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September 17, 2020
17
Sep'20
WikiLeaks partners developed software to redact 400,000 Iraq War Logs
Psychologist and co-founder of NGO the Iraq Body Count told a court that Julian Assange insisted on stringent redaction of hundreds of thousands of documents which revealed civilian deaths in the Iraq war
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September 16, 2020
16
Sep'20
Alibaba Cloud unveils ‘cloud computer’, delivery robot
At its annual Apsara conference, Alibaba Cloud debuts a thin-client computer and a logistics robot that can carry 50 packages in one go
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September 16, 2020
16
Sep'20
Pure flashes the cash, paying $370m for Portworx
Flash storage pioneer believes container storage is the next frontier and pays big money for container persistent storage software provider Portworx in deal set to close this month
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September 16, 2020
16
Sep'20
Lorca security scaleups to get Splunk data expertise
Lorca inducts Splunk onto its co-marketing programme, giving security scaleups access to new data expertise
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September 16, 2020
16
Sep'20
Western Australia government goes all-in on Microsoft
State agencies in Western Australia will be able to tap Azure cloud services and cloud applications through a new Microsoft agreement
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September 15, 2020
15
Sep'20
Staff recognise productivity value of tech investments
Two surveys, one conducted before the UK coronavirus lockdown, one after, show a shift in attitudes among employees towards modern IT
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September 15, 2020
15
Sep'20
Risky development practice leaves company access keys exposed
Database stores, cloud storage and myriad other services are being put at risk by the accidental exposure of company access keys during development
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September 15, 2020
15
Sep'20
TikTok-Oracle partnership moves forward for consideration
Joint venture proposal could create thousands of jobs and secure TikTok’s future outside China
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September 15, 2020
15
Sep'20
Nutanix bolsters Kubernetes playbook with managed service
Karbon Platform Services claims to ease container deployments in public and hybrid cloud environments in the emerging Kubernetes platform war
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September 14, 2020
14
Sep'20
Fintech Pledge launched to strengthen UK’s financial technology sector
The Fintech Pledge initiative is designed to foster closer collaboration between banks and fintechs so that the UK can continue building a globally competitive fintech ecosystem
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September 14, 2020
14
Sep'20
UK’s ‘historic’ trade deal with Japan promises advantages to tech industry, says TechUK
TechUK was among the organisations that have welcome the ‘historic’ trade deal between the UK and Japan that is expected to boost trade by £15bn a year
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September 14, 2020
14
Sep'20
Can Nvidia expand software business through £31bn Arm deal?
Nvidia is to buy rival chip designer Arm for £31bn in a deal it hopes will put it at the forefront of artificial intelligence for edge computing
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September 14, 2020
14
Sep'20
NTT taps data analytics and cloud for Tour de France
NTT’s analytics and cloud capabilities stood up to the test amid crashes and poor weather conditions during the first stage of this year’s Tour de France
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September 11, 2020
11
Sep'20
Small businesses projected to add £1.8tn to global GDP growth by 2024
Small Business Digital Maturity research finds nearly three-quarters of global small businesses surveyed are accelerating their digitisation rates to address Covid-19 challenges and respond faster to the new normal of remote working
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September 11, 2020
11
Sep'20
Santander to double investment in fintechs
Santander is doubling the amount of money it invests in fintech startups after the success of its funding arm, which was established in 2014
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September 11, 2020
11
Sep'20
Government funds digital manufacturing projects
The business secretary has announced £300 million of funding for virtual assistants, augmented reality and digital supply chain innovations
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September 09, 2020
09
Sep'20
London councils to share technology procurement platform
A new technology procurement platform will help all 33 local councils in London diversify their IT supplier portfolios
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September 09, 2020
09
Sep'20
Hyundai-Kia expands Rimini Oracle contract to regional offices
Car manufacturer expands its existing third-party support contract. Savings will help fund autonomous and electric car development
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September 09, 2020
09
Sep'20
September’s Patch Tuesday heavy on RCE vulnerabilities
Microsoft’s September update contains patches for 129 common vulnerabilities and exposures, including a high number of remote code execution issues
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September 09, 2020
09
Sep'20
Government publishes long-promised national data strategy
The government has published a national data strategy aimed at fostering innovation and increasing economic growth. It will also appoint 10 data fellows each year to work in the orbit of Number 10, and create 500 analyst jobs by 2021
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September 08, 2020
08
Sep'20
Post Office Horizon IT scandal victims face further battles as government digs heels in
The government repeats that it won’t pay victims’ legal costs and confirms review into the scandal will not have the power to call witnesses
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September 08, 2020
08
Sep'20
Matt Hancock announces £50m for healthcare AI projects
