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31 Oct 2024
Post Office scandal affected relationships of two-thirds of victims
The Post Office scandal, regarded as the UK’s widest miscarriage of justice, destroyed the financial wellbeing of former subpostmasters, took away their liberty and inflicted grief on their relationships
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31 Oct 2024
China-based APTs waged 5-year campaign on Sophos firewalls
For years, several advanced persistent threat groups tied to the Chinese government targeted Sophos firewall products with custom malware and zero-day exploits.
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31 Oct 2024
DWP appoints Helen Wylie as its new chief digital and information officer
Wylie steps up from chief technology officer to replace her departing boss, Rich Corbridge, to take over one of the largest IT estates in Europe
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13 Feb 2024
Cisco delivers 800Gbps on Amitié transatlantic cable
Looking to enable rapid growth of cloud and artificial intelligence services, tech giant reveals transatlantic communications cable successfully transmits data at very high speed on 6,234km route from US to France
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13 Feb 2024
Precision Medicine Tool May Personalize Pediatric Cancer Treatment
A new pharmacology platform designed to shed light on drug dynamics in pediatric cancer patients could help clinicians better personalize treatment plans.
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13 Feb 2024
Lack of tech skills making hiring more competitive, says Morgan McKinley
A lack of skilled workers is forcing hiring managers to use salary and benefits such as flexibility to compete for talent, according to research from global recruiter Morgan McKinley
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13 Feb 2024
How Can AI Chatbots Help Docs Tailor Patient Education?
AI chatbots powered by large language models still might miss the mark on delivering patient education, but data shows they can help doctors tailor information.
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12 Feb 2024
Observe ties in Snowflake to slash observability costs
The emerging competitor to Dynatrace, Datadog and Splunk shuns AIOps, and its approach to data management and price tag intrigued one experienced customer.
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12 Feb 2024
CISA warns Fortinet zero-day vulnerability under attack
CISA alerted federal agencies that a critical zero-day vulnerability in FortiOS is being actively exploited, though Fortinet has yet to confirm reports.
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12 Feb 2024
HPE's GreenLake for Block Storage goes GA
The third version of HPE block storage on the Alletra MP brings higher capacity and performance as well as an easier way for customers to scale out as needs change.
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12 Feb 2024
Ericsson intros AI-powered premium 5G intent-based operations
Leading comms technology and service provider deploys artificial intelligence and automation use case libraries to simplify network operations by managing conflicting intents to meet desired business outcomes
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12 Feb 2024
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
Personnel moves this week at TD Synnex, Apogee, Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Logpoint, and Concurrent Technologies
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12 Feb 2024
Channel can make money from generative AI
Generative artificial intelligence has gone from hype to use cases to become a growing channel opportunity
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12 Feb 2024
Jersey Telecom, RoamsysNext claim IoT game changer
Telco teams with development partner to introduce internet of things certification manager and solve network congestion and performance issues caused by uncertified IoT devices
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12 Feb 2024
HHS, ONC Designate Additional QHINs for TEFCA Health Data Exchange
As QHINs, CommonWell Health Alliance and Kno2 can immediately begin supporting health data exchange under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA).
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12 Feb 2024
Businesses brace for FCC's ban on AI robocalls
The FCC's ban on AI-generated robocalls comes in response to growing concern about bad actors using AI to mimic someone's likeness and voice to spread misinformation.
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12 Feb 2024
US works to develop AI standards while California legislates
California has proposed AI regulation as the U.S. works to develop AI standards by bringing together companies such as Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft.
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12 Feb 2024
$4M Grant to Fund Development of Sleep Apnea Outcome Prediction Tools
Mount Sinai researchers will use a $4 million NIH grant to investigate how artificial intelligence could advance outcome prediction for patients with sleep apnea.
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12 Feb 2024
Senate Hearing Challenges Pharma CEOs on Drug Pricing
On February 8th, CEOs from Bristol Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, and Merck were grilled by US senators about high prescription drug prices.
