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• July 29, 2024 29 Jul'24

  UK government sets up AI action plan unit

  New government has ambitious plans to use artificial intelligence to grow the economy, and has hired a tech entrepreneur to help guide the strategy

• July 29, 2024 29 Jul'24

  Scam CrowdStrike domains growing in volume

  Hundreds of malicious domains exploiting CrowdStrike’s branding are appearing all over the web in the wake of the 19 July outage. Experts from Akamai share some noteworthy examples, along with guidance on how to avoid getting caught out

• July 29, 2024 29 Jul'24

  CrowdStrike says most Falcon sensors now up and running

  The vast majority of CrowdStrike Falcon sensors affected by a coding error have now been recovered, with a final resolution expected this week

• July 29, 2024 29 Jul'24

  UK government invests £106m in five quantum tech hubs

  Five university hubs are receiving funding to support the development of quantum applications that can support healthcare and businesses

• July 28, 2024 28 Jul'24

  Nearly a third of GenAI projects to be dropped after PoC

  At least 30% of generative AI projects will be abandoned by 2025 as organisations struggle to realise the value of the technology, says Gartner

• July 26, 2024 26 Jul'24

  Ban predictive policing and facial recognition, says civil society

  A coalition of civil society groups is calling for an outright ban on predictive policing and biometric surveillance in the UK

• July 26, 2024 26 Jul'24

  CMA cloud licensing: Microsoft accuses Google and AWS of ‘muddying’ anti-trust debate

  Microsoft's response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s investigation into its cloud licensing practices sees it hit out at cloud rivals for claiming its tactics are anti-competitive

• July 26, 2024 26 Jul'24

  Vince Cable says the Post Office ‘lied’ to the government over Horizon issues

  In the latest Post Office scandal public inquiry hearings, Vince Cable and Greg Clark reflected on their time as the minister heading the department responsible for the Post Office

• July 26, 2024 26 Jul'24

  APAC mobile industry to surpass $1tn by 2030

  The APAC region’s mobile industry is expected to exceed $1tn by 2030 due to the rapid adoption of 5G and AI technologies

• July 26, 2024 26 Jul'24

  AI surge spurs shift from cloud to local data control

  The rise of AI is driving organisations to move data control locally to prevent external use of their data while maintaining cloud compatibility, says Cloudian CEO

• July 25, 2024 25 Jul'24

  Why is CrowdStrike allowed to run in the Windows kernel?

  Microsoft has pointed the finger at EU regulators, blaming them for a ruling that means it needs to offer third parties access to the core Windows OS

• July 25, 2024 25 Jul'24

  India bolsters digital agriculture and space tech in Budget 2024

  India will extend its digital public infrastructure to the agriculture sector and set up a venture capital fund for space startups, among other tech initiatives in its latest Budget

• July 24, 2024 24 Jul'24

  CrowdStrike blames outage on content configuration update

  CrowdStrike publishes the preliminary findings of what will be a lengthy investigation into the root causes of the failed 19 July update that caused Windows computers to crash all over the world

• July 24, 2024 24 Jul'24

  Post Office ‘acted the victim’ and civil servants ‘abandoned their principles’, says former minister

  Former government minister tells inquiry the Post Office always played the victim of subpostmasters that it considered either ‘incompetent’ or ‘criminal’

• July 24, 2024 24 Jul'24

  SAP’s Klein bets on cloud stickiness

  The SAP CEO said the quiet part out loud while answering a question on the cloud backlog during the company’s most recent earnings call

• July 24, 2024 24 Jul'24

  The data, networking and GenAI driving The Open golf championship

  Computer Weekly goes behind the scenes at the 152nd Open golf tournament to find out how private 5G, data visualisation and deep learning tools are enhancing the ancient traditions of the sport

• July 24, 2024 24 Jul'24

  Qualtrics CEO: AI can make businesses more human

  Qualtrics CEO Zig Serafin believes AI can democratise experience management and help businesses better understand what matters to both customers and employees

• July 24, 2024 24 Jul'24

  CrowdStrike chaos: Enterprises urged to take protective action in wake of botched software update

  Enterprises that emerged unscathed from the roll-out of the botched CrowdStrike software update are being urged to view it as a wake-up call rather than a lucky escape

• July 23, 2024 23 Jul'24

  Innovations to power secure-by-design development

  Secure Code Warrior unveils technology designed to help CISOs and AppSec teams ensure their projects remain safe and free of coding errors and vulnerabilities – a big issue following the CrowdStrike incident

• July 23, 2024 23 Jul'24

  Former minister felt she was fighting department over Post Office controversy

  Former government minister was fighting with Shareholder Executive officials as she probed for information following allegations brought to her by MPs

• July 23, 2024 23 Jul'24

  Why did CrowdStrike cause the Windows Blue Screen?

  The ‘blue screen of death’ signals a catastrophic Windows failure, which is exactly what many people faced on 19 July 2024 – but why did it happen?

