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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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24 Jan 2024
Uptime Institute predicts 2024 will see datacentre operators start row back on net-zero commitments
Datacentre resiliency think tank Uptime Insitute predicts 2024 will mark the start of a testing time for operators when it comes to delivering on their net-zero commitments
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24 Jan 2024
SCC joins Microsoft Intelligent Security Association
Channel player becomes member of a select group of managed service players helping to shape the response to growing security threats
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24 Jan 2024
Critical vulnerability exposes Fortra GoAnywhere users
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT users must take steps to address a newly disclosed zero-day vulnerability without delay
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24 Jan 2024
AI will heighten global ransomware threat, says NCSC
The benefits of artificial intelligence to cyber criminals being well-known, the NCSC now assesses it’s likely AI will soon be widely used to enhance ransomware attacks
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24 Jan 2024
Fresh Microsoft benefits packages aim to support partner growth
Vendor outlines three support packages for different stages of channel development
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24 Jan 2024
HHS Unveils Healthcare Cybersecurity Performance Goals
The voluntary cybersecurity performance goals follow HHS’ recently released healthcare cybersecurity concept paper and provide a roadmap for improving security across the sector.
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24 Jan 2024
DE-CIX Dallas achieves peak traffic milestone of 1Tbps
Leading global internet exchange operator achieves new peak traffic record of more through surge due to live-streaming of sports events and the area’s population density and low latency links
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24 Jan 2024
Salesforce’s bug bounty programme paid out $3m in 2023
Ethical hackers disclosed more than 4,000 vulnerabilities to Salesforce last year through its bug bounty programme, and received over $3m in rewards
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24 Jan 2024
Committee chair asks minister to back ‘Mr Bates clause’ in Post Office compensation legislation
Select committee chair wants guarantees on financial redress for subpostmasters that suffered in the Horizon scandal
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24 Jan 2024
Altnets, ISPA present telecoms procurement research
Key UK gigabit target in the balance as report suggests operators can ensure future commercial success built on robust network infrastructure by adopting procurement strategies that supplement in-house operational teams
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24 Jan 2024
NYC Partners with Non-Profit to Relieve $2B in Medical Debt for Residents
New York City residents with low incomes and substantial medical debt will experience one-time debt relief through the partnership.
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24 Jan 2024
Cato claims world’s first SASE-based XDR
Generative AI, detection and response, endpoint protection and new incident response tools headline expansion of core secure access service edge platform beyond networking, threat prevention and data protection
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24 Jan 2024
Mississippi Health System Suffers Ransomware Attack, 253K Individuals Impacted
Ransomware attacks, theft, and unauthorized access were the causes of several recent data breaches reported to HHS recently.
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24 Jan 2024
UnitedHealth Group Saw Revenue and Enrollment Growth in 2023
UnitedHealth Group’s revenue increased by more than $47 billion, with UnitedHealthcare and Optum both seeing growth.
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24 Jan 2024
Precision Medicine Tool May Enhance Pancreatic Cancer Outcome Prediction
Cedars-Sinai’s Molecular Twin Precision Oncology Platform has outperformed the only FDA-approved test to predict pancreatic cancer survival.
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24 Jan 2024
CDC States JN.1 Accounts for Nearly 90% of Circulating COVID Variants
A recent CDC update on respiratory viruses, including influenza and COVID-19, revealed that JN.1 is the most prevalent COVID variant.
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24 Jan 2024
55% of Rural Orgs Lack Labor & Delivery, Cause Maternity Deserts
Experts may consider staffing and reimbursement policies to alleviate the nation’s growing maternity desert and care access problems.
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23 Jan 2024
ElevenLabs' funding success shows growth of AI voice market
The startup has quickly raised a total of $101 million, reflecting the fast growth of new technologies like deep neural networks. Along with growth comes challenges.
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23 Jan 2024
Attacks begin on critical Atlassian Confluence vulnerability
Exploitation activity for CVE-2023-22527 marks the third time in four months that a critical Atlassian Confluence flaw has gained threat actors' attention.
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23 Jan 2024
Watsonx AI bots assist IBM Consulting in client GenAI projects
IBM Consulting rolls out role-based bots to streamline consultants' work as they enable digital transformation for customers.
