IT innovation, research and development

CMA set to tackle interconnected web of strategic AI partnerships

Google, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Nvidia are all collaborating on AI foundation models, potentially to the detriment of fair, open and effective competition Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Storage technology explained: AI and data storage

In this guide, we examine the data storage needs of artificial intelligence, the demands it places on data storage, the suitability of cloud and object storage for AI, and key AI storage products Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Breakthrough may herald secure home quantum computing

An emerging approach to quantum security dubbed blind quantum computing may one day help spur mass adoption of quantum computing safely and securely, using technology that is already available today Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

The challenges of securing a UK semiconductor supply chain

The UK’s national semiconductor strategy aims to establish the country's credentials as a leader in the sector. We look at how it stacks up Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Is a cyber arms control treaty out of reach?

The world needs cyber arms control more than ever, but the challenges facing a multilateral agreement will be hard to surmount, according to researchers at Germany’s Digital Society Institute Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Labour promises digital red book and smartphones for children with diabetes

The Labour Party has announced plans for children’s health records to be put on parents’ NHS App, while also partnering with Virgin Media O2 to give children with type 1 diabetes smartphones to check their blood sugar Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Microsoft sets up AI hub in Paddington

The company is building a London team to support artificial intelligence innovation by developing the required infrastructure and tooling Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Five key principles for data insight success

Five key principles for using data to grow your organisation Continue Reading

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• Ian Bobbett, Crimson, and George Lynch, NashTech, part of Nash Squared

Future Councils pilot finds systemic blockers to digital innovation

Councils face a range of challenges, hindering digital transformation, including inconsistent approaches to making the case for change, complexities surrounding resource allocations, lack of data and time Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

UKtech50 2024 – help us find the most influential people in UK IT

Computer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK IT is on – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Finnish industrial groups launch AI and robotics ventures

Industrial companies across a broad range of sectors in Finland are applying artificial intelligence to their operation Continue Reading

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• Gerard O'Dwyer

Government lifts chip strategy with a bit more cash

Unlike the EU and US, the UK government appears to be taking its time on providing a large cash injection to build out the UK semiconductor sector Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Facial recognition endangers us all without a clear legal basis

Technology researcher Stephanie Hare outlines the growing danger of the UK’s failure to legalise and regulate facial recognition technology Continue Reading

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• Stephanie Hare

Indian large language models gain momentum

Indian LLMs trained on Indic languages are now being used by businesses and governments to better serve the needs of a diverse multilingual country Continue Reading

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• Pratima Harigunani

Lord Holmes: UK cannot 'wait and see' to regulate AI

Legislation is needed to seize the benefits of artificial intelligence while minimising its risks, says Lord Holmes - but the government’s ‘wait and see’ approach to regulation will fail on both fronts Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Alletra MP hardware changes see HPE orient arrays towards AI

HPE doubles controller nodes, boosts capacity with denser drives, cuts caches and builds in 100Gbps links to bring denser, faster storage aimed at all parts of the AI/ML pipeline Continue Reading

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• Yann Serra, LeMagIT
• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

How SAP is infusing AI into its business applications

SAP’s chief artificial intelligence officer, Philipp Herzig, outlines the company’s approach towards AI and how it is making the technology more accessible to customers Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Making Tax Digital explained: Everything you need to know

Making Tax Digital is meant to overhaul the UK tax system, make it easier for businesses to file tax returns, and reduce error and fraud. How successful has the programme been? Computer Weekly looks at the details of tax digitisation Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Cloud Native Computing: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Priyanka Sharma, the executive director of the Cloud Native Computing Forum about having blind faith in tech innovation Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Inclusive approaches to AI governance needed to engage public

Technology practitioners and experts gathered at an annual Alan Turing Institute-run conference discussed the need for more inclusive approaches to AI governance that actually engage citizens and workers Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Spring Budget risks funding legally questionable police tech

Open legal questions around how UK police are using facial recognition and cloud technology could undermine the £230m investment committed in the Spring Budget to “time and money-saving technology” for police Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Liverpool to get AI hub for health and social care

Artificial intelligence platform set to use NHS Integrated Care System Data to make better and decisions for patients in Liverpool, with a focus on mental health services Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

G7 nations sign deal to harness AI potential

G7 nations will produce a joint report on how to increase artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, boost growth of the quantum sector and create an AI toolkit to inform policy-making Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

UK’s AI ambitions pointless while cyber security is still neglected

The UK’s AI ambitions may be at considerable risk without stronger cyber defences across the private and public sectors Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

NHS to extend use of AI to cut waiting times and missed appointments

Following a pilot of AI software predicting likely missed appointments at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, 10 further trusts will deploy the system Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Home Office plans to give UK police forces auto-redaction technology