• July 23, 2024 23 Jul'24

  Digital Catapult confirms participants for AI-focused startup accelerator for the creative industry

  Digital Catapult is offering each participant in its latest accelerator programme access to £50,000 in funding so they can use their AI prowess to revamp how the creative industry and economy works

• July 23, 2024 23 Jul'24

  Huawei Cloud doubled its Singapore business in 2023

  Huawei Cloud grew its Singapore business by over 100% last year, with customers such as Ninja Van leveraging its services to run key workloads

• July 22, 2024 22 Jul'24

  Interview: Embedding better accessibility in software and websites

  We speak to a CIO who relies on a screen reader to do his job and find out how accessibility technology has evolved

• July 22, 2024 22 Jul'24

  CrowdStrike chaos shows risks of concentrated ‘big IT’

  The concentration of so much mission-critical technology in the hands of a few large suppliers makes incidents like the Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage all the more dangerous

• July 22, 2024 22 Jul'24

  How Co-op is preparing for the move off SAP ECC

  With end of support in 2027, Co-op has deployed its SAP ECC systems onto Rise, as a step to S/4Hana migration

• July 22, 2024 22 Jul'24

  Ed Davey and Jo Swinson ‘handled’ by civil servants in Post Office cover-up, says Sir Alan Bates

  Evidence in public inquiry revealed how ministers in charge of Post Office were left in the dark at a time when campaigners, MPs and journalists were looking for answers

• July 19, 2024 19 Jul'24

  Global Microsoft outage hits NHS GP IT system

  The Emis Web IT system used by more than half of GP practices in the UK is down, following the worldwide Microsoft outage

• July 19, 2024 19 Jul'24

  Derby City Council eyes £12.25m annual savings with AI and chatbot deployments

  East Midlands-based council has identified 261 tasks where officials believe AI can make improvements and efficiencies to the way it works

• July 19, 2024 19 Jul'24

  CrowdStrike security update fails Windows PCs globally

  An update to the security firm’s Falcon service has led to many Windows users being unable to work this morning. Microsoft 365 is also affected

• July 19, 2024 19 Jul'24

  LG integrates artificial intelligence into smart factory services

  After officially entering the market earlier this year, LG advances smart factory services business by integrating manufacturing data and assets with artificial intelligence and digital transformation

• July 18, 2024 18 Jul'24

  DBS rolls out GenAI assistant for customer service teams

  The CSO Assistant was built entirely in-house and uses a large language model tailored to local languages

• July 18, 2024 18 Jul'24

  Government trusted ‘abuser’ over the abused on Post Office scandal

  The government referred allegations about subpostmasters’ mistreatment by the Post Office to the alleged abuser itself

• July 18, 2024 18 Jul'24

  Neo4j eyes GenAI workloads in APAC

  Neo4j is targeting GenAI workloads in the fast-growing APAC market by leveraging knowledge graphs to improve the accuracy and explainability of large language models

• July 18, 2024 18 Jul'24

  DHSC ramps up departmental investment in data scientists

  The Department of Health and Social Care is revealed to be the latest government entity to have invested in building out its data science capabilities

• July 17, 2024 17 Jul'24

  How the Mercedes F1 IT team helped Lewis Hamilton win the British Grand Prix

  Computer Weekly went behind the scenes with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One team, during its victorious British Grand Prix weekend, to find out about the role of IT in beating the stopwatch

• July 17, 2024 17 Jul'24

  How iProov is fending off deepfake fraud

  Facial biometrics and controlled illumination can detect liveness, verify identities and help prevent deepfake attacks

• July 16, 2024 16 Jul'24

  Fujitsu analyst gave witness statements when more qualified colleagues refused

  Fujitsu employee provided witness statements to courts in cases against subpostmasters despite not understanding the evidence, after qualified IT experts refused

• July 16, 2024 16 Jul'24

  CMA looks deeper into Microsoft’s AI hirings

  Microsoft recently hired two former co-founders of AI specialist Inflection AI, and signed a deal to host the company’s AI model on Azure

• July 16, 2024 16 Jul'24

  Legal, tax and audit professionals look forward to AI efficiency promise

  Hundreds of hours a year could be saved through the use of AI in the legal, tax, and risk and compliance fields

• July 16, 2024 16 Jul'24

  Cloud spend trumps AI but data, security and cost a common headache

  Nasuni-sponsored survey finds cloud projects higher on the to do list than AI, but data management, security and cost reduction are common themes in all areas of investment

• July 16, 2024 16 Jul'24

  Massive hyperscaler GenAI spend raises questions on costs

  How much will IT buyers be expected to pay, as hyperscalers ramp up investment in AI-powered servers to support GenAI?

• July 15, 2024 15 Jul'24

  Schools hit with cost hike as free Microsoft licences end

  The A1 Plus academic licence, which gave teachers and pupils access to the Microsoft productivity suite, stops in August

• July 15, 2024 15 Jul'24

  DACH education ‘ready for AI’ as parents call for next phase of innovation

  A rallying cry for digital intervention in the sector across the DACH region could set the tone for a continental shift towards more dynamic and intuitive learning in the years to come

• July 15, 2024 15 Jul'24

  How Snowflake is tackling AI challenges

  Snowflake’s regional leader Sanjay Deshmukh outlines how the company is helping customers to tackle the security, skills and cost challenges of AI implementations

• July 15, 2024 15 Jul'24

  Civil servant said subpostmasters’ threat of legal action was ‘sabre-rattling’

  Post Office scandal public inquiry hears damning evidence capping off a bad week for the reputation of high-profile civil servants

• July 12, 2024 12 Jul'24

  How Howdens used GenAI to power app user experience

  The Howdens app has been updated with a GenAI-powered digital assistant that helps its trade customers tackle technical issues

• July 12, 2024 12 Jul'24

  IBM: Reimagine processes to unlock AI’s value

  Asia-Pacific organisations must reimagine processes for AI success, says IBM’s general manager for the region, Paul Burton

• July 11, 2024 11 Jul'24

  Challenges of deploying AI to run public services more efficiently

  A report from an organisation headed by former prime minister Tony Blair has set an AI challenge for the Labour government

• July 11, 2024 11 Jul'24

  Zoom unveils no-code workflow builder to boost workplace efficiency

  Comms and collaboration tech provider announces beta of workplace automation option that uses AI-powered features to streamline routine tasks, boosting efficiency and freeing up time for more meaningful work