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15 Jul 2024
J.D. Vance is a Silicon Valley insider and tech policy critic
By Makenzie HollandJ.D. Vance's tech policy is likely to focus on bolstering competition with China while addressing perceived political biases amid big tech platforms like Google and Meta.
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15 Jul 2024
Judge allows AI lawsuit against Workday to proceed
By Patrick ThibodeauA court partially allows a lawsuit against Workday to advance, raising questions about AI's role in hiring. The case may set precedent for applying discrimination laws to AI tools.
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15 Jul 2024
AI readiness requires buy-in, technology and good governance
By Eric AvidonWith interest in natural language processing, predictive analytics and other augmented intelligence rises, more than tooling is needed for enterprises to properly prepare.
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08 Aug 2023
Many UK organisations considering ChatGPT bans on employee devices
By Alex ScroxtonMore than 60% of organisations in the UK have either banned, or are considering banning, the use of generative AI tools on employee- or business-owned devices
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08 Aug 2023
Blundstone taps Microsoft Dynamics 365 in ERP refresh
By Aaron TanIconic footwear company has migrated its legacy ERP system to Dynamics 365 to support the demands of its growing business
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07 Aug 2023
EU's antitrust probe into Microsoft comes too late
By Makenzie HollandThe EU's history of conduct over structural remedies to allay competition concerns means its Microsoft probe likely won't result in a substantial impact on the company.
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07 Aug 2023
NHS trust suspends two governors as whistleblower email dispute continues
By Tommy GreeneGovernors at an NHS trust have been suspended after asking questions about emails used to bring a General Medical Council investigation against a whistleblower
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07 Aug 2023
Microsoft fixes Azure flaw that was subject of researcher criticism
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft has confirmed a potentially-dangerous flaw in the Azure platform has now been fully fixed, and moved to reassure customers that despite criticism it is committed to responsible disclosure and timely fixes
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07 Aug 2023
HPE’s Alletra MP marries storage to cloud and software-defined choices
By Yann SerraHPE’s Alletra was launched in April with an architecture that ties in with GreenLake consumption purchasing, SaaS configuration and addition of software-defined storage services
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07 Aug 2023
Rise in fraudsters spoofing the websites of leading UK banks
By Alex ScroxtonDespite safeguards to protect customers from scams, UK retail banks are still seeing high volumes of fake phishing websites exploiting their brands, and the problem seems to be increasing in scope and scale
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04 Aug 2023
SAP called out by German user group for Rise U-turn
By Cliff SaranGerman SAP user group Deutschsprachige SAP-Anwendergruppe calls on SAP for clarity around on-premise S/4Hana product enhancements
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04 Aug 2023
Log4Shell, ProxyShell still among most widely exploited flaws
By Alex ScroxtonStatistics released by the collective Five Eyes cyber agencies reveals insight into the most exploited vulnerabilities of 2022, and unsurprisingly there are some old ‘friends’ on the list
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04 Aug 2023
Biden’s SBOM mandate a ‘shot heard around the world’, report says
By Alex ScroxtonTwo years and three months after Joe Biden mandated new standards in supply chain security, over 40% of UK respondents to a survey say they have implemented new SBOM policies in direct response
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03 Aug 2023
IT pros mull observability tools, devx and generative AI
By Beth PariseauObservability as a common language for both developers and operations teams still has plenty of room for improvement in the era of platform engineering, according to experts.
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03 Aug 2023
White House receives feedback on national AI priorities
By Makenzie HollandThe White House plans to use public input on national priorities for AI to guide its adoption of a broad, comprehensive national AI strategy focused on AI's risks and benefits.
