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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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11 Jul 2024
Microsoft, Google make moves amid regulators' AI scrutiny
Microsoft is withdrawing stepping down from the OpenAI board. Google has reportedly disbanded its machine learning privacy team. Both vendors face investigations.
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11 Jul 2024
FTC, DOJ take aim at dark patterns with Adobe lawsuit
The FTC and DOJ's lawsuit against Adobe targets dark patterns by claiming that Adobe's allegedly difficult cancellation process traps consumers in unwanted subscriptions.
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11 Jul 2024
Oracle's new Exadata architecture targets efficiency, cost
With Exascale, the tech giant aims to improve the efficiency of its relational database platform to handle GenAI workloads while dramatically reducing costs with new pricing.
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11 Jul 2024
Wireless Broadband Alliance reveals Wi-Fi HaLow phase two
Global industry body dedicated to improving Wi-Fi standards and services releases results of its phase two trials of real-world use cases for Wi-Fi HaLow
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11 Jul 2024
Sodvin launches broadband services with XGS-PON
Trøndelag county-based utility broadband provider looks to transform residential connectivity services with increased network performance and scale for future upgrades, with high-speed 10 Gbps passive optical network
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11 Jul 2024
Service providers putting funds into AI and automation
Research from Kaseya reveals the top priorities for service providers as we move deeper into the second half
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11 Jul 2024
Ransomware gangs increasingly exploiting vulnerabilities
New research from Cisco Talos highlighted three of the most popular known vulnerabilities that were exploited by ransomware gangs for initial access during 2023 and 2024.
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11 Jul 2024
Life sciences, medtech and the NHS must marry, says health secretary
Health secretary Wes Streeting wants the UK to be an international powerhouse for life sciences and medtech, and plans to turn the Department for Health and Social Care into a ‘public growth department’
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11 Jul 2024
Deep learning shows promise in predicting osteoporosis risk
A deep neural network significantly outperformed existing machine learning and regression models for osteoporosis risk prediction in a cohort of over 8,000 participants.
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11 Jul 2024
Moving GenAI from proof of concept to production on AWS
A prevailing critique of generative AI tools is that they can't be put into practice. However, some organizations now use vendor tools to produce capabilities for their clients.
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11 Jul 2024
MSPs confident they can fend off cyber threat
Despite the ongoing targeting of the managed service community by cyber criminals, many feel confident about their position
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11 Jul 2024
Microsoft and CISPE’s settlement in long-running cloud antitrust dispute proves controversial
Microsoft and trade body CISPE have reportedly reached a $22m settlement in their long-running antitrust dispute, but cloud market stakeholders are not happy with the outcome
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11 Jul 2024
ITER workshop highlights the role of computing technology in nuclear fusion
One of the themes from the private sector workshop run in France this May is that information technology remains a key enabler for nuclear fusion
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11 Jul 2024
HHS releases HTI-2 proposed rule for interoperability
HHS's HTI-2 proposed rule aims to improve health data interoperability with new certification criteria and updates to information blocking regulations.
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11 Jul 2024
Data quality specialist Soda secures $14M to fuel expansion
The Europe-based vendor intends to use its latest funding to shift its growth focus to the U.S. while also continuing to invest in its AI-fueled observability platform.
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11 Jul 2024
Dutch research firm TNO pictures the SOC of the future
In only a few years, security operations centres will have a different design and layout, and far fewer will remain
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11 Jul 2024
Challenges of deploying AI to run public services more efficiently
A report from an organisation headed by former prime minister Tony Blair has set an AI challenge for the Labour government
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11 Jul 2024
GDS appoints Christine Bellamy as CEO
The former head of Gov.uk has taken over as CEO of the Government Digital Service following the departure of Tom Read in June
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11 Jul 2024
CY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule rule seeks a 2.8% payment cut
CMS proposed the CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule to update payment policies and expand access to behavioral health and value-based care.
