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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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17 Apr 2024
Looking closer at Microsoft's investment in UAE AI vendor G42
The tech giant will own a minor stake, and G42's LLM will be on Azure. The move helps the cloud provider expand globally and helps the U.S. court the UAE away from China.
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17 Apr 2024
VMware’s APAC customers weigh in on licensing changes
VMware customers in the region are concerned about higher costs even as they see the benefits of subscription-based pricing and product bundling in the longer term
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17 Apr 2024
Westcoast picks up Spire
Distributor Westcoast adds components specialist Spire to bolster the portfolio and add more depth to the Group
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17 Apr 2024
Mandiant formally pins Sandworm cyber attacks on APT44 group
Mandiant has formally attributed a long-running campaign of cyber attacks by a Russian state actor known as Sandworm to a newly designated advanced persistent threat group to be called APT44
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17 Apr 2024
Wireless Logic enters Starlink orbit for IoT deployments
Global internet of things connectivity platform provider joins forces with satellite broadband constellation to offer fully managed service combining cellular and satellite connectivity to expand options for IoT and enterprises worldwide
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17 Apr 2024
Hearing on Change Healthcare cyberattack yields more questions for UHG
UnitedHealth Group was notably absent from a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing about healthcare cybersecurity in the wake of the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
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17 Apr 2024
CIO interview: Attiq Qureshi, chief digital information officer, Manchester United
For any IT professional who is also a football fan, there can’t be many more appealing jobs than CIO of a Premier League club – we find out what it’s like to be the IT chief at Manchester United
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17 Apr 2024
BMC boosts network observability with Netreo acquisition
Autonomous digital enterprise operations technology firm announces takeover of provider of smart and secure IT network and application observability solutions
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17 Apr 2024
VMware: Broadcom faces EU complaint over unfair licensing
CEO Hock Tan responds to complaints, opening up partner programme to smaller resellers and standardising on core licensing
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17 Apr 2024
ODI and Arup collaborate on data-sharing initiative to help companies reach net-zero goals
The built environment is responsible for 40% of the UK’s carbon footprint. Better data sharing could be the key to reducing that
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17 Apr 2024
CIO interview: Making datacentres greener
We speak to the CIO of Danfoss about how the company has used HPE GreenLake to improve energy efficiency
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17 Apr 2024
IFS builds AI and automation into ERP to help businesses boost productivity
Changing of the guard has ERP firm set for renewed focus on AI and core business
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17 Apr 2024
Mandiant upgrades Sandworm to APT44 due to increasing threat
Over the past decade, Sandworm has been responsible for high-severity attacks that highlight the group's persistence, evasion techniques and threat to government bodies.
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17 Apr 2024
Cerebral faces $7M FTC penalty over alleged health data security failures
The FTC’s proposed order prohibits Cerebral from disclosing consumer health data to third parties for advertising purposes and requires it to implement a comprehensive data security program.
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17 Apr 2024
LoRa Alliance unveils WAN development roadmap
Alliance set up to develop and promote standard for secure, carrier-grade IoT low-powered WAN connectivity unveils development roadmap for networking protocol to boost scalability and interoperability, enhancing utility across industries
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17 Apr 2024
Hospital merger and acquisition activity generated $12B in Q1 2024
First-quarter hospital merger and acquisition activity reflected ongoing trends, including cross-market transactions and portfolio realignment.
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17 Apr 2024
GAO: states enact own regulations to address pharmacy benefit managers
State regulations aim to boost transparency around pharmacy benefit manager practices and regulate pharmacy reimbursement.
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17 Apr 2024
Acute cardiac events occurred in 22.4% of adults hospitalized for RSV
The data suggests that acute cardiac events, most notably acute heart failure, are common among elderly individuals hospitalized for RSV.
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17 Apr 2024
CRN launches new labeling guidelines for melatonin supplements
Following a surge in melatonin-associated pediatric emergency department visits, the CRN is launching new labeling guidelines.
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17 Apr 2024
How Healthcare Technology Can Support and Guide Independent Practices
Technology can streamline workflows and increase efficiency as independent practices look to overcome major financial challenges, such as high denial rates and personnel shortages.
