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17 Apr 2025
AI companies claim existing rules can govern agentic AI
AI agents are trained to perform tasks autonomously. Vendors including Meta, OpenAI and others offer platforms for businesses to build their own AI agents.
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17 Apr 2025
Google Cloud storage offerings bolstered for AI apps
Storage for Google Cloud now supports many features akin to AWS' catalog for AI app development, but could lead to cloud lock-in as best practices and strategies emerge.
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17 Apr 2025
Red Hat CIO Marco Bill on Space Mission, AI Goals, and Tech Outlook
In an exclusive interview, Red Hat’s CIO tells InformationWeek the company’s collaboration on a space-bound data center is no mere novelty. He also gives advice to CIOs facing budget restraints in the AI age.
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09 Aug 2024
CDC issues recommendations for contraceptive use
The CDC has updated its US Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use following a review of evidence earlier this year.
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09 Aug 2024
40% of Americans say pediatric vaccinations are extremely important
Data from a Gallup poll revealed that fewer Americans regard childhood vaccinations as important or extremely important.
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09 Aug 2024
Nokia drones-as-a-service network takes flight for Swisscom
Switzerland’s leading telecoms provider to deploy largest drones-as-a-service network to enhance safety and operational efficiency for public and industrial use cases
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08 Aug 2024
Endor Labs ships Java 'Magic Patches' with SCA tools
Upgrade impact analysis and backported fixes will help one enterprise customer make a major Java upgrade manageable and keep compliant with FedRAMP.
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08 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike, AI dominate conversation at Black Hat USA 2024
Although the trend of vendors pitching AI-powered products nonstop has continued at Black Hat USA 2024, CrowdStrike and the recent IT outage was an even larger point of discussion.
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08 Aug 2024
Sysdig Sage early adopters kick the tires on CNAPP AI agents
AI agents in Sysdig Sage add more sophisticated multi-step reasoning than is available with generic LLMs. But it's meant to assist humans, not replace them.
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08 Aug 2024
Box acquires Alphamoon intelligent document processing tech
Paper and unstructured PDFs need more help to be ingested into and findable within enterprise knowledge repositories. Enter generative AI to bridge the gap.
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08 Aug 2024
Zenity CTO on dangers of Microsoft Copilot prompt injections
Zenity's CTO describes how hidden email code can be used to feed malicious prompts to a victim's Copilot instance, leading to false outputs and even credential harvesting.
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08 Aug 2024
Wiz researchers hacked into leading AI infrastructure providers
During Black Hat USA 2024, Wiz researchers discussed how they were able to infiltrate leading AI service providers and access confidential data and models across the platforms.
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08 Aug 2024
Dell layoff part of repositioning for PC demand thaw
Dell continues to cut its workforce to become 'leaner,' as it repositions for changes in the enterprise PC market that are expected to drive future growth.
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08 Aug 2024
Royal ransomware crew puts on a BlackSuit in rebrand
The Royal ransomware gang is back, with a new name and refreshed capabilities, including an apparently unique ‘partial encryption’ gambit, according to CISA
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08 Aug 2024
UK competition regulator looks into Amazon’s Anthropic funding
The Competition and Markets Authority is continuing to look at big tech’s interconnected web of artificial intelligence partnerships
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08 Aug 2024
Jamf cuts ribbon on global partner programme
Apple specialist formalises support for partners globally with scheme that will be available in 70 countries
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08 Aug 2024
European markets improve for Infinigate in Q1
Distributor shares revenue update for the first quarter, as well as its confidence in the prospects for the rest of the fiscal year
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08 Aug 2024
US lawmakers seek to brand ransomware gangs as terrorists
Proposals from legislators in Washington DC could shake up the global ransomware ecosystem and give law enforcement sweeping new powers
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08 Aug 2024
Ofcom issues online safety warning to firms in wake of UK riots
Ofcom has issued a warning reminding social media firms of their upcoming online safety obligations, after misinformation about the Southport stabbings sparked racist riots throughout the UK
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08 Aug 2024
Accountants predict AI-driven business surge
Artificial intelligence looks likely to improve business, but ethics, data quality and skills shortages remain barriers to take-up
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08 Aug 2024
Le Royal Monceau enhances Wi-Fi to complete Olympic standard connectivity
In time for the Olympics, historic 5-star Parisian hotel successfully upgrades Wi-Fi network facilitating uninterrupted access to connectivity benefits to guests checking in for the Summer Games
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08 Aug 2024
Indosat deploys AI to set network performance, reliability standards
Leading Indonesian digital telecommunications company takes what it says is the largest digital intelligence operations centre in its region to ensure optimal network performance and reliability
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08 Aug 2024
CDC issues warning on severe mpox strain, ongoing outbreaks
After WHO leaders announced the organization’s concerns about mpox outbreaks, the CDC warned about a strain originating in Africa.
