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18 Jul 2025
News brief: Cyberattack trends signal security arms race
By Staff reportCheck out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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18 Jul 2025
Data-driven AI: how AWS partners and customers operate
By Esther ShittuFrom the Ocean Cleanup to Dine Brands, a key factor is driving how these enterprises apply AWS’ technology to their applications and needs.
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18 Jul 2025
Entities report several large healthcare data breaches to OCR
By Jill McKeonMillions of individuals were impacted by the most recent healthcare data breaches reported to HHS.
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18 Jul 2025
NCSC exposes Fancy Bear's Authentic Antics malware attacks
By Alex ScroxtonAmid a new round of UK government sanctions targeting Moscow's intelligence apparatus, the NCSC has formally attributed attacks orchestrated with a cleverly-designed malware to the GRU's Fancy Bear cyber unit
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18 Jul 2025
Soracom unveils Connectivity Hypervisor to expand IoT flexibility
By Joe O’HalloranIoT technology and services provider takes step towards intelligent connectivity management, giving deployments ‘unprecedented’ flexibility and control over cellular connectivity
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18 Jul 2025
CISPE criticised over securing preferential cloud pricing on Microsoft products for members
By Caroline DonnellyMicrosoft has signed an agreement with cloud trade body CISPE to secure more agreeable pricing on the software giant’s cloud products for its members, much to the chagrin of the wider European cloud community
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18 Jul 2025
DWP accused of shielding AI deployments from public scrutiny
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonAmnesty International and Big Brother Watch say the Department for Work and Pensions’ ‘unchecked’ and opaque experimentation with AI in the UK’s social security system, which treats benefit claimants as automatically suspicious, is being shielded from public scrutiny
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18 Jul 2025
Sizewell C deploys VodafoneThree dedicated 5G
By Joe O’HalloranUK operator inks strategic agreement as a tier one contractor for currently underway nuclear power station project deploying dedicated 5G masts and fibre installations, ensuring Wi-Fi, LAN and WAN connectivity
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18 Jul 2025
Is history repeating itself with the government’s push to open public sector cloud deals to SMEs?
By Caroline DonnellyThe UK government wants to help public sector IT buyers do away with legacy tech and migrate to the cloud, with the help of a soon-to-be-launched procurement marketplace. But haven’t we heard all this before?
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18 Jul 2025
Peer warns IT suppliers against partnering with Fujitsu in government contracts
By Karl FlindersAccording to publicly available figures, Fujitsu has won over half a billion pounds in government business as prime contractor since January 2024, but there is more than what has been reported
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18 Jul 2025
Exertis Enterprise looks to life after sale of IT business
By Simon QuickeEnterprise-focused business was not part of the sale earlier this week and continues to operate under the DCC Technology umbrella
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18 Jul 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
By Simon QuickeCatch up on developments this week at Apogee, Westcon-Comstor, BlueSnap, SoftwareONE and ISS
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18 Jul 2025
Barracuda: Security opportunities and challenges out there for MSPs
By Simon QuickeSurvey of the market reveals many SME customers are working with the channel, and are prepared to spend to keep themselves protected
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18 Jul 2025
Charities struggle to find the skills to adopt AI
By Clare McDonaldCharities are building pace with digital adoption, but in many cases a lack of skills stands in the way of properly utilising tech
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18 Jul 2025
First Post Office Capture conviction referred to Court of Appeal
By Karl FlindersA former Capture software user’s 1998 theft conviction is the first to be referred to the Court of Appeal
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18 Jul 2025
European 5G suffers from fragmentation, two-speed competitiveness
By Joe O’HalloranCarrot-and-stick mix of spectrum management, subsidies and coverage obligations sees Northern and Southern territories lead in European 5G availability
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17 Jul 2025
Lack of formal AI strategy holds back supply chain gains
By Jim O'DonnellOnly about one-fourth of supply chain executives have a formal AI strategy in place, according to new research from Gartner. That lack of planning is holding companies back.
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17 Jul 2025
European cyber cops target NoName057(16) DDoS network
By Alex ScroxtonA Europol operation has succeeded in disrupting a pro-Russian hacktivist network accused of conducting DDoS cyber attacks on targets in Ukraine and Europe
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17 Jul 2025
Estimated 96% of EMEA financial services sector not ready for DORA
By Brian McKennaResearch from data backup provider Veeam indicates that vast majority of European financial services firms do not feel ready to meet the resiliency requirements of the EU’s DORA act
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17 Jul 2025
UK government plans to ramp up sovereign computer capacity
By Cliff SaranIsambard-AI and Dawn are two of the supercomputers that mark the beginning of the UK’s goal to deliver 420 Exaflops of computer by 2030
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17 Jul 2025
Thousands of women in tech leave their roles each year
By Clare McDonaldAt the launch of the Lovelace Report, experts state that women in the tech workplace aren’t being promoted, which in turn is pushing them out of the industry
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17 Jul 2025
Paylocity plans API design-first shift to modernize apps
By Beth PariseauA principal engineer says Postman's Spec Hub will help the company shift to a spec-first API development process for its event-driven microservices architecture.
