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20 Dec 2024
Trump's stance on E-Verify checks shifting over time
By Patrick ThibodeauEmployers remain cautious about how immigration policies will change under Trump, given his waffling over E-Verify checks and the potential for a DACA repeal.
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20 Dec 2024
Post Office creates CTO role to support ‘extensive and complex’ plans
By Karl FlindersPost Office bolsters its IT leadership team as it grapples with massive tech transformation with the nation looking on
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20 Dec 2024
HTI-3 final rule updates information blocking exceptions
By Hannah NelsonThe Health Data, Technology and Interoperability: Protecting Care Access (HTI-3) final rule adds a new information blocking exception to protect access to reproductive healthcare.
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03 Jun 2024
AI Seoul Summit review
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonDozens of governments and tech companies attending the second global AI Safety Summit have committed themselves to the safe and inclusive development of the technology, but questions remain around whether the commitments made go far enough
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03 Jun 2024
Uktech50 2024: The longlist of the UK’s influential tech leaders
By Lis EvenstadUKtech50 received a record-breaking 434 nominations for the 2024 list. Unfortunately, there wasn’t space for everyone in the top 50, and as you can see for yourself in this year’s longlist, it was a difficult decision for the judges
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03 Jun 2024
How poor IT project management failed Birmingham Oracle implementation
By Cliff SaranBirmingham City Council’s Oracle system – the biggest of its kind in Europe – went live in April 2022, resulting in a catastrophic IT failure. We investigate
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03 Jun 2024
Sellafield local authority slammed over response to North Korean ransomware attack
By Tommy GreeneThe local authority for Europe’s biggest nuclear site has been slammed by auditors for its response to a North Korea-linked cyber attack that temporarily crippled its operations
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31 May 2024
Fujitsu set for further £180m deal as Post Office Horizon replacement delayed
By Karl FlindersProblems with the Post Office project to replace its controversial Horizon IT system mean Fujitsu is set to receive up to £180m more in taxpayers' cash to support the system for another five years
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31 May 2024
M247 enhances channel offering and looks to bolster London activity
By Simon QuickeCloud player rolls out updated partner programme and a promotion designed to get customers in the capital spending with the channel
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30 May 2024
Post Office Horizon replacement project labelled 'unachievable' as taxpayer bill reaches £1bn
By Bryan GlickThe project to replace the Horizon IT system in Post Office branches is late, over budget and lacking quality – and government auditors sent in to assess a request for £1bn funding say it is currently unachievable
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30 May 2024
FWD teams up with AWS on cloud
By Aaron TanThe pan-Asian insurer plans to host its core applications on AWS in a five-year agreement that comes on the heels of an earlier deal with Microsoft to tap Azure cloud and AI services
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29 May 2024
Storebrand divests from IBM over supply of biometrics to Israel
By Andrew KersleyNorwegian asset manager Storebrand’s decision to divest from IBM comes amid growing scrutiny of the role technology companies play in Israel’s human rights abuses
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29 May 2024
Organisations value digital trust, but aren’t working at it
By Alex ScroxtonThree quarters of organisations believe digital trust is relevant to their businesses, yet clear gaps in strategies still seem to persist
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29 May 2024
Next UK government must be prepared to legislate on AI, say MPs
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe House Science, Innovation and Technology Committee says the next government should be ready to legislate on artificial intelligence to plug any regulatory gaps
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29 May 2024
Interview: EU data chief Ulrich Ahle on obstacles to Europe’s digital single market
By Mark BallardEU data scheme Gaia-X is trying to plug the UK into Europe’s planned digital single market as opposition mounts to efforts to extend the reach of Europe’s vast and controversial data laws over global supply chains
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28 May 2024
Executive Interview: Why Dell wants to be your one-stop AI shop
By Alex ScroxtonAt Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas, artificial intelligence was the talk of the town as Dell staked out an all-encompassing strategy ahead of an anticipated goldrush. Dell’s Nick Brackney explains why the tech giant believes it's onto a winner
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28 May 2024
Government appoints investigators to analyse Post Office Capture software used before Horizon
