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21 Aug 2025
86% of docs say medical misinformation has become more insidious
As docs say medical misinformation has gotten worse, many fear the impact it will have on patient care and outcomes.
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21 Aug 2025
Transparency in Coverage data reveals stark rate variations
A report analyzing Transparency in Coverage data reveals stark differences in negotiated rates for care across geography, payers, care settings and facilities.
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21 Aug 2025
Ambient AI scribes reduce clinician burnout, boost well-being
New research underscores ambient AI scribe technology's positive impact on clinician well-being, with data showing significant declines in burnout linked to the technology's use.
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21 Aug 2025
ICO investigates lawfulness of algorithms used in immigration enforcement
The UK information commissioner is investigating claims that the use of algorithms by the Home Office to make recommendations on migrants breaches privacy laws
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21 Aug 2025
‘Historic’ shift in broadband usage heralds expansion phase
Latest edition of report into broadband finds data consumption growth in second quarter is overcoming traditional seasonal declines to mark milestone
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21 Aug 2025
Police investigation into Post Office scandal to cost more than £50m
Metropolitan Police-led investigation into Post Office scandal is expected to run to 2030 and cost taxpayers tens of millions of pounds
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21 Aug 2025
Subpostmaster federation accepted money from Fujitsu in run-up to High Court Post Office trial
The National Federation of Subpostmasters accepted sponsorship money from Fujitsu in the run-up to a High Court case examining the IT firm’s faulty Post Office system
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21 Aug 2025
UK equality watchdog: Met Police facial recognition unlawful
The UK’s equality watchdog has been granted permission to intervene in a judicial review of the Met Police’s live facial-recognition (LFR) technology use, which it claims is being deployed unlawfully
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21 Aug 2025
Judge throws out NHS whistleblower’s challenge to ruling on deletion of 90,000 emails
Appeal tribunal dismisses doctor’s bid to quash decision that cleared London hospital trust of concealing evidence through attempted destruction of electronic documents during live court proceedings
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21 Aug 2025
Number of girls taking GCSE computer science drops amid fall in overall candidates
The number of students taking GCSE computing has fallen this year, with fewer girls and boys choosing the subject compared with 2024
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21 Aug 2025
BT Group ramps up its cloud transformation efforts with another five-year AWS deal
BT Group's multi-year cloud transformation effort is moving on from workload migrations to building out a cloud-native infrastructure, with the help of AWS
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21 Aug 2025
Reserve Bank of India proposes framework for AI adoption in India’s finance sector
India’s central bank has proposed a framework to guide artificial intelligence adoption in the financial sector, along with recommendations to build shared infrastructure, implement safeguards and promote financial inclusion
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21 Aug 2025
Reserve Bank of India proposes framework for AI adoption in India’s finance sector
India’s central bank has proposed a framework to guide artificial intelligence adoption in the financial sector, along with recommendations to build shared infrastructure, implement safeguards and promote financial inclusion
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21 Aug 2025
Routers key to broadband experience on NBN in Australia
Study of wireline broadband connections across Australian households shows retail service provider-issued gateways outperform bring-your-own alternatives, while fibre-to-the-home is driving demand for higher speed tiers
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21 Aug 2025
Interview: Simon Goodyear, chief information and technology officer, Redwood Bank
Redwood Bank’s new IT boss is a problem solver who wants to eradicate every unnecessary Excel spreadsheet
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21 Aug 2025
Dell builds on $50m Singapore investment with new AI hub
Dell Technologies has opened an AI innovation hub to speed artificial intelligence adoption for enterprises across Asia-Pacific and upskill 10,000 students and mid-career professionals in Singapore
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20 Aug 2025
Microsoft starts including PQC algorithms in cyber foundations
Microsoft updates on its post-quantum cyber strategy as it continues integrating quantum-safe algorithms into some of the core foundations underpinning its products and services
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20 Aug 2025
Commvault users told to patch two RCE exploit chains
Storage firm Commvault fixes four vulnerabilities that, when combined, create a pair of RCE exploit chains that could be used to target on-premise customers with ransomware and other nasties
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20 Aug 2025
Warlock claims more victims as cyber attacks hit Colt and Orange
Ransomware gang Warlock is adding more victims to its data leak site as the impact of a spreading wave of cyber attacks continues to be felt
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20 Aug 2025
UK broadband ISPs see mixed Q2
FTTB/H/P, FTTC, DOCSIS 3.1, DSL, FWA and satellite retail and wholesale connections see slight decrease during Q2 2025 standing at 28.91million, down from 28.92 million in Q1 and 28.98 million for Q2 2024
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20 Aug 2025
ONC: As patient engagement tech soars, a digital divide opens
More organizations have adopted patient engagement technology capabilities, but have they also deepened a digital divide?