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03 Aug 2023
Scottish NHS trust ducks fine after staff shared patient data via WhatsApp
By Alex ScroxtonNHS Lanarkshire has been issued a formal reprimand by the ICO after staff members used WhatsApp to share patients’ personal data with one another
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03 Aug 2023
Plexal takes on new cohort for cyber security leadership scheme
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonSix more cyber security startup founders have been selected to take part in Plexal’s latest Cyber Runway Ignite programme, which is designed to help them develop their leadership skills
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03 Aug 2023
UK government recruits panel to focus on semiconductors
By Cliff SaranA panel of experts is being recruited as part of the government's national semiconductor strategy to ensure the UK’s chip sector can grow
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03 Aug 2023
Microsoft attacked over ‘grossly irresponsible’ security practice
By Alex ScroxtonThe CEO of Tenable has launched a scathing attack on Microsoft, asserting that the organisation is deliberately keeping its Azure cloud customers in the dark about dangerous vulnerabilities and accusing it of a culture of ‘toxic obfuscation’
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03 Aug 2023
India’s booming IT market driving up wages
By Aaron TanMajority of India’s IT pros expect their pay to increase in the next 12 months, underscoring the country’s tight IT labour market fuelled by a booming tech sector, study finds
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03 Aug 2023
Hybrid quantum workflow offers potential for hydrogen fuel cell efficiency
By Cliff SaranBMW, Airbus and Quantinuum have collaborated on a project to simulate a reaction that could pave the way to more efficient hydrogen fuel cells
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02 Aug 2023
Hiring women could close tech skills gap, say tech professionals
By Clare McDonaldFirms sometimes struggle to find the technology talent they need, but encouraging women into the sector could help them to find the skills they’re looking for
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02 Aug 2023
Ivanti MDM users told to patch against two dangerous flaws
By Alex ScroxtonUsers of Ivanti’s mobile device management platform have been warned to act now to patch two vulnerabilities that were chained by a threat actor in a series of cyber attacks on the Norwegian government
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02 Aug 2023
Wirral Council set to deploy Microsoft Fabric data platform
By Cliff SaranThe platform, which is being developed in collaboration with Simpson Associates, will be used to aid decision-making and improve operations
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02 Aug 2023
Cubbit offers cut-price cloud with DS3 distributed storage
By Antony AdsheadCubbit’s DS3 offers cloud at up to 20% the cost of the main providers via on-premise software that builds a cloud with other users and targets unstructured data use cases such as backup
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02 Aug 2023
Improved rural connectivity could add £65bn to UK economy
By Joe O’HalloranStudy from leading operator and economic consultancy points to potential massive economic boost to UK rural communities through increased digital connectivity and if long-standing obstacles are removed
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01 Aug 2023
Tech events tout sustainability, need meaningful metrics
By Jim O'DonnellSome companies are trying to make their events more environmentally responsible, but claims such as carbon offsetting must be examined carefully.
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01 Aug 2023
Experts expect Sumo Logic match post-New Relic acquisition
By Beth PariseauNew Relic and Sumo Logic were both taken private by the same firm, as consolidation -- and attrition -- continues among observability tools.
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01 Aug 2023
Vast Data Platform aims at storage everywhere for AI/ML workloads
By Antony AdsheadVast Data to offer storage with data lake and warehouse functionality built in natively, in anticipation of a huge surge in AI/ML workloads and a need for ever-larger data stores
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01 Aug 2023
Two million more Australian households ready to upgrade to nbn
By Joe O’HalloranAustralia’s national broadband network on track to enable up to 10 million premises, or up to 90% of homes and businesses, to access wholesale download speeds of 500Mbps to near 1Gbps by the end of 2025
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01 Aug 2023
Dell latest to signal generative AI channel opportunity
By Simon QuickeVendor adds its backing for the technology to a growing list with the view it is a technology the channel needs to back
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01 Aug 2023
UK government announces 5G Innovation Regions fund
By Joe O’HalloranApplications now open for £40m financing designed to unlock 5G benefits across the UK with aim of sparking local ‘digital revolutions’ and pioneer digital connectivity for residents and businesses
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01 Aug 2023
Singtel adds Zscaler SSE to managed security services portfolio
By Aaron TanSingtel teams up with Zscaler to offer a managed security service edge service as it looks to ramp up its enterprise business
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31 Jul 2023
SUSE takes aim at Red Hat in Linux, Kubernetes play