By Bryan GlickPC-based accounting software used by subpostmasters in the 1990s will be investigated by forensic specialist Kroll after reports that Post Office workers may have been wrongly prosecuted in the years before Horizon
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28 May 2024
Post Office scandal: Met Police investigation set to go national
By Bryan GlickThe police investigation into Post Office and Fujitsu executives is about to gain the status of a major national investigation – but it could be years before any individuals are charged with crimes or face trial
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24 May 2024
Parliamentarians warn of UK election threat from Russia, China and North Korea
By Bill GoodwinJoint parliamentary security committee chair Margaret Beckett writes to prime minister urging government to prepare for foreign states interfering with 4 July election
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24 May 2024
Over 700 wrongful subpostmaster convictions overturned by new legislation
By Karl FlindersParliament has approved a law that will see hundreds of subpostmasters with wrongful convictions exonerated as one of the government’s final acts before the general election
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24 May 2024
Paula Vennells boasted about removing Horizon risk reference in Royal Mail flotation prospectus
By Karl FlindersA reference to Horizon was removed from Royal Mail prospectus by Paula Vennells in the eleventh hour
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24 May 2024
UKtech50 2024: Vote for the most influential person in UK IT
By Lis EvenstadOur judges have selected the top 50 leaders from a shortlist of more than 400 people – now it’s your chance to tell us who you think is the most influential person in UK technology
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23 May 2024
Government was aware of Post Office strategy to fight subpostmasters
By Karl FlindersFormer CEO Paula Vennells reveals that the government was aware of the controversial Post Office strategies to suppress subpostmasters' campaign for justice
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23 May 2024
Northern Ireland police face £750,000 fine after data protection blunder put lives at risks
By Bill GoodwinInformation commissioner John Edwards uses discretion to reduce proposed fine from £5.6m to £750,000
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23 May 2024
Third police probe into Post Office scandal under consideration
By Karl FlindersThe Metropolitan Police Service is looking into investigating potential corporate and individual crimes committed in the Post Office Horizon scandal
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22 May 2024
Rockwell urges users to disconnect ICS equipment
By Alex ScroxtonICS systems maker Rockwell Automation calls on users to take steps to secure their equipment, and reminds them there is no reason to ever have its hardware connected to the public internet, as it tracks an increase in global threat activity
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22 May 2024
‘You knew’ – former ally accused Paula Vennells of knowing about Horizon problems
By Karl FlindersFormer Royal Mail CEO messaged Paula Vennells following the broadcasting of ITV’s dramatisation of the Post Office scandal, questioning what the former Post Office boss knew and removed her support
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22 May 2024
AI Seoul Summit: 27 nations and EU to set red lines on AI risk
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe countries will now work together to identify thresholds at which the risks presented by an AI model or system would be unacceptable without safeguards in place, as well as develop interoperable safety testing regimes for the technology
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22 May 2024
UK government announces £8.5m in grants for AI safety research
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe funding programme will be directed by the UK’s AI Safety Institute, with grants being used to understand and mitigate the impacts of artificial intelligence, including any systemic risks it presents at the societal level
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22 May 2024
G-Cloud 14: Overseas suppliers risk non-compliance as CCS changes stance on UK VAT requirements
By Caroline DonnellyAfter assuring overseas suppliers multiple times during the G-Cloud clarification period that they did not need a UK VAT number to participate in the framework, government procurement chiefs have now backtracked on this guidance by telling non-UK suppliers to get VAT registered by October or risk being non-compliant
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21 May 2024
AI Seoul Summit: 10 nations and EU recommit to safe inclusive AI
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonDuring the latest AI Summit in South Korea, the participating governments reaffirmed their prior commitments to deepening international cooperation on AI safety, and have agreed to launch an international network of ‘safety institutes’
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21 May 2024
AI Seoul Summit: 16 AI firms make voluntary safety commitments
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonProminent artificial intelligence companies from around the world have committed to a set of voluntary AI safety measures, which includes developing continuous risk assessment processes, setting acceptable risk thresholds, and ensuring greater transparency