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17 Jul 2025
NetBox Labs raises $35m to modernise infrastructure operations
By Joe O’HalloranSignificant investment in second funding round as core platform’s adoption said to be ‘exploding’ as companies race to better deploy, manage and secure business-critical networks and infrastructure
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17 Jul 2025
UK government-funded mobile mast upgrades mark milestone in Wales
By Joe O’HalloranLatest development in £1.3bn mobile upgrade scheme sees upgrade of existing mobile masts which previously only connected EE customers and anyone making 999 calls
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17 Jul 2025
Fujitsu outage crashes Post Office Horizon system
By Karl FlindersJapanese IT giant’s time serving the Post Office is due to end next year, but problems persist
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17 Jul 2025
Ambient speech improves EHR satisfaction, KLAS report says
By Elizabeth Stricker, BSN, RNProviders report significant gains in EHR usability, reduced documentation burden and physician burnout with ambient speech technology for clinical notes.
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17 Jul 2025
Travelex replacing its software spine as part of cloud migration
By Karl FlindersThe foreign currency supplier is replacing its legacy supply chain backbone to enable its migration to the cloud
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17 Jul 2025
ASEAN’s first driverless bus service debuts in Singapore
By Aaron TanThe fully autonomous shuttle will operate at Resorts World Sentosa, marking a significant step in Singapore’s push to integrate autonomous vehicles into its public transport network
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17 Jul 2025
Ataccama targets business users with latest AI capabilities
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's latest update makes data lineage accessible to business users, enabling them to trust their data and make decisions without consulting trained experts for assistance.
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17 Jul 2025
Terrorist potential of generative AI ‘purely theoretical’
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonUK terror legislation advisor takes stock of the potential for generative artificial intelligence systems to be adopted by terrorists, particularly for propaganda and attack planning purposes, but acknowledges the impact may be limited
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17 Jul 2025
Lack of automation hinders UK fibre industry
By Joe O’HalloranStudy highlights how long-established manual workflows and fragmented processes are delaying time to revenue and compounding operational costs
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17 Jul 2025
HP report exposes printer security gaps
By Simon QuickeThe channel has a role to play in talking about risk and supporting users with best practices to reduce exposure to cyber criminals
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17 Jul 2025
LG adds extra gear to automotive content platform for Kia
By Joe O’HalloranElectronics giant’s Automotive Content Platform to power in-car streaming for European models of all-electric SUV, marking an expansion of in-car experience to key region following successful deployments in Korea
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16 Jul 2025
Hackbots biggest cloud security risk, slashing attack times to minutes
By Stephen WithersWith cyber criminals using automated tools to steal data in minutes, organisations must focus on runtime protection and automated responses to combat the rising threat from AI and misconfigured cloud assets
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16 Jul 2025
Consultants, SIs back AWS agentic AI marketplace launch
By John MooreAccenture, Cognizant and Deloitte are among the partners with offerings on AWS' AI Agents and Tools marketplace, which is expected to combine professional services and software.
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16 Jul 2025
AI training, copyright issues headline U.S. Senate hearing
By Makenzie HollandU.S. senators blasted companies, including Meta and Anthropic, for training AI models on copyrighted content, including pirated books and other materials.
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16 Jul 2025
AWS launches AgentCore system and agentic marketplace
By Esther ShittuThe cloud provider introduced a service that includes capabilities that help agents perform at a bigger scale. It also unveiled a new marketplace.
