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February 03, 2023
03
Feb'23
UK seeks head of quantum office
A vacancy on the civil service jobs site suggests the UK’s new quantum strategy is about to be rolled out – and there’s going to be a new chief
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February 02, 2023
02
Feb'23
Goodbye NHS Digital – a new era of NHS technology is upon us
As NHS Digital is officially merged into NHS England, Computer Weekly takes a look at the history of the organisation and what the merger could mean for the future of NHS IT
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February 01, 2023
01
Feb'23
Innovative Technology deploys age estimation tech in shops and pubs
A company involved in Home Office-led trials of biometric age estimation technologies has begun rolling out its hardware to UK shops and pubs so they can use its facial recognition algorithm to assure customers’ ages
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February 01, 2023
01
Feb'23
NASA works with IBM on foundational data model for Earth science
Using IBM’s foundational model for artificial intelligence, NASA plans to offer researchers a way to access the vast troves of data it collects about Earth
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January 31, 2023
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Jan'23
Crédit Agricole tests quantum in finance
The corporate and investment bank has run experiments with Pasqal and Multiverse to demo quantum computing in finance
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January 31, 2023
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Jan'23
Digital banking changing the high street forever as banks close branches and open alternatives
Banks are reshaping their channels as customers move to digital services, with physical innovation complementing digital strategies
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January 31, 2023
31
Jan'23
Mark Logan on his vision for a Scottish technology ecosystem
The Scottish Government’s entrepreneur advisor speaks to Computer Weekly about the philosophy behind an ambitious technology ecosystem strategy
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January 30, 2023
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Jan'23
BT tests out high-altitude flying antenna
The trial with Stratospheric Platforms may lead to hydrogen-powered drones being used to provide 4G and 5G rural coverage
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January 27, 2023
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Jan'23
Deci claims breakthrough inference performance on Intel Sapphire Rapids
Israeli startup Deci claims GPU-like performance in running computer vision and natural language processing models on Intel’s fourth-generation Xeon processors
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January 25, 2023
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Jan'23
Japan researchers develop new data encryption method
Researchers from Tokyo University of Science have combined the best of homomorphic encryption and secret sharing in a new method to handle encrypted data
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January 24, 2023
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Jan'23
Nationwide Building Society CIO to join Co-operative Bank
Gary Delooze to join Co-operative Bank as CIO after six years heading up Nationwide Building Society’s IT department
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January 24, 2023
24
Jan'23
SMEs keen on embedded finance, but more choice needed to increase take-up
Suppliers to small and medium-sized enterprises need to offer more choice when embedding financial products in their services if take-up is to increase
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January 24, 2023
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Jan'23
Executive interview: Andrew Roughan, CEO, Plexal
Plexal CEO Andrew Roughan talks about how tech startups collaborate with the government to transform public services, the barriers to entry, and how the process can be improved
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January 23, 2023
23
Jan'23
Royal Society calls on public sector to pilot privacy tech
The Royal Society says public sector bodies should lead the way in piloting privacy-enhancing technologies to unlock the value of data without compromising privacy and data rights, but lack of standards and incentives mean adoption is slow
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January 20, 2023
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Jan'23
Barclays Eagle Labs awarded Digital Growth Grant over Tech Nation
Barclays Eagle Labs incubator to take over Tech Nation’s role in administering UK government digital growth grant amid backlash from startup ecosystem
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January 19, 2023
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Jan'23
Newham Council rejects use of live facial-recognition tech by police
Live facial-recognition technology should not be used by police in Newham until biometric and anti-discrimination safeguards are in place, according to a motion passed unanimously by the council, but the Met Police and the Home Office have indicated...
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January 19, 2023
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Jan'23
Swedish government launches accelerated digitisation plan
The Swedish government has launched a four-year plan which will help to digitally transform the country’s public sector
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January 18, 2023
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Jan'23
Oracle and CBI: companies cautious, selective in 2023 IT, business investment
Oracle and the CBI are seeing much the same picture of cautious technology investment of UK businesses in 2023, in the context of long Covid and the energy price inflation crisis
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January 17, 2023
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Jan'23
Benelux CIO interview: Richard Ventre, SHV Holdings
In his role at Netherlands-based SHV Holdings, Richard Ventre is tackling the challenge of enabling a diverse set of digital transformations across a range of industries
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January 17, 2023
17
Jan'23
StarHub to undertake major network transformation
Singapore telco StarHub is deploying a hybrid cloud architecture that will enable it to launch sovereign cloud services, among other capabilities
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January 16, 2023
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Jan'23
How India is driving the use of open government data
India’s Open Government Data platform has paved the way for new applications and services, but concerns around data quality and privacy remain
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January 16, 2023
16
Jan'23
The Security Interviews: Protecting your digital self
Our digital self – the virtual presence of who we are online – has a pervasive influence in the real world. People make judgements based on these digital depictions, so what can be done to ensure positive representation?
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January 12, 2023
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Jan'23
Insights on Nordic artificial intelligence strategies
Report provides overview on how Nordic countries are dealing with challenges and opportunities brought on by artificial intelligence
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January 11, 2023
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Jan'23
Should we be worried about malicious use of AI language models?
