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04 Oct 2024
Dockworkers' fight a warning about the future of work
By Patrick ThibodeauDockworkers 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
By Alex ScroxtonA 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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04 Oct 2024
Companies invest in climate technology to reduce emissions
By Makenzie HollandAnalyst firm GlobalData identified four major climate tech investments businesses are making now to reach 2030 carbon emission reduction goals.
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24 Oct 2023
1Password stops attack linked to Okta breach
By Arielle Waldman1Password said a threat actor used a HAR file stolen in the recent Okta breach to access the password manager's Okta tenant, but the activity was detected and blocked.
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24 Oct 2023
JPMorgan Chase CISO explains why he's an 'AI optimist'
By Rob WrightPat Opet, CISO at JPMorgan Chase & Co., discussed how the financial services giant invests in cybersecurity and where generative AI could provide game-changing benefits.
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24 Oct 2023
Cisco hackers likely taking steps to avoid identification
By Alex ScroxtonCisco confirms that a drop in detections of devices compromised by two zero-days was likely the result of reactive measures taken by the threat actors to avoid discovery
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24 Oct 2023
UK lags behind in European FTTP take-up and average broadband speeds
By Joe O’HalloranOokla analysis into progress made by the EU against the bloc’s Digital Decade 2030 strategic objectives finds the UK continues to be at the tail end of European countries’ Q3 2023 median fixed performance rankings
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24 Oct 2023
Michelle Donelan reaffirms UK's commitment to AI safety
By Cliff SaranIn a keynote speech, the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology discussed the UK's pro-innovation approach to AI safety
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24 Oct 2023
Research team tricks AI chatbots into writing usable malicious code
By Alex ScroxtonResearchers at the University of Sheffield have demonstrated that so-called Text-to-SQL systems can be tricked into writing malicious code for use in cyber attacks
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24 Oct 2023
Kaspersky opens up over spyware campaign targeting its staffers
By Alex ScroxtonKaspersky has shared more details of the TriangleDB spyware that was used against its own workforce by an unknown APT group
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24 Oct 2023
Customers speak out over Okta’s response to latest breach
By Alex ScroxtonCustomers of identity specialist Okta have been attacked via a compromise of its systems, and are claiming Okta’s response leaves something to be desired
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24 Oct 2023
Homelessness Key Social Determinant of Health Predicting Sudden Death
By Sara HeathSudden death was usually tied to noncardiac issues, like drug use or GI issues, for individuals experiencing the social determinant of health, homelessness.
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24 Oct 2023
Suzy Lamplugh Trust treads path to improved cyber resilience
By Alex ScroxtonPersonal safety charity enlists the support of the London Cyber Resilience Centre to improve staff awareness and strengthen its overall cyber resilience
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24 Oct 2023
NetApp adds new flash hardware, debuts VMware DR service
By Tim McCarthyThe enterprise storage vendor continues its hybrid cloud portfolio push with capacity flash for the ASA hardware family and bolts a VMware DR service to its BlueXP console.
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24 Oct 2023
NetApp ‘unified storage’ adds new ASA block storage at Insight
By Antony AdsheadLas Vegas event sees NetApp continue its evolution to hybrid cloud and data management player announce ASA C-series and Keystone and Kubernetes storage enhancements
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24 Oct 2023
Government preferential pricing deals with AWS and Microsoft under scrutiny in wake of CMA probe
By Caroline DonnellyWith AWS and Microsoft both the focus of an antitrust probe by the UK competition watchdog, the government is being urged to reconsider the renewal of its preferential pricing deals with both firms until the investigation is concluded
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24 Oct 2023
Government puts £75m into innovation hubs
By Lis EvenstadEight innovation ‘launchpads’ will each get a share of the funding for projects covering sectors such as agri-tech, digital healthcare, renewable energy and technologies for the creative industry
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24 Oct 2023
NY AG Reaches $350K Settlement With Home Healthcare Company Over Data Breach
By Jill McKeonLong Island-based Personal Touch Holding Corporation suffered a ransomware attack and resulting data breach that impacted more than 316,000 New Yorkers.
