliver trusted education relationship
By Simon QuickeRM keen to add more value to help improve the experiences for children in the classroom and those who are teaching them
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05 Feb 2024
Is SAP on the rise?
By Marc Ambasna-JonesThis year represents a tipping point for SAP to convince cagey customers of the value of cloud enterprise resource planning
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02 Feb 2024
‘People are now listening,' Post Office inquiry told as latest phase ends
By Karl FlindersThe latest phase of the public inquiry into the widest miscarriage of justice in modern UK history – the Post Office Horizon IT scandal – closes with a bang
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02 Feb 2024
Meta ramps up GPUs to get ready for general intelligence
By Cliff SaranMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg anticipates that training and running AI systems requires 10x computer capacity each year
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01 Feb 2024
AI: House of Lords focuses on copyright and transparency
By Cliff SaranLarge language models promise to boost UK productivity, but the tech needs greater scrutiny and questions remain over intellectual property
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01 Feb 2024
TD Bank plans AIOps consolidation on Dynatrace SaaS
By Beth PariseauThe dream of zero-touch autoremediation remains alive for the bank as it prepares to go all in on Dynatrace SaaS for observability-driven IT automation.
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01 Feb 2024
FASB rule could shake up, simplify software cost reporting
By Makenzie HollandStakeholders want a single rule for reporting software development costs in a simplified manner, which the Financial Accounting Standards Board is considering.
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01 Feb 2024
Welsh workers’ AI experiences shaped by uneven power dynamics
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonWorkers in Wales are being negatively affected by the unregulated introduction of artificial intelligence into workplaces due to asymmetric power dynamics
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01 Feb 2024
UK ranks third in OECD Digital Government Index
By Lis EvenstadThe UK has dropped from overall second to third place in the international digital government survey, but fails to feature in the top 10 countries when it comes to having a data-driven public sector
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01 Feb 2024
Defra legacy IT: 180 applications refreshed, over 1,500 remain
By Cliff SaranThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has a 10-year plan to update technology. So far, 180 have been replaced or updated
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01 Feb 2024
NIS2 seen as a channel opportunity
By Simon QuickeWestcon-Comstor uncovers channel hopes that security compliance directive will spark user interest in products and services
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01 Feb 2024
UK government signs AI, science and innovation deals with Canada
By Lis EvenstadThe agreements will see the two countries collaborate on AI compute – a development component of artificial intelligence – and work together on technology innovations such as quantum and semiconductors
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01 Feb 2024
SME market trends supporting further MSP growth
By Simon QuickeThe CEO of Kaseya has shared his thoughts on the reasons why the year ahead will be a positive one for managed service providers
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01 Feb 2024
Government ‘dragging it out’ by refusing to share knowledge of Post Office trial ‘delaying tactic’
By Karl FlindersSubpostmasters will have to wait to find out if the government knew of the Post Office’s plan to derail group litigation order, by trying to push managing judge out
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31 Jan 2024
Dynatrace adds price tier, data pipeline amid cost crunch
By Beth PariseauDynatrace looks to accommodate observability data growth more affordably, but enterprise IT pros have many emerging alternatives to tackle this growing problem.
