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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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12 Jun 2024
Synthetic tumor data enhances training for cancer detection AI
An artificial intelligence model trained solely on synthetic liver tumor data performed on par with models trained using images of real tumors.
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12 Jun 2024
RCE flaw and DNS zero-day top list of Patch Tuesday bugs
An RCE vulnerability in a Microsoft messaging feature and a third-party flaw in a DNS authentication protocol are the most pressing issues to address in Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday
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12 Jun 2024
FDA advisory panel votes in favor of Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug
On June 10, a panel of FDA advisors unanimously voted in favor of approving Eli Lilly’s new Alzheimer’s disease drug, donanemab.
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11 Jun 2024
Tableau CEO on AI moves to ease analytics adoption
Tableau’s head honcho Ryan Aytay talks up Tableau’s efforts to bring more consumerisation and personalisation capabilities to data analytics through the use of AI
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11 Jun 2024
PSNI ran secret unit to monitor journalists’ and lawyers’ phones, claims former senior officer
The Police Service of Northern Ireland denies claims that its anti-corruption unit used a standalone computer to ‘avoid scrutiny and control’
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11 Jun 2024
Microsoft delivers 51 fixes for June Patch Tuesday
A critical remote-code execution flaw in Windows and a DoS vulnerability affecting DNS in Windows Server top the list of patching priorities for admins.
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11 Jun 2024
IFS buys industrial asset management provider Copperleaf
IFS acquires asset investment management provider Copperleaf Technologies, adding to its portfolio of applications that help companies manage their physical and digital assets.
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11 Jun 2024
Pure Storage hit by Snowflake credential hackers
Pure Storage emerges as the latest victim of a fast-spreading breach of Snowflake customers targeting users with lax credential security measures in place
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11 Jun 2024
Low language access limits patient appointment scheduling
Researchers say low access to cancer care is due to poor language access during the appointment scheduling process.
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11 Jun 2024
General election 2024: Conservative manifesto promises to continue tech policies
The Conservative Party manifesto contains little by way of new commitments for tech and digital, but lays out plans to continue existing policies and promises made under the last government
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11 Jun 2024
RingCentral pushes AI deeper into sales tech, integrates Teams
Among other new features, RingCentral pushes its RingSense conversational intelligence deeper into the sales market with new integrations, where it meets a crowd of tech competitors.
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11 Jun 2024
More than 160 Snowflake customers hit in targeted data theft spree
Mandiant reports that more than 160 Snowflake customers have been hit in a broad data theft and extortion campaign targeting organisations that have failed to pay proper attention to securing valuable credentials
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11 Jun 2024
Dynatrace expanding channel reach
Firm following strategy of working closely with strategic partners and developing channel-led segment to access more customers
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11 Jun 2024
Apple adopts ChatGPT to put the ‘A’ in AI
At its worldwide developer conference, Apple updated macOS and iOS, making Siri more context-aware
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11 Jun 2024
Nuclear waste body cuts energy use by 20% as Pure replaces HPE
French nuclear waste agency Andra has cut storage energy use by 20% and strengthened its disaster recovery capabilities by deploying Pure Storage and 10-year controller upgrades
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11 Jun 2024
A planetary health diet lowers the risk of total mortality
Across the US, a higher planetary health diet index reduces the risk of total and cause-specific mortality while improving environmental health.
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11 Jun 2024
CDO interview: Sophie Gallay, global data and client IT director, Etam
The French retailer has some catching up to do on its data strategy and digital transformation – and its new data chief has an ambitious roadmap to deliver on data science, business intelligence and artificial intelligence
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11 Jun 2024
FluidOne refinances to support growth ambitions
Channel player aims to treble the business in the next five years and reveals a fresh partnership to fund that ambition
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11 Jun 2024
StorMagic debuts HCI, hypervisor as VMware alternative
StorMagic looks to court customers with smaller data centers for SMBs and the edge with SvHCI, a new VMware alternative with a KVM-based hypervisor and HCI capabilities.