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20 Aug 2025
States to receive immigration reports on Medicaid enrollees
The Trump Administration is doubling down on honing Medicaid enrollment, with CMS now alerting states about Medicaid enrollees with unverified citizenship or immigration status.
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20 Aug 2025
Meta restructures AI division aiming for superintelligence
Despite the resources Meta has, it will likely face challenges as it seeks to meet its goal.
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20 Aug 2025
Nasa and IBM apply artificial intelligence to tackle solar digital disruption
Solar storms and flares can have a big impact on digital society, which is why IBM and Nasa are forecasting solar weather with AI
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20 Aug 2025
Interview: David Walmsley, chief digital and technology officer, Pandora
The jewellery retailer is building on a four-year digital transformation by adding agentic AI alongside a major overhaul of its back-end ERP infrastructure
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20 Aug 2025
Nokia, Netplus deliver advanced IPTV services for enhanced CX
Indian internet service provider deploys the latest 400G routing technology and software-defined access network platform to scale high-speed broadband and IPTV services for Netplus across Punjab and other cities
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20 Aug 2025
UK government looks to boost space sector growth
UK government departmental reform plan includes ambition to help streamline support for growing satellite sector, from tackling space junk to building and repairing craft in orbit
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20 Aug 2025
Metropolitan Police contract with Fujitsu is ‘potential conflict of interest’ amid Post Office probe
Freedom of information request reveals sub-contract between Fujitsu and the police force leading nationwide investigation of the IT firm’s part in the Post Office scandal
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20 Aug 2025
UK chip strategy needs an AI acceleration slant
Analysis for the government shows gaps in Labour’s AI plan of action, but the big opportunity is in optoelectronics
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20 Aug 2025
Without a data strategy, AI will just scale your chaos
Snowflake’s chief data analytics officer, Anahita Tafvizi, explains why a data strategy focused on governance, consistency and accuracy is the only way to build artificial intelligence that users will trust
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20 Aug 2025
India banks on mature-node chips to build semiconductor niche
India is doubling down on mature-node chips that power cars, healthcare and electronics, using incentives and global supply shifts to make its mark
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19 Aug 2025
AI agents evolve how automated customer service works
Thrive, a managed services provider, discusses real-world applications of AI agents for customer service.
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19 Aug 2025
Medicare Advantage member satisfaction declines as trust wanes
A lack of trust and increased confusion amid policy shifts have contributed to a decline in Medicare Advantage member satisfaction, new J.D. Power data shows.
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19 Aug 2025
Novo's $499 self-pay Ozempic bypasses payers, curbs compounders
Novo Nordisk's $499 self-pay program bypasses traditional payers to provide direct access to FDA-approved Ozempic and curb the uptake of unapproved compounded versions.
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19 Aug 2025
Epic unveils MyChart Central to link disparate patient portals
Epic's MyChart Central intends to solve the age-old problem of having multiple patient portal logins at different healthcare providers.
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19 Aug 2025
Study raises concerns about safety-net TEAM participation
About 14% of TEAM participants are part of healthcare's safety-net; however, safety-net hospitals tend to be disproportionately penalized in bundled payment models.
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19 Aug 2025
Google spins up agentic SOC to speed up incident management
Google Cloud elaborates on its vision for securing artificial intelligence unveiling new protections and capabilities across its product suite
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19 Aug 2025
Deepfake AI scammers target the Big Yin
Cyber criminal scammers exploiting GenAI to create deepfake AI tools are targeting one of the UK’s most beloved comics, and one of its strongest accents
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19 Aug 2025
ISACA launches AI security management certification
ISACA accredited security professionals can now pursue a new AI security management credential
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19 Aug 2025
Lumen lights up 400GB datacentre connectivity to fuel AI
Network expansion across 16 major US metro markets and more than 70 third-party datacentres designed to support AI-first planning and multi-cloud architectures aimed to ensure high-performance environment for business applications
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19 Aug 2025
O2 to upgrade Haven holiday parks mobile networks
O2 continues programme of mobile upgrades at holiday locations with announcement of enhancements to networks at 22 UK sites, aimed at ensuring connectivity can keep up with increasing customer demand
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19 Aug 2025
HPE taps into AI market demand with Nvidia Blackwell-powered servers
HPE’s latest Nvidia Blackwell-powered GPU servers are due to start shipping soon, but could enterprises face delays when trying to get hold of them?