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24 Oct 2023
AI Tool Predicts Blood Clot Risk in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients
By Shania KennedyVanderbilt researchers have found that clinicians were reluctant to follow the treatment recommendations of a blood clot risk prediction model despite its accuracy.
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24 Oct 2023
Telehealth Stakeholders Ask CMS to Eliminate Address Reporting Burden
By Anuja VaidyaTrade associations, health systems, and telehealth companies want CMS to allow providers to conduct virtual visits from home without reporting their addresses.
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24 Oct 2023
Diverse Medical Students More Likely to Practice in Underserved Areas
By Victoria BaileyMore diversity in the healthcare workforce can help address health disparities in underserved areas.
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24 Oct 2023
Tuberculosis Cord-Like Bacterial Aggregates Revealed in Breakthrough Study
By Alivia Kaylor, MScUnderstanding cord-like TB bacteria aids treatments and combats antibiotic resistance.
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24 Oct 2023
North-west altnets celebrate growth milestone and customer experience awards
By Joe O’HalloranGrowing influence of the alternative gigabit broadband supply sector shown as operator begins full-fibre roll-out in Wilmslow to further expand Greater Manchester network reach, while neighbouring provider marks sixth birthday with customer service awards
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24 Oct 2023
OCBC to roll out GenAI chatbot
By Aaron TanSingapore’s OCBC Bank is rolling out a GenAI chatbot powered by Azure OpenAI to assist employees with writing, research and idea generation
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24 Oct 2023
NTT DATA and IP Infusion partner to accelerate network disaggregation
By Joe O’HalloranGlobal digital business and IT services firm teams with global systems integrator to bring scalable, and choice-filled disaggregation solutions under umbrella of Telecom Infra Project with the aim to expand broad connectivity.
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24 Oct 2023
Nokia claims first with Wi-Fi 7 product portfolio, enhances wholesale access for FTTH
By Joe O’HalloranNokia unveils portfolio of carrier-grade wireless broadband devices to the market that are more than 3x faster than previous generations, while Altiplano Open Access Solution offers programmable interface to enhance wholesale operational models
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24 Oct 2023
Healthgrades: US Could Dodge Mortality If Hospital Quality Were Top-Notch
By Sara HeathAs part of its specialty hospital rankings, Healthgrades said mortality and complication rates would go down if all hospital quality were equal to that of five-star hospitals.
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24 Oct 2023
Microsoft to invest A$5bn in Australia
By Aaron TanMicrosoft is making its largest investment in Australia to expand its infrastructure footprint, alongside plans to bolster skills training and cyber security in the country
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23 Oct 2023
Okta customer support system breached via stolen credentials
By Arielle WaldmanDuring the latest breach against the identity and access management vendor, attackers took advantage of the system intended to provide support for Okta customers.
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23 Oct 2023
Databricks' $100m acquisition of Arcion adds data ingestion
By Eric AvidonThe data lakehouse specialist's latest purchase adds native data ingestion capabilities that will help users stream data in real time to inform AI and machine learning models.
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23 Oct 2023
Feds look for AI fingerprints in HR job rejections
By Patrick ThibodeauThe U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is working to learn all it can to detect AI-based discrimination in screening, recruiting and hiring.
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23 Oct 2023
CTO interview: Pegasystems’ Don Schuerman on using AI to set business goals
By Bill GoodwinGenerative AI is on the cusp of allowing companies to automate business processes to meet business goals
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23 Oct 2023
GNC Launches Telehealth, Prescription Medication Services
By Anuja VaidyaThe global retailer is offering virtual primary, urgent, mental health, and physician therapy care and certain prescription medications at a $0 copay.
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23 Oct 2023
Mount Sinai Develops AI Algorithm to Estimate Brain Age Acceleration
By Shania KennedyThe “HistoAge” model can flag areas of the brain vulnerable to age-related changes and predict age at death within 5.45 years by assessing histological images.
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23 Oct 2023
Pediatric Sepsis Mortality Risk Marred by Racial Health Disparities
By Sara HeathData from a single hospital in Arkansas showed racial health disparities such that Black kids are twice as likely to die from sepsis as their White counterparts.
