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30 Jan 2025
HPE-Juniper deal hits DOJ roadblock
The Department of Justice sued to block the $14 billion deal. HPE and Juniper called its analysis 'substantially disconnected from market realities.'
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30 Jan 2025
Ransomware attack hits New York Blood Center Enterprises
New York Blood Center Enterprises is responding to a ransomware attack and has canceled some blood drives and other donation center activities as a result.
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30 Jan 2025
Microsoft, AWS and Cerebras launch DeepSeek-R1 model
Tech companies are making DeepSeek available on their platforms while the cost-effective Chinese AI reasoning model has its 'viral moment.'
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30 Jan 2025
U.S. freeze on foreign aid may give China a leg up
As the U.S. steps back on foreign aid, experts worry China may step in to fill the void.
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30 Jan 2025
VMware alternative vendors see 2025 as year to make a mark
Numerous KVM-derived hypervisors are competing to claim the title of VMware alternative among enterprise customers, but actual adoption rates are still a question.
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30 Jan 2025
Wiz reveals DeepSeek database exposed API keys, chat history
Wiz expressed concern about security shortcomings with AI tools and services amid the rapid adoption and rising popularity of offerings like DeepSeek-R1.
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30 Jan 2025
HealthCare.gov's 2023 in-network claim denial rate hit 1 in 5
High in-network claim denial rates continue to be a key source of plan member dissatisfaction.
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30 Jan 2025
German police disrupt Cracked, Nulled cybercrime forums
Cracked and Nulled had a combined community of approximately 10 million users, which used the sites to discuss cybercrime and sell malware and hacking tools.
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30 Jan 2025
ServiceNow vaunts agentic AI and announces 22% annual revenue growth
ServiceNow has declared full-year revenue close to $11bn, representing 22% year-on-year growth, as it announces a battery of agentic AI product updates
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30 Jan 2025
UK government mobile mast upgrade scheme marks milestone
People living, working and visiting England, Scotland and Wales set to benefit from one of the latest of the 30 UK government-funded 4G mast upgrades across the UK to improve rural mobile
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30 Jan 2025
EE scores Wembley Stadium connectivity renewal
UK’s leading mobile comms provider EE extends title connectivity partnership with England’s national football stadium in London, as well as with all four Home Nations Football Associations.
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30 Jan 2025
Major obstacles facing Labour’s AI opportunity action plan
Skills, data held in legacy tech and a lack of leadership are among the areas discussed during a recent Public Accounts Committee session
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30 Jan 2025
First international AI safety report published
A global cohort of nearly 1,000 artificial intelligence experts publish first international AI safety report ahead of the third AI summit, outlining an array of challenges posed by the technology that will be used to inform upcoming discussions
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30 Jan 2025
Transparency on public sector AI use fosters trust, says AI minister Feryal Clark
The government’s decision to publish a batch of algorithmic transparency records signals its latest effort in showing potential opportunities AI and technology could provide
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30 Jan 2025
QBS Software picks up Prianto
Expansive distributor seeks to strengthen its EMEA position with a move for fellow channel player with wide geographical reach
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30 Jan 2025
Generative AI tool shows promise in nephrology triage
A generative AI tool determined the need for nephrology care and triaged patients appropriately in most cases, but there are potential gaps and concerns with the tool's use.
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30 Jan 2025
Alibaba, DeepSeek and the shift in the AI market
The Chinese tech giant's model release a day before the Lunar New Year shows its competitiveness against AI startup DeepSeek. It also signals a shift in innovation.