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23 Jan 2024
Nexsan adds data protection to NV6000 unified storage
Nexsan's new unified array, the NV6000, adds immutable snapshots that create an 'unbreakable' backup when combined with the vendor's Assureon backup appliance.
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23 Jan 2024
Docker Build Cloud claims speed boost for dev workflows
Docker ships a managed service that pushes container image builds to AWS and adds shared caches to customers' existing dev tools.
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23 Jan 2024
GitHub: Top tips to make software developers more productive
Study highlights importance of good documentation and processes, as well as fewer work distractions
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23 Jan 2024
Curio AI deal adds ML capabilities to Wasabi cloud storage
Wasabi Technologies adds metadata technology by Curio AI in a new acquisition from Gray Meta Inc., the first addition to Wasabi's object storage since opening its doors.
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23 Jan 2024
IT services market demands grow, complicating staffing
Gartner forecasts IT services spending will reach $2.1 trillion in 2027, nearly double 2021 spending. Service providers will pursue a mix of talent strategies to meet demand.
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23 Jan 2024
Oracle boosts generative AI service and intros new services
The tech giant's services are similar to what other big tech vendors have introduced. However, Oracle's input of GenAI technology in its SaaS applications makes it notable.
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23 Jan 2024
NVM Express boosts computational storage standards
New command sets allow for computational storage with NVMe flash and includes frameworks to allow local memory usage in processing workloads on storage hardware
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23 Jan 2024
Treat cyber risk like financial or legal issue, says UK government
UK government and NCSC launch proposed code of practice on cyber security governance to help directors and business leaders toughen their defences
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23 Jan 2024
Neos Networks enhances purchasing with API ordering and ‘quantum quoting’
Features added to Neos Networks customer provision tool aim to simplify the overall wholesale buying experience through increased personalisation and parity between portal and API purchasing
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23 Jan 2024
IBM marks a year of Partner Plus
Vendor shares progress made over 2023, along with enhancements and plans to keep working on improving channel relationships
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23 Jan 2024
Vodafone, Qualcomm, Xiaomi claim European first for enhanced 5G uplink
Test by leading European mobile operator, mobile platform provider and handset manufacturer said to result in mobile customers being able to receive faster 5G upload speeds
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23 Jan 2024
Leak of 26 billion records may prove to be ‘mother of all breaches’
The discovery of a dataset comprising 26 billion stolen records may prove to be record-breaking in both its size and the danger it poses to ordinary people
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23 Jan 2024
EXA bolsters transatlantic cable presence
Digital infrastructure platform launches new cable route and inks point of presence deal to bolster options in connecting Europe and North America, looking to enable businesses to traverse the digital landscape faster and more efficiently
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23 Jan 2024
UN chief blasts AI companies for reckless pursuit of profit
The United Nations general secretary has blasted technology companies and governments for pursuing their own narrow interests in artificial intelligence without any consideration of the common good, as part of wider call to reform global governance
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23 Jan 2024
SEC bitcoin hack was result of SIM-swapping
A cyber attack on the US financial regulator earlier in January 2024 occurred after hackers took over one of its mobile phone accounts in a so-called SIM-swapping attack
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23 Jan 2024
Exclusive Networks maintaining supplier expansion strategy
Distributor has track record of widening existing relationships to benefit UK resellers and will continue that strategy
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23 Jan 2024
UCLA Releases Public-Access Surgical Outcomes Database for AI Training
The new Medical Informatics Operating Room Vitals and Events Repository is set to advance the development of AI algorithms to predict surgical outcomes.
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23 Jan 2024
Threat Actors Abuse ScreenConnect Access to Target Healthcare
HC3 issued a sector alert warning healthcare organizations of potential unauthorized access to systems as a result of threat actors abusing the remote access tool ScreenConnect.
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23 Jan 2024
OOP Costs Greater for Cancer Patients in High-Deductible Health Plans
After switching to a high-deductible health plan, out-of-pocket costs increased by 68.1 percent for patients with cancer relative to those in traditional plans.
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23 Jan 2024
Patient Boarding in the ED Soars by A Third at MGH, Harms Experience
Mass General Hospital is building out inpatient capacity to reduce the practice of boarding patients in the emergency department, which harms experience.
