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Wales partners with OpenAI to improve Welsh language tech

The Welsh government’s data partnership with the company behind ChatGPT aims to improve how artificial intelligence technologies work in the Welsh language
Verizon brings portable connectivity with Network in a Box

Comms provider Verizon launches critical communications prototype to support operations, security, event production and fan experience in venues when a permanent private network is not available
Hybrid workers call on employers to up connectivity investments

Survey reveals lack of reliable mobile connectivity in the office is affecting seven in 10 hybrid workers, forcing a majority of employees to leave their office building simply to make a phone call
‘Extraordinary’ claim from former Post Office IT expert witness

A former Fujitsu engineer made an ‘unbelievable’ claim about evidence he gave in witness statements when acting as an expert witness during Post Office prosecutions of subpostmasters
Gulf Edge to operate Google Distributed Cloud in Thailand

The Gulf Energy subsidiary will offer Google’s sovereign cloud service in Thailand with a focus on air-gapped configurations
JT taps Ericsson for 5G test centre

Island telco makes next step in progress of installing 5G using Ericsson’s advanced telecoms solutions and software services, including energy efficient features to support sustainable a network

The pros, cons and misconceptions of dynamic pricing for retailers

The terms dynamic pricing and surge pricing are often conflated, leaving retailers battling against misconceptions and angry consumers as they use technology to implement price flexibility across their stores
IOWN: putting vision into reality

Continuing our look at the work of the IOWN project, we find out what use cases the infrastructure will support, as well as the application of IOWN technologies
IOWN: Shining light on the future of communications

With rising demand for data and energy consumption due to the vast compute power required by applications such as AI and large language models, something needs to change in networks – this could be IOWN

Green coding - Nutanix: Powering up cloud consumption dashboards- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by James Sturrock in his role as director of systems engineering for hybrid multi-cloud computing company Nutanix. Stressing ... Continue Reading
Mainframe skills; time to flip the telescope around?- Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics

The more I learn about the world of mainframes, the more I find myself drawn to it. When I started investigating the topic of mainframe skills in particular, it was on the premise that ... Continue Reading
Tabnine AI coding assistant supports Anthropic Claude 3- CW Developer Network

Tabnine helps development teams of every size use AI to accelerate software development. As an AI coding assistant technology, Tabnine has now announced Anthropic’s Claude 3 model is now available ... Continue Reading
FinOps: Mind the (DevOps) alignment gap- CW Developer Network

Cloud spending shows no signs of slowing down, clearly. As organisations continue to accelerate cloud adoption (and move towards increasingly cloud-native deployment scenarios in many cases), ... Continue Reading

The Post Office Offences Bill leaves much unresolved

The passing of a law to exonerate most of the victims of the Post Office scandal was undoubtedly good news - but the next government must address the anomaly that left thirteen people outside its remit
AI and outsourcing: Relationships and contracts of the future

In the second part of this two-part series, two technology lawyers offer guidance on what the integration of artificial intelligence in IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing will mean for customers and providers in outsourcing ...
Why AI is talking politics this year

AI is already playing a part in this year’s General Election - for good and bad