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23 Oct 2023
Dell updates PowerStore, PowerMax and PowerFlex storage
By Yann SerraDell storage upgrades include improved AIOps, lower energy usage, real-time HA failover, seamless hardware replacement, and enhancements to take advantage of DPU acceleration
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23 Oct 2023
Cyberattack On NY Hospitals Forces Ambulance Diversions
By Jill McKeonTwo New York hospitals and one residential care center were impacted by a cyberattack that resulted in temporary ambulance diversions and IT outages.
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23 Oct 2023
Gartner: CIOs must prepare for generative AI disruption
By Cliff SaranThe growth of generative AI poses risks and opportunities for IT and business leaders
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23 Oct 2023
Cisco pushes update to stop exploitation of two IOS XE zero-days
By Alex ScroxtonCisco releases updates to thwart exploitation of two flaws affecting users of its IOS XE software
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23 Oct 2023
Reducing Barriers to MIPS, Advanced APMs Could Promote Participation
By Victoria BaileyRural physicians were deterred by the financial resources, staffing, and health information technology required to participate in an Advanced APM.
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23 Oct 2023
How Ensign is leading the charge in cyber security
By Aaron TanLee Fook Sun, chairman of Ensign InfoSecurity, traces the company’s journey and how it is leading the charge in cyber security by doing things differently, investing in R&D and engaging with the wider ecosystem
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23 Oct 2023
Taxpayers to fund a further £150m for Post Office IT scandal
By Bryan GlickTotal bill for the scandal goes well over £1bn, as subpostmaster campaign leader considers private prosecutions of Post Office executives
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23 Oct 2023
KLAS: Clinician Satisfaction with eLearning EHR Training Mounts
By Hannah NelsonFrom 2021 to 2023, the share of clinicians who would recommend eLearning EHR training to a colleague increased from 67 to 83 percent, according to a KLAS report.
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23 Oct 2023
Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Centre completes contact centre upgrade
By Joe O’HalloranNGO dedicated to offering free-of-charge medical services to the Egyptian people chooses premise-based advanced comms platform to underpin each layer of communication at new facility
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23 Oct 2023
Physician-Owned Hospitals Could Save Medicare Over $1B
By Jacqueline LaPointeA new study finds substantial cost savings when Medicare beneficiaries with the most expensive conditions go to a physician-owned hospital versus a traditional hospital.
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23 Oct 2023
Patient Data Access, Mobile Patient Portals Reach Unprecedented Use
By Sara HeathThe surge in patient data access could be driven by the proliferation of app-based patient portals and rules under the 21st Century Cures Act.
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23 Oct 2023
Washington University in St. Louis Launches AI for Health Institute
By Shania KennedyThe AI for Health Institute is set to develop data-driven tools to advance precision medicine, characterize complex diseases, and support clinical decision-making.
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23 Oct 2023
Humana Ranks High for Experience, Affordability Among MA Plans
By Victoria BaileyHumana earned 3.9 stars for member experience and an overall rating of 4.3 stars.
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23 Oct 2023
Red Meat Consumption Increased T2D Risk by over 50%
By Veronica SalibA cohort study analyzing red meat intake supports previous claims that link increased red meat consumption to T2D.
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23 Oct 2023
NIH Alters Grant Review Process, Focusing on Scientific Merit
By Veronica SalibThe NIH announced it is taking steps to eliminate bias in its grant review process to maintain a focus on scientific merit.
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23 Oct 2023
DNB, TM, ZTE live trial claims world's fastest for 5G mmWave
By Joe O’HalloranStrategic partnership constructed to set a new global standard in wireless communication through adaptable mmWave AAU technology, capable of achieving record-breaking throughput
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23 Oct 2023
AI, robotics, and AR/VR use cases to set pace in UK 5G mid-band
By Joe O’HalloranUK Spectrum Policy Forum releases results of study on the benefits of access to spectrum sharing in the 3.8-4.2 GHz band across transport, manufacturing and energy in an aim to increase adoption across use cases such as AI and robotics
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23 Oct 2023
Nokia, EGC deploy first private wireless network at Kingston Freeport Terminal
By Joe O’HalloranComms tech provider’s Digital Automation Cloud and MXIE services deployed at leading Caribbean port to enhance broadband connectivity, lower latency, increase predictability and provide edge computing capabilities
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20 Oct 2023
EHR Vendor eClinicalWorks Taps AI Tool for Clinical Documentation
By Hannah NelsonA new health IT integration from EHR vendor eClinicalWorks is set to simplify clinical documentation for providers using AI technology.