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22 Jan 2024
Microsoft breached by Russian APT behind SolarWinds attack
Several email accounts belonging to Microsoft senior leadership were accessed as part of the breach, though Microsoft found 'no evidence' of customer environments being accessed.
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22 Jan 2024
SolarWinds hackers attack Microsoft in apparent recon mission
Russian-backed threat actor behind infamous 2020 SolarWinds Sunburst intrusion hacked into Microsoft’s systems, apparently in an attempt to get hold of intel on themselves
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22 Jan 2024
Vocus rolls out 1.6 Tbps technology to light up Australia
Australian network services provider deploying coherent optical technology to meet growing demands for bandwidth and cut energy usage across the network’s long-haul and metro links from Brisbane to Perth
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22 Jan 2024
Dutch companies not ready for AI
Many Dutch organisations are not ready to start working with AI, according to the Cisco AI Readiness Index
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22 Jan 2024
KLAS: Improved EHR Efficiency Can Mitigate Early-Stage Clinician Burnout
To help address clinician burnout in its early stages, organizations can focus on EHR efficiency by providing additional EHR training, KLAS authors said.
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22 Jan 2024
Nokia, Etisalat by e& complete first Middle East Cloud RAN trial
Benchmark in key, strategic territory for communications in trial of cloud-based radio access network technology using In-Line acceleration realised by leading regional operator’s network
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22 Jan 2024
Backup admins must consider GenAI legal issues -- eventually
As legal woes mount against popular LMMs powering generative AI, backup admins should work with IT to set safe and effective usage guardrails to avoid future headaches.
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22 Jan 2024
Upgraded Arabic large language model is twice as big
Techniques that were used to double the power of what was already the largest LLM for Arabic can now be applied to other languages whose native speakers do not yet have access to AI
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22 Jan 2024
PAC calls on MoD to fix inventory management IT
The Public Accounts Committee is concerned that the ageing and fragmented IT systems used in the MoD’s inventory management puts front-line forces at significant risk
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22 Jan 2024
WHO Releases Governance Guidelines for Generative Artificial Intelligence
New guidance from the World Health Organization outlines how stakeholders can ensure the appropriate use of large multi-modal AI models in healthcare.
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22 Jan 2024
Channel round-up: Who’s gone where?
Moves this week at TelcoSwitch, Cellhire, Genesys, Cohesity, Commvault and Kinly
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22 Jan 2024
Openreach accelerates digital network roll-out
Added vigour to UK’s largest broadband provider’s digital network transformation play, with latest tranche of exchanges across furthest reaches of UK now able to offer digital comms based on full-fibre networks
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22 Jan 2024
AI ushering new era of intelligent CX
Annual customer experience trends report reveals that 68% of UK customer experience leaders believe chatbots can help build a stronger emotional connection with clients, with AI now the norm
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22 Jan 2024
Fujitsu agrees to support former subpostmasters’ families beyond financial redress
Fujitsu will meet with victims of the Post Office scandal and their representatives to discuss what the IT giant can do for them beyond financial redress
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22 Jan 2024
Westcon-Comstor adds AWS depth with Rebura buy
Distributor moves for cloud consultancy in bid to beef-up ability to support partner base
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22 Jan 2024
New Reality of Medicare Physician Payments, Future with MIPS
Medicare physician payments have always been a source of debate, leading to several changes in its payment model as it continues its shift to value-based care.
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22 Jan 2024
Chat control: Tech companies warn ministers over EU encryption plans
Tech companies have written to EU ministers to urge them to back the European Parliament, rather than the European Commission, over proposed regulations to police child abuse
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22 Jan 2024
Urgent question asks which ministers knew of Post Office’s shocking plan to remove judge
Labour peer uses urgent question to uncover who, if anyone, in government was aware of the Post Office’s attempts to remove judge as it became clear it was losing
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22 Jan 2024
Steward Health Care Faces Financial Troubles, Possible Closures
Steward Health Care may have to close some facilities as the for-profit health system navigates financial distress.