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21 May 2024
Parliamentary committee criticises big tech response to election threats
By Bill GoodwinParliamentary committee says tech companies ‘regurgitated publicly available content’ and failed to address questions raised by MPs and peers
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21 May 2024
CIO interview: Nic Granger, director of corporate and CFO, North Sea Transition Authority
By Mark SamuelsSpending time with penguins in the Falkland Islands may not seem an obvious background for an IT leader, but it's worked for Nic Granger as she sets out to overhaul the way data is used in the oil and gas sector
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21 May 2024
Post Office clique deepened Horizon scandal
By Karl FlindersA general counsel annoyed by independent investigators and comms director that bragged about his contacts were part of a Post Office clique with former CEO Paula Vennells
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20 May 2024
HMRC underestimates Single Trade Window project complexity, says NAO
By Lis EvenstadA National Audit Office report on UK border calls on government to have a more realistic approach to digital transformation
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20 May 2024
UK AI Safety Institute to open San Francisco branch
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonNews of the AI Safety Institute’s expansion to the US follows the first public release of its AI safety testing results
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20 May 2024
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange granted appeal
By Bill GoodwinTwo high court judges granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leave to appeal against extradition to the US after defence lawyers argued that the US had failed to give adequate assurances
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20 May 2024
Post Office directors went crawling back to Fujitsu when IBM project got complex, inquiry told
By Karl FlindersMore details emerge about how close IBM came to replacing Fujitsu and its controversial Horizon system at the Post Office
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20 May 2024
The fall from grace of ex-priest and Post Office boss Paula Vennells
By Karl FlindersAs Paula Vennells faces statutory public inquiry into Horizon scandal, Computer Weekly compiles some of its must-read articles about the controversial former Post Office boss
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17 May 2024
MuleSoft integration tackles EDI supply chain data issues
By Don FluckingerSalesforce integrates EDI data into its platform for users who deal with many suppliers -- or distributors -- with MuleSoft in an attempt to solve an age-old integration snafu.
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17 May 2024
Why the UK needs to fix its broken IT security market
By Bill GoodwinOllie Whitehouse, CTO of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, says the market for secure software is broken. Are new laws required to make software companies liable for poor security?
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17 May 2024
Report highlights disagreement among experts on AI safety
By Cliff SaranAn interim AI safety report coming out of the Bletchley Declaration shows AI experts are not in agreement over some of the biggest risks
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17 May 2024
Post Office CEO Paula Vennells ‘didn’t believe there were miscarriages of justice,’ inquiry told
By Karl FlindersAs the nation waits for the impending appearance of former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells at the public inquiry, a former colleague reveals her certainty that there were no miscarriages of justice
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17 May 2024
Post Office considered asking Computer Weekly to review Horizon IT system
By Karl FlindersThe Post Office CIO was tasked by directors with sizing up Computer Weekly for the task of reviewing a forensic investigation into Horizon
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16 May 2024
Post Office IT boss failed to raise concern over false Horizon statements
By Karl FlindersFormer Post Office CIO Lesley Sewell failed to raise concern over Post Office’s false stance on Horizon integrity
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16 May 2024
HMRC Single Trade Window project hits turbulence
By Lis EvenstadLess than a year into the programme to create a Single Trade Window as a digital gateway for traders, HMRC has already gone through a formal dispute resolution process with its supplier
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16 May 2024
Sunak warned against changing foreign student visa rules
By Cliff SaranBusiness leaders have called on prime minister Rishi Sunak not to be pressured into altering the graduate visa route
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16 May 2024
HMRC channel shift to digital ‘too aggressive’, says NAO
By Lis EvenstadHMRC digital services have not had the anticipated effect on customer service it hoped for, NAO report reveals, as the auditor says the department needs to develop more realistic plans
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16 May 2024
Tom Read to bid farewell to GDS
By Lis EvenstadThe Government Digital Service chief is leaving his role, and the civil service as a whole, in June, after three-and-a-half years in charge of the department