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08 Aug 2024
CDC updates RSV vaccine recommendations for ages 60 and older
The updated recommendations reflect a June 2024 vote from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
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07 Aug 2024
Akamai warns enterprises that VPN attacks will only increase
During Black Hat USA 2024, Akamai's Ori David revealed new VPN post-exploitation techniques that open the attack vector to threat actors of all skill levels.
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07 Aug 2024
CISA: Election infrastructure has never been more secure
CISA Director Jen Easterly emphasized at Black Hat 2024 that election stakeholders cannot be complacent because 'the threat environment has never been so complex.'
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07 Aug 2024
Framework to help detect healthcare AI hallucinations
New research demonstrates the potential of an approach to address faithfulness hallucinations in artificial intelligence-generated medical summaries.
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07 Aug 2024
Walz, Harris' VP pick, made Minn. a leader in AI regulation
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz supports climate action and released a Climate Action Framework detailing steps for the state to become carbon neutral by 2050.
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07 Aug 2024
Veracode highlights security risks of GenAI coding tools
At Black Hat USA 2024, Veracode's Chris Wysopal warned of the downstream effects of how generative AI tools are helping developers write code faster.
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07 Aug 2024
Swedish investment firm takes majority stake in Acronis
EQT buys a majority stake in Acronis but will likely be hands off for the foreseeable future, according to Acronis CEO Ezequiel Steiner. The deal is expected to close next year.
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07 Aug 2024
Microsoft 365 Backup now GA with API for SaaS recovery
New offerings from Microsoft provide a cloud backup and recovery service for its popular Microsoft 365 with an API enabling other backup platforms to add the service.
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07 Aug 2024
LOINC update seeks to advance semantic interoperability
LOINC release 2.78 includes nearly 3,000 terminology updates across various domains, including social determinants of health (SDOH), diagnostics and public health reporting.
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07 Aug 2024
Nvidia AI security architect discusses top threats to LLMs
Richard Harang, Nvidia's principal AI and ML security architect, said two of the biggest pain points for LLMs right now are insecure plugins and indirect prompt injections.
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07 Aug 2024
Researchers unveil AWS vulnerabilities, 'shadow resource' vector
During a Black Hat USA 2024 session, Aqua Security researchers demonstrated how they discovered six cloud vulnerabilities in AWS services and a new attack vector.
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07 Aug 2024
CloudBees buys co-founder's AI test automation tools startup
Jenkins creator Kohsuke Kawaguchi rejoins CloudBees as co-CEO of Launchable, which aims to stem the tide of AI-generated code with AI-driven test optimization.
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07 Aug 2024
Microsoft and CrowdStrike hit back at Delta’s legal threats
Microsoft and CrowdStrike have rejected claims by Delta Air Lines that it was left high and dry amid thousands of flight cancellations during July’s software outage, accusing the airline of ignoring their offers of help and running out-of-date IT systems
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07 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike details errors that led to mass IT outage
CrowdStrike's investigation into the recent defective update found that a 'confluence' of issues led to the release of the channel file last month, causing a mass IT outage.
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07 Aug 2024
Maintel strategy underpins progress made in H1
Comms specialist Maintel shares trading update on its strategy to secure contracts, stating that it is heading in the right direction
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07 Aug 2024
Acronis signals increased support for MSPs after landing fresh backer
Security player intends to build on track record of developing programmes and products that support managed service provider community
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07 Aug 2024
Lack of telehealth services hurts rural hospital finances
Rural hospitals are losing patients to urban hospitals that provide telehealth, resulting in negative financial repercussions, a new study shows.
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07 Aug 2024
Adobe rolls out B2B generative AI app for CRM, marketing
As enterprises determine where the value is in deploying and paying for generative AI in their marketing and sales operations, Adobe releases its own entrant.