The department has funded a market review of redaction tools and aims to deliver AI-powered automated redaction tools to the police as quickly as possible Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

UK gets funding boost through EU Horizon chip initiative

Signing up to the Chips Joint Undertaking means the UK will receive up to £35m to support chip development Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

AWS launches Builder Studio in Melbourne

The Builder Studio will help customers and partners build prototype AI projects to validate and test their ideas before deployment Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

A new security partnership to build a silicon valley in South Wales

The £140m acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab by American firm Vishay is to be welcomed but the UK needs needs security, stability and strategic investment to grow our domestic semiconductor capability, writes Alun Cairns MP Continue Reading

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• Alun Cairns

Nationwide IT infrastructure poised to absorb Virgin Money

A Nationwide takeover of Virgin Money will be the biggest financial services acquisition since 2008, but what about the IT challenges and opportunities that go with it? Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Industry partnerships and data key to better public services

Using public-private partnerships and improving the use of data are key to improving public services and the government’s ‘science and technology superpower’ ambitions, says digital secretary Michelle Donelan Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Vinnova launches National Digital Advancement project

Swedish state innovation initiative invests in a network of regional research and development centres Continue Reading

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• Gerard O'Dwyer

AI Singapore, Google to build regional dataset for LLMs

AI Singapore and Google Research Asia-Pacific will build a corpus of open-source training data through Project SEALD to drive the development of LLMs in Southeast Asia Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

How Microsoft is easing GenAI adoption into financial services

Microsoft is supporting enterprise deployment models, addressing the risks of the technology and leveraging its industry cloud capabilities to ease generative AI adoption in the financial sector Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Government insists it is acting ‘responsibly’ on military AI

The government has responded to calls from a Lords committee that it must “proceed with caution” when it comes to autonomous weapons and military artificial intelligence, arguing that caution is already embedded throughout its approach Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Indian government issues advisory to mitigate AI risks

Tech firms will require permission from the government to use and provide under-tested or unreliable AI models and software to Indian users Continue Reading

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• Kavitha Srinivasa

Chancellor targets £36bn productivity boost with £4.2bn digital transformation plan

In his 2024 spring budget, Jeremy Hunt announced funding to use tech to improve productivity across the public sector, with most of the cash focused on digital initiatives in the NHS Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Singapore refreshes geospatial masterplan

Masterplan aimed at driving mainstream adoption of geospatial applications and grooming geospatial talent, among other goals, will help to position Singapore as a global geospatial hub Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Dutch organisations start building a federated European cloud

The ‘European cloud services in an open federated ecosystem’ (ECOFED) project is co-funded by the Dutch government and will run from 2024 to 2027 Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

How Southeast Asia’s largest bank is riding the AI wave

DBS has scaled its AI capabilities across all parts of its business to deliver tangible outcomes and productivity gains Continue Reading

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• Piyush Gupta

How AllSaints, L’Oreal and Deliveroo are using AI to improve CX

From fuelling chatbots and digital assistants, to helping with retail media targeting, retailers continue to announce ways artificial intelligence is helping them boost customer experiences online Continue Reading

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• Ben Sillitoe

Jeremy Hunt to deliver tech-laden Spring Budget

The chancellor’s 2024 Budget will cover a £800m funding package to boost public sector productivity through technology, with cash for police tech, the justice system transformation programme and the NHS Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

3D (three dimensions or three dimensional)

3D, or three dimensional, refers to the three spatial dimensions of width, height and depth. Continue Reading

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• Nick Barney, Technology Writer
• Robert Sheldon

DSIT publishes results of public digital identity trust consultation

Report from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology shows UK public wants government to be accountable and transparent, and views trust and inclusivity as key Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Government sets out research plans for 2024

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology highlights cyber security, artificial intelligence and telecoms as areas where it would like to build evidence and bridge knowledge gaps in current research Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

How TeamViewer is charting its growth beyond remote connectivity

TeamViewer CEO Oliver Steil outlines the company’s efforts to build on its remote connectivity and control capabilities to support emerging use cases such as smart factories Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Executive interview: David Wong, Thomson Reuters

We speak to the chief product officer of Thomson Reuters about working with artificial intelligence and embedding Microsoft Copilot for Word Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Hycu uses AI to develop APIs for SaaS application backup

SaaS applications don’t usually come with built-in data protection, but Hycu plans to tackle that gap in the market with AI to generate the connectors needed to backup user data Continue Reading

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• Yann Serra, LeMagIT
• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

CIO interview: Nigel Richardson, European CIO, PepsiCo

The food and drinks giant is targeting customer engagement, supply chain improvements and greater sustainability as it works on its digital transformation plans Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

Netherlands formulates vision to address risks of GenAI

There are numerous risks and challenges associated with generative AI – which is why the Dutch government has formulated a vision document for its responsible and safe use in the Netherlands Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