By Aaron TanSUSE CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen outlines strategy to capture the Kubernetes opportunity and offer enterprises an alternative to RHEL following Red Hat’s decision to limit access to RHEL source code
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31 Jul 2023
Splunk .conf23: The dangers of party planning as a woman in tech
By Clare McDonaldWhy should women in tech seek mentors, mentees and male allies – and avoid party planning? Some of the women at Splunk and its customers explained at .conf23
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31 Jul 2023
G-Cloud 13 suppliers claim framework extension is making it ‘commercially unviable’ to sell through
By Caroline DonnellyGovernment procurement chiefs at the Crown Commercial Service are under fire for extending the life of the G-Cloud 13 framework and preventing suppliers from upping their prices as inflation bites
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28 Jul 2023
Lancaster Uni lends cyber support to nuclear decommissioning body
By Alex ScroxtonLancaster University’s cyber team has joined with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to help support and protect its 300-year mission, while enhancing its own capabilities in the process
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28 Jul 2023
Risks of opening up AI
By Cliff SaranMeta has annouced that its Llama 2 large language model will be freely available under a community licence with certain restrictions
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28 Jul 2023
Citrix hands partners options to meet customer demands
By Simon QuickeFirm rolls out single subscription covering several services that will make life easier for the channel and users
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28 Jul 2023
Scottish university hit by Rhysida ransomware gang
By Alex ScroxtonData allegedly stolen from the University of Western Scotland has been put up for sale on the dark web by a ransomware gang going by the name Rhysida
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28 Jul 2023
ServiceNow Q2 2023: 23% year-on-year growth with GenAI to fore
By Brian McKennaServiceNow has announced second-quarter 2023 revenue of $2.15bn, up 23% on the same quarter in 2022. The digital workflows automation supplier stressed GenAI developments and partnerships
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28 Jul 2023
How Indian organisations are keeping pace with cyber security
By Pratima HarigunaniIndian organisations are shoring up their defences to improve their cyber resilience amid intensifying cyber threats targeted at key sectors such as healthcare and logistics
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27 Jul 2023
Security a concern for MSPs
By Simon QuickeManaged service providers are a target of cyber criminals so taking steps to protect data is a major ambition
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27 Jul 2023
European Commission starts investigation into Microsoft Teams bundling
By Cliff SaranThe commission will investigate if the bundling of Microsoft’s collaboration software with its office productivity suite breaks competition rules
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27 Jul 2023
HMRC hits back at contractor hiring ban claims after accounts reveal no outside IR35 workers
By Caroline DonnellyThe government tax collection agency has once again been forced to deny it has banned the use of outside IR35 contractors following the publication of its latest set of accounts
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27 Jul 2023
Cyber criminals pivot away from ransomware encryption
By Alex ScroxtonCyber breaches that saw data theft and extortion without an encryption or ransomware component account for more and more incidents, in a possible indication that ransomware gangs are changing up their business models
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27 Jul 2023
Daisy: Customers keeping a continuing eye on costs
By Simon QuickeComms player shares research that underlines the ongoing impact the economic landscape is having on customer behaviour
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27 Jul 2023
US cyber breach reporting rules to have global impact
By Alex ScroxtonOrganisations that operate as Foreign Private Issuers in the US will have to get to grips with strict new cyber breach reporting regulations handed down by the SEC in Washington
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27 Jul 2023
Post Office tried to convince independent IT witness that he was wrong about Horizon
By Karl Flinders‘Delusional’ Post Office tried to influence an expert witness and get him to change his view about IT evidence which was detrimental to its case against a subpostmaster
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27 Jul 2023
Meta results show impact of data fines and datacentre upgrade strategy
By Cliff SaranThe owner of Facebook is battling with regulators over transferring EU data to the US. It is also seeing less improvements on CPUs
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27 Jul 2023
Ant Group teams with NTU to advance privacy-preserving technologies
By Aaron TanThe Chinese fintech giant is partnering with Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University on a cryptographic protocol that ensures the privacy of transacting parties
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26 Jul 2023
U.S. senators sharpen focus on AI regulations
By Makenzie HollandLicensing AI systems, creating a federal AI agency, and establishing third-party testing and auditing regimes are just some of the AI regulation ideas U.S. senators are pursuing.
