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29 August 2024
AI hype hits reality roadblock
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29 August 2024
Check Point secured for annual Security Serious cyber awards
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29 August 2024
Chunghwa Telecom and NTT activate world’s first International IOWN APN
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29 August 2024
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov under formal investigation, released on bail
News Archive
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August 29, 2024
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Women face greater risk of job displacement from automation
A combination of the types of jobs women perform and biases influencing the development of artificial intelligence leaves them in more danger of AI disruption
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August 29, 2024
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Study highlights secure software supply chain best practices
Security trends report from open source firm shows the approaches IT leaders take to secure their software supply chain
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August 29, 2024
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Nvidia drives forward accelerated computing advantage
Nvidia is experiencing huge demand for accelerated computing using GPUs to run compute-intensive datacentre workloads
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August 29, 2024
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US offers $2.5m bounty for on-the-run malware dev
US State Department puts a $2.5m bounty on the head of Angler exploit kit developer and ransomware crew member Volodymyr Kadariya as part of a major developing case
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August 29, 2024
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Swansea Bay City Deal to build a dedicated dark fibre network
Partnership between Virgin Media O2 Business and South Wales infrastructure project to build dark fibre infrastructure will help connect public sector sites with significantly improved capacity and speed
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August 29, 2024
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Community Fibre, Virgin Media mark full-fibre milestones
Leading London-based altnet reveals strong customer growth over the past 12 months with 300,000 customers switching to 100% full-fibre broadband across the capital
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August 29, 2024
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Aug'24
Primark adds five more years to IT outsourcing contract with TCS
Retailer has worked with Indian IT services giant for eight years and new agreement will take the relationship to 13 years at least
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August 29, 2024
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Met Police deploy LFR in Lewisham without community input
The Met’s latest live facial recognition deployment in Catford has raised concerns over the lack of community engagement around the police force’s use of the controversial technology
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August 29, 2024
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Interview: Currys CIO Andy Gamble on AI strategy
The CIO of Currys on the four pillars of the retailer’s artificial intelligence strategy and how generative AI can enable staff to be the best versions of themselves
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August 28, 2024
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Iranian APT Peach Sandstorm teases new Tickler malware
Peach Sandstorm, an Iranian state threat actor, has developed a dangerous new malware strain that forms a key element of a rapidly evolving attack sequence
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August 28, 2024
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Global cyber spend to rise 15% in 2025, pushed along by AI
Security spending will increase at pace in 2025, with artificial intelligence, cloud and consultancy services all pushing outlay to new highs, according to Gartner
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August 28, 2024
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UK Coastguard deploys full-fibre network to enhance operations
Comms network connecting 163 remote radio sites across 11,000 miles of UK coastline is now operational to ensure effective frontline emergency response continues for thousands of distress calls from the UK’s waters
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August 28, 2024
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Aug'24
Cambridge Enterprise saves big with Keepit SaaS backup
University innovation body avoids hardware spend and saves management time as it switches from tape to cloud-to-cloud backup, instant recovery and decades-long retention from Keepit
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August 28, 2024
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UK government assesses risks and opportunities from comms networks evolution
UK government departments convene experts to look at scientific evidence that could underpin policy issues or areas in telecoms infrastructure of future, in particular 6G
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August 28, 2024
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Interview: Nick Woods, CIO, Manchester Airports Group
The IT chief of the UK’s biggest airport operator wants to give his organisation the world’s most intelligent airports – he explains the data-led approach that’s aiming to reach that destination
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August 28, 2024
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Telegram founder Pavel Durov questioned over cyber crime charges
Billionaire founder of Telegram accused of failing to co-operate with law enforcement requests for lawful interception
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August 28, 2024
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Government commits to £4m data and AI package for education
Plans include a £3m data store for education data, £1m catalyst fund for new AI tools, and a commitment to publish an AI safety framework
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August 28, 2024
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How Kaspersky is driving growth in APAC
Kaspersky is leveraging its threat intelligence capabilities and local market knowledge to navigate geopolitical tensions and expand its footprint across the Asia-Pacific region
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August 28, 2024
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Aug'24
Case study: Kingfisher Group takes DIY approach to AI roll-out across e-commerce sites
International home improvement retailer Kingfisher Group opens up about the evolution of its AI strategy, and the rewards it is reaping
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August 27, 2024
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US mobile users keep devices longer than ever
Report reveals device age at trade-in or upgrade marks all-time high of 3.7 years, and increase in Samsung S21 trade-ins through introduction of Galaxy AI
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August 27, 2024
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Oxa closes third US autonomous vehicle deployment
Autonomous vehicle software provider forges collaboration with Beep Inc as it lands third US commercial deployment of self-driving software to service community in Walnut Creek, California
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August 27, 2024
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Government backs Danish version of ChatGPT
Danish language version of ChatGPT to be developed in a project led by the country’s Chamber of Commerce
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August 27, 2024
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AI drives strong Zoom second quarter
Comms and collaboration service provider reveals robust first half of 2025 fiscal year, outperforming guidance across the board and with marked strength in large accounts
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August 27, 2024
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NHS partners with libraries to help people access NHS App
The scheme, which will launch in October, will train librarians to support people to download and use the NHS App and NHS.uk
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August 27, 2024
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AI innovation key to UK business, but obstacles threaten progress
AI is seen by IT leaders as essential, but it requires innovation, skills and infrastructure – all of which are under pressure from day-to-day firefighting, energy costs and cyber threats
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August 27, 2024
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Palo Alto Networks bets on ‘precision AI’
Palo Alto Networks’ regional leader, Steven Scheurmann, explains how machine learning, neural networks and generative AI can help to prevent breaches in what it calls ‘precision AI’
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August 26, 2024
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Linus Torvalds discusses Linux development, security and AI at KubeCon
Linus Torvalds delves into the challenges in Linux development, the importance of swift security responses, and artificial intelligence’s future role in kernel programming
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August 26, 2024
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BT Group and Edgio unveil first MAUD-enabled content delivery network
Edge network provider becomes first to offer content delivery network enabled by multicast-assisted unicast delivery technology, offering enhanced network performance and ability to deal with increased network traffic loads
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August 22, 2024
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New Qilin tactics a ‘bonus multiplier’ for ransomware chaos
Sophos X-Ops caught the Qilin ransomware gang stealing credentials stored by victims' employees in Google Chrome, heralding further cyber attacks and breaches down the line.
