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17 Jan 2025
CMS releases final ACA marketplace payment notice for 2026
By Kelsey WaddillThe 2026 updates to the ACA marketplace include calculation updates for risk adjustment, slight changes to cost-sharing reduction loading practices and more.
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17 Jan 2025
Treasury Department sanctions company tied to Salt Typhoon
By Arielle WaldmanThe sanctions were in response to significant cyberattacks by Chinese nation-state threat groups against the U.S. government and critical infrastructure in recent months.
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17 Jan 2025
US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban
By Alex ScroxtonThe 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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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
Daisy survey reveals customers are investing in future-proofing while reducing costs
By Simon QuickeFirm Daisy Corporate Services quizzes customers to lift the lid on concerns and share their planned technology investment areas
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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
Infinigate outlines ambitions for fiscal year
By Simon QuickeDistributor keen to expand channel relationships and increase activity with managed service provider community
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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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15 May 2024
Google ups ante in GenAI with Gemini enhancements
By Aaron TanGoogle has updated Gemini 1.5 Pro with a two-million-token context window and debuted a smaller, lightweight model optimised for high-frequency, specialised tasks
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14 May 2024
Microsoft handles 2 Windows zero-days on May Patch Tuesday
By Tom WalatIn addition to the Windows vulnerabilities exploited in the wild, admins should focus on patching multiple flaws in web browsers from Google, Microsoft and Mozilla.
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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
CIOs play a role in responding to cybersecurity regulations
By Makenzie HollandCIOs will need to pay attention to cybersecurity regulations that often include multiple requirements for businesses to maintain safe and secure IT systems.
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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
QStar launches tape access from anywhere with Global ArchiveSpace
By Antony AdsheadTape veteran provides file and object access to Exabyte scale archives aimed at AI, high-performance computing and hyperscaler storage. Single-site for now, multi-site to follow
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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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14 May 2024
NetApp upgrades AFF all-flash as it targets AI storage
By Antony AdsheadNew AFF arrays offer performance boost for artificial intelligence, while NetApp trumpets its advantages as a provider of sustainable and intelligent infrastructure for all kinds of workloads
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14 May 2024
NHS trust dismisses governors who questioned allegations of email tampering
By Tommy GreeneTwo NHS trust governors who raised questions in a dispute over allegations of email tampering concerning whistleblower Peter Duffy have been dismissed after an investigation that followed their suspension
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13 May 2024
Maria 01 rolls out ambitious pan-Europe startup plan
By Gerard O'DwyerTen-year plan will see pan-Nordic tech startup ecosystem based in Finnish capital
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13 May 2024
Bristol goes live with UK AI supercomputer
By Cliff SaranThe Isambard-AI supercomputer is set to revolutionise AI research in the UK
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13 May 2024
NTT DATA benefits from strong SAP channel position
By Simon QuickeFirm shares full year numbers, breaking records and talking of the trust its SME customer base has in the business
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13 May 2024
Cloud spending continues despite economic challenges
By Simon QuickeResearch from the Cloud Industry Forum explores current customer attitudes and their expectations around the impact of AI
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13 May 2024
How SingPost is delivering on digital transformation
By Aaron TanSingPost group CIO outlines the company’s efforts to leverage AI and automation to improve operations, emphasising the importance of building the right culture as it expands its regional footprint
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13 May 2024
Norway bolsters digital transformation drive
By Gerard O'DwyerNorway’s government backs digital transformation with major capital investment this year
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13 May 2024
Executive interview: AWS’s GenAI innovation opportunity
By Cliff SaranWe speak to the head of the GenAI Innovation Center for Amazon Web Services about AI, tech innovation and IT challenges
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10 May 2024
Data startups at MIT Sloan CIO event aim to fill tech gaps
By John MooreCleanlab, The Modern Data Company and Pyte seek to address data quality issues, metadata management and the perils of multiparty data collaboration, respectively.
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10 May 2024
Major breach of customer information developing at Dell
By Alex ScroxtonAlmost 50 million data records relating to Dell customers appear to have been compromised in a major cyber breach
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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
Slow Ansible Lightspeed adoption might reflect AI qualms
By Beth PariseauCustomers with Ansible Lightspeed in pilots or production remain rare, as concerns about the risks of AI and the need to shore up a solid IT automation foundation prompt caution.
