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January 03, 2024
03
Jan'24
Artificial intelligence to the front in Sweden’s National Technology Strategy
Sweden focuses in on artificial intelligence in its latest far-reaching national IT strategy
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January 02, 2024
02
Jan'24
China’s UNC4841 pivots to new Barracuda ESG zero-day
The Chinese state threat actor behind a series of cyber attacks on Barracuda Networks customers embarked on a campaign targeting the supplier’s email security products in the run-up to Christmas
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January 02, 2024
02
Jan'24
Qualtrics supports Dow digital transformation
How US-based materials science company has used analytics tools from Qualtrics to target improvements to customer experience
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January 02, 2024
02
Jan'24
Cloudflare eyes GenAI workloads with Workers AI
Cloudflare’s Workers developer platform is touted to make it easier for organisations to deploy GenAI capabilities at the edge to speed up inferencing
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December 29, 2023
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Dec'23
Top 10 AI regulation stories of 2023
From the UK government’s publication of its long-awaited AI whitepaper to its convening of the world’s first AI Safety Summit, here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 AI regulation stories of 2023
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December 28, 2023
28
Dec'23
Top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2023
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2023
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December 28, 2023
28
Dec'23
Top 10 ANZ IT stories of 2023
We recap the top 10 stories in Australia and New Zealand, including the innovations and challenges that organisations in the region have faced over the past year
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December 27, 2023
27
Dec'23
Top 10 police technology stories of 2023
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 police technology stories of 2023
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December 27, 2023
27
Dec'23
Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2023
Organisations across the region have continued to shore up their cyber security posture while investing in infrastructure to pave the way for emerging technologies like GenAI
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December 22, 2023
22
Dec'23
Top 10 government IT stories of 2023
In the year that gave life to four new government departments, Whitehall bosses have continued to fly the flag for technology, with mixed results and success. Here are the stories that made waves in 2023
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December 22, 2023
22
Dec'23
Top 10 Middle East stories of 2023
Middle Eastern countries are on digital journeys, with many pinning their futures on expertise in advanced technologies
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December 22, 2023
22
Dec'23
Top 10 financial services and fintech stories of 2023
Generative AI is the buzzword on every financial services IT professional’s lips as the technology promises to accelerate the ongoing fintech revolution
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December 21, 2023
21
Dec'23
Immigration clampdown could worsen UK IT skills shortage
The UK government’s recent clampdown on immigration could exacerbate the IT skills shortage in the country, especially in web design and development
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December 21, 2023
21
Dec'23
Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2023
Ransomware gangs dominated the cyber criminal underworld in 2023, a year that will prove notable for significant evolutionary trends in their tactics
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December 21, 2023
21
Dec'23
Top 10 storage stories of 2023
In this 2023 review, we consider if flash will thrash disk, what the Toyota outage shows about capacity planning, how to achieve green storage, the backup and compliance risks of AI, the lowdown on DPUs, and more
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December 21, 2023
21
Dec'23
Top 10 storage supplier strategy stories of 2023
In 2023, we looked at the top storage suppliers, their market share and how they set themselves for a future of hybrid cloud, containerisation and consumption models of purchasing
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December 20, 2023
20
Dec'23
Post Office gets government handout as Horizon replacement costs increase ‘significantly’
The increasing costs associated with replacing the Post Office’s controversial IT system have forced the government to hand it over £100m extra
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December 20, 2023
20
Dec'23
'No hiding place' for those responsible for Post Office Horizon scandal
MPs want individuals to be held to account for their roles in causing the Post Office Horizon scandal, which destroyed thousands of lives
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December 20, 2023
20
Dec'23
ALPHV/BlackCat operation down, but maybe not out
Multinational law enforcement has targeted the operations of the notorious ALPHV/BlackCat cyber extortion gang, but the group’s members appear to remain defiant
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December 20, 2023
20
Dec'23
Top 10 NHS IT stories of 2023
In the year we said goodbye to NHS Digital, the NHS has made some serious strides in digitising the health service, but many challenges remain. We look back at the stories that made the headlines in 2023
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December 20, 2023
20
Dec'23
Inside Zoom’s generative AI strategy
Zoom’s federated approach towards generative AI allows it to use a combination of models that are most suitable for the task on hand while lowering costs for itself and customers
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December 20, 2023
20
Dec'23
Top 10 IT leadership interviews of 2023
The top technology executives – whether their job title is CIO, CDIO, CDO or something completely different – talk to Computer Weekly and share their plans and strategies for delivering digital success
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December 19, 2023
19
Dec'23
Government reveals its own slow progress in compensating Post Office scandal victims
Few of the subpostmasters who unearthed the widest miscarriage of justice in UK history have been compensated so far, four years after their court victory
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December 19, 2023
19
Dec'23
Top 10 software development stories of 2023
There have been two main trends driving software development this year: artificial intelligence and low-code/no-code tooling
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December 19, 2023
19
Dec'23
Top 10 cyber security stories of 2023
The past 12 months have seen the security agenda dominated by the usual round of vulnerabilities, concerns over supply chain security and more besides, but it was the chaotic state of global geopolitics that really made an impact
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December 19, 2023
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Dec'23
Top 10 information management stories of 2023
Generative AI was inescapable as the leading theme of the information management stories of 2023 gathered here. But also selected are pieces about data and healthcare, and the inexorable rise of the CDO
