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20 Nov 2024
Meta aims at enterprises with hire of ex-Salesforce AI exec
The social media giant has found success with its Llama family of GenAI models. The new hire shows it is targeting enterprise products.
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20 Nov 2024
Snowflake partners with Anthropic to improve AI development
The alliance aims to make it easier and faster for the data cloud vendor's customers to use the Claude line of large language models when developing advanced applications.
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20 Nov 2024
Elon Musk, big tech ties to China raise security concerns
A U.S. senator warns U.S. tech companies that deep ties to China pose national security risks as cyberattacks rise. Time to choose a side, experts say.
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31 Jul 2024
Darktrace and Veracode enhancing partner programmes
Security vendor responds to channel feedback and rolls out enhanced options to support collaboration and encourage skills development
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31 Jul 2024
SysGroup backing artificial intelligence
Firm shares FY numbers and indicates it is committed to investing in artificial intelligence to position itself as an expert provider to the SME community
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31 Jul 2024
Astronomer adds DBT Core support to data orchestration suite
The vendor's latest Astro platform update integrates the open source transformation tool to help users better prepare information for analytics and AI models and applications.
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31 Jul 2024
Salesforce, Box integrate document AI into Slack
As Salesforce prepares to roll out its own generative AI tools for Slack this fall, Box adds AI for joint users, who can use GenAI on their Box content in Slack channels.
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31 Jul 2024
FDA accepts NDA for Vertex’s non-opioid pain drug
Vertex Pharmaceuticals revealed that the FDA has accepted its NDA for suzetrigine, a non-opioid pain inhibitor.
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31 Jul 2024
Government consults on lifting planning barriers to datacentre developments
The government is inviting feedback on its plans to rejig the UK planning system to make it more supportive of datacentre developments
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31 Jul 2024
Extreme Networks teams with Intel to drive AI-centric product innovation
Cloud networking provider forms a ‘co-innovation alliance’ with chip giant’s Connectivity Analytics Program to enhance native generative artificial intelligence solution to further drive AI-centric innovations in the networking space
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31 Jul 2024
Nominate: Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2024
Tell us who you think should be included in Computer Weekly’s 2024 list of the 50 most influential women in UK technology
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31 Jul 2024
Norway’s datacentre builders focus on energy efficiency
Datacentre developers in Norway are shifting their focus to energy efficiency, with expected increases in taxation for those who fall short
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31 Jul 2024
Private equity hospitals better off than non-investment hospitals
Hospitals acquired by private equity firms tend to be more financially stable compared to comparable non-private equity hospitals, according to a new study.
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31 Jul 2024
Microsoft set to spend more than $13bn on AI and cloud datacentres
Artificial intelligence is driving the Microsoft business, with the company investing in infrastructure to support AI inference workloads as demand picks up
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31 Jul 2024
Breach costs soar as record ransomware payment made
IBM publishes data on the spiralling costs of cyber attacks and data breaches, while researchers identify what appears to be the largest ransomware payment ever made
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31 Jul 2024
FDA approves colorectal cancer blood test
Guardant Health Inc. gained FDA approval for its Shield blood test to detect colorectal cancer in adults 45 and older.
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30 Jul 2024
How India is driving road safety with technology
Traffic departments, law enforcers and new-tech players are betting on technology tools such as AI-powered drones and mobile apps to improve road safety across India
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30 Jul 2024
Julia White, Scott Russell to leave SAP executive board
Two executive board members will depart SAP in a move that the company says is both to streamline the structure of the board and to focus on its AI-first strategy.
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30 Jul 2024
Researcher: CrowdStrike blunder could benefit open source
Enterprises with the IT talent might turn to open-source software as a backup for commercial products to mitigate damage from a CrowdStrike-like IT outage, researcher said.
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30 Jul 2024
Workday, Salesforce to integrate data with AI by year's end
Workday, the first SaaS provider in the Salesforce Zero Copy Partner Network, will integrate data with Salesforce, allowing AI-driven queries across HR, financial and CRM platforms.
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30 Jul 2024
Nvidia targets metaverse with OpenUSD NIM microservices
The vendor introduces new generative AI models that will be available as microservices. The new models show that the metaverse is still a part of Nvidia's strategy.