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20 Oct 2023
OneDrive 3.0 gets Microsoft 365 Copilot, refreshed interface
By Don FluckingerMicrosoft dusts off its OneDrive cloud file-sharing utility and adds connectivity to Microsoft 365 Copilot AI digital assistant, a new look and more features coming in December.
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20 Oct 2023
Collaboration paramount in KPN’s successful business transformation
By Kim LoohuisKPN tells Oracle CloudWorld 2023 how it transformed when its legacy systems became obstacles to supporting its customers on their digital journeys
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20 Oct 2023
Belgian researchers raise speed limit in European datacentres
By Pat BransResearchers have developed a prototype of an optical receiver that will help datacentres process data at a much higher rate
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20 Oct 2023
Computer Weekly contributor named Godfather of UK Security
By Alex ScroxtonAdvent IM founder Mike Gillespie was among those honoured at the eighth annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards
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20 Oct 2023
EHR Vendor eClinicalWorks Taps AI Tool for Clinical Documentation
By Hannah NelsonA new health IT integration from EHR vendor eClinicalWorks is set to simplify clinical documentation for providers using AI technology.
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20 Oct 2023
Five Eyes chiefs warn of Chinese spying campaign to steal high-tech secrets
By Bill GoodwinIntelligence chiefs warn high-tech companies and universities they may be the target of attempts by the Chinese Communist Party to steal technology secrets
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20 Oct 2023
CDO interview: Carter Cousineau, vice-president of data and model governance, Thomson Reuters
By Mark SamuelsThe news and information provider places a premium on responsible and ethical use of artificial intelligence, and central to that is the governance of data and the models surrounding it
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20 Oct 2023
RagnarLocker cyber gang that pioneered double extortion busted
By Alex ScroxtonEuropol and the FBI have taken down the RagnarLocker ransomware crew, a long-standing gang that helped pioneer some now common tactics, taking its dark web negotiation and data leak sites offline
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20 Oct 2023
Florida FQHC Streamlines Collections Using eClinicalWorks EHR Services
By Hannah NelsonA federally qualified health center (FQHC) has increased payment collections through revenue cycle management tools connected to its eClinicalWorks EHR platform.
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20 Oct 2023
HC3 Details ServiceNow Cybersecurity Vulnerability, Potential Impacts on Healthcare
By Jill McKeonA recently discovered cybersecurity vulnerability in ServiceNow, a cloud computing platform used across the healthcare sector, may enable data exposure.
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20 Oct 2023
Public Accounts Committee highlights smart meter failures
By Cliff SaranIn spite of failing to meet roll-out targets, millions of smart meters are not working, and some will break once 3G and 2G networks are switched off
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20 Oct 2023
Henry Ford, Ascension Michigan to Form Joint Venture
By Jacqueline LaPointeThe joint venture between Henry Ford Health System and Ascension Michigan would reportedly create a $10.5B health system based in Detroit.
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20 Oct 2023
KLAS Outlines Health IT Vendor Offerings for Clinician EHR Efficiency
By Hannah NelsonThe KLAS report validates offerings that aim to improve clinician EHR efficiency from health IT vendors such as athenahealth, Epic, MEDITECH, and NextGen Healthcare.
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20 Oct 2023
Locally Run Large Language Models May Help Preserve Patient Privacy
By Shania KennedyResearchers have demonstrated that a locally run large language model may be useful for extracting data from text-based radiology reports while safeguarding privacy.
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20 Oct 2023
Black Cancer Patients Will Accept Telehealth but Prefer In-Person Care
By Anuja VaidyaThough Black cancer patients view telehealth as acceptable and convenient, research reveals they have a clear preference for in-person care.
