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18 Dec 2024
CISA issues mobile security guidance following China hacks
By Alexander CulafiFollowing the Salt Typhoon attacks, CISA offers advice to 'highly targeted' individuals, such as using end-to-end encryption and moving away from purely SMS-based MFA.
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18 Dec 2024
Enterprises shift to on-premises AI to control costs
By Antone GonsalvesIn 2025, many companies will shift to on-premises AI to cut cloud costs that can easily reach $1 million a month for large enterprises.
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18 Dec 2024
U.S. approach to misinformation, AI will shift under Trump
By Makenzie HollandPresident-elect Donald Trump has been vocal in his criticisms of big tech's content censorship power and President Joe Biden's executive order on AI.
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25 Apr 2024
Executive interview: Salesforce AI head discusses dynamic flowcharts
By Cliff SaranBusiness workflows can usually be mapped onto flowcharts which depict the set of actions an IT system takes, but large language models can make this dynamic, according to Jayesh Govindarajan, senior vice-president of AI at Salesforce
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25 Apr 2024
Meta chief lays out long-term AI plan
By Cliff SaranDuring the company’s first quarter earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg and chief financial officer Susan Li discussed Meta’s long-term bet on AI
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25 Apr 2024
Zero trust is a strategy, not a technology
By Aaron TanZero-trust security should be seen as a strategy to protect high-value assets and is not tied to a specific technology or product, says the model’s creator John Kindervag
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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
Mandatory MFA pays off for GitHub and OSS community
By Alex ScroxtonMandating multifactor authentication for select developers has been a huge success for GitHub, the platform reports, and now it wants to go further
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24 Apr 2024
Cyber training leader KnowBe4 to buy email security firm Egress
By Alex ScroxtonSecurity awareness training and phishing simulation specialist KnowBe4 is to buy email security expert Egress
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24 Apr 2024
Experts: IBM buy could change HashiCorp open source equation
By Beth PariseauIBM will buy HashiCorp for $6.5 billion, prompting speculation that being brought under the same roof as Red Hat could alter Hashi's open source trajectory.
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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
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24 Apr 2024
AI firm saves a million in shift to Pure FlashBlade shared storage
By Antony AdsheadAI consultancy Crater Labs spent vast amounts of time managing server-attached drives to ensure GPUs were saturated. A shift to all-flash Pure Storage slashed that to almost zero
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24 Apr 2024
Education will be key to good AI regulation: A view from the USA
By Alex ScroxtonComputer Weekly sat down with Salesforce’s vice-president of federal government affairs, Hugh Gamble, to find out how the US is forging a path towards AI regulation, and how things look from Capitol Hill
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24 Apr 2024
SAP earnings rise, but no support extension
By Cliff SaranSupport for SAP ECC is due to end in 2027. The company hopes customers will choose to buy into its business AI portfolio
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24 Apr 2024
Lords debate amendment to law on use of computer evidence in light of Post Office scandal
By Karl FlindersPeers to debate amending the law on the use of computer evidence in court, which is partly to blame for the wrongful prosecutions of hundreds of former subpostmasters
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23 Apr 2024
Splunk-Cribl lawsuit yields mixed result for both companies
By Beth PariseauCribl did infringe on Splunk's copyright, a California jury found, but awarded damages of only $1. Both sides declared victory, and Splunk vowed to seek injunctive relief.
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23 Apr 2024
FTC bans noncompete agreements in split vote
By Makenzie HollandNow that the FTC has issued its final rule banning noncompete clauses, it's likely to face a bevy of legal challenges.
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23 Apr 2024
Gartner's IT services forecast calls for consulting uptick
By John MooreIT service providers could benefit from a less-constrained tech purchasing climate as enterprises seek to bolster in-house skills with consulting services.
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23 Apr 2024
GooseEgg proves golden for Fancy Bear, says Microsoft
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft’s threat researchers have uncovered GooseEgg, a never-before-seen tool being used by Forest Blizzard, or Fancy Bear, in conjunction with vulnerabilities in Windows Print Spooler
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23 Apr 2024
Enterprise AI: Free, premium or a bolt-on?
By Cliff SaranSaaS providers will have to offer AI in their product mix. But they need to make a huge upfront investment in AI infrastructure, which impacts revenue
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23 Apr 2024
Post Office boss used husband’s descriptions in 'Orwellian' ploy to downplay Horizon problems
By Karl FlindersPost Office CEO sought advice from husband on what words to use in reports to downplay known errors in software, inquiry told.
