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21 Nov 2024
US Department of Justice wants Alphabet to sell Chrome browser
The regulator is looking to put a stop to what it sees as the search engine giant’s anti-competitive practices
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21 Nov 2024
Grab taps GPT-4o to improve mapping service
Regional ride-hailing giant and super app Grab is leveraging OpenAI’s GPT-4o model to build hyperlocal, dynamic maps, cutting costs and boosting accuracy
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20 Nov 2024
Meta aims at enterprises with hire of ex-Salesforce AI exec
The social media giant has found success with its Llama family of GenAI models. The new hire shows it is targeting enterprise products.
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03 May 2024
Optimising application connections, improving security posture top SD-WAN priorities
Research looking into key drivers behind global SD-WAN investments find deployments are mainly driven by need to optimise network connections to cloud-based applications and improve overall security posture
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03 May 2024
Post Office legal boss withheld details from statutory body reviewing miscarriages of justice
The Post Office’s top lawyer held back vital information when requested by the criminal cases review commission, preventing wrongful convictions from being reviewed
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03 May 2024
Machine learning reveals link between metabolites and Alzheimer's
A machine learning method recently shed light on how gut microbial metabolites interact with cells’ receptors and contribute to Alzheimer's disease.
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03 May 2024
Machine learning algorithm improved risk adjustment models, study finds
The machine learning algorithm helped avoid significant underpayments for people with at least one rare diagnosis.
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03 May 2024
House reps introduce bills to make telehealth flexibilities permanent
Two bills recently introduced in the House aim to permanently extend rural telehealth access and expand the list of practitioners able to provide virtual care.
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03 May 2024
Why IAM is central to cyber security
BeyondTrust’s chief security strategist talks up the importance of identity and access management, and the role of cyber insurance in driving security improvements
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03 May 2024
Dose-sparing mpox vaccine regimen is safe and effective
NIH-sponsored research revealed that a lower dose of the mpox vaccine was safe and produced a similar antibody response to the standard protocol.
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02 May 2024
AI can be sustainability enabler, but cost is steep
In this Q&A, Kumar Parakala of GHD Digital explains some of the benefits of using GenAI in sustainability initiatives, as well as the issues that must be addressed.
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02 May 2024
Palo Alto Networks claims to raise bar on SASE
Palo Alto Networks releases version 3.0 of SASE tech designed to extend zero trust to unmanaged devices, secure data with artificial intelligence and boosts application performance for partners and customers
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02 May 2024
Broadband Forum forges enhancements to 5G convergence standards
Latest 5G work by developer of broadband standards sees major enhancements building on 3GPP’s Release 18 to advance next-generation applications, network resilience and support of converged services
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02 May 2024
Update from eSync Alliance accelerates software-defined vehicle roadmap
Trade association eSync Alliance publishes updated specification aimed at achieving further interoperability and collaboration in automotive use cases
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02 May 2024
MongoDB launches tools for developing generative AI apps
The database vendor's new capabilities include Atlas Stream Processing to enable real-time model updates and Atlas Search Nodes to handle advanced analytics workloads.
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02 May 2024
NCSC updates warning over hacktivist threat to CNI
The NCSC and CISA have warned about the evolving threat from Russia-backed hacktivist threat actors targeting critical national infrastructure, after a number of American utilities were attacked
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02 May 2024
Dropbox Sign user information accessed in data breach
Account data belonging to Dropbox Sign users was accessed by an unknown threat actor after they hacked into the organisation’s backend infrastructure
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02 May 2024
Oracle adds vector search capabilities to database platform
The tech giant's update features capabilities aimed at enabling users to operationalize unstructured data as well as bring AI to their data to avoid duplication and isolation.
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02 May 2024
Ukrainian national sentenced over REvil ransomware spree
A 24-year-old Ukrainian man has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison after being convicted of his role in the REvil ransomware attacks
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02 May 2024
Dropbox discloses data breach involving Dropbox Sign
A threat actor accessed Dropbox Sign customer names, emails, hashed passwords, API keys, OAuth tokens, multifactor authentication information and other data.