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August 22, 2024
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Police Digital Service taps up former biometrics commissioner as interim CEO
The Police Digital Service has confirmed the appointment of an interim chief executive
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August 22, 2024
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Body of tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch recovered after freak storm
The Autonomy and Darktrace co-founder is among the people who died after his luxury yacht was hit by a waterspout off the coast of Sicily
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August 22, 2024
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Number of girls taking GCSE computing grows three years in a row
Gender split at GCSE level narrows as number of girls taking GCSE computing in the UK rises for the third year in a row
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August 22, 2024
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Post Office apologises for IT problem text alert that was never sent
After subpostmasters complained they received no communications from the Post Office when they could not log in to the Horizon IT system, the organisation admits a text message alert failed to be sent
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August 22, 2024
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Illwerke vkw to deploy business optical transport solution across Austria
Austrian energy service provider evolving existing network to meet rapidly growing capacity demand and offer 10G, 25G and 100G mobile backhaul and fronthaul services
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August 22, 2024
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Engine ‘anomaly’ suspected as cause of UK rocket test explosion
First comments released after explosion on launch pad in test of rocket at first fully licensed vertical launch in Europe
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August 22, 2024
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DHSC should have dedicated digital records unit, says Tony Blair Institute
The digital health record unit would drive creation and implementation of electronic patient records to deliver health and care improvements and ensure the NHS is ready for the era of artificial intelligence
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August 22, 2024
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The rise and rise of open source in China
China’s embrace of open-source software has evolved into a powerful force in the global technology landscape, driving innovations in cloud computing, AI and other areas
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August 22, 2024
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Tech sector layoffs mount amid AI investment frenzy
Technology firms globally are cutting their workforces as they look to increase spending on and investment in artificial intelligence
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August 22, 2024
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More execs recognise data as assets than in 2020
Capgemini has updated its Data-Powered Enterprise study, which shows more businesses are deriving value from data
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August 21, 2024
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Pakistani national arrested over Southport ‘cyber terrorism’
Authorities in Pakistan have arrested a man on suspicion of cyber terrorism over his role in the spread of online misinformation in the wake of the Southport knife attack
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August 21, 2024
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NTT advances all-photonic infrastructure with optical network digital twins
Comms and IT giant claims major step towards the realisation of full optical network digital twins, with successful end-to-end measurement of signal power across optical fibre transmission lines
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August 21, 2024
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Women in data: Claire Thompson, chief data officer, L&G
The insurer’s data chief discusses using data for better insights, building data capabilities through apprenticeships, and the value of diversity in data leadership
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August 21, 2024
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Juniper Networks unveils first blueprint for accelerating AI-native platform
Artificial intelligence for networking programme said to deliver up to 9x faster time to value through new training courses, trial offers, enterprise agreements and ‘white glove’ services
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August 21, 2024
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Number of women choosing computer science degrees up 8%
Computer science has a persistent gender divide, but research by BCS has found more women are now being accepted on computing university courses
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August 21, 2024
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QiStor flashes key-value storage software for hardware acceleration
US-based startup will develop storage software allied with FPGA chips to allow data storage to bypass spinning disk era block addressing to speed performance and cut energy use
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August 21, 2024
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Sky to offer broadband services over CityFibre full-fibre network
UK’s largest independent broadband provider gains major coup with leading ISP to run gigabit services on full-fibre infrastructure that aims to reach eight million premises in coming years
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August 21, 2024
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How open source is shaping AI developments
The Linux Foundation outlines efforts to bolster enterprise AI adoption through a framework for managing and deploying AI applications, standardised tooling and open data alternatives
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August 21, 2024
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Wells Fargo bank turns to AI to help families settle estates after a death
Wells Fargo bank is winning customers after using business automation software and artificial intelligence to help people manage the estates of relatives following a bereavement
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August 21, 2024
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Post Office Horizon crash disconnected branches from datacentre
The Post Office has apologised to subpostmasters affected by a major IT outage, which stopped them from doing business
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August 20, 2024
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ICO launches privacy notice tool for SMEs
ICO tool designed to make it easier for small businesses and sole traders operating online to create bespoke data privacy notices for compliance purposes