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20 Feb 2025
Microsoft unveils quantum chip Majorana 1 for future advances
Microsoft unveiled Majorana 1, a quantum chip with eight qubits, aiming for a million. It focuses on scalability for breakthroughs in various fields despite current challenges.
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20 Feb 2025
How organisations can secure AI agents
Dan Karpati, Check Point Software’s vice-president of AI, discusses the unique challenges and potential ways to secure AI agents
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19 Feb 2025
Microsoft unveils world AI model for video games
The new type of foundation model is similar to Nvidia Cosmos. While it makes for a better gaming experience, it's also applicable to enterprises.
Desktop and Mobile News from the past 365 days
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19 Feb 2025
Warning over privacy of encrypted messages as Russia targets Signal Messenger
Russia is using phishing attacks to compromise encrypted Signal Messenger services used by targets in the Ukraine. Experts warn that other encrypted app users are at risk
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18 Feb 2025
DeepSeek-R1: Budgeting challenges for on-premise deployments
The availability of the DeepSeek-R1 large language model shows it’s possible to deploy AI on modest hardware. But that’s only half the story
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17 Feb 2025
‘Times are hard’ for fintech but latest report reveals glimmer of recovery
Fintech investment in the UK hit a four-year low last year, as the wider EMEA region saw the lowest numbers in eight years
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14 Feb 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Geographic expansion, partner programmes, fresh warehouses and attempts to increase trust levels in artificial intelligence have all been happening over the past few days
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14 Feb 2025
Top cryptography experts join calls for UK to drop plans to snoop on Apple’s encrypted data
Some of the world’s leading computer science experts have signed an open letter calling for home secretary Yvette Cooper to drop a controversial secret order to require Apple to provide access to people’s encrypted data
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13 Feb 2025
UK accused of political ‘foreign cyber attack’ on US after serving secret snooping order on Apple
US administration asked to kick UK out of 65-year-old UK-US Five Eyes intelligence sharing agreement after secret order to access encrypted data of Apple users
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13 Feb 2025
EU looks to ramp up sovereign tech as Trump trade war begins
Trump’s trade war is now looking at the EU, with tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. Could US tech be in the firing line?
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13 Feb 2025
Insight lists AI, security and 5G among channel opportunities
Channel player Insight is the latest to share its view of which trends are worth getting involved with this year
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13 Feb 2025
Interview: Why Samsung put a UK startup centre stage
The launch of the flagship Galaxy S25 smartphone from Samsung showcased AI innovation from a company spun out of Oxford University
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11 Feb 2025
MPs demand bank bosses come clean over IT outages following Barclays crash
Treasury committee wants banks to provide details of how IT failures have affected their businesses over the past two years
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11 Feb 2025
Quocirca: AI is a managed print services opportunity
Market watcher shares insights into how print vendors and partners are gearing up to take advantage of growing demand for artificial intelligence
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10 Feb 2025
Apple: British techies to advise on ‘devastating’ UK global crypto power grab
A hitherto unknown British organisation – which even the government may have forgotten about – is about to be drawn into a global technical and financial battle, facing threats from Apple to pull out of the UK
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10 Feb 2025
Unionised drivers to stage ride-hailing app strike
Drivers employed by Uber, Bolt and Addison Lee are set to log off for six hours on 14 February 2025 in long-running disputes over poor pay, work conditions and algorithmic transparency
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05 Feb 2025
Dell shares details of 2025 partner programme
Focus is on artificial intelligence, PC refresh, storage and collaborating more closely with the channel to support growth
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03 Feb 2025
Verizon, AST SpaceMobile get into orbit to end mobile dead zones
Leading US operator looks to conquer remaining mobile dead zones through space-based communications with growing satco
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03 Feb 2025
Westminster to trial free single sign-on Wi-Fi across central London
Global trade body for wireless connectivity reveals big switch-on of seamless roaming experience across the many disparate Wi-Fi networks in the UK capital
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31 Jan 2025
Police swoop on Sky ECC cryptophone distributors in Spain and Holland
Dutch and Spanish police have arrested four people accused of making millions of euros by distributing Sky ECC encrypted phones to criminal organisations
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31 Jan 2025
Barclays hit by major IT outage on HMRC deadline day
Customers of Barclays Bank are left unable to access web app and online banking following a significant IT outage that seems to have come at the worst possible time
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31 Jan 2025
Intel axes Falcon Shores amid market challenges
Intel decides its limited resources would be better spent on Falcon Shores' successor, Jaguar Shores.