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30 Jul 2024
Court reverses Appian's $2B espionage win against Pegasystems
Two years ago, Appian was awarded damages in its lawsuit against Pegasystems, which it accused of spying. A court of appeals has reversed that decision.
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30 Jul 2024
Apple gives developers access to iOS 18 with AI, new Siri
The beta release includes AI-generated summaries for apps like mail, messages and voicemail. It does not include the ChatGPT integration or Image Playground.
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30 Jul 2024
Average cost of a healthcare data breach sits at $9.77M
Healthcare data breach costs fell by 10.6% in 2024 but remain higher than in any other industry, IBM found in its yearly report.
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30 Jul 2024
Generative AI poised to upend legal sector
Some industries might be wary of generative AI, but not legal. We find out how -- and why -- attorneys are embracing it in this Q&A with eDiscovery AI's founder, Jim Sullivan.
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30 Jul 2024
Microsoft, SecOps pros weigh kernel access post-CrowdStrike
Microsoft will explore alternatives to direct kernel access for partners following the CrowdStrike outage. But some IT pros worry that change could do more harm than good.
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30 Jul 2024
How to stop AI costs from soaring
Generative AI promises to improve business efficiency, but Gartner has found many projects are failing to get beyond pilot roll-outs
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30 Jul 2024
Basic failures led to hack of Electoral Commission data on 40 million people
UK government identifies Chinese state-linked hackers as likely to have been behind attack on the Electoral Commission
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30 Jul 2024
Microsoft: Ransomware gangs exploiting VMware ESXi flaw
VMware ESXi has proven to be a popular target for ransomware threat actors and a challenge for enterprises to patch.
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30 Jul 2024
UK competition watchdog scrutinises Alphabet and Anthropic tie-up
The Competition and Markets Authority is looking at whether Alphabet’s $2bn investment in AI startup Anthropic is anti-competitive
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30 Jul 2024
Core British Library services to return for new academic year
The British Library’s recovery from a devastating ransomware attack that laid waste to its IT systems continues - with hopes that some of its most popular services will be running again in September
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30 Jul 2024
Lemongrass taking advantage of SAP cloud moves
Vendor’s encouragement to customers to adopt its Rise technology has opened up opportunities for its channel
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30 Jul 2024
ADP and Khipu Networks partner to offer data protection
The two managed service providers will work together to get data resilience options in front of more Khipu customers
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30 Jul 2024
Wildanet accelerates Cornwall full-fibre deployment
Cornish altnet teams with Nokia and Xantaro to transform connectivity for rural and hard-to-reach areas in south-west England
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30 Jul 2024
New mRNA vaccine initiative targets avian influenza (H5N1)
A new initiative led by WHO and MPP aims to develop mRNA vaccines for avian influenza (H5N1), boosting global pandemic preparedness.
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30 Jul 2024
Paid medical chatbots better at health literacy than free ones
Both paid and free medical chatbots offer middling health literacy, but asking for a lower reading level might help.
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30 Jul 2024
GP digital tools could cause patients harm, says report
Investigation by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body finds some online tools used in general practices could cause risk to patient safety and impact GP workload
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30 Jul 2024
Providers offer 4 key payment reforms to support practices
AMA and other provider trade groups have urged Congressional leaders to reform physician payment in light of recent Medicare cuts.
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30 Jul 2024
Government commits at least £540m to financial redress for wrongfully convicted Post Office staff
Hundreds of eligible former subpostmasters and branch staff are yet to come forward to have convictions overturned, but government hopes new scheme will encourage them to do so
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30 Jul 2024
Wildfire smoke drives premature deaths, urgent innovative response
Wildfire smoke causes thousands of premature deaths annually, necessitating urgent investments in innovations to mitigate its impact.