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12 Feb 2024
More than 1,000 subpostmasters could have used second faulty Post Office system
More than 1,000 subpostmasters could have used a previous faulty computer system in their branches as more people come forward with information following Post Office scandal TV drama
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12 Feb 2024
Virgin Media O2 switches on 2Gbps broadband, symmetrical speed options
XGS-PON technology-based Gig2 becomes first residential 2Gbps service from UK provider to go live for sale, designed to help power future technologies from AI to immersive and cloud gaming
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12 Feb 2024
Akira Ransomware Aggressively Targets Healthcare, HC3 Warns
In the year since the group was first identified, Akira ransomware has claimed at least 81 victims, favoring healthcare and other critical infrastructure sectors.
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12 Feb 2024
HHS Will Provide Technical Assistance to States Addressing Homelessness
Participating states have implemented Medicaid section 1115 demonstrations or other state plan amendments to improve access to housing-related services for those facing homelessness.
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12 Feb 2024
AI, VR ‘Therapist’ Demonstrates Potential for Mental Health Support
The eXtended-Reality Artificially Intelligent Ally combines generative AI and virtual reality to provide patients with self-administered, conversational therapy.
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12 Feb 2024
How Community Health Centers Support Transitions Out of Incarceration
Transitions of care out of incarceration are key to reducing recidivism, and community health centers are poised to spearhead those transitions.
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09 Feb 2024
DigitalOcean now offers daily backup capability for VMs
The latest feature for IaaS cloud provider DigitalOcean enables daily backups and faster recoveries, but enterprises still require more for mission-critical workloads.
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09 Feb 2024
The outlook for open source? Growing, but there are challenges
While more companies are using open source technologies, not everyone may realise it
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09 Feb 2024
Amazon defends facial-recognition tech sale to FBI despite moratorium
The FBI has confirmed it is using Amazon’s Rekognition image and video analysis software, but Amazon says it is ‘false’ to suggest this violates the company’s self-imposed moratorium on selling facial-recognition technology to US police
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09 Feb 2024
Distributors play key role in sustainability
Given its position as a supplier of products and services, and its trusted relationship with vendors, disties are in a pivotal position
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09 Feb 2024
HSBC and Google Cloud partner up for climate tech startup growth push
Banking giant HSBC will work with Google Cloud-affiliated climate tech startups to help them access funding to support their future growth
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09 Feb 2024
MoD ethical hacking programme expands after initial success
The Ministry of Defence has expanded the scope of its defensive security partnership with HackerOne
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09 Feb 2024
Cohesity pitches Veritas buy as channel positive
Deal will give combined channel base opportunity to sell more cloud, security and AI products
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09 Feb 2024
Hospital Groups Rally Against HHS’ Interpretation of DSH Payments Formula
According to HHS, a patient is only entitled to SSI benefits if they receive cash SSI payments during a hospital stay, a warped interpretation that impacts DSH payments, hospital groups said.
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09 Feb 2024
Digital experience becomes new boardroom metric
Networking technology and services giant outlines new paradigm in experience economy, where next generation of chief digital officers demand unified understanding of every component of networked applications
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09 Feb 2024
Medicare Advantage Intake Surveys May Draw Insights, But Not Always
Some questions are better suited for telephonic surveys than others during the Medicare Advantage enrollment process.
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09 Feb 2024
Europe carves out niche in quantum computing
As the US, China and Europe accelerate investment in quantum computing, Europe is beginning to develop its own unique position in the fledgling global ecosystem
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09 Feb 2024
AHIMA Launches Resource Hub for Non-Clinical AI Use in Healthcare
The American Health Information Management Association’s new resource hub aims to help healthcare professionals navigate non-clinical AI tools.
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09 Feb 2024
10% of Premature Births Linked to Phthalate Exposure In Utero
A study in the Lancet Planetary Health linked maternal phthalate exposure to adverse birth outcomes, including 10% of premature births.
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09 Feb 2024
47% of Trans Individuals Considered Moving Due to State Laws
An early insights report from a 2022 US Trans survey by the National Center for Transgender Equality revealed that state laws drove 47% of trans people to consider moving.