WithSecure research into GPT-3 language models, used by the likes of ChatGPT, surfaces concerning findings about how easy it is to use large language models for malicious purposes. Should security teams be concerned?
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January 10, 2023
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Jan'23
How to find winning artificial intelligence use cases
Choosing use cases for artificial intelligence requires organisations to take a hard look at business value, risk, data and other capabilities required to realise the technology’s full potential
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January 09, 2023
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Jan'23
How to identify a strategic technology platform
A strategic platform has to be broad enough to support a range of business functions while being open, extensible and modular at the same time, according to Forrester
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January 05, 2023
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Jan'23
How cloud technology is supporting space missions
Cloud-based machine learning and other services are finding their way into space to analyse satellite imagery and monitor space debris, among other space applications
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January 05, 2023
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Jan'23
How technology is fuelling CommBank’s customer experience
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has built up capabilities in cloud and microservices while empowering engineering teams to solve complex customer problems
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January 04, 2023
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Jan'23
Traditional banking under threat from platform-based alternatives
Banking as a service embedded in non-banking business offerings will take large chunks from traditional banks
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December 30, 2022
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Dec'22
CDO interview: Barry Panayi, chief data and insight officer, John Lewis Partnership
Data science and analytics is an increasingly important function across the John Lewis Partnership, covering its retail, grocery and financial services brands
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December 29, 2022
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Dec'22
CIO interview: David Schwartz, vice-president, PepsiCo Labs
The food and drinks giant actively seeks out innovative tech startups and runs a programme to find creative ways to use their products to benefit the business
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December 29, 2022
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Dec'22
Top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2022
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2022
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December 29, 2022
29
Dec'22
Top 10 Nordic IT stories of 2022
Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 Nordic IT articles of 2022
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December 28, 2022
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Dec'22
Top 10 Middle East IT stories of 2022
Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 Middle East IT articles of 2022
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December 23, 2022
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Dec'22
Top 10 financial services IT stories of 2022
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 financial services IT articles of 2022, looking back at the moves and changes over the past year
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December 23, 2022
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Dec'22
Top 10 Benelux IT stories of 2022
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Benelux articles of 2022
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December 20, 2022
20
Dec'22
TSB hit with huge fine after IT migration disaster
TSB has been fined nearly £50m due to failings during its IT migration catastrophe
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December 15, 2022
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Dec'22
Digital Ethics Summit: Who benefits from new technology?
Experts at the 2022 Digital Ethics Summit say expedited development cycles and obviously over-hyped PR material, in tandem with the public’s near-total exclusion from conversations around technology, is creating distrust towards the tech sector
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December 14, 2022
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Dec'22
NHS gets new guidance on public benefits of data sharing
NHS national data guardian Nicola Byrne has published new guidance on how health and social care bodies should approach the task of evaluating public benefit when using data for purposes beyond individual care
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December 14, 2022
14
Dec'22
Microsoft and London Stock Exchange agree £2.3bn 10-year cloud deal
The London Stock Exchange is building on its acquisition of financial data provider Refinitiv through a deal with Microsoft
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December 13, 2022
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Dec'22
Special educational needs students use virtual reality to help navigate real world
Students on the autistic spectrum are using virtual reality to help them prepare for real-world interaction
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December 09, 2022
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Dec'22
Labour unveils plans to make UK global startup hub
The Labour Party has published a review into the UK startup landscape, which calls for a number of changes to help make the country a more attractive place for startups
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December 09, 2022
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Dec'22
Online Safety Bill returns to Parliament
MPs and online safety experts have expressed concern about encryption-breaking measures contained in the Online Safety Bill as it returns to Parliament for the first time since its passage was paused in July
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December 07, 2022
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Dec'22
Deutsche Bank powers new banking apps with Nvidia AI acceleration
The bank is looking at how AI acceleration can process financial texts, accelerate risk analysis and support its plans for the metaverse
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December 06, 2022
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Dec'22
Industrial IoT focus of next NCSC startup challenge
The NCSC for Startups programme is looking for innovative ideas to encrypt and secure the industrial internet of things
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December 06, 2022
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Dec'22
Finland connects a quantum computer to a supercomputer
VTT and CSC recently connected a quantum computer with Europe’s fastest supercomputer to enable a hybrid service for researchers
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December 04, 2022
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Dec'22
How Bosch is driving Industry 4.0 in India
Bosch India is leveraging advanced analytics and artificial intelligence to detect manufacturing defects and plans to tap quantum computing for material simulation
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November 27, 2022
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Nov'22
Plexal inducts six into cyber leadership scheme
Tech innovation hub Plexal is expanding its Cyber Runway programme with a new Ignite strand dedicated to supporting high-potential security leaders
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November 26, 2022
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Nov'22
Nominations open for Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2023
Computer Weekly is looking for nominations for the annual Innovation Awards to honour digital transformation initiatives in Asia-Pacific that have transformed organisations in six industries
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November 23, 2022
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Nov'22
AI accountability held back by ‘audit-washing’ practices
Algorithmic auditing will be useless in holding artificial intelligence accountable until there are common standards, approaches and goals that scrutinise systems at each stage of development and deployment, says think-tank