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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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23 Feb 2024
Reading long PDFs less painful with Adobe AI Assistant tool
The first beta version of Adobe's generative AI tools for search, summary, attribution and copy-pasting is available for Acrobat, with more features to come.
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23 Feb 2024
GitHub Copilot replicating vulnerabilities, insecure code
Research from Snyk shows that AI assistants such as GitHub Copilot, which offer code completion suggestions, often amplify existing bugs and security issues in a user's codebase.
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23 Feb 2024
King Charles strips disgraced Post Office CEO of her CBE
Disgraced former Post Office CEO, central to the Horizon scandal, has her CBE formally stripped
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23 Feb 2024
Channel marketing scope has widened
Those looking after industry brands are increasingly taking on sustainability as an area of responsibility
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23 Feb 2024
ConnectWise users see cyber attacks surge, including ransomware
ConnectWise ScreenConnect users who have yet to patch against a critical vulnerability are now being targeted by a barrage of cyber attacks, including ransomware
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23 Feb 2024
NCA trolls under fire LockBit gang leaders
The NCA has teased details of the identity of LockBit's main admin via the gang’s compromised dark web site, and hinted that he has been engaging with law enforcement
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23 Feb 2024
Home Office signs tech and data sharing deal with Frontex
The UK’s deal with the EU border agency is intended to improve operational cooperation, and will expand British authorities’ access to technology and data that can be used to reduce small boat crossings of the English Channel
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23 Feb 2024
Global households shift toward 5G fixed wireless access
Report finds that nearly three-quarters of homes with 5G fixed wireless access choose it as a full replacement for previously used connectivity
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23 Feb 2024
IR35 legislative tweak to remedy settlement offset issue by April 2024
Long-standing issue with how IR35 rules work to be resolved in April, thanks to Finance Act change
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23 Feb 2024
CIO interview: Craig Donald, CIO, The Football Association
England men’s and women’s football teams have had a good few years – and like any successful organisation, they are supported by technology. We meet the IT chief behind football in England and Wales
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23 Feb 2024
HHS Settles Ransomware Investigation With Behavioral Health Provider
This marks the second-ever ransomware settlement that OCR has reached with a covered entity over potential HIPAA violations following a ransomware attack.
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23 Feb 2024
NAO report finds UK mobile connectivity programme behind schedule
Financial watchdog report slams progress of government in flagship mobile roll-out scheme to expand 4G mobile connectivity in rural UK areas, casting doubt on whether it will be delivered on time
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23 Feb 2024
Audi revs up customised private 5G environment to gain edge
Auto giant’s private network aims to replicate connectivity environments found across the world to give it a competitive advantage by ensuring connected technology is sound and functional on public roads
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23 Feb 2024
GPT-4 Matches Ophthalmologists in Glaucoma, Retina Management
Mount Sinai researchers revealed that the large language model GPT-4 can match, and even outperform, human specialists in managing glaucoma or retina disease.
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23 Feb 2024
Digital Health Strategies Reduce High BP Among Underserved Groups
Research shows digital health interventions positively impacted hypertension control among vulnerable patients, including low-income and minority race groups.
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23 Feb 2024
NIH Launches Cancer Screening Research Network for Early Detection
The NIH has launched the Cancer Screening Research Network to evaluate cancer screening methods and technologies, supporting the White House’s Cancer Moonshot.
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23 Feb 2024
Multiple Unsafe Sleep Factors Characterize SIDS Incidences
Across surface sharing and non-sharing infants, SIDS incidences included multiple unsafe sleep factors, identifying a need for robust education.
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23 Feb 2024
Singtel rolls out network slicing on 5G network
Singtel’s app-based network slicing capabilities will boost the performance of 5G applications and cater to different experience, security and privacy requirements
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22 Feb 2024
Arcitecta leverages metadata to move critical data faster
Arcitecta has found a way to increase the data transfer speed of its Mediaflux Livewire software, which can be valuable for projects that demand significant collaboration.