LLMs explained: A developer’s guide to getting started

A guide to help enterprise developers use large language models securely, efficiently and cost-effectively in their applications Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Toshiba and Orange test quantum encryption on traditional network

Researchers used QKD on a fibre-optic network spanning 184km to show how the technology could be used to secure networks cost-effectively Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

NasuniIQ brings visualisation of massive unstructured datasets

Global file system provider adds visualisation of massive distributed unstructured datasets to allow customers to analyse data usage and prepare clean training data for artificial intelligence Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Rolls-Royce looks at viability of quantum computing in nuclear safety

The manufacturing firm is one of several participating in a Digital Catapult programme looking at industrial applications for quantum computing Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Cradlepoint embedded IoT connects AI-driven sustainable intelligent waste system

Collaboration shows how cellular-connected artificial intelligence can support environmental sustainability through secure, scalable IoT connectivity that merges cellular technology with AI for optimal waste diversion and profitability Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Singapore to invest S$1bn in AI over five years

The funding will go towards compute, talent, and industry development to support Singapore’s national AI strategy Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Google claims AI advances with Gemini LLM

Code analysis, understanding large volumes of text and translating a language by learning from one read of a book are among the breakthroughs of Gemini 1.5 Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

As India takes off to space, the stardust will fall on IT

India’s progress in space technology will yield benefits not only for its burgeoning space industry, but also advance internet of things and telephony applications, among others Continue Reading

CW APAC: February to April 2024 – Trend Watch: CIO trends

Organisations have plenty of technologies to keep track of when digitising their operations. In this handbook, focused on CIO trends in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at IT predictions for 2024, how India’s space missions will propel tech and Australia’s advances in cyber security. Continue Reading

Microsoft: Nation-state hackers are exploiting ChatGPT

Threat actors from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia have all been probing use cases for generative AI service ChatGPT, but have yet to use such tools in a full-blown cyber attack Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

How DBS is industrialising AI across its business

Southeast Asia’s biggest lender is building a strong data foundation and upskilling employees on data and artificial intelligence to realise its vision of becoming an AI-fuelled bank Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Europe carves out niche in quantum computing

As the US, China and Europe accelerate investment in quantum computing, Europe is beginning to develop its own unique position in the fledgling global ecosystem Continue Reading

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• Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management

Government reaffirms commitment to hold off on AI laws

The UK government reaffirming its commitment hold off on artificial intelligence legislation has been received positively by industry for balancing innovation and safety Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Government funds two semiconductor centres

So-called information knowledge centres in Bristol and Southampton are each receiving £11m Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

UK’s McPartland Cyber Review to probe trust in technology

The UK government has launched a cyber security review that will investigate how best to give businesses the confidence they need to use new technologies Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UK government responds to AI whitepaper consultation

The UK government is considering introducing binding legal requirements for companies developing the most powerful AI systems, and has outlined a range of funding to realise the ambitions of its ‘pro-innovation’ framework for artificial intelligence Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Three predictions for responding to the cyber threat landscape in 2024

Nominet's Kim Wiles looks to the coming months and calls for cooperation and collaboration on tackling cyber security threats Continue Reading

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• Kim Wiles

UK quantum initiatives get funding boost

Government funds new initiatives to drive quantum computing opportunities across the public sector Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Sea-Lion explained: Southeast Asia’s first large language model

The Sea-Lion large language model was built to cater to the language and cultural diversity of Southeast Asia, which is currently underserved by existing models that mostly originate from the West Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

UK ranks third in OECD Digital Government Index

The UK has dropped from overall second to third place in the international digital government survey, but fails to feature in the top 10 countries when it comes to having a data-driven public sector Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Crew Clothing head of IT: ‘The projects don’t stop’

Crew Clothing parted ways with its senior leadership team in 2023, but there is a clear roadmap in place for technology transformation – and it doesn’t involve an ERP system Continue Reading

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• Ben Sillitoe

UK government signs AI, science and innovation deals with Canada

The agreements will see the two countries collaborate on AI compute – a development component of artificial intelligence – and work together on technology innovations such as quantum and semiconductors Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Quantum computing in 2024: What are the challenges?

