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20 Dec 2024
Trump's stance on E-Verify checks shifting over time
Employers remain cautious about how immigration policies will change under Trump, given his waffling over E-Verify checks and the potential for a DACA repeal.
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20 Dec 2024
Post Office creates CTO role to support ‘extensive and complex’ plans
Post Office bolsters its IT leadership team as it grapples with massive tech transformation with the nation looking on
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20 Dec 2024
HTI-3 final rule updates information blocking exceptions
The Health Data, Technology and Interoperability: Protecting Care Access (HTI-3) final rule adds a new information blocking exception to protect access to reproductive healthcare.
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02 Sep 2024
Government funds research to tackle extreme weather
Researchers will use data gathered from monitoring rivers, weather conditions and ground water saturation to improve flood and drought defences
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30 Aug 2024
Siegwerk strengthens global manufacturing operations with managed SD-WAN
Global manufacturer enhances operational security and digitisation with managed SD-WAN, managed security and professional services
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30 Aug 2024
MEF association claims SASE milestone
Leading technology provider achieves first milestone in secure access service edge programme, with SASE certification now generally available to trade association’s technology and service provider members
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30 Aug 2024
Norwegian Refugee Council leverages Okta for Good cyber scheme
Pietro Galli, CIO of the Norwegian Refugee Council, reveals how the globally distributed NGO has been taking advantage of the Okta for Good CSR programme to improve its own cyber security and data protection practice, and elevate good practice in the third sector
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30 Aug 2024
Nobu Hotels upgrades with AI-powered wired network infrastructure
Boutique hotel chain launches luxury services and amenities such as AI Concierge based on real-time data and guest preferences
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30 Aug 2024
Government renews hunt for UKRI CEO
Two senior innovation roles are up for grabs as government looks for a CEO to lead UK Research and Innovation, as well as a new executive chair of Innovate UK
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29 Aug 2024
U.S. losing STEM war due to immigration policy, global fight
As global competition for STEM students intensifies, other nations are improving foreign talent recruitment. A new report faults U.S. immigration policy for this outcome.
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29 Aug 2024
Hammerspace-Arrow appliances eye AI market
Hammerspace is prepacking its Global Data Platform software onto Arrow Electronics hardware, offering appliances to customers for easier deployment.
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29 Aug 2024
Salesforce and Genesys discuss CX strategy, coopetition
Competing tech companies are partnering up to give customers what they need faster. Salesforce and Genesys share how they're doing just that in the contact center market.
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29 Aug 2024
U.S. Senate could consider 8 AI bills next session
While California advances AI legislation targeting safety testing, the U.S. Senate will also have on its plate several AI bills largely focused on promoting innovation.
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29 Aug 2024
Lawmakers introduce Healthcare Cybersecurity Act in House
Representatives introduced the Healthcare Cybersecurity Act in the House following companion legislation in the Senate.
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29 Aug 2024
FDA clears automatic insulin pump for type 2 diabetes
Automated insulin pumps have previously been available only for type 1 diabetes. However, the FDA recently cleared the Insulet SmartAdjust, the first automatic insulin pump for type 2 diabetes.
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29 Aug 2024
AI hype hits reality roadblock
Recent surveys point to failings of artificial intelligence initiatives to achieve business objectives and deliver return on investment
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29 Aug 2024
Check Point secured for annual Security Serious cyber awards
The annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes awards, recognising the champions of the UK cyber security industry, are back once again, with a new headline sponsor joining the party
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29 Aug 2024
Chunghwa Telecom and NTT activate world’s first International IOWN APN
IT and comms giant activates international photonic network between Taiwan and Japan in latest stage of Innovative Optical and Wireless Network project
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29 Aug 2024
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov under formal investigation, released on bail
European Commission confirms it has powers to place Telegram under ‘direct supervision’ if it meets the threshold for regulation under the Digital Services Act
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29 Aug 2024
5G-enabled FWA devices go mainstream in US
Annual fixed wireless access CPE market survey finds shipments of FWA CPE expected to grow 23% to reach 37.5 million units in 2024, with India and North America driving business
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29 Aug 2024
Iranian APT caught acting as access broker for ransomware crews
Members of Iran-backed Pioneer Kitten APT appear to be trying to supplement their pay packets by helping Russian-speaking ransomware gangs to access their victims in exchange for a cut of the profits
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29 Aug 2024
Women face greater risk of job displacement from automation
A combination of the types of jobs women perform and biases influencing the development of artificial intelligence leaves them in more danger of AI disruption
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29 Aug 2024
Ultrasound AI allows non-experts to estimate gestational age
A low-cost, AI-enabled ultrasound device has shown promise in helping healthcare workers estimate gestational age on par with expert sonographers.