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07 Aug 2024
Rocketing AI demand sees Lumen light up custom networks division
Connectivity provider shakes up corporate structure in response to artificial intelligence economy changing business operations and companies recognising need for powerful network to manage unprecedented data flows and demand
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07 Aug 2024
Blood inventory drops 25% in July, prompting blood shortage
The American Red Cross has declared an emergency blood shortage after the inventory dropped 25% in July.
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07 Aug 2024
Navigating the data analytics and AI landscape
Analysts at the Gartner Data and Analytics Summit in Sydney call for organisations to focus on business outcomes, extend data literacy to AI literacy and foster human-AI collaboration to benefit from the AI era
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06 Aug 2024
Advanced faces fine over LockBit attack that crippled NHS 111
Advanced Software faces a multimillion pound fine for a series of failings which directly led to a 2022 LockBit ransomware attack that disrupted NHS and social care services across the UK
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06 Aug 2024
Labour drops Edinburgh exascale supercomputer but funds more AI
The £1.3bn pledge by the former government to build an £800m supercomputer in Edinburgh has gone – but there’s new money for artificial intelligence
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06 Aug 2024
Judge will face remedy challenge in Google antitrust case
Remedies in the Google online search antitrust case could include eliminating the company's use of distribution contracts that cemented Google as a default setting.
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06 Aug 2024
Security framework to determine whether defenders are winning
Columbia University researcher and longtime security practitioner Jason Healey will present at Black Hat USA a new framework to determine defensive advantage.
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06 Aug 2024
2024 seeing more CVEs than ever before, but few are weaponised
The number of disclosed CVEs soared by 30% in the first seven-and-a-half months of the year, but a tiny fraction of these have been exploited by threat actors, a reminder of the importance of focused security strategies
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06 Aug 2024
Kioxia wins lifetime achievement for 3D NAND amid IPO plans
The flash storage industry wouldn't be where it is today without 3D NAND. To celebrate its invention, Kioxia is receiving a Future of Memory and Storage Lifetime Achievement Award.
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06 Aug 2024
The Prince’s Trust partners with tech company to draw kids into sector
New programme from The Prince’s Trust sees partnership with tech company encourage young people into the IT sector
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06 Aug 2024
Sizeable number of users yet to make Windows 11 leap
The channel has an opportunity to encourage migration to Microsoft Windows 11 from customers continuing to drag their heels
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06 Aug 2024
SITA takes off with new enhanced global wireless solution
Leading provider of IT to the air transport industry introduces mobile data access solution to deliver secure and reliable cellular data connectivity across 200 countries
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06 Aug 2024
Digital Catapult launches Sonic Labs Open RAN accelerator programme
Advanced digital technology innovation centre advances work to give organisations the opportunity to work collaboratively to build, implement and test tangible solutions to help accelerate the adoption of Open RAN technology in the UK
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06 Aug 2024
Court document reveals Google’s strategy to dodge Department of Justice
Google got away with various practices to avoid scrutiny from regulators, but has been found guilty of acting in an anti-competitive way in the US
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06 Aug 2024
Initial cancer screening costs $43 billion annually in the US
The estimated cost of initial breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer screenings across the US is $43 billion.
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06 Aug 2024
Cloud-based networks to account for half of all cellular traffic by 2028
Research reveals increased cloudification of network infrastructures with software-based services to hit tipping point for cellular traffic in five years’ time, enabling more dynamic 5G networks
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06 Aug 2024
Westcon-Comstor uses data to generate additional partner business
Distributor Westcon-Comstor shares the progress made in its fiscal year with its data sharing programme that identifies opportunities
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06 Aug 2024
IR35 public sector reforms: Chancellor urged to review departmental costs generated by blanket bans
Chancellor Rachel Reeves urged to review ‘non-essential’ departmental spend since the introduction of IR35 reforms in April 2017 as part of her push to close £22bn public spending gap inherited from the Conservatives
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06 Aug 2024
FDA issues warning on oysters from Lewis Bay
The oysters sold across the US may be contaminated with Campylobacter jejuni.