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15 May 2024
GCHQ to protect politicians and election candidates from cyber attacks
By Bill GoodwinThe National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, to protect election candidates from hostile state cyber attacks
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15 May 2024
Critical SharePoint, Qakbot-linked flaws focus of May Patch Tuesday
By Alex ScroxtonA critical SharePoint vulnerability warrants attention this month, but it is another flaw that seems to be linked to the infamous Qakbot malware that is drawing attention
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15 May 2024
WikiLeaks founder’s extradition case labelled ‘institutional corruption’
By Charlie MoloneyCall for Julian Assange to be prosecuted in the US has been condemned as ‘institutional corruption on a judicial level’ with the WikiLeaks founder a ‘political prisoner’
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15 May 2024
Government focuses on improving AI security
By Cliff SaranTwo codes of practice are now available to help developers boost the security of their AI applications
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15 May 2024
Comms director at centre of cover-up never thought Post Office were the ‘baddies’
By Karl FlindersHead of communications at the Post Office painted a rosy picture of the error-prone Horizon system when challenged
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14 May 2024
GenAI complicates IT vendor management
By John MooreIT leaders at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium cited the challenge of managing the 'explosion' of GenAI companies while also working with vendors in maturing technology sectors.
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14 May 2024
Scotland’s Post Office scandal victims to be exonerated en masse
By Karl FlindersThe Scottish parliament will introduce its own legislation to exonerate subpostmasters with convictions based on evidence from Post Office Horizon system
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14 May 2024
Cradlepoint enhances MSP programme
By Simon QuickeNetworking player Cradlepoint improves managed service offering to encourage more partners to get behind 5G
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14 May 2024
CyberUK 24: UK insurance industry gets tough on ransomware
By Alex ScroxtonThree of the UK’s largest insurance associations have signed on to a new initiative spearheaded by the NCSC to try to bring down the number of ransomware payments being made
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13 May 2024
Startup partnerships at MIT Sloan event rev sales channels
By John MooreEarly-stage companies featured at MIT Sloan's annual CIO event tap partners to speed up technology deployment and broaden their offerings and distribution channels.
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10 May 2024
UK hails first test of quantum aircraft navigation
By Cliff SaranThe government’s £2.5bn quantum strategy receives a boost with test of quantum technology that gets around GPS jamming
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10 May 2024
MHRA launches AI regulatory sandbox
By Lis EvenstadThe Medicines Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) hopes the AI Airlock sandbox will help in improving safe development and use of medical devices
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10 May 2024
NAO report highlights tech failings in flagship DWP project
By Cliff SaranLack of tech skills, disconnected agile development and non-compliance with government standards are among the issues identified in report
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09 May 2024
Cyber attack victims need to speak up, says ICO
By Alex ScroxtonThe Information Commissioner’s Office is urging organisations to be transparent and learn from each other’s mistakes as it reveals most of the cyber attacks it responds to stem from the same core errors
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09 May 2024
Wales gets UK’s first national SOC
By Alex ScroxtonThe first national security operations centre of its kind in the UK has opened in the south of Wales to safeguard public sector bodies across the country
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09 May 2024
Barrister says Post Office lawyers misled him over Horizon cases
By Karl FlindersSimon Clarke told public inquiry he believes he was misled by Post Office internal lawyers over Horizon prosecutions
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09 May 2024
Fujitsu’s Post Office Horizon admission was ‘bombshell’ amid ‘religious panic’ over reliability
By Karl FlindersBarrister Simon Clarke was representing the Post Office when he discovered an expert witness had misled courts in subpostmaster trials
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09 May 2024
Government injects £1.8m into space tech innovation
By Lis EvenstadFunding is being split between nine projects, covering a range of technologies aiming to support new space capabilities in the UK
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09 May 2024
Ofcom publishes draft online child safety rules for tech firms
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonIn the draft codes, Ofcom calls on technology firms to use ‘robust’ age-checking and content moderation systems to keep harmful material away from children online
