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22 Nov 2024
Amazon invests additional $4 billion in Anthropic
The cloud provider will be the primary training partner for the generative AI vendor. The LLM maker will also train all its models on Trainium and Inferentia.
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22 Nov 2024
Snowflake fuels edtech vendor's data and AI initiatives
PowerSchool is creating personalized educational experiences for teachers, students, parents, administrators and others by using its data to train AI tools.
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22 Nov 2024
HPC, supercomputing share stage with enterprise AI at SC24
AI's effects on supercomputing helped shift the focus toward enterprise demands at SC24, as vendors such as Dell and HPE showcased new offerings.
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22 Nov 2024
Trump's federal cuts could undo diversity gains
Trump's plan to slash federal jobs could threaten the government's efforts to build a diverse workforce.
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22 Nov 2024
Volexity details Russia's novel 'Nearest Neighbor Attack'
The security company warned that the new attack style highlights the importance of securing Wi-Fi networks, implementing MFA and patching known vulnerabilities.
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22 Nov 2024
Court asks AT&T, Broadcom to resolve VMware dispute
A New York State Supreme Court judge gave AT&T and Broadcom until Dec. 13 to file a settlement, which attorneys say is forthcoming despite recent negotiation spats.
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22 Nov 2024
OpenText bolsters AI agents, analytics; previews roadmap
OpenText users get a passel of AI in the latest Cloud Editions release -- but also analytics and CCM tools.
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22 Nov 2024
Broadband set for potential £66bn boost to UK economy
Research commissioned by UK’s leading broadband provider points to potential huge economic and social benefits to be gained from rolling out full-fibre connectivity
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22 Nov 2024
CMA gets ready to take on Apple and Google over mobile browsing
Preliminary investigation finds a lack of fairness and choice of mobile browsing on iOS devices like the iPhone is holding back innovation
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22 Nov 2024
Exclusive bolsters services depth with Cloudrise buy
Distributor extends presence in the US and gains more expertise to share across the global organisation
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22 Nov 2024
Making a channel event hit the target
The industry enjoys a good get together, but with pressure on time, those organising conferences have to pitch it just right. MicroScope speaks to Distology to find out how
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22 Nov 2024
Swiss encrypted messaging service, ePost, targets one million postal users
Swiss ePost chief Renato Stalder bets on encrypted communications as demand for letter delivery falls
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22 Nov 2024
Convictions of Post Office Capture system users to be reviewed by statutory body
Statutory body to look at the convictions of subpostmasters who used a pre-Horizon branch accounting system
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22 Nov 2024
Colt expands NaaS platform through Europe
Digital infrastructure company announces new locations served on network-as-a-service platform via dedicated fibre, complementing on-demand platform and extending high-bandwidth connectivity to more enterprises
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22 Nov 2024
How do FQHCs affect accountable care organizations?
FQHCs help accountable care organizations reach a more diverse patient population and potentially enable better patient access to preventive care.
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22 Nov 2024
NHS Federated Data Platform celebrates first birthday
In its first year, more than 100 NHS organisations have signed up to the controversial platform, aiming to bring together data from different IT systems
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22 Nov 2024
EU promotes plan to usurp US Big Tech with digital market
European Union is at an important point in its plan to build a single market and strengthen its cloud computing sector
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22 Nov 2024
Government looking into third faulty Post Office IT system
The Department for Business and Trade will look into claims that a third Post Office branch system caused unexplained shortfalls that branch workers and subpostmasters were blamed for
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22 Nov 2024
Indoor 6G trial shows major throughput gain
Trial of indoor communications shows AI propels 6G throughput by 6-16% and stationary tests conducted at 25 points along a test route confirm 18% improvement
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22 Nov 2024
Deloitte: GenAI paving the way for transformative future for comms
Annual report into prospects for global technology, media and telecommunications industry paints a challenging picture as GenAI reshapes limits of comms tech and aggregation comes to streaming
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22 Nov 2024
Qlik expands cloud footprint to India
The data analytics and business intelligence software supplier is bolstering its presence in Asia-Pacific with a cloud region in India
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22 Nov 2024
IT and business leaders face big gap in understanding of data priorities
There appears to be a gap between what business leaders want to do with artificial intelligence and the IT capabilities of their organisation
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21 Nov 2024
WasmCloud makes strides with Wasm component model
After a stall in 2023, this year's WASI Preview 2 pushed server-side WebAssembly forward, turning heads at companies such as American Express -- but it's far from mainstream use.