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December 19, 2023
19
Dec'23
Top 10 Nordic stories of 2023
Known for its advances in digital technology, the Nordic region continues to pioneer the startup sector while making serious waves in Quantum computing and artificial intelligence
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December 18, 2023
18
Dec'23
Global mobile trade body hails agreement on future mobile spectrum ranges
ITU’s World Radiocommunication Conference concludes with consensus on roadmap for mobile services using designated low-band and mid-band frequencies
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December 18, 2023
18
Dec'23
Top 10 end user computing stories of 2023
While the humble personal computer remains core to business productivity, IT admins now need to support a flexible and hybrid workforce
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December 18, 2023
18
Dec'23
Top 10 artificial intelligence stories of 2023
It has been a busy year for the IT sector, building out AI-based software and hardware acceleration to meet customer requirements
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December 15, 2023
15
Dec'23
Police defend facial recognition target selection to Lords
Senior police officers confirm to Lords committee that facial recognition watchlist image selection is based on crime categories attached to people’s photos, rather than a context-specific assessment of the threat presented by a given individual
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December 15, 2023
15
Dec'23
Jaguar Land Rover taps Tata Communications to drive production
Car maker's new technology and connectivity framework is designed to power next-generation vehicle production by improving line performance and vehicle quality using AI and real-time data insights
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December 15, 2023
15
Dec'23
Government advised to overturn all Post Office scandal convictions
An independent board set up to advise the government on compensation for innocent subpostmasters has recommended that all the Post Office scandal convictions are ‘unsafe’ and should be overturned
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December 15, 2023
15
Dec'23
Alibaba debuts LLMs for Southeast Asia
Alibaba’s SeaLLMs are built to address the linguistic diversity and nuances in Southeast Asia, enabling businesses to deploy localised chatbots and translation applications
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December 14, 2023
14
Dec'23
Government plans to regulate to tackle datacentre threats
DSIT outlines a range of proposals designed to protect data storage facilities from cyber attacks, as well as physical threats and the effects of climate breakdown
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December 14, 2023
14
Dec'23
CDO interview: Andy Moore, chief data officer, Bentley Motors
Data sits at the heart of the luxury car maker’s plans for a future with electric vehicles and a ‘hyper-personalised’ customer experience
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December 14, 2023
14
Dec'23
The Security Interviews: Talking identity with Microsoft’s Joy Chik
Microsoft’s president of identity and network access, Joy Chik, joins Computer Weekly to discuss the evolving threat landscape in identity security, using innovations in artificial intelligence to stay ahead, and advocating for the coming ...
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December 14, 2023
14
Dec'23
NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron to step down in 2024
NCSC chief exec Lindy Cameron, who helped lead and elevate the national dialogue on cyber security through major events such as Covid-19, SolarWinds Sunburst and Colonial Pipeline, is to step down in the New Year
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December 14, 2023
14
Dec'23
Current Post Office executive in denial of Horizon cover-up
Executives at the Post Office today are still in denial of the part they played in destroying the lives of thousands of people
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December 14, 2023
14
Dec'23
Cisco eyes opportunities in AI, sustainability in Australia
Cisco is looking to tap opportunities in sustainability, AI and cyber security as it navigates Australia’s economic headwinds
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December 14, 2023
14
Dec'23
Developer burnout caused by flawed productivity metrics
Software development methodologies that provide a framework to improve productivity may be inadvertently leading to project delays and stress
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December 13, 2023
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Dec'23
No UK AI legislation until timing is right, says Donelan
The UK government will not legislate on artificial intelligence until it has a better understanding of the technology, so is instead focusing on building up regulatory capacity and conducting safety-focused research, says digital secretary
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December 13, 2023
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Dec'23
How ransomware gangs use the tech media against their victims
Ransomware gangs are increasingly media-savvy operators, and this means incident response plans now need to account for communications and PR strategies too
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December 13, 2023
13
Dec'23
Microsoft’s Christmas present for cyber teams: no zero-days
Barely 30 vulnerabilities, and no zero-days, have been fixed in the final Patch Tuesday drop of 2023
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December 13, 2023
13
Dec'23
Critical UK infrastructure a ‘hostage of fortune’ to ransomware
A lack of ransomware planning and preparedness at the highest levels of government is leaving UK operators or critical national infrastructure dangerously exposed, according to a Joint Committee report
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December 12, 2023
12
Dec'23
MoD fined after breach of Afghan staffers’ data put lives at risk
The MoD has been fined £350,000 by the ICO after an email blunder exposed data on Afghan nationals who had worked with British forces and were at risk of Taliban reprisals
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December 12, 2023
12
Dec'23
Outdated data protection practice key factor in PSNI data breach
The August 2023 data breach at the Police Service of Northern Ireland arose chiefly from an outdated approach to data protection and compliance at the force, according to an independent review
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December 12, 2023
12
Dec'23
Broadcom drops VMware perpetual licences and support
Customers are being offered a big discount to migrate onto a VMware subscription service
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December 12, 2023
12
Dec'23
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2024
Generative AI will continue to leave its mark on many areas in business and IT, along with other trends such as sustainability, cyber security and smart factories that are expected to shape the region’s technology landscape in 2024
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December 11, 2023
11
Dec'23
BT Group makes net neutrality call as it looks to improve network efficiency
Telco claims breakthrough technology that improves quality and reliability of live content for viewers while driving down costs for broadcasters and network operators, but calls for rethink in net neutrality debate