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16 Jul 2025
Co-op chief ‘incredibly sorry’ for theft of 6.5m members’ data
By Alex ScroxtonCo-op chief executive Shirine Khoury-Haq has revealed that all the personal data of all 6.5 million of its members was compromised in the April 2025 cyber attack on its systems
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16 Jul 2025
Scattered Spider playbook evolving fast, says Microsoft
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft warns users over notable evolutions in Scattered Spider’s attack playbook, and beefs up some of the defensive capabilities it offers to customers in response
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16 Jul 2025
UK government to invest £1m in building out regional tech clusters
By Caroline DonnellyThe Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is leading a push to make the UK tech sector less London-centric
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16 Jul 2025
Meta AI training will be challenged at Europe’s highest court, says data protection chief
By Mark BallatdThe data protection commissioner for Hamburg believes Meta’s AI training should be stopped
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16 Jul 2025
Exploring the 2026 OPPS, ASC Payment System Proposed Rule
By Jacqueline LaPointeCMS announced the CY 2026 OPPS and ASC Payment System Proposed Rule, which includes a 2.4% rate outpatient rate hike, site-neutral payments and hospital price transparency changes.
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16 Jul 2025
UK mobile, broadband outpace delivery targets
By Joe O’HalloranSecond year of government department said to be driving the UK’s leading position in science and technology, and makes clear the success of current broadband roll-out plans
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16 Jul 2025
BBC plans to outsource and offshore thousands of tech roles
By Karl FlindersThe BBC is drawing up plans to outsource roles in its digital product group and finance, which could include some being carried out overseas
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16 Jul 2025
Forrester urges IT leaders to dump technical debt
By Cliff SaranIT needs to invest in innovative technologies and outsource legacy IT management to tackle volatile global markets, says Forrester
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16 Jul 2025
Securonix tackles security data deluge with AI-driven platform
By Aaron TanAs security data volumes grow and security budgets tighten, Securonix is betting on its AI-driven platform to help businesses manage threats cost-effectively, says its CEO
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16 Jul 2025
What health IT affects patient outcomes, experiences the most?
By Sara HeathAlthough the EHR is widely considered the most impactful health IT on patient outcomes, telehealth is emerging as a key tool to meet increasing patient demands.
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15 Jul 2025
Meta, Google unveil massive AI data center investment plans
By Shane SniderMeta and Google tout aggressive AI infrastructure investments focused on data center builds and power.
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15 Jul 2025
Infrastructure-as-code tools advance platform evolution
By Beth PariseauInfrastructure as code still anchors IT automation, but its primary users are now platform engineers, prompting ongoing shifts in product features and competition.
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15 Jul 2025
UKtech50 2025: The most influential people in UK technology
By Lis EvenstadComputer Weekly has announced the 15th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector
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15 Jul 2025
UKtech50 2025 winner: Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO, DeepMind
By Lis EvenstadFrom chess prodigy to AI visionary, this year’s most influential person in UK technology is far from ordinary. From using AI to win video games to discovering the structure of proteins, Demis Hassabis is a force to be reckoned with
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15 Jul 2025
ONC: Health information exchange happening more via Direct
By Sara HeathWhile the rate of health information exchange via standardized, digital means increases, the rate of fax-based exchange only dips slightly.
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15 Jul 2025
Current approaches to patching unsustainable, report says
By Alex ScroxtonOrganisations are struggling to prioritise vulnerability patching appropriately, leading to situations where everything is a crisis, which helps nobody, according to a report
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15 Jul 2025
Omega Healthcare expands agentic AI for RCM with Microsoft
By Jacqueline LaPointeOmega Healthcare is deepening its partnership with Microsoft Azure to enhance its generative and agentic AI capabilities to support revenue cycle management through new solutions.
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15 Jul 2025
MoD cyber breach put thousands of Afghan lives at risk
By Alex ScroxtonMore than 18,000 Afghan citizens eligible to relocate to the UK under a government programme to protect them from the Taliban were put at risk in a heretofore unreportable data breach
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15 Jul 2025
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule seeks to expand virtual care
By Anuja VaidyaThe proposed 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule wants to make some telehealth permanent and expand pay for digital mental health treatment devices, among other virtual care policies.
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15 Jul 2025
Memphis Light, Gas and Water deploys private 5G for grid modernisation
By Joe O’HalloranCollaboration said to mark a milestone in building a smarter, more resilient and future-ready utility infrastructure with private 5G wireless network to modernise comms, cyber defence and operations
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15 Jul 2025
Microsoft, Databricks simplify synchronizing, sharing data
By Eric AvidonA new integration designed by the tech giant and data platform vendor eliminates the need for users to move or copy data to join it across platforms for better-informed analysis.
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15 Jul 2025
SailGP unfurls private, public 5G connectivity across UK event sites
By Joe O’HalloranLeading UK operator and comms tech provider forge partnership with global racing championship that will see its 5G Standalone network slicing capabilities deliver real-time communications, telemetry and live video
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15 Jul 2025
SnapLogic adds MCP support to aid agentic AI deployment
By Eric AvidonFollowing the launch of AgentCreator in 2024, the data integration vendor is adding support for the open standard to better enable customers to build and manage agentic tools.