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11 Jul 2024
West End Live and London Pride gain from next-gen connectivity
Attendees of recent large, free-entry public events in central London are said to have benefited from ultra-fast public Wi-Fi installed on street furniture, supporting the operation of key facilities and devices
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11 Jul 2024
Zoom unveils no-code workflow builder to boost workplace efficiency
Comms and collaboration tech provider announces beta of workplace automation option that uses AI-powered features to streamline routine tasks, boosting efficiency and freeing up time for more meaningful work
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11 Jul 2024
Inside Israel’s cyber security operations
An emergency phone line allows cyber security analysts at the Israel Computer Emergency Response Team to map threats against national infrastructure
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11 Jul 2024
Researchers discover toxic metals, contaminants in tampons
A study from the University of California Berkley revealed high levels of toxic metals, including arsenic, lead, and cadmium, in tampons.
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11 Jul 2024
AI and cyber skills worryingly lacking, say business leaders
A lack of skilled workers has been an ongoing concern for the tech sector, but Computer Weekly’s annual survey finds skills in artificial intelligence and cyber are a particular pain point
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10 Jul 2024
Kamala Harris might alter big tech regulation
Vice President Kamala Harris' friendliness toward the tech sector could affect President Joe Biden's regulatory efforts if she replaces him as the Democratic presidential nominee.
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10 Jul 2024
Graph technology helps battle election misinformation
Backed by a grant from Neo4j, including free use of its platform, Syracuse University is exposing coordinated networks that spread election misinformation on social media.
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10 Jul 2024
Check Point sheds light on Windows MSHTML zero-day flaw
A Check Point Software Technologies researcher who discovered CVE-2024-38112 said the Windows spoofing vulnerability may have been exploited as far back at January 2023.
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10 Jul 2024
JetCool CEO on liquid cooling and the modern data center
In this Q&A, JetCool's CEO talks about the growing interest in liquid cooling and how it's being used to divert heat away from compute so that bigger workloads can run consistently.
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10 Jul 2024
IT ops pros grapple with glut of AI assistants
After nearly two years of hype, it's still early for enterprise GenAI. That said, skepticism -- and outright pessimism -- have begun to emerge about AI assistants for IT automation.
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10 Jul 2024
AWS intros GenAI app studio, updates Amazon Q and Bedrock
The cloud provider introduced new features that help enterprises create applications faster, while still applying responsible practices. It also unveiled new educational resources.
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10 Jul 2024
Tennis and technology: How Wimbledon gave fans a GenAI experience
Computer Weekly goes behind the scenes at Wimbledon to see how tennis fans are benefiting from the latest developments in artificial intelligence
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10 Jul 2024
Civil servant was lone voice on Post Office board to query legal plan that blew taxpayers' cash
Government representative felt he was 'in a minority of one' on the Post Office board of directors in questioning the handling of a High Court battle with subpostmasters that cost £100m
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10 Jul 2024
Storj buys Valdi for cloud compute to bolster storage offers
The acquisition brings Storj's distributed storage offerings together with Valdi's distributed compute services for high-performance workloads, including generative AI.
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10 Jul 2024
Canalys: PC market sets stage in Q2 for further growth
AI-capable products are starting to hit the market, providing expectations of a strengthening 2024
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10 Jul 2024
CMS proposes CY 2025 OPPS, ASC payment system rule
The CY 2025 OPPS and ASC payment system rule looks to grow Medicare payments to facilities, health equity and access to behavioral health.
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10 Jul 2024
Change Healthcare publishes data breach notice
Change Healthcare has begun mailing data breach notification letters to affected individuals.
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10 Jul 2024
State AGs urge consumers to use free credit monitoring from Change Healthcare
State attorneys general across the country are urging consumers to enroll in free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services in the wake of the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
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10 Jul 2024
The security interview: Managing the ‘no’ mindset
Matt Riley, data protection and information security officer at Sharp Europe, discusses balancing cyber risks with business leaders’ goals
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10 Jul 2024
Vodafone, Meta optimise short-form videos to improve network efficiency
Operator and tech giant team on test leading to marked reduction in network traffic for popular applications across mobile network, freeing up resources on popular 4G/5G sites at locations such as shopping centres and transport hubs
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10 Jul 2024
Pusan National University proposes backscatter comms for low-power IoT
Researchers at Korean university develop backscatter IoT device connectivity and efficiency communication system said to be 40% more energy-efficient than conventional methods potentially transforming smart homes, industrial automation.