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26 Jul 2023
Zyxel bolsters MSP support
By Simon QuickeFirm wants more partners to take the managed services approach, while elsewhere, Kyndryl ramps up its options in the security space
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26 Jul 2023
Babble buys again with more lined up for second half
By Simon QuickeChannel player seals three deals and indicates there is plenty more in the pipeline as it continues to expand the business
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26 Jul 2023
Cyber attack on IT supplier hits two major ambulance trusts
By Alex ScroxtonAmbulance trusts serving millions across southern England have been hamstrung for the past week after a cyber attack took down their hosted patient records system
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26 Jul 2023
Inside Cloudera’s data platform strategy
By Aaron TanCloudera executives outline their business and technology strategy to help enterprises harness generative AI and other capabilities through its work in the open source community and other areas
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26 Jul 2023
UK organisations lack confidence to carry out basic cyber tasks
By Alex ScroxtonAmid a shortfall of more than 10,000 cyber pros, UK businesses are still finding it difficult to fill their cyber security skills gaps, with even those in charge of security saying they lack confidence in themselves
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26 Jul 2023
Artificial intelligence puts Microsoft Azure in top gear
By Cliff SaranMicrosoft’s latest quarterly earnings results show the company’s public cloud business was the largest contributor to revenue
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25 Jul 2023
EU CSRD could raise bar on quality of ESG data
By Makenzie HollandThe European Union's new ESG reporting framework looks beyond environmental data across social and corporate governance metrics, according to one analyst.
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25 Jul 2023
Cisco, BT and others launch network security coalition
By Alex ScroxtonNetwork Resilience Coalition focuses on bringing together global expertise to improve data and network security
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25 Jul 2023
CCRC refers two more subpostmaster convictions for appeal
By Karl FlindersTwo more subpostmaster convictions referred to appeal court by the Criminal Cases Review Commission
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25 Jul 2023
Forestry and Land Scotland uses Nutanix to gain breathing space in cloud modernisation
By Cliff SaranWith its datacentre contract coming to an end, the Forestry and Land Scotland agency, which has a cloud-first strategy, needed a way to manage cloud migration
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25 Jul 2023
Tetra radio users’ comms may have been exposed for years
By Alex ScroxtonA number of flaws in the encryption algorithms used in the secure Tetra radio communications standard have potentially left users exposed to snooping
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25 Jul 2023
Mayor of London announces startup funding
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonSeven technology startups working on the Mayor of London’s Poverty Prevention Challenge will receive up to £50,000 each to further develop their proposals, designed to help alleviate the cost-of-living crisis for the capital’s most vulnerable
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24 Jul 2023
CIO interview: Sean Green, University of East Anglia
By Karl FlindersIn his role as director of digital and data at the University of East Anglia, Sean Green provides high-performance computing to researchers and manages the diverse needs of a campus with the characteristics of a small town, all while finding the time to study one of his passions
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24 Jul 2023
CunoFS brings Posix file access to S3 object storage capacity
By Yann SerraDeveloped out of data compression tools for genomics, PetaGene gateways allow application servers Posix-based file access to the deep data stores of S3 object capacity
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24 Jul 2023
Citrix NetScaler users told to patch new zero-day urgently
By Alex ScroxtonA vulnerability disclosed and patched last week by Citrix appears to be being exploited by China-backed threat actors as a zero-day, prompting warnings from government cyber bodies
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24 Jul 2023
Tribunal investigates complaint that journalists’ phones were unlawfully monitored
By Bill GoodwinThe Investigatory Powers Tribunal has agreed to investigate complaints by Northern Ireland investigative journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey that they were unlawfully placed under surveillance
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24 Jul 2023
Bank of England’s project to replace ‘beating heart’ is foundation for continuous development
By Karl FlindersThe Bank of England has reached a major milestone in its core system replacement programme, with next landmark in sight
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24 Jul 2023
Security AI and automation may reduce cost of data breaches
By Alex ScroxtonOrganisations that go all in on security AI and automation tend to incur lower financial costs when they experience a data breach incident, according to an IBM report
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24 Jul 2023
Why cyber security should be part of your ESG strategy
By Aaron TanThe impact of data breaches and cyber threats on businesses, societies and the environment makes cyber security a key consideration in an environment, social and governance strategy
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23 Jul 2023
SoftwareOne turns down Bain and starts strategic review
By Simon QuickeSecond bid rejected but offers have promoted board to seriously assess future of the business
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21 Jul 2023
Lack of agreement on AI rules in U.S., EU gives China a leg up
By Makenzie HollandWhile the EU and China have proposed AI rules, the U.S. is continuing a hands-off regulatory approach, which could affect its role in helping set the rules of the AI road.
