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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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21 May 2024
FTC finalizes Blackbaud settlement, requires revamped data retention policies
The FTC’s settlement with Blackbaud prohibits the company from misrepresenting its data security practices and requires it to create a data retention schedule.
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21 May 2024
AAP updates breastfeeding guidelines for individuals with HIV
The updated guidelines acknowledge that, with proper treatment, the risk of transmitting HIV through breastfeeding is less than 1%.
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21 May 2024
Informatica adds AI assistant, GenAI development interface
The longtime data management vendor's new capabilities simplify use of its platform, enabling nontechnical users to work with its tools and making experts more efficient.
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21 May 2024
AST bolsters UK position with Symatrix buy
Tie-up of Oracle specialists will provide operations on both sides of the Atlantic for expanding American business
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21 May 2024
Wave of AI-capable PCs on the way
Channel will have a fresh option to pitch to customers as the arrival of hardware using artificial intelligence is less than a month away
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21 May 2024
HHS dedicates $50M to development of autonomous cyber defense tools
ARPA-H, a division of HHS, announced the launch of the Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous DEfense (UPGRADE) program, aimed at addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
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21 May 2024
Parliamentary committee criticises big tech response to election threats
Parliamentary committee says tech companies ‘regurgitated publicly available content’ and failed to address questions raised by MPs and peers
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21 May 2024
Rapid7 warns of alarming zero-day vulnerability trends
The cybersecurity vendor tracked vulnerabilities that were used by threat actors in mass compromise events and found more than half were exploited as zero days.
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21 May 2024
CIO interview: Nic Granger, director of corporate and CFO, North Sea Transition Authority
Spending time with penguins in the Falkland Islands may not seem an obvious background for an IT leader, but it's worked for Nic Granger as she sets out to overhaul the way data is used in the oil and gas sector
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21 May 2024
Providers seek $758M for children’s hospitals GME program
Over two dozen trade groups seek more funding for the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program to bolster the pediatric physician workforce.
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21 May 2024
Post Office clique deepened Horizon scandal
A general counsel annoyed by independent investigators and comms director that bragged about his contacts were part of a Post Office clique with former CEO Paula Vennells
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21 May 2024
FNIH launches public–private partnership to accelerate ALS research
The AMP ALS program is supported by multiple organizations, including the NINDS, FDA, the ALS association, Target ALS, and more.
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21 May 2024
The Security Interviews: What is the real cyber threat from China?
Former NCSC boss Ciaran Martin talks about nation-state attacks, why the UK has become so exercised about cyber espionage, and how our leaders are in danger of misunderstanding their adversaries
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21 May 2024
IBM gives glimpse of HashiCorp plans with AIOps preview
The idea that IBM's $6.5 billion deal for HashiCorp will change its open source stance has lost steam given plans to unite it with other proprietary tools under IBM Concert.
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21 May 2024
IBM moves ahead with open source, multi-model AI strategy
The 113-year-old tech giant expanded its open source, open ecosystem, multi-model approach with support for more models and updates to its Watsonx generative AI assistants.
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20 May 2024
Dell refines AI factory, expands Nvidia partnership
The Dell AI Factory took center stage at Dell Technologies World with new infrastructure additions, a broader AI ecosystem and an expanded partnership with Nvidia.
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20 May 2024
CyberArk to acquire Venafi from Thoma Bravo for $1.5B
CyberArk said it intends to help enterprises with the growing number of machine identities, which the company said surpasses human identities by a ratio of 40 to 1.
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20 May 2024
Dell Technologies World: AI at core of Dell’s next chapter
With a significant anniversary just passed, Dell CEO Michael Dell was in reflective mood as he looked ahead to the impact of artificial intelligence on the tech giant’s product stack
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20 May 2024
Dell revamps storage with PowerStore Prime
Dell is combining programs and features into its main storage product PowerStore; this prime version brings higher performance, QLC and an Apex AI assistant.
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20 May 2024
DataStax launches on-premise GenAI in ‘hyper-converged’ format
NoSQL database specialist adds generative AI for datacentre deployments where cloud is a no-no for cost, security or compliance reasons, with a focus on vector storage
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20 May 2024
Swiss International Air Lines takes off with global eSIM service
Switzerland’s largest air carrier collaborates with eSIM Go to launch global embedded subscriber identity module designed to provide passengers with convenient and affordable mobile data connectivity during their travels
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20 May 2024
HMRC underestimates Single Trade Window project complexity, says NAO
A National Audit Office report on UK border calls on government to have a more realistic approach to digital transformation
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20 May 2024
DSIT unveils plans for independent institute to underpin UK Semiconductor Strategy
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is marking the first anniversary of the launch of the UK Semiconductor Strategy by setting out plans to create an institute to underpin its plans
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20 May 2024
Channel round-up: Who’s gone where?