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10 Jul 2024
Datacentre market supports Labour government’s review of blocked server farm builds
New government has wasted no time in lowering planning permission barriers to new datacentre builds, with its disclosure that two previously denied projects are being placed under review
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10 Jul 2024
FDA updates guidance for addressing medical misinformation
The updated guidance includes recommendations for industry members willing to address medical misinformation related to their products voluntarily.
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10 Jul 2024
STD rates among seniors increased 23.8% from 2020 to 2023
FAIR Health estimates that while overall STD diagnoses increased 4.8% from 2020 to 2023, rates among seniors increased 23.8%.
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10 Jul 2024
Setting the high bar in digital transformation
Roel Louwhoff, Standard Chartered’s chief transformation, technology and operations officer, outlines what it takes for the company to become a client-focused, data-driven bank
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09 Jul 2024
Microsoft fixes 2 zero-days in massive July Patch Tuesday
Microsoft disclosed and patched a whopping 142 vulnerabilities in a busy Patch Tuesday that included two zero-day flaws under active exploitation in the wild.
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09 Jul 2024
Amid layoffs, UKG is hiring, especially in India
UKG, citing a need to redirect its spending, cut more than an estimated 2,000 employees. But its hiring continues, with many jobs based in India, some with U.S. support roles.
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09 Jul 2024
Hyper-V zero-day stands out on a busy Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has fixed almost 140 vulnerabilities in its latest monthly update, with a Hyper-V zero-day singled out for urgent attention
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09 Jul 2024
Governments issue warning on China's APT40 attacks
Government agencies say APT40 continues to pose significant risk to organizations across the globe by exploiting vulnerabilities in public-facing applications.
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09 Jul 2024
Pandemic policies shrank cost-related barriers to healthcare
The number of adults reporting cost-related barriers to healthcare went down by 4.75 million people, new data shows.
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09 Jul 2024
Chinese spies target vulnerable home office kit to run cyber attacks
China’s APT40 is ramping up targeting of victims using vulnerable small and home office networking kit as command and control infrastructure, according to an international alert
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09 Jul 2024
Computing curriculum leaving digital skills behind, research suggests
Research by the Subject Choice, Attainment and Representation in Computing Project has found that the technical focus of the computing curriculum is leaving many without other important digital skills
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09 Jul 2024
Microsoft and Google’s GHG emissions gains call viability of net-zero targets into question
Microsoft and Google cite expansion of their datacentres due to demand for AI services for their greenhouse gas emissions increasing. What does this mean for their 2030 carbon reduction commitments?
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09 Jul 2024
Government left monitoring of Post Office to ‘luck’
If the Post Office board failed to spot bad faith within its management, it would be down to ‘luck’ for the government to find out
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09 Jul 2024
Lessons from war: How Israel is fighting Iranian state-backed hacking
The general director of the Israel National Cyber Directorate talks about the rise in cyber attacks and what lessons the country has gleaned to defend against hacking from foreign parties
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09 Jul 2024
Room to grow in UK for Tata Consultancy Services after half a century
Indian-headquartered IT giant has built a large UK footprint as part of its global network, a commitment which is helping it increase its business in the UK’s public sector
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09 Jul 2024
Atos jumps on ‘moving train’ for Euro 2024
Atos provides the IT supporting major recurring sporting events including Uefa’s European Football Championship
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09 Jul 2024
Fewer than half of organisations achieve GenAI efficiency gains
Research finds that many organisations lack the IT infrastructure needed to deploy generative AI applications
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09 Jul 2024
Text-based remote monitoring app cuts high-cost breast cancer visits
A study shows that a remote symptom monitoring app providing tailored text messages reduced high-cost healthcare encounters among early-stage breast cancer patients.