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06 Aug 2024
Zoom claims AI-first as it debuts Docs on Workplace
Collaboration and conference technology and services provider launches first product from Workplace portfolio with generative artificial intelligence built in from the ground up to enable the next generation of team collaboration
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06 Aug 2024
How Darussalam Assets is tapping AI in HR operations
Brunei’s Darussalam Assets is leveraging the artificial intelligence capabilities in SAP SuccessFactors to generate job descriptions and optimise recruitment processes
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05 Aug 2024
AI inference startup Groq raises $640M
The startup develops language processing units and sells them as a service. While the vendor must deal with market giant Nvidia, it has an opportunity to stay competitive.
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05 Aug 2024
DevOps platform aids app modernization, sets stage for AI
Amid a company rebranding and product consolidation, IT ops teams at Rival HR paved a path for DevOps velocity and AI-based automation with updates to legacy infrastructure.
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05 Aug 2024
HHS settles HIPAA right of access case with EMS company
HHS imposed a $115K civil monetary penalty against American Medical Response over alleged HIPAA right of access failures.
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05 Aug 2024
What new AI search features in Chrome mean for users
The features bring Google Lens to the desktop, and help users rediscover their search history and compare products on a single tab. They are useful for consumers and enterprises.
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05 Aug 2024
Chinese cyber attack sparks alert over six-year-old MS vuln
After a proof-of-concept for a six-year-old Microsoft vulnerability emerged in a Chinese APT attack chain, defenders should be on the look-out for exploitation of CVE-2018-0824
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05 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike fires back at Delta over outage allegations
After Delta Air Lines said it would seek damages against CrowdStrike over last month's IT outage, the cybersecurity vendor's legal counsel warned it would 'respond aggressively.'
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05 Aug 2024
Community health center access up by 1 million patients
Community health center access rises during the nation's primary care crisis, prompting calls for more funding.
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05 Aug 2024
BT/EE win Emergency Services Network contract
£1.85bn contract win for UK’s leading telco and mobile subsidiary to supply mobile communications infrastructure for nation’s three emergency services in much-delayed project
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05 Aug 2024
World’s largest companies at near-universal risk of supply chain breach
Data from SecurityScorecard once again focuses on the interconnected nature of business supply chains and the risk posed to operational resilience by unexpected IT problems and cyber threats
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05 Aug 2024
Channel should use AI to fight ransomware threat
With criminals using AI to generate their attacks, the response should be to harness the technology to defend customers
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05 Aug 2024
Russia’s luxury car phish continues to prove effective
Government organisations and other bodies operating in Ukraine continue to be targeted by a relatively unsophisticated phishing campaign that has proven so effective for Russia’s cyber spooks that there are now multiple agencies involved
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05 Aug 2024
GenAI lags traditional AI and ML for enterprise data backup
Enterprises are using AI and ML technologies with their backups for classification or security over recent generative AI tools like chatbots, industry analysts say.
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05 Aug 2024
IBM welcomes back Gill as UK channel lead
Big Blue brings back former long-time staffer Andrew Gill to run its channel operations in UK&I, with a brief including enabling more partner adoption of AI
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05 Aug 2024
ServiceNow expands footprint in APAC, doubles down on AI
ServiceNow has been building local teams, targeting customers in regulated industries and doubling down on AI to expand its presence in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region
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05 Aug 2024
UK mobile continues performance improvements in H1
Study of UK mobile market shows continuous improvement in performance by nation’s leading operators, with average media downlink speed approaching 80 Mbps, and improved 5G availability and faster speeds in most cities
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05 Aug 2024
Satellite operators to launch 15,000 new craft over next five years to support IoT
Research finds providers of space-based communications plan to rocket-propel growth over the next five years, in particular to drive internet of things applications
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05 Aug 2024
HHS announces new policies for underserved communities
The policies are intended to improve access to care for underserved and marginalized communities.
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05 Aug 2024
Hospitals get $2.9B increase in Medicare inpatient pay
HHS finalized a rule that will increase Medicare inpatient payments by 2.9% in FY 2025, among other new payment policies.
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05 Aug 2024
What are the options when migrating from VMware?
Broadcom’s changes to VMware licensing means some people are facing big price increases – we look at how these can be avoided
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05 Aug 2024
Post Office scandal: Phases 5 and 6 had islands of conscientiousness in great depths of neglect
Computer Weekly rounds up the latest phase of the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry after a marathon 16 weeks of questions
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05 Aug 2024
Cellular IoT connectivity revenues hit €12.4bn in 2023
Research finds advancement of comms-based internet of things industry drives shift towards greater focus on reliability, security and support for international deployments, contributing to new types of market dynamics
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05 Aug 2024
Members rarely challenge coverage denials, surprise billing
Only 45% of individuals who received a surprise bill challenged it and only 43% of those who were denied coverage appealed the decision.