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21 Nov 2024
BianLian cyber gang drops encryption-based ransomware
The Australian and American cyber authorities have published updated intelligence on the BianLian ransomware gang, which has undergone a rapid evolution in tactics
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21 Nov 2024
Microsoft slaps down Egyptian-run rent-a-phish operation
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has conducted a successful takedown of almost 250 malicious websites used in the cyber criminal ONNX phishing-as-a-service operation
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21 Nov 2024
DOJ's push to break up Google faces tough odds
The Department of Justice wants Google to sell its Chrome browser and possibly even Android, in a move that some view as extreme and aggressive.
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21 Nov 2024
Cyber insurers address ransom reimbursement policy concerns
In a recent op-ed for The Financial Times, U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberger wrote that reimbursing ransom payments is a 'troubling practice that must end.'
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21 Nov 2024
Networks lagging in compute tech evolution, says HPE
As AI brings about unprecedented transformation, leading network firm plots course to offer viable infrastructure for businesses to gain competitive edge
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21 Nov 2024
FDA investigates E. coli outbreak in organic carrots
The FDA is investigating an E. coli outbreak linked to several brands of organic carrots that were recalled by Grimmway Farms for contamination with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli.
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21 Nov 2024
DOJ charges 5 alleged Scattered Spider members
The defendants, charged for conducting alleged phishing scams across the U.S., are suspected members of a prolific threat group responsible for last year's casino attacks.
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21 Nov 2024
Brit charged in US over Scattered Spider cyber attacks
A UK national named as Tyler Robert Buchanan has been charged in the US over his alleged involvement in cyber attacks perpetrated by the Scattered Spider gang
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21 Nov 2024
Canalys: Cloud services continued to grow through Q3
There’s been demand for AI-fuelled growth and investment from the three main hyperscalers over the most recent quarter
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21 Nov 2024
Nokia lands five-year extension on Microsoft Azure datacentre networking deal
Nokia is building on its existing partnership with Microsoft to support the software giant as it seeks to build out its datacentre footprint in response to the growing demand for artificial intelligence
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21 Nov 2024
IT pros revise pipelines for software supply chain security
Software supply chain security has reached an awkward stage for enterprise IT, as platform and security pros grapple with adding upstream tools to existing workflows.
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21 Nov 2024
For-profit hospices linked to poor care quality
Researchers discovered that hospices owned by private equity firms and publicly traded companies were linked to poorer care quality.
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21 Nov 2024
Ten10 and Focus Group bolster positions with M&A moves
Consolidation in the channel continues with two more examples being added to a lengthening list of deals done in 2024
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21 Nov 2024
Nvidia Blackwell GPU production ramps up amid revenue surge
Nvidia's Blackwell GPU production is 'full steam' ahead as revenue surges with AI demand.
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21 Nov 2024
Fujitsu snubbed on private sector deal with Centrica due to Post Office scandal backlash
Centrica board said to be concerned about contracting Fujitsu due to its involvement in the Post Office scandal
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21 Nov 2024
Nvidia CEO talks up AI post-training, test learning and gigawatts
The company’s datacentre business continues to skyrocket as demand for artificial intelligence accelerates
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21 Nov 2024
RWE bets on HPE Private Cloud AI for green energy push
Energy firm RWE has selected the HPE Private Cloud AI setup to help it model and glean insights from weather data with greater ease
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21 Nov 2024
US Department of Justice wants Alphabet to sell Chrome browser
The regulator is looking to put a stop to what it sees as the search engine giant’s anti-competitive practices
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21 Nov 2024
Grab taps GPT-4o to improve mapping service
Regional ride-hailing giant and super app Grab is leveraging OpenAI’s GPT-4o model to build hyperlocal, dynamic maps, cutting costs and boosting accuracy
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20 Nov 2024
Meta aims at enterprises with hire of ex-Salesforce AI exec
The social media giant has found success with its Llama family of GenAI models. The new hire shows it is targeting enterprise products.