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16 Apr 2024
Dell partners with Intel, releases file storage for Azure
With the recent Intel and Azure partnerships, Dell continues to expand its on-premises options for AI while expanding its Apex data file services in the cloud.
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16 Apr 2024
Commvault acquires Appranix for recovery automation
Appranix, Commvault's third acquisition, provides automated recovery services for cloud applications including configuration data and dependencies to reduce enterprise downtime.
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16 Apr 2024
US provides assurances over extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
Extradition of the WikiLeaks founder moves a step closer after the US government gives diplomatic assurances over his treatment in the US. Assange supporters accuse the US of ‘weasel words’
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16 Apr 2024
Zendesk users get generative AI infusion for customer service
Zendesk customers get their shot of GenAI, which comes in the form of agent tools, self-service workflow assistants and workforce management features.
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16 Apr 2024
Major UCaaS-related outages experienced by 97% of enterprises in 2023
Survey from provider of performance management, cyber security and DDoS protection services calculates that UCaaS outages can cost up to $1m or more in lost sales and productivity
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16 Apr 2024
Post Office boss signed off hush money to cover up smoking gun
A former Post Office boss admitted the pain and suffering of subpostmasters could have been avoided had the organisation done the right thing
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16 Apr 2024
CISOs not yet convinced to invest in AI
CISOs say their eyes are fixed firmly on threats like ransomware and supply chain attacks, and while AI is becoming a threat that needs to be dealt with, it’s not yet an immediate spending priority
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16 Apr 2024
CW Innovation Awards: Gleaning data insights with AI
Hong Kong-based Citic Telecom CPC has built a data platform that leverages large language models to generate insights and speed up data retrieval and analysis
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16 Apr 2024
CW Innovation Awards: Making AI pervasive
DBS Bank’s AI Industrialisation Programme has been instrumental in industrialising the use of data and artificial intelligence across its business, resulting in over S$370m of incremental economic benefits
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16 Apr 2024
CW Innovation Awards: Arming for efficiency
Fujifilm Business Innovation Australia’s automated scheduling application has been able to schedule unplanned service calls automatically and reduce travel times for its technicians
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16 Apr 2024
CW Innovation Awards: Balancing security and user experience
The National University of Singapore’s Safe initiative has strengthened the security of IT systems and end-user devices while prioritising user experience through passwordless access
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16 Apr 2024
VMO2 looks up to Starlink for remote location broadband backhaul
As it furthers its wireless comms reach in so-called hard-to-reach areas, UK operator taps leading satellite broadband constellation provider’s technology to provide mobile backhaul to boost service experiences
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16 Apr 2024
Is clinician empathy the new painkiller for chronic pain patients?
Research shows that clinician empathy improves patient-provider communication, which can help clinicians then tailor chronic pain treatments.
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16 Apr 2024
Sectigo extends CLM tools to cover SME customer base
Certificate specialist responds to changing market dynamics and introduces product aimed specifically at smaller users
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16 Apr 2024
OT security vendor Nozomi Networks lands Air Force contract
Nozomi Networks CEO Edgard Capdevielle said the $1.25 million contract will be a guarantee that 'our products will continue to meet the requirements of the Air Force.'
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16 Apr 2024
Why Salesforce needs a data management platform
There are reports that Salesforce is looking to acquire Informatica, but such a move needs to fit with its AI and GenAI strategy
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16 Apr 2024
NHS England scouts for national CCIO
The new national chief clinical informatics officer (CCIO) role comes with a salary offer of up to £146,000 and includes leading NHS England’s Transformation Directorates digital clinical informatics team
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16 Apr 2024
SURF glides to 800Gbps transmission on existing fibre through Nokia
Comms tech provider and Dutch research organisation reach 800Gbps transmission over 1,648km existing fibre link to prepare for upgrade to connect to research facilities at world’s leading particle accelerator
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16 Apr 2024
Nearly 4 of 5 physicians employed by hospitals, corporations
A new report also finds that nearly 6 of 10 physician practices are now owned by hospitals or health systems and other corporate entities.
