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07 Nov 2024
Trump plans to repeal Biden order, limit AI regulation
Donald Trump might want less regulation, but he has close ties to tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who has supported AI regulation including California's AI safety bill.
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07 Nov 2024
ERP vendors launch professional services applications for SMBs
Professional services ERP applications have niche appeal and offer useful capabilities, but analysts say how they'll fare in the market is still unknown.
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07 Nov 2024
Medical testing inequities contribute to racial bias in AI
Inequitable lab testing to diagnose severe disease can create racial biases in the data used to train healthcare AI, potentially perpetuating care disparities.
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07 Nov 2024
Ransomware attacks caused prolonged disruptions in October
The Ransomhub, Rhysdia and Interlock ransomware gangs claimed responsibility for attacks that knocked victims' services offline, sometimes for several weeks.
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07 Nov 2024
Kaiser Permanente reports email data breach
Recent healthcare cybersecurity incidents include an email data breach that affected Kaiser Permanente and a ransomware attack against a small rural healthcare provider.
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07 Nov 2024
Digital patient engagement tool cut early childhood obesity
The digital patient engagement tool reduced early childhood obesity prevalence among kids at the highest end of BMI scales.
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07 Nov 2024
Post Office wrongly used public funds to pay for legal battle
Senior civil servant’s appearance at public inquiry reveals Post Office broke spending rules when it diverted money to legal battle
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07 Nov 2024
5G redefines live events economics
Study from leading comms tech provider reveals 5G elevates connectivity experiences at events, notably concerts, with 5G users being 20% more satisfied than 4G peers at 2024’s biggest events
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07 Nov 2024
Google Cloud MFA enforcement meets with approval
Latest Google Cloud policy to enforce multifactor authentication across its user base is welcomed by security professionals
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07 Nov 2024
Gartner Symposium: Time to get rid of the dead wood
IT architecture complexity is set to increase in a way that means IT departments are juggling multicloud and legacy environments
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07 Nov 2024
Tech industry will see less regulation under Trump
President-elect Donald Trump will likely repeal President Joe Biden's AI executive order and introduce new tariffs that could create problems for companies and consumers.
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07 Nov 2024
AI a force multiplier for the bad guys, say cyber pros
CIISec’s annual report on the security profession finds evidence of growing concern that artificial intelligence will ultimately prove more useful to threat actors than defenders
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07 Nov 2024
Experts brace for tougher H-1B crackdown in Trump's new term
Getting an H-1B visa in President-elect Donald Trump's second term might be difficult, but advisors such as Elon Musk could help tap the anti-immigration brakes.
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07 Nov 2024
CrowdStrike doubles down on Ireland
Security player makes a couple of distribution appointments to increase its channel activity in the country
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07 Nov 2024
Post Office appointing third-party reviewer of current Horizon system
According to government representative on the Post Office board, an independent reviewer of Horizon is being appointed
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07 Nov 2024
UK fibre providers struggle to meet rising demands
Research from field service management software provider warns of growing pressures as digital transformation becomes essential for altnets to stay competitive in cut-throat market
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07 Nov 2024
Government presses pause on Single Trade Window project
The project to create a UK Single Trade Window, a digital gateway for traders, has been put on hold for the 2025/26 financial year as mounting costs cause concerns
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07 Nov 2024
UBDS Group expands depth with 3B Data Security buy
Acquisition will add more capabilities to its SOC and expand the services the UBDS Group can offer across the UK
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07 Nov 2024
VMO2 claims UK 5G standalone small cells first
Service provider claims UK first with successful deployments of 5G standalone small cells on existing street furniture in England’s second city to increase mobile capacity in exceptionally busy areas surrounding main thoroughfares
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07 Nov 2024
Research: UK residents demonstrate ‘low-level’ understanding of what datacentres do
Research commissioned by colocation giant CyrusOne reveals there is work to be done by operators when it comes to educating UK residents on the benefits that datacentres being built in their local communities can bring
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07 Nov 2024
Interview: Petra Molnar, author of ‘The walls have eyes’
Refugee lawyer and author Petra Molnar speaks to Computer Weekly about the extreme violence people on the move face at borders across the world, and how increasingly hostile anti-immigrant politics is being enabled and reinforced by a ‘lucrative panopticon’ of surveillance technologies
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07 Nov 2024
MSPs benefitting from customer security demand
Research from EasyDMARC has put some numbers to anecdotal reports of sustained customer spending on data protection
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07 Nov 2024
Connexin completes ‘significant’ first stage of Project Gigabit contract
Digital service and smart technology provider fulfils initial part of £58m contract in national £5bn broadband scheme providing gigabit connectivity to over 34,000 rural homes in Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire
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07 Nov 2024
US smart city lights up solid-state LiDAR technology
Pioneer US smart city and associated 5G ecosystem collaborates with solid-state scanning light detection and tech provider to deploy latest range of sensors
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07 Nov 2024
Elisa claims Euro first with 100G PON trial over live Nokia-based fibre net
Leading Finnish operator taps compatriot global comms tech provider to become first in Europe to trial 100G passive optical network over live fibre broadband network
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06 Nov 2024
Snowflake brings AI to data for Australian businesses
At the Sydney leg of the Snowflake World Tour, the company showcased how its platform simplifies data management, reduces costs and drives AI adoption for Australian businesses
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06 Nov 2024
Pure offers fully managed VMware migration to Azure
Pure Storage is looking for ways to differentiate its offerings in hybrid environments. A key use case: data migration, according to one analyst.