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15 Jul 2025
CMS proposes CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
By Jacqueline LaPointeThe proposed CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule seeks a conversion factor increase after years of cuts, as well as payment polices supporting chronic disease management.
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15 Jul 2025
NCSC sets up Vulnerability Research Initiative
By Alex ScroxtonThe NCSC is expanding its vulnerability research project to draw in external expertise
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15 Jul 2025
Security distie e92plus sparks off division with Scalefusion
By Simon QuickeSecurity distributor e92plus makes launch signing of its emerging technologies operation by bringing UEM player Scalefusion on board
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15 Jul 2025
Businesses say they are getting four Oracle Java audits a year
By Cliff SaranChanges to Oracle Java licensing now means that IT leaders need to be wary of the footprint of this widely deployed enterprise platform
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15 Jul 2025
Interview: Philip Colligan, CEO, Raspberry Pi Foundation
By Clare McDonaldWith the trend of ‘vibe coding’ growing, Raspberry Pi Foundation’s CEO warns schools should not be complacent about continued coding education
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15 Jul 2025
Xeretec and Qodea active on M&A front
By Simon QuickeXerox partner and Google consultancy takes steps to widen market reach and add to their portfolios
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15 Jul 2025
Delayed diagnosis affects 14% of hypertensive patients
By Sara HeathEHR alerts and interdisciplinary care teams could reduce the rate of delayed diagnosis for patients with hypertension.
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15 Jul 2025
Enhanced mobile connectivity takes flight at Manchester Airport
By Joe O’HalloranPassengers to UK’s third busiest airport now served by enhanced indoor wireless network coverage and capacity, especially when the outdoor signal from cell towers doesn’t effectively penetrate into buildings
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15 Jul 2025
Qdrant lowers vector database complexity to aid development
By Eric AvidonThe vendor now provides an integrated environment for operationalizing unstructured data to aid enterprises struggling with a profusion of tools to generate and manage vectors.
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15 Jul 2025
Ada Lovelace: using market forces to professionalise AI assurance
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Ada Lovelace Institute examines how ‘market forces’ can be used to drive the professionalisation of artificial intelligence assurance in the context of a wider political shift towards deregulation
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15 Jul 2025
Soaring cloud costs force firms to curtail IT staff hiring and AI efforts, research shows
By Caroline DonnellyResearch from Akamai Technologies shines a light on how rising cloud costs are affecting business spending in other areas of IT
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15 Jul 2025
UK government adds funding for connected and automated mobility
By Joe O’HalloranFunding added for UK connected and automated mobility pathfinder programme that addresses the challenges of bringing CAM vehicles to market
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15 Jul 2025
Datadog doubles down on APAC, targets faster growth
By Aaron TanThe observability tools supplier is executing a multi-year growth plan for Asia-Pacific and Japan, focusing on data residency, localisation and AI-driven observability to grow its market share
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14 Jul 2025
China startup Moonshot AI rivals U.S. with cheap open model
By Esther ShittuA Chinese startup is out with an open source trillion-parameter model that excels at coding and agentic tasks. It outperforms Western competitors on some benchmarks.
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14 Jul 2025
U.S. pushes back on China, invests in rare earth resources
By Makenzie HollandU.S. officials are increasingly concerned about China's dominance over critical minerals used in advanced technologies.
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14 Jul 2025
AWS Kiro coding agents highlight spec-driven development
By Beth PariseauAWS Kiro, a project developed by a 'small, opinionated team within AWS,' prioritizes spec-driven development in the workflows of coding agents.
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14 Jul 2025
Payers buy more primary care practices, boost MA penetration
By Jacqueline LaPointeA new study shows that payers have significantly integrated with primary care practices, especially in markets with higher Medicare Advantage penetration.
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14 Jul 2025
Brits clinging to Windows 10 face heightened risk, says NCSC
By Alex ScroxtonBusinesses and consumers alike may not feel the need to upgrade to Windows 11 as its predecessor approaches end-of-life, but they are putting their own security at risk, says the NCSC
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14 Jul 2025
Potential £230bn boost from improved UK mobile coverage
By Joe O’HalloranEconomic study calls for UK government to support acceleration in investment in mobile networks through reforming planning laws and significantly increasing the availability of spectrum for operators to reap huge financial rewards
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14 Jul 2025
EXA unveils high-capacity fibre route for key Euro business centres
By Joe O’HalloranDedicated digital infrastructure platform provider expands its current reach, deploying new high-capacity 1,200 km fibre connection route from London to Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels.