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22 Feb 2024
Stability AI adopts new architecture in Stable Diffusion 3
The new version of the image model uses a different architecture than previous versions. It comes in different sizes and has better spelling capabilities.
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22 Feb 2024
Intel Foundry launches as enterprise AI surges
If the trend continues, enterprises will need more AI chip suppliers to help stabilize prices and meet the demand for AI processing at the edge and the data center, experts said.
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22 Feb 2024
Linkerd paywall prompts online debate, CNCF TOC review
Linkerd's decision to charge for access to stable builds of its service mesh code sparks objections and debate about open source governance, along with an official CNCF response.
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22 Feb 2024
Tableau launches Pulse, a GenAI-fueled insight generator
The tool, which monitors data for metric changes and uses natural language to alert users, is the longtime analytics vendor's first generally available GenAI capability.
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22 Feb 2024
AI vendor finds opportunity amid AI computing problem
The GPU cloud provider recently raised $320 million. It has found an opportunity as more enterprises seek to run generative models and the demand for infrastructure is high.
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22 Feb 2024
ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws under attack, patch now
Huntress said in a blog post this week that the ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws, which have come under attack, were 'trivial and embarrassingly easy' for a threat actor to exploit.
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22 Feb 2024
Cyber experts alarmed by ‘trivial’ ConnectWise vulns
The disclosure of two dangerous vulnerabilities in the popular ConnectWise ScreenConnect product is drawing comparisons with major cyber incidents, including the 2021 Kaseya attack
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22 Feb 2024
EU sets sail with undersea connectivity drive in digital infrastructure initiative
European Commission announces digital connectivity package to advance development of integrated connectivity and collaborative computing infrastructures and shape future EU policy action
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22 Feb 2024
Law to clear hundreds of wrongfully convicted subpostmasters expected in July
Law to overturn Post Office convictions based on computer evidence set to be introduced in July following unprecedented legislation
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22 Feb 2024
Ignition Technology adds human risk management with CultureAI
Distributor known for helping firms grow a channel base and increase market position is given the chance by CultureAI to deliver human risk management
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22 Feb 2024
Stannah looks to enterprise cloud software to lift IT systems
Major project the keystone of new IT strategy to modernise systems and support growth
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22 Feb 2024
Virgin Media O2 switches on 5G Standalone
UK operator continues to advance 5G roll-out in line with UK government’s Wireless Infrastructure Strategy
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22 Feb 2024
New Collaborative Launches to Drive Digital Health Evidence, Adoption
Formed by 14 trade associations, including the ATA, AARP, and AMA, the collaborative aims to advance evidence-based digital health research and technology adoption.
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22 Feb 2024
New Hammerspace capability sets up enterprise AI
The latest update to Hammerspace's software-defined storage system removes metadata from data path, enabling HPC to use data from any storage source without specialized hardware.
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22 Feb 2024
NIH Precision Medicine Data Detects 275 Million New Genetic Variants
Data from the All of Us Research Program for advancing precision medicine helped researchers identify over 275 million new genetic variants.
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22 Feb 2024
UK government breaks one million mark for gigabit broadband upgrades
Two more Project Gigabit contracts signed to connect a further 32,400 premises in rural UK and further support announced through £70m Future Telecoms programme and Very Hard to Reach Alpha Trials
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22 Feb 2024
Toshiba and Orange test quantum encryption on traditional network
Researchers used QKD on a fibre-optic network spanning 184km to show how the technology could be used to secure networks cost-effectively
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22 Feb 2024
Mid and South Essex sets out plans for shared care record
The Essex-based integrated care system is developing a shared care record for health and social care, aiming to go live in spring 2024
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22 Feb 2024
Bytes Group CEO resigns
Undisclosed trades in Bytes Group’s shares lead long-standing staffer to walk away from the business
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22 Feb 2024
HIE, NextGen Aid Compliance with Health Data Exchange Framework
SCHIO is using health data exchange tools from NextGen Healthcare to simplify compliance with HIE requirements that became mandatory across California on January 31, 2024.