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23 Apr 2024
Expert investigating Capture system refuses to meet ‘untrustworthy’ Post Office
By Karl FlindersA former Post Office executive has refused to meet his past employer to discuss the controversial Capture system
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23 Apr 2024
Lords split over UK government approach to autonomous weapons
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonDuring a debate on autonomous weapons systems, Lords expressed mixed opinions towards the UK government’s current position, including its reluctance to adopt a working definition and commit to international legal instruments controlling their use
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22 Apr 2024
Fujitsu to cut UK jobs as Post Office scandal fallout hits sales
By Karl FlindersJapanese supplier’s role in the Post Office Horizon scandal is beginning to hurt its UK business, with job cuts announced
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22 Apr 2024
Former Sellafield consultant claims the nuclear complex tampered with evidence
By Tommy GreeneWhistleblower Alison McDermott claims former employer Sellafield tampered with metadata in letters used in evidence during an employment tribunal
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22 Apr 2024
Fujifilm plans to ‘make tape easy’ with Kangaroo SME appliance
By Antony AdsheadFujifilm to add 100TB SME-focused Kangaroo tape infrastructure in a box to existing 1PB offer, as energy efficiency and security of tape make it alluring to customers
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22 Apr 2024
Government provides funding to help innovators navigate regs
By Cliff SaranAI and Digital Hub, backed by almost £2m in funding, will coordinate regulatory advice across CMA, FCA, ICO and Ofcom
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22 Apr 2024
NCSC announces PwC’s Richard Horne as CEO
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonFormer PwC and Barclays cyber chief Richard Horne set to join UK’s National Cyber Security Centre as CEO
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22 Apr 2024
Interview: IoT enables Dutch-French company to provide bicycle and scooter rental
By Pat BransDott’s connected system and mobile app allow users to hire vehicles and ensure safe and compliant rides in 40 cities across Europe and Israel
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22 Apr 2024
Digital Edge punching above its weight in Asia datacentre market
By Aaron TanFast-growing datacentre provider Digital Edge is eyeing business from hyperscalers and counting on its strengths in datacentre operations and local partnerships to stand out from rivals
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22 Apr 2024
Post Office lawyer was a jack of all trades, but failed his own
By Karl FlindersPost Office IT scandal inquiry hears how a lawyer was at the centre of the Post Office’s attempts to prevent problems with its IT system becoming public knowledge
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22 Apr 2024
IT leaders hiring CISOs aplenty, but don’t fully understand the role
By Alex ScroxtonMost businesses now have a CISO, but perceptions of what CISOs are supposed to do, and confusion over the value they offer, may be holding back harmonious relations, according to a report
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21 Apr 2024
Crime agency criticises Meta as European police chiefs call for curbs on end-to-end encryption
By Bill GoodwinLaw enforcement agencies step up demands for ‘lawful access’ to encrypted communications
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19 Apr 2024
Businesses need to prepare for SEC climate rules, EU's CSRD
By Makenzie HollandWhile the SEC's new climate rules and the EU's CSRD are both facing delays, businesses still need to identify methods for collecting and assessing climate data.
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19 Apr 2024
Report reveals Northern Ireland police put up to 18 journalists and lawyers under surveillance
By Bill GoodwinDisclosures that the Police Service of Northern Ireland obtained phone communications data from journalists and lawyers leads to renewed calls for inquiry
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19 Apr 2024
OpenTofu forges on with beta feature that drew HashiCorp ire
By Beth PariseauDefying a HashiCorp cease and desist, OpenTofu 1.7 beta ships with the removed blocks feature and client-side state encryption support long sought by the Terraform community.
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19 Apr 2024
Decade-long IR35 dispute between IT contractor and HMRC prompts calls for off-payroll revamp
By Caroline DonnellyAn IT contractor’s business is on the brink of insolvency after a decade-long IR35 dispute with HMRC
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19 Apr 2024
Unisys reveals no link to development of controversial Post Office software
By Karl FlindersIT supplier finds no evidence that it was involved in the development of controversial Post Office software
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19 Apr 2024
Tech companies operating with opacity in Israel-Palestine
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonTech firms operating in Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel are falling “woefully short” of their human rights responsibilities amid escalating devastation in Gaza, says Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
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19 Apr 2024
CEST: Putting HMRC’s IR35 status checker under the microscope
By Caroline DonnellySince its launch in March 2017, HMRC's online IR35 status checker tool has come under fierce criticism and scrutiny, only exacerbated in recent weeks by the disclosure it has not been updated in five years
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19 Apr 2024
How Manipal Hospitals is driving tech innovations in healthcare
By Aaron TanManipal Hospitals’ video consultation services and a nurse rostering app are among the tech innovations it is spurring to improve patient care and ward operations
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18 Apr 2024
GitLab Duo plans harness growing interest in platform AI
By Beth PariseauGitLab's next release will tie its Duo AI tools to the full DevSecOps pipeline in a bid to capitalize on increased interest in AI automation among platform engineers.