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31 Jan 2025
Vodafone claims video call over satellite landmark
Leading European telco Vodafone unveils results of test using low Earth orbit satellite for WhatsApp video call to a smartphone in a location that suffers from lack of traditional mobile connectivity
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31 Jan 2025
How Zebra is empowering frontline workers through tech
Zebra Technologies’ CEO Bill Burns discusses the company’s growth strategy and how it is enhancing frontline worker capabilities through machine vision, artificial intelligence and robotics
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30 Jan 2025
Microsoft’s results show cloud AI balancing act
CEO acknowledges efficiency of DeepSeek and need to assess model optimisation rather than just buying more AI servers
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30 Jan 2025
Starlink delivers connectivity to Oracle Enterprise Communications
Cloud and database service provider teams with leading satellite constellation to enable high-speed connectivity to address challenge of providing reliable and high-speed enterprise connectivity in areas historically lacking infrastructure
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30 Jan 2025
Covid effect opens door to music learning through Icelandic innovation
Icelandic tech startup Moombix describes itself as an ‘Uber for music lessons’. Its founder tells Computer Weekly why
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29 Jan 2025
DigiValet checks in with Crestron to deliver smart hotel experiences
Partnership to see integration of guest experience platform with control systems for widespread distribution of guest-facing services in the hotel industry
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28 Jan 2025
Over 40 journalists and lawyers submit evidence to PSNI surveillance inquiry
Angus McCullough, who is leading a review into the police surveillance of journalists and lawyers in Northern Ireland, says victims will be informed if they were unlawfully spied on – subject to ‘legal constraints’
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27 Jan 2025
Freshwave deploys all-operator 4G in-building connectivity to City of London
Connectivity infrastructure-as-a-service provider fits out in-building mobile connectivity from all the UK mobile operators to 8 Bishopsgate location, with sixteen occupiers already signing up to the service
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27 Jan 2025
Boldyn Networks boosts private 5G with Smart Mobile Labs acquisition
UK shared network infrastructure provider furthers business expansion with strategic purchase of German private 5G network and turnkey applications company
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24 Jan 2025
SITA takes off with Cathay Pacific to expand global network connectivity
Air transport IT provider to enhance airline’s operations with high-speed connectivity across 51 airports worldwide, optimising access to cloud technology
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24 Jan 2025
Businesses warned of scale of e-waste problem
With the focus on recycling, remanufacturing and disposing of hardware sustainably, there is a chance for the channel to share solutions to the challenge
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24 Jan 2025
StarHub, Nokia partner on network APIs to drive 5G, 4G application development
Telco and comms tech provider target new applications for enterprises in use cases such as banking, finance, ports and online streaming through Network as Code platform developer portal
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23 Jan 2025
Apple and Google app stores come under CMA scrutiny
The Competition and Markets Authority in the UK is looking at whether the Play Store and App Store support innovation and are pro-competition
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23 Jan 2025
ICO launches major review of cookies on UK websites
ICO sets out 2025 goals, including a review of cookie compliance across the UK’s top 1,000 websites, as it seeks to achieve its ultimate goal of giving the public meaningful control over how their data is used
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23 Jan 2025
Samsung unpacks Galaxy AI’s personal data engine
The headlines are the Galaxy S25 line-up, but the hardware is powered by Samsung’s ambition to develop an AI ecosystem
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23 Jan 2025
Zebra gallops ahead in APAC, driven by automation and e-commerce
Zebra Technologies is riding the wave of e-commerce and automation in APAC, fuelling strong growth with RFID technology, tablets and scanners that boost business productivity and efficiency
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22 Jan 2025
How smartphones are transforming global health
Shyam Gollakota, winner of the 2024 Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer Science, is bringing medical care to underserved communities through with smartphone-based diagnostic tools
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21 Jan 2025
Intel Foundry gains new defense clients for 18A process
Intel Foundry secures defense contracts with Trusted Semiconductor Solutions and Reliable MicroSystems, highlighting confidence in its 18A manufacturing process.
