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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.
Application Development News from the past 365 days
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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
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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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
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
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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18 Nov 2024
Post Office IT boss calls for subpostmasters to judge him on his actions
Recently installed Post Office chief transformation officer tasked with replacing controversial IT system tells Computer Weekly the organisation’s leadership understands the challenges ahead
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15 Nov 2024
Post Office to decide on Horizon before April, Fujitsu board considers final contract extension
Chief transformation officer tells Computer Weekly about ongoing work on replacing controversial Post Office Horizon system and extending contract with Fujitsu
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15 Nov 2024
Nvidia powers AI development in Japan and Indonesia
Nvidia is deepening its presence in Japan and Indonesia through partnerships with local cloud providers and tech companies to build sovereign AI infrastructure and local large language models
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13 Nov 2024
Closing in on quantum computing with error mitigation
Current quantum computers are prone to error. IBM’s latest Heron machine uses software and hardware to get better results
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12 Nov 2024
OpenShift AI boosts LLMOps chops with Neural Magic deal
The acquisition of a top contributor to an open source library already linked to OpenShift AI comes as LLMOps fundamentally alters the platform engineering scene.
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12 Nov 2024
Microsoft fixes 89 CVEs on penultimate Patch Tuesday of 2024
High-profile vulns in NTLM, Windows Task Scheduler, Active Directory Certificate Services and Microsoft Exchange Server should be prioritised from November’s Patch Tuesday update
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12 Nov 2024
Zero-day exploits increasingly sought out by attackers
Threat actors increasingly favour zero-day exploits to attack their victims before patches become available, according to the NCSC and CISA, which have just published a list of the most widely used vulnerabilities of 2023
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12 Nov 2024
Post Office requested four-year Horizon extension, as Fujitsu boss arrived at public inquiry
Fujitsu boss says the Horizon system has reached the end of its life and a long contract extension might not be possible
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11 Nov 2024
Post Office scandal not caused by software errors, says combative Fujitsu boss
During a sometimes heated appearance at the public inquiry, Fujitsu’s European boss Paul Patterson said the inquiry has shed light on who is to blame for the scandal
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08 Nov 2024
Government announces Green Paper on future of scandal-ridden Post Office
Consultation process will enable a wide range of people to air their views on the future of the scandal-hit Post Office
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08 Nov 2024
Inside Grab’s platform strategy
Grab’s group CTO talks up the super app’s platform strategy, architecture and organisational structure behind its growth across diverse Southeast Asian markets
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07 Nov 2024
Google DORA issues platform engineering caveats
As with generative AI, the same techniques that can boost enterprise developer productivity can also slow and destabilize overall software delivery.
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07 Nov 2024
Post Office wrongly used public funds to pay for legal battle
Senior civil servant’s appearance at public inquiry reveals Post Office broke spending rules when it diverted money to legal battle
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07 Nov 2024
Post Office appointing third-party reviewer of current Horizon system
According to government representative on the Post Office board, an independent reviewer of Horizon is being appointed
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06 Nov 2024
Gartner Symposium: Why the chance of digital success is random
For some CIOs, there is only a 48% chance their digital business initiatives will succeed, but collaborating with non-IT functions can increase success rates
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06 Nov 2024
Post Office was reluctant to cut costs despite 143 central staff earning more than £100k
Former Post Office minister told public inquiry that Post Office boss did not want to cut central costs, despite how many staff were earning more than £100k
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06 Nov 2024
How enterprises can ride the AI coding wave
GovTech leader urges developers to prioritise value, security and compliance when implementing AI coding tools in enterprise environments
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05 Nov 2024
Post Office data breach caused by botched website upgrade
Data breach exposed personal details of the hundreds of former subpostmasters who had defeated the Post Office in the High Court
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05 Nov 2024
HCLTech to open AI lab in Singapore
The new facility in Singapore will be the latest in HCLTech’s network of global AI labs set up to help businesses deploy artificial intelligence applications and build local talent
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04 Nov 2024
Government’s £600,000 offer to Horizon scandal victims was 'political'
The Post Office was blindsided by the previous government’s decision to offer £600,000 to all subpostmasters wrongly convicted of financial crimes as a result of Horizon failures
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04 Nov 2024
Government to roll out Gov.uk Forms across its websites
The tool, which is already in use, aims to transform how the public fill out applications and information online, making it easier and more intuitive
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01 Nov 2024
IBM Apptio preps FinOps link with Terraform via GitHub
IBM drops another hint about its plans for HashiCorp with a shift-left FinOps integration in private beta, while tie-ins with Red Hat remain an open question.