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30 Jan 2025
Microsoft’s results show cloud AI balancing act
CEO acknowledges efficiency of DeepSeek and need to assess model optimisation rather than just buying more AI servers
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30 Jan 2025
Westcon-Comstor: Clear cloud opportunities for the channel
Distributor Westcon-Comstor shares insights from those buying security on investment priorities and demands on partners
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30 Jan 2025
Neos Networks leads £1.2m UK Midlands broadband project
Leading UK business-dedicated network appointed by council to lead D2N2 Gigahubs initiative aimed at bringing gigabit broadband to rural communities in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
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30 Jan 2025
Interview: Volvo’s engineering lead discusses tech stacks
Volvo Cars’ approach to manufacturing is becoming more software-defined, built on top of what it calls ‘a superset tech stack’
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30 Jan 2025
Starlink delivers connectivity to Oracle Enterprise Communications
Cloud and database service provider teams with leading satellite constellation to enable high-speed connectivity to address challenge of providing reliable and high-speed enterprise connectivity in areas historically lacking infrastructure
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30 Jan 2025
Global fixed broadband subscriptions pass 1.5 billion
Research firm points to milestone in wired connectivity arena, with over five hundred million fixed line subscriptions added over the past six years
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30 Jan 2025
Covid effect opens door to music learning through Icelandic innovation
Icelandic tech startup Moombix describes itself as an ‘Uber for music lessons’. Its founder tells Computer Weekly why
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29 Jan 2025
ServiceNow intros AI agent studio and orchestrator
The platform provider's new studio enables users to create agents. The orchestrator lets agents communicate with each other. The vendor is embedding the technology in its platform.
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29 Jan 2025
Trump's buyout might increase H-1B visa delays at USCIS
The Trump administration's overhaul of government jobs and operations will affect H-1B processing for employers. Slowdowns and extra paperwork seem likely.
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29 Jan 2025
OMB memo creates confusion for federal IT contractors
Mass confusion caused by an Office of Management and Budget memo to freeze federal agency spending has federal IT contractors on edge.
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29 Jan 2025
Acumatica cloud ERP aims for industry-focused AI value
New AI functionality in the company's cloud ERP platform could help customers evolve back-office transactional systems into strategic centers in their organizations.
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29 Jan 2025
New York legislature passes health data privacy law
Much like Washington State's My Health, My Data Act, New York's legislation aims to give consumers additional rights related to the sale of their health information.
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29 Jan 2025
CISO enlists agentic AI reinforcements for SecOps
AI agents are already in the hands of adversaries. One aerospace CISO has begun to use them to augment his SecOps staff and even the score.
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29 Jan 2025
Google details adversarial AI activity on Gemini
Google identified APTs from more than 20 nations misusing its Gemini AI chatbot but noted that threat actors were unsuccessful in finding novel techniques or vulnerabilities.
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29 Jan 2025
FDA expands Ozempic's use for kidney, heart protection
Novo Nordisk's Ozempic gains FDA approval for kidney and heart protection in type 2 diabetes patients with chronic kidney disease, reinforcing its role in cardiometabolic care.
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29 Jan 2025
How government hackers are trying to exploit Google Gemini AI
Google’s threat intel squad has shared information on how nation state threat actors are attempting to exploit its Gemini AI tool for nefarious ends
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29 Jan 2025
40% of docs say racial discrimination is present in healthcare
Half of American doctors said their patients have shared experiences of racial discrimination in healthcare.
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29 Jan 2025
Softcat deepens DEX options with Nexthink
Relationship between vendor and channel player shines a light on employee experience
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29 Jan 2025
Chancellor backs plans to boost Oxford-Cambridge growth
To build a UK Silicon Valley between Oxford and Cambridge, boosting the region’s tech capabilities, requires more trains, more roads and more houses
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29 Jan 2025
Senior care, physician practices hit hard by bankruptcies
Healthcare provider bankruptcies fell 28% in 2024 but remained high, led by senior care, pharma, and physician practices, with rising costs, fee cuts and debt driving distress.
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29 Jan 2025
Vallance rejects latest charge to reform UK hacking laws
Science minister Patrick Vallance rejects proposed amendments to the Computer Misuse Act, arguing that they could create a loophole for cyber criminals to exploit
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29 Jan 2025
Intermedia intros contact centre for Microsoft Teams
AI-powered comms provider looks to take leading collaboration system to next level, adding contact centre functionality to existing unified communications to unlock capability in collaboration and customer experience
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29 Jan 2025
Interview: Digital tech fuels AutoTrader’s drive into the future
Led by a technology enthusiast, AutoTrader is on a digital journey that began when it decided to take a different route in 2007
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29 Jan 2025
Komprise now blocks PII data from accidental AI ingestion
Enterprises feeding unstructured data into AI models can avoid security leaks with a new PII data detection and quarantining capability in the Komprise data management platform.