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20 Nov 2024
Snowflake partners with Anthropic to improve AI development
The alliance aims to make it easier and faster for the data cloud vendor's customers to use the Claude line of large language models when developing advanced applications.
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20 Nov 2024
Elon Musk, big tech ties to China raise security concerns
A U.S. senator warns U.S. tech companies that deep ties to China pose national security risks as cyberattacks rise. Time to choose a side, experts say.
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20 Nov 2024
Study reveals cost-efficiency strategy for LLM deployment
Efficient deployment of large language models at scale in healthcare settings could streamline clinical workflows and reduce costs up to 17-fold without sacrificing reliability.
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20 Nov 2024
Apple warns 2 macOS zero-day vulnerabilities under attack
The macOS Sequoia vulnerabilities are the latest to be targeted and exploited by threat actors as cybersecurity vendors report a shift in the landscape.
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20 Nov 2024
ORG urges ICO to revise public sector enforcement approach
The Open Rights Group is urging the Information Commissioner’s Office to revise its light touch approach to public sector data protection issues, arguing that its experimental policy of limiting its enforcement actions to reprimands and notices, rather issuing fines, is allowing bad practices to continue largely unabated
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20 Nov 2024
HHS has not adopted all GAO cybersecurity recommendations
GAO said that it is still waiting on HHS to implement several cybersecurity recommendations laid out for the department in various GAO reports.
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20 Nov 2024
Virgin Media O2 streamlines fixed and mobile service delivery
UK operator claims major milestone in its long-term network evolution strategy by switching on Converged Interconnect Network to rationalise and enhance service delivery
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20 Nov 2024
Apple addresses two iPhone, Mac zero-days
Two zero-day vulnerabilities uncovered in Apple’s operating systems could have allowed for arbitrary code execution and cross-site scripting attacks
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20 Nov 2024
Post Office to harness technology to automate scandal financial redress payments
Technology that could speed up financial redress for subpostmasters is being worked on in-house by the Post Office
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20 Nov 2024
Over half of Americans won't get the new COVID-19 vaccine
Although over half of Americans do not plan to get the new COVID-19 vaccine for a range of reasons, perceptions vary based on political affiliation, age and race.
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20 Nov 2024
Government issues strategic priorities for online safety regulator Ofcom
Technology secretary Peter Kyle sets out the government’s strategic priorities for how Ofcom should approach regulating online safety, including embedding safety by design and supporting innovation in technologies to help protect people online
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20 Nov 2024
Lemongrass stepping up support to get customers to Clean Core
SAP channel specialist is guiding users through the stages to unlock the benefits of the vendor’s cloud shift
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20 Nov 2024
Telenor unveils analytics and insights service for IoT devices
Leading Nordic operator unveils ‘game-changer’ analytics and insights service for businesses looking to make use of the full potential of their internet of things fleet data
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20 Nov 2024
Digital Catapult hails shared infrastructure as route to decarbonisation for logistics sector
Digital Catapult has opened up about the success it has seen with using shared digital infrastructure to help the transport-logistics sector work more collaboratively to cut carbon emissions
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20 Nov 2024
Microsoft Ignite: A $4m zero-day reward plus $349 thin client
A $4m cyber hackathon prize was revealed at Ignite as part of Microsoft’s latest IT security efforts, as well as a new locked-down client device called Windows 365 Link
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20 Nov 2024
Object storage, VM offerings emerge for HPE GreenLake
HPE aims to attract new customers to its GreenLake ecosystem by launching standalone virtualization software. It also eyes AI ambitions with new object storage hardware.
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20 Nov 2024
Softcat update signals strong start to 2025 financial year
Channel player shares insights into first quarter trading with talk of customer demand remaining strong
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20 Nov 2024
Post Office project taking control of Horizon data from Fujitsu as part of messy split
The Post Office will no longer rely on Fujitsu for Horizon data past and present once cloud migration project is complete, in a major uncoupling of the 30-year relationship
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20 Nov 2024
Microsoft Ignite: AI capabilities double every six months
If Moore's law promised a doubling of tech every 18 months, the pace is three times quicker with AI developments, says Satya Nadella
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19 Nov 2024
AI readiness stalls in APAC
Despite significant investment in AI, only 15% of organisations in Asia-Pacific are ready to deploy the technology today, according to Cisco’s latest regional AI readiness survey
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19 Nov 2024
Microsoft Launches Azure Local for Hybrid Cloud, edge uses
Along with Azure Local, Microsoft launched a migration tool for enterprises that want to ditch their VMware by Broadcom VMs.