We highlight more executive moves across the industry in the past week
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20 May 2024
UK AI Safety Institute to open San Francisco branch
News of the AI Safety Institute’s expansion to the US follows the first public release of its AI safety testing results
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20 May 2024
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange granted appeal
Two high court judges granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leave to appeal against extradition to the US after defence lawyers argued that the US had failed to give adequate assurances
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20 May 2024
Limited mental health equity might cost U.S. $14T by 2040
Better mental health equity and integrating mental healthcare into chronic disease management could curb the cost of excess health spending.
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20 May 2024
Concerns over supplier cloud security a customer issue
Research from Tenable has underlined fears customers have around the ability of IT providers to deliver solid solutions
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20 May 2024
Toshiba shows 32TB HDDs with heat-assisted and shingled drives
Drive maker demonstrates 32TB and 31TB capacity hard drives that boost write density by use of heat and microwave assistance plus shingled – overlapped – drive tracks
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20 May 2024
BT Group pushes back digital switchover deadline
UK’s leading telco extends deadline by just over 12 months for transformation to an all-digital infrastructure, and offers dedicated support for businesses to make necessary steps
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20 May 2024
Senate Finance contemplates physician payment reform
A new Senate Finance Committee white paper lays out opportunities for Medicare Physician Fee Schedule reform to improve chronic care and value.
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20 May 2024
Hippodrome Casino makes bet on Extreme for network upgrade
London casino implements network infrastructure to mitigate legacy challenges and improve security, guest services and productivity
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20 May 2024
Red Hat CEO on OpenShift evolution and AI moves
Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks talks up how OpenShift AI and RHEL AI can work together to lower the cost of training and inferencing to drive AI adoption and the company’s traction with customers looking to move away from VMware
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20 May 2024
Post Office directors went crawling back to Fujitsu when IBM project got complex, inquiry told
More details emerge about how close IBM came to replacing Fujitsu and its controversial Horizon system at the Post Office
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20 May 2024
The fall from grace of ex-priest and Post Office boss Paula Vennells
As Paula Vennells faces statutory public inquiry into Horizon scandal, Computer Weekly compiles some of its must-read articles about the controversial former Post Office boss
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20 May 2024
WebTPA healthcare data breach affects 2.4M individuals
WebTPA, a third-party administrator that processes health plan claims, notified millions of individuals of a healthcare data breach that occurred one year ago.
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20 May 2024
Labcorp launches test that can detect preeclampsia in first trimester
The test looks at four key preeclampsia biomarkers in the first pregnancy trimester.
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20 May 2024
Using Member Engagement to Balance Personalization, Participation
Health plans need to balance widespread participation and personalization for incentive programs to be successful; technology and meaningful communications are key.
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17 May 2024
MuleSoft integration tackles EDI supply chain data issues
Salesforce integrates EDI data into its platform for users who deal with many suppliers -- or distributors -- with MuleSoft in an attempt to solve an age-old integration snafu.
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17 May 2024
Large organizations drove 2023 acute care EHR market energy
While acute care EHR purchasing remained high throughout 2023, Epic was the only health IT vendor to achieve a net increase in acute care EHR market share.
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17 May 2024
Why the UK needs to fix its broken IT security market
Ollie Whitehouse, CTO of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, says the market for secure software is broken. Are new laws required to make software companies liable for poor security?
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17 May 2024
Differentiation key as Sigma Computing raises $200M
The vendor's attempt to broaden BI use within organizations with a no-code spreadsheet interface helps its tools feel familiar while enabling deep data exploration.
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17 May 2024
Report highlights disagreement among experts on AI safety
An interim AI safety report coming out of the Bletchley Declaration shows AI experts are not in agreement over some of the biggest risks
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17 May 2024
Cato Networks and e& partner to further expand SASE presence in UAE
Global technology group forges partnership with provider to see the establishment of a second point-of-presence in UAE, extending SASE Cloud to enterprises across the region
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17 May 2024
NTT advances IOWN with real-time optical and wireless cooperative control
NTT applies all-photonics network to advance wireless services for smart factories looking to improve significantly efficiency, cutting costs and enable advanced solutions such as telerobotic operations
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17 May 2024
Canalys adds to narrative of surging cloud spending
Analysts have tracked the increase in spending in Q1, with AI playing a major role in driving investments
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17 May 2024
Post Office CEO Paula Vennells ‘didn’t believe there were miscarriages of justice,’ inquiry told
As the nation waits for the impending appearance of former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells at the public inquiry, a former colleague reveals her certainty that there were no miscarriages of justice
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17 May 2024
Openreach shines as fibre investment hits inflection point in BT financial year
UK’s leading comms provider posts mixed financial year and reports peak capex on full-fibre broadband roll-out after hitting £3bn cost and service transformation programme a year ahead of schedule
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17 May 2024
Post Office considered asking Computer Weekly to review Horizon IT system
The Post Office CIO was tasked by directors with sizing up Computer Weekly for the task of reviewing a forensic investigation into Horizon
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17 May 2024
US overdose deaths declined for the first time in 5 years
Despite ongoing challenges with the fentanyl supply, the CDC reports the first drop in US overdose deaths in five years.