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29 Aug 2024
Hock Tan locks in VMware's private cloud future
The Broadcom CEO says public cloud migration trauma can be cured by private cloud services like those from VMware, but VMware Explore attendees aren't fully sold on the idea.
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29 Aug 2024
Study highlights secure software supply chain best practices
Security trends report from open source firm shows the approaches IT leaders take to secure their software supply chain
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29 Aug 2024
Nvidia drives forward accelerated computing advantage
Nvidia is experiencing huge demand for accelerated computing using GPUs to run compute-intensive datacentre workloads
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29 Aug 2024
US offers $2.5m bounty for on-the-run malware dev
US State Department puts a $2.5m bounty on the head of Angler exploit kit developer and ransomware crew member Volodymyr Kadariya as part of a major developing case
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29 Aug 2024
Russia's APT29 using spyware exploits in new campaigns
A new report from Google TAG suggests that Russia's APT29 is using vulnerability exploits first developed from spyware vendors to target Mongolian government websites.
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29 Aug 2024
Swansea Bay City Deal to build a dedicated dark fibre network
Partnership between Virgin Media O2 Business and South Wales infrastructure project to build dark fibre infrastructure will help connect public sector sites with significantly improved capacity and speed
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29 Aug 2024
IBM's latest Z mainframe offers lessons in building AI systems
Studying the engineering behind IBM's mainframe architecture could help enterprises build higher reliability into the GPU clusters used to run AI applications.
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29 Aug 2024
Community Fibre, Virgin Media mark full-fibre milestones
Leading London-based altnet reveals strong customer growth over the past 12 months with 300,000 customers switching to 100% full-fibre broadband across the capital
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29 Aug 2024
Primark adds five more years to IT outsourcing contract with TCS
Retailer has worked with Indian IT services giant for eight years and new agreement will take the relationship to 13 years at least
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29 Aug 2024
Met Police deploy LFR in Lewisham without community input
The Met’s latest live facial recognition deployment in Catford has raised concerns over the lack of community engagement around the police force’s use of the controversial technology
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29 Aug 2024
Interview: Currys CIO Andy Gamble on AI strategy
The CIO of Currys on the four pillars of the retailer’s artificial intelligence strategy and how generative AI can enable staff to be the best versions of themselves
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28 Aug 2024
Cerebras' inference AI tool challenges Nvidia, but faces hurdles
The hardware vendor says its new inference offering outperforms Nvidia's GPU-based tools. However, Nvidia dominates the market.
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28 Aug 2024
Medical insurance info of 954K affected by vendor data breach
A software vendor data breach at Young Consulting affected covered entities and potentially compromised the medical insurance information of more than 950,000 individuals.
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28 Aug 2024
Infosec experts applaud DOJ lawsuit against Georgia Tech
The Department of Justice joined a whistleblower lawsuit against Georgia Tech for allegedly misleading the Department of Defense about its cybersecurity posture.
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28 Aug 2024
Google leader dives deep into AI agents
A technology fueled by generative AI is growing. Vendors like Google are providing products to help enterprises create their own agents. However, there are concerns.
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28 Aug 2024
Eli Lilly's single-dose Zepbound vials expand obesity care
Eli Lilly introduced single-dose vials of Zepbound (tirzepatide) to offer flexible dosing, cost savings and improved obesity care through its Lilly Direct service.
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28 Aug 2024
HPE: Customers not positioned to exploit AI
Vendor shares insights into the challenges facing users keen to embrace artificial intelligence and the need for partners to provide support
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28 Aug 2024
Volt Typhoon exploiting Versa Director zero-day flaw
Lumen Technologies researchers have observed exploitation of CVE-2024-39717 against four U.S. organizations in the ISP, MSP and IT sectors.
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28 Aug 2024
Cribl positions for IPO with $319M in latest funding round
The observability specialist's latest financing, along with strong recurring revenue and customer growth, helps set the vendor up to go public pending further financial milestones.
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28 Aug 2024
Patient data access increases, supports healthcare navigation
The rate of patient data access among cancer patients increased from 40% in 2018 to 65% in 2022, per ASTP figures.
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28 Aug 2024
Red Hat encouraging partners to talk Kubernetes security
Vendor identifies issues being faced by customers to arm its channel with a guide to the topics that matter most to users
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28 Aug 2024
Iranian APT Peach Sandstorm teases new Tickler malware
Peach Sandstorm, an Iranian state threat actor, has developed a dangerous new malware strain that forms a key element of a rapidly evolving attack sequence
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28 Aug 2024
Global cyber spend to rise 15% in 2025, pushed along by AI
Security spending will increase at pace in 2025, with artificial intelligence, cloud and consultancy services all pushing outlay to new highs, according to Gartner
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28 Aug 2024
SAP-Collibra deepen integrations for Datasphere
SAP and Collibra expand their partnership, integrating Collibra's data governance tools into SAP Datasphere, bolstering data management and governance for AI and analytics.
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28 Aug 2024
Limited English proficiency complicates telehealth visits
New research shows that Mandarin speakers with limited English proficiency find telehealth convenient but face communication issues with interpreters and healthcare providers.
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28 Aug 2024
UK Coastguard deploys full-fibre network to enhance operations
Comms network connecting 163 remote radio sites across 11,000 miles of UK coastline is now operational to ensure effective frontline emergency response continues for thousands of distress calls from the UK’s waters
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28 Aug 2024
Cambridge Enterprise saves big with Keepit SaaS backup
University innovation body avoids hardware spend and saves management time as it switches from tape to cloud-to-cloud backup, instant recovery and decades-long retention from Keepit
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28 Aug 2024
UK government assesses risks and opportunities from comms networks evolution
UK government departments convene experts to look at scientific evidence that could underpin policy issues or areas in telecoms infrastructure of future, in particular 6G
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28 Aug 2024
Interview: Nick Woods, CIO, Manchester Airports Group
The IT chief of the UK’s biggest airport operator wants to give his organisation the world’s most intelligent airports – he explains the data-led approach that’s aiming to reach that destination
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28 Aug 2024
Telegram founder Pavel Durov questioned over cyber crime charges
Billionaire founder of Telegram accused of failing to co-operate with law enforcement requests for lawful interception
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28 Aug 2024
Government commits to £4m data and AI package for education
Plans include a £3m data store for education data, £1m catalyst fund for new AI tools, and a commitment to publish an AI safety framework
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28 Aug 2024
How Kaspersky is driving growth in APAC
Kaspersky is leveraging its threat intelligence capabilities and local market knowledge to navigate geopolitical tensions and expand its footprint across the Asia-Pacific region
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28 Aug 2024
Case study: Kingfisher Group takes DIY approach to AI roll-out across e-commerce sites
International home improvement retailer Kingfisher Group opens up about the evolution of its AI strategy, and the rewards it is reaping
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27 Aug 2024
FTC Click to Cancel, other regs coming to CX tech
The FTC, FCC and DOT are flexing their muscles to help consumers. Some rules are regulatory law; other proposals await the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.
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27 Aug 2024
Pinecone launches serverless vector database on Azure, GCP
Serverless, first launched on AWS, is now available on all three major public clouds in a move aimed at enabling customers to control costs in the environment of their choice.
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27 Aug 2024
Team-based EHR documentation cuts physician EHR time
A 'JAMA Internal Medicine' study found that team-based documentation increased visit volume and reduced physician EHR documentation time, especially after a 20-week learning period.
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27 Aug 2024
US mobile users keep devices longer than ever
Report reveals device age at trade-in or upgrade marks all-time high of 3.7 years, and increase in Samsung S21 trade-ins through introduction of Galaxy AI
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27 Aug 2024
Atlantic General reaches $2.25M data breach settlement
Atlantic General Hospital reached a data breach settlement over a January 2023 hack.