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29 Jan 2025
Sustainability remains a channel priority
Research from Agilitas shows there has been an increase in the number of those across the industry viewing reducing carbon emissions as a priority
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29 Jan 2025
ZIRA enhances comms business process platform
Evolution of AI-powered analytics platform deployed to transform BSS data into predictive insights configured to support changing business needs
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29 Jan 2025
Computacenter signals strong finish to the year
After suffering soft market conditions in the first half of 2024, the channel player saw momentum pick up in the second half
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29 Jan 2025
DigiValet checks in with Crestron to deliver smart hotel experiences
Partnership to see integration of guest experience platform with control systems for widespread distribution of guest-facing services in the hotel industry
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28 Jan 2025
NAO: UK government cyber resilience weak in face of mounting threats
The National Audit Office has found UK government cyber resilience wanting, weakened by legacy IT and skills shortages, and facing mounting threats
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28 Jan 2025
DeepSeek's AI breakthrough challenges Nvidia's chip dominance
DeepSeek's budget-friendly AI model challenges chip giants like Nvidia and could spark competition that lowers costs and expands access in the tech industry.
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28 Jan 2025
Over 40 journalists and lawyers submit evidence to PSNI surveillance inquiry
Angus McCullough, who is leading a review into the police surveillance of journalists and lawyers in Northern Ireland, says victims will be informed if they were unlawfully spied on – subject to ‘legal constraints’
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28 Jan 2025
DeepSeek claims 'malicious attacks' disrupting AI service
DeepSeek, which gained popularity recently for its AI platform, did not specify the cause of 'large-scale malicious attacks,' which continue to disrupt new account registrations.
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28 Jan 2025
Deloitte: Health equity top priority but faces headwinds
Deloitte's latest report shows that health equity remains a top priority for executives, but efforts are stymied by organizational and regulatory challenges.
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28 Jan 2025
Canceled executive order clears way for unbridled GenAI growth
At first glance, the deregulation appears like a way to drive innovation forward. However, it will slow AI safety efforts and could impede innovation in AI technology in some ways.
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28 Jan 2025
Apple zero-day vulnerability under attack on iOS devices
Apple said the zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24085, affects its CoreMedia framework and 'may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 17.2.'
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28 Jan 2025
AWS and Microsoft could face ‘targeted intervention’ from CMA over UK cloud competition concerns
The CMA has published provisional findings from its investigation into the UK cloud infrastructure market and is considering action against AWS and Microsoft over the competitive impact from their hold on the sector
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28 Jan 2025
Juniper Networks encourages cross-selling with JPA enhancements
Networking player uses partner programme enhancements to encourage partners to sell a wider portfolio
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28 Jan 2025
Concerns over Fujitsu billing application used at SSE Airtricity in Republic of Ireland
Under-scrutiny IT services firm has escalated fears over problems with one of its applications, used at a Republic of Ireland energy firm, to its headquarters in Japan
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28 Jan 2025
Managed service providers seen as ‘critical’ to SMEs
JumpCloud Q1 report reveals the extent to which customers are leaning on their channel partners
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28 Jan 2025
DeepSeek: Welcome to US artificial intelligence’s Sputnik moment
In spite of the US’s financial might, Russia’s Sputnik was the first satellite. Is something similar about to happen thanks to a new Chinese LLM?
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28 Jan 2025
Has Pure got the first of its ‘HDD is doomed’ ducks in a row?
Pure Storage predicted the end of spinning disk by 2028. Will its agreements with flash makers Micron and Kioxia, and an unnamed hyperscaler, be the first nails in the coffin for HDD?
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28 Jan 2025
Datafy promises to slash massive EBS overprovisioning costs
AWS Elastic Block Storage is often over-provisioned. Datafy virtualises EBS volumes to allow customers to scale capacity up and down, and says it will not charge customers if it doesn’t cut their costs
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27 Jan 2025
Examining hype about Chinese AI startup DeepSeek
The vendor released a new reasoning model it claims it developed cheaply in part by not using as many Nvidia chips. It will likely face challenges in the U.S. market.
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27 Jan 2025
Trump DEI ban puts HR software, training in limbo
Trump's ban on DEI programs is forcing federal agencies and HR vendors to reevaluate diversity tools and training, with potential legal challenges ahead.
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27 Jan 2025
Trusted data at the core of successful GenAI adoption
A new study finds that only a third of organizations are successfully developing GenAI tools. The problem preventing success is the quality of the underlying information.