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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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10 May 2024
Knowledge24: GenAI dominates ServiceNow annual user conference
By Clare McDonaldServiceNow put the future use of GenAI at the centre of its annual user conference, Knowledge24
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10 May 2024
Mudd named as Bytes CEO
By Simon QuickeAfter sitting in the hot seat on an interim basis for the past few months, Sam Mudd’s move as Bytes CEO becomes permanent
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10 May 2024
Over 5.3 billion data records exposed in April 2024
By Alex ScroxtonThe number of data records breached in April 2024 hit over five billion, a staggering year-on-year increase
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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
Red Hat bullish on APAC growth, targets automakers and SMEs
By Aaron TanRed Hat is expanding its reach into smaller firms as well as the automotive and other industries to fuel its ‘high-double digit’ growth in the region
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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
Red Hat CTO, Nvidia AI exec reveal joint LLMOps roadmap
By Beth PariseauThe company leaders discussed deepening integration between OpenShift AI and Nvidia NIMs, how they fit into RHEL AI and what's surprised them about AI growth so far.
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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
Executive interview: Adding common sense to generative AI creativity
By Cliff SaranWe speak to the chief scientist at Neo4j about why graph databases should work alongside large language models to keep them in check
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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
Huawei launches exabyte-scale OceanStor A800 at AI workloads
By Antony AdsheadChinese storage array maker announces high-performance NAS that can build out to clusters in excess of 1 exabyte, plus NVMe flash drives of 128TB coming to market next year
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08 May 2024
Infinity Group picks up Pax8 end customer business
By Simon QuickeMove will add more depth to firm’s Microsoft capabilities and support expansion ambitions
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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
Red Hat OpenShift AI links LLMs into hybrid cloud
By Beth PariseauAn extensively updated OpenShift AI will underpin RHEL AI and, if Red Hat has its way, enterprises' AI infrastructure from the edge to the public cloud.
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07 May 2024
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman weighs in on content authentication
By Makenzie HollandOpenAI says it's working on new tools to identify content created by its generative AI tools, as Congress weighs legislation to protect individuals against AI-generated replicas.
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07 May 2024
IBM throws its Red Hat into open source AI ring with RHEL AI
By Beth PariseauIBM and Red Hat open source their first LLMs, but IT experts say RHEL AI is more likely to stand out in the ways it links AI to hybrid cloud infrastructure.
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07 May 2024
Red Hat eyes AI workloads in platform moves
By Aaron TanOpen source juggernaut rolls out offerings to make it easier to fine-tune large language models, among other moves to ease deployment of artificial intelligence workloads
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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
AI and security sparking channel opportunities
By Simon QuickeResearch from Couchbase and ANS has underlined the assistance users need from partners around emerging technologies and defending against the latest threats
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07 May 2024
NCA unmasks LockBitSupp cyber gangster who toyed with pursuers
By Alex ScroxtonThe NCA and its partners have named the administrator of the LockBit ransomware gang, LockBitSupp, as Dmitry Khoroshev, who now faces sanctions and criminal charges
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07 May 2024
Government jumps on Wayve self-drive funding boost
By Cliff SaranDSIT says the $1bn of funding announced by UK startup Wayve shows that a pro-innovation approach to regulation works
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07 May 2024
French MSP saves 30% on cloud costs as it deploys Cubbit
By Antony AdsheadCubbit’s distributed object storage turns on-site capacity into a sovereign and secure cloud. CloudReso.com uses it to supply its customers and save on fees from big cloud providers
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07 May 2024
AWS to invest S$12bn in Singapore cloud infrastructure
By Aaron TanThe latest investment from AWS will bring the hyperscaler’s total planned investment in its Singapore cloud region to over S$23bn by 2028
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07 May 2024
Gartner: Few organisations have mature AI processes
By Cliff SaranSurvey results show that estimating and delivering value from AI projects are among the biggest challenges organisations face
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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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06 May 2024
Microsoft beefs up cyber initiative after hard-hitting US report
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft is expanding its recently launched Secure Future Initiative in the wake of a hard-hitting US government report on recent nation state intrusions into its systems
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03 May 2024
Adobe expands bug bounty programme to account for GenAI
By Alex ScroxtonAdobe has expanded the scope of its HackerOne-driven bug bounty scheme to incorporate flaws and risks arising from the development of generative artificial intelligence
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03 May 2024
Patch GitLab vuln without delay, users warned
By Alex ScroxtonThe addition of a serious vulnerability in the GitLab open source platform to CISA’s KEV catalogue prompts a flurry of concern
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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
Cloud campaign intensifies for Atlassian software products
By Beth PariseauAtlassian plans to continue updating Data Center products, but accelerating cloud updates and migrations touted at Team '24 prompt questions about their long-term future.
