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06 Oct 2024
Whistleblowers call out ongoing cover-up by Post Office CEO in explosive letter
A letter from Post Office staff to MPs, statutory inquiry chair Wyn Williams and the Post Office chairman demands their intervention and an investigation into the organisation's leadership
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04 Oct 2024
Dockworkers' fight a warning about the future of work
Dockworkers are fighting for the future of work, fearing automation will take their jobs. Even those who stay employed worry that the tech will strip their work of its worth.
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04 Oct 2024
UK telcos including BT at risk from DrayTek router vulnerabilities
A series of vulnerabilities in DrayTek's Vigor router product lines affects multiple comms service providers in the UK, according to new analysis
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01 Jul 2024
FDA grants marketing authorization for point-of-care hepatitis C test
Cepheid is now authorized to market the Xpert HCV tests and GeneXpert Xpress system for point-of-care hepatitis C testing.
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01 Jul 2024
Insight acquires consultancy NWT
Channel player keeps M&A activity going with move for UK firm with strong vertical market experience
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01 Jul 2024
HHS, FBI warn healthcare sector of social engineering scheme
Threat actors have been using phishing schemes to steal login credentials and divert automated clearinghouse payments, HHS and the FBI warned in a joint cybersecurity advisory.
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01 Jul 2024
CityFibre, nexfibre gain further gigabit ground in southern England
UK’s leading independent provider makes full-fibre available to majority of homes and businesses in West Sussex county town, while growing gigabit broadband wholesaler reveals plans to deliver it to more than 15,000 premises in Buckinghamshire
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01 Jul 2024
CMS rule to address suspect billing in Shared Savings Program
A proposed rule from CMS looks to address “significant, anomalous, and highly suspect” billing impacting ACO reconciliation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
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01 Jul 2024
Potential listeria contamination prompts spinach product recall
Solata Foods LLC issued a recall on its fresh spinach products sold in New York, citing potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
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01 Jul 2024
Nokia to acquire Infinera in $2.3bn deal
Nokia sees acquisition of open optical networking solutions provider to increase scale in optical networks business
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01 Jul 2024
VMO2 hits high as it completes Shared Rural Network first phase
Glencoe Mountain Resort in Scotland becomes 227th site to gain improved 4G coverage as part of VMO2 roll-out
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28 Jun 2024
Lenovo expands AI offerings, liquid cooling
Lenovo sets itself apart from others by offering configured AI products to speed deployment and shape direction, while also expanding liquid cooling to lower costs.
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28 Jun 2024
TeamViewer breached by Russian state actor Midnight Blizzard
TeamViewer says a Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Midnight Blizzard gained accessed to the company's corporate network via compromised employee credentials.
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28 Jun 2024
3 takeaways from first U.S. presidential debate
Climate and taxes became hotly debated topics between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump during Thursday night's debate.
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28 Jun 2024
AWS' Amazon Q adds Connect contact center integration
Amazon Connect, AWS' contact center platform, takes aim at solving the customer service agent's biggest problem: app switching during customer calls.
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28 Jun 2024
How FWD is driving its digital strategy
FWD’s group chief technology and operations officer talks up how the pan-Asian insurer is driving change faster and putting technology at the heart of its services
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28 Jun 2024
Trump's liberal green card plan faces skepticism
Donald Trump's plan to issue green cards to all college graduates exceeds Hillary Clinton's 2016 proposal and raises skepticism about the likelihood of it ever being adopted.
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28 Jun 2024
How the U.S. can close longstanding racial health equity gaps
Access to insurance, better enforcement and more data will be key to addressing the nation's health equity woes.
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28 Jun 2024
Former Fujitsu engineer says Post Office ‘trapped’ him into giving incomplete evidence
Gareth Jenkins turned his fire on the Post Office on the final day of his marathon evidence session at the Post Office public inquiry
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28 Jun 2024
Sage: SMEs want the channel to be trusted advisors
Firm shares research that indicates partners are seen by small and medium-sized customers as the source of digital transformation support
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28 Jun 2024
How Recorded Future is operationalising threat intelligence
Recorded Future is investing in APIs to enable automated security workflows, among other measures, to help organisations overcome the hurdles of operationalising threat intelligence
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28 Jun 2024
31% of adults are not getting enough physical activity
The WHO notes that this data indicates a missed opportunity for improving global health and decreasing cancer and heart disease.