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06 Nov 2024
CISA on 2024 election security: 'Good news' for democracy
CISA Director Jen Easterly says that despite disruptions including bomb threats in multiple states, Election Day 2024 was a success story from a security standpoint.
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06 Nov 2024
UK government launches AI assurance platform for enterprises
The platform is designed to drive demand for the UK’s artificial intelligence assurance sector and help build greater trust in the technology by helping businesses identify and mitigate a range of AI-related risks
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06 Nov 2024
Gartner Symposium: Why the chance of digital success is random
For some CIOs, there is only a 48% chance their digital business initiatives will succeed, but collaborating with non-IT functions can increase success rates
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06 Nov 2024
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06 Nov 2024
Lords shoplifting inquiry calls for facial recognition laws
A Lords committee has expressed concern about the use of facial recognition technology by retailers to combat shoplifting, and is calling on the government to introduce new laws to ensure there are minimum standards for their deployments
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06 Nov 2024
Improving markets and security growth bolster Infinigate H1
Distributor Infinigate shares revenue update, indicating that the UK is performing as Europe starts to show signs of economic recovery
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06 Nov 2024
Pushing ADHD telehealth prescriptions costs Cerebral millions
Telemental healthcare provider Cerebral agreed to pay more than $3.6 million for encouraging unauthorized telehealth prescriptions of controlled substances, like Adderall.
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06 Nov 2024
Infinity Group CEO shares AI experiences
Microsoft partner has embraced Copilot, and has some lessons to share to encourage others to do the same
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06 Nov 2024
Effects of nurse burnout on patient safety, satisfaction
Patient safety is significantly harmed by nurse burnout, while patient safety scores take a moderate hit from high clinician burnout rates.
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06 Nov 2024
LLMs might not significantly augment diagnostic reasoning
The use of GPT-4 did not necessarily enhance clinicians' diagnostic reasoning performance compared to those relying solely on conventional clinical resources.
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06 Nov 2024
Post Office was reluctant to cut costs despite 143 central staff earning more than £100k
Former Post Office minister told public inquiry that Post Office boss did not want to cut central costs, despite how many staff were earning more than £100k
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06 Nov 2024
Starmer announces tech-enabled crackdown on people smuggling
The UK government has announced a further £75m of funding for its Border Security Command, meaning it will now have £150m over two years to spend on new technologies and staff
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06 Nov 2024
Oracle taps Vodafone Business to provide global IoT connectivity
Integrated communications and cloud services provider teams with operator’s internet of things division to bring connectivity to enterprise communications platform users
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06 Nov 2024
How enterprises can ride the AI coding wave
GovTech leader urges developers to prioritise value, security and compliance when implementing AI coding tools in enterprise environments
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05 Nov 2024
Gartner: AI isn't replacing HR workers
It turns out AI needs humans -- especially in HR, where complex systems might thwart CEOs who want to replace humans with tech.
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05 Nov 2024
Using psychology to defend against phishing attacks
A healthy dose of judicious skepticism is crucial to preventing phishing attacks, said David Fine, supervisory special agent at the FBI, during a presentation at a HIMSS event.
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05 Nov 2024
Canadian authorities arrest alleged Snowflake hacker
Alexander Moucka was arrested last week and is expected to appear in court Tuesday for allegedly breaching dozens of Snowflake customers.
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05 Nov 2024
Google Cloud to roll out mandatory MFA for all users
Google's three-phase plan for mandatory MFA, which will culminate in late 2025, follows similar efforts from other cloud providers such as AWS and Microsoft.