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21 Jan 2025
Government to launch Gov.uk Wallet
The digital wallet will allow citizens to have government-issued documents, including a digital driver’s licence, on their phone, alongside a new Gov.uk app
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21 Jan 2025
Greek authorities subject refugees to invasive surveillance
Greek border authorities are subjecting asylum seekers to invasive phone confiscations and artificial intelligence-powered surveillance, in another potential violation of European data protection laws
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20 Jan 2025
Freshwave seeds 5G agritech innovation at National Robotarium
Centre for robotics, AI and automated technologies teams with connectivity firm to investigate and test robotics on private 5G networks for tomorrow’s agriculture industry
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20 Jan 2025
Three UK sets out to build largest mobile packet core in Europe
Soon-to-merge operator announces major technology roll-out across Europe with next-generation cloud-native core network – claimed to be largest in Europe – more than tripling its core capacity to 9Tbps
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20 Jan 2025
The death of the piggy bank marks coming of age of a fintech
Fintech is a broad church that can be applied to high finance and child savings alike, as the team at startup Those Beyond have demonstrated
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17 Jan 2025
US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban
The US Supreme Court has upheld a legal ban on TikTok, meaning that the video-sharing application will be shut down from midnight on Sunday 19 January
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17 Jan 2025
Comms, tech providers drive cross-border 5G highway in France, Germany
5G Autobahn to Autoroute project to connect the cities of Metz in France to Saarbrücken in Germany with advanced mobility
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16 Jan 2025
Russia’s Star Blizzard pivots to WhatsApp in spear-phishing campaign
The Russian cyber spy operation known as Star Blizzard changed tactics after a takedown operation by Microsoft and the US authorities, turning to widely used messaging platform WhatsApp to try to ensnare its targets
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16 Jan 2025
Google lowers Gemini pricing, pressuring Microsoft Copilot
Google introduces new Gemini pricing in Workspace, making AI features available at $14 per user, per month, challenging Microsoft's Copilot in 365.
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16 Jan 2025
Sunderland self-driving bus project gains autonomy provider
Oxford-based connected vehicle software provider announced as key partner for autonomous transport initiative
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16 Jan 2025
BT unveils 5G Standalone network slicing deployment first in Belfast
UK’s leading telco BT announced the first real-world deployment of 5G Standalone network slicing capabilities in a slicing trial that brought payments to Belfast Christmas Market in December 2024
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16 Jan 2025
UK Home Office reveals new approach to deliver Emergency Services Network
IT partners announced to get over-budget emergency services communications network back on track
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16 Jan 2025
Global IT spending to soar in 2025
S&P Global Ratings expects a 9% surge in global IT spending for 2025, fuelled by demand for AI and cloud technologies, despite potential trade headwinds and a slowing global economy
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15 Jan 2025
Users protest, flee TikTok as clock ticks on US ban
As the US Supreme Court prepares to rule on the future of TikTok, rumours of a sale are swirling around Washington DC while panicked users make plans for an exodus
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15 Jan 2025
JLR and Tata team to deliver smarter, data-driven, connected cars
Jaguar Land Rover partners with digital ecosystem enabler to ‘supercharge’ next-generation vehicle connectivity with real-time vehicle location services, smarter driving experiences and increased software-over-the-air updates
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14 Jan 2025
Connectivity second only to location in property-leasing decisions
Study from neutral host providers discovers how Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity have overtaken traditional priorities such as price and amenities as top considerations for businesses choosing commercial properties
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14 Jan 2025
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus deploys private 5G connectivity
Technology laboratories, startups and research institutions at leading UK research facility are set to benefit from private 5G network connectivity
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14 Jan 2025
Internet of things management platform market breaks $1bn barrier in 2024
Study finds IoT connectivity management platforms facing headwinds, with suppliers exiting industry and others rethinking product and pricing strategies
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14 Jan 2025
Ericsson enhances enterprise 5G portfolio with generative AI virtual expert
Comms tech provider looks to simplify network operations through launch of generative AI-based virtual expert designed to enhance enterprise 5G network administration
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13 Jan 2025
HPE opens shop for retail-ready networks
Security-first, AI-powered capabilities said to help retailers improve customer experience and operational efficiency, detecting negative impacts and transmitting remedies to improve the omnichannel experience
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13 Jan 2025
Gramedia speeds up inventory checks with RFID
Indonesian bookstore giant has sped up inventory checks, minimised shrinkage and improved customer experience with RFID-powered checkout kiosks and exit gates
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10 Jan 2025
AI PC sales slow amid high costs, limited software
AI PC sales are lagging, despite an uptick in overall PC shipments. The lack of compelling use cases and high prices are hampering upgrades.