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16 Apr 2024
FTC bans Monument from disclosing health data to third-party advertisers
In addition to being barred from disclosing personal health data to third-party advertisers without consent, the alcohol addiction treatment service is facing a $2.5M civil penalty.
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16 Apr 2024
Leil wants to revive MAID as green storage tape substitute
MAID sought to provide energy-efficient disk storage with quicker access times than tape. Estonian startup Leil wants to supplant tape with green storage spin-down SMR drives
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16 Apr 2024
Clinical tool predicts adoptive therapy response in eye cancer patients
New predictive tool sheds light on immunotherapy-resistant metastatic uveal melanoma and how adoptive therapy can successfully be used to treat the cancer.
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16 Apr 2024
23% of disenrolled Medicaid beneficiaries remain uninsured, KFF finds
Over half of disenrolled Medicaid beneficiaries who remain uninsured have not enrolled in another health insurance plan due to costs.
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16 Apr 2024
VR therapy mitigates pain for hospitalized cancer patients
New research reveals that an immersive VR experience reduced cancer-related pain more significantly than a two-dimensional experience provided via a tablet.
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16 Apr 2024
Patient advocates explore a patient bill of rights for AI
The patient advocacy document includes seven different patient rights to consider as healthcare adopts AI.
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16 Apr 2024
Alan Bates and JFSA won’t back down in fight with government and Post Office
Over the past 15 years, Computer Weekly has learnt that Alan Bates and the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance don’t give up, and it would be crass to disregard their plans
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16 Apr 2024
Recognising APAC’s trailblazers in digital transformation
DBS Bank and NUS were among the top industry innovators that were lauded for various transformational initiatives at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2024
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15 Apr 2024
Nib shutters last datacentre, moves most workloads to AWS
The Australian health and travel insurance provider has closed the last of its seven datacentres, marking the end of its nine-year cloud migration programme
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15 Apr 2024
Adobe working to offer GenAI tools from OpenAI and others
The creative content software vendor previewed new video workflow tools in its video editing suite that let editors use video-generating tools from OpenAI and others.
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15 Apr 2024
More social engineering attacks on open source projects observed
In the wake of the recent XZ Utils scare, maintainers of another open source project have come forward to say they may have experienced similar social engineering attacks
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15 Apr 2024
OpenText expands GenAI for enterprise content, IoT
OpenText finds a novel use for generative AI: combing through, sorting and summarizing massive amounts of IoT data. It also launched new enterprise content management features.
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15 Apr 2024
Google Cloud customers disclose GenAI strengths, weaknesses
Troubling flaws remain a problem for enterprises, but Google Cloud customers, including Ford, Belk and Deutsche Bank, find the tech too compelling to pass up.
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15 Apr 2024
Infinigate handed UKI distie role by Ironscales
Distributor gets the chance to build on existing relationship with vendor after delivering results across continental Europe
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15 Apr 2024
Fixed Wireless Access continues to fill crucial connectivity gap
Latest research finds fibre and FWA both play crucial roles in expanding internet connectivity and bridging digital divide – but on balance, fibre is still the fixed comms top gun
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15 Apr 2024
Employee productivity is top priority but comes at a cost
RedThread Research's Stacia Garr discusses how the rapid shift toward prioritizing employee productivity is affecting performance reviews, trust and long-term growth in organizations.
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15 Apr 2024
Swisscom taps Ericsson for 5G RAN framework
Leading Swiss operator deploys 5G RAN products and services to underpin and upgrade its mobile network
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15 Apr 2024
Machine learning framework captures uncertainty in medical images
The Tyche machine learning system is designed to provide multiple plausible medical image segmentations to help capture uncertainty and identify potential disease.