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02 Aug 2024
AWS CodeCommit, Cloud9 closure communication critiqued
AWS CodeCommit gives up the Git ghost to competitors, while a lack of advance notice to users has some IT pros questioning the future of other services.
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02 Aug 2024
Major changes could reshape the NAND flash market
The last few years have seen NAND prices crater before rebounding. The next few years may see the major players in the market go public, split or merge.
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02 Aug 2024
Bounteous x Accolite, Nokia boost 5G API use-case development
Global comms tech provider enters into collaboration with digital transformation services consultancy to deploy Network as Code platform with API developer portal, with initial focus on use cases in areas of healthcare, gaming and utilities
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02 Aug 2024
Patient trust in healthcare tanked during COVID-19 pandemic
Patient trust in healthcare providers declined during the pandemic, a trend some experts posit could threaten public health.
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02 Aug 2024
Intel's weak position in AI chip market leads to mass layoff
Intel's failure to profit from the red-hot AI market is behind plans to cut 15,000 jobs. The workforce reduction is part of a $10 billion cut in capital expenses in 2025.
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02 Aug 2024
Labour axes £1.3bn AI funding promised by the Conservatives
Government scraps £1.3bn worth of AI and tech programmes launched by the Conservatives, but says it is committed to building technology infrastructure in the UK through its AI Opportunities Action Plan
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02 Aug 2024
UK broadband altnets unite to push for fairer access regulation, pricing
Five of the UK’s largest alternative fibre network operators have come together to create an alliance and call on UK comms regulator to ensure fair and equal access for all users of nation’s physical infrastructure
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02 Aug 2024
Second round of ChipStart sees 11 more companies receive support
Government-backed ChipStart initiative aims to support UK startups developing semiconductor technology
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02 Aug 2024
FDA approves gene therapy for synovial sarcoma
Tecelra gained FDA approval for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic synovial sarcoma.
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02 Aug 2024
AWS profits and revenue rise as public cloud giant plots AI infrastructure investments
Amazon’s public cloud arm reports its second-quarter results, and states that the second half of this year will see an uptick in infrastructure investments to support the growing demand for AI
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02 Aug 2024
AbbVie acquires Cerevel Therapeutics for $45 per share
AbbVie is expanding its neuroscience portfolio through its acquisition of Cerevel Therapeutics.
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02 Aug 2024
How CrowdStrike is leveraging AI to empower security teams
CrowdStrike CTO Elia Zaitsev explains how the company’s multi-agent AI architecture can help to enhance analyst efficiency and tackle cyber security challenges
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01 Aug 2024
Police hunt scammers after takedown of Russian Coms fraud platform
The National Crime Agency has arrested four people after taking down a phone number spoofing platform used by criminals to defraud hundreds of thousands of people in the UK with more arrests to follow
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01 Aug 2024
Warren slams legal challenges to FTC noncompete ban
As the FTC noncompete ban faces legal challenges, some in Congress including Sen. Elizabeth Warren are supporting the FTC's authority to create such a rule.
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01 Aug 2024
InfoSec community sounds off on CrowdStrike outage, next steps
Security experts offered their thoughts on the recent IT outage, praising CrowdStrike's response time but saying the outage highlights issues in the software updating process.
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01 Aug 2024
Clumio CEO Rick Underwood: Backup remains company focus
Rick Underwood, appointed CEO at Clumio in June, sees data management and machine learning technologies as key for the company's backup software outside GenAI hype in this Q&A.
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01 Aug 2024
New Snowflake service enables secure AI, ML deployment
Snowpark Container Services aims to provide the vendor's users with a secure environment for deploying and managing models and applications without having to move their data.
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01 Aug 2024
Enterprises struggle to find business value with GenAI
Enterprises chase an impractical immediate payback from GenAI and miss opportunities to use less expensive machine learning to solve problems, experts say.
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01 Aug 2024
Ubotica claims further breakthroughs in live Earth satellite intelligence
Space-based artificial intelligence company claims paradigm shift for Earth observation with Live Earth Intelligence, said to revolutionise capabilities and cost efficiency in space sector