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28 Jun 2024
89% of cancer centers reported a systemic chemotherapy drug shortage
The NCCN report found that, although shortages of some drugs declined, most cancer centers still experienced shortages to some extent.
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27 Jun 2024
Data privacy legislation delayed as backlash grows
Multiple stakeholders raised issues with the American Privacy Rights Act, including removal of protections against algorithmic auditing.
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27 Jun 2024
Google targets GenAI accuracy, speed, size, efficiency
The tech giant advances again in the generative AI competition that has rocked the tech industry over the last two years, with key updates to its Gemini and Imagen models.
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27 Jun 2024
New Relic CEO sets observability strategy for the AI age
Former Proofpoint CEO sets an AI-focused agenda, including an Nvidia partnership launched this week, while denying layoff rumors and speculation about a merger with Sumo Logic.
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27 Jun 2024
Supply chain attacks conducted through Polyfill.io service
In February, a Chinese company named Funnell bought the Polyfill.io domain, which sparked concerns in the infosec community about potential supply chain threats.
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27 Jun 2024
UKtech50 winner interview: Alan Bates, Post Office Horizon scandal campaigner
UKtech50 winner Alan Bates talks to Computer Weekly about why the Post Office needs to be modernised, how to deploy an IT system the right way and his plans to write a book
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27 Jun 2024
UKtech50 2024: The most influential people in UK technology
Computer Weekly has announced the 14th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector
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27 Jun 2024
MicroStrategy's latest delivers embedded AI-powered insights
The longtime independent analytics vendor's new platform update combines embedded BI with generative AI to deliver AI-powered insights to users within the flow of their work.
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27 Jun 2024
Neos Networks advances Oxfordshire GigaHubs project
More than 180 public service sites, from local GP practices to schools, community centres and the authority’s own IT estate, are now connected with full-fibre connectivity as part of a County Council programme
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27 Jun 2024
CloudCoCo reports H1 results amid stabilisation efforts
Channel player is going through a review that should put it in a stronger financial position, but it’s business as usual in the meantime
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27 Jun 2024
Council denies planning bid for datacentre near M25 a second time on Green Belt grounds
Buckinghamshire Council rejects a second attempt by investment firm Greystoke Land to secure permission for a datacentre development in Iver on Green Belt protection grounds
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27 Jun 2024
Qt lands on LG advanced automotive content platform
Software developer and CE giant extend partnership to power UI/UX development of in-car infotainment services
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27 Jun 2024
IT giant Atos faces collapse if restructuring talks fail
French IT giant Atos is facing financial problems that could affect the ability of its UK arm to deliver key government contracts, including those related to NHS records in hospitals
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27 Jun 2024
Advania goes all in on Copilot
After a successful pilot, Advania makes AI tools available to its entire staff, fuelling efficiencies and helping identify use cases
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27 Jun 2024
Nokia, Telefónica team to boost adoption of 5G SA network APIs
Leading operator inks agreement to explore new API opportunities based on 5G standalone capabilities for businesses in Spain and Germany through use of comms tech provider’s Network Exposure Function
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27 Jun 2024
Halo Trust partners with AWS to accelerate AI-led landmine clearance in Ukraine
Landmine clearance organisation Halo Trust is drawing on AWS’s AI expertise to see if the technology can accelerate the pace of its work in Ukraine
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27 Jun 2024
Top-ranked hospitals still underperform in social responsibility
Hospitals that typically rank high for quality, plus private equity-backed institutions, fell short on the social responsibility ratings.
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27 Jun 2024
FDA clears Clarius OB AI, a handheld ultrasound tool
The device is a fetal biometric measurement tool that should assist in prenatal monitoring in resource-poor communities.
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27 Jun 2024
Box AI becomes free to Enterprise Plus subscribers
Box previews new features to come later this year -- including a revamped metadata API -- while dropping generative AI query fees for its highest tier of premium subscribers.
