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• November 29, 2023 29 Nov'23

  Aerodyne taps AWS to power drone platform

  The Malaysia-based startup is running its Dronos platform on AWS to expand its footprint globally and support a variety of drone use cases, from agriculture seeding to cellular tower maintenance

• November 29, 2023 29 Nov'23

  AI to drive Zoom to new levels in 2024

  Collaboration and communications company’s GenAI technology to be cornerstone of hybrid workspace where technology aligns with real user needs

• November 29, 2023 29 Nov'23

  Re:Invent 2023: Selipsky cues Q to project future shape of work

  At Amazon Web Services’ annual conference in Las Vegas, Re:Invent, CEO Adam Selipsky hails GenAI capacity of product Q to reshape the future of work

• November 28, 2023 28 Nov'23

  CCRC refers two posthumous subpostmaster appeals to Crown Court

  CCRC refers posthumous appeals against convictions to Crown Court for first time

• November 28, 2023 28 Nov'23

  AWS sharpens focus in APAC

  AWS is doubling down on industry offerings and investing in cloud infrastructure and skills training, among other efforts, to tap growth opportunities in the region

• November 27, 2023 27 Nov'23

  SAP needs to address breakdown in trust

  Outgoing UK and Ireland SAP user group chair calls on SAP to rebuild trust and plot a path to innovate S/4Hana for those who run ERP on-premise

• November 27, 2023 27 Nov'23

  ‘Excited’ finance firms pump money into digital technology

  Over three-quarters of finance firms are currently restricted in what they can spend on technology due to the global economic climate, but expect spending to resume next year

• November 27, 2023 27 Nov'23

  NCSC publishes landmark guidelines on AI cyber security

  The NCSC and its US counterpart CISA have brought together tech companies and governments to countersign a new set of guidelines aimed at promoting a secure-by-design culture in AI development

• November 24, 2023 24 Nov'23

  UK police plan national roll-out of facial-recognition phone app

  UK police chiefs plan to expand use of facial-recognition technology through a nationwide roll-out of mobile-based tools and increases in retrospective facial-recognition, but oversight problems persist

• November 24, 2023 24 Nov'23

  Eir Ireland transforms contact centres to enhance customer experience

  IT service provider announces partnership with leading Irish telco and technology firm to transform customer service, replacing legacy call centre systems with an API-first experience orchestration platform

• November 23, 2023 23 Nov'23

  Microsoft bans SME partners from selling its services via government's Cloud Compute 2 framework

  Microsoft is under fire after documents leaked to Computer Weekly revealed it has banned reseller partners from selling its services via the government’s soon-to-be launched Cloud Compute 2 framework

• November 23, 2023 23 Nov'23

  Three-quarters of finance executives expect generative AI to replace them

  Survey reveals an expectation that GenAI will take over many of the finance executive roles currently held by people

• November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

  Chancellor offers spending boost for IT buyers alongside AI and quantum investments

  In his Autumn Statement, chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a range of measures intended to boost investment in innovation and technology

• November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

  Autumn Statement reveals more AI and quantum initiatives

  With the government keen to position the UK as pro-innovation, the chancellor used the 2023 Autumn Statement to discuss more plans to support that ambition

• November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

  Controversial Fujitsu contract with Post Office extended again

  IT from Fujitsu is at the heart of the widest miscarriage of justice in UK history, yet the government keeps handing millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money to the IT giant

• November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

  Republic of Korea deal adds to UK quantum momentum

  The new agreement paves the way to greater collaboration on AI and quantum computing

• November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

  Enterprise, large accounts get Zoom ahead of guidance in Q3

  Communications and collaboration firm’s third quarter results for 2024 fiscal year show better-than-expected performance

• November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

  Nebulon upgrades SPU to Medusa2 with Nvidia DPU hardware

  Nebulon aims to replace HCI with its OS on an offload card that it claims reduces server resource use by 25%. Medusa2 uses Nvidia DPU hardware and its own cloud control plane

• November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

  Boomi doubles down on AI and automation

  Boomi executives talk up the company’s artificial intelligence and automation capabilities and its growing traction in ANZ during a recent event in Sydney

• November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

  World Wide Fund for Nature signs IT deal with Atos

  Global conservation organisation will harness latest technologies to improve ability to predict risks to natural environment

• November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

  Altman’s back at OpenAI. What next for Microsoft?

  Fired and now rehired, Sam Altman returns to OpenAI, leaving a hole in Microsoft’s Advanced AI plans

• November 21, 2023 21 Nov'23

  OpenAI faces open revolt

  Up to 95% of staff at the generative AI pioneer are thinking of quitting unless their former boss is rehired

• November 21, 2023 21 Nov'23

  Deputy prime minister heads up AI central government drive

  The government has established a new initiative called i.AI in a bid to drive AI across the public sector to improve efficiency

• November 21, 2023 21 Nov'23

  The ‘application generation’ demands more from developers

  The latest Cisco AppDynamics poll of consumers has identified a new breed of app user that has emerged post-pandemic

• November 20, 2023 20 Nov'23

  Kingfisher develops AI-agnostic platform to power DIY assistant

  The platform provides a framework for security and compliance and enables developers to test different large language models