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20 Oct 2023
FDA Approves Non-Opioid Painkiller for Mild-to-Moderate Pain
By Veronica SalibThe New Drug Application was approved on October 18, 2023, based on phase 3 clinical trial results.
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20 Oct 2023
Researchers Develop Largest Atlas of Human Brain Cells
By Veronica SalibThe atlas, published as a package in Science, compiles information from 24 papers, providing insight into the human mind.
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20 Oct 2023
Fixing developer AI fear is a team effort
A study by Pluralsight has looked at the risks of building a team of “star developers” and instilling a competitive culture
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19 Oct 2023
GoodData launches new platform for AI, ML and BI workflows
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's FlexHouse Analytics Lake provides a single environment for normally disparate data assets to simplify AI, analytics and machine learning development and analysis.
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19 Oct 2023
Fair use may not help Anthropic against AI music lawsuit
By Esther AjaoUniversal Music Group and other music publishers allege the vendor's Claude 2 AI model responds to users' prompts with all or most of the lyrics to popular copyrighted songs.
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19 Oct 2023
Cloud inflation affects IT spending trends, GenAI not yet
By John MooreGartner's forecast points to rising cloud and services spend. Generative AI is yet to strongly influence IT budgets, but IBM and other providers gear up for growth.
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19 Oct 2023
How AWS is building a tech stack for generative AI
By Aaron TanOlivier Klein, chief technologist for Asia-Pacific and Japan at Amazon Web Services, dives deeper into the technology stack the company has built to ease GenAI adoption
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19 Oct 2023
North Korean hackers exploit critical TeamCity vulnerability
By Arielle WaldmanWhile a patch is available, Microsoft and JetBrains confirmed TeamCity users have been compromised in attacks that leverage CVE-2023-42793 as an initial attack vector.
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19 Oct 2023
DBT Labs updates Semantic Layer, adds data mesh enablement
By Eric AvidonNew semantic modeling capabilities include support for dynamic joins, while added support for data mesh represents evolution beyond the vendor's roots in data transformation.
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19 Oct 2023
CISA, NSA, FBI publish phishing guidance
By Alexander CulafiIn its guidance, CISA focused on two primary goals of phishing attacks: obtaining login credentials, often via social engineering, and installing malware on target systems.
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19 Oct 2023
Nuclear regulator raps EDF over cyber compliance
By Alex ScroxtonThe Office for Nuclear Regulation says EDF has come up short on needed measures to improve cyber security standards at several critical UK nuclear facilities
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19 Oct 2023
Fears grow over extent of Cisco IOS XE zero-day
By Alex ScroxtonResearchers have identified spiking numbers of victims of a recently disclosed Cisco zero-day, as users of the networking supplier’s IOS XE software are urged to take defensive measures
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19 Oct 2023
Need for ‘significant’ public and private investment in UK infrastructure
By Joe O’HalloranSecond long-term review sets out role of digital infrastructure in supporting economic growth in UK, but stresses importance of government continuing to support network competition and market deployment
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19 Oct 2023
Gitex Global: Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism builds AI engagement platform
By Joe O’HalloranCitizens of emirate set to gain access to platform designed to streamline the creation of business licence applications using artificial intelligence to solve the most common pain points in the journey and providing instant digital access to experts on demand
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19 Oct 2023
Nokia wins optical tech award, brings 10G fibre to Iceland with Mila upgrade
By Joe O’HalloranAnalyst regards Finnish comms tech provider as dominating global XGS-PON OLT market while it supplies Icelandic operator with multi-PON fibre broadband solution designed to bring multi-gigabit services to enterprise customers
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19 Oct 2023
Sellafield local authority unsure if data was stolen six years on from North Korea ransomware attack
By Tommy GreeneSenior managers at an ‘Achilles heel’ local authority for Europe’s biggest nuclear site ‘still don’t know what was lost’ in a 2017 cyber attack, according to a council source
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19 Oct 2023
Government concedes it will miss 2024 e-prescribing target
By Lis EvenstadThe government won’t meet its target to get rid of paper prescribing in hospitals by 2024, and has pushed the goal post back two years to 2026
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19 Oct 2023
Broadband service providers need focus on home Wi-Fi latency, QoE
By Joe O’HalloranReport commissioned by managed Wi-Fi technology provider shows the global acceleration of FTTH, the growing need to focus on latency and the importance of deploying in-home Smart Wi-Fi to enhance QoE
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19 Oct 2023
DZS, Orange close fibre pilot in Poland
By Joe O’HalloranDZS completes first phase of a live pilot solution deployment of flagship fibre access portfolio on telco’s FTTH network in Poland paving way for widescale deployment of next-generation fibre-enabled services
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19 Oct 2023
Patients Split on Trust in Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Experience
By Sara HeathAmerican patients are torn about whether they are comfortable with the use of artificial intelligence in the healthcare setting, survey data shows.