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03 May 2024
Wavenet and Daisy join forces
By Simon QuickeCombination will produce one of the largest independent managed service providers in the UK
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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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03 May 2024
Why IAM is central to cyber security
By Stephen WithersBeyondTrust’s chief security strategist talks up the importance of identity and access management, and the role of cyber insurance in driving security improvements
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02 May 2024
AI can be sustainability enabler, but cost is steep
By Jim O'DonnellIn this Q&A, Kumar Parakala of GHD Digital explains some of the benefits of using GenAI in sustainability initiatives, as well as the issues that must be addressed.
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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
Ukrainian national sentenced over REvil ransomware spree
By Alex ScroxtonA 24-year-old Ukrainian man has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison after being convicted of his role in the REvil ransomware attacks
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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
Can SAP Labs’ AI plan accelerate cloud migration?
By Marc Ambasna-JonesTop notch R&D centre shows it is more than just a bunch of boffins with electric cars and robots as it opens doors to AI-curious SAP partners and customers.
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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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02 May 2024
Air IT gains Scottish foothold with SoConnect
By Simon QuickeManaged service player expands its UK coverage with second acquisition of the year
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02 May 2024
Kaseya expands MSP flexibility with 365 offering
By Simon QuickeManaged services specialist launches subscription service that will provide more options for its channel base
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02 May 2024
How Okta is fending off identity-based attacks
By Aaron TanOkta has been bolstering the security of its own infrastructure and building new tools to scan customer environments for vulnerable identities, among other efforts to fend off identity-based attacks
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02 May 2024
With Tribble, RFP writers get their own shot of generative AI
By Don FluckingerSome large enterprises' sales organizations respond to a hundred or more requests for proposals daily. A new GenAI tool from ex-Salesforce execs could ease the workload.
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01 May 2024
Atlassian Jira now a hub for knowledge management, AI tools
By Beth PariseauAtlassian's raft of product updates at Team '24 spanned long-awaited product integrations and previews of AI automation updates, all of which advanced broader ambitions.
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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
Deepfake AI regulation a tightrope walk for Congress
By Makenzie HollandAI-generated content is in the crosshairs of Congress, federal enforcement agencies and the EU as concerns around digital replicas and individual intellectual property grow.
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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
Google Cloud accelerates asteroid discovery for US-based non-profit
By Caroline DonnellyGoogle Cloud opens up about the work it is doing with a US-based planetary science non-profit to help map the solar system
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01 May 2024
Computacenter meeting Q1 expectations
By Simon QuickeFirm shares trading update on first quarter and progress made in first few months of 2024
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01 May 2024
DSIT launches SME training fund
By Cliff SaranBusinesses have up until May 31st to apply for a grant covering 50% of the costs for training staff on AI
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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
IBM boss discusses long-term VM migration opportunity
By Cliff SaranIBM sees a big opportunity to migrate customers to containers and OpenShift, with its $6.4bn acquisition of HashiCorp part of the plan
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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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30 Apr 2024
Arcitecta offers file and object storage with huge transfer rates
By Yann SerraAustralian startup offers single namespace file and object storage with rapid access via a metadata database that puts the right data in the right place according to recent use
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30 Apr 2024
Bad bot traffic in Australia grew 23% in 2023
By Aaron TanTraffic from bad bots that perform malicious tasks accounted for 30.2% of Australia’s internet traffic in 2023
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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
Inside Oracle’s cloud adoption journey
By Aaron TanOracle CIO Jae Evans outlines the company’s approach to migrating its own infrastructure and applications to cloud and what customers can learn from its cloud journey
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29 Apr 2024
UK economy loses £17.6bn due to fixed connectivity outages
By Joe O’HalloranLondon fibre-based business network provider lobbies UK comms regulator to introduce automatic compensation for business networks drive competition on quality and reliability in the business connectivity market
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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