• November 20, 2023 20 Nov'23

  JPMorgan Chase tops bank AI ranking

  Report reveals that JPMorgan Chase is the world's top bank for AI, along with Capital One and Royal Bank of Canada, but Europeans are lagging behind

• November 20, 2023 20 Nov'23

  AI productivity gains could result in four-day weeks for millions

  Autonomy think tank publishes paper on potential for artificial intelligence-driven large language models to shorten people’s work weeks

• November 20, 2023 20 Nov'23

  Software engineers worry about speaking out

  A culture of fear exists in many software teams, preventing individuals from raising concerns over problems

• November 20, 2023 20 Nov'23

  Former OpenAI boss to lead Microsoft Advanced AI division

  Shenanigans over the weekend have seen OpenAI’s former CEO join Microsoft and Twitch’s former CEO step in as OpenAI’s interim CEO

• November 20, 2023 20 Nov'23

  IT not ready for AI, Pure Storage survey finds

  Storage, compute and networking hardware won’t cope without upgrades, and that often means total IT infrastructure overhaul

• November 20, 2023 20 Nov'23

  NHS England hits 90% target for electronic patient records

  Some 90% of trusts in NHS England have adopted electronic patient records in hospitals, ahead of government schedule

• November 17, 2023 17 Nov'23

  US civil society groups demand better conditions for AI workers

  Some 24 US civil society groups and unions and have written a letter to the US Senate asking for action to improve the working conditions of the people who train and maintain their artificial intelligence systems

• November 17, 2023 17 Nov'23

  Oracle NetSuite CEO Goldberg: AI a sleeping giant coming to life

  Speaking with Computer Weekly at SuiteWorld, Evan Goldberg, executive vice-president of Oracle NetSuite, discussed how artificial intelligence has emerged from obscurity to be of business moment

• November 17, 2023 17 Nov'23

  Microsoft and Meta quizzed on AI copyright

  Large language models are trained using vast amounts of public data – but do the hyperscalers comply with copyright laws?

• November 17, 2023 17 Nov'23

  Capgemini and Heathrow strike deal to enhance passenger experience

  Capgemini and Heathrow team up to provide development and operations support for the airport’s technology estate

• November 17, 2023 17 Nov'23

  Does third-party support make sense?

  We speak to a Rimini Street customer about their experience of managing an Oracle ERP

• November 17, 2023 17 Nov'23

  Interview: Walmart’s David Glick discusses technology scale

  We speak to Walmart’s head of enterprise business services about managing IT and technology innovation at the retailer

• November 16, 2023 16 Nov'23

  Workato CEO calls for new automation mindset

  Workato CEO Vijay Tella urges organisations to go beyond the ‘mechanistic glue’ of automating manual processes and embrace a new automation mindset that focuses on transforming their business

• November 16, 2023 16 Nov'23

  Outgoing police tech watchdog warns of declining oversight

  The outgoing biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner for England and Wales discusses police deployment of powerful new surveillance technologies, and the declining state of oversight in this area

• November 16, 2023 16 Nov'23

  Cancer Research UK uses AWS for payments and trial search function

  Charity Cancer Research UK has been using AWS to make its donations platform more scalable, as well as making it easier for patients to find clinical trials

• November 16, 2023 16 Nov'23

  Spotify and Google Cloud expand tech partnership for AI-led user experience improvement push

  Music streaming giant Spotify is forging even closer ties with its long-standing cloud partner Google in an effort to improve user experience with the help of artificial intelligence and machine learning

• November 16, 2023 16 Nov'23

  Microsoft ignites chip journey with AI accelerators

  The company used its annual Ignite conference to showcase the work it is doing to optimise AI and make more energy-efficient hardware

• November 16, 2023 16 Nov'23

  SAP sustainability study reveals UK businesses lack funding

  An annual sustainability study by SAP reveals UK businesses are on the right track, but still face barriers in the long run

• November 16, 2023 16 Nov'23

  Post Office scandal inquiry postpones more key witness hearings

  Yet more witness hearings are cancelled due to the Post Office's late disclosure of documents

• November 15, 2023 15 Nov'23

  November Patch Tuesday heralds five new MS zero-days

  Microsoft pushes fixes for five new zero-days in its latest monthly update

• November 15, 2023 15 Nov'23

  PeopleSpot dishes out people-related advice

  The PeopleSpot app provides resources to help workers deal with people-related challenges and enables organisations to surface HR issues through its analytics capabilities

• November 14, 2023 14 Nov'23

  Chip sector gears up for AI revolution

  While Nvidia has established its AI dominance, Intel has been working on AI chips running on supercomputers

• November 14, 2023 14 Nov'23

  AMD survey finds AI hardware lacking in many IT departments

  Global survey finds that IT leaders are finding it hard to keep up with the pace of change in AI

• November 13, 2023 13 Nov'23

  Australia’s public cloud spending to hit A$23bn in 2024

  Spending on public cloud services in Australia will reach 50% of the total addressable market for the first time in 2024, according to Gartner

• November 13, 2023 13 Nov'23

  Dubai Electricity & Water Authority, Avaya extend customer centre alliance

  Dubai utility firm enhances its customer care centre to become integrated digital interactive hub, enabling customers to access a wide range of services through an interactive voice system