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30 Jul 2024
Qualcomm unveils new Snapdragon mobile platform
Chip giant’s next-generation mobile platform ‘leading the global transition’ from 4G to 5G to empower communities and industries alike with features such as on-device generative AI
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30 Jul 2024
APAC organisations can cut carbon emissions with AWS
Accenture study reveals that APAC organisations can significantly reduce their carbon footprint by migrating workloads from on-premise datacentres to AWS
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29 Jul 2024
SCC gains security recognition from Microsoft
Channel player SCC receives approval from Microsoft for its ability to provide managed detection and response services
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29 Jul 2024
AI ‘changing everything’ about customer experience
Study from customer experience technology provider reveals the profound effect AI is having in its industry, taking it beyond traditional, manual services to more advanced, technological-driven experiences
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29 Jul 2024
UK government sets up AI action plan unit
New government has ambitious plans to use AI to grow the economy, and has hired a tech entrepreneur to help guide the strategy
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29 Jul 2024
Scam CrowdStrike domains growing in volume
Hundreds of malicious domains exploiting CrowdStrike’s branding are appearing all over the web in the wake of the 19 July outage. Experts from Akamai share some noteworthy examples, along with guidance on how to avoid getting caught out
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29 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike says most Falcon sensors now up and running
The vast majority of CrowdStrike Falcon sensors affected by a coding error have now been recovered, with a final resolution expected this week
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29 Jul 2024
Open RAN investment set to surge over next five years
Research into open radio access network market shows rapidly growing and competitive market
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29 Jul 2024
WTO digital trade agreement aims to modernise global commerce
A digital trade deal negotiated over five years at the World Trade Organization has been signed by 91 countries, laying the groundwork for a new global digital trade regime
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29 Jul 2024
Abbott issues urgent correction for FreeStyle Libre 3 sensors
Abbott has identified a defect in certain FreeStyle Libre 3 sensors that may cause incorrect high glucose readings, which could pose health risks for users.
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29 Jul 2024
Exclusive heading back into private hands
Distributor’s board and founder back bid to usher in fresh majority shareholder
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29 Jul 2024
NIH study reveals pitfalls of AI in clinical decision-making
GPT-4V scored highly on the 'New England Journal of Medicine's' Image Challenge, but made mistakes when tasked with explaining its reasoning and describing medical images.
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29 Jul 2024
ALSO strengthens European position with Westcoast
Distributor tie-up will provide Swiss channel player with more options in the UK, Ireland and France
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29 Jul 2024
UK government invests £106m in five quantum tech hubs
Five university hubs are receiving funding to support the development of quantum applications that can support healthcare and businesses
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29 Jul 2024
Q2 revenues slip as Virgin Media O2 hits financial headwinds
UK’s second-largest network provider shows results for tough quarter for consumer fixed and mobile and B2B fixed business lines, but forecast advances in network evolution as targeted investments in future growth drivers continue
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28 Jul 2024
Nearly a third of GenAI projects to be dropped after PoC
At least 30% of generative AI projects will be abandoned by 2025 as organisations struggle to realise the value of the technology, says Gartner
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26 Jul 2024
Generative AI a top priority for Amazon QuickSight
Though the BI platform already enables users to analyze data and develop data products using natural language, AWS plans to do more to aid insight generation and user efficiency.
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26 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike outage underscores software testing dilemmas
Experts say efforts to avoid incidents such as last week's CrowdStrike outage will face time-honored tradeoffs between velocity, stability, access and security.
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26 Jul 2024
OpenAI takes on Google with new SearchGPT prototype
The AI engine will provide users with information from the web. The AI vendor is working with publishers such as Newsmax. It will incorporate some features in ChatGPT.
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26 Jul 2024
Researcher says deleted GitHub data can be accessed 'forever'
Truffle Security researcher Joe Leon warned GitHub users that deleted repository data is never actually deleted, which creates an "enormous attack vector" for threat actors.
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26 Jul 2024
Interview: Abhijit Dubey, global CEO, NTT Data
A merger between NTT Data and NTT Ltd has created a $30bn tech services and consulting business. We speak to its new CEO to find out what it has to offer IT leaders
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26 Jul 2024
BitLocker workaround may offer aid for CrowdStrike customers
CrowdStrike customers grappling with blue screens of death from the recent IT outage may be able to sidestep BitLocker encryption schemes and recover their Windows systems.
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26 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike: 97% of Windows sensors back online after outage
While most Windows systems are back online after last week's outage, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said the vendor remains 'committed to restoring every impacted system.'
