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February 08, 2024
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Feb'24
CIO interview: Sandy Venugopal, SentinelOne
We speak to the former CIO of Uber and LinkedIn, current CIO of SentinelOne, about how artificial intelligence should be deployed in business
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February 08, 2024
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Feb'24
Swedish CIO contributes best practices for ethical use of artificial intelligence
IT leaders are scrambling to keep up with AI technology, but many are losing sight of its ethical impact – and what CIOs need to do to ensure responsible use
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February 08, 2024
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Feb'24
Cisco taps Apple, Nvidia to achieve distance zero and propel collaboration in new workspace
Networking and IT tech and services firm reveals solutions and partnerships with leading CE and processor manufacturer to support business in the new world of world where workspaces are being reimagined
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February 07, 2024
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Feb'24
Dozens of surveillance companies are supplying spyware to governments, says Google
Google’s Threat Analysis Group has identified 40 companies involved in selling and supplying security exploits and spyware services to governments
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February 07, 2024
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Feb'24
The challenges of open source in government
Public sector bodies may find their policy decisions are stymied due to the inflexibility of the software they deploy. Is open source the answer?
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February 07, 2024
07
Feb'24
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
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February 06, 2024
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Feb'24
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
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February 06, 2024
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Feb'24
Cisco unveils innovations for observability as it looks to future networking vision
Networking and IT tech and services giant kicks off European flagship event with major enhancements to networking cloud vision, innovations in digital experience and user monitoring for cloud-native applications
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February 06, 2024
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Feb'24
CIO interview: Stuart Birrell, chief data and information officer, EasyJet
The short-haul airline fills an aircraft every 10 seconds through its e-commerce operation – all while transforming its booking systems and migrating its IT estate to the cloud
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February 06, 2024
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Feb'24
Post Office scandal: Phase four’s rogues’ gallery
Phase four of the public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal revealed ‘a parade of liars, bullies, amnesiacs and arrogant individuals’ that made up the teams investigating and prosecuting subpostmasters
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February 05, 2024
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Feb'24
What’s standing in the way of the UK being an AI superpower?
Artificial intelligence (AI) could bring a big economic boost to the UK, says report, but there are still barriers to overcome
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February 05, 2024
05
Feb'24
Is SAP on the rise?
This year represents a tipping point for SAP to convince cagey customers of the value of cloud enterprise resource planning
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February 02, 2024
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Feb'24
‘People are now listening,' Post Office inquiry told as latest phase ends
The latest phase of the public inquiry into the widest miscarriage of justice in modern UK history – the Post Office Horizon IT scandal – closes with a bang
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February 02, 2024
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Feb'24
Meta ramps up GPUs to get ready for general intelligence
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg anticipates that training and running AI systems requires 10x computer capacity each year
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February 01, 2024
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Feb'24
AI: House of Lords focuses on copyright and transparency
Large language models promise to boost UK productivity, but the tech needs greater scrutiny and questions remain over intellectual property
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February 01, 2024
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Feb'24
Welsh workers’ AI experiences shaped by uneven power dynamics
Workers in Wales are being negatively affected by the unregulated introduction of artificial intelligence into workplaces due to asymmetric power dynamics
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February 01, 2024
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Feb'24
Defra legacy IT: 180 applications refreshed, over 1,500 remain
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has a 10-year plan to update technology. So far, 180 have been replaced or updated
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February 01, 2024
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Feb'24
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
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February 01, 2024
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Feb'24
Government ‘dragging it out’ by refusing to share knowledge of Post Office trial ‘delaying tactic’
Subpostmasters will have to wait to find out if the government knew of the Post Office’s plan to derail group litigation order, by trying to push managing judge out
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January 31, 2024
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Jan'24
Singtel ropes in industry partners in datacentre push
Singtel inks partnerships with Nvidia, Gulf Energy, Medco and others in its efforts to grow its datacentre business and support AI adoption in Singapore and Southeast Asia
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January 31, 2024
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Jan'24
Forrester: Curb your AI enthusiasm
Ongoing supply issues with semiconductors mean IT departments may have to wait up to a year for the latest hardware
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January 31, 2024
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Jan'24
Microsoft results show benefits of AI on Azure
The company’s cloud business posted revenue of $33bn, with new AI inferencing workloads driving up demand
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January 31, 2024
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Jan'24
Datacentre operators face capacity planning challenges as AI use soars
A report by real estate consultancy JLL highlights the pressures datacentres operators are facing as they respond to the growing demand for artificial intelligence workloads
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January 30, 2024