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05 Nov 2024
Exclusive UK and Ireland managing director plans to increase partner support
SME-sized resellers and MSSPs are going to be getting increased backing from the distributor
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05 Nov 2024
Post Office data breach caused by botched website upgrade
Data breach exposed personal details of the hundreds of former subpostmasters who had defeated the Post Office in the High Court
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05 Nov 2024
Exclusive Networks makes marquee signing with NetApp
Distributor adds more depth to portfolio around data protection, striking relationship with sizeable vendor
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05 Nov 2024
Gartner Symposium: IT leaders urged to do reps like Arnie
Terminator film star shares lessons from his life experiences to help IT leaders succeed
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05 Nov 2024
D-Link targeting industrial IoT opportunity
Vendor D-Link is lining up products and getting the channel behind its push to widen its position in the market
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05 Nov 2024
NTT and Toyota gear up for joint auto mobility AI project
IT and comms giant and global auto manufacturer investing nearly $3.3bn to jointly develop mobility AI platform with goal to eliminate traffic accidents
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05 Nov 2024
CMA offers potential solution to Vodafone and Three’s merger issues
Remedies Working Paper published by UK competition watchdog into merger of leading telcos says deal may proceed if appropriate remedies are implemented
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05 Nov 2024
Gartner Symposium: Why ServiceNow wants to be seen as the AI platform for business transformation
We report on how a deal between ServiceNow and Rimini Street may offer IT leaders an alternative route to enterprise AI
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05 Nov 2024
Motorola Solutions expands emergency comms with 3tc acquisition
Public safety agencies and enterprises comms firm acquires provider of control room software solutions for police and fire and rescue services
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05 Nov 2024
Nakivo aims at VMware refugees tempted by Proxmox
Version 11 of Nakivo has added Microsoft 365 cloud-to-cloud backups, support for Proxmox virtualisation backups – following Veeam – and NAS file data backups to cloud targets
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05 Nov 2024
HCLTech to open AI lab in Singapore
The new facility in Singapore will be the latest in HCLTech’s network of global AI labs set up to help businesses deploy artificial intelligence applications and build local talent
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05 Nov 2024
Broadcom unveils AI, networking features for VCF
Broadcom solidifies VMware Cloud Foundation's shift with a focus on AI and services, but experts wonder about future R&D.
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04 Nov 2024
CISA: U.S. election disinformation peddled at massive scale
CISA said the U.S. cybersecurity agency has seen small-scale election incidents 'resulting in no significant impacts to election infrastructure,' such as low-level DDoS attacks.
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04 Nov 2024
CMS highlights maternal care in CY 2025 OPPS, ASC final rule
The CMS CY 2025 OPPS, ASC final rule aims to reduce maternal mortality, remove barriers to care for formerly incarcerated individuals and enhance health equity.
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04 Nov 2024
Government’s £600,000 offer to Horizon scandal victims was 'political'
The Post Office was blindsided by the previous government’s decision to offer £600,000 to all subpostmasters wrongly convicted of financial crimes as a result of Horizon failures
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04 Nov 2024
CMS finalizes CY 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule rule
CMS issued the CY 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule final rule, which included updates to payment policies and average payment rate reductions.
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04 Nov 2024
Government to roll out Gov.uk Forms across its websites
The tool, which is already in use, aims to transform how the public fill out applications and information online, making it easier and more intuitive
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04 Nov 2024
Gartner: Avoid AI project money pit
Artificial intelligence project costs can quickly escalate, so IT leaders need to focus on the business objectives and invest appropriately
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04 Nov 2024
Virgin Media O2 forges ahead with SME partnerships
UK operator launches new partnerships to benefit small business customers aiming to deliver more than just reliable connectivity and equip them with the technology, resources and networks to succeed
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04 Nov 2024
ATSG and Evolve IP announce combination
Tie-up will create a global managed service provider business with significant revenues, partners and a sizeable customer base
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04 Nov 2024
TechUK calls for government support to help UK datacentre market reach growth potential
UK tech trade body TechUK claims the UK’s datacentre sector could become one of the country’s fastest-growing sectors with more government support
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04 Nov 2024
CityFibre to sell Lit Fibre ISP business to co-founders
UK’s leading independent full-fibre provider sells service provision element of recent acquisition to focus on wholesale gigabit broadband strategy
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04 Nov 2024
Arrow amplifies cloud opportunities
Channel player Arrow cuts ribbon on a programme designed to get more partners able to sell and support cloud technologies
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04 Nov 2024
Financiers isolate Middle East over sanctions-evading paytech
Cross-border payment system loses support of association of global central banks
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04 Nov 2024
Microsoft trials building ‘wooden’ datacentres in pursuit of 2030 carbon-negative goal
Microsoft has gone public with its plans to build two datacentres in Northern Virginia made partly from wood, in the interests of cutting the amount of carbon generated by its server farm builds
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04 Nov 2024
How AI is impacting global connectivity
Jürgen Hatheier, international CTO of Ciena, discusses the role of connectivity in the age of artificial intelligence and how the company is helping service providers navigate this transformative period
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01 Nov 2024
As AI expands in HR, user caution grows
Users don't want their next AI in HR deployment to be career ending, so they are rolling out new features with caution.
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01 Nov 2024
MinIO ups performance for Arm
Different processors and different storage vendors look for ways to optimize themselves for AI workloads. Here one builds off another, amplifying benefits for customers.
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01 Nov 2024
IAB, cable providers sue FTC to cancel Click to Cancel
Not so fast, FTC. Cable providers, internet advertisers and the Michigan Press Association challenge the upcoming consumer protection rule.
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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