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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.
All News from the past 365 days
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01 Nov 2024
IBM Apptio preps FinOps link with Terraform via GitHub
IBM drops another hint about its plans for HashiCorp with a shift-left FinOps integration in private beta, while tie-ins with Red Hat remain an open question.
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01 Nov 2024
ACA open enrollment for 2025: What you need to know
CMS pursued proven outreach strategies for ACA open enrollment 2025, sought to lower costs for consumers, and announced that the number of ACA plans had increased.
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01 Nov 2024
CISA looks to global collaboration as fraught US election begins
The US' CISA cyber agency has unveiled a two-year International Strategic Plan to advance collaboration and improve resilience against shared risks and threats
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01 Nov 2024
CMS, CFPB take on improper medical collections in Medicare
CMS and CFPB have issued a joint statement outlining prohibitions against medical debt collection for Medicare members exempt from cost-sharing.
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01 Nov 2024
Patient outcomes top measure of digital health solutions' ROI
A survey reveals that over half of hospital leaders view improved patient outcomes as the top ROI metric for digital health solutions, with many skeptical of vendor claims.
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01 Nov 2024
Healthcare CISOs discuss the role's challenges at HIMSS event
During a panel session at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum, healthcare CISOs discussed top challenges and strategies for success in the role.
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01 Nov 2024
Intel beats expectations, but AI chip Gaudi disappoints
The overall uptake of Gaudi has been slower than the company anticipated.
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01 Nov 2024
OpenAI aims at a new market with ChatGPT search
OpenAI introduces new capability in its AI Chatbot. While the vendor has gained favor and popularity with its chatbot, it has had problems maintaining the trust of users.
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01 Nov 2024
Outside IR35: What the Autumn Budget’s Employers’ NI changes mean for IT contractors
The UK government used the Autumn Budget to announce an increase to the amount of Employers’ National Insurance Contributions companies will have to pay, which could have big implications for IT contractors
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01 Nov 2024
Bank of England warns against AI ‘complacency’
UK financial services regulator wants to increase understanding of AI’s benefits and how firms are managing the risks it poses, as take-up grows and use cases increase
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01 Nov 2024
Panzura CloudFS expands cloud data tiering and VM migrations
Panzura leans further into data management with its latest CloudFS data management capabilities, but still has distance to close with the competition.
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01 Nov 2024
Enterprise demand for GenAI fuels profit and revenue growth at AWS
AWS claims demand for its GenAI offerings is supporting a ‘significant re-acceleration’ of its revenue and profit growth, following the publication of its third-quarter results
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01 Nov 2024
Amdocs unveils next-gen fibre offer
Expanded fibre offering designed to simplify end-to-end fibre lifecycle management and improvements in customer experience, including collaboration with IQGeo
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01 Nov 2024
Rivada, Colt collaborate to claim ‘unique’ LEO satellite connectivity
Global digital infrastructure company teams with satco to provide next-generation connectivity low Earth orbit network attributed with necessary speed, security and performance
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31 Oct 2024
Post Office scandal affected relationships of two-thirds of victims
The Post Office scandal, regarded as the UK’s widest miscarriage of justice, destroyed the financial wellbeing of former subpostmasters, took away their liberty and inflicted grief on their relationships
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31 Oct 2024
China-based APTs waged 5-year campaign on Sophos firewalls
For years, several advanced persistent threat groups tied to the Chinese government targeted Sophos firewall products with custom malware and zero-day exploits.
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31 Oct 2024
DWP appoints Helen Wylie as its new chief digital and information officer
Wylie steps up from chief technology officer to replace her departing boss, Rich Corbridge, to take over one of the largest IT estates in Europe
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31 Oct 2024
Broadcom adds services to basic VMware subscriptions
These changes might be moot if Broadcom remains focused on its largest customers, according to one expert.
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31 Oct 2024
Lottie Player NPM package compromised in supply chain attack
Threat actors published compromised versions of the Lottie Player component on NPM, and the malicious code prompted users to access their cryptocurrency wallets.
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31 Oct 2024
Vaccines are key in cutting antimicrobial resistance, costs
WHO's report emphasizes vaccines in fighting antimicrobial resistance. Broader vaccine access could save thousands of lives, reduce antibiotic use and cut global healthcare costs.