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21 Jul 2023
Bain makes second offer for SoftwareOne
By Simon QuickeCloud and software specialist will have to consider a higher bid for the business after turning down last month’s opening offer
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21 Jul 2023
Managed services players expose hybrid working challenges
By Simon QuickeResearch from a couple of MSPs indicates that in the financial services sector and the NHS, the technology to support remote working is not meeting employee needs
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21 Jul 2023
Almost 60% of people seeking a new role are doing so for cash
By Clare McDonaldThere are many reasons someone may choose to seek a new role or job at another company, but this year’s Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT salary survey found that a majority do so for a higher salary
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21 Jul 2023
SAP’s Klein sees $1tn market for AI business software
By Cliff SaranEnterprise software company embeds AI across product portfolio to improve efficiency in business processes
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21 Jul 2023
Government boosts protection for encryption in Online Safety Bill but civil society groups concerned
By Bill GoodwinHouse of Lords adopts amendment to require Ofcom to commission a report before requiring technology companies to scan encrypted messages, but drops proposals for judicial oversight
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20 Jul 2023
More ASEAN IT pros staying in their jobs
By Aaron TanGlobal economic uncertainty and staff retention efforts by employers are keeping the region’s IT professionals longer in their jobs
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20 Jul 2023
Dell Moogsoft AIOps buy could start filling gaps post-VMware
By Beth PariseauDell's purchase of Moogsoft this week could help it regain some enterprise software appeal it lost when it spun out VMware. But the future is unclear for Moogsoft users.
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20 Jul 2023
U.S. walks line between diplomacy, security with China
By Makenzie HollandAmid talks of further export controls placed on China, administration officials reiterated President Biden's desire for communication and building U.S.-China relations.
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20 Jul 2023
Electronic Trade Documents Act receives royal assent
By Alex ScroxtonDigital trade documents are to be accorded the same status in law as paper ones under a law implemented to help reduce paper waste and speed up the UK’s foreign trade
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20 Jul 2023
Online Safety Bill screening measures amount to ‘prior restraint’
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Open Rights Group is calling on Parliament to reform the Online Safety Bill, on the basis that its content-screening measures would amount to “prior restraint” on freedom of expression
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20 Jul 2023
Interview: Richard Corbridge, CDIO, DWP
By Lis EvenstadOnly 13 weeks into his new role, the Department for Work and Pensions’ CDIO speaks to Computer Weekly about plans for artificial intelligence, data modernisation and how to complete a business plan in record time
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20 Jul 2023
Renowned hacker and social engineer Kevin Mitnick dead at 59
By Alex ScroxtonFamed hacker and social engineer Kevin Mitnick, who was at one time one of the most wanted cyber criminals in the world, has died peacefully at the age of 59 from complications arising from pancreatic cancer, following a 14-month illness
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20 Jul 2023
How the DSMA balances security and privacy with press freedom
By Peter Ray AllisonIn a world of information sharing and 24-hour news cycles, the Defence and Security Media Advisory committee have to balance national security and data privacy with freedom of the press
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20 Jul 2023
BBC outsources IT to India’s Tata Consultancy Services
By Karl FlindersTCS continues to build its UK public sector business, with the BBC its latest customer
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20 Jul 2023
Attention-seeking KillNet hacktivists becoming more dangerous
By Alex ScroxtonThe KillNet DDoS gang seems to be becoming more dangerous, but its primary goal remains to create a lot of noise and draw media attention, according to latest analysis
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20 Jul 2023
AI and data experts to be brought into government through secondment programme
By Karl FlindersThe government has announced plans for a secondment programme designed to bring digital experts into government departments
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19 Jul 2023
Australia’s IaaS market surges 37.1% in 2022
By Aaron TanIaaS remains the engine of growth in the Australian IT market and is showing no signs of slowing down, according to Gartner
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19 Jul 2023
Tensions rise with EU over Digital Markets Act, tech policies
By Makenzie HollandCongress members want the Biden administration to confront the EU about technology policies targeting U.S. businesses.