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09 Jul 2024
Tony’s Chocolonely gains Salesforce comfort with Own SaaS backup
Tony’s Chocolonely sometimes lost Salesforce.com data and often hit storage limits, but cloud-to-cloud SaaS backup from Own allows it to easily recover customer data and archive old data
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09 Jul 2024
HSA administrator discloses healthcare data breach
In an SEC filing, HealthEquity disclosed a healthcare data breach that stemmed from unauthorized access to a business partner’s user account.
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09 Jul 2024
DoJ catches over $2.7B in healthcare fraud schemes
The Department of Justice has charged nearly 200 people, including doctors, in over $2.7B in healthcare fraud schemes.
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09 Jul 2024
ENet, Heights Telecom team to deliver advanced Wi-Fi in Guyana
Telecommunications solutions provider announces strategic partnership with Guyana’s only locally owned comms firm introducing internet service offering ultra-fast internet and advanced Wi-Fi connectivity to customers
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09 Jul 2024
Revamped DSIT to transform digital public services, says government
The incoming government sets out preliminary plans to conduct a major revamp and relaunch of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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09 Jul 2024
Americans embrace hospital-at-home care & associated caregiving tasks
Survey results show that more than half of US adults find hospital-at-home care effective and safe, and most said they can perform the caregiving tasks required.
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09 Jul 2024
ENGIE Vianeo, BICS team to add IoT capability to support smart EV charging
Looking to take advantage of European Union improvements to the availability of electric vehicle stations, charging business of energy company powers up its fleet of chargers with real-time data
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09 Jul 2024
Physician burnout rate has dropped 14.6% since 2021
According to a news release from the AMA, physician burnout rates are under 50% for the first time in four years.
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09 Jul 2024
GLP-1 drugs reduce the risk of obesity-associated cancers
Compared to insulin, GLP-1 drugs were better at preventing 10 of 13 obesity-associated cancers.
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08 Jul 2024
Ransomware hits CDK Global, public sector targets in June
The prevalent threat continued to cause disruptions last month as city halls were forced to close and auto dealerships faced downstream effects after an attack against CDK Global.
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08 Jul 2024
Synnovis attack highlights degraded, outdated state of NHS IT
More cyber attacks against the health service are likely, and will succeed if something isn’t done to address the increasingly elderly NHS IT estate, experts are warning
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08 Jul 2024
Nokia, Google Fiber claim 50G PON first in live fibre trial in US
Tech giant’s development hub for transforming the internet experience expands relationship with comms tech provider on 50G passive optical network trial
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08 Jul 2024
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
In a week that saw major personnel changes on the benches of the House of Commons, the moves continued across the channel
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08 Jul 2024
Singtel, SK Telecom gear up for 6G future
Both telcos will work together to develop advanced network slicing, telco APIs and edge AI infrastructure, among other capabilities, to pave way for 6G deployments
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08 Jul 2024
Sir Alan Bates welcomes MP’s elevation to House of Lords
Former Labour MP has moved to the House of Lords where he will continue campaigning for justice for victims of the Horizon scandal
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08 Jul 2024
Motorola Solutions to open global R&D centre in Ireland
Comms tech giant announces opening of research and development centre in Cork to focus on designing software for established land mobile radio portfolio
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08 Jul 2024
CMS proposes CY 2025 ESRD Prospective Payment System rule
The CY 2025 ESRD Prospective Payment System rule would increase Medicare payments to facilities by 2.2%, among other policies.
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08 Jul 2024
HC3 warns sector of critical MOVEit cybersecurity vulnerabilities
Healthcare organizations should prioritize patching two critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities found in Progress Software’s MOVEit managed file transfer platform.
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08 Jul 2024
Medicare Advantage, individual markets did well financially in 2023
As plans continue to recover from the pandemic, Medicare Advantage plans continued their strong performance, financially, in 2023.
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08 Jul 2024
Eli Lilly to acquire Morphic Holding Inc. in a $3.2 billion deal
If the acquisition goes through, it will support and enhance Eli Lilly’s inflammatory bowel disease portfolio.