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27 Jan 2025
Former CSRB members largely silent on dismissal
The Cyber Safety Review Board was investigating recent attacks by Chinese state-sponsored threat actor Salt Typhoon when DHS terminated all advisory board memberships.
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27 Jan 2025
Change Healthcare data breach victim count rises to 190M
UnitedHealth Group previously said that the Change Healthcare data breach affected 100 million individuals, but new figures suggest the breach victim count has nearly doubled.
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27 Jan 2025
TCS to inject AI and quantum computing into aerospace through French delivery centre
Indian IT services giant opens IT delivery centre that will focus on technology that can address the challenges of the aerospace sector
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27 Jan 2025
Three sentenced over OTP.Agency MFA fraud service
Three men have been sentenced over their role in a cyber criminal subscription service that offered access to online accounts using illicitly obtained one-time passcodes
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27 Jan 2025
FullFibre, Zzoomm merge to gain scale in UK altnet broadband
UK independent broadband providers merge to form one of the UK’s largest altnets, with 600,000 properties ready for service
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27 Jan 2025
Freshwave deploys all-operator 4G in-building connectivity to City of London
Connectivity infrastructure-as-a-service provider fits out in-building mobile connectivity from all the UK mobile operators to 8 Bishopsgate location, with sixteen occupiers already signing up to the service
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27 Jan 2025
Cyber incident that closed British Museum was inside job
An IT incident that disrupted visitor access to the British Museum last week was the work of a disgruntled contractor who had been let go
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27 Jan 2025
Interview: Feryal Clark, AI and digital government minister, DSIT
Computer Weekly talks to the parliamentary under-secretary about digital identity, the importance of trust and utilising the power of artificial intelligence
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27 Jan 2025
Insulin prices fall amid growing competition, legislative action
Generics, biosimilars, pricing strategies and regulatory policies are driving a decline in insulin prices, creating affordability and improved access for patients.
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27 Jan 2025
Cohesity exec: Gaia will 'unlock' data for AI applications
In this Q&A, Cohesity's Greg Statton explains how the Gaia offering connects data and AI services, with more capabilities coming following the acquisition of Veritas last year.
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27 Jan 2025
Oxford-Cambridge Arc gets government support
Labour aims to capitalise on the growth potential of the cluster of businesses and academic institutes around Oxford, Cambridge and Milton Keynes
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27 Jan 2025
Red Hat adds more distributor and ISV support
Red Hat’s partner programme enhancements look to add to improvements and modular structure that was introduced in 2024
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27 Jan 2025
Softcat: Customers want innovation and resilience
Channel player’s latest annual insights into customer priorities underlines the need for the channel to recognise the budgetary challenges most users are under
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27 Jan 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Personnel promotions and moves this week at Nutanix, Intelliworx, ITS, Myriad360 and Abnormal Security
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27 Jan 2025
Boldyn Networks boosts private 5G with Smart Mobile Labs acquisition
UK shared network infrastructure provider furthers business expansion with strategic purchase of German private 5G network and turnkey applications company
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27 Jan 2025
Inside CyberArk’s security strategy
CyberArk CIO Omer Grossman talks up the company’s security-first ethos, the importance of an assumed breach mentality and how the company is addressing threats from the growing use of AI
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24 Jan 2025
Trump's shift in climate policy alters business strategies
Business strategies on climate and environmental goals will change during the next four years, under the Trump administration.
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24 Jan 2025
DOJ indicts 5 individuals in North Korea IT worker scam
An unsealed indictment revealed threat actors working for North Korea tricked at least 64 U.S. businesses into hiring fake IT workers for financial and propriety data gains.
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24 Jan 2025
AMD processor vulnerability inadvertently leaked early
The flaw was revealed when hardware manufacturer Asus published a patch for an 'AMD Microcode Signature Verification Vulnerability' to a gaming motherboard update page.
