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Amazon links planned mass layoff to AI

E-commerce giant Amazon has cited artificial intelligence as a key driver of its decision to lay off thousands of its corporate employees
Turing Institute refocuses on security after Peter Kyle letter

A letter by the former secretary of state at DSIT, Peter Kyle, has led to a major transformation, with 78 projects taken off its books
UK citizens raise red flags over datacentre environmental impacts

A poll of 1,000 UK citizens reveals deep concerns about the energy and water usage habits of the nation’s growing footprint of datacentres
Effective cyber sanctions require a joined-up approach, says Rusi

Calling out and sanctioning cyber threat actors can be an effective tool, but is not a universal panacea, and needs to be considered as part of a wider, strategic approach, say Rusi think tank analysts
VodafoneThree network unlocks ‘significant’ coverage improvements

Network analyst finds recently merged company’s strategy to pool network resources is paying off for users from broader reach to faster, more reliable connectivity
Qualcomm gears up for AI inference revolution

Rack-based AI acceleration hardware is being positioned as a cost-effective and straightforward way to power AI inference workloads

Pulling the plug: A way to halt a cyber attacker in your network?

Rumours of an organisation taking its systems offline during a cyber attack spurred conversation on the consequences of simply pulling the power, or internet access, to stop intruders. We consider the ethics and practicality
Interview: Lenovo’s Mary Jacques on combining environmental sustainability with circularity

The Hong Kong-headquartered hardware supplier remains serious about tackling climate change – and achieving results, including Scope 3 emissions reduction
AI and digital twins to serve increasingly complex robot management

Proliferating fleets of robots, diffusion of humanoids, and the emerging robot class of androids will increase complexities of robot management in the future. AI and digital twins will become increasingly important management tools

IFS progresses from ‘promise to performance’ on Industrial AI - CW Developer Network

No longer ‘just’ the ERP company that we perhaps once thought of, IFS has over the last decade shown itself to be aligned to a defined set of specific verticals for the provision of field service ... Continue Reading
A case for AI Qwerty- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

Techies love the 80:20 rule. Imagine there’s a bit of tech that would do the 20% of laborious tasks people have to do during their working day. Over the course of a 35-hour week, a 20% not working ... Continue Reading
AI workflows - Elastic: Hope-flows and hard truths- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post by Nic Palmer, head of customer architecture for international, Elastic - the company known for its open source platform that powers search, observability, security and wider ... Continue Reading
Who knew? How Starmer kept his digital ID plan secret for months- Computer Weekly Editors Blog

When prime minister Keir Starmer announced on 26 September that the government was to introduce a mandatory national digital ID scheme, it came as a surprise to many people – not least those in the ... Continue Reading

Use second-layer tools for AI safety

While some enterprises find it difficult to adopt AI, they can now use second-layer AI tools that enable businesses to implement the technology safely
Why layered resilience is the only true safeguard for SMEs

Real resilience doesn’t come from last minute panic once the storm has hit, it comes from layering defences through education, prevention, cure and – most importantly – recovery.
How AI and data can improve government

AI is reshaping government and public services. We should harness it to make government more efficient, fairer and more responsive