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26 Jul 2024
Nexfibre nears 1.3 million premises passed, reveals future build locations
Quarterly report from joint venture fibre network operator shows just under 1.3 million premises passed by end of June 2024, and next stage of roll-out in 2025 and early 2026 to see high volumes of build
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26 Jul 2024
Ban predictive policing and facial recognition, says civil society
A coalition of civil society groups is calling for an outright ban on predictive policing and biometric surveillance in the UK
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26 Jul 2024
T-Mobile, KKR form fibre joint venture to acquire Metronet
US 4G LTE and 5G network teams with global investment firm to take control of ISP, serving more than 300 communities across 17 states with multi-gigabit products to businesses
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26 Jul 2024
CMA cloud licensing: Microsoft accuses Google and AWS of ‘muddying’ anti-trust debate
Microsoft's response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s investigation into its cloud licensing practices sees it hit out at cloud rivals for claiming its tactics are anti-competitive
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26 Jul 2024
Frontier claims North American first with 100G broadband
US pure-play fibre provider teams with global comms tech firm to become first in region to trial record-breaking broadband speeds of 100G, 50G, 25G and 10G PON technologies simultaneously
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26 Jul 2024
Colorado reports rising avian flu cases in human poultry workers
Health officials confirm 10 human cases of avian flu in Colorado, with new infections emerging at a second poultry farm in Weld County.
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26 Jul 2024
OECD: Demand soars for future-proof fixed, mobile broadband access
Research from global policy forum finds broadband technologies such as fibre and 5G mobile networks that help “future-proof” networks
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26 Jul 2024
Vince Cable says the Post Office ‘lied’ to the government over Horizon issues
In the latest Post Office scandal public inquiry hearings, Vince Cable and Greg Clark reflected on their time as the minister heading the department responsible for the Post Office
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26 Jul 2024
Boar's head recalls 200K pounds of deli meat due to Listeria risk
Boar's Head recalls 200,000 pounds of deli meat over potential Listeria contamination linked to a multi-state outbreak.
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26 Jul 2024
Revenues slip but BT claims solid Q1 2024
UK’s leading telco reports financial quarter with full-fibre roll-out at pace with more than a million households covered and total coverage now reaching 15 million premises
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26 Jul 2024
APAC mobile industry to surpass $1tn by 2030
The APAC region’s mobile industry is expected to exceed $1tn by 2030 due to the rapid adoption of 5G and AI technologies
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26 Jul 2024
AI surge spurs shift from cloud to local data control
The rise of AI is driving organisations to move data control locally to prevent external use of their data while maintaining cloud compatibility, says Cloudian CEO
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25 Jul 2024
Micron brings its first PCIe 5.0 SSD to market with 9550
A late entry to the PCIe 5.0 SSD market, the Micron 9550 intends to set itself apart from the veterans in the Gen 5 arena, including Kioxia and Samsung.
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25 Jul 2024
Split court decision on FTC noncompete ban adds uncertainty
While a Texas court preliminarily decided the FTC noncompete ban isn't enforceable, a Pennsylvania court decided it is, leaving businesses without a set direction.
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25 Jul 2024
HHS reorganizes for coordination across health data policy
The HHS reorganization aims to improve coordination for strategy and policy across health data, cybersecurity, AI and technology as digital health transformation progresses.
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25 Jul 2024
VMware alternatives increase, but moving won't be easy
Backup vendors like HPE, Veeam and Rubrik anticipate an exit from VMware and are supporting open source alternatives. But customers will likely stick with the platform they know.
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25 Jul 2024
Pharmacy group sues UHG over Change Healthcare data breach
The National Community Pharmacists Association and dozens of providers sued UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries over losses suffered due to the Change Healthcare data breach.
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25 Jul 2024
Noom CEO on the need for AI in wellness and health
CEO Geoff Cook discusses the benefits of AI in the wellness industry, the need for humans and the possibility of AI technology in remedying the doctor shortage.
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25 Jul 2024
North Korean cyber APT targeting nuclear secrets
Mandiant has upgraded the North Korean threat actor known as Andariel to APT status and warned of coordinated efforts to steal western military IP, including nuclear secrets
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25 Jul 2024
Why is CrowdStrike allowed to run in the Windows kernel?