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19 Nov 2024
Microsoft to offer hackers millions in Zero Day Quest event
Microsoft launched Zero Day Quest on Tuesday with a preliminary event offering bug bounty researchers rewards with multipliers for select security scenarios.
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19 Nov 2024
Cloud ERP is deployment choice for top-tier systems
Microsoft Dynamics 365 costs are highest and project duration longest of the top-tier ERP 'titans,' according to Panorama's annual report.
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19 Nov 2024
Post Office is paying lawyers too much, admits minister
When pushed, a government minister admits the Post Office is paying lawyers too much money in relation to the Post Office scandal
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19 Nov 2024
Microsoft intros Azure AI Foundry for building AI apps
The new rebranded platform lets enterprises build generative AI applications and agents.
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19 Nov 2024
Microsoft Ignite sparks third-party storage, backup offers
A flurry of storage and backup news has emerged around Microsoft Ignite, including from Dell, as it looks to support hybrid cloud customers and establish solid footing with Azure.
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19 Nov 2024
2 Palo Alto Networks zero-day vulnerabilities under attack
CVE-2024-9474 marks the second zero-day vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS firewall management interface to come under attack in the last week.
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19 Nov 2024
Digital Health Most Wired: Health IT budgets doubled in 2024
The 2024 Digital Health Most Wired survey revealed significant increases in health IT budgets, adoption of patient engagement tools and a stronger emphasis on cybersecurity.
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19 Nov 2024
Computer Weekly’s Women in UK Tech Rising Stars 2024
Each year, Computer Weekly selects a number of Rising Stars who are making waves in the women, diversity and inclusion in tech space and may find themselves on the top 50 list in the future
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19 Nov 2024
From beauty model to tech role model – this year’s most influential woman in UK tech
This year’s most influential woman in UK tech, Sheridan Ash, talks about her path into the tech space, from modelling after leaving school at 16, to creating an organisation dedicated to encouraging girls and women to pursue tech roles
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19 Nov 2024
Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2024
Computer Weekly has revealed who is on the 2024 list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech, including this year’s winner, Sheridan Ash
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19 Nov 2024
With new Fabric features, Microsoft aims at AI development
New data management and analytics suite features include databases and a data catalog to enable enterprises to develop and operationalize advanced applications.
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19 Nov 2024
Essential tech for optical data comms, sensing and AI hits headwinds
Paper on future of optical modulators and integrated photonics reveals research moving beyond traditional silicon platforms to thin-film LiNbO3 and III-V semiconductors for applications in artificial intelligence, quantum information processing and Lidar
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19 Nov 2024
5G and LTE CBRS market to exceed $1.3bn by 2027
Study finds regulatory, standardisation and technical implementation activities are leading to a renewed wave of enthusiasm for coordinated shared use of 150MHz of spectrum in the 3.5GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service band
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19 Nov 2024
CMA clears Google over Anthropic partnership
The UK competition watchdog has finished its initial investigation into Google’s partnership with Anthropic, with no follow-up on the cards
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19 Nov 2024
Nasuni cuts ribbon on enhance partner programme
Data player Nasuni adds to a list of vendors, including Mimecast, that has chosen to enhance or launch fresh offerings
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19 Nov 2024
Morse Micro, Vantron team to boost IoT connectivity through Wi-Fi HaLow
Embedded IoT solutions provider inks partnership with fabless semiconductor company to drive development and application of Wi-Fi HaLow and ‘revolutionise’ IoT connectivity
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19 Nov 2024
ITC signals growth plans with BGF backing
Managed services player indicates money will support both organic and M&A growth as it looks to widen its reach beyond North-East England
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19 Nov 2024
Interview: Raymond Boyle, vice-president of data and analytics, Hyatt Hotels
Data culture is a key focus for the strategy at the global hotel chain, especially as AI opens up new opportunities to drive personalisation and trust with customers
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19 Nov 2024
New Microsoft 365 Copilot AI agents focus on productivity
New AI agents include a meeting facilitator to take notes, a project manager and an interpreter.