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10 Jan 2025
UK fintech investment drops by almost double global average
Global fintech investments fell 20% compared to 37% in the UK, according to latest Innovate Finance figures
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09 Jan 2025
PC makers use CES to showcase AI PC efforts
A range of AMD, Intel and ARM-powered PCs with neural processing units are aiming to boost office productivity
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09 Jan 2025
Gamma integrates Coolwave technologies
Comms specialist provides international service providers and hyperscalers with more voice and SMS functionality
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09 Jan 2025
CES 2025: Intel gears up for automotive drive
IT giants eye up opportunities in software-defined vehicle sector with offering designed to drive down total cost of development and deployment while empowering automakers to build the future of mobility faster
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07 Jan 2025
Intel expands Core Ultra AI chips amidst market competition
PCs with Intel's new Core Ultra AI chips for gamers will hit the market starting in February. Previous Core Ultra releases targeted business PCs and the edge.
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07 Jan 2025
CES 2025: QNX claims industry-first automotive digital cockpit
BlackBerry division launches framework allowing OEMs to virtualise development of digital cockpits in the cloud, enabling architects and developers to design, test and refine code, and streamline processes
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07 Jan 2025
CES 2025: Qualcomm gets more Aware with industry-connected intelligence
Connected processor and artificial intelligence company adds observability, monitoring and location services to enable the development of IoT solutions that meet specific needs and challenges of enterprises across industries and use cases
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06 Jan 2025
G+D looks to turn packages into IoT devices with Smart Label
New smart label said to enabling cost-effective and versatile tracking for a variety of applications through internet of things and in some use cases ‘revolutionising’ the global finance supply chain
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06 Jan 2025
How Toyota is transforming its digital employee experience
The traditional way of handling IT issues through helpdesk tickets generally delivers an unsatisfactory user experience – something Toyota is looking to rectify in its business this year
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06 Jan 2025
Revised NHS App key to tackling waiting list
The updated app is being positioned as a streamlined approach for patients and NHS providers to communicate and book appointments
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02 Jan 2025
Foodora tests drone and robot deliveries in Sweden
Food delivery firm tests out drone and robot deliveries in Swedish capital
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30 Dec 2024
Top 10 financial services stories of 2024
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 financial services stories of 2024
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23 Dec 2024
2024 review: Main themes in the channel
MicroScope takes a look back at some of the main themes that affected the channel over the past 12 months
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20 Dec 2024
Railway connectivity on track to break $1bn revenue mark
Research finds spending on Future Railway Mobile Communication System based on 5G and LTE networks will gain speed over the next three years, with Asia being the engine of growth
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19 Dec 2024
Nokia and e& UAE claim world first in end-to-end network slicing for premium apps
Intent-based network slicing solution allows leading MENA operator to enhance user experiences for premium services such as enterprise applications
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19 Dec 2024
Vodafone, Google unite to improve customer experience
Vodafone and Google team up to boost 5G upload speeds for Pixel users with the introduction of new MIMO technology to support demand for high-quality, immersive and interactive applications
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19 Dec 2024
French court refuses to expedite trial of Sky ECC cryptophone distributor Thomas Herdman
Canadian businessman Thomas Herdman, who was arrested by French police despite agreeing a deal to cooperate with US investigators, has been denied bail after 42 months in pre-trial detention
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18 Dec 2024
Verizon, Nvidia launch 5G-powered AI service for enterprises
Telco combines secure private next-gen mobile network and private mobile edge compute with leading AI processor firm’s technology to deliver real-time AI services at the edge
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18 Dec 2024
Top 10 Kubernetes and storage stories of 2024
In this 2024 review, Computer Weekly looks at Kubernetes’ evolution from stateless application runtime to enterprise-ready environment for cloud-native with persistent storage and data protection
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17 Dec 2024
Conservative MP adds to calls for public inquiry over PSNI police spying
Conservative MP David Davis calls for a public inquiry following a court ruling that the PSNI and Metropolitan Police unlawfully placed journalists under electronic surveillance
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17 Dec 2024
Top 10 telecoms stories of 2024
Over the past 12 months, the telecoms market has seen a wave of new technologies, both in the fixed and wireless sector, and even the opening of a new computing space defined by the internet of things
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17 Dec 2024