Research shows that while there has been a big reduction in quantum computing investment, governments have been ploughing in funding Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Inside India’s supercomputing journey

India is looking to shore up its supercomputing capabilities, but more needs to be done to realise its ambition of becoming a world leader in the field Continue Reading

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• Pratima Harigunani

The promise of quantum computing

Sergio Gago, managing director for AI, machine learning and quantum at Moody’s, explains why now is a good time to invest in quantum computing. Continue Reading

Google Cloud teams up with Singapore government on AI initiatives

Over 100 generative AI use cases have been tested through the AI Trailblazers programme, among other initiatives to spur AI adoption and build AI talent in the city-state Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Lords question legality of police facial recognition

Lords committee ‘deeply concerned’ about the rapid expansion of live facial recognition by UK police, which it says is progressing without any real oversight or accountability Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

GenAI tools ‘could not exist’ if firms are made to pay copyright

AI firm Anthropic hits out at copyright lawsuit filed by music publishers, claiming the content ingested into its models falls under ‘fair use’ and that any licensing regime would be too complex and costly Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

UK government consults on age verification tech in alcohol sales

The government has said it wants to allow the use of digital identities and various age-verification technologies in alcohol sales Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Security Think Tank: What to expect in cyber this year

Risk arising from insecure generative AI, an explosion in mainstream acceptance of zero-trust, and increasingly tight cyber insurance policies will all be high on the agenda in 2024, writes Forrester senior analyst Alla Valente Continue Reading

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• Alla Valente

DSIT unveils forum to drive AI adoption in UK businesses

UK government launches AI Opportunity Forum with tech and business chiefs to help firms drive up UK productivity through AI Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Tony Blair Institute calls for creation of NHS Data Trust

The NHS would have a majority stake in the data trust, with additional investment from private sector companies, harnessing anonymised data as a competitive asset, proposes the think thank Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Civil Service must embrace innovation, says Cabinet Office minister

John Glen sets out plans for Civil Service reform, highlighting a focus on technology and innovation, as he plans to ‘crack the productivity puzzle’ in government Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

IT Sustainability Think Tank: Why 2024 should be less about predicting and more about acting

With 2023 now behind us, it is time to look ahead at what enterprise leaders should be focusing their IT sustainability efforts on during the year ahead Continue Reading

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• Carmen Ene, BNP Paribas 3 Step IT,

Security Think Tank: 2024 is the year we bridge the cyber divide

ISACA's Steven Sim Kok Leong shares his thoughts on the coming year in cyber security, considering the impact of regulatory change, the evolving role of the CISO, and advances in innovative cyber tech Continue Reading

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• Steven Sim Kok Leong

Inside Cisco’s security platform strategy

Raj Chopra, senior vice-president of Cisco’s security business, outlines the company’s security platform strategy and how it brought different products together into a single platform Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

AI will heighten global ransomware threat, says NCSC

The benefits of artificial intelligence to cyber criminals being well-known, the NCSC now assesses it’s likely AI will soon be widely used to enhance ransomware attacks Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Dutch companies not ready for AI

Many Dutch organisations are not ready to start working with AI, according to the Cisco AI Readiness Index Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

Upgraded Arabic large language model is twice as big

Techniques that were used to double the power of what was already the largest LLM for Arabic can now be applied to other languages whose native speakers do not yet have access to AI Continue Reading

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• Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management

Stellar Lifestyle opens high-tech retail space

The Hive 2.0 retail space in Esplanade Xchange uses AI and robots to enable self-checkout, prepare and serve beverages, and deliver items to offices in a nearby building Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

ICO prompts confusion over police cloud legality

The UK data regulator has suggested that, despite major data protection concerns, it is likely to greenlight police cloud deployments because of an information-sharing agreement with the US government Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Unilever provides recipe support to blind and partially sighted shoppers

Accessible QR codes and an app from Be My Eyes link shoppers direct to Unilever customer support Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Fujitsu boss admits to missed opportunities to prevent miscarriages of justice

Concerns of an expert witness in subpostmaster trials were ignored by Fujitsu Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Cabinet Office publishes 10-point generative AI guidance

Cabinet Office’s framework, which will evolve as the technology moves forward, sets out 10 principles for the government's use of generative AI systems Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

AWS plans huge investment in Japan cloud infrastructure

Amazon Web Services plans to invest over $15bn into its existing cloud infrastructure in Tokyo and Osaka by 2027 to meet growing customer demand Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

NCSC invites security pros to join the big leagues

The NCSC is inviting security pros from across the UK to sign up to work with its experts on an intelligence-sharing initiative Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Biometric revolution in IAM: The future of authentication

The IAM landscape is experiencing profound change thanks to the advent of biometrics. Learn about the latest advantages and key benefits of biometrics in identity Continue Reading

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• Isla Sibanda

Michelle Donelan aims high on tech innovation growth

The science, innovation and technology secretary wants the UK to match US VC investment as a proportion of GDP Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Singapore proposes governance framework for generative AI

AI Verify Foundation and Infocomm Media Development Authority have proposed a governance framework for generative AI to address the risks and concerns about the emerging technology Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Republic of Ireland publishes progress update on digital strategy

Update reveals 2.3 million people in Ireland now have MyGovID accounts, and the Irish government plans to launch a new digital portal for businesses, as well as establishing an AI advisory council imminently Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad