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18 Dec 2024
CISA issues mobile security guidance following China hacks
Following the Salt Typhoon attacks, CISA offers advice to 'highly targeted' individuals, such as using end-to-end encryption and moving away from purely SMS-based MFA.
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18 Dec 2024
Enterprises shift to on-premises AI to control costs
In 2025, many companies will shift to on-premises AI to cut cloud costs that can easily reach $1 million a month for large enterprises.
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18 Dec 2024
U.S. approach to misinformation, AI will shift under Trump
President-elect Donald Trump has been vocal in his criticisms of big tech's content censorship power and President Joe Biden's executive order on AI.
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19 Aug 2024
Wessex Internet furthers reach through Project Gigabit
As broadband roll-out speeds up across the country, west of England altnet goes live with gigabit connectivity in underserved communities, teaming up with arts education charity to offer ultrafast connectivity
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19 Aug 2024
FDA clears SleepioRx digital therapeutic for insomnia treatment
Big Health’s SleepioRx received FDA clearance. It is a digital cognitive behavioral therapy solution for chronic insomnia in adults that supports scalable access.
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19 Aug 2024
NHS England plans EPR for prisons and detention centres
The government is looking to procure an electronic patient record system with the aim of improving health records access for individuals in the justice system
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19 Aug 2024
Singtel expands GPUaaS offering to Southeast Asia
Singapore telco teams up with the Bridge Alliance industry group to bring its GPU-as-a-Service to enterprises across Southeast Asia
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16 Aug 2024
New Relic CEO on APAC growth and future of observability
New Relic CEO Ashan Willy talks up growth trajectory in APAC, the company’s long-term vision, and how going private has enabled it to make strategic investments
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16 Aug 2024
HPE acquires Morpheus Data, bolstering hybrid cloud offering
HPE is buying Morpheus Data, its second hybrid cloud management acquisition for GreenLake in less than two years following the purchase of OpsRamp.
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16 Aug 2024
AI breaks ageism barriers for older entrepreneurs
AI and demographics are transforming entrepreneurship, according to VC Katerina Stroponiati, whose new firm focuses on funding startup founders ages 50 and older.
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16 Aug 2024
Thousands of NetSuite customers accidentally exposing their data
Misconfigured permissions across live websites are leaving thousands of NetSuite users open to having their valuable customer data stolen, researchers say
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16 Aug 2024
HPE bolsters hybrid cloud position with Morpheus Data buy
HPE adds more depth to its GreenLake Cloud proposition handled by partners with its latest acquisition
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16 Aug 2024
Game development tech being keenly adopted by enterprises in other industries, research shows
Perforce research shows how enterprises in all sorts of sectors are tapping into the use of game development tools and technologies to unlock innovation
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16 Aug 2024
AI-RAN Alliance beefs up executive leadership
Collaborative consortium focused on enabling the evolution and advancement of AI into radio access networks appoints chair boasting over 30 years of experience in telecoms
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16 Aug 2024
Openreach unveils symmetric ultrafast FTTP broadband offer
UK’s leading broadband provider looks to push capabilities of its network to diversify portfolio further, and offer comms providers and users a broader choice of competitive fibre-based products
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16 Aug 2024
Three slams ‘abysmal’ UK 5G after mixed H1 2024
UK mobile operator posts first half results with growth in certain customer segments such as B2B and home broadband, but also negative EBITDA less CapEx, hindering ability to invest
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16 Aug 2024
Campaigners criticise Starmer post-riot public surveillance plans
A UK government programme to expand police facial recognition and information sharing after racist riots is attracting criticism from campaigners for exploiting the far-right unrest to generally crack down on protest and increase surveillance
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16 Aug 2024
Vacancy rates in major European datacentre hubs hit all-time low, CBRE data finds
CBRE’s latest quarterly market figures suggest the major European datacentre hubs could be reaching a crisis point, as demand for new capacity outstrips supply
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16 Aug 2024
Biden administration releases National Heat Strategy
The strategy for 2024–2030 is supposed to promote heat planning, response, and resilience in the wake of extreme heat.
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16 Aug 2024
EE’s first 5G small cells go live in London
UK’s leading mobile operator uses street-level mini masts to take advantage of existing street infrastructure to boost mobile capacity in busy areas including first 5G small cells in London trial
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15 Aug 2024
CDC issues health advisory on parvovirus B19
The organization cites a rising number of IgM antibodies for the disease, indicating higher infection rates.
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15 Aug 2024
Broadcom axes VMware education licensing options for schools
Broadcom shutters the VMware IT Academy and Academic Software Licensing programs on Aug. 15, leaving universities and trade schools in the lurch.
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15 Aug 2024
As AI evolves, manufacturing will face an old data problem
New capabilities in AI technology hold promise for manufacturers, but companies should proceed carefully until issues such as data quality are resolved.
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15 Aug 2024
July ransomware attacks slam public sector organizations
The global IT outage caused by an errant CrowdStrike channel file update dominated security news last month. But there were still plenty of ransomware attacks to go around.
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15 Aug 2024
14% of Americans carry 75% of nation's medical debt burden
Certain populations bear the brunt of the nation's medical debt burden, even as leaders work to relieve debt and remove it from credit reports.
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15 Aug 2024
National Public Data confirms breach, scope unknown
Reports suggest billions of personal records could have been compromised in the attack against data aggregator National Public Data, but the reality is more complicated.
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15 Aug 2024
Enzo Biochem pays $4.5M for health data security failures
State attorneys general from New York, Connecticut and New Jersey issued a $4.5 million penalty to Enzo Biochem, Inc. following a 2023 ransomware attack that resulted in health data security failures.
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15 Aug 2024
White House settles Medicare drug price negotiations
The Medicare drug price negotiations are slated to save the federal program around $6 billion across 10 selected medications.
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15 Aug 2024
AI reveals mental health impact of COVID-19 vaccine rollout
A population-based deep learning analysis of CDC data shows disparities in anxiety and depression prevalence among adults during COVID-19 vaccine rollouts.
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15 Aug 2024
Dublin confirmed as world’s third-largest hyperscale datacentre hub
Data from Synergy Research Group confirms the majority of the world’s 20 biggest hyperscale datacentre hubs are in the US, but Europe is holding its own with Dublin
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15 Aug 2024
Redcentric shares preliminary FY numbers as CEO bows out
MSP updates investors, with current boss deciding the time is right to head into retirement and kickstart the search for a successor
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15 Aug 2024
Number of girls taking A-level computing exceeds 3,000
Girls taking A-level computing has seen a large year-on-year jump between 2023 and 2024
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15 Aug 2024
U.S. worst in developed world for women's health outcomes
Women's health in the U.S. trails similarly developed nations in terms of outcomes, care access and healthcare affordability.
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15 Aug 2024
New deepfake audio detector released as U.S. election nears
The tool can identify AI-generated speech. The release follows wide circulation of deepfakes of vice president Kamala Harris and X owner Elon Musk.
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15 Aug 2024
Cisco cuts workforce for third time in 2 years, pursues AI
Cisco cuts its workforce by 7% and forms one unit for networking, security and collaboration to energize AI and security sales. It's the third round of layoffs since 2022.
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15 Aug 2024
CMS reaches agreements for lower prices of 10 drugs
The negotiated prices mark a 38–79% discount off of list prices that could save roughly $6 billion annually.
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15 Aug 2024
Google Cloud survey shows GenAI business benefits
Survey on behalf of Google Cloud suggests that business can start generating value from GenAI within six months
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15 Aug 2024
ASEAN organisations lack mature AI strategy
IBM-commissioned study reveals that while ASEAN organisations are engaging with AI, only 4% have reached a transformative level of AI maturity
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15 Aug 2024
WHO declares global public health emergency for mpox
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, the Director General for the World Health Organization, announced that mpox is a PHEIC.
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15 Aug 2024
Cardiff schools turn PSTN switch-off into opportunity for improved agility
Civic authorities responsible for education in Welsh capital look to take advantage of switch-off of UK’s analogue copper-based comms infrastructure to drive cloud-based digital transformation of schools’ communications systems
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14 Aug 2024
Grok-2 intro leads to questions about xAI model openness
The new versions of the model appear to be on par with models from Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic, but the vendor has not released technical details or restricted its image generator.
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14 Aug 2024
For workers, AI's chief impact might be distress
Early evidence suggests AI is reducing the need for some workers, such as those in customer service, and concern about AI's impact is evident in an ongoing survey.
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14 Aug 2024
EU, Calif. climate risk rules prompt companies to prepare
A challenge companies are facing while preparing for compliance with climate risk reporting rules is a lack of consistency among different rules and standards.
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14 Aug 2024
Memory and storage experts share highlights from FMS 2024
Industry experts look back on the expanded FMS 2024, weighing in on the big takeaways and what discussions say about the future of the storage and memory markets.
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14 Aug 2024
GitHub Copilot Autofix tackles vulnerabilities with AI
GitHub says Copilot Autofix drastically reduced the median time to remediate vulnerabilities in beta testing from 90 minutes for manual fixes to 28 minutes with the GenAI tool.
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14 Aug 2024
August Patch Tuesday proves busy with six zero-days to fix
Microsoft patches six actively exploited zero-days among over 100 issues during its regular monthly update
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14 Aug 2024
Sophos adds more post-sales support for customers
Following up from its partner efforts earlier this year, the vendor continues to take steps to widen access to education and strategic guidance
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14 Aug 2024
Major players ‘less than impressive’ as altnets rise in UK broadband
A range of surveys identify independent sector as the driving force in UK’s growing gigabit broadband industry and caution of slowdown in subscribers by major providers
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14 Aug 2024
Newcastle City Council swaps out Oracle Java for Azul
Changes to Oracle’s Java licensing meant the council no longer received free security patches
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14 Aug 2024
Microsoft corrects six zero-days for August Patch Tuesday
Admins can address most of the zero-days with a cumulative update. But of more concern is the lack of patches for two vulnerabilities demonstrated at the Black Hat conference.
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14 Aug 2024
Anatomy-aware GenAI shows promise in medical imaging
An anatomy-aware generative AI tool could improve the synthesis of high-quality computed tomography images for research and clinical applications.
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14 Aug 2024
Telehealth use spikes with dementia patients during pandemic
Telehealth use surged among dementia patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, with various social determinants influencing utilization, per recent research.
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14 Aug 2024
Trauma activation charges 60% higher at for-profit hospitals
The variation in trauma activation charges cannot be fully explained by clinical need, but by trauma center ownership and type.
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14 Aug 2024
TD Synnex adds more UK support to Cisco Security Club
Distributor revises community offering to support partners keen to improve their capabilities
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14 Aug 2024
FDA approves first, only treatment for hypoparathyroidism
Yorvipath, manufactured by Acendis Pharma, was approved as the first and only treatment for hypoparathyroidism on August 12, 2024.
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14 Aug 2024
Post Office brings in new IT chief as it awaits funding for Horizon replacement
Incoming tech leader Andy Nice will be responsible for the troubled programme to replace the Horizon IT system at the heart of the Post Office scandal - and a new non-executive director for technology is on the way too
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14 Aug 2024
Dawn Project calls out Big Tech for selling AI snake oil
A campaigning group focused on safety critical technology has called out the major tech firms for putting people’s lives at risk with flawed AI
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14 Aug 2024
Automated police tech contributes to UK structural racism problem
Civil society groups say automated policing technologies are helping to fuel the disparities that people of colour face across the criminal justice sector, as part of wider warning about the UK’s lack of progress in dealing with systemic racism
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14 Aug 2024
Wialon fits out four million IoT-connected vehicles
Global fleet management and IoT software platform racks up record number of vehicles connected on GPS tracking and internet of things software platform.
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14 Aug 2024
IR35 public sector reforms: HS2 finalises £6.2m settlement with HMRC over compliance failings
After setting aside over £10m to cover its IR35 compliance liabilities, HS2 accounts confirm the organisation reached a final settlement with HMRC totalling £6.2m
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14 Aug 2024
AT&T powers IoT for Oracle enterprise communications
Integrated communications and cloud solutions provider incorporates leading US telco’s internet of things connectivity and network APIs into its Enterprise Communications Platform
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14 Aug 2024
Leeds Teaching Hospitals deploys patient records and data sharing on Azure
In-house patient records system has been migrated to the Microsoft public cloud, opening up the potential for greater data sharing
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13 Aug 2024
What the Delta-CrowdStrike lawsuit may mean for IT contracts
The recent exchange of allegations between Delta and CrowdStrike reveals legal arguments Delta could use to recover the massive losses suffered in the CrowdStrike outage.
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13 Aug 2024
Law enforcement disrupts Radar/Dispossessor ransomware group
The now-disrupted Radar/Dispossessor ransomware gang was launched in August 2023, and its members have targeted dozens of SMBs across critical sectors via dual extortion.
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13 Aug 2024
NIST debuts three quantum-safe encryption algorithms
NIST has launched the first three quantum-resistant encryption algorithms, and as the threat of quantum-enabled cyber attacks grows greater, organisations are encouraged to adopt them as soon as they can
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13 Aug 2024
Fix for Azure Health Bot vulnerabilities prevents exploitation
Researchers disclosed two Azure Health Bot vulnerabilities to Microsoft for which fixes were deployed before the flaws could be exploited.
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13 Aug 2024
Nutanix to enable software-defined storage on Dell PowerFlex
Nutanix and Dell are expanding their partnership with a new appliance out now and a new HCI model that melds Dell PowerFlex with the Nutanix Cloud Platform out in 2025.
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13 Aug 2024
AI explosion creating storage and data management opportunities
For those able to support customers and help to reduce complexity surrounding AI technology, the rest of this year should be a solid time
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13 Aug 2024
BT Group sees share spike as Bharti buys out Altice holding
Just a few months after Mexican business magnate takes 3.2% stake in UK’s leading telco, Indian multinational conglomerate to buy 24.5% holding in a deal valued at £3.2bn
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13 Aug 2024
UK businesses ready to deploy 5G standalone
Vodafone research highlights UK businesses keen to invest in both 5G services, looking to improve operational efficiency of their business in an increasingly competitive digital environment
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13 Aug 2024
Cyber criminal kingpin ‘J.P. Morgan’ appears in US court
‘J.P. Morgan’, a Belarusian cyber criminal who ran a major ransomware campaign supported by malvertising scams, faces decades in prison in the United States after being extradited from the EU
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13 Aug 2024
VA's SDOH pilot targets transportation barriers to healthcare
VA patients enrolled in the SDOH pilot rideshare program had fewer transportation barriers to care, more access and fewer no-shows.
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13 Aug 2024
Dataiku expands LLM Mesh with governance layer
The vendor provides a marketplace for enterprises similar to those of the major cloud providers. However, it does not have its own LLM, but offers many others in its marketplace.
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13 Aug 2024
Breas Medical addresses formaldehyde in ventilators
Breas Medical initiates a nationwide correction to address potential formaldehyde exposure from Vivo 45 LS ventilators.
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13 Aug 2024
SITA climbs to the cloud to enhance air transport IT
Latest implementation of comms solutions by leading provider of IT to the air transport industry taps global comms tech firm to unlock LTE and 5G networks with existing platforms
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13 Aug 2024
Oracle Exadata Exascale: Big architecture shift for small workloads
Exascale is multitenant architecture for Oracle Database that promises performance equal to dedicated infrastructure and savings compared with existing products, with AI workloads in mind
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13 Aug 2024
Openreach to light up 312,000 rural UK premises in Project Gigabit next phase
UK’s leading broadband provider engaged in latest step of £5bn gigabit access programme to improve broadband for more than 300,000 homes and business across UK
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13 Aug 2024
Australia’s cyber security skills gap remains pressing issue
Study reveals Australia’s critical shortage of cyber security professionals, escalating the risk of data breaches
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13 Aug 2024
Orange claims gold in Olympic mobile coverage
Telco reveals the challenges and triumphs in connecting more than 120 venues to assure the best connectivity experience for an estimated 15 million spectators and four billion television viewers
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13 Aug 2024
FDA approves first nasal spray for anaphylaxis
The FDA's approval of neffy offers a needle-free option for treating anaphylaxis, potentially improving patient access and compliance.
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12 Aug 2024
Startup aims to upend old-school RPA with large action model
With its GenAI-based platform, Orby AI aims to provide enterprises with generative process automation and AI agents to automate a range of business workflows.
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12 Aug 2024
HHS proposed rule seeks to align health IT investments
The proposed rule, which is available for public comment until October 8, 2024, would require HHS contractors to use certified health IT to promote interoperability.
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12 Aug 2024
Flashpoint CEO: Cyber, physical security threats converging
Although Flashpoint is known for their cybersecurity threat intelligence services, the vendor also provides physical security intelligence to its clientele.
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12 Aug 2024
EHR vendor MEDITECH launches HIE interoperability network
The Traverse Exchange interoperability network supports nationwide health information exchange (HIE) for MEDITECH customers, including TEFCA connectivity.
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12 Aug 2024
ICD-10 codes for SDOH, housing instability miss the mark
More than 70% of the time, ICD-10 codes for SDOH don't reflect a patient's self-reported housing security.
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12 Aug 2024
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Time to update the contacts book as a number of firms decide its time for some promotions and fresh blood
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12 Aug 2024
COVID-19 raises diabetes risk, while vaccination reduces impact
Research links COVID-19 to increased diabetes risk, underscoring that vaccination prevents severe cases and reduces the risk of diabetes.
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12 Aug 2024
Social care must ensure IT systems comply with data standards
As social care is moving towards meeting its target of 80% of providers having digital records, the Department for Health and Social Care calls on them to ensure the digital systems meet national standards
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12 Aug 2024
How JSR is using generative AI to drive insights
JSR Corporation has been using the Cohesity Gaia enterprise search assistant to surface insights from backups of employee mailboxes and OneDrive data
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11 Aug 2024
Scottish universities lead digital twin hub for transport
Digital twins offer researchers the ability to monitor transportation to identify ways of reducing the UK’s carbon footprint
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09 Aug 2024
NetApp additions aim to ease migrations and hybrid cloud
The latest NetApp capabilities enable hybrid cloud functionality and expand migration options, important features as customer look to avoid lock-in.
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09 Aug 2024
CHCs defy staff shortage woes, promote healthcare access
Most community health centers are bogged down by provider and staff shortages, but they're still able to offer next-day and after-hours patient healthcare access.
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09 Aug 2024
Latest healthcare cyberattacks highlight operational risks
Recent cyberattacks against OneBlood and McLaren Health Care shed light on the operational challenges that targeted organizations face.
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09 Aug 2024
The Security Interviews: Google’s take on confidential computing
We speak to Google’s Nelly Porter about the company’s approach to keeping data as safe as possible on Google Cloud
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09 Aug 2024
CyberSmart: MSPs now expected to provide security
Customers are increasingly looking to their service provider to cover all bases, including data protection
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09 Aug 2024
UK altnets’ fibre optic overbuild risking rural connectivity
Report suggests UK’s independent broadband providers are at risk of more unnecessary overbuild as new entrants rush to deploy infrastructure without considering the long-term sustainability of their business models
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09 Aug 2024
CDC issues recommendations for contraceptive use
The CDC has updated its US Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use following a review of evidence earlier this year.
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09 Aug 2024
40% of Americans say pediatric vaccinations are extremely important
Data from a Gallup poll revealed that fewer Americans regard childhood vaccinations as important or extremely important.
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09 Aug 2024
Nokia drones-as-a-service network takes flight for Swisscom
Switzerland’s leading telecoms provider to deploy largest drones-as-a-service network to enhance safety and operational efficiency for public and industrial use cases
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08 Aug 2024
Endor Labs ships Java 'Magic Patches' with SCA tools
Upgrade impact analysis and backported fixes will help one enterprise customer make a major Java upgrade manageable and keep compliant with FedRAMP.
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08 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike, AI dominate conversation at Black Hat USA 2024
Although the trend of vendors pitching AI-powered products nonstop has continued at Black Hat USA 2024, CrowdStrike and the recent IT outage was an even larger point of discussion.
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08 Aug 2024
Sysdig Sage early adopters kick the tires on CNAPP AI agents
AI agents in Sysdig Sage add more sophisticated multi-step reasoning than is available with generic LLMs. But it's meant to assist humans, not replace them.