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27 Aug 2024
Development and testing environments under attack
Perforce Software highlights channel opportunity to help customers with a growing problem that many are struggling to deal with
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27 Aug 2024
Port of Seattle grappling with 'possible cyberattack'
A possible cyberattack against Washington's Port of Seattle has caused significant service disruptions to airline travel at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
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27 Aug 2024
FDA approves updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
The updated Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, Spikevax, and Comirnaty mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, also called the 2024-2025 formulations, should protect against recently circulating strains.
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27 Aug 2024
Oxa closes third US autonomous vehicle deployment
Autonomous vehicle software provider forges collaboration with Beep Inc as it lands third US commercial deployment of self-driving software to service community in Walnut Creek, California
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27 Aug 2024
VMware VCF expands onramp to Broadcom's private cloud future
New capabilities for VMware VCF can import and manage existing VMware services through a single console interface for a private cloud experience under Broadcom's supervision.
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27 Aug 2024
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN gets satellite support
Satellite connectivity lets Broadcom offer the VeloCloud SD-WAN as an option for linking IoT devices to the global network from environments without reliable internet access.
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27 Aug 2024
VMware Tanzu hones integration, but faces Broadcom backlash
VMware Tanzu now offers a single UI for Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes, a feature years in the making, but the improvement could get lost in post-Broadcom drama.
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27 Aug 2024
Nvidia launches NIM Agent Blueprints to speed AI use
Nvidia introduced new microservice that helps enterprise developers deploy GenAI applications. It also introduced three Blueprints for different use cases.
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27 Aug 2024
Government backs Danish version of ChatGPT
Danish language version of ChatGPT to be developed in a project led by the country’s Chamber of Commerce
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27 Aug 2024
AI drives strong Zoom second quarter
Comms and collaboration service provider reveals robust first half of 2025 fiscal year, outperforming guidance across the board and with marked strength in large accounts
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27 Aug 2024
NHS partners with libraries to help people access NHS App
The scheme, which will launch in October, will train librarians to support people to download and use the NHS App and NHS.uk
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27 Aug 2024
AI innovation key to UK business, but obstacles threaten progress
AI is seen by IT leaders as essential, but it requires innovation, skills and infrastructure – all of which are under pressure from day-to-day firefighting, energy costs and cyber threats
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27 Aug 2024
Palo Alto Networks bets on ‘precision AI’
Palo Alto Networks’ regional leader, Steven Scheurmann, explains how machine learning, neural networks and generative AI can help to prevent breaches in what it calls ‘precision AI’
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26 Aug 2024
GenAI evolving, remains dominant data and analytics trend
As enterprise use of generative AI evolves from theory to practice, it remains the dominant development focus, with governance and real-time streaming playing complementary roles.
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26 Aug 2024
Survey: AI most exciting emerging technology in healthcare
Artificial intelligence has been named one of the most exciting emerging technologies by health system leaders, who see its potential to improve care and administration.
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26 Aug 2024
Long COVID effects in adolescents, young children vary
NIH-funded research through the RECOVER initiative revealed that long COVID symptoms among pediatric patients varied from sleepiness to headaches, underscoring vaccine importance.
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26 Aug 2024
How enhanced premium tax credits could affect health equity
If the Inflation Reduction Act's enhanced premium tax cuts are renewed in 2025, they could increase enrollment among populations with higher uninsurance rates.
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26 Aug 2024
Linus Torvalds discusses Linux development, security and AI at KubeCon
Linus Torvalds delves into the challenges in Linux development, the importance of swift security responses, and artificial intelligence’s future role in kernel programming
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26 Aug 2024
BT Group and Edgio unveil first MAUD-enabled content delivery network
Edge network provider becomes first to offer content delivery network enabled by multicast-assisted unicast delivery technology, offering enhanced network performance and ability to deal with increased network traffic loads
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22 Aug 2024
Salesforce GenAI, data tools likely major Dreamforce themes
We read the tea leaves of Salesforce's summer product releases, executive interviews and Winter '25 release notes to figure out what's coming at Dreamforce.