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31 Oct 2024
Connectivity market places focus on value for money
Survey from leading consulting firm shows signs of throttling back in terms of digital services, with three-quarters of UK consumers wanting fixed price guarantees
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31 Oct 2024
Meta no longer prolonging the life of datacentre servers
During the earnings call for the company’s latest quarterly results, CFO Susan Li said Meta would be investing in GPU servers
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31 Oct 2024
Harris, Trump economics differ on new tariffs, higher taxes
Regardless, businesses will feel the effects of the economic proposals from the two leading U.S. presidential candidates.
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31 Oct 2024
AI-enabled wearable helps detect medication errors
A wearable, deep learning-driven camera could help healthcare providers proactively identify potential errors prior to medication delivery with 99% accuracy.
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31 Oct 2024
AI becomes Microsoft’s fastest-growing business
Artificial intelligence has delivered $10bn to Microsoft’s bottom line, but the business is not in cloud GPUs for third-party inference engines
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31 Oct 2024
Interview: Niall Robinson, head of product innovation, Met Office
Weather and climate data is hugely valuable to government and businesses – and the Met Office is finding ways to innovate with data to deliver improved products and services
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31 Oct 2024
Fujitsu boss to face tough reappearance at Post Office inquiry, following inaction and sidestepping
Fujitsu’s European boss will have to justify why promises made at the public inquiry months ago have not been followed through
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31 Oct 2024
Autumn Budget: Employment agencies to take on PAYE processing from umbrella firms from April 2026
The government has pledged legislation to make employment agencies and end-hirers responsible for making sure contractors pay the right amount of tax, in a clampdown on non-compliant umbrella companies
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30 Oct 2024
Play ransomware attack tied to North Korean nation-state actor
A relationship between North Korean actor Jumpy Pisces and Play ransomware would be unprecedented, as the former has not collaborated with cybercrime gangs previously.
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30 Oct 2024
Microsoft warns of Midnight Blizzard spear phishing campaign
The tech giant is notifying users affected by a recently observed campaign, which has targeted more than 100 victim organizations globally so far.
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30 Oct 2024
Autumn Budget 2024: Chancellor emphasises importance of tech for UK growth
In her first budget, Rachel Reeves reiterated the vital role of technology in delivering economic growth and improving productivity and efficiency in public services
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30 Oct 2024
Interview: James Fleming, CIO, Francis Crick Institute
Helping to cure cancer with computers puts digital leadership on another level – and the world-leading research institute is turning to data science and artificial intelligence to achieve its groundbreaking goals
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30 Oct 2024
Interview: Rahul Todkar, head of data and AI, Tripadvisor
The travel website generates huge amounts of data – as a result, artificial intelligence offers equally huge opportunities for the business and its customers
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30 Oct 2024
Medicare Shared Savings Program saves $2.1 billion in 2023
Accountable care organizations in the Medicare Shared Savings Program earned performance payments totaling $3.1 billion in 2023, the highest since the program's establishment.
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30 Oct 2024
SNS JU reveals raft of European 6G projects
EU-backed next-gen mobile technology flagship to evaluate and explore sustainable 6G technologies, methods and use cases focusing on energy smart grids, e-health, and telemedicine and agriculture
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30 Oct 2024
RedLine, Meta malwares meet their demise at hands of Dutch cops
A multinational action led by authorities in the Netherlands has resulted in the takedown of the notorious RedLine and Meta infostealer malwares
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30 Oct 2024
PHTI: Some digital hypertension tools effective in reducing BP
A report by PHTI finds that digital hypertension tools using a medication management approach effectively reduced blood pressure and offset initial care costs.
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30 Oct 2024
GM's automated recruiting goal: From 60 days to 60 minutes
General Motors is using an AI-enabled chatbot to handle tedious work in vetting candidates for recruiters. A big assist comes from automated scheduling.
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30 Oct 2024
Thai Airways gains altitude with AI-native networking platform
Leading Asian airline engages artificial intelligence-native networking company to modernise its network infrastructure at Thai headquarters by deploying platform to deliver measurable and secure wired and wireless services
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30 Oct 2024
Oracle Health to release next-generation EHR in 2025
The next-generation Oracle Health EHR, which incorporates AI across 'the entire clinical workflow,' will be available to early adopters in calendar year 2025.