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31 Jan 2024
Hitachi Vantara and Cisco roll out managed services offering
By Simon QuickeThe channel is getting its hands on the fruits of a tie-up that should make life easier for customers looking for a hybrid cloud service
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31 Jan 2024
Aviva signs 15-year contract with Indian IT giant
By Karl FlindersTata Consultancy Services continues to make large gains in the UK life insurance and pensions sector
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31 Jan 2024
Midwich launches investment arm
By Simon QuickeAudiovisual equipment distributor looks to encourage innovation across the segment with private equity operation
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31 Jan 2024
Singtel ropes in industry partners in datacentre push
By Aaron TanSingtel inks partnerships with Nvidia, Gulf Energy, Medco and others in its efforts to grow its datacentre business and support AI adoption in Singapore and Southeast Asia
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31 Jan 2024
Forrester: Curb your AI enthusiasm
By Cliff SaranOngoing supply issues with semiconductors mean IT departments may have to wait up to a year for the latest hardware
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31 Jan 2024
Microsoft results show benefits of AI on Azure
By Cliff SaranThe company’s cloud business posted revenue of $33bn, with new AI inferencing workloads driving up demand
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31 Jan 2024
Seagate uses HAMR to hit 30TB in Exos hard drives
By Antony AdsheadHDD giant Seagate unveils 30TB Exos drives with higher areal density, aimed at hyperscaler customers, with products at 50TB promised for 2028 in its roadmap
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30 Jan 2024
GFT Technologies and NMi Group engaging in M&A
By Simon QuickeChannel consolidation continues with deals struck to add geographical coverage and market expertise
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30 Jan 2024
User groups give SAP’s 50% Rise incentive the thumbs up
By Cliff SaranSAP has changed tack, after the furore over its intention to make certain features available only to Rise customers on SAP Cloud
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30 Jan 2024
Quantum computing in 2024: What are the challenges?
By Cliff SaranResearch shows that while there has been a big reduction in quantum computing investment, governments have been ploughing in funding
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30 Jan 2024
TD Synnex, Westcon-Comstor and Infinigate expand portfolios
By Simon QuickeDistributors are making moves to ensure they have a mix of products and services that appeal to their channel partner bases
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30 Jan 2024
We need backup! Pennsylvania police data loss shows why
By Antony AdsheadPolice evidence systems data was lost during ‘routine maintenance’, with human error blamed – the case clearly illustrates why data protection can’t be left to chance
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30 Jan 2024
Inside India’s supercomputing journey
By Pratima HarigunaniIndia is looking to shore up its supercomputing capabilities, but more needs to be done to realise its ambition of becoming a world leader in the field
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30 Jan 2024
Pre-Horizon users contacting lawyers as more Post Office IT horror stories emerge
By Karl FlindersLawyer says there is no reason to believe the Post Office treated unexplained shortfalls on systems prior to Horizon any differently to the way it dealt with unexplained Horizon shortfalls
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29 Jan 2024
Credit Karma preps 'Zero-touch' Argo Rollouts
By Beth PariseauThe Intuit subsidiary is in the process of moving to a homegrown event-driven progressive delivery platform and has already contributed some related code upstream.
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29 Jan 2024
Russian IT sector still under serious pressure
By Computer Weekly correspondentRussian IT sector faces challenges on multiple fronts as Western sanctions widen
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29 Jan 2024
Proposed changes to investment thresholds highlights lack of funding diversity
By Clare McDonaldThe government is introducing a law to raise the income threshold for potential angel investors, potentially making it harder for people from underrepresented groups to fund startups
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29 Jan 2024
Google Cloud teams up with Singapore government on AI initiatives
By Aaron TanOver 100 generative AI use cases have been tested through the AI Trailblazers programme, among other initiatives to spur AI adoption and build AI talent in the city-state
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29 Jan 2024
Lords question legality of police facial recognition
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonLords committee ‘deeply concerned’ about the rapid expansion of live facial recognition by UK police, which it says is progressing without any real oversight or accountability
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29 Jan 2024
MP demands answers from government minister over second faulty Post Office IT system
By Karl FlindersKevan Jones MP highlighted evidence of injustices caused by a computer system used in Post Office branches prior to the introduction of the controversial Horizon system.
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26 Jan 2024
GenAI tools ‘could not exist’ if firms are made to pay copyright
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonAI firm Anthropic hits out at copyright lawsuit filed by music publishers, claiming the content ingested into its models falls under ‘fair use’ and that any licensing regime would be too complex and costly
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26 Jan 2024
Akira ransomware gang claims Lush cyber attack
By Alex ScroxtonThe Akira ransomware gang claims to have stolen over 100GB of data from cosmetics manufacturer and retailer Lush
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26 Jan 2024
Lawyers carry on Post Office appeals amid uncertainty over government plan to overturn en masse
By Karl FlindersLawyers supporting former subpostmasters said they will continue appealing convictions as normal despite government plan to exonerate hundreds in one go
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26 Jan 2024
UK government consults on age verification tech in alcohol sales
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe government has said it wants to allow the use of digital identities and various age-verification technologies in alcohol sales
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26 Jan 2024
Expert IT witness outsmarted an ‘aggressive’ Post Office to get to truth after inspection ‘madness’
By Karl FlindersThe Post Office’s attempts to protect the Horizon system are well known, in light of the public inquiry and a recent TV drama, but Computer Weekly can reveal how an IT expert was treated during his investigation of Horizon
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25 Jan 2024
FTC launches inquiry into generative AI partnerships
By Makenzie HollandThe FTC has announced that it's looking into the relationships between big tech companies and generative AI companies and their impact on the market.