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09 Feb 2024
Half of Transgender Patients Report Bad Patient Experience
Poor patient experience ranged from being misgendered to having a provider use harsh or abusive language during treatment.
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08 Feb 2024
Google turns Bard AI into Gemini, launches Gemini Advanced
The tech giant gave Bard a new name and introduced users to Ultra 1.0 through a new mobile app. It revealed changes to Duet AI and Cloud.
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08 Feb 2024
Amazon weighs in on AI regulation
Amazon supports a risk-based approach to artificial intelligence regulation, which means focusing on regulating harmful uses of AI.
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08 Feb 2024
NCC Group records the most ransomware victims ever in 2023
Enterprises faced an alarming number of ransomware attacks as gangs targeted supply chains and took advantage of zero-day vulnerabilities and organizations' patching struggles.
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08 Feb 2024
GenAI's job threat turns up in job ads, not layoffs
Adoption of generative AI is akin to offshore outsourcing, where low-level tasks are shifted elsewhere. Instead of work going to India, it's now going to the machine.
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08 Feb 2024
Why open data is needed in the battle to address homelessness
Centrepoint needed to send FOIs to more than 300 local authorities in England to access required information
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08 Feb 2024
Average broadband use on pace to break terabyte barrier by 2030
Broadband consumption data shows record use of 641GB per subscriber in 2023, with leap to 1TB expected by end of decade
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08 Feb 2024
Ericsson, Qualcomm drive 5G Standalone benefits in UK, Finland
Leading comms tech provider and mobile platform provider reveal projects in key European territories showing differentiated connectivity enabled by network slicing on 5G core and radio access network technology
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08 Feb 2024
Microsoft in discussions with CISPE to remedy ‘unfair’ cloud software licensing practices
Software giant Microsoft has opened discussions with a European cloud trade body that has previously raised a formal complaint against the firm over its ‘unfair software licensing practices’
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08 Feb 2024
Cohesity, Veritas combine as new data protection company
Cohesity is combining with Veritas' data protection business in a deal expected to close by the end of 2024. Cohesity CEO Sanjay Poonen will remain at the helm.
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08 Feb 2024
CIO interview: Sandy Venugopal, SentinelOne
We speak to the former CIO of Uber and LinkedIn, current CIO of SentinelOne, about how artificial intelligence should be deployed in business
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08 Feb 2024
Executive alleged to be behind EncroChat encrypted phone network arrested
A businessman allegedly behind EncroChat, an encrypted phone network that was used by organised crime groups, has been extradited from the Dominican Republic to France
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08 Feb 2024
HHS Finalizes Changes to Substance Use Confidentiality Regulations
The final rule modified the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records regulations under 42 CFR part 2 to better align with HIPAA.
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08 Feb 2024
University of Wisconsin Researchers 3D Print Functional Brain Tissue
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin developed 3D-printed functional human brain tissue with implications for studying neurological or neurodevelopmental disorders.
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08 Feb 2024
Swedish CIO contributes best practices for ethical use of artificial intelligence
IT leaders are scrambling to keep up with AI technology, but many are losing sight of its ethical impact – and what CIOs need to do to ensure responsible use
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08 Feb 2024
IBM expands AWS marketplace programme to UK
IBM’s experiences running AWS offering in the US has given it the confidence to move to the next phase and introduce it to a number of European countries
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08 Feb 2024
University Hospital of Wales launches digital cardiology test requests
The Cardiff-based hospital is switching from a paper-based system to a digital service, which is integrated into the Welsh Clinical Portal
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08 Feb 2024
CityFibre wins five new Project Gigabit contracts
Leading UK independent full-fibre network provider gains added stake in UK government’s £5bn gigabit broadband programme, subsidising infrastructure roll-out to over 202,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across rural areas in UK’s southern counties and Midlands
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08 Feb 2024
KLAS Highlights Top Security, Privacy Solutions This Year
Claroty, Protenus, and Fortified Health Security were among the security and privacy vendors ranked Best in KLAS for 2024.