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30 Oct 2024
Alphabet results reveal extent of AI-powered programming
The parent company of Google is using its Gemini generative artificial intelligence tool to code a quarter of new software development initiatives
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30 Oct 2024
Alation browser-based extension aims to streamline analysis
The vendor's extension for Google Chrome embeds its tools in users' browsers to reduce time wasted toggling between applications and improve efficiency and speed to insight.
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30 Oct 2024
AI chatbots show promise for HIV prevention
Artificial intelligence-based chatbots could serve as valuable tools for community-based and public health organizations to improve HIV prevention and care services.
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30 Oct 2024
Why geopolitics risks global open source collaborations
Linux Foundation’s decision to ban Russian maintainers has the potential to destroy open source’s global collaboration model
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30 Oct 2024
Scality Ring XP to offer object storage at scale with rapid access
Lightweight S3 API trades storage features for microsecond access. Scality pairs it with all-NVMe flash in Ring XP, aimed at AI use cases for small object data in PB-scale datasets
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30 Oct 2024
VMO2 Q3 revs slip back but fixed-line customer growth returns
UK operator posts third-quarter results claiming delivery on both volume and value in consumer fixed
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30 Oct 2024
Scality aims to build speed for object storage with Ring XP
Scality's Ring XP utilizes all-flash storage hardware with a stripped-down software-defined storage platform. The service brings fast access times for object storage on-premises.
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30 Oct 2024
Microsoft and Google in war of words following launch of anti-competitive cloud coalition
Microsoft's claims that the newly formed Open Cloud Coalition is not all it seems, and merely a front for Google Cloud to ‘mislead’ competition authorities over the state of the public cloud market, are being challenged
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30 Oct 2024
Cisco executive outlines rationale of partner programme changes
EMEA president shares insights into why the vendor needs to update its approach and why delivering customer value is the route to success
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30 Oct 2024
Global satellite IoT revenue to double by 2027
Study predicts further strengthening of satellite internet of things market, with government and defence sectors to generate bulk of revenue globally in the sector by 2030, but also stresses need for beefed up cyber security
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30 Oct 2024
How Formula One works with AWS to drive data insights
We speak to Formula One's lead cloud architect, Ryan Kirk, and AWS about a partnership that strives to deliver data for greater fan engagement
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30 Oct 2024
Cisco signals fresh partner programme
Vendor Cisco announces its 360 offering, with its channel given a 15-month transition period to get ready for the changes
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30 Oct 2024
No simple replacement for digital evidence rules, says Post Office Horizon trial judge
Judge in Post Office Horizon trial says a more flexible approach to how digital evidence is used in court cases may be required as IT complexity increases
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30 Oct 2024
How FPT Software is expanding its footprint in APAC
Vietnamese IT giant is experiencing rapid growth in the region, driven by its diverse workforce, focus on key technologies and ability to navigate a highly competitive IT services market
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29 Oct 2024
Meta joins others reinventing search with AI
The social media giant has joined other vendors that are trying to reinvent search after the popularization of ChatGPT. The vendors want to challenge Google's position.
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29 Oct 2024
Cisco launches integrated AI infrastructure 'Pods'
In addition to Pods, Cisco launched its first UCS server dedicated to running AI workloads on GPUs.
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29 Oct 2024
The causes of disillusionment with GenAI
The market has seen virtually unprecedented growth. However, enterprises lack confidence in what the technology can do. Nevertheless, enterprises still want to use it.
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29 Oct 2024
Will.i.am talks AI in music, business and life
As AI becomes more pervasive in music, business and life, the former Black Eyed Peas frontman and tech entrepreneur wonders where it's all going.
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29 Oct 2024
REvil convictions unlikely to curb Russian cybercrime
In a rare action against cybercrime, a court in Russia sentenced four individuals tied to the Revil ransomware gang for money laundering and malware distribution charges.