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22 Feb 2024
Nvidia CEO sees shift in datacentres to ‘AI generation factories’
Jensen Huang used the company’s fourth-quarter earnings to discuss the massive growth in accelerated datacentre computing experienced by Nvidia
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22 Feb 2024
Tech consortium teams with Vodafone to deploy live Open RAN massive MIMO
Chipmakers, tech firms, networking provider and telco team to demonstrate open virtualised radio access networks and 5G Core virtual User Plane Function using Arm-based CPUs
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22 Feb 2024
Inside LockBit: A ransomware gang in decline?
The LockBit ransomware gang was already on the ropes prior to the NCA-led takedown, according to security researchers
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22 Feb 2024
Deep Learning Model Accurately Detects, Predicts Alzheimer's Disease
Novel deep learning model leverages metabolic biomarkers to predict the likelihood that Alzheimer's disease will develop long before clinical symptom onset.
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22 Feb 2024
Injectable HIV ART Is an Effective Alternative to Oral Medications
An NIAID-sponsored study concluded that injectable HIV antiretroviral therapies are effective for patients who are not effectively treated with oral medications.
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22 Feb 2024
Racially Diverse ZIP Codes See Disparities in MAT Access
The number of authorized buprenorphine prescribers is lower in racially diverse zip codes, creating disparities in MAT access.
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21 Feb 2024
Australian data breach report highlights supply chain risks
The OAIC has called for organisations to proactively address privacy risks from outsourcing personal information handling to third parties
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21 Feb 2024
Acronis Cyber Protect adds new capabilities for remote users
SMB IT teams can now empower users to restore endpoints such as laptops with Acronis Cyber Protect 16 and protect against ransomware with new immutable backups.
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21 Feb 2024
U.S. weighs National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act
Policymakers are considering the bipartisan National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act, which would continue quantum computing R&D as well as move toward commercialization.
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21 Feb 2024
GenAI chatbots for customer care create new level of liability
Air Canada found liable for promises its chatbot made against the airline's policy; CX leaders discuss best practices for using generative AI in chatbots.
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21 Feb 2024
Dell PowerScale adds new all-flash nodes, with eyes on AI
Dell has added the latest-generation Intel CPUs, PCIe 5.0 storage and DDR5 RAM to PowerScale, doubling the performance and making it a more attractive fit for AI.
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21 Feb 2024
Google releases new family of open models: Gemma
The cloud provider's new models compete with Meta's Llama 2 open source model. Google incorporates responsible AI standards that should appeal to enterprises.
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21 Feb 2024
CVE volumes set to increase 25% this year
The number of reported Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures is likely to grow significantly in 2024, hitting a new high of almost 35,000, according to Coalition, a cyber insurance specialist
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21 Feb 2024
Some Linkerd service mesh users will soon have to pay
Companies with more than 50 employees using Linkerd service mesh in production must pay Buoyant for stable releases starting in May. Open source users and analysts weigh in.
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21 Feb 2024
Nasuni drifts cloud storage platform into data management
Cloud storage and edge caching vendor Nasuni is adding new data observability capabilities to its platform with Nasuni IQ, now available to all Nasuni customers.
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21 Feb 2024
HR tech market now more competitive with HiBob's acquisition
HiBob acquires U.K.-based payroll provider Pento for $40 million, signaling competitive HR SaaS market growth and platform evolution. It plans an integration.
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21 Feb 2024
NasuniIQ brings visualisation of massive unstructured datasets
Global file system provider adds visualisation of massive distributed unstructured datasets to allow customers to analyse data usage and prepare clean training data for artificial intelligence
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21 Feb 2024
Taste intelligence and AI vendor raises $25 million
Qloo raised $25 million in series C funding. Using machine learning, the vendor helps customers predict consumer tastes and makes it actionable through an API.