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08 Feb 2024
Cisco taps Apple, Nvidia to achieve distance zero and propel collaboration in new workspace
Networking and IT tech and services firm reveals solutions and partnerships with leading CE and processor manufacturer to support business in the new world of world where workspaces are being reimagined
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08 Feb 2024
AI Provides Personalized Treatment Strategies for Esophageal Cancer
New pharmacokinetic model recommends personalized treatment by analyzing differences among the signaling pathways in esophageal cancer.
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08 Feb 2024
KLAS Report Reveals Top-Performing Vendors for Payer Services
The top-performing vendors varied across payer services, with Zelis ranking high for payment accuracy and integrity and ZeOmega succeeding in care management.
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08 Feb 2024
GLP-1 Medication Use Is Linked with Lower Anxiety, Depression Rates
Epic Research published a study revealing a correlation between some GLP-1 drugs and lower diagnostic rates of anxiety and depression.
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07 Feb 2024
Latest Cisco products show measured approach to AI
Cisco has launched a SaaS product for applying policy controls to AI model-bound data and an Nvidia partnership to bolster Cisco UCS servers for AI at the edge and data centers.
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07 Feb 2024
CISA: Volt Typhoon had access to some U.S. targets for 5 years
A joint cybersecurity advisory expanded on the Volt Typhoon threat Wednesday, confirming attackers maintained prolonged persistent access to critical infrastructure targets.
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07 Feb 2024
NCSC warns CNI operators over ‘living-off-the-land’ attacks
Malicious, state-backed actors may well be lurking in the UK’s most critical networks right now, and their operators may not even know until it is too late, warn the NCSC and its partners
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07 Feb 2024
Email marketers feel Google, Yahoo DMARC policy change
As marketers face changes to email authentication and third-party cookie deprecation, contact centers are a treasure trove of first-party data to drive multichannel campaigns.
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07 Feb 2024
Chainalysis: 2023 a 'watershed' year for ransomware
Chainalysis said ransomware payments ballooned to reach $1.1 billion in 2023, marking a complete reversal from the decline in ransomware payments seen the year prior.
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07 Feb 2024
Spectra Logic brings Glacier on premises for NetApp
NetApp StorageGrid customers can backup data in the cloud or on premises thanks to a new integration with Spectra Logic, a development one analyst described as advantageous.
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07 Feb 2024
GitOps vendor's close echoes wider funding, open-core woes
Score one for IT orgs that rely solely on upstream code, as Flux CD sails on. But Weaveworks' demise points to larger issues for vendor sustainability, especially in open source.
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07 Feb 2024
Dozens of surveillance companies are supplying spyware to governments, says Google
Google’s Threat Analysis Group has identified 40 companies involved in selling and supplying security exploits and spyware services to governments
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07 Feb 2024
The challenges of open source in government
Public sector bodies may find their policy decisions are stymied due to the inflexibility of the software they deploy. Is open source the answer?
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07 Feb 2024
BCS report shows lack of improvement in tech diversity
Research from BCS shows very slow progress when it comes to the number of women and people from under-represented groups in tech over the past five years
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07 Feb 2024
Government reaffirms commitment to hold off on AI laws
The UK government reaffirming its commitment hold off on artificial intelligence legislation has been received positively by industry for balancing innovation and safety
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07 Feb 2024
Gamma picks up Coolwave to enhance global position
Comms player will be in a stronger position when it comes to supporting international customers with SMS and voice services
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07 Feb 2024
Heath to become Dell’s UK channel lead
With Rob Tomlin leaving the business, Dell has looked internally to find a replacement to drive the partner business forward
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07 Feb 2024
How Iranian cyber ops pivoted to target Israel after 7 October attacks
Microsoft has shared new intelligence on how Iranian government-aligned threat actors have turned their fire on Israel over the past four months
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07 Feb 2024
Rigby Group moving towards ambitious zero emissions target
Channel player shares insight into its progress on reducing carbon across the group, which includes SCC
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07 Feb 2024
South Staffs Water faces group action over Clop ransomware attack
South Staffordshire Plc, the parent company of South Staffordshire and Cambridge Water, is facing legal action from customers whose data was compromised in a 2022 Clop ransomware attack
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07 Feb 2024
Machine Learning Identifies Drug Candidates for Cardiac Fibrosis
Mechanistic machine learning tools can provide insights into how different drug candidates could minimize harmful scarring following a heart attack.