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15 Apr 2024
eSIM Go joins GSMA as it expands global coverage
Embedded subscriber identity module provider becomes member of global mobile trade association to underline commitment to extending digital mobile ecosystem, which now covers over 1,000 networks in more than 190 countries
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15 Apr 2024
Swedish company first to use STMicroelectronics chips
Powerful new processors help power next-generation industrial human machine interfaces, starting in the Nordics
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15 Apr 2024
Arm accelerates Edge AI with Ethos-U NPU and IoT reference design
NPU said to deliver 4x performance uplift for high performance edge AI applications such as factory automation and smart cameras through new IoT reference design platform to accelerate deployment of voice and vision systems
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15 Apr 2024
Docomo, NTT, NEC and Fujitsu unveil 100 Gbps 6G device
Japanese tech and comms giants jointly announce development of a top-level wireless device capable of ultra-high-speed 100 Gbps transmissions in the 100 GHz and 300 GHz sub-terahertz bands
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15 Apr 2024
Quickwit claims big advantage in log file search and index
When the logs are the data: Startup Quickwit claims late entrant advantage in log file search and index with bigger datasets and better analytics on reduced infrastructure
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15 Apr 2024
EU’s AI Act fails to protect the rule of law and civic space
Analysis reveals that the AI Act is ‘riddled with far-reaching exceptions’ and its measures to protect fundamental rights are insufficient
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15 Apr 2024
Machine learning characterizes cardiac function, drug response
New tool accurately quantifies contractile function and calcium handling, enabling the machine learning classification of cardiac disease and cardioactive drugs.
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15 Apr 2024
KLAS: Apple iPhones most-used commercial devices in healthcare
Most healthcare organizations use Apple devices to boost clinical mobility because their employees already use them outside of work, KLAS research shows.
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15 Apr 2024
AMA, NAACOS, AHIP share how to succeed in value-based care arrangements
Participants in value-based care arrangements must have clear plans for financial risk, risk adjustment, and quality performance metrics.
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15 Apr 2024
Health savings accounts have mixed effects on healthcare spending, use
Among health savings account members, healthcare spending was higher for inpatient services but lower for emergency department visits than PPO members.
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15 Apr 2024
EPA finalizes chemical plant clean air standards
The EPA has issued a final ruling to regulate toxic air pollution from chemical plants, supporting the Cancer Moonshot Initiative.
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15 Apr 2024
Top tips for successful patient portal secure messaging
Patient portal inbox management is key to supporting secure messaging while protecting against administrative burden.
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12 Apr 2024
White-sounding names have edge in hiring, bias study says
A recent study exposes ongoing racial bias in hiring practices, showing that white-sounding names are often preferred, with a notable overall discrimination rate of 10%.
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12 Apr 2024
Vast Data namespace now reaches across GCP
Vast partners with Google Cloud to provide customers with AI tools that can be used on premises or in the cloud. It also puts Vast in another place where AI workloads are running.
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12 Apr 2024
Apple iPhone security alert renews spyware concerns
An Apple security alert received by users in 92 countries raises fresh fears over ongoing campaigns by users of mercenary spyware products
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12 Apr 2024
CISA: Midnight Blizzard obtained federal agency emails
CISA ordered U.S. federal agencies to reset any credentials exposed by Midnight Blizzard's breach against Microsoft and notify CISA in the case of a known or suspected compromise.
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12 Apr 2024
Toob, CityFibre extend gigabit reach
South of England broadband provider and largest independent network provider extend full-fibre footprint in Hampshire and Glasgow, laying enough fibre to stretch 10 times the length of River Clyde
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12 Apr 2024
Palo Alto Networks discloses RCE zero-day vulnerability
Threat actors have exploited the remote code injection flaw, which affects the GlobalProtect gateway in Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS software, in a 'limited' number of attacks.
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12 Apr 2024
UK in critical need of regulation to fight misinformation online
Misinformation, where it is generated by AI, poses a serious threat due to the ease with which plausible false content can be created and spread
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12 Apr 2024
Executive interview: Balancing AI with human creativity
We speak to the chief product officer at Getty Images and iStock about the role generative AI can play in the image-making process.
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12 Apr 2024
Government could still replace Fujitsu in key nuclear contract
Fujitsu’s first government contract of the year could be just a stay of execution as department says that all replacement options are still being considered
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12 Apr 2024
Post Office boss said subpostmasters had hands in till and blamed technology for missing cash
Former boss reacted to 2009 Computer Weekly expose by telling a colleague that 'subbies with their hands in the till' were blaming technology for their own theft
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12 Apr 2024
UK mobile operators ramp up Shared Rural Network commitments
Pace quickens in £1bn UK scheme to improve mobile coverage in so-called hard-to-reach areas, with leading operators making extension to footprint in rural Wales and Scotland
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12 Apr 2024
OIG: Improve Medicare rate-setting for clinical diagnostic lab tests
The federal watchdog OIG is urging CMS to improve Medicare rate-setting for clinical diagnostic lab tests to better prepare for future public health emergencies.