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11 Jun 2024
Cobol knowledge crisis threatens Dutch financial systems
Expertise in complex Cobol systems, critical to major financial institutions, is dwindling in The Netherlands, resulting in retired professionals returning work
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11 Jun 2024
AHA has “strong concerns” about IPPS payment updates
The leading hospital association said proposed payment updates to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System are inadequate considering financial challenges.
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11 Jun 2024
Interview: Astronaut Tim Peake on an imminent revolution in space tech
Britain’s first male astronaut discusses the UK’s successful space sector, its overlaps with enterprise IT, and how to encourage more young people to work in science and technology
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11 Jun 2024
Eye care company suffers 377K-record data breach
Panorama Eyecare notified more than 377,000 individuals of a data breach, more than a year after LockBit posted the company on its leak site.
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11 Jun 2024
Altnet full-fibre firms hit the north
Independent UK broadband providers continue programmes of network expansion to light up premises in Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Humberside with gigabit connectivity
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11 Jun 2024
Interpretable machine learning helps clinicians classify EEG anomalies
An interpretable machine learning model improved clinicians’ performance in reading electroencephalography charts, boosting accuracy from 47% to 71%.
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11 Jun 2024
O2 Telefónica, Ericsson renew core network partnership
German operator and leading comms tech provider agree multi-year contract extension to realise network of the future
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11 Jun 2024
Combined COVID-19/influenza vaccine is superior to individual vaccines
Moderna’s mRNA-1083 vaccine combines the company’s seasonal influenza candidate and next-generation COVID-19 vaccines for improved immune response.
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10 Jun 2024
Apple Intelligence GenAI, ChatGPT to boost Siri on iPhone, Mac
The consumer electronics giant finally made its long-anticipated move into generative AI, emphasizing privacy. But most features will only be available on the newest iPhones.
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10 Jun 2024
Mandiant: 'Exposed credentials' led to Snowflake attacks
According to new threat research, Mandiant is reporting that UNC5537 conducted attacks against Snowflake database customers at least as early as April 14.
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10 Jun 2024
General election 2024: Liberal Democrats thread digital commitments throughout manifesto
The Lib Dems have promised a new industrial strategy and emphasised the importance of the digital sector, skills and regulating AI, as they lay out plans for the UK general election
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10 Jun 2024
Pegasystems' Blueprint enables automation with no code
Pegasystems uses generative AI to simplify previously difficult development tasks that unite back-office and front-office data, and launches a GenAI-led learning system.
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10 Jun 2024
NHS blood stocks running low after ransomware attack
The NHS is appealing for people with O Positive and O Negative blood types to come forward to donate as hospitals in London struggle to keep critical services running after ransomware attack
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10 Jun 2024
It’s time to gen up on AI-capable PC use cases
The channel has been advised to ensure they understand and can support users with the move to hardware that is taking advantage of AI
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10 Jun 2024
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
There have been moves this week at Westcon-Comstore, Kaseya, Six Degrees, Pax8, Kinly, Pulsant and Hyperoptic
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10 Jun 2024
AI firms can’t be trusted to voluntarily share risk information
Workers at frontier AI firms have warned that their employers – including OpenAI, DeepMind and Anthropic – can’t be trusted to voluntarily share information about their systems capabilities and risks with governments or civil society
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10 Jun 2024
Post Office Capture software training deficit echoes systemic Horizon problems
Post Office branch managers have told Computer Weekly they had no training on how to use Capture software, which pre-dated Horizon
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10 Jun 2024
SAP Sapphire 2024: AI in all its forms – but not only AI
SAP talked a lot about artificial intelligence at its big annual event in Orlando. But the supplier has more discreetly addressed other issues closer to the concerns of clients
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10 Jun 2024
Telenor IoT launches testing facility for internet-connected tech
Nordic operator announces initial work being undertaken at its recently opened internet of things test lab, aiming to help customers understand how their connected IoT products behave before deployment
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10 Jun 2024
Neutral internet sites account for 70% of leading 50 US exchanges
Study reveals steady transformation over the past decade in the way networks choose to interconnect with neutral IX models operated by a neutral third party rather than by datacentre operator or carrier
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10 Jun 2024
Driving customer experience through cloud and AI
Autodesk’s global CIO Prakash Kota explains how the company is modernising its IT infrastructure and adopting cloud and AI to drive customer experience
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10 Jun 2024
FBI urges LockBit ransomware victims to come forward
At a conference in Boston, the FBI Cyber Division’s assistant director urged LockBit ransomware victims to contact IC3 to obtain a decryption key.