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29 Oct 2024
Microsoft, Google feud heats up with 'astroturfing' accusation
After Google filed a complaint with the EU about Microsoft's cloud practices, Microsoft accused Google of funding shadow campaigns to hurt its business.
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29 Oct 2024
GitHub Copilot Autofix expands as AI snags software delivery
GitHub Copilot Autofix could help vulnerability management keep pace as the volume of AI-generated code swamps delivery processes, but can AI be trusted to rein in AI?
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29 Oct 2024
HC3: Scattered Spider hits healthcare with social engineering
Scattered Spider cyberthreat actors leverage legitimate tools and social engineering tactics to target healthcare, HC3 warned.
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29 Oct 2024
EMEA businesses siphoning budgets to hit NIS2 goals
With NIS2 now in effect, European business leaders are having to divert budget from elsewhere to achieve compliance
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29 Oct 2024
Government urged to introduce 10-year visas for overseas tech graduates
Labour-linked think tank calls for government to introduce low-cost schemes to boost innovation
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29 Oct 2024
AI core to Nordic net-zero economy
Artificial intelligence will be core to attempts by Nordic countries to become net-zero economies
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29 Oct 2024
TP-Link UK, ASK4 unite to elevate multi-tenant building connectivity
Managed internet services provider announces strategic partnership with operational performance technology firm to use advanced switch technology to deliver enhanced connectivity across users in multi-tenant buildings
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29 Oct 2024
Oracle Health unveils patient portal tool for care management
The Oracle Health Patient Portal and Oracle Health Patient Administration tools aim to streamline care management and patient intake, the company says.
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29 Oct 2024
Iowa resident dies of suspected Lassa fever after travel
The investigation into the death of an Iowa resident suspected to have contracted Lassa fever in West Africa might identify the ninth case of Lassa virus in the U.S. since 1969.
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29 Oct 2024
Oxa gears up for autonomous Ford E-Transit van, minibus
Leading connected vehicle software provider inks deal with global motor company to support reference autonomy designs on electric version of iconic van range
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29 Oct 2024
Gartner: AI, generational divide hurt work collaboration
Work collaboration is on the decline due to a variety of issues, from remote work to AI chatbots, that reduce reliance on peers and managers, Gartner says.
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29 Oct 2024
EHR integration drives ambient speech purchasing decisions
Healthcare organizations are prioritizing EHR integration and usability when selecting ambient speech technology, with top picks including Nuance and Abridge.
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29 Oct 2024
Dremio updates data catalog to support all deployment types
Recognizing that some customers need to keep data on-premises, the vendor has extended the availability of its Data Catalog for Apache Iceberg beyond its cloud-based platform.
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29 Oct 2024
Ericsson, MásOrange team on European-first 5G SA integration
Global comms tech provider leader and leading Spanish service provider reveal ‘pioneering’ open programmable network integration project based on Open RAN-ready technology
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29 Oct 2024
Pegasystems expands generative AI in CX, BPA cloud platform
The company's new 'coaches' aim to make AI-powered customer service responses sound less automated.
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29 Oct 2024
Out-of-pocket healthcare costs tarnish patient experience
High out-of-pocket healthcare costs, plus poor health plan navigability, harm the patient experience and care access.
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29 Oct 2024
Tata Consultancy Services to deliver Irish pension scheme
Indian IT services giant adds to its growing customer base in the pensions sector with Irish contract win
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29 Oct 2024
Advanced use of IT observability speeds up problem resolution
Organisations with a mature IT observability practice can resolve problems far quicker than those just starting out
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29 Oct 2024
NXP boosts edge AI IoT
Semiconductor firm expands artificial intelligence and machine learning portfolio to make it easier and faster to deploy GenAI, time series and vision-based LLMs directly on edge devices for use across the internet of things
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28 Oct 2024
The Open Cloud Coalition makes debut to bolster competition in public cloud
A new coalition has formed, focused on making the public cloud a more transparent and equitable place for enterprise IT buyers
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28 Oct 2024
Tokyo University of Science sets pace in neural networks on edge IoT
Researchers in educational establishment propose a novel magnetic random access memory-based architecture that uses spintronics to realise smaller, more efficient AI-capable circuits for internet of things
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28 Oct 2024
Delta sues CrowdStrike over IT outage fallout
Delta said it suffered $500 million in damages. CrowdStrike said the airline company's claims 'demonstrate a lack of understanding of how modern cybersecurity works.'