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12 Apr 2024
Businesses expect significant revenue growth through 5G
Research reveals two-fifths of organisations are upgrading to cellular connectivity to take advantage of technologies such as IoT and AI, but they risk leaving networks exposed to cyber attacks
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12 Apr 2024
Deep learning tool may reduce false-positives in screening mammography
A deep learning model accurately identified false positive screening mammograms, significantly reducing diagnostic callbacks and unnecessary biopsies.
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12 Apr 2024
DMARDs for rheumatoid arthritis linked to lower dementia risk
A study evaluating the link between rheumatoid arthritis treatment and dementia risk linked the use of DMARDs to lower dementia rates.
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12 Apr 2024
WHO reports 3,500 global viral hepatitis deaths daily
The WHO’s 2024 Global Hepatitis Report highlights 1.3 million global viral hepatitis deaths annually, accounting for 3,500 daily deaths.
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12 Apr 2024
Kaiser Permanente zeroes in on food is medicine philosophy
Kaiser Permanente will ramp up its food is medicine programming with the Food Is Medicine Center of Excellence, plus increase research into the programs.
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11 Apr 2024
CISA discloses Sisense breach, customer data compromised
CISA is investigating a breach of data analytics vendor Sisense that may have exposed customers' credentials and secrets and could impact critical infrastructure organizations.
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11 Apr 2024
PSNI criticised after ‘utterly vague’ answers on covert surveillance of journalists
The Policing Board of Northern Ireland has asked the Police Service of Northern Ireland to produce a public report on its use of covert surveillance powers against journalists and lawyers after it gave ‘utterly vague’ answers
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11 Apr 2024
Facial recognition to play key role in UK shoplifting crackdown
UK government will fund roll-out of police facial recognition across the country as part of its crackdown on shoplifting and violence against retail staff, but civil society groups say the government is attempting to police its way out of the cost-of-living crisis
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11 Apr 2024
Former Post Office executive’s neglect prolonged Horizon reliability myth
Executive’s failure to provide terms of reference for a controversial Post Office investigation into its own computer system resulted in a one-sided whitewash report
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11 Apr 2024
Meta's new silicon shows a growing trend for AI hyperscalers
The new hardware highlights a growing trend of hyperscalers designing custom chips for internal use. This move will help vendors rely less on hardware providers such as Nvidia.
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11 Apr 2024
AI skills gap blocking public sector take-up
A Salesforce report claims that a lack of skills in artificial intelligence is preventing effective take-up of generative AI to enhance frontline citizen services across the public sector
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11 Apr 2024
CMA set to tackle interconnected web of strategic AI partnerships
Google, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Nvidia are all collaborating on AI foundation models, potentially to the detriment of fair, open and effective competition
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11 Apr 2024
How GenAI use is evolving for Google Cloud customers
With more than one million developers now using Google Cloud’s generative AI systems to power their tools, Google customers have gone beyond experimentation and are now building their own agents
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11 Apr 2024
Storage, infrastructure downplayed at Google Cloud Next '24
GenAI took center stage at Google Cloud Next, but a smattering of storage updates and an emphasis on AI workloads have some infrastructure experts curious about what's to come.
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11 Apr 2024
Embedded World 2024: Micron unveils platforms to power in-vehicle AI
Memory and storage solutions provider’s automotive products enable central compute, digital cockpit and advanced driver assistance systems for Qualcomm customers
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11 Apr 2024
Patients with long COVID exhibited markers of myeloid inflammation
A study out of the United Kingdom identified multiple plasma protein markers of inflammation linked to long COVID characteristics.
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11 Apr 2024
CMS proposes payment increases for IPPS hospitals and LTCHs
IPPS hospital payments would increase by $2.9 billion, while long-term care hospital rates would grow by $41 billion.