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19 Aug 2025
AI, streaming to deliver ‘network crunch’ by 2030
Research from carrier routing software provider finds that despite significant investment in AI, operators admit they can’t fully optimise networks without access to more real-time data and network modernisation delayed through staff issues
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19 Aug 2025
Grammarly's new AI agents target professionals, students
The new AI agent features include a plagiarism checker, citation finder and the ability to predict reactions to the content users create.
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19 Aug 2025
How patients are using generative AI to find a doctor
With more patients using generative AI to find a doctor, clinics and hospitals need to dial into online reputation management to ensure AI generates accurate information.
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19 Aug 2025
Alation unveils agentic AI-powered query capabilities
By accessing a knowledge layer consisting of curated data products and metadata, Chat with Your Data provides more accurate responses than the vendor's previous capabilities.
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19 Aug 2025
Confluent joins agentic AI fray with Streaming Agents
The vendor's new environment for developing agents includes tool calling via model context protocol and connections with key sources such as LLMs and vector databases.
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19 Aug 2025
Interview: Differentiating with AI in pet care
We speak to Mars Pet Nutrition’s head of digital innovation about making AI relevant across its brands to support pet health
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19 Aug 2025
US says UK has agreed to drop encryption ‘back door’ demands against Apple
US and UK end diplomatic row over UK encryption ‘back door’ order against Apple, but it remains unclear whether Apple will restore advanced encryption services to UK users
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19 Aug 2025
Concierge now on call 24/7 for Zoom Phone
AI-first work platform provider unveils integration of virtual agent with phone platform to deliver concierge experience for organisations that ‘goes beyond’ basic call answering services or auto-attendants
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19 Aug 2025
Singapore board directors to get cyber crisis training
The Singapore Institute of Directors and Ensign InfoSecurity have launched a programme to equip 1,000 board leaders with the skills to navigate high-stakes decisions during a cyber crisis
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18 Aug 2025
Microsoft-owned company settles MOVEit lawsuit for $8.5M
A Massachusetts judge preliminarily approved a multimillion-dollar settlement over a 1.2 million-record data breach at Nuance Communications stemming from 2023 MOVEit software exploits.
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18 Aug 2025
Breaking down uninsured numbers under Trump's spending law
The newly signed One Big Beautiful Bill Act will increase the uninsured rate in the U.S., especially as the law prompts changes to Medicaid and Health Insurance Marketplace policy.
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18 Aug 2025
AI tackles customizations in SAP clean core migrations
New tools from Lemongrass and Kyndryl are designed to find custom code and figure out what to do with it when moving to a clean core in S/4HANA Cloud transition.
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18 Aug 2025
China Unicom 5G-A network powers world’s first humanoid robot games
Leading Chinese telco offers robot showcase next-gen 5G network that supports embodied AI realising seamless connectivity for both spectators and robots even during peak usage
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18 Aug 2025
Workday hit in wave of social engineering attacks
A campaign of voice-based social engineering attacks targeting users of Salesforce’s services appears to have struck HR platform Workday
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18 Aug 2025
Extremist hacker who defaced websites and stole data imprisoned
Hacker Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky pled guilty to attacking multiple websites based on extremist political and religious ideology
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18 Aug 2025
L’Oréal to promote cyber resilience for Britain’s beauty salons
L’Oréal UK and Ireland will work with law enforcement, cyber educators and students, and other large organisations to help thousands of small salons across the UK improve their cyber resilience practice
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18 Aug 2025
UK fibre broadband continues progress
Study reveals continued pace of development of UK broadband market, with the number of fibre-to-the-premises locations rising 15.3% on an annual basis and the country’s leading provider passing fibre tipping point
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18 Aug 2025
Doc videos in patient portals boost pediatric flu shot rates
Patient portal messages that include videos or images from a patient's doctor can boost pediatric flu shot rates by up to 3.9 percentage points.