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28 Oct 2024
Community Fibre secures additional £125m for London gigabit push
London-based 100% full-fibre broadband provider secures additional funding to bring total investment past billion-pound barrier to drive acquisition growth and achieve penetration targets
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28 Oct 2024
Russian Linux kernel maintainers blocked
To ensure compliance, the Linux kernel will no longer allow Russian software developers to work on maintaining the codebase
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28 Oct 2024
Who is the subject of the Post Office’s Project Tiger investigation?
The Post Office is listening to a campaigner’s complaints almost a decade after ignoring his more serious accusations and warnings
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28 Oct 2024
UK launches cyber guidance package for tech startups
The NCSC and NPSA, alongside agencies from the Five Eyes alliance, have issued guidance for startups on how to secure themselves against common cyber threats and targeted industrial espionage
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28 Oct 2024
Deutsche Telekom leads on Euro mobile experience
Research reveals key differentiator in how operator groups compare in Europe and how they offer quality in service despite the issue of fragmentation
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28 Oct 2024
Chunghwa Telecom preps for 5G-Advanced era
Comms tech provider wins deal with leading Taiwanese operator as it readies to deploy latest generation of 5G mobile technology
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28 Oct 2024
Western Digital boosts HDD capacity with 32TB shingled drives
An 11th platter gives extra capacity, while shingled (overlapped) writes – best suited to sequential recording use cases – allow for greater density and big gains in thoughput
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28 Oct 2024
Inside Google Cloud’s secure AI framework
Google Cloud’s secure AI framework that’s integrated into its Vertex AI platform offers practical tools and guidance to manage the lifecycle, data governance and operational risks of AI
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28 Oct 2024
How Manulife is empowering sales and call centre agents with AI
Canadian insurance giant is leveraging generative AI to personalise customer experiences, transform contact centre workflows and automate underwriting processes
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28 Oct 2024
Openreach preps to boost network automation, visibility and control
UK’s leading fixed broadband provider reveals work taking place to improve complete full-fibre estate’s capability with software defined network
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28 Oct 2024
Boldyn Networks unveils private 5G as a service
Shared network infrastructure provider offers dedicated wireless net to improve safety and cyber security, and enhance operational efficiency with first deployment at port in Finland
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25 Oct 2024
National quantum computer centre to open at Harwell
The new site will provide open access for industry and academia to 12 quantum computers
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25 Oct 2024
IFS exec: Moving to cloud creates sustainability benefits
In this Q&A, IFS' chief sustainability officer discusses how sustainability efforts make good business sense but noted that companies struggle with managing all the data.
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25 Oct 2024
Informatica launches blueprints for developing generative AI
The vendor's new frameworks aim to simplify and speed developing GenAI tools and include data integration and governance capabilities along with connectors and best practices.
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25 Oct 2024
Zoom launches version 2.0 of AI Companion
Version 2.0 of artificial intelligence assistant tool sees enhancements such as additional capabilities to help expand context, synthesise information and take action to give users time to focus on meaningful work and build connections
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25 Oct 2024
Lords committee warns about risks of the UK losing its EU data adequacy
The UK government must work with the European Commission (EC) to secure a renewal of UK’s two data adequacy statuses, says cross-party Lords committee, in stark warning about impacts of losing the ability to seamlessly exchange citizens’ personal data
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25 Oct 2024
Microsoft puts light on veteran hiring amid DEI backlash
The political and legal backlash over diversity and inclusion efforts isn't stopping Microsoft from expanding the scope of its diversity reporting.
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25 Oct 2024
TreeHouse Foods expands recall of waffles, pancakes
TreeHouse Foods expands its recall of waffles and pancakes from major retailers, like Walmart, Target, Aldi, Dollar General, Kroger, Publix, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and more.
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25 Oct 2024
HHS, NIST conference: OCR identifies top priority areas
Updating the HIPAA Security Rule is one of OCR's current top priorities, OCR Director Melanie Fontes Rainer said during an HHS/NIST conference on safeguarding health information.