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10 Jun 2024
South Carolina gains web-based tool for population health surveillance
Six new data dashboards will track cancer, care access and SDOH across South Carolina’s 46 counties in an effort to advance population health.
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10 Jun 2024
How Inaccurate Provider Data from Payers Impacts Access to Care
When payers’ online provider information is wrong, it may impact not only members’ access to care but also the level of member-payer trust.
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10 Jun 2024
Enhancing Transparency and Trust in Healthcare with Smart Contract Management
Managing health plan provider contracts is complex, but next-generation technological solutions can increase transparency and streamline the process across stakeholders.
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07 Jun 2024
WD unveils storage for AI framework alongside new drives
As the focus for enterprise AI spreads beyond compute, Western Digital introduces a new SSD and HDD. It also released an AI framework that outlines what storage should be used when.
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07 Jun 2024
Businesses face growing patchwork of state AI laws
As U.S. states like Colorado pass their own AI laws, businesses will need to prepare compliance measures if they do business in those states.
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07 Jun 2024
Northern Irish police used covert powers to monitor over 300 journalists
PSNI publishes report on police surveillance of journalists and lawyers, but Northern Ireland’s Policing Board says it does not give the assurances needed
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07 Jun 2024
Juniper Networks claims first with AIOps to WAN routing
Juniper Networks announces industry leadership with enhancements to cloud-native Mist AI engine for all network domains, claiming to deliver insight for exceptional experiences
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07 Jun 2024
Cisco Live: ThousandEyes on the prize in digital experience age
Networking giant sets out strategy to empower customers to see everything across complex digital supply chain, turning data into intelligence and actions to support digital experiences that businesses base operations on
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07 Jun 2024
DDoS gang threatens to disrupt European elections
Russian hacktivists are threatening to disrupt the European Parliament elections, while the BBC reports on new deepfake threats to the UK’s electoral process
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07 Jun 2024
Salesforce boosts London AI scene
SaaS pioneer Salesforce has chosen London as the location of its new AI centre, enabling users to test-drive and work on AI-driven business innovation
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07 Jun 2024
HP loses in US fraud case against Autonomy's Mike Lynch
Autonomy founder cleared of fraud in US trial, following on from HP's $5bn write-down after tts acquisition of the data discovery firm
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07 Jun 2024
Lemongrass increases SAP services
Lemongrass launches more advisory services to help guide users keen to migrate to the cloud
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07 Jun 2024
eSIM set to be next mobile industry disruptor
Even though its current acceptance and take-up is low, embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) pinpointed by industry report to be the next industry disruptor, bringing about lasting changes to the way people connect with mobile providers and manage subscriptions
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07 Jun 2024
LTO tape shipments set another capacity record
The capacity of LTO tape breaks records yet again in annual shipments, but it might be the increase in density more than new customers and use cases.
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07 Jun 2024
Bitdefender makes MDR services free to NHS bodies hit by Qilin
Bitdefender offers NHS bodies affected by a major cyber incident free access to its product suite, as the health service continues to deal with the impact of the Qilin ransomware attack on partner Synnovis
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07 Jun 2024
Rapid AI development poses supervisory challenges in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands, the financial regulator and the monetary authority are grappling with the pace of artificial intelligence development and its implications for the financial industry
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07 Jun 2024
Cisco makes Splunk the center of observability
Cisco is integrating Splunk, AppDynamics and ThousandEyes to create a critical differentiator in the observability market. Networking integration will come later.