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09 May 2024
Currys signs up Microsoft and Accenture to modernise IT
By Cliff SaranIT modernisation programme covers datacentre migration to Azure cloud and roll-out of AI to boost shopping experience
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08 May 2024
Police accessed phone records of ‘trouble-making journalists’
By Bill GoodwinThe Police Service of Northern Ireland ran a rolling programme to monitor phone records of journalists to identify the source of police leaks, it was claimed today
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08 May 2024
Cyber attack ruled out as source of UK Border Force outage
By Alex ScroxtonAn IT outage that caused automated passport control e-gates to crash across the UK has been resolved, with a cyber attack ruled out as the cause
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08 May 2024
Germany: European Court of Justice ruling on EncroChat could lead to new legal challenges
By Bill GoodwinA ruling by the European Court of Justice could prompt legal challenges in EncroChat prosecutions in Germany and other EU states
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07 May 2024
Chinese APT suspected of Ministry of Defence hack
By Alex ScroxtonA cyber attack on the Ministry of Defence is suspected to be the work of threat actors working on behalf of Chinese intelligence
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07 May 2024
Police told in 2016 that Post Office prosecutor withheld evidence of Horizon errors from court
By Karl FlindersA campaigning former subpostmaster told Surrey Police he suspected a ‘possible criminal offence’ when he found details of a Post Office prosecutor withholding evidence in a 2010 trial
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03 May 2024
EU calls out Fancy Bear over attacks on Czech, German governments
By Alex ScroxtonThe European Union, alongside member states Czechia and Germany, have accused Russian government APT Fancy Bear of being behind a series of attacks on political parties and government bodies
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03 May 2024
Lords say government must ‘go beyond’ current approach to LLMs
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonChair of the Lords Communications and Digital Committee has written to the UK’s digital secretary about the government’s approach to generative AI, lamenting a lack of support for copyright holders and measures to ensure competition in AI markets
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03 May 2024
Post Office legal boss withheld details from statutory body reviewing miscarriages of justice
By Karl FlindersThe Post Office’s top lawyer held back vital information when requested by the criminal cases review commission, preventing wrongful convictions from being reviewed
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02 May 2024
NCSC updates warning over hacktivist threat to CNI
By Alex ScroxtonThe NCSC and CISA have warned about the evolving threat from Russia-backed hacktivist threat actors targeting critical national infrastructure, after a number of American utilities were attacked
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02 May 2024
Dropbox Sign user information accessed in data breach
By Alex ScroxtonAccount data belonging to Dropbox Sign users was accessed by an unknown threat actor after they hacked into the organisation’s backend infrastructure
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02 May 2024
Post Office investigators saw subpostmasters as ‘enemies’ – and that’s what they became
By Karl FlindersPost Office investigators were only focused on getting money from subpostmasters blamed for accounting shortfalls, according to a 2013 report commissioned by organisation’s legal boss
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02 May 2024
BBC instructs lawyers over allegations of police surveillance of journalist
By Bill GoodwinLawyers for the BBC have written to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal over allegations that the Police Service of Northern Ireland spied on investigative journalist Vincent Kearney
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01 May 2024
EMEA CISOs must address human factors behind cyber incidents
By Alex ScroxtonThe 17th annual Verizon report on data breaches makes for sobering reading for security pros, urging them to do more to address the human factors involved in cyber incidents, and highlighting ongoing issues with zero-day patching
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01 May 2024
Australia’s Qantas apologises for mobile app data breach
By Alex ScroxtonAustralian flag carrier Qantas has apologised after a glitch in its mobile application temporarily enabled some customers to view the flights and booking details of other frequent fliers on two separate occasions
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01 May 2024
Secure coding benchmark to increase standards among developers
By Alex ScroxtonDeveloper security advocate Secure Code Warrior has launched what it claims is the industry’s first benchmark designed to quantify the security competence of its customers’ software developer teams
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01 May 2024
DWP anti-fraud measures will allow monitoring of bank accounts of landlords, carers and parents