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01 Nov 2024
Bank of England warns against AI ‘complacency’
UK financial services regulator wants to increase understanding of AI’s benefits and how firms are managing the risks it poses, as take-up grows and use cases increase
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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
Fujitsu boss to face tough reappearance at Post Office inquiry, following inaction and sidestepping
Fujitsu’s European boss will have to justify why promises made at the public inquiry months ago have not been followed through
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30 Oct 2024
Autumn Budget 2024: Chancellor emphasises importance of tech for UK growth
In her first budget, Rachel Reeves reiterated the vital role of technology in delivering economic growth and improving productivity and efficiency in public services
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30 Oct 2024
Alphabet results reveal extent of AI-powered programming
The parent company of Google is using its Gemini generative artificial intelligence tool to code a quarter of new software development initiatives
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30 Oct 2024
No simple replacement for digital evidence rules, says Post Office Horizon trial judge
Judge in Post Office Horizon trial says a more flexible approach to how digital evidence is used in court cases may be required as IT complexity increases
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29 Oct 2024
GitHub Copilot Autofix expands as AI snags software delivery
GitHub Copilot Autofix could help vulnerability management keep pace as the volume of AI-generated code swamps delivery processes, but can AI be trusted to rein in AI?
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29 Oct 2024
Advanced use of IT observability speeds up problem resolution
Organisations with a mature IT observability practice can resolve problems far quicker than those just starting out
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28 Oct 2024
Who is the subject of the Post Office’s Project Tiger investigation?
The Post Office is listening to a campaigner’s complaints almost a decade after ignoring his more serious accusations and warnings
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28 Oct 2024
Inside Google Cloud’s secure AI framework
Google Cloud’s secure AI framework that’s integrated into its Vertex AI platform offers practical tools and guidance to manage the lifecycle, data governance and operational risks of AI
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25 Oct 2024
Dutch critical infrastructure at risk despite high leadership confidence
Stark paradox in Dutch cyber security landscape has business leaders expressing high confidence in their IT infrastructure as cyber attacks rise
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24 Oct 2024
AWS CDK security issue could lead to account takeovers
Aqua Security researchers discovered AWS Cloud Development Kit is susceptible to an attack vector the vendor refers to as 'shadows resources,' which can put accounts at risk.
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24 Oct 2024
Warning shots fired as former subpostmasters have ‘useful’ meeting with Post Office CEO
Acting CEO meets two campaigning former subpostmasters emphasising need for their input into the Post Office’s future direction, including its branch system development
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24 Oct 2024
Nvidia deepens investment in India’s AI ecosystem
Nvidia is expanding its presence in India through new partnerships focused on building AI infrastructure, developing Indian language models and training AI professionals
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23 Oct 2024
Interview: Why Java is the future of cloud applications
The CEO of Azul speaks to Computer Weekly about Java’s performance and its ability to run on different server chips in the datacentre
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23 Oct 2024
Federation requests government investigation into third Post Office branch system
Following public anger over the Horizon scandal and the subsequent unravelling of the controversial Capture system, subpostmaster federation wants third branch IT system to be reviewed
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22 Oct 2024
Change to rules on computer evidence will be an ‘outcome’ of Post Office scandal
The executive currently heading up the Post Office’s investigations department has told public inquiry that rules on computer evidence have to change
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22 Oct 2024
Danish government reboots cyber security council amid AI expansion
Denmark’s government relaunches digital security initiative to protect business sectors and society at large
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22 Oct 2024
Dell CTO: Enterprise AI poised to take off in 2025
After a period of experimentation, the building blocks are in place for wider enterprise adoption of AI, says Dell Technologies’ global CTO, John Roese
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22 Oct 2024
Former Post Office IT boss alleged to have misrepresented alternative to in-house build
Internal Post Office document reveals allegations that former transformation boss misrepresented off-the-shelf option to replace Horizon
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21 Oct 2024
Post Office worker who allegedly told staff to destroy evidence could return, as police investigate
Post Office to allow employee, who allegedly told staff to destroy evidence of possible interest to public inquiry, to return to work during police investigation
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21 Oct 2024
Can AI be secure? Experts discuss emerging threats and AI safety
International cyber security experts call for global cooperation and proactive strategies to address the security challenges posed by artificial intelligence
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21 Oct 2024
Review of late evidence doesn’t change Post Office Capture system report
Conclusions reached in government-commissioned report into pre-Horizon software are unchanged after late evidence reviewed
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17 Oct 2024
Met Police investigating senior Post Office worker over evidence destruction allegation
Public inquiry evidence confirms that the Metropolitan Police are investigating a senior Post Office staff member regarding instructions to destroy evidence
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17 Oct 2024
Sir Alan Bates tells Prime Minister to guarantee Post Office scandal victim redress by March 2025
Campaigner tells Keir Starmer to finalise full and final financial redress to victims of the Post Office scandal by March next year, or face legal action
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16 Oct 2024
Terraform Stacks, HCP Waypoint prompt migration questions
HashiCorp fends off challengers that sell ease of use with fresh infrastructure-as-code abstraction, while Terraform users grapple with a potential move to cloud-first services.