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18 Apr 2024
International police operation infiltrates LabHost phishing website used by thousands of criminals
By Bill GoodwinThe Metropolitan Police working with international police forces have shut down LabHost, a phishing-as-a-service website that has claimed 70,000 victims in the UK
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18 Apr 2024
CSA warns of emerging security risks with cloud and AI
By Aaron TanFew users appreciate the security risks of cloud and have the expertise to implement the complex security controls, says CSA chief executive David Koh
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18 Apr 2024
TUC publishes legislative proposal to protect workers from AI
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonProposed bill for regulating artificial intelligence in the UK seeks to translate well-meaning principles and values into concrete rights and obligations that protect workers from systems that make ‘high-risk’ decisions about them
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18 Apr 2024
Lords to challenge controversial DWP benefits bank account surveillance powers
By Bill GoodwinMembers of the House of Lords are pressing for amendments to the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill following concerns over government powers to monitor the bank accounts of people receiving benefits
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18 Apr 2024
Gov.uk One Login accounts on the rise
By Lis EvenstadSince August 2023, more than 1.8 million people verified their identity using the Gov.uk One Login app, while face-to-face verifications have also increased
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18 Apr 2024
IT expert who helped expose Post Office scandal offers to investigate second controversial system
By Karl FlindersIT expert Jason Coyne, who played a critical part in exposing the Post Office Horizon scandal, said he would examine the Capture System
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17 Apr 2024
DHS funding breathes fresh life into SBOMs
By Beth PariseauProtobom, now an OpenSSF sandbox project, is the first of multiple software supply chain security efforts funded under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program.
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17 Apr 2024
VMware’s APAC customers weigh in on licensing changes
By Aaron TanVMware customers in the region are concerned about higher costs even as they see the benefits of subscription-based pricing and product bundling in the longer term
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17 Apr 2024
Westcoast picks up Spire
By Simon QuickeDistributor Westcoast adds components specialist Spire to bolster the portfolio and add more depth to the Group
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17 Apr 2024
Mandiant formally pins Sandworm cyber attacks on APT44 group
By Alex ScroxtonMandiant has formally attributed a long-running campaign of cyber attacks by a Russian state actor known as Sandworm to a newly designated advanced persistent threat group to be called APT44
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17 Apr 2024
CIO interview: Attiq Qureshi, chief digital information officer, Manchester United
By Bryan GlickFor any IT professional who is also a football fan, there can’t be many more appealing jobs than CIO of a Premier League club – we find out what it’s like to be the IT chief at Manchester United
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17 Apr 2024
VMware: Broadcom faces EU complaint over unfair licensing
By Cliff SaranCEO Hock Tan responds to complaints, opening up partner programme to smaller resellers and standardising on core licensing
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17 Apr 2024
IFS builds AI and automation into ERP to help businesses boost productivity
By Marc Ambasna-JonesChanging of the guard has ERP firm set for renewed focus on AI and core business
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17 Apr 2024
CIO interview: Making datacentres greener
By Cliff SaranWe speak to the CIO of Danfoss about how the company has used HPE GreenLake to improve energy efficiency
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16 Apr 2024
US provides assurances over extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
By Bill GoodwinExtradition of the WikiLeaks founder moves a step closer after the US government gives diplomatic assurances over his treatment in the US. Assange supporters accuse the US of ‘weasel words’
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16 Apr 2024
Post Office boss signed off hush money to cover up smoking gun
By Karl FlindersA former Post Office boss admitted the pain and suffering of subpostmasters could have been avoided had the organisation done the right thing
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16 Apr 2024
CISOs not yet convinced to invest in AI
By Alex ScroxtonCISOs say their eyes are fixed firmly on threats like ransomware and supply chain attacks, and while AI is becoming a threat that needs to be dealt with, it’s not yet an immediate spending priority
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16 Apr 2024
CW Innovation Awards: Gleaning data insights with AI
