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• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  Tech and digital skills key to improving police productivity

  The Policing Productivity Review sees data and technology as a way of improving productivity and outcomes, as well as a potential means of restoring diminishing legitimacy, but warns there needs to be a revamp in digital skills, investment and ...

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  Global satellite IoT subscriber base gains higher orbit

  Study shows incumbent satellite operators and more than two dozen new initiatives are now betting on the internet of things connectivity market, with hybrid satellite-terrestrial connectivity opportunities becoming common

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  UK government unveils AI safety research funding details

  Through its AI Safety Institute, the UK government has committed an initial pot of £4m to fund research into various risks associated with AI technologies, which will increase to £8.5m as the scheme progresses

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  ST Engineering drives AI smart city transformation in Qatar

  Digital infrastructure to connect and integrate with a range of smart city services and applications, with the aim of enhancing the efficiency and responsiveness of citywide operations and management

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  Hillingdon Council commits £9m to tech revamp in digital strategy

  Hillingdon’s three-year digital strategy will see the council fund attempts to modernise its systems and infrastructure, change how residents interact with the local authority and make better use of data

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  Google prepares for nuclear to power AI datacentres

  As part of its drive towards sustainable energy and to meet ever-increasing power demands, Google is planning to use small nuclear reactors

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  NCSC expands school cyber service to academies and private schools

  The National Cyber Security Centre is expanding its PDNS for Schools service to encompass a wider variety of institutions up and down the UK

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  UK sees over £6bn boost in datacentre investments

  Following moves to classify datacentres as critical national infrastructure, a number of US tech providers have announced new UK investments

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  Gitex Global: Avaya augments CX role with AI-based Virtual Operations Manager

  Virtual Operations Manager concept looks to highlight ‘art of the possible’, showing how human and AI collaboration can fundamentally alter the way customer experience is managed at the contact centre level

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  Telefónica and Halotech integrate post-quantum encryption into IoT devices

  Leading global telco implements state-of-the-art cyber security through internet of things managed connectivity platform allowing devices to be controlled and monitored in real time and remotely

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  KDDI advance Open RAN deployment in Japan through Samsung deal

  CE and electronics giant deepens longstanding collaboration with leading Japanese operator to advance open radio access network, expanding deployment of virtual network services

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  Soracom brings connected car strategy into higher gear

  MVNO IoT platform provider unveils global connected car strategy to address what it sees as ongoing industry connectivity and cloud management challenges

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  Nokia Bell Labs, Vale dig deep for mining network service

  Mining connectivity programme looks to boost productivity and worker safety to create cognitive monitoring network service, enabling performance, reliability and safety enhancement of mining operation

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  Google launches Parallelstore file storage at cloud AI training

  Originally driven by Intel’s now-defunct Optane storage class memory, Parallelstore offers massive parallel file storage targeted at artificial intelligence training use cases on Google Cloud

• October 14, 2024 14 Oct'24

  How Zoom is charting its course towards an AI-first platform

  Zoom CEO Eric Yuan talks up his vision for the future of work, the company's transition to an AI-powered platform and what it is doing to stay ahead of rivals

• October 14, 2024 14 Oct'24

  AWS expands datacentre hardware recycling programme to Dublin

  The public cloud giant is expanding its reverse logistics programme to Ireland, as part of its ongoing net-zero push

• October 13, 2024 13 Oct'24

  Half of UK tech workers planning to leave role, finds Harvey Nash

  A large number of people in the UK, and globally, are looking to switch tech roles, according to research by Harvey Nash

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  European Commission commits €865m funding for 5G, fibre networks

  Latest part of the Connecting Europe Facility sees huge investment to bring about fast, secure digital wireless and wired connectivity across EU member states

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  Post Office believes it took £36m from subpostmasters with unexplained losses

  The Post Office wrongly blamed subpostmasters for unexplained account shortfalls and made them cover losses out of their own pockets - then banked the money itself

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  WBA OpenRoaming promises new era of digital inclusion across Australia

  Wireless connectivity trade body deploys OpenRoaming services to remote and marginalised Australian communities through community Wi-Fi project encompassing healthcare, education, secure communications and economic development

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  Nokia, Centranet trial brings 50G PON to rural Oklahoma tribal nation

  US electrical cooperative claims first in demonstrating a 50Gbps fibre internet connection for a tribal nation, closing digital divide for rural and Indigenous communities

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  Post Office set to axe in-house-developed New Branch IT software

  Troubled business may ditch its plan to build a new core branch system in-house and buy an off-the-shelf alternative

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  NFL and Cisco gain yardage with network and security partnership

  Cisco scores contract extension with US sports body NFL to connect and protect 2024 roster of International Games in the UK, Germany, Brazil and Spain in 2025

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  Utelogy expands hybrid workforce tech integration with Logitech

  Connected workspaces platform provider expands partnership with leading workplace productivity equipment manufacturer to offer ‘refined’ management of conference room devices