Top 10 end user computing stories of 2024
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 end user stories of the year, overlooking the growth of new PC form factors and devices equipped with neural processing units for AI acceleration
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16 Dec 2024
Morse Micro intros Wi-Fi HaLow router
Wi-Fi HaLow chips provider announces launch of first reference-designed access point based on low-power wireless standard expanding its suite of internet of things evaluation tools
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16 Dec 2024
Nokia claims European 5G cloud RAN and standalone mmWave firsts
Comms tech provider claims milestones in radio access networks and fixed wireless access connectivity, looking to provide more agile network services to customers by bringing network usage closer to the edge and closing digital divide
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13 Dec 2024
Mobile industry unlocks new opportunities with open APIs
Intelligence arm of global mobile trade association finds significant progress made by mobile industry and cloud providers when it comes to opening up their networks to developers through open APIs
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13 Dec 2024
Record levels of data consumption on VMO2 networks
Research from UK comms provider shows as British workers returned to the office in 2024, its network dealt with record levels of data consumption, including an 8.1% rise in broadband usage and a 9% uplift year-on-year on mobile data
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12 Dec 2024
Nokia and Motorola integrate drone tech for public safety and mission-critical industries
AI-enabled 4G/5G drone-in-a-box solution to offer enhanced situational awareness, remote operations and faster decision-making to help first responder agencies and industries
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10 Dec 2024
iOS vuln leaves user data dangerously exposed
Jamf threat researchers detail an exploit chain for a recently patched iOS vulnerability that enables a threat actor to steal sensitive data, warning that many organisations are still neglecting mobile updates
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09 Dec 2024
Security, cloud and commercial inkjet driving print channel growth
Kyocera has shared its expectations for the year ahead, pointing its channel partners in the direction of areas where there should be high levels of activity
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09 Dec 2024
Bahrain faces legal action after planting Pegasus spyware on UK blogger
A court has given the go-ahead to UK-based blogger Yusuf Al-Jamri to seek damages from the Kingdom of Bahrain after it deployed spyware from Israel’s NSO Group to hack his phone
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06 Dec 2024
US TikTok ban imminent after appeal fails
TikTok’s appeal against a US government ban has failed, with a judge dismissing its arguments that its First Amendment free speech rights are being restricted
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05 Dec 2024
CMA gives Vodafone-Three merger green light
The deal is on. Now Ofcom will need to ensure Vodafone-Three doesn’t raise consumer or wholesale mobile network prices
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05 Dec 2024
Sateliot closes €30m financing with EIB for satellite IoT
Long-term lending institution of the European Union announces first venture debt operation with Spanish space company to aid internet of things connectivity
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04 Dec 2024
Vodafone UK, eSIM Go look to remove MVNO barriers to entry
Embedded subscriber identity module provider and operator look to allow organisations with subscription model able to provide UK mobile services via rapid, automated MVNO-in-a-box enablement without upfront risk, cost or commitment
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04 Dec 2024
FOSS security concerns increase amid widespread adoption
A new report from the Linux Foundation, OpenSSF and Harvard University calls for transparency and standardization to address growing security risks in open source software.
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04 Dec 2024
Quocirca: Print industry must promote remanufactured goods programmes
Printer world continuing to improve its green position through a range of internal and external moves, but there needs to be more promotion of remanufactured goods
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03 Dec 2024
F1 heightens fan experiences with the power of Salesforce
Learn how the technical teams behind Formula One are using Salesforce’s tools to enhance fan activation and engagement at 24 races across the world, and how they are bringing AI into play with Agentforce capabilities
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02 Dec 2024
Bin lorries drive Scotland’s largest mobile network study
Study in Glasgow region to gather data about throughput speed, signal strength, network generation and frequency band from the UK’s four mobile operators while people’s bins are being emptied
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29 Nov 2024
Atos readies ‘adaptive and intimate’ Invictus Games IT service
IT services company will ship 50 of its staff from Europe to Canada to work onsite at the tournament in February 2025
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28 Nov 2024
Eseye looks to Sateliot to ‘revolutionise’ global IoT
Global IoT connectivity provider looks to the skies to expand and enhance internet of things reach, going beyond the current cellular offer
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28 Nov 2024
Farmers tap IoT and AI to increase chicken health and egg yield
Innovate UK grant funds project that uses sensor technology to improve the health and welfare of laying hens while increasing productivity, efficiency and industry resilience