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17 May 2024
FLiRT COVID variant is now the leading variant across the US
CDC data reveals that the newest COVID variant, KP.2, nicknamed FLiRT, has surpassed JN.1 as the leading variant across the US.
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17 May 2024
Akamai’s cloud computing play gains momentum
The company’s compute business could eventually account for the majority of its revenues, surpassing its security and content delivery businesses, says CEO Tom Leighton
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16 May 2024
CIOs face obstacles when scaling generative AI
IT leaders can expect data issues, compliance hurdles and technology coordination chores when scaling generative AI. They must also find use cases with the best business value.
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16 May 2024
Post Office IT boss failed to raise concern over false Horizon statements
Former Post Office CIO Lesley Sewell failed to raise concern over Post Office’s false stance on Horizon integrity
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16 May 2024
IBM sells QRadar SaaS assets to Palo Alto Networks
The deal with Palo Alto Networks comes one year after IBM announced QRadar Suite, an AI-enhanced security platform that combined existing SIEM and XDR products.
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16 May 2024
Databarracks adds depth with PlanB
Business continuity player Databarracks picks up Scottish business PlanB to add to the services it can put in front of customers
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16 May 2024
Signetbreedband taps Nokia to evolve network business services
Global comms tech provider announces partnership with Dutch managed network services provider to enable what it claims will be most solid and resilient business networking services in the Netherlands
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16 May 2024
Athenahealth launches specialty EHR tools to improve care
Athenahealth has introduced new specialty EHR solutions that aim to meet the clinical and operational needs of women's health and urgent care practices.
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16 May 2024
HMRC Single Trade Window project hits turbulence
Less than a year into the programme to create a Single Trade Window as a digital gateway for traders, HMRC has already gone through a formal dispute resolution process with its supplier
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16 May 2024
Vodafone Business Ireland and RingCentral team for hybrid work collaboration
Business division of telco and cloud comms service provider add Ireland to territories for unified communications and collaboration solutions designed to allow businesses to embrace the evolving landscape of hybrid work
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16 May 2024
FDA approves Roche’s self-collected HPV tests
This week, the FDA approved the first HPV self-collection solution in the US, which will expand options and access to screening.
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16 May 2024
Virgin Media O2 claims Shared Rural Network milestone
Community-owned island In the Hebrides becomes 150th site to benefit from improved mobile connectivity after operator deploys helicopters, boats and off-road vehicles to deliver and install a 4G mast to Isle of Eigg
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16 May 2024
Sunak warned against changing foreign student visa rules
Business leaders have called on prime minister Rishi Sunak not to be pressured into altering the graduate visa route
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16 May 2024
HMRC channel shift to digital ‘too aggressive’, says NAO
HMRC digital services have not had the anticipated effect on customer service it hoped for, NAO report reveals, as the auditor says the department needs to develop more realistic plans
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16 May 2024
Physician practices earned large financial bonuses under BPCI-A
A new study finds that CMS paid $421M in bonuses to physician practices participating in BPCI-A, with higher target prices leading to larger bonuses.
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16 May 2024
Tom Read to bid farewell to GDS
The Government Digital Service chief is leaving his role, and the civil service as a whole, in June, after three-and-a-half years in charge of the department
- 16 May 2024
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16 May 2024
31% of colorectal cancer screenings are DNA stool tests
A study published by Epic Research found that while the proportion of colonoscopies as colorectal cancer screenings decreased, DNA stool testing increased.
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15 May 2024
Avaya looks ahead with acquisition, cloud CX, RingCentral deal
Rumors of Avaya's demise have been greatly exaggerated, CEO Alan Masarek assures longtime customers while making acquisitions, partnership deals and building a SaaS CX stack.
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15 May 2024
Alteryx unveils AI assistant aimed at improving efficiency
The GenAI assistant, now in preview, aims to provide the data management vendor's users with best practices and other assistance as they develop analytics workflows in Designer.
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15 May 2024
HPE updates Alletra MP, expands block storage to AWS
HPE is refining its Alletra MP array along with its GreenLake block storage as it doubles capacity, increases lifecycle management and extends to AWS.
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15 May 2024
US authorities crack BreachForums for a second time
The BreachForums data leak website has been seized by the FBI and international partners again
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15 May 2024
Schumer's proposed AI policy roadmap blasted by critics
Sen. Chuck Schumer's AI policy roadmap wants $32 billion to boost AI innovation. It also prioritizes a federal data privacy framework and existing laws to govern AI.