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Gartner: AI can be catalyst for new business models

  Gartner expert Nicholle Lindner explains how companies like Klarna are leveraging AI to drive new revenue, and what businesses need to consider when embracing the technology

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  NCSC issues fresh alert over wave of Cozy Bear activity

  The NCSC, FBI and NSA publish updated warning about Cozy Bear’s activities, highlighting a range of vulnerabilities the threat actor is using to set up its cyber attacks

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Government launches cyber standard for local authorities

  Local government bodies are being invited to take advantage of a new NCSC-derived Cyber Assessment Framework to help enhance their resilience and ward off cyber attacks

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Internet Archive web historians target of hacktivist cyber attack

  The Internet Archive nonprofit digital library and Wayback Machine operator has been attacked by pro-Palestinian hacktivists

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  How Recorded Future finds ransomware victims before they get hit

  Threat intel specialists at Recorded Future have shared details of newly developed techniques they are using to disrupt Rhysida ransomware attacks before the gang even has a chance to execute them

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  UK and US pledge closer working on children’s online safety

  In their first agreement on the subject of children’s online safety, the UK and US governments have said they will create a new working group to boost cooperation

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Interview: Bruno Marie-Rose, CIO, Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

  The technology chief reflects on a successful Olympic and Paralympic Games – and how what he learned as a former Olympic medallist helped him be a better IT leader

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Australia bolsters cyber defences with security bill

  Legislation tackles IoT security and establishes a Cyber Incident Review Board to bolster Australia’s cyber resilience

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Post Office dragging its feet getting rid of tainted staff, despite government ‘green light’

  Former minister gave Post Office ‘green light’ to take robust action against existing staff with links to Post Office scandal wrongdoing

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Afas leads the way with four-day work week in the Netherlands

  Dutch labour unions want a shorter working week and software company Afas is leading the way, introducing a four-day work week from 1 January 2025

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Google slams US government’s proposal to split company up on anti-competitive grounds

  The US Department of Justice has incurred the wrath of Google for suggesting a series of remedies, after the US court ruled back in August that Google had an illegal monopoly over internet search market

• October 10, 2024 10 Oct'24

  Nokia sharpens edge for industrial communications

  Global comms tech provider unveils suite of offerings based on MXIE platform designed to drive efficiency, productivity and operational technology security, and improve worker safety

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Zoom expands AI Companion capabilities, adds customisation options

  Zoom reveals major advancements in AI Companion, including customisation options, personalised avatars and integration across the entire Zoom workplace platform

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Under-fire Nick Read was unprepared for Post Office challenge

  Post Office boss Nick Read was not prepared for the task ahead of him when he joined the organisation as CEO in 2019

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  MoneyGram customer data breached in attack

  MoneyGram confirms that customer data has been stolen in an incident that appears to have started with a social engineering attack on its IT helpdesk staff

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Five zero-days to be fixed on October Patch Tuesday

  Stand-out vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday drop include problems in Microsoft Management Console and the Windows MSHTML Platform

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  OpenAI to open office in Singapore to spearhead APAC expansion

  OpenAI will establish a regional hub in Singapore later this year, partnering with the government and AI Singapore to boost AI development across the region

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Private 5G takes off at Schiphol airport

  Ericsson partners with Amsterdam airport to implement a private 5G network as part of Airport 4.0 digital transformation plan supporting use cases such as IoT monitoring and real-time safety

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Norway’s Ice offers slice of 5G for military communications

  Commercial 5G standalone network uses Mavenir 5G core to enable secure tailored end-to-end communications and network slicing to meet specific needs of armed forces

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Vodafone, Google deepen strategic partnership with 10-year, multibillion-dollar deal

  Vodafone and Google expand strategic relationship to bring generative AI-powered devices through Google’s Gemini models to telco’s customers across Europe and Africa

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  UK Cyber Team seeks future security professionals

  Young people from across the UK have a chance to represent the country in international competitions and advance their future careers in cyber security

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Celona, HCLTech team to deliver advanced private 5G

  Partnership claims to mark a significant milestone in the advancement of private 5G, in particular revolutionising how industries use the latest wireless connectivity to achieve Industry 4.0 goals

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  Secureworks: Ransomware takedowns didn’t put off cyber criminals

  The number of active cyber criminal ransomware gangs has surged by almost a third in the space of 12 months, according to the latest intelligence from Secureworks

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  Foxconn and Nvidia to build Taiwan’s fastest supercomputer

  The supercomputer, powered by Nvidia’s Blackwell architecture, will drive breakthroughs in cancer research, large language models and smart city initiatives

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  Post Office IT transformation project was ‘set up to fail’, chairman tells inquiry

  Post Office interim chairman tells Horizon public inquiry that the Post Office needs to reset New Branch IT project

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  UK’s cyber incident reporting law to move forward in 2025

  The UK government says that enforced cyber incident and ransomware reporting for critical sectors of the economy will help to build a better picture of the threat landscape and enable more proactive and preventative responses