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25 Jan 2024
Cisco updates AppDynamics with Smart Agents to tackle sprawl
By Cliff SaranAs application architectures becomes more distributed, monitoring becomes increasingly complex – Cisco has a plan for simplification
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25 Jan 2024
Bugcrowd sees surge in vulnerability submissions, led by public sector
By Alex ScroxtonCrowdsourced vulnerability disclosure and bug bounty platform Bugcrowd says it saw a 151% uptick in submissions related to government and public sector organisations in 2023
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25 Jan 2024
DSIT unveils forum to drive AI adoption in UK businesses
By Cliff SaranUK government launches AI Opportunity Forum with tech and business chiefs to help firms drive up UK productivity through AI
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25 Jan 2024
Tony Blair Institute calls for creation of NHS Data Trust
By Lis EvenstadThe NHS would have a majority stake in the data trust, with additional investment from private sector companies, harnessing anonymised data as a competitive asset, proposes the think thank
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25 Jan 2024
Civil Service must embrace innovation, says Cabinet Office minister
By Lis EvenstadJohn Glen sets out plans for Civil Service reform, highlighting a focus on technology and innovation, as he plans to ‘crack the productivity puzzle’ in government
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25 Jan 2024
Kerv looks for growth with fresh backer
By Simon QuickeManaged services player Kerv targets more mid-market activity after changing private equity backers
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25 Jan 2024
Computacenter comes through 2023 strongly
By Simon QuickeFirm indicates to shareholders that despite it being a tough market, it has grown pre-tax profits
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24 Jan 2024
Enforcement remains a concern for EU AI Act
By Makenzie HollandThe EU AI Act is approaching finalization, and while there could be enforcement challenges down the road, businesses need to prepare.
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24 Jan 2024
WebKit vulnerability sparks Apple’s first major security update of 2024
By Alex ScroxtonA zero-day in the open source WebKit browser engine that powers Safari has sparked Apple’s first major patch roll-out of the new year
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24 Jan 2024
IR35: Contractors call for off-payroll rules to be scrapped in Spring Budget 2024
By Caroline DonnellyA survey of 900 contractors by insurance provider Qdos found that two-thirds want the government to consider scrapping the IR35 rules in the next Budget, which is due to take place in March 2024
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24 Jan 2024
Southern Water confirms cyber attack after Black Basta claims
By Alex ScroxtonSouthern Water, which supplies millions of customers in southeast England, has confirmed it has fallen victim to a cyber attack, although its services appear to be running normally
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24 Jan 2024
Inside Cisco’s security platform strategy
By Aaron TanRaj Chopra, senior vice-president of Cisco’s security business, outlines the company’s security platform strategy and how it brought different products together into a single platform
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24 Jan 2024
Critical vulnerability exposes Fortra GoAnywhere users
By Alex ScroxtonFortra GoAnywhere MFT users must take steps to address a newly disclosed zero-day vulnerability without delay
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24 Jan 2024
AI will heighten global ransomware threat, says NCSC
By Alex ScroxtonThe benefits of artificial intelligence to cyber criminals being well-known, the NCSC now assesses it’s likely AI will soon be widely used to enhance ransomware attacks
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24 Jan 2024
Salesforce’s bug bounty programme paid out $3m in 2023
By Alex ScroxtonEthical hackers disclosed more than 4,000 vulnerabilities to Salesforce last year through its bug bounty programme, and received over $3m in rewards