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05 Jul 2024
Nokia, BT Group, Qualcomm claim enhanced 5G Carrier Aggregation first
Comms tech provider and operator reveal successfull aggregation of 5G Standalone spectrum using 5CC Carrier Aggregation, making the latter the first European operator to achieve this milestone
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05 Jul 2024
Virgin Media adds to Yeovil gigabit broadband estate
Full-fibre broadband with top speeds of 2Gbps, up to 38 times faster than the current local average, now available to more than 20,000 additional homes in key town in country of Somerset
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05 Jul 2024
Hopes Labour will support tech, improve security and drive innovation
With the dust settling on the election results and a fresh prime minister entering Downing Street, the tech industry is starting to share its hopes for the new government
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05 Jul 2024
MSPs deserve more recognition
CEO of Kaseya outlines its mission to improve the position of the managed service provider community
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04 Jul 2024
5G FWA on upward trajectory but global growth patchy
Study from GSMA predicts the number of 5G FWA connections across 70 countries will increase by 358% by 2030, representing an increase from 17.3 million connections to 79.2 million
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04 Jul 2024
SonicWall offers MSPs access to increased range of services
Security player arms partners with access to European-based SOC that will help them deal with EU compliance regulations
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04 Jul 2024
ADNOC, e& plan energy industry’s largest private 5G wireless network
Abu Dhabi-owned energy and petrochemicals group enters agreement with leading MENA telco to create high-speed network spanning 11,000 square km, enabling AI-driven offerings to reach remote onshore and offshore operations
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04 Jul 2024
UK data regulator should investigate police cloud deployments
The Scottish biometrics commissioner has called for the UK Information Commissioner’s Office to formally investigate whether Police Scotland’s cloud-based evidence sharing system is fully compliant with data protection laws
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04 Jul 2024
Nokia and Solis plough connectivity path for agribusinesses in Brazil
Comms tech provider and telecoms infrastructure firm expand private wireless networks supporting agribusinesses in unconnected rural communities across Brazil to drive digital inclusion with real-time information to support farms
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04 Jul 2024
How Qualtrics is driving experience management with AI
During the Sydney leg of its X4 conference, Qualtrics’ top executives dived deeper into its efforts to help organisations improve customer and employee experiences with AI
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04 Jul 2024
LG acquires Athom to advance AI-enabled smart home
Electronics giant takes large majority stake in smart home platform company to gain deeper insights into customers’ lifestyle and usage patterns and accelerate AI home business
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03 Jul 2024
Cloud malware protection is a path to object cyberstorage
Hyperscaler service offerings to detect or eliminate malware add features that analysts call cyberstorage to common object storage, a step toward improving security standards.
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03 Jul 2024
NCA’s Operation Morpheus targets illicit Cobalt Strike use
International law enforcement operation targets cyber criminals using the Cobalt Strike penetration testing framework for dodgy purposes
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03 Jul 2024
Personalized medicine Biohealth Tech Hub awarded $49M
The Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub will use $49 million in federal funding to drive innovation, manufacturing and workforce development in the realm of precision medicine.
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03 Jul 2024
EU moves ahead while U.S. steps back on regulation
The European Commission found both Meta and Apple to be in violation of the Digital Markets Act.
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03 Jul 2024
Former Post Office chair 'regrets' keeping critical Horizon report secret
Tim Parker, chairman of the Post Office from 2015 to 2022, admits he should not have accepted legal advice to prevent release of a review that could have supported victims of the Horizon scandal
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03 Jul 2024
UK must push forward greater use of open tech
OpenUK is calling on policymakers to put more effort into building the UK’s open source capabilities
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03 Jul 2024
Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 announce long-term network-sharing agreement
Network-sharing agreement aims to transform experience for tens of millions of customers across the UK and rebalance the mobile market by creating a third scaled network operator
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03 Jul 2024
Logicalis: Sustainability still a top customer concern
Even with the tougher economic climate, the commitment by customers to greening their business and working with those with a similar mission remains solid
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03 Jul 2024
Police Digital Service employees arrested on suspicion of fraud, bribery and misconduct
The Police Digital Service has confirmed an internal review of its processes will be undertaken in the wake of staff arrests
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03 Jul 2024
BT tops UK fixed broadband customer experience rankings
Research from network quality of experience testing and monitoring firm pinpoints UK’s largest leading broadband provider as offering best quality of experience