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16 Oct 2024
SUSE sees growth in multi-Linux support and containers
SUSE CEO talks up the company’s double-digit growth, fuelled by demand for its multi-Linux support offering, Rancher container platform and focus on artificial intelligence
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16 Oct 2024
Applying IT observability to deliver business metrics
The complex nature of modern IT requires advanced tooling to ensure systems are running optimally. These tools can also identify business trends
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16 Oct 2024
Former police officer heading Post Office operations did nothing to help innocent subpostmasters
Former chief operating officer did nothing when action could have put a stop to the Post Office wrongful prosecutions
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14 Oct 2024
How Zoom is charting its course towards an AI-first platform
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan talks up his vision for the future of work, the company's transition to an AI-powered platform and what it is doing to stay ahead of rivals
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11 Oct 2024
Post Office believes it took £36m from subpostmasters with unexplained losses
The Post Office wrongly blamed subpostmasters for unexplained account shortfalls and made them cover losses out of their own pockets - then banked the money itself
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11 Oct 2024
Buildkite: CI/CD pipelines still a job for app developers
In an era of platform engineering, Buildkite and its high-scale users maintain that CI/CD pipelines and testing should remain the purview of app developer teams.
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11 Oct 2024
Post Office set to axe in-house-developed New Branch IT software
Troubled business may ditch its plan to build a new core branch system in-house and buy an off-the-shelf alternative
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10 Oct 2024
Post Office dragging its feet getting rid of tainted staff, despite government ‘green light’
Former minister gave Post Office ‘green light’ to take robust action against existing staff with links to Post Office scandal wrongdoing
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09 Oct 2024
Atlassian 'cloud-first' becomes 'enterprise-first'
Atlassian's tune has changed in the past few months, as the company builds bridges to Data Center products and works on FedRAMP cloud compliance.
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09 Oct 2024
Under-fire Nick Read was unprepared for Post Office challenge
Post Office boss Nick Read was not prepared for the task ahead of him when he joined the organisation as CEO in 2019
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09 Oct 2024
Five zero-days to be fixed on October Patch Tuesday
Stand-out vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday drop include problems in Microsoft Management Console and the Windows MSHTML Platform
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08 Oct 2024
Foxconn and Nvidia to build Taiwan’s fastest supercomputer
The supercomputer, powered by Nvidia’s Blackwell architecture, will drive breakthroughs in cancer research, large language models and smart city initiatives
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08 Oct 2024
Post Office IT transformation project was ‘set up to fail’, chairman tells inquiry
Post Office interim chairman tells Horizon public inquiry that the Post Office needs to reset New Branch IT project
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08 Oct 2024
Google to appeal Play Store ruling
Google’s ongoing fight with Epic Games is game-over, after a judge ruled in favour of the developer to open up access to Android apps
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08 Oct 2024
Can the Post Office project to replace Horizon be rescued?
Evidence from the Post Office public inquiry shows huge problems with the critical project to replace the troubled Horizon IT system – after two government-mandated reviews, is there any sign it can succeed?
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07 Oct 2024
Post Office boss Nick Read ‘inadequate, greedy and self-interested’, whistleblowers tell inquiry
Outgoing Post Office boss Nick Read faces public inquiry for three days this week, with no shortage of questions to answer
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06 Oct 2024
Whistleblowers call out ongoing cover-up by Post Office CEO in explosive letter
A letter from Post Office staff to MPs, statutory inquiry chair Wyn Williams and the Post Office chairman demands their intervention and an investigation into the organisation's leadership
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04 Oct 2024
Cups Linux printing bugs open door to DDoS attacks, says Akamai
The Cups Linux printing vulnerabilities disclosed at the end of September would seem to have a nasty sting in their tail, according to researchers at Akamai
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04 Oct 2024
Post Office recruiting tech-savvy board member amid unravelling IT disaster
Public inquiry told that the Post Office is currently recruiting a tech-savvy non-executive director
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04 Oct 2024
Late evidence in Post Office Capture investigation could not be reviewed
Evidence failed to reach investigators in time for report into controversial pre-Horizon Post Office software
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04 Oct 2024
Meta fuels AI innovation in APAC with accelerator programme
Meta launches AI accelerator and incubator programmes to support startups and enterprises in building AI applications using its Llama model
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03 Oct 2024
OpenAI shows developers what is possible with speech tool
The AI vendor introduced four new offerings for enterprises. Its Realtime API is notable for its speech-to-speech capability. Meanwhile, the startup is growing explosively.