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27 Jun 2024
Wales partners with OpenAI to improve Welsh language tech
The Welsh government’s data partnership with the company behind ChatGPT aims to improve how artificial intelligence technologies work in the Welsh language
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27 Jun 2024
Verizon brings portable connectivity to events with Network in a Box
Comms provider Verizon launches critical communications prototype to support operations, security, event production and fan experience in venues when a permanent private network is not available
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27 Jun 2024
Former Nuance employee arrested over Geisinger data breach
Geisinger notified more than one million individuals of a data breach that resulted from improper access to patient data by a former Nuance employee.
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27 Jun 2024
Hybrid workers call on employers to increase investment in connectivity
Survey reveals lack of reliable mobile connectivity in the office is affecting seven in 10 hybrid workers, forcing a majority of employees to leave their office building simply to make a phone call
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27 Jun 2024
Experts shocked by ‘extraordinary’ claim made by Post Office IT expert witness
A former Fujitsu engineer made an ‘unbelievable’ claim about evidence he gave in witness statements when acting as an expert witness during Post Office prosecutions of subpostmasters
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27 Jun 2024
FDA issues warning letter to Bimbo Bakeries for incorrect food labeling
The FDA letter notes that multiple products are misbranded, listing allergens not in the product.
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27 Jun 2024
Gulf Edge to operate Google Distributed Cloud in Thailand
The Gulf Energy subsidiary will offer Google’s sovereign cloud service in Thailand with a focus on air-gapped configurations
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26 Jun 2024
Broadcom faces challenges with latest VMware releases
CIOs are taking a hard look at the VMware portfolio as the number of alternatives rises in the hybrid cloud infrastructure market.
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26 Jun 2024
Datadog DASH updates push into fresh IT automation turf
A series of product updates at Datadog DASH broke out of the vendor's usual observability domain and into territory held by Atlassian, PagerDuty and others.
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26 Jun 2024
LockBit claim about hacking U.S. Federal Reserve fizzles
Evolve Bank & Trust confirmed that it was affected by a cybersecurity-related incident, but has not yet said whether the LockBit ransomware gang was responsible.
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26 Jun 2024
SHRM warns of HR polycrisis from AI, incivility, DEI backlash
SHRM CEO Johnny C. Taylor Jr. highlights a polycrisis facing HR managers, as political discord, AI's effects on the workplace and DEI battles challenge HR and workers.
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26 Jun 2024
MoveIt Transfer vulnerability targeted amid disclosure drama
Progress Software's MoveIt Transfer is under attack again, just one year after a Clop ransomware actor exploited a different zero-day MoveIt flaw against thousands of customers.
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26 Jun 2024
SingleStore adds Iceberg integration, improved vector search
The data platform vendor's latest update targets GenAI development by enabling easier access to unstructured data, making searches more efficient and optimizing cloud consumption.
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26 Jun 2024
Oracle launches HeatWave GenAI to fuel AI development
The tech giant updated its database with new features aimed at simplifying model and application development cost-effectively, including in-database LLMs.
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26 Jun 2024
Goldilock builds out partner network
Security vendor adds distributors and resellers to increase UK, US and European coverage and to support its plans to go indirect
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26 Jun 2024
Hume talks of ‘recovering market’ as TD Synnex shares Q2 numbers
Distributor’s numbers fall within guidance in second quarter as it looks towards stronger second half
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26 Jun 2024
Most patients find new doc online, via provider directories
While 46% of patients look online and at their insurance's provider directory to find a new doctor, fewer rely on referrals.
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26 Jun 2024
JT taps Ericsson for 5G test centre
Island telco makes next step in progress of installing 5G using Ericsson’s advanced telecoms solutions and software services, including energy efficient features to support sustainable a network
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26 Jun 2024
Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service replaces legacy SD-WAN
Contract awarded for the deployment of cross-Scotland software-defined wide area network designed to ensure efficient, secure and reliable administrative services to the judiciaries of Scotland
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26 Jun 2024
Ignorance of ‘legal niceties’ from Post Office expert IT witness saw innocent people jailed
IT expert used by Post Office to give evidence supporting prosecutions of subpostmasters did not understand legal duties he was bound to
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26 Jun 2024
CDC issues health advisory for dengue virus infections across the US
The advisory reports an elevated incidence of dengue virus globally, with record-breaking cases across the Americas.