By Aaron TanHong Kong-based Citic Telecom CPC has built a data platform that leverages large language models to generate insights and speed up data retrieval and analysis
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16 Apr 2024
CW Innovation Awards: Making AI pervasive
By Aaron TanDBS Bank’s AI Industrialisation Programme has been instrumental in industrialising the use of data and artificial intelligence across its business, resulting in over S$370m of incremental economic benefits
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16 Apr 2024
CW Innovation Awards: Arming for efficiency
By Edwin YappFujifilm Business Innovation Australia’s automated scheduling application has been able to schedule unplanned service calls automatically and reduce travel times for its technicians
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16 Apr 2024
CW Innovation Awards: Balancing security and user experience
By Edwin YappThe National University of Singapore’s Safe initiative has strengthened the security of IT systems and end-user devices while prioritising user experience through passwordless access
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16 Apr 2024
Sectigo extends CLM tools to cover SME customer base
By Simon QuickeCertificate specialist responds to changing market dynamics and introduces product aimed specifically at smaller users
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16 Apr 2024
Why Salesforce needs a data management platform
By Cliff SaranThere are reports that Salesforce is looking to acquire Informatica, but such a move needs to fit with its AI and GenAI strategy
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16 Apr 2024
NHS England scouts for national CCIO
By Lis EvenstadThe new national chief clinical informatics officer (CCIO) role comes with a salary offer of up to £146,000 and includes leading NHS England’s Transformation Directorates digital clinical informatics team
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16 Apr 2024
Leil wants to revive MAID as green storage tape substitute
By Antony AdsheadMAID sought to provide energy-efficient disk storage with quicker access times than tape. Estonian startup Leil wants to supplant tape with green storage spin-down SMR drives
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16 Apr 2024
Alan Bates and JFSA won’t back down in fight with government and Post Office
By Karl FlindersOver the past 15 years, Computer Weekly has learnt that Alan Bates and the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance don’t give up, and it would be crass to disregard their plans
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16 Apr 2024
Recognising APAC’s trailblazers in digital transformation
By Aaron TanDBS Bank and NUS were among the top industry innovators that were lauded for various transformational initiatives at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2024
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15 Apr 2024
Nib shutters last datacentre, moves most workloads to AWS
By Stephen WithersThe Australian health and travel insurance provider has closed the last of its seven datacentres, marking the end of its nine-year cloud migration programme
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15 Apr 2024
More social engineering attacks on open source projects observed
By Alex ScroxtonIn the wake of the recent XZ Utils scare, maintainers of another open source project have come forward to say they may have experienced similar social engineering attacks
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15 Apr 2024
Infinigate handed UKI distie role by Ironscales
By Simon QuickeDistributor gets the chance to build on existing relationship with vendor after delivering results across continental Europe
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15 Apr 2024
Swedish company first to use STMicroelectronics chips
By Pat BransPowerful new processors help power next-generation industrial human machine interfaces, starting in the Nordics
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15 Apr 2024
Quickwit claims big advantage in log file search and index
By Antony AdsheadWhen the logs are the data: Startup Quickwit claims late entrant advantage in log file search and index with bigger datasets and better analytics on reduced infrastructure
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15 Apr 2024
EU’s AI Act fails to protect the rule of law and civic space
By Josh OsmanAnalysis reveals that the AI Act is ‘riddled with far-reaching exceptions’ and its measures to protect fundamental rights are insufficient
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12 Apr 2024
Apple iPhone security alert renews spyware concerns
By Alex ScroxtonAn Apple security alert received by users in 92 countries raises fresh fears over ongoing campaigns by users of mercenary spyware products
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12 Apr 2024
UK in critical need of regulation to fight misinformation online
By Josh OsmanMisinformation, where it is generated by AI, poses a serious threat due to the ease with which plausible false content can be created and spread
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12 Apr 2024
Executive interview: Balancing AI with human creativity
By Cliff SaranWe speak to the chief product officer at Getty Images and iStock about the role generative AI can play in the image-making process.