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18 Aug 2025
AI advances clear path to software development careers
Programming skills are always in demand, but with artificial intelligence, people will have to adapt their approach to writing code
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18 Aug 2025
Okta: AI adoption fuels problems for identity management
Okta research indicates the emergence and growth of novel security problems, connected with the spread of AI agents and non-human identities
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18 Aug 2025
EE continues UK mobile leadership in first half of 2025
Study of UK mobile market reveals ‘measurable’ performance differences between operators, with median 5G download speeds varying by more than 140Mbps between the fastest and slowest networks in some cities
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18 Aug 2025
Telehealth offers healthcare 'lifeline' for LGBTQIA+ patients
Telehealth was associated with gender-affirming care and HIV testing access and reduced mental health disparities within the LGBTQIA+ population, new research shows.
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18 Aug 2025
Docusign moves beyond e-signatures with AI-powered contract platform
Docusign CEO Allan Thygesen explains how the company is leveraging its brand recognition and GenAI capabilities to solve decades-old problems in how businesses create, negotiate and manage contracts
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15 Aug 2025
HHS revives defunct task force on childhood vaccine safety
HHS reinstates a defunct childhood vaccine safety task force following a lawsuit funded by Children's Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group previously led by HHS Secretary RFK Jr.
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15 Aug 2025
News brief: Rising OT threats put critical infrastructure at risk
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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15 Aug 2025
Nvidia introduces entry-level RTX Pro GPU
The company's RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU and RTX Pro Server offer companies using smaller-scale enterprise infrastructure a way to do more AI on-premises.
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15 Aug 2025
Trump shifts U.S. competition policy
While revoking former President Joe Biden's executive order on competition may make M&A more favorable for tech companies, it doesn't hand the industry a pass for future deals.
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15 Aug 2025
Warlock claims ransomware attack on network services firm Colt
UK network services firm Colt is attempting to recover various customer-facing systems following a cyber attack that has been claimed by the Warlock ransomware gang and may have arisen via a SharePoint flaw
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15 Aug 2025
UK cyber leaders feel impact of Trump cutbacks
The ripple effects of US cyber security cutbacks have reached this side of the Atlantic, according to a report
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15 Aug 2025
US trade body calls on Washington to cut cyber red tape
The US Information Technology Industry Council has called on the White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director to cut burdensome regulations in areas such as AI and incident reporting, and to do more to build a unified security regime
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15 Aug 2025
Modern architecture, high-quality data key to AI development
An expert explains how components such as a shared foundation and protocols that ensure quality help foster real-time insights and AI-driven analysis.
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15 Aug 2025
Zendesk CTO on the new era of customer experience
Zendesk once pushed its AI vision, but now customers are leading the charge. Its CTO, Jason Maynard, explains how this reversal is creating roles like the ‘bot manager’ and shaping the future of customer experience
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15 Aug 2025
Network assessments a key plank in MSP security efforts
Industry figures call on the channel to get on top of their own networks to reduce vulnerabilities
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15 Aug 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at ANS, Node4, Cohesity, Phoenix Software, Dell and Chainguard
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15 Aug 2025
Whitehall IT projects face complex challenges, Nista report finds
The annual report from the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority gives major police IT project ‘red’ rating, while several others are rated ‘amber’, including Gov.uk One Login and Making Tax Digital
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15 Aug 2025
Autocratic UAE gets democratic artificial intelligence
US-China rivalry has come to a head in authoritarian Gulf state UAE, where OpenAI is attempting to make a stand for democracy and free speech
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15 Aug 2025
India revives national datacentre policy amid AI push
The government is pushing for single-window clearances and distributed infrastructure to prepare India for AI and cloud workloads in its national datacentre policy
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15 Aug 2025
Vodafone Greece automates deals for customers, saves 500 staff-days of work
Vodafone Greece hired an implementation partner for a business process management project while its own staff observed and learned how to use the technology
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15 Aug 2025
SK Telecom to build sovereign AI infrastructure
The South Korean telco is building the Haein Cluster AI infrastructure to support its Petasus AI Cloud service in a bid to meet the demand for AI training and inference within its borders
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14 Aug 2025
AI model provider Cohere raises $500M, valuation now $6.8B
The AI vendor rose to prominence during the same time period as OpenAI and Anthropic, but it seemed to have fallen behind. The new funding shows it still has a play in the AI market.