- 26 Jun 2024
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26 Jun 2024
Israel’s cyber chief calls for international front against Iranian hackers
Israel’s cyber chief has called for international action against Iran over state-backed hacking
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26 Jun 2024
5 Ways to Modernize the Healthcare Payments Experience
Modernizing the healthcare payments experience can improve efficiency, compliance and satisfaction among health plans, providers, and members.
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26 Jun 2024
Police Scotland did not consult ICO about high-risk cloud system
Police Scotland chose not to formally consult with the data regulator about the risks identified with a cloud-based digital evidence sharing system, while the regulator itself did not follow up for nearly three months
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25 Jun 2024
StorOne adds data protection, dynamic cross-media tiering
StorOne adds cross-media tiering in a single volume to bring the same performance at lower costs, while adding a huge number of snapshots and anomaly detection.
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25 Jun 2024
Gong adds GenAI conversational intelligence for sales insights
Generative AI tools in Gong's Smart Trackers provide deeper analysis into sales reps' communications with customers.
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25 Jun 2024
JFrog buy bolsters MLOps combo with DevSecOps
JFrog plans to meld AI/ML development with established DevSecOps pipelines through the acquisition of Qwak in a bid to help more enterprise AI apps reach production.
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25 Jun 2024
European Commission declares Microsoft’s bundling of Teams with M365 anti-competitive
The European Commission has informed Microsoft of its preliminary view that selling Microsoft Teams bundled in with its Office 365 suite is anti-competitive
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25 Jun 2024
CISA discloses breach of Chemical Security Assessment Tool
The breach, which CISA first disclosed in March, stemmed from Ivanti zero-day vulnerabilities that a Chinese nation-state threat actor first exploited in January.
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25 Jun 2024
UK government’s M365 use under scrutiny after Microsoft’s ‘no guarantee of sovereignty’ disclosure
Microsoft’s hold on government IT is under scrutiny, following a disclosure to a Scottish policing body that saw the software giant advise that it cannot guarantee data sovereignty in its cloud-based Microsoft 365 suite
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25 Jun 2024
ALSO Cloud UK: GenAI poses significant security risks
Distributor’s event shines light on the benefits and challenges faced by users looking to adopt the technology
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25 Jun 2024
Texas abortion ban linked to increases in infant, neonatal mortality
JAMA study finds Texas abortion ban linked to 13% spike in infant deaths in 2022 vs <2% rise nationwide due to increased mortality.
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25 Jun 2024
Sisense adds embeddable chatbot to generative AI toolkit
The embedded BI specialist introduced Analytics Chatbot, a tool that enables natural language interactions with data, and a feature that lets users easily create summaries.
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25 Jun 2024
SAP public cloud migration requires architectural rethink
Research from analyst Gartner has identified common issues IT leaders may encounter when moving S/4HANA to the public cloud
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25 Jun 2024
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange freed from prison
A deal reached with US authorities will end the WikiLeaks founder’s years-long legal saga, setting him free if he pleads guilty to a criminal conspiracy charge
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25 Jun 2024
Third-party data breaches continue to disproportionately affect healthcare
More than a third of third-party data breaches in 2023 affected healthcare organizations, surpassing all other sectors, SecurityScorecard research shows.
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25 Jun 2024
NHS experts raise warning over patient data breach risk in registries project
Clinicians warn that the NHS England Outcome Registries Platform has poor security and is vulnerable to cyber attack, putting critical patient data at risk of being exposed
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25 Jun 2024
TDCX and Supa team up on data labelling
TDCX has teamed up with data labelling firm Supa to speed up data labelling with up to 98% accuracy using the human-in-the-loop approach
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25 Jun 2024
Local economies pay the price when hospitals charge more
A new study shows that hospital price increases lower payroll and employment at companies outside of the healthcare sector.