Microsoft has pointed the finger at EU regulators, blaming them for a ruling that means it needs to offer third parties access to the core Windows OS
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25 Jul 2024
Project Gigabit continues pace with £190m broadband build contracts
UK network provider secures two contracts under UK government’s £5bn gigabit broadband scheme to connect around 108,000 hard-to-reach premises in East and North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
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25 Jul 2024
FTC interim report reveals PBMs' role in rising drug costs
An FTC interim report exposes how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) inflate drug prices, significantly impacting healthcare costs.
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25 Jul 2024
Cash benefits help cut emergency department utilization
The $400 cash benefits cut emergency department overutilization by around 100 visits per 1,000 patients, researchers said.
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25 Jul 2024
AHA cautions against mandatory organ transplant payment model
The American Hospital Association urged the CMS Innovation Center not to implement the proposed Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model.
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25 Jul 2024
Nokia launches FWA devices, streamlines fibre connectivity
Raft of launches from comms tech provider sees subscription-based service based on AI and cloud-based to automate and optimise fibre connection process
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25 Jul 2024
Fortune 500 stands to lose $5bn plus from CrowdStrike incident
The largest global organisations hit by the CrowdStrike-Microsoft incident on 19 July will likely be out of pocket to the tune of billions of dollars
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25 Jul 2024
FDA approves first orally disintegrating contraceptive, Femlyv
Femlyv (norethindrone acetate/ethinyl estradiol) has received FDA approval as the first orally disintegrating contraceptive tablet.
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25 Jul 2024
India bolsters digital agriculture and space tech in Budget 2024
India will extend its digital public infrastructure to the agriculture sector and set up a venture capital fund for space startups, among other tech initiatives in its latest Budget
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24 Jul 2024
Google intros Mistral Codestral as a service on Vertex AI
The cloud provider differentiates its GenAI stance by offering the code-generating LLM as a service on the Vertex AI Model Garden, along with Mistral Large 2.
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24 Jul 2024
FTC seeks to shed light on 'surveillance pricing'
The Federal Trade Commission's study of surveillance pricing might lead to defining what kind of consumer data can be used to affect prices of products and services.
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24 Jul 2024
Knime adds new AI governance measures to analytics suite
The vendor's latest update adds connectivity to AI providers to enable GenAI development as well as governance features to address the growing use of GenAI and its inherent risks.
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24 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike blames outage on content configuration update
CrowdStrike publishes the preliminary findings of what will be a lengthy investigation into the root causes of the failed 19 July update that caused Windows computers to crash all over the world
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24 Jul 2024
KnowBe4 catches North Korean hacker posing as IT employee
KnowBe4 says it hired a new principal security engineer for its internal AI team, but quickly detected suspicious activity originating from the employee's workstation.
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24 Jul 2024
Soracom unveils IoT connectivity platform with deeply embedded GenAI
Advanced internet of things connectivity provider launches services designed to accelerate deployment of larger and more complex IoT projects by embedding generative artificial intelligence capabilities more deeply in the IoT connectivity stack
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24 Jul 2024
Critical Response Group and Intrado elevate emergency response and situational awareness
Critical incident mapping provider and emergency communication service tech firm partner to enhance response and situational awareness for schools, businesses and other organisations
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24 Jul 2024
Precisely aiding wildfire fight with risk assessment data
The data integrity vendor's specialized database includes added topographical and weather-related information to help organizations prepare for and predict catastrophic fires.
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24 Jul 2024
Mimecast to buy insider threat specialist Code42
Mimecast is to buy fellow human-centred risk experts Code42 for an undisclosed sum to take advantage of its insider threat and data loss protection specialisms
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24 Jul 2024
Post Office ‘acted the victim’ and civil servants ‘abandoned their principles’, says former minister
Former government minister tells inquiry the Post Office always played the victim of subpostmasters that it considered either ‘incompetent’ or ‘criminal’
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24 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike: Content validation bug led to global outage
CrowdStrike said last week's global outage was caused by a bug in the Falcon platform's content validator, which missed a defective configuration update for its Windows sensor.
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24 Jul 2024
SAP’s Klein bets on cloud stickiness
The SAP CEO said the quiet part out loud while answering a question on the cloud backlog during the company’s most recent earnings call