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02 May 2024
Post Office investigators saw subpostmasters as ‘enemies’ – and that’s what they became
Post Office investigators were only focused on getting money from subpostmasters blamed for accounting shortfalls, according to a 2013 report commissioned by organisation’s legal boss
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02 May 2024
Case study: Why GenAI is taking off in local government
Councils have been doing more with less for over a decade. GenAI might just buy them a little breathing space
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02 May 2024
Can SAP Labs’ AI plan accelerate cloud migration?
Top notch R&D centre shows it is more than just a bunch of boffins with electric cars and robots as it opens doors to AI-curious SAP partners and customers.
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02 May 2024
BBC instructs lawyers over allegations of police surveillance of journalist
Lawyers for the BBC have written to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal over allegations that the Police Service of Northern Ireland spied on investigative journalist Vincent Kearney
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02 May 2024
Sophos adds Infinigate to UK distie roster
Security vendor looking to distributor to drive more channel growth in the country
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02 May 2024
Air IT gains Scottish foothold with SoConnect
Managed service player expands its UK coverage with second acquisition of the year
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02 May 2024
Kaseya expands MSP flexibility with 365 offering
Managed services specialist launches subscription service that will provide more options for its channel base
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02 May 2024
Market consolidation worse among payers than health systems
New data from AAMC shows that the largest health systems have a combined 43% of market share in each state versus 82% among the top three large-group insurers.
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02 May 2024
Surveillance tool has mixed impact on hospital outbreak response
An automated tool successfully reduced the size of outbreaks of healthcare-associated pathogens by 64% in 82 US hospitals prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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02 May 2024
Health savings accounts come with unexpected fees, CFPB reports
In many instances, consumers with health savings accounts may spend more on unexpected fees than they earn in interest.
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02 May 2024
Change Healthcare cyberattack fallout continues
Change Healthcare, part of Optum, suffered a cyberattack in late February.
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02 May 2024
How Okta is fending off identity-based attacks
Okta has been bolstering the security of its own infrastructure and building new tools to scan customer environments for vulnerable identities, among other efforts to fend off identity-based attacks
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02 May 2024
FDA opens discussion on optimizing advisory committees to the public
An announcement from the administration notes that it plans to consider public engagement for the optimization, use, and processes of advisory committees.
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02 May 2024
Consumers value patient-provider relationships in primary care
Trust and communication are top-of-mind for consumers assessing the patient-provider relationship in primary care.
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02 May 2024
With Tribble, RFP writers get their own shot of generative AI
Some large enterprises' sales organizations respond to a hundred or more requests for proposals daily. A new GenAI tool from ex-Salesforce execs could ease the workload.
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01 May 2024
Atlassian Jira now a hub for knowledge management, AI tools
Atlassian's raft of product updates at Team '24 spanned long-awaited product integrations and previews of AI automation updates, all of which advanced broader ambitions.
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01 May 2024
U.S. warns of pro-Russian hacktivist attacks against OT systems
CISA calls on OT device manufacturers to implement more effective security protocols as attacks against critical infrastructure organizations continue.
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01 May 2024
Commvault adds Cleanroom Recovery for ransomware attacks
A new Cleanroom Recovery service enables customers to spin up data center infrastructure within Commvault Cloud for continued enterprise operations after a cyberattack.
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01 May 2024
EMEA CISOs must address human factors behind cyber incidents
The 17th annual Verizon report on data breaches makes for sobering reading for security pros, urging them to do more to address the human factors involved in cyber incidents, and highlighting ongoing issues with zero-day patching
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01 May 2024
Backup vendors embrace GenAI, but features remain immature
Data backup and disaster recovery vendors are keeping up with the GenAI hype by quickly releasing new features -- but the use cases are limited, and their value remains unclear.
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01 May 2024
Amazon Bedrock users adapt app dev to GenAI
Early adopters of Amazon Bedrock shared lessons learned about incorporating generative AI into software engineering workflows, from managing cloud costs to writing prompts.
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01 May 2024
Deepfake AI regulation a tightrope walk for Congress
AI-generated content is in the crosshairs of Congress, federal enforcement agencies and the EU as concerns around digital replicas and individual intellectual property grow.
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01 May 2024
Australia’s Qantas apologises for mobile app data breach
Australian flag carrier Qantas has apologised after a glitch in its mobile application temporarily enabled some customers to view the flights and booking details of other frequent fliers on two separate occasions
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01 May 2024
TomTom maps out support for Qualcomm IoT
Mobile platform giant to use location technology firm’s global map data to help provide asset tracking solutions to meet asset visibility needs and challenging use cases across industries
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01 May 2024
Secure coding benchmark to increase standards among developers
Developer security advocate Secure Code Warrior has launched what it claims is the industry’s first benchmark designed to quantify the security competence of its customers’ software developer teams
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01 May 2024
Google Cloud accelerates asteroid discovery for US-based non-profit
Google Cloud opens up about the work it is doing with a US-based planetary science non-profit to help map the solar system
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01 May 2024
Computacenter meeting Q1 expectations
Firm shares trading update on first quarter and progress made in first few months of 2024
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01 May 2024
FDA takes actions to ensure the safety, effectiveness of LDTs
The FDA highlighted actions it’s taking to address ongoing concerns about the safety and efficacy of LDTs, which are becoming increasingly popular healthcare tools.
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01 May 2024
Google ups investment to improve Hawaiian internet infrastructure
Hawaii receives major financial fillip from Google to develop critical internet infrastructure across the state, connecting to Japan and mainland US
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01 May 2024
DSIT launches SME training fund
Businesses have up until May 31st to apply for a grant covering 50% of the costs for training staff on AI
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01 May 2024
AWS results see public cloud giant tap into surging GenAI demand
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy claims AWS has turned a corner where its customers’ worries about cloud cost optimisation are concerned
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01 May 2024
HHS codifies non-discrimination rules, focuses on LGBTQ+ protections
The non-discrimination final rules protect various demographics, including LGBTQ+ patients, and apply to telehealth and AI.
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01 May 2024
DWP anti-fraud measures will allow monitoring of bank accounts of landlords, carers and parents
Parliamentarians raise concerns that a proposed law to require banks to monitor the accounts of millions of people receiving state benefits could lead to those on welfare being denied accommodation or bank accounts
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01 May 2024
Breaking down the new CMS proposed bundled payment model: TEAM
The bundled payment model would provide hospitals with a target price to cover all costs associated with an episode of care for certain surgical procedures.
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01 May 2024
Employers want cost-effective partners for contracted healthcare services
The KLAS report sheds light on employers’ feelings towards firms offering employer-sponsored healthcare services, including Marathon Health, Premise Health, and Proactive MD.
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01 May 2024
Healthcare organizations secure 50% more sensitive data than global average
The volume of sensitive data that healthcare organizations maintain makes ransomware attacks against these entities even more impactful.
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01 May 2024
Northamber bolsters UC position with Tempura buy
Distributor adds more comms, AV depth and geographical coverage with move for fellow channel player
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01 May 2024
CDC investigates HIV transmission from microneedling facials
An MMWR from the CDC identified individuals who contracted HIV through cosmetic needles after microneedling facials at a New Mexico spa.
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01 May 2024
EMEA shines in Exclusive Networks Q1
EMEA region delivers decent growth as distributor continues its habit of delivering solid results to investors
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01 May 2024
Autonomous weapons reduce moral agency and devalue human life
Military technology experts gathered in Vienna have warned about the detrimental psychological effects of AI-powered weapons, arguing that implementing systems of algorithmic-enabled killing dehumanises both the user and the target
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01 May 2024
Verizon DBIR: Vulnerability exploitation in breaches up 180%
Verizon said it examined approximately twice as many breaches for the 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report -- 10,626 out of 30,458 total tracked incidents.
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30 Apr 2024
Musicians balance compensation rights with GenAI innovation
While musicians have long used AI technology, GenAI is a new threat to their livelihoods. An effort has emerged to compensate artists whose work GenAI systems are trained on.
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30 Apr 2024
Amazon Q GenAI assistant out for developers, AWS users
The GenAI tools augment coders and let users query and control their AWS console and data. A new feature in preview lets business users create apps using natural language.
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30 Apr 2024
Change Healthcare breached via Citrix portal with no MFA
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty's opening statement for Wednesday's congressional hearing shed more light on the ransomware attack against Change Healthcare.
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30 Apr 2024
Persistent data breaches deny people with HIV dignity and privacy
The ICO has urged charities and healthcare organisations that work with people living with HIV to do better when it comes to protecting their personal data, after the HIV status of more than 100 people was accidentally disclosed by London’s Central YMCA
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30 Apr 2024
Keeper to help Williams F1 keep up with cyber challenges
Keeper Security signs up to support F1 team Williams Racing with credential management ahead of the 2024 Miami Grand Prix
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30 Apr 2024
Nokia and Vodafone claim successful Open RAN trial in Italy
Leading comms tech provider and operator have successfully completed an end-to-end Open RAN trial on Vodafone Italy’s live 5G standalone network, including hybrid cloud application platform connected to dedicated 5G core
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30 Apr 2024
MicroStrategy targets trusted AI with latest platform update
The vendor's platform now includes capabilities aimed at helping customers trust NLP responses, as well as automate workflows from dashboards and third-party applications.
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30 Apr 2024
Tableau adds generative AI tools, tightens Databricks bond
The analytics vendor's new features include a tool that enables customers to explore metrics using natural language as well as connectors that improve its link to Databricks.
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30 Apr 2024
IBM boss discusses long-term VM migration opportunity
IBM sees a big opportunity to migrate customers to containers and OpenShift, with its $6.4bn acquisition of HashiCorp part of the plan
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30 Apr 2024
TigerGraph unveils GenAI assistant, introduces new CEO
Under the leadership of Hamid Azzawe, the graph database specialist's new copilot and platform update target new users beyond its historical base of academics and engineers.
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30 Apr 2024
SES agrees to acquire Intelsat
After abortive attempt a year ago, leading satellite operators present takeover deal that they say will result in creating a stronger multi-orbit operator with around 60% of revenue in high-growth segments
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30 Apr 2024
Dell expands PowerProtect portfolio, adds GenAI to Apex
Dell adds to its data protection offerings in both backup hardware and snapshot software with a focus on performance. It also introduces AI features to Apex.
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30 Apr 2024
Gen AI patient portal messages OK, but need human review
Using generative AI to craft patient portal messages can boost patient education, but human review will ensure patient safety.
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30 Apr 2024
HHS launches national strategy for suicide prevention
The national strategy includes four directions: community-based suicide prevention, treatment and crisis services, surveillance and research, and health equity in prevention.
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30 Apr 2024
Digitisation sees eSIM adoption double in 2023
Analysis reveals how eSIM downloads more than doubled in 2023, increasing 109% year on year, driven by accelerating adoption within North America and strong growth in Asia and Western Europe
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30 Apr 2024
Global majority united on multilateral regulation of AI weapons
Foreign ministers and civil society representatives say that multilateralism is key to controlling the proliferation and use of AI-powered autonomous weapons, but that a small number of powerful countries are holding back progress
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30 Apr 2024
Intelsat and CNH sow seeds of smart farming satellite connectivity
Firms partner to deliver field-ready connectivity in hard-to-reach locations to support precision agriculture applications, starting with deployment in Brazil
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30 Apr 2024
Altnets continue full-fibre deployments in UK
UK’s independent broadband supply sector shows more momentum in the north and south of England, and also in Northern Ireland, tailoring cable offerings for different needs
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30 Apr 2024
Barnsley Council drives social care efficiency with Copilot
Microsoft generative AI tool Copilot is being used to streamline many of the admin tasks Barnsley Council social care workers need to do
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30 Apr 2024
Study: Lax antitrust enforcement boosting hospital prices
A recent study finds a link between lenient antitrust enforcement and reduced competition and higher prices for hospital care.
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30 Apr 2024
Arcitecta offers file and object storage with huge transfer rates
Australian startup offers single namespace file and object storage with rapid access via a metadata database that puts the right data in the right place according to recent use
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30 Apr 2024
AI project to help older patients understand lab test results
“LabGenie” will use generative AI to contextualize information about lab test results and provide questions patients can use to discuss their results with clinicians.
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30 Apr 2024
FTC finalizes updates to Health Breach Notification Rule
The FTC underscored the Health Breach Notification Rule's applicability to health apps and emerging technologies outside the scope of HIPAA.
- 30 Apr 2024
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30 Apr 2024
How SDOH screening can provide population-level health insights
VUMC’s ED implemented social determinants of health screening that provided deeper insights into population health initiatives.
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30 Apr 2024
Bad bot traffic in Australia grew 23% in 2023
Traffic from bad bots that perform malicious tasks accounted for 30.2% of Australia’s internet traffic in 2023
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29 Apr 2024
UK’s long-awaited device security law kicks in
The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act has become law across the UK, enforcing basic cyber security standards across connected products sold to the public
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29 Apr 2024
Nokia hails MENA successes with 5G and cloud
Nokia inks key tech deals in UAE and Qatar to upgrade connectivity and drive 5G enterprise innovation, as well as to offer cloud interconnect service layer to enhance services for hyperscalers
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29 Apr 2024
Case study: Seeing clearly with data at Specsavers
Helen Mannion, director of global data and business transformation at high street opticians firm Specsavers, opens up about the importance of data to the organisation
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29 Apr 2024
Self-supervised foundation models mitigate bias in histopathology AI
Image classification models perform more accurately in white patients than in Black patients, but foundation models may help close these health equity gaps.
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29 Apr 2024
Circular Computing widens reach for remanufactured laptops with Total IT Global
Tie-up between firms will put sustainable options in front of more customers keen to reduce carbon emissions
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29 Apr 2024
Digital Catapult welcomes new suppliers to test 5G Open RAN deployability
Advanced digital technology innovation centre that aims to drive early adoption of emerging technologies by UK businesses offers opportunity for Open RAN companies to test products in a real-world outdoor environment
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29 Apr 2024
Openreach reaps benefit of invisible DNA marking with cable thefts down 30%
Despite spate of cable thefts in recent times, UK broadband provider reports crime tumbling over past 12 months after deploying forensic liquid marker that can be sprayed directly onto cables and equipment
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29 Apr 2024
Inside Oracle’s cloud adoption journey
Oracle CIO Jae Evans outlines the company’s approach to migrating its own infrastructure and applications to cloud and what customers can learn from its cloud journey
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29 Apr 2024
UK economy loses £17.6bn due to fixed connectivity outages
London fibre-based business network provider lobbies UK comms regulator to introduce automatic compensation for business networks drive competition on quality and reliability in the business connectivity market
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29 Apr 2024
Post Office misjudged campaigner it labelled a ‘bluffer’
Social media, a trade union and tech expertise helped former subpostmasters expose Post Office bug myth
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29 Apr 2024
Cradlepoint unveils 5G-optimised SASE to deliver agile enterprises
Ericsson division unveils SASE solution said to enable lean IT teams to establish zero-trust networks in as little as six minutes securing environments such as roaming vehicles, IoT devices and pop-up locations
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29 Apr 2024
Physician groups seek clarity on Change Healthcare breach notification requirements
In a letter to OCR, the MGMA expressed concerns about Change Healthcare breach notification obligations for the many physician practices impacted by the incident.
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29 Apr 2024
Elevance Health Medicaid plan improves housing stability for NV beneficiaries
The Nevada Medicaid plan provided short-term financial assistance to beneficiaries and partnered with a community-based organization to boost housing stability.
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29 Apr 2024
Healthcare industry sees increased investment in generative AI, LLMs
One-fifth of all technical leaders in the healthcare and life sciences industries report over 300% growth in budgets allocated for generative AI projects.