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24 Jan 2025
DC01UK’s plan to build ‘Europe’s biggest AI datacentre’ wins local council approval
Plans to build a hyperscale datacentre to host artificial intelligence and cloud workloads on green belt land in Hertfordshire have been waved through by local planning officials
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24 Jan 2025
MPs and peers start inquiry into Russian and Chinese sabotage threats to subsea internet cables
MPs and Lords on the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy have begun an inquiry into the resilience of UK internet cables, following heightened threats of Russian and Chinese sabotage
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24 Jan 2025
SITA takes off with Cathay Pacific to expand global network connectivity
Air transport IT provider to enhance airline’s operations with high-speed connectivity across 51 airports worldwide, optimising access to cloud technology
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24 Jan 2025
Loan Charge under review: MPs brand latest independent inquiry into controversial policy ‘a farce’
Details of the government’s highly anticipated independent review into the loan charge have emerged, and MPs claim it falls way short of what is needed to resolve the financial and mental health damage the policy has caused to those in-scope of it
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24 Jan 2025
US indicts five in fake North Korean IT contractor scandal
The US authorities have accused five men, including two American citizens, of involvement in a scheme which saw companies duped into hiring fake North Korean IT contractors
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24 Jan 2025
Businesses warned of scale of e-waste problem
With the focus on recycling, remanufacturing and disposing of hardware sustainably, there is a chance for the channel to share solutions to the challenge
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24 Jan 2025
StarHub, Nokia partner on network APIs to drive 5G, 4G application development
Telco and comms tech provider target new applications for enterprises in use cases such as banking, finance, ports and online streaming through Network as Code platform developer portal
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24 Jan 2025
Fibre broadband network reaches half of Scotland
UK’s leading broadband provider says research shows gigabit digital upgrade could generate £4bn for Scottish economy and help to reverse depopulation
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24 Jan 2025
Labour’s first digital government strategy: Is it déjà vu or something new?
Labour won the 2024 general election on a platform of change – and its technology cheerleader insists the new digital government strategy is all about change. Have we heard it all before or is this time really different?
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24 Jan 2025
IOWN sets focus on go-to-market, proof of concept optical in 2025
Next-gen networking project reveals focus for 2025, including early adoption use cases, go-to-market activities and wider industry collaboration
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24 Jan 2025
Assured Data Protection sets sights on European growth
Data backup and resilience specialist is looking to expand its reach and work with more channel partners
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24 Jan 2025
Review of legal rule on computer evidence long overdue, say Post Office scandal victims
Computer Weekly talks to people who suffered miscarriages of justice at the hands of flawed computer evidence, as well as to experts in law and IT, as the government commits to review the legal presumption that computers work all the time
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24 Jan 2025
High Court: Sky Betting ‘parasitic’ in targeting problem gambler
UK High Court rules that Sky Betting acted unlawfully after breaching a customer’s data protection rights when it obtained his personal data through cookies and used it to profile him for the purposes of direct marketing, despite his ‘impaired’ ability to provide meaningful consent
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24 Jan 2025
Teachers to use AI for lesson planning and marking
Speaking at the Bett Show this year, the UK’s education secretary outlined the ways in which teachers will be using technologies such as AI in the future, including planning lessons and marking work
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24 Jan 2025
CISOs boost board presence by 77% over two years
A global research study, from Splunk and Oxford Economics, into how chief information security officers interact with boards finds greater participation but enduring gaps
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23 Jan 2025
EU, U.S. at odds on AI safety regulations
The U.S. under the new Trump administration changes course on AI safety, in contrast with the EU, as uncertainty lingers about other Biden-era federal cybersecurity efforts.
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23 Jan 2025
Trump takes issue with EU actions against U.S. big tech
President Donald Trump spoke against significant EU fines on big tech companies and said the U.S. has some 'very big complaints with the EU.'
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23 Jan 2025
Zero-day vulnerability in SonicWall SMA series under attack
SonicWall released a hotfix for a critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in Secure Mobile Access 1000 products amidst reports of zero-day exploitation.
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23 Jan 2025
Pinecone provides Assistant for generative AI development
The vector database specialist is expanding beyond managing data with a suite of APIs and other tools that enable users to tap into their data to create chatbots and agents.
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23 Jan 2025
Mixed views on Stargate AI infrastructure plan with OpenAI
The OpenAI-Oracle-Softbank collaboration highlights the determination of the U.S. to maintain its lead in AI technology. However, some question OpenAI's lead and involvement.
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23 Jan 2025
Apple and Google app stores come under CMA scrutiny
The Competition and Markets Authority in the UK is looking at whether the Play Store and App Store support innovation and are pro-competition