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12 Apr 2024
Government could still replace Fujitsu in key nuclear contract
By Karl FlindersFujitsu’s first government contract of the year could be just a stay of execution as department says that all replacement options are still being considered
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12 Apr 2024
Post Office boss said subpostmasters had hands in till and blamed technology for missing cash
By Karl FlindersFormer boss reacted to 2009 Computer Weekly expose by telling a colleague that 'subbies with their hands in the till' were blaming technology for their own theft
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11 Apr 2024
Facial recognition to play key role in UK shoplifting crackdown
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonUK government will fund roll-out of police facial recognition across the country as part of its crackdown on shoplifting and violence against retail staff, but civil society groups say the government is attempting to police its way out of the cost-of-living crisis
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11 Apr 2024
Former Post Office executive’s neglect prolonged Horizon reliability myth
By Karl FlindersExecutive’s failure to provide terms of reference for a controversial Post Office investigation into its own computer system resulted in a one-sided whitewash report
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11 Apr 2024
AI skills gap blocking public sector take-up
By Alex ScroxtonA Salesforce report claims that a lack of skills in artificial intelligence is preventing effective take-up of generative AI to enhance frontline citizen services across the public sector
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11 Apr 2024
CMA set to tackle interconnected web of strategic AI partnerships
By Cliff SaranGoogle, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Nvidia are all collaborating on AI foundation models, potentially to the detriment of fair, open and effective competition
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11 Apr 2024
How GenAI use is evolving for Google Cloud customers
By Josh OsmanWith more than one million developers now using Google Cloud’s generative AI systems to power their tools, Google customers have gone beyond experimentation and are now building their own agents
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11 Apr 2024
IR35: HMRC restores Github access to deleted CEST source code, but confirms update data lost
By Caroline DonnellyAfter the source code for its much-maligned online IR35 status checker tool was deleted in error from Github, HMRC confirms it has now been re-uploaded, but any data about past updates to the tool have been lost
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11 Apr 2024
Fujitsu public sector contracts dry up in Post Office scandal aftermath
By Karl FlindersDisgraced IT supplier has won just one public sector contract following public anger over Post Office scandal
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11 Apr 2024
Government dismisses Lords’ concerns over facial recognition
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonUK government is claiming police forces’ use of live facial recognition is comprehensively covered by existing laws, in response to a Lords investigation that found police lacked a clear legal basis to deploy it
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10 Apr 2024
Breakthrough may herald secure home quantum computing
By Alex ScroxtonAn emerging approach to quantum security dubbed blind quantum computing may one day help spur mass adoption of quantum computing safely and securely, using technology that is already available today
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10 Apr 2024
Cyber crooks poison GitHub search to fool developers
By Alex ScroxtonResearchers share data on new technique whereby malicious actors are manipulating GitHub’s search function and using cleverly crafted repositories to distribute malware
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10 Apr 2024
Google Cloud debuts agent builder to ease GenAI adoption
By Aaron TanVertex AI Agent Builder is touted to enable developers with different levels of expertise to build conversational AI agents grounded in enterprise data
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10 Apr 2024
Biden considering whether to end prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
By Bill GoodwinUS president Joe Biden says he is considering requests by Australia to end the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under espionage and computer fraud charges
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10 Apr 2024
Subpostmasters stealing from branches ‘didn’t make sense,’ former judge tells inquiry
By Karl FlindersThe former judge who chaired a scheme set up by the Post Office to settle claims against its Horizon system said he told bosses their prosecutions of subpostmasters "didn't make sense"
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10 Apr 2024
The challenges of securing a UK semiconductor supply chain
By Cliff SaranThe UK’s national semiconductor strategy aims to establish the country's credentials as a leader in the sector. We look at how it stacks up
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10 Apr 2024
Salesforce helps customers establish bug bounty programmes
By Alex ScroxtonSalesforce has added new learning content to its Trailhead platform designed to help customers develop their own bug bounty programmes
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09 Apr 2024
Microsoft corks Windows zero-day on April Patch Tuesday
By Tom WalatThe company delivered one of its largest security update releases in recent years with a proxy driver spoofing vulnerability topping the patching priority list.
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09 Apr 2024
Report highlights shortcomings in UK chip plans
By Cliff SaranThe national semiconductor strategy needs to encourage greater collaboration with international parters such as South Korea
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09 Apr 2024
States act on privacy laws as Congress considers new bill
By Makenzie HollandThe American Privacy Rights Act introduced this week aims to establish a national privacy standard that would preempt state privacy laws.
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09 Apr 2024
Google Cloud embeds Gemini across product portfolio
By Aaron TanGoogle Cloud’s Gemini model will power a slew of AI assistant capabilities across its portfolio to bring the benefits of generative AI to developers and enterprise users
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09 Apr 2024
Civil servants more to blame for Post Office cover-up than ministers, says Alan Bates
By Karl FlindersCampaigning former subpostmaster believes the civil service has more to answer for than ministers in the Post Office Horizon scandal
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09 Apr 2024
TeamViewer launches initiative to bring women into sports tech
By Josh OsmanTeamViewer’s flagship SheSportTech initiative aims to encourage more women into sports technology, offering ‘inspiration, training grants and access to unique experiences’
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09 Apr 2024
New Google Gemini AI tie-ins dig into local codebases
By Beth PariseauGoogle ties in its latest Gemini AI model with company-specific data in a new code assistant and Vertex AI updates that also anticipate a coming wave of AI agent development.
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09 Apr 2024
UK plc failing on multiple cyber measures
By Alex ScroxtonGovernment report shows 50% of businesses and 32% of charities reported a cyber attack or breach in the past 12 months and organisations across the UK are failing on multiple cyber measures