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21 Feb 2024
SITA enhances aviation SASE with automated multi-cloud networking service
Leading IT provider in the air transport industry announces strategic collaboration with multi-cloud networking firm to gain enhanced access to secure cloud-based offerings
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21 Feb 2024
Assange created a ‘grave and immediate risk’, says US government, as it seeks extradition
Lawyers for the US government hit back at claims that extraditing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is politically motivated
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21 Feb 2024
EHR Information Overload Adds to Clinician Burnout, Stress
The majority of physicians in a national survey said EHR information overload raises stress levels, and 30 percent said it contributes to clinician burnout.
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21 Feb 2024
Infinigate adds DX depth and Evolve IP continues partner recruitment
Distributor rolls out fresh service offering while telecoms player reveals latest MSP to join ranks
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21 Feb 2024
SCC bolsters comms position with Resonate buy
Channel player SCC seals third deal in a year to add more depth to its managed services portfolio
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21 Feb 2024
MSPs under pressure to solve customer security challenges
Latest SonicWall threat report shines light on role that managed service players are increasingly expected to play
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21 Feb 2024
Apple unveils PQ3 post-quantum encryption for iMessage
Apple said its new PQ3 protocol for iMessage is the first of its kind and addresses both future threats from quantum computing as well as "harvest now, decrypt later" attacks.
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21 Feb 2024
Co-op signs TCS deal for cloud-first push
The Co-operative Group has contracted IT service provider Tata Consultancy Services to support its move to a cloud-first IT environment
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21 Feb 2024
Danish player Conscia gains UK foothold with ITGL buy
Deal brings together two Cisco gold partners and provides geographic expansion for acquirer
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21 Feb 2024
IT leaders are finding the right balance between on-premise and cloud
Survey shows that fewer IT leaders are prioritising workload migration, which suggests they are happy with their deployment plans
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21 Feb 2024
How Indian fintechs can address compliance issues
Fintechs will need to bolster their know-your-customer practices and establish self-regulatory mechanisms, among other measures, to address compliance issues that have come under the spotlight
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21 Feb 2024
Almost Half of Infants in the US Have Received the RSV Vaccine
A CDC report noted that 40.5% of infants under eight months have received nirsevimab, the RSV vaccine, while 21.7% of parents plan to get their infants vaccinated.
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21 Feb 2024
Coalition: Vulnerability scoring systems falling short
Coalition said enterprises faced more substantial fallout from attacks on Citrix Bleed and Progress Software's MoveIt Transfer due to inadequate vulnerability prioritization.
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21 Feb 2024
Lawmakers Introduce MATCH IT Act for Patient Matching, Interoperability
The Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act of 2024 would improve the interoperability of patients' demographic data within certified health IT.
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21 Feb 2024
Unisys investigating potential involvement in controversial Post Office system
IT supplier wants to get to the bottom of its role in the distribution of the Post Office’s controversial Capture software, linked to potential wrongful convictions
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21 Feb 2024
London Grid for Learning enrols Community Fibre to connectivity curriculum
London-based charitable trust taps community broadband provider for backup connectivity in part of wider strategy to deliver ‘world-class’ digital infrastructure to children in London
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21 Feb 2024
Quest Diagnostics Settles Unlawful PHI Disposal Allegations For $5M
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Quest Diagnostics following allegations of illegal disposal of PHI and hazardous waste.
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21 Feb 2024
Vodafone starts roll-out of commercial Open RAN in Romania
Pan-European operator builds on UK commercial deployment and trials in other European countries for open radio access networks in key territory
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21 Feb 2024
SailPoint cuts ribbon on MSP programme
Security player keen to get partners to solve more customer identity-related challenges
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21 Feb 2024
Hartford HealthCare Launches Center for AI Innovation
Hartford HealthCare’s Center for AI Innovation will support the research and development of artificial intelligence technologies to improve patient care.
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21 Feb 2024
HAC Reduction Program Penalizes Safety-Net Hospitals At Higher Rates
Teaching and safety-net hospitals in the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program were more likely to be penalized and receive worse performance scores.
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21 Feb 2024
CareSource Partnership Boosts Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatment
The partnership will connect members in Kansas with transportation services to facilitate access to substance use disorder treatment.
