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Grab taps GPT-4o to improve mapping service

Regional ride-hailing giant and super app Grab is leveraging OpenAI’s GPT-4o model to build hyperlocal, dynamic maps, cutting costs and boosting accuracy
ORG urges ICO to revise public sector enforcement approach

The Open Rights Group is urging the Information Commissioner’s Office to revise its light touch approach to public sector data protection issues, arguing that its experimental policy of limiting its enforcement actions to reprimands and notices, ...
Virgin Media O2 streamlines fixed and mobile service delivery

UK operator claims major milestone in its long-term network evolution strategy by switching on Converged Interconnect Network to rationalise and enhance service delivery
Apple addresses two iPhone, Mac zero-days

Two zero-day vulnerabilities uncovered in Apple’s operating systems could have allowed for arbitrary code execution and cross-site scripting attacks
Post Office to harness technology to automate financial redress

Technology that could speed up financial redress for subpostmasters is being worked on in-house by the Post Office
Government issues strategic priorities for Ofcom

Technology secretary Peter Kyle sets out the government’s strategic priorities for how Ofcom should approach regulating online safety, including embedding safety by design and supporting innovation in technologies to help protect people online

Post Office Horizon scandal explained: Everything you need to know

Computer Weekly has investigated the Post Office Horizon scandal since 2008 and is, in fact, part of the story. This guide contains essential information about the scandal
Storage technology explained: Ransomware and storage and backup

We look at ransomware attacks, and the importance of good backup practice as well as immutable snapshots, air-gapping, network segmentation, AI anomaly detection and supplier warranties
Storage technology explained: Flash vs HDD

In this guide, we examine the differences between flash storage and HDD, the rise of NVMe and much denser formats such as QLC, and whether or not flash will vanquish HDD in the all-flash datacentre

Domino ‘fall’ release topples challenges across AI assembly, scale & governance- CW Developer Network

Domino Data Lab is a specialist provider of enterprise AI platform technologies. The company has used its “fall” (not a Dominoes game-related pun, it just means autumn in this sense) release and ... Continue Reading
Clearly smart, SAS acquires Hazy: A wider vision for synthetic data- CW Developer Network

SAS has this month announced the acquisition of Hazy, a synthetic data technology specialist. Upbeat about why this has come about, SAS says that this fruther drives its data innovation vision to ... Continue Reading
I guess the training’s down in Africa, CNCF & Andela skill-up 20,000+ IT pros- CW Developer Network

Full disclosure, I grew up in East Africa. A portion of my heart and soul will be forever tied to the dry earth, abundant fruit & fish, the golden beaches and the unwavering smiles of the local ... Continue Reading
OpenTelemetry Certified Associate (OTCA) emerges- Open Source Insider

As anticipated and expected, the news wires at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America positively cackled this week as the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and its guest list of some 800 ... Continue Reading

Underfunded, under pressure: We must act to support cyber teams

With almost half of cyber pros experiencing more incidents this year, security leaders say their teams are coming under increasing strain. Businesses must be more proactive approach about building a resilient, future-ready workforce
Overcoming the cyber paradox: Shrinking budgets – growing threats

The challenging macro environment has left security budgets stretched thin even while new tech like AI presents a threat multiplier. In the face of these challenges, it becomes vital for security leads to do more to maintain funding
Preparing for future AI energy disruption

The explosive growth of AI is set to outstrip the capacity of global power grids, threatening to derail deployments. With datacentres facing power shortages and some countries halting construction, organisations must act now to secure their AI future