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19 Nov 2024
AMD pushes GPU advantage with HPC top spot
AMD’s El Capitan is the world’s fastest supercomputer and is being used in nuclear weapons safety
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19 Nov 2024
Subpostmasters hit by Post Office scandal plan to meet over 'nuclear option'
Members of campaign group Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance will discuss taking legal action in their pursuit of full, fair and final financial redress
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19 Nov 2024
Alight looks to enhance Microsoft Teams Experience with Worklife
Human capital technology provider works with Microsoft expert on integration to simplify collaboration, boost awareness and enhance overall employee experience and wellbeing
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19 Nov 2024
Post Office scandal: Inquiry’s final phase exposes dysfunction past and present
Conclusion of the seventh and final phase of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry hearings is another landmark in a scandal that has unfolded over a quarter of a century
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19 Nov 2024
Nationwide Building Society backs HPE GreenLake for hybrid cloud push
Nationwide Building Society's digital transformation efforts are continuing apace, with the company enlisting the help of HPE GreenLake to meet its hybrid cloud goals
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19 Nov 2024
UK government seeks AI innovators to support clean energy transition and pursuit of net zero by 2050
The UK government has launched the second round of the Manchester Prize, which is geared towards using artificial intelligence technologies to assist with the clean energy transition
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18 Nov 2024
How banks are navigating the AI landscape
Industry experts discuss the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in banking, while addressing the challenges and governance implications of integrating AI into financial services
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18 Nov 2024
Chinese APT exploited unpatched Fortinet zero-day flaw
Volexity reported that a Chinese APT actor exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet's Windows VPN FortiClient software that enables credentials to be stolen from a system.
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18 Nov 2024
Storj CEO Winegar: Distributed storage uptake big in 2025
The new CEO looks to increase enterprise adoption of distributed storage with SOC 2 compliance and new capabilities.
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18 Nov 2024
Midlands, North East fire and rescue services to use Motorola control room platform
Comms tech provider continues momentum in UK emergency arena, working with four services in the Midlands and North East to deploy shared control room service
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18 Nov 2024
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Personnel moves of note have been made at Proofpoint, N-Able, NTT Data UK&I and Red Canary
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18 Nov 2024
Telehealth prescribing flexibility extended through 2025
The DEA and HHS have extended telehealth prescribing flexibility for controlled substances, like Adderall, through 2025 amid calls for the flexibility to be made permanent.
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18 Nov 2024
Infinidat gets in on the RAG act with workflow architecture offer
Storage array maker says customers can get data from any NFS storage to use in RAG for internal enterprise AI projects, and claims its OS metadata expertise enables this
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18 Nov 2024
AWS widening scope of MFA programme after early success
AWS reports strong take-up of multi-factor authentication among customers since making it compulsory for root users earlier this year, and plans to expand the scope of its IAM programme in spring 2025
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18 Nov 2024
Fibre to drive Asia-Pacific fixed broadband
Research finds national broadband network projects will leave optical infrastructure as the virtual universal platform for fixed broadband services in key market until 2029
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18 Nov 2024
Denmark’s AI-powered welfare system fuels mass surveillance
Research reveals the automated tools used to flag individuals for benefit fraud violate individuals’ privacy and risk discriminating against marginalised groups
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18 Nov 2024
UK consumers losing more than ever to holiday scams
Last Christmas, UK consumers lost over £11m to cyber criminals. This year, to save them from tears, the NCSC and Action Fraud are teaming up to launch an anti-fraud campaign
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18 Nov 2024
Nextview Consulting enters UK via Sabio Salesforce practice deal
European player makes move to head across the side of the channel with an acquisition and partnership
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18 Nov 2024
Red Hat and SoftBank enhance wireless network orchestration
Leading open source provider and Japanese IT business and comms operator team to advance integration of AI technology within the radio access network infrastructure and enable faster data processing and resource optimisation
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18 Nov 2024
Ubotica and Kongsberg ‘pioneer’ new era of autonomous smart satellites
Satellite AI firm teams with satellite mission integrator to accelerate mainstream autonomous satellite missions powered by edge AI and enable efficient satellite operations with cloud removal, data compression and real-time feature detection