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07 Feb 2024
AI ID specialist Onfido in talks to be bought by Entrust
UK-based cyber unicorn Onfido agrees to enter talks to be acquired by Entrust
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07 Feb 2024
Verizon deploys 130,000 O-RAN capable radios in network
Second big commitment to open radio access network technology from a major US operator within a couple of months indicates a ‘significant industry shift’ in momentum for open networking
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07 Feb 2024
Government funds two semiconductor centres
So-called information knowledge centres in Bristol and Southampton are each receiving £11m
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07 Feb 2024
US Fertility Reaches $5.75M Data Breach Settlement
US Fertility resolved a class action lawsuit following a 2020 ransomware attack and data breach that impacted nearly 900,000 individuals.
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07 Feb 2024
2023 Healthcare Bankruptcies Reached Highest Level in 5 Years
There were 79 healthcare bankruptcies in 2023, 12 of which had liabilities over $500 million.
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07 Feb 2024
How Do Payers Cover COVID-19 Vaccines, Treatments, and Tests Post-PHE?
Public and private payers generally offer some coverage of COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and tests, but cost-sharing requirements vary.
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07 Feb 2024
Researchers Call for Outcome-Centric Approach to Health AI Regulation
University of California San Diego researchers argue that healthcare AI regulations should require developers to demonstrate how these tools impact patient outcomes.
- 07 Feb 2024
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06 Feb 2024
UK’s McPartland Cyber Review to probe trust in technology
The UK government has launched a cyber security review that will investigate how best to give businesses the confidence they need to use new technologies
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06 Feb 2024
Dell looks for growth with partner programme enhancements
Supplier keen to use improved rewards and simplified processes to garner further channel growth
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06 Feb 2024
Google: Spyware vendors are driving zero-day exploitation
Google's Threat Analysis Group urged further government action against commercial surveillance vendors that let customers abuse spyware products with impunity.
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06 Feb 2024
Linux group announces Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance
The Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance aims to 'drive the advancement and adoption of post-quantum cryptography' and respond to security threats introduced by the emerging tech.
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06 Feb 2024
Meta will label AI-generated images on social platforms
The social media giant's decision to label AI-generated content is a good first step, some observers say, but does not eradicate the problem of disinformation in an election year.
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06 Feb 2024
OCR Reaches $4.75M Settlement With NY Health System
OCR reached a settlement with Montefiore Medical Center over potential HIPAA Security Rule violations that occurred over a decade ago.
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06 Feb 2024
UK government responds to AI whitepaper consultation
The UK government is considering introducing binding legal requirements for companies developing the most powerful AI systems, and has outlined a range of funding to realise the ambitions of its ‘pro-innovation’ framework for artificial intelligence
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06 Feb 2024
Inquiry to explore cyber risk to Sunak-Starmer showdown
The UK’s Joint Committee on National Security Strategy is opening an inquiry into securing the democratic process ahead of the next general election
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06 Feb 2024
New Acceldata co-pilot targets efficiency, broader use
The data observability specialist's new generative AI-powered capabilities are designed to help experts be more efficient as well as enable non-technical users to work with data.
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06 Feb 2024
UK and France push for international agreement on spyware
The UK and France are hosting diplomats, big tech companies and civil society groups, in a two-day conference in London targeting the proliferation of spyware tools and ‘hackers for hire’
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06 Feb 2024
How a Primary Care-Based Housing Instability Program Cut Outpatient Utilization
The housing instability program reduced primary care visits by 2.5 visits and outpatient visits by 3.6.
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06 Feb 2024
GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Reduce 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure
Data from the SURMOUNT-1 study on tirzepatide revealed that it can reduce 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure.
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06 Feb 2024
Komprise adds disaster recovery with granular restorations
The Komprise Intelligent Data Management platform gains new DR capabilities that enable granular recovery of file and object resources through the existing user console.