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21 Feb 2024
Alabama Supreme Court Ruling Compromises Access to IVF
A new Alabama Supreme Court ruling characterizes frozen IVF embryos as children, presenting barriers for IVF clinics.
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21 Feb 2024
CrowdStrike 'Global Threat Report': Cloud intrusions up 75%
This year's report covered cloud intrusions, data extortion attacks, and the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
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21 Feb 2024
Patient Trust in Healthcare AI Relies on Use Case, But Familiarity Is Lacking
Patients suggest that they’d trust AI in healthcare for certain use cases, but 43 percent aren’t sure what the technology is being used for.
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20 Feb 2024
Cloud costs continue to rise in 2024
Enterprises might look more closely at workload allocation and explore alternative platforms amid ongoing cloud price hikes. Storage costs are also trending upward.
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20 Feb 2024
Generative AI dominates Google's data and analytics roadmap
Following recent integrations between Gemini and the tech giant's major data and analytics platforms, more product innovations featuring LLMs are expected over the next few months.
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20 Feb 2024
Operation Cronos dismantles LockBit ransomware gang
An international law enforcement operation led by the U.K.'s National Crime Agency seizes LockBit's websites, servers, source code and decryption keys.
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20 Feb 2024
Birmingham City Council needs a further £45m to fix ‘disastrous’ Oracle system
Birmingham City Council’s ERP system is failing to deliver an accurate ledger, which means finance staff have spent months manually entering cost centre data
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20 Feb 2024
HM Treasury signs AWS hosting environment management deal with Keysource
HM Treasury has enlisted datacentre management services provider to help operate the AWS environment used to host cross-government spending data system
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20 Feb 2024
Crayon bolsters education pitch with Kahoot partnership
Channel player will have more to talk about with schools and universities after getting involved with learning and engagement specialist
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20 Feb 2024
Telefónica, Matsuko launch holographic meeting experience
Telco and spatial computing firm to unveil holographic conferencing service to help users gain more effective communication and emotional connection in meetings
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20 Feb 2024
Uber CEO denies pricing algorithm uses ‘behavioural patterns’
Uber workers are concerned about what data is being used by the company’s algorithm to set variable pay and pricing levels after CEO Dara Khosrowshahi admits to using drivers’ ‘behavioural patterns’
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20 Feb 2024
LockBit locked out: Cyber community reacts
Reaction to the takedown of the LockBit ransomware gang is enthusiastic, but tempered with the knowledge that cyber criminals are often remarkably resilient
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20 Feb 2024
University of Lincoln undergoes edge datacentre modernisation project
The University of Lincoln reveals details of the work it has done, with the help of Schneider Electric and RMD UK, to ensure the resiliency of its edge datacentre environments
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20 Feb 2024
US extradition of Julian Assange is ‘state retaliation’ for exposing war crimes, court hears
Lawyers argue that the US extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is politically motivated and in is breach of the UK-US extradition treaty
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20 Feb 2024
Authorities Successfully Disrupt LockBit Ransomware Group
The US and UK disrupted LockBit ransomware group’s operations and developed decryption tools that may allow victims to restore systems infected by LockBit.
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20 Feb 2024
275 Million New Genetic Variants Identified in “All of Us” Dataset
Nearly 4 million newly identified genetic variants found in 250,000 participants from the NIH’s All of Us Research Program are thought to be tied to disease risk.
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20 Feb 2024
BICS, Skylo unite to deliver GEO satellite NB-IoT connectivity
Connectivity enabler announces partnership with non-terrestrial network operator to deliver ubiquitous satellite-based narrowband internet of things connectivity for enterprises, letting IoT devices travel outside of their home country
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20 Feb 2024
LockBit gang members arrested in Poland and Ukraine
The UK’s National Crime Agency and its global partners have shared more details on their audacious takedown of the LockBit ransomware operation, including news of two arrests
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20 Feb 2024
EE delivers mobile coverage boost in North Yorkshire
UK mobile operator has upgraded or built more than 40 mobile masts in North Yorkshire in the past two years, improving connectivity across the county as part of a £1.3bn coverage programme
- 20 Feb 2024