By Bill GoodwinParliamentarians raise concerns that a proposed law to require banks to monitor the accounts of millions of people receiving state benefits could lead to those on welfare being denied accommodation or bank accounts
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01 May 2024
Autonomous weapons reduce moral agency and devalue human life
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonMilitary technology experts gathered in Vienna have warned about the detrimental psychological effects of AI-powered weapons, arguing that implementing systems of algorithmic-enabled killing dehumanises both the user and the target
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30 Apr 2024
Persistent data breaches deny people with HIV dignity and privacy
By Alex ScroxtonThe ICO has urged charities and healthcare organisations that work with people living with HIV to do better when it comes to protecting their personal data, after the HIV status of more than 100 people was accidentally disclosed by London’s Central YMCA
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30 Apr 2024
Keeper to help Williams F1 keep up with cyber challenges
By Alex ScroxtonKeeper Security signs up to support F1 team Williams Racing with credential management ahead of the 2024 Miami Grand Prix
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30 Apr 2024
Global majority united on multilateral regulation of AI weapons
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonForeign ministers and civil society representatives say that multilateralism is key to controlling the proliferation and use of AI-powered autonomous weapons, but that a small number of powerful countries are holding back progress
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30 Apr 2024
Barnsley Council drives social care efficiency with Copilot
By Cliff SaranMicrosoft generative AI tool Copilot is being used to streamline many of the admin tasks Barnsley Council social care workers need to do
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29 Apr 2024
UK’s long-awaited device security law kicks in
By Alex ScroxtonThe Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act has become law across the UK, enforcing basic cyber security standards across connected products sold to the public
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29 Apr 2024
Post Office misjudged campaigner it labelled a ‘bluffer’
By Karl FlindersSocial media, a trade union and tech expertise helped former subpostmasters expose Post Office bug myth
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26 Apr 2024
Microsoft, SAP add more AI to manufacturing, supply chain
By Jim O'DonnellAt the Hannover Messe industrial show, Microsoft debuted Fabric AI for OT and IT data, and the copilot template for factory operations; SAP unveiled AI capabilities for manufacturing.
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26 Apr 2024
Post Office scheme was a ‘charade’ that never intended for large compensation pay-outs
By Karl FlindersThe Post Office established a scheme to compensate subpostmasters affected by tech faults, but it was just a ‘charade’, says Public Inquiry KC
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26 Apr 2024
European Parliament approves platform worker directive
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe approval of the platform worker directive gives member states two years to incorporate its measures into their national legislation, which includes provisions on how to classify the employment of gig workers and deploy algorithmic decision-making at work
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26 Apr 2024
AI not yet making a channel marketing impact
By Simon QuickeLack of guidelines, concerns over data, and a failure to deliver compelling results are hindering adoption of artificial intelligence tools
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26 Apr 2024
Post Office ‘lied’ to subpostmasters when forced to meet them, says former federation representative
By Karl FlindersPost Office executives were forced to meet subpostmasters to discuss an unexplained error in their branch, then misled the branch managers over remote access
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26 Apr 2024
INDO-MIM taps 3D printing in precision manufacturing
By Kavitha SrinivasaThe precision metal parts manufacturer is using HP’s Metal Jet S100 printers to produce components using metal powder for the automotive, healthcare and other industries
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25 Apr 2024
More evidence emerges that Post Office executive misled High Court judge
By Karl FlindersEvidence in the questioning of 35-year Post Office veteran reveals the lengths the Post Office went to in hiding computer system vulnerabilities
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25 Apr 2024
Consolidation and growth are key MSP market trends
By Simon QuickeMarket analysis from tech investment player reveals the factors underpinning continued growth on both sides of the Atlantic
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24 Apr 2024
TD Synnex launches group to focus on AI
By Billy MacInnesDistributor forms group to bring together businesses and individuals with different skills and resources to maximise benefits of artificial intelligence
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24 Apr 2024
TikTok ban sails through US Senate
By Alex ScroxtonA law that will ban TikTok in the US unless its owner sells up pronto passed the US Senate by a landslide majority after being included in a package of military aid