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22 Jan 2024
Healthcare Data Breaches Continue to Impact Patients in New Year
Several healthcare data breaches have been reported to HHS so far in 2024, all of which occurred in 2023 or earlier.
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22 Jan 2024
Financial Distress Drove 2023 Merger and Acquisition Activity
Financial distress was cited as a factor in 28 percent of the 65 announced healthcare mergers and acquisitions in 2023.
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22 Jan 2024
UnitedHealthcare Platform Improves Member Access to Well-being Programs
The platform can connect members with well-being programs that are specific to their healthcare needs.
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21 Jan 2024
Stellar Lifestyle opens high-tech retail space
The Hive 2.0 retail space in Esplanade Xchange uses AI and robots to enable self-checkout, prepare and serve beverages, and deliver items to offices in a nearby building
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19 Jan 2024
Chinese threat group exploited VMware vulnerability in 2021
After VMware confirmed that CVE-2023-34048 had been exploited, Mandiant attributed the activity to a China-nexus threat group and revealed that exploitation began in late 2021.
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19 Jan 2024
Seagate ships HAMR tech in new HDDs
Seagate's Mozaic 3+ brings HAMR-based HDDs to market with 3 TB platters, potentially helping to breathe new life into the legacy storage technology.
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19 Jan 2024
New IFS CEO talks next phase of growth for ERP provider
In this Q&A, IFS CEO Mark Moffat discusses the next steps the company is taking to become an AI-centric industrial software provider that focuses on asset-heavy industries.
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19 Jan 2024
Salesforce unveils retail shopping and marketing AI tools
The CRM vendor brings generative AI to analytics and management tools for businesses' marketing teams and Copilot for Shoppers for swifter product discovery and purchase.
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19 Jan 2024
Competition, cooperation will define U.S.-China relations
Business leaders will need to take steps over the next decade to prepare for U.S., China relations largely defined by competition and how policymakers approach cooperation.
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19 Jan 2024
ICO prompts confusion over police cloud legality
The UK data regulator has suggested that, despite major data protection concerns, it is likely to greenlight police cloud deployments because of an information-sharing agreement with the US government
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19 Jan 2024
Yayzi to offer 2.5Gbps symmetrical speeds on CityFibre nationwide net
After soft-launching multi-gig services in December 2023, Blackpool-based ISP illuminates nationwide full-fibre services across CityFibre’s network underpinned by XGS-PON capability supporting symmetrical speeds up to 10Gbps
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19 Jan 2024
Democratizing machine learning hits cultural, tech snags
Forrester Consulting-Capital One study points to organizational silos, disconnect between line-of-business and data managers, and hard-to-use machine learning tools as challenges.
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19 Jan 2024
Qlik's Kyndi acquisition targets unstructured data, GenAI
The longtime analytics vendor's latest purchase adds support for unstructured data that can be combined with structured data to inform GenAI models and improve decision-making.
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19 Jan 2024
Unilever provides recipe support to blind and partially sighted shoppers
Accessible QR codes and an app from Be My Eyes link shoppers direct to Unilever customer support
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19 Jan 2024
Telstra, Google, APTelecom to connect Pacific subsea cable system
Telstra partners with APTelecom and Google to deliver central Pacific Connect initiative to increase digital connectivity, delivering two new intra-Pacific cables
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19 Jan 2024
MPs flag similarities between HMRC's treatment of Loan Charge contractors and Post Office scandal
The fallout from HMRC's controversial disguised remuneration clampdown, the Loan Charge policy, has been likened to the Post Office Horizon scandal during a House of Commons debate
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19 Jan 2024
Fujitsu boss admits to missed opportunities to prevent miscarriages of justice
Concerns of an expert witness in subpostmaster trials were ignored by Fujitsu
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19 Jan 2024
Galaxy S24 Series represents Samsung’s ‘AI moment’
Launch of flagship mobile phone sees Korean giant aim to use AI to open up a new era in the mobile experience and make consumers aware of edge-AI use cases
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19 Jan 2024
Sabio urges structured approach to using AI to improve CX
Channel player grasps the potential of the technology, but advises a thoughtful roll-out if it’s going to hit the mark
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19 Jan 2024
Capable security partners succeeding with Cisco
Vendor’s security lead comments on the progress made by those able to understand the technology and bring their own value into play
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19 Jan 2024
Neighbouring Kent councils hit by simultaneous cyber attacks
Canterbury, Dover and Thanet Councils in Kent have all been struck by simultaneous cyber attacks knocking systems offline, with indications of a link between all three
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19 Jan 2024
Cabinet Office publishes 10-point generative AI guidance
Cabinet Office’s framework, which will evolve as the technology moves forward, sets out 10 principles for the government's use of generative AI systems
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19 Jan 2024
FDA Expands Approval of CASGEVY for Beta Thalassemia
Following its revolutionary approval as the first CRISPR-based gene therapy, the FDA expanded the indications for CASGEVY, approving it for beta thalassemia.