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14 Jul 2025
Luxury retailer LVMH says UK customer data was stolen in cyber attack
By Alex ScroxtonFrench luxury goods retailer LVMH has disclosed multiple cyber attacks in 2025 so far, and their impact is now spreading to the UK as a new incident affecting Louis Vuitton comes to light
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14 Jul 2025
Home Office dumps Fujitsu from IT services contract
By Karl FlindersHome Office to take IT service desk contract in-house, with staff set to transfer from Fujitsu
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14 Jul 2025
Channel Recruiter and Nebula team up with talent offering
By Simon QuickePartnership between Nebula and The Channel Recruiter will help the channel tap into skilled staff on demand to bolster their capabilities
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14 Jul 2025
Technology fuels successful FCA fight against unauthorised financial services
By Karl FlindersThe UK finance regulator is using data and technology to identify websites and apps that could cause financial harm
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14 Jul 2025
CityFibre to gain more than £2bn in financing round
By Joe O’HalloranCityFibre reveals cash injection to ‘supercharge’ next phase of growth and to boost UK economy through large-scale deployment of 10Gbps XGS-PON network
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14 Jul 2025
Nokia network APIs available on Google Cloud Marketplace
By Joe O’HalloranComms tech provider’s applications programming interface now available on Marketplace, specifically quality of service on demand, number verification and device location verification
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14 Jul 2025
DCC sells Exertis to private equity firm Aurelius
By Simon QuickeA deal for Exertis is struck eight months following DCC’s announcement that it was divesting its IT distribution business
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14 Jul 2025
UK sets sights on humanoid robot future
By Cliff SaranAI and robots are part of Labour’s plans to build out a high-tech economy, but a robot workforce is a long way off
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14 Jul 2025
AI adoption grows amid falling trust in AI outputs
By Aaron TanAs organisations move from AI hype to reality, a decline in trust for AI outputs is not a sign of failure, but a signal of market maturity, according to Bhavya Kapoor, Avanade's Asia-Pacific president
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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
EU broadband challengers warn of fixed connectivity monopolies
By Joe O’HalloranNon-incumbent EU fixed broadband providers raise alarm at proposed legislation, insisting that regulatory certainty is needed to drive investment in connectivity
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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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11 Jul 2025
MoD supply chain cyber scheme gets up and running
By Alex ScroxtonThe Ministry of Defence and IASME have launched a certification scheme for organisations working in the UK defence supply chain, with construction firm Morgan Sindall the first business to achieve compliance
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11 Jul 2025
Pobl Group builds on managed SD-WAN for housing development
By Joe O’HalloranThree-year contract for managed software-defined wide area network service follows merger creating Wales’s largest housing association
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11 Jul 2025
ACM president Yannis Ioannidis sees a more humane role for AI
By Pat BransPanel brought together academic, industry and policy leaders to discuss how AI can support climate goals, financial inclusion and infrastructure development
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11 Jul 2025
Schools using AI to personalise learning, finds Ofsted
By Clare McDonaldWhen looking into how some education providers in the UK are using AI, Ofsted found many have hit the ground running
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11 Jul 2025
Meta and Alan Turing Institute back open source AI fellowship
By Cliff SaranLabour’s AI fellowship will see experts use open source AI tools in a bid deliver better public services at lower cost
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11 Jul 2025
London Underground expands 4G, 5G coverage
By Joe O’HalloranMore sections of the Tube gain high-speed mobile coverage as roll-out of 4G and 5G continues along further stretches of the Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria lines
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11 Jul 2025
Former Post Office staff in Horizon replacement bid team
By Karl FlindersEscher, which supplied middleware in the Post Office Horizon system, is eyeing up the contract to replace the controversial software
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11 Jul 2025
UK to create ‘governance framework’ for police facial recognition
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonHome secretary Yvette Cooper has confirmed UK will regulate police facial recognition, citing police reticence to deploy systems without proper governance, but declined to say if any new framework will be statutory
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11 Jul 2025
European 5G landscape “on a rollercoaster”
By Joe O’HalloranResearch finds impact of spectrum availability across Europe leading to disparity of 5G download speeds with increases in the use of the 3.5GHz spectrum strongly correlating with faster 5G downloads
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11 Jul 2025
UK online safety regime ineffective on misinformation, MPs say
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA report from the Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee outlines how the Online Safety Act fails to deal with the algorithmic amplification of ‘legal but harmful’ misinformation