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25 Jun 2024
Interview: Javed Iqbal, digital and information director, British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco’s director of digital and information, Javed Iqbal, talks to Computer Weekly about breaking with tradition, the importance of cultural mindset and AI ethics
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25 Jun 2024
CMS ends advance payment program from Change Healthcare cyberattack
On July 12, CMS will stop providing accelerated and advance payments to Medicare providers and suppliers affected by the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
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25 Jun 2024
Numbers prove former subpostmaster federation boss’s ignorance over Post Office scandal
George Thomson is ignoring the numbers when he downplays subpostmaster prosecutions based on Horizon data
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24 Jun 2024
Rockset acquisition strengthens OpenAI's enterprise play
The GenAI pioneer went outside the AI realm for its second acquisition, looking to the smaller database analytics vendor for its real-time search and vector capabilities.
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24 Jun 2024
HHS establishes provider information blocking disincentives
A new HHS final rule outlines information blocking disincentives for healthcare providers across several CMS programs, including the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program.
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24 Jun 2024
Corvus: Cyber insurance premiums see 'stabilization'
Corvus Insurance's Peter Hedberg provided insight into the cyber insurance landscape after a tumultuous 2023 and what enterprises can expect moving forward.
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24 Jun 2024
Post Office expert IT witness Gareth Jenkins resigns BCS membership
The former Fujitsu chief architect for Horizon has resigned as a member of the BCS after he was told he could be investigated
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24 Jun 2024
Abzorb shares experiences of apprenticeship scheme
As those finishing A-levels contemplate their futures, channel player Abzorb shares experiences of its apprenticeship scheme
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24 Jun 2024
Workday GenAI upgrade aims to speed and simplify app dev
Workday speeds up creation of apps with AI-powered Developer Copilot and Visual UI Mode. Low-code improvements aim to help citizen developers.
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24 Jun 2024
Poor access to medication for opioid use a problem of scale
Problems like limited workforce and resources hamper access to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD).
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24 Jun 2024
Kmart taps event streaming for real-time insights
Retailer’s Hamilton event streaming platform delivers real-time insights on container shipments, sales and customer interactions to support its online retail business
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24 Jun 2024
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
We look at moves made in the past week at Six Degrees, TelcoSwitch, CyXcel and TD Synnex
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24 Jun 2024
Sellafield pleads guilty to criminal charges over cyber security
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority-backed organisation Sellafield Ltd pleads guilty to criminal charges brought over significant cyber security failings that could have compromised sensitive nuclear information
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24 Jun 2024
Starlink, Comcast collaborate to expand enterprise managed connectivity
Network giant’s broadband, wireless provider inks deal to claim to be first major network provider to team up with Elon Musk-led satellite communications company to offer enterprise customers services for improved network redundancy
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24 Jun 2024
Buckinghamshire Council drives efficiencies with Microsoft Copilot
With local government facing a funding crisis, Buckinghamshire Council hopes artificial intelligence can boost efficiency and reduce outgoings
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24 Jun 2024
Global Telco AI Alliance founders establish LLM joint venture
Founders of a global consortium of telcos looking to make best use of artificial intelligence form joint venture to codevelop and launch multilingual large language model tailored to companies such as themselves
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24 Jun 2024
Risant to add Cone Health to value-based system
The organizations signed a definitive agreement under which Cone Health will become part of Risant Health, a new value-based venture from Kaiser.
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24 Jun 2024
Court deems OCR’s third-party web tech bulletin unlawful
A Texas court ruled that OCR’s third-party web technology bulletin “was promulgated in clear excess of HHS’s authority under HIPAA."
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24 Jun 2024
Hybrid work prompts spike in network security threats
Survey shows more than two-thirds of organisations have seen an increase in network security threats over the past 18 months, with remote and hybrid working the biggest contributor to heightened threat levels
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24 Jun 2024
Tata Communications hosted SASE claims to redefine networking, security
Tata Communications claims world-first implementation of unified SASE solution to deliver unified visibility and control of network traffic with context-led insights and enhanced user experience