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14 Aug 2025
Studies link GLP-1 use to T2D rare eye risks, urge screening
New research links GLP-1 use in type 2 diabetes to slightly higher risks of optic neuropathy and diabetic retinopathy, with study authors urging regular preventative eye exams.
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14 Aug 2025
Athenahealth announces new AI features for EHR platform
The new features for the athenaOne platform include AI-enhanced document processing, clinical summaries and interoperability tools for ambulatory practices.
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14 Aug 2025
Private 5G market ‘nears mainstream’ with $5bn surge
Study finds private cellular networks based on 3GPP-defined 5G specifications are just on the cusp of becoming a mainstream technology, with a market potential exceeding that of established private LTE
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14 Aug 2025
Zen Internet, Sky Business Wholesale ink Ethernet partnership
Strategic partnership to see business customers gain access to Ethernet-enabled exchange footprint
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14 Aug 2025
Stanford, Qualtrics partner on agentic AI for care coordination
Agentic AI designed by Qualtrics and Stanford Health Care is intended to support care coordination to ultimately promote a better patient experience.
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14 Aug 2025
What’s going on inside Intel?
Chipmaker Intel has had a tough couple of weeks: job cuts, Donald Trump calling for the CEO’s resignation, and now an attack by its former chief executive
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14 Aug 2025
More girls take A-level computing despite overall dip in numbers
While there was an overall dip in the number of people taking computing A-levels this year, the number of girls taking the subject is still on the up
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14 Aug 2025
SMEs yet to embrace cyber insurance
Although managed service providers are being told they need to work with the insurance industry, the message is yet to get to a vast numbers of customers
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14 Aug 2025
Alibaba unveils Accio Agent for global trade
The e-commerce giant's new agent targets tasks such as building a business plan and following through on it.
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14 Aug 2025
MA plans' LTSS supplemental benefits have untapped potential
Despite a 2018 rule allowing more LTSS supplemental benefits in Medicare Advantage, the share of plans offering them has gone down.
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14 Aug 2025
AST SpaceMobile hits launch button on satellite expansion
Space-based cellular broadband network reveals plans to expand its satellite fleet by almost 10 times over the next 18 months
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14 Aug 2025
Professional services firms stuck in network security IT doom loop
Survey reveals a widening disconnect in the professional services sector where, despite near-universal adoption of SaaS and cloud strategies, core network and security services are failing to keep up through the likes of SASE
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13 Aug 2025
Cisco data center SVP on AI, cloud evolution and competition
The company's data center and internet infrastructure leader said Cisco's strategy aims to match explosive artificial intelligence innovation.
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13 Aug 2025
OCR updates HIPAA FAQs following health tech initiative launch
OCR updated some HIPAA Privacy Rule FAQs in support of CMS' recent health tech initiative launch, providing clarity on permitted PHI disclosures.
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13 Aug 2025
Fuel leak prompts Openreach full-fibre broadband upgrade
UK’s leading broadband provider deploys full-fibre infrastructure to enhance rural England village’s connectivity following leak that diminished comms services
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13 Aug 2025
BlackSuit ransomware payment recovered in takedown operation
US authorities reveal how over a million dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency assets laundered by the BlackSuit ransomware gang were seized ahead of a July takedown operation
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13 Aug 2025
Oracle Health releases AI-powered ambulatory EHR
Oracle Health debuted a new AI-driven EHR just days before its rival, Epic, is set to host its annual user group meeting.
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13 Aug 2025
MongoDB launches enterprise-focused AI models
The vendor's new models enhance document context capture and enable developers to guide the reranking process with instructions, while improving accuracy.
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13 Aug 2025
SonicWall backs MSPs with unified approach
The security player launches a wave of products as JumpCloud’s latest market survey reveals the benefits of consolidating IT tools
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13 Aug 2025
Santander will make AI training mandatory for all staff in 2026
Spanish banking giant announces mandatory AI training for staff, and collaborates with OpenAI on a ‘data and AI-first transformation’
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13 Aug 2025
SAP touts Business Suite as key to enterprise AI
The German software giant pitched its Business Suite set of integrated applications for the AI era, along with the SAP Joule copilot as the future orchestrator of business workflows, at its customer conference in Melbourne
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13 Aug 2025
Fujitsu orders staff to retain Post Office-related documentation as it braces for legal action
Japanese supplier tells all UK staff to preserve documents related to its work with the Post Office