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22 Aug 2024
GuidePoint talks ransomware negotiations, payment bans
GuidePoint Security's Mark Lance discusses the current ransomware landscape and the steps that go into negotiating potential payments with cybercriminal gangs.
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22 Aug 2024
New Qilin tactics a ‘bonus multiplier’ for ransomware chaos
Sophos X-Ops caught the Qilin ransomware gang stealing credentials stored by victims' employees in Google Chrome, heralding further cyber attacks and breaches down the line.
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22 Aug 2024
Judge blocks FTC noncompete ban
A Texas judge blocked the FTC noncompete ban just weeks before it was set to take effect, sparking mixed reactions from the healthcare community.
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22 Aug 2024
Telehealth utilization trends vary across specialties
A new study highlights the variability of telehealth utilization by specialty, with some specialties like mental healthcare continuing to experience high telehealth use.
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22 Aug 2024
Police Digital Service taps up former biometrics commissioner as interim CEO
The Police Digital Service has confirmed the appointment of an interim chief executive
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22 Aug 2024
Americans see value in healthcare AI, but concerns remain
A national survey revealed that while many Americans are comfortable with artificial intelligence in healthcare, some have reservations about data privacy and security.
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22 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike exec refutes Action1 acquisition reports
A CrowdStrike vice president said the cybersecurity giant had an exploratory group conversation with Action1 and then 'disengaged after a surface level conversation.'
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22 Aug 2024
Body of tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch recovered after freak storm
The Autonomy and Darktrace co-founder is among the people who died after his luxury yacht was hit by a waterspout off the coast of Sicily
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22 Aug 2024
HPE enabling channel to tap into AI opportunity
Vendor is providing support working to make sure its partners can deliver its AI technology offerings
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22 Aug 2024
Docs judge patients' beliefs in medical misinformation
Patients fear judgment for expressing belief in medical misinformation, harming the patient-provider relationship.
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22 Aug 2024
16,000 No Surprises Act complaints yield $4M in relief
The 16,000 No Surprises Act complaints primarily related to air ambulance services.
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22 Aug 2024
Number of girls taking GCSE computing grows three years in a row
Gender split at GCSE level narrows as number of girls taking GCSE computing in the UK rises for the third year in a row
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22 Aug 2024
Collibra, Reltio integration targets discovery, governance
The new partnership aims to provide joint customers with complementary capabilities to help them better find relevant data for analysis and manage their data assets.
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22 Aug 2024
Post Office apologises for IT problem text alert that was never sent
After subpostmasters complained they received no communications from the Post Office when they could not log in to the Horizon IT system, the organisation admits a text message alert failed to be sent
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22 Aug 2024
Illwerke vkw to deploy business optical transport solution across Austria
Austrian energy service provider evolving existing network to meet rapidly growing capacity demand and offer 10G, 25G and 100G mobile backhaul and fronthaul services
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22 Aug 2024
SNF integration might discourage BPCI-A participation
A study found that SNF integration was linked to a statistically significant reduction in BPCI-A participation for major joint replacement of the lower extremity (MJRLE) episodes.
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22 Aug 2024
Engine ‘anomaly’ suspected as cause of UK rocket test explosion
First comments released after explosion on launch pad in test of rocket at first fully licensed vertical launch in Europe
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22 Aug 2024
DHSC should have dedicated digital records unit, says Tony Blair Institute
The digital health record unit would drive creation and implementation of electronic patient records to deliver health and care improvements and ensure the NHS is ready for the era of artificial intelligence
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22 Aug 2024
The rise and rise of open source in China
China’s embrace of open source software has evolved into a powerful force in the global technology landscape, driving innovations in cloud computing, artificial intelligence and other areas
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22 Aug 2024
Tech sector layoffs mount amid AI investment frenzy
Technology firms globally are cutting their workforces as they look to increase spending on and investment in artificial intelligence
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22 Aug 2024
NCC Group: Ransomware down in June, July YoY
While ransomware activity in July increased from the previous month, NCC Group researchers found the number of attacks was much lower compared to earlier this year.
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22 Aug 2024
More execs recognise data as assets than in 2020
Capgemini has updated its Data-Powered Enterprise study, which shows more businesses are deriving value from data