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Jan'24
User groups give SAP’s 50% Rise incentive the thumbs up
SAP has changed tack, after the furore over its intention to make certain features available only to Rise customers on SAP Cloud
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January 30, 2024
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Jan'24
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
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January 30, 2024
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Jan'24
Oracle to fine-tune AI for the enterprise
Oracle AI developments aim to blend enterprise data and LLMs across its technology stack and SaaS portfolio
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January 30, 2024
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Jan'24
Juniper claims first AI-native networking platform
AIOps and virtual network assistant expanded with first integrated digital experience twinning and end-to-end insight across campus, branch and data centre infrastructures to drive more speed, scale and value
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January 30, 2024
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Jan'24
How Simplyhealth is using Salesforce’s take on generative AI to boost email response times
Health and dental plan company is cutting response times to some common and recurring client queries – from 12 minutes to just one
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January 30, 2024
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Jan'24
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
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January 30, 2024
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Jan'24
Pre-Horizon users contacting lawyers as more Post Office IT horror stories emerge
Lawyer says there is no reason to believe the Post Office treated unexplained shortfalls on systems prior to Horizon any differently to the way it dealt with unexplained Horizon shortfalls
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January 29, 2024
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Jan'24
Russian IT sector still under serious pressure
Russian IT sector faces challenges on multiple fronts as Western sanctions widen
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January 29, 2024
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Jan'24
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
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January 29, 2024
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Jan'24
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
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January 26, 2024
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Jan'24
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
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January 26, 2024
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Jan'24
SAP puts the focus on AI, but cloud is still the key
ERP giant wants to boost its AI capabilities, but there remains work to be done persuading customers to shift to its cloud offerings
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January 26, 2024
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Jan'24
8x8 enhances experience communications as a service suite
XCaaS platform to now include capabilities such as AI-generated post-meeting smart summaries and action items, omnichannel experiences, global workforce support, and deeper technology partner integrations
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January 26, 2024
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Jan'24
Lawyers carry on Post Office appeals amid uncertainty over government plan to overturn en masse
Lawyers supporting former subpostmasters said they will continue appealing convictions as normal despite government plan to exonerate hundreds in one go
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January 26, 2024
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Jan'24
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
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January 26, 2024
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Jan'24
Expert IT witness outsmarted an ‘aggressive’ Post Office to get to truth after inspection ‘madness’
The Post Office’s attempts to protect the Horizon system are well known, in light of the public inquiry and a recent TV drama, but Computer Weekly can reveal how an IT expert was treated during his investigation of Horizon
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January 25, 2024
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Jan'24
Cisco updates AppDynamics with Smart Agents to tackle sprawl
As application architectures becomes more distributed, monitoring becomes increasingly complex – Cisco has a plan for simplification
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January 25, 2024
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Jan'24
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
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January 25, 2024
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Jan'24
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
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January 25, 2024
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Jan'24
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
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January 24, 2024
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Jan'24
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
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January 24, 2024
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Jan'24
Committee chair asks minister to back ‘Mr Bates clause’ in Post Office compensation legislation
Select committee chair wants guarantees on financial redress for subpostmasters that suffered in the Horizon scandal
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January 23, 2024
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Jan'24
GitHub: Top tips to make software developers more productive
Study highlights importance of good documentation and processes, as well as fewer work distractions
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January 23, 2024
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Jan'24
UN chief blasts AI companies for reckless pursuit of profit
The United Nations general secretary has blasted technology companies and governments for pursuing their own narrow interests in artificial intelligence without any consideration of the common good, as part of wider call to reform global governance
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January 22, 2024
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Jan'24
Dutch companies not ready for AI
Many Dutch organisations are not ready to start working with AI, according to the Cisco AI Readiness Index
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January 22, 2024
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Jan'24
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
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January 22, 2024
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Jan'24
AI ushering new era of intelligent CX
Annual customer experience trends report reveals that 68% of UK customer experience leaders believe chatbots can help build a stronger emotional connection with clients, with AI now the norm