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15 May 2024
GCHQ to protect politicians and election candidates from cyber attacks
The National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, to protect election candidates from hostile state cyber attacks
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15 May 2024
Cyber Safety Force wants to change conversation around risk
A consortium to help cyber pros better manage risk has launched, with ambitious goals to change the nature of the conversation from cyber security to cyber safety
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15 May 2024
Critical SharePoint, Qakbot-linked flaws focus of May Patch Tuesday
A critical SharePoint vulnerability warrants attention this month, but it is another flaw that seems to be linked to the infamous Qakbot malware that is drawing attention
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15 May 2024
Daisy survey reveals customers are investing in future-proofing while reducing costs
Firm Daisy Corporate Services quizzes customers to lift the lid on concerns and share their planned technology investment areas
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15 May 2024
WikiLeaks founder’s extradition case labelled ‘institutional corruption’
Call for Julian Assange to be prosecuted in the US has been condemned as ‘institutional corruption on a judicial level’ with the WikiLeaks founder a ‘political prisoner’
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15 May 2024
DBT Labs unveils AI assistant, more tools to transform data
The data transformation specialist's latest update includes new governance and metadata management capabilities as well as an AI-powered copilot for developer efficiency.
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15 May 2024
Infinigate outlines ambitions for fiscal year
Distributor keen to expand channel relationships and increase activity with managed service provider community
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15 May 2024
49% of illicit fentanyl seizures are in pill form
An NIH-funded study revealed that law enforcement seized over 115 million pills with illicit fentanyl, accounting for 49% of all fentanyl seizures.
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15 May 2024
AI-driven attacks seen as chief cloud security threat
Tried and true cloud security threats are on the rise. But according to a new report from Palo Alto Networks, the specter of generative AI threats has organizations concerned.
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15 May 2024
Government focuses on improving AI security
Two codes of practice are now available to help developers boost the security of their AI applications
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15 May 2024
AWS CEO Adam Selipsky to step down in June 2024
After three years heading up the world’s biggest public cloud company, Adam Selipsky is stepping down to be replaced by long-time Amazon staffer Matt Garman
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15 May 2024
Continental implements cross-domain high-performance computer in a car
Qualcomm teams with automotive firm to implement a cross-domain high-performance computer in a car based on cloud-based Automotive Edge Framework and Snapdragon system-on-chip
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15 May 2024
HP, Google bring Starline collaboration out of lab and into workplace
Tech firms unveil collaboration technology project based on AI and 3D imaging, designed to make co-workers feel like they’re together from any distance
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15 May 2024
Patient data stolen in DocGo cyberattack
DocGo told the SEC that data was accessed and acquired during a cyberattack against its U.S.-based ambulance service.
- 15 May 2024
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15 May 2024
AI, social media help track population-based mental health patterns
Using an AI-driven, language-based mental health assessment framework, researchers could accurately assess depression and anxiety rates at the county level.
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15 May 2024
Comms director at centre of cover-up never thought Post Office were the ‘baddies’
Head of communications at the Post Office painted a rosy picture of the error-prone Horizon system when challenged
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15 May 2024
Louisiana moves to criminalize mifepristone, misoprostol
Louisiana lawmakers proposed an amendment to criminalize mifepristone and misoprostol, the pills used for medication abortions, classifying them as dangerous substances.
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15 May 2024
Google ups ante in GenAI with Gemini enhancements
Google has updated Gemini 1.5 Pro with a two-million-token context window and debuted a smaller, lightweight model optimised for high-frequency, specialised tasks
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14 May 2024
Google readies Gemini for Workspace, adds AI 'Teammate'
Google will roll out new GenAI in Gmail and Docs first and then other apps throughout the year. In 2025, Google plans to introduce an AI-powered assistant named Teammate.
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14 May 2024
Microsoft handles 2 Windows zero-days on May Patch Tuesday
In addition to the Windows vulnerabilities exploited in the wild, admins should focus on patching multiple flaws in web browsers from Google, Microsoft and Mozilla.
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14 May 2024
Genesys debuts customer service GenAI, journey management
Customer journey management and a bevy of generative AI tools, including more trademark empathy detection, were added to Genesys Cloud's contact center platform.
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14 May 2024
Google Gemini generative AI hits all products, including Search
The tech giant made its Gemini GenAI model more powerful and rolled out new Gemini-powered products for enterprises and consumers.
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14 May 2024
What Google Gemini AI updates mean for software developers
Google's AI dev tools deliver natively multi-modal models that can process huge amounts of data more efficiently and affordably, making it easier to develop apps using AI.
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14 May 2024
GenAI complicates IT vendor management
IT leaders at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium cited the challenge of managing the 'explosion' of GenAI companies while also working with vendors in maturing technology sectors.