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19 Oct 2023
FDA Proposes Ban on Formaldehyde Hair Smoothing, Straightening Products
By Veronica SalibThe FDA proposes a ban after multiple studies have linked formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing chemicals in hair products to uterine cancer.
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19 Oct 2023
SAP results highlight AI-driven business software
By Cliff SaranSAP, like other enterprise software companies, is integrating artificial intelligence across its enterprise software portfolio
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19 Oct 2023
Druva adds gen AI assistant to cloud backup tools
By Tim McCarthyGenerative AI arrives for SaaS backup vendor Druva with new tools to automate reports, detect anomalous activity and provide security guidance.
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19 Oct 2023
Loughborough Uni to create five cyber AI research posts
By Alex ScroxtonSupported by Darktrace, Loughborough University is to recruit five doctoral researchers focusing on cross-disciplinary research in AI and cyber security
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19 Oct 2023
Scality gets a jump with VMware Cloud Director integration
By Antony AdsheadS3-compliant object storage specialist will use new OSIS integration with VMware’s cloud management tool to target service providers that want to deliver regional cloud offers
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19 Oct 2023
Post Office auditors presumed subpostmasters were ‘on the fiddle’ or ‘in a muddle’
By Karl FlindersPublic inquiry into Post Office scandal hears how head office staff routinely made negative assumptions about subpostmasters in small branches
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19 Oct 2023
OCR Publishes Resources On Telehealth Privacy, Security Risks
By Jill McKeonThe two new resource documents aim to help providers explain telehealth privacy and security risks to patients.
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19 Oct 2023
Boston Medical Center First in Nation to Offer Renewable Utilities Prescription
By Sara HeathThe renewable utilities prescription is a part of BMC’s commitment to addressing social determinants of health that impact its low-income population.
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19 Oct 2023
Employer Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums Grew by 7% in 2023
By Victoria BaileyThe average annual premium for employer-sponsored health insurance is $8,435 for single coverage and $23,968 for family coverage.
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19 Oct 2023
Telehealth Supports OUD Treatment Retention Among Medicaid Enrollees
By Anuja VaidyaMedicaid patients who started opioid use disorder treatment via telehealth have better odds of continuing treatment than their peers who did not use telehealth.
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19 Oct 2023
Study Reveals Adult ADHD Nearly Triples the Risk of Dementia
By Veronica SalibData analysis from a national birth cohort study noted that adult ADHD increased the risk of dementia later in life.
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19 Oct 2023
Inmediata Health Resolves Multi-State Data Breach Investigation With $1.4M Settlement
By Jill McKeonMore than 30 state attorneys general joined forces to investigate potential HIPAA violations connected to a data breach that spanned nearly three years and impacted 1.5 million individuals.
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18 Oct 2023
Oracle NetSuite follows generative AI trend in ERP
By Jim O'DonnellA generative AI assistant, financial close modules, new user based licensing and customer benchmarking top the list of new features in NetSuite cloud ERP at SuiteWorld 2023.
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18 Oct 2023
Dell PowerMaxOS 10.1 targets operational, energy efficiency
By Adam ArmstrongThe latest Dell PowerMaxOS update brings greater data reduction and power usage monitoring to its top-of-the-line storage array. The update also keyed in on cyber-resilience.