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07 Jun 2024
European data chief prepares bid to get UK to join EU digital single market
Data initiative Gaia-X is trying to plug the UK into a planned digital European single market, as the EU seeks to extend the reach of vast and controversial data laws over global supply chains
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07 Jun 2024
Sophos uncovers Chinese state-sponsored campaign in Southeast Asia
Sophos found three distinct clusters of activity targeted at a high-level government organisation that appeared to be tied to Chinese interests in the South China Sea
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07 Jun 2024
NIAID releases H5N1 research agenda with 4 primary objectives
These objectives focus on varying factors, including understanding viral biology and transmission, prevention strategies, advancing treatments, and enhancing detection.
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07 Jun 2024
Virtual-first cardiometabolic programs improve clinical outcomes
New research reveals that virtual-first programs improved cardiometabolic health metrics, estimating thousands in cost savings if the improvements are sustained.
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07 Jun 2024
NIH funds validation of graft-versus-host disease assessment AI
A $4.2 million grant will support the validation of an artificial intelligence tool to measure skin changes in patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease.
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07 Jun 2024
Fujitsu had Post Office ‘over a barrel’, inquiry told
Post Office scandal inquiry hears how board member believed Fujitsu was exploiting the Post Office
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07 Jun 2024
NIH launches two clinical trials on long-acting HIV PrEP
Gilead Sciences Inc. is funding two studies on long-acting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) through the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN).
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06 Jun 2024
Catastrophic AI risks highlight need for whistleblower laws
Developers want AI-specific laws to protect them if they need to expose potential risks from AI systems. Legal experts say existing whistleblower laws may offer little protection.
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06 Jun 2024
Databricks $1B-plus Tabular acquisition adds Iceberg support
The lakehouse specialist's latest purchase adds support for Apache Iceberg to its existing support for Delta Lake and is also a direct confrontation of rival Snowflake.
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06 Jun 2024
Critical Progress Telerik vulnerability under attack
Threat actors are targeting vulnerable Progress Telerik Report Server systems just days after a proof of concept was published detailing a vulnerability exploit chain.
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06 Jun 2024
Users note testing, analysis as disaster recovery best practices
Administrators at VeeamON 2024 emphasize testing, having a business impact analysis and gaining support from management as key disaster recovery guidance.
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06 Jun 2024
FBI finds 7,000 LockBit decryption keys in blow to criminal gang
The US authorities say they now have more than 7,000 LockBit decryption keys in their possession and are urging victims of the prolific ransomware gang to come forward
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06 Jun 2024
Darktrace, Workbooks and Kyndryl cut ribbon on managed service options
Reacting to continuing customer demand for technology and support to be delivered as a service three firms provide their latest offerings
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06 Jun 2024
Ransomware ravaged schools and cities in May
The public sector took the brunt of ransomware in May, while another damaging attack against a healthcare company disrupted patient access to pharmacy services.
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06 Jun 2024
Nvidia sees massive datacentre compute growth, says networking is next
After posting revenues of $19.4bn in its datacentre business, Nvidia is now looking to revolutionise ethernet interconnects
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06 Jun 2024
How docs can build patient trust in generative AI use
Providers and community health partners might be instrumental in building patient trust in generative AI and encouraging use.
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06 Jun 2024
Zoom opens immersive Experience Centre in London
Leading collaboration and communications technology firm looks to raise bar of international footprint and strengthen UK commitment with major investment
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06 Jun 2024
UK firms still struggling to enable hybrid work
Survey reveals UK firms are still struggling to make hybrid work effective, with 62% of workplaces changing policy in the past four years and failure to adopt suitable digital tools leading employees to feel overwhelmed and frustrated
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06 Jun 2024
Are diamonds a quantum computer’s best friend?
The UK report on quantum tech is out, revealing that synthetic diamonds could play a key role in establishing a niche for the UK quantum sector
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06 Jun 2024
WHO identifies first bird flu death in 59-year-old man
The WHO has confirmed the first bird flu-related death in a 59-year-old man in Mexico City who did not have a history of exposure to poultry or other animals.
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06 Jun 2024
Vodafone, i2CAT unveil Open RAN management system
Vodafone reveals development of open RAN technology in series of joint research projects with academia and research institutions at expanding Innovation Centre in Málaga
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06 Jun 2024
Mystery Post Office software developer revealed in 1995 Horizon project document
Capture software was used by about 2,000 subpostmasters in the 1990s, with allegations that errors in the software caused account shortfalls
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06 Jun 2024
HC3 alerts hospitals of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in blood pressure monitor
The critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities in Baxter Welch Allyn Configuration Tool and Baxter Welch Allyn Connex Spot Monitor are exploitable remotely.
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06 Jun 2024
Slack lists drops, edging it ever closer to project management
Slack isn't a full-fledged project management platform. But new features help users organize, assign and track tasks as they would in more sophisticated clouds.
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06 Jun 2024
Deloitte: healthcare consumers’ trust in generative AI has room to grow
Deloitte’s 2024 consumer healthcare survey found that adoption of GenAI for health reasons has progressed little in the last year due to consumers’ distrust.
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06 Jun 2024
FDA advisory panel votes against MDMA therapy for PTSD
In a 10 to 1 vote, the FDA advisory panel on MDMA therapy for PTSD decided that the benefits of the treatment do not outweigh the risks.
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06 Jun 2024
Balancing innovation, safety, compliance, risk in life sciences
Because the life sciences sector is evolving rapidly, collaboration, compliance, and proactive risk management are key to patient safety.
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05 Jun 2024
Bond University deploys Nutanix for on-premise servers
Australian university has migrated 700 on-premise servers to Nutanix following impending hardware refresh and desire to improve disaster recovery
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05 Jun 2024
Post Office chair was aware of Horizon concerns from day one but failed to act
Almost immediately after joining the Post Office, Alice Perkins was told about software problems and was concerned about an imbalance of power in the Post Office’s relationship with Fujitsu
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05 Jun 2024
SAP snaps up WalkMe for $1.5B
SAP acquires the digital adoption platform vendor in a bid to expand its portfolio of applications that helps customers moving from on-premises infrastructure to the cloud.
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05 Jun 2024
Executive interview: Richard Wazacz, CEO, Travelex
The data-savvy chief executive is rebuilding Travelex as an omnichannel, digital business after the company foundered during the pandemic
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05 Jun 2024
HPE takes $4.5bn in enterprise IT AI server orders
The server company is prepping everything for greater enterprise artificial intelligence demand
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05 Jun 2024
ANS opens apprenticeship scheme to channel
Firm adds its apprenticeship academy to the range of benefits available for its indirect partners to tap into
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05 Jun 2024
Customer base for GreenLake expanded
HPE shares Q2 numbers with details of how its as-a-service and hybrid cloud offerings sold by partners have fared
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05 Jun 2024
Qilin ransomware gang likely behind crippling NHS attack
Security experts investigating a major cyber attack on an NHS partner that has caused frontline services across South London to grind to a halt say the Qilin ransomware gang appears to be the culprit
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05 Jun 2024
Veeam backup and security updates include cloud vault, copilot
Veeam products and services in the spotlight at the VeeamON 2024 user conference included secure backups in the cloud, a generative AI assistant and a new offering with Lenovo.
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05 Jun 2024
Cisco commits to GenAI with HyperFabric, $1B fund
Cisco partners with Nvidia on HyperFabric as customers try to understand how generative AI will help them manage their network infrastructure.
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05 Jun 2024
MMR vaccine medical misinformation still prevalent
Medical misinformation about the MMR vaccine comes as measles cases are on the rise in the U.S., experts say.
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05 Jun 2024
Digital engagement approach lowers healthcare worker anxiety, depression
The digital strategy reminded healthcare workers about the availability of a mental health platform, which helped improve depression and anxiety, a study shows.
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05 Jun 2024
Rubrik returns to data backups at Forward 2024
After going public in April, Rubrik is returning to its roots, saying additions to its Rubrik Security Cloud platform are all in service of backup technology.
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05 Jun 2024
Lack of upfront specifications kill agile projects
Research shows there is a high chance of failure when a software development project begins without a specification being signed off