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03 Oct 2024
Post Office and Fujitsu: from blood brothers to bad blood
Former Post Office chief transformation officer’s evidence to the public inquiry reveals organisation’s strained relationship with main IT supplier Fujitsu
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02 Oct 2024
GenAI edges closer to enterprise maturity
While many organisations are piloting generative AI applications, few have mature production roll-outs, according to a survey of Computer Weekly readers worldwide
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02 Oct 2024
Post Office spending £80,000+ a week on engineers who can’t work, as IT project burns cash
Revelation is latest evidence of the Post Office’s struggles to replace Fujitsu’s controversial Horizon software used in branches
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01 Oct 2024
Open source is not a trust issue, it’s an innovation issue
Businesses are seeing greater value from open source software, such as greater levels of productivity and reduced operational costs
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30 Sep 2024
Investigation finds 'reasonable likelihood' Post Office Capture software caused accounting losses
An independent forensic analysis finds the predecessor to Horizon IT system was also likely to have caused shortfalls for which subpostmasters were blamed, years before the Post Office scandal
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27 Sep 2024
Printing vulnerability affecting Linux distros raises alarm
Security pros need to get in front of a series of vulnerabilities affecting the Cups Linux printing service after an apparently botched disclosure process saw technical details published in advance of a patch
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27 Sep 2024
More parallels between Post Office Capture and Horizon scandal revealed
Post Office dramatically increased the number of investigations into subpostmasters after Capture Software was introduced
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26 Sep 2024
Fresh crop of startups takes on infrastructure-as-code toil
Emerging vendors, including a new venture from the founder of Chef, set out to put a fresh face on IT infrastructure automation for the platform engineering era.
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26 Sep 2024
Subpostmasters living years with disputed but unresolved debts to the Post Office, inquiry told
Continued errors with the Horizon system mean subpostmasters have unresolved account shortfalls hanging over them for years
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25 Sep 2024
Harness DevOps tools add database, QA automation, AI agents
With a series of updates this week, Harness claims unique support for database DevOps, as well as pipeline generation and UI test automation using AI agents.
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25 Sep 2024
CrowdStrike apologises to US government for global mega-outage
CrowdStrike executive Adam Meyers appears before a US government committee to explain the series of errors that led directly to one of the biggest IT outages in history
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25 Sep 2024
Splunk and Cisco integration moving apace
Splunk is rapidly integrating with Cisco’s technology to enable seamless transitions between their platforms while delivering advanced threat detection capabilities
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24 Sep 2024
Post Office IT department’s focus on chasing a discount meant botched procurement
Post Office IT team and executives slammed for rushing into tech hardware purchase while eyeing a discount
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23 Sep 2024
Microsoft shares progress on Secure Future Initiative
Microsoft has published a progress report on its Secure Future Initiative, launched last year in the wake of multiple security incidents, and made a series of commitments to improve its internal cyber culture
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23 Sep 2024
Fujitsu faces financial challenges, with doubts over its commitment to righting Post Office wrongs
Fujitsu worker tells Computer Weekly that firm only cares about shareholders and not subpostmaster suffering
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23 Sep 2024
Medtech startup brings Oracle AI to bear on cancer drug research
Learn how Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and its cutting-edge AI features are bringing new benefits to cancer care by helping doctors identify better treatment options
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23 Sep 2024
Metro Bank outsources IT to Infosys to cut costs and digitally transform
Indian IT services giant taken on to support Metro Bank’s digital transformation in multi-year deal
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23 Sep 2024
Post Office system still causing unexplained shortfalls for over half of subpostmasters
A quarter of today’s subpostmasters are ‘very dissatisfied’ with how the current Horizon IT system works
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19 Sep 2024
Platform engineers embrace secrets management tool
Pulumi's ESC, now GA, filled an automation gap in multi-cloud identity and permissions management for platform engineers well-versed in general-purpose programming languages.
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17 Sep 2024
First CyberBoost Catalyse startup cohort named
The first group of companies named to a cyber incubator programme run by Plexal and the National University of Singapore includes two growing UK businesses
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13 Sep 2024
Cyber workforce must almost double to meet global talent need
Research from ISC2 finds global cyber workforce needs additional 4.8 million people to fully secure businesses
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12 Sep 2024
Docker pricing changes hike mid-tier costs
Docker adds features but raises Pro and Team prices and adds consumption-based Docker Hub pricing for container image pulls and storage.
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11 Sep 2024
How Sonar is elevating code quality in the age of AI
Sonar’s code quality platform helps developers maintain secure, high-quality code amid the rise of artificial intelligence-based coding assistants, now expanding into the Asian market