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19 Jan 2024
NIH-Developed Antibodies Neutralize HIV in Animal Studies
A proof-of-concept animal study on rhesus macaques proved that an NIH-developed antibody can protect against various strains of HIV.
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19 Jan 2024
Google invests $1bn in expanding UK datacentre footprint with Hertfordshire facility
Google is embarking on a sizeable expansion of its UK datacentre footprint, with plans to build a server farm on a 33-acre patch of land it acquired in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire
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19 Jan 2024
Fujitsu boss describes Post Office behaviour as 'shameful and appalling'
The UK head of Fujitsu said he does not know why the Post Office did not reveal information about Horizon software errors to defendants during prosecutions
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19 Jan 2024
Telcom installs 10Gbps full-fibre for £400m Manchester office development
Businesses full-fibre and final mile wireless connectivity to deliver connected building solution to Manchester office spaces, allowing access to business internet of up to 10Gbps within 24 hours
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19 Jan 2024
AHA Warns Hospitals of IT Help Desk Social Engineering Scheme
Threat actors have been using the stolen identities of revenue cycle employees to launch social engineering schemes against hospital IT help desks.
- 19 Jan 2024
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19 Jan 2024
Provider Groups Say Final Rule Will Relieve Prior Authorization Burdens
Provider groups, including the American Medical Association and the Medical Group Management Association, said the final rule will help streamline prior authorization processes.
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19 Jan 2024
Predictive Models for Personalized Medicine Have Limited Generalizability
New study reveals that the predictive algorithms used to tailor individual treatments have limited effectiveness and may not generalize well across populations.
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19 Jan 2024
ONC Publishes Draft USCDI v5 to Drive Health Data Interoperability
ONC added 13 new data elements to United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) Draft Version 5, including “Sex Parameter for Clinical Use.”
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19 Jan 2024
AWS plans huge investment in Japan cloud infrastructure
Amazon Web Services plans to invest over $15bn into its existing cloud infrastructure in Tokyo and Osaka by 2027 to meet growing customer demand
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18 Jan 2024
In Davos and Washington, AI warfare and AI skills are linked
Lawmakers are discussing AI's effects on national defense and the economy as well as considering ways to develop a workforce that can meet the challenge.
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18 Jan 2024
CISA posts incident response guide for water utilities
In its guide, CISA urged water and wastewater sector utility operators to harden their security posture, increase information sharing and build incident response plans.
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18 Jan 2024
Hammerspace's global file system now includes tape
With the inclusion of magnetic tape storage, Hammerspace now allows customers to access archives quickly, assuming the tapes are S3 compatible.
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18 Jan 2024
Equinix Fabric adds multi-cloud routing
Equinix markets its Fabric Cloud Router as a monthly subscription service that organizations can access and configure quickly. It includes an SLA for 99.999% uptime.
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18 Jan 2024
Ascend.io, DBT integration targets cost control, efficiency
The partnership aims to address the difficulty of efficiently and inexpensively deploying and managing data models developed in DBT by automating previously manual processes.
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18 Jan 2024
Chainalysis observes decrease in cryptocurrency crime in 2023
During 2023, Chainalysis tracked a decrease in the total value and volume of illicit cryptocurrency transactions. But it is unclear if the downward trend will continue.
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18 Jan 2024
AI startup Writer expands LLMs with multilingual capabilities
Multilingual LLM capabilities make generative AI more accessible in non-English-speaking countries. However, they must be accurate.