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19 Jul 2023
Chainguard automates SBOMs, but has Images-based agenda
By Beth PariseauContainer images, that is. Chainguard Enforce now automates SBOMs, but execs and an early customer say they aren't the ultimate answer to software supply chain security.
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19 Jul 2023
BlackCat and Clop gangs both claim cyber attack on Estée Lauder
By Alex ScroxtonCosmetics conglomerate Estée Lauder is experiencing operational disruption in the wake of a cyber attack that seems to involve two different cyber crime gangs
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19 Jul 2023
CMA gives Broadcom/VMware deal provisional thumbs-up
By Cliff SaranThe $61bn acquisition of VMware by Broadcom is not being seen as anti-competive and should not stifle firm’s ability to innovate
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19 Jul 2023
Cloud service providers, OEMs, chip firms form Ultra Ethernet Consortium
By Joe O’HalloranConsortium formed to deliver on Ethernet-based open, interoperable, high-performance, full-communications stack architecture to meet the growing network demands of AI and high-performance computing at scale
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19 Jul 2023
Microsoft increases channel exposure to AI
By Simon QuickeVendor rolls out fresh specialisation encouraging the channel to embrace the benefits artificial intelligence can deliver
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19 Jul 2023
Microsoft’s Nadella sees massive growth opportunity in AI
By Cliff SaranMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella uses his keynote at the company’s Inspire partner conference to discuss the economic potential of artificial intelligence
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19 Jul 2023
‘Significant gaps’ in UK AI regulation, says Ada Lovelace Institute
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonUK government’s plans to diffuse regulatory responsibility for AI among existing regulators will mean the tech is “only partially regulated”, while its data reforms will undercut already-limited existing protections, says Ada Lovelace Institute
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19 Jul 2023
Half of cyber pros engage in risky behaviour at work, report claims
By Alex ScroxtonApproximately 55% of security professionals say they have engaged in behaviours they would more usually advise against in the workplace, according to a report
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19 Jul 2023
Cyber criminal AI tool WormGPT produces ‘unsettling’ results
By Alex ScroxtonA newly discovered generative AI tool dubbed WormGPT is being sold to the cyber criminal underground via the dark web, and poses a significant danger, researchers warn
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19 Jul 2023
IT firms ramp up prices to drive post-pandemic revenue
By Cliff SaranThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development puts inflation at 6.5%. Some areas of IT spending have experienced double-digit growth
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18 Jul 2023
Splunk AI update adds specialized models for SecOps tasks
By Beth PariseauSplunk AI updates this week included specialized models for SecOps that detect and automatically respond to common issues such as DNS exfiltration and suspicious processes.
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18 Jul 2023
NATO membership to drive Nordic cyber security sector growth
By Gerard O'DwyerThe Nordic cyber security sector will see increasing demand as Finland and Sweden joint NATO