The NHS and industry must have a ‘symbiotic’ relationship, says health secretary Matt Hancock as he promises to improve the environment for innovation in healthcare and announces £50m in funding for a series of healthcare AI projects
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September 08, 2020
08
Sep'20
How low-cost computing gets kids into tech
We speak to a teenager about the joys of programming a Raspberry Pi and the startup he has formed around a Pi-based medical device
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September 07, 2020
07
Sep'20
Artificial intelligence keeps HSBC ATMs stocked with cash
HSBC is using artificial intelligence technology developed in-house to help it make sure ATMs are appropriately stocked with cash
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September 07, 2020
07
Sep'20
Dutch bank set to save €5m via Veeam backup upgrade
Rabobank ditched legacy backup where patching took months and restores took hours. Those times are now cut down massively and the bank has a readily available test environment
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September 07, 2020
07
Sep'20
AI Summit 2020: Regulating AI for the common good
Speakers and panellists at the virtual AI Summit 2020 spoke about the tensions between cooperation and competition in the development of artificial intelligence
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September 04, 2020
04
Sep'20
HotelBeds uses API management platform to reduce cost
HotelBeds has switched from its legacy suppler to a licensed service in an effort to reduce API management costs after traffic doubles
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September 03, 2020
03
Sep'20
Insurers accept they were slow to adopt digital
Insurance companies know they must prioritise digital investment and are planning in-house development to help make up lost ground
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September 03, 2020
03
Sep'20
How Certis is digitising security operations
Certis has developed more than 50 applications in a year to help employees do their jobs better and has set up an AI centre to tap the potential of robotics and video analytics in security
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September 02, 2020
02
Sep'20
Mobile workers to form 60% of total US workforce by 2024
IDC offers more evidence of how Covid-19 has changed the face of work in the US, with CIO investment in mobile-based management and security systems to take precedence in 2020 and beyond
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September 02, 2020
02
Sep'20
UK to build commercially available quantum computer
The UK government is backing a quantum computing project that will provide businesses with access to the technology
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September 02, 2020
02
Sep'20
Weta Digital goes all-in on AWS
New Zealand visual effects studio plans to migrate most of its infrastructure to Amazon Web Services and tap machine learning and analytics to deliver projects more quickly
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September 02, 2020
02
Sep'20
Ethical and professional data science needed to avoid further algorithm controversies
BCS is calling for higher ethical and professional standards in algorithmic development to ensure public trust in future government information systems
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September 01, 2020
01
Sep'20
Zoom continues boom in second quarter
Lockdown breakout video conferencing provider continues hot streak through second quarter of 2020, racking up record revenues of over half a billion dollars
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September 01, 2020
01
Sep'20
UBS streamlines software product development with GitLab
The bank hopes to double the speed of software development, testing and deployment to support applications for clients
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September 01, 2020
01
Sep'20
Pure aims at unified file and object and launches new QLC storage
Flash storage maker says unified storage in file and object is what is needed for contemporary analytics and AI workloads, while it launches a new all-QLC version of FlashArray//C
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September 01, 2020
01
Sep'20
Vint Cerf: Why everyone has a role in internet safety
The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the power of internet connectivity. Vint Cerf talks to Computer Weekly about the challenges the internet now faces
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August 31, 2020
31
Aug'20
How India’s Tata Capital is expanding its digital footprint
Tata Group’s financial services arm has been migrating branch walk-ins and voice calls to self-service digital channels staffed by chatbots as it expands its digital footprint
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August 28, 2020
28
Aug'20
NHS gets £50m in AI funding for digital pathology
Government funding package focuses on earlier diagnosis of cancer in the West Midlands, north of England and London
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August 28, 2020
28
Aug'20
University of Staffordshire recruits robots to get more out of its people
University staff were bogged down with administrative work, but will now have time to be creative
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August 28, 2020
28
Aug'20
Office for National Statistics defines better cross-government data linkage
ONS review of data-linking practices across government is consistent with Cummings and Johnson drive to put data in command of government
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August 28, 2020
28
Aug'20
Machine learning wards off threats at TV studio Bunim Murray
TV studio behind reality hits including The Real World and Keeping Up With The Kardashians turned to Darktrace’s Antigena email protection service to keep its people safe from Covid-19 threats
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August 28, 2020
28
Aug'20
How Citi is democratising access to data
Global financial institution Citi puts people at the centre of its data analytics initiatives and collaborates with users to drive adoption and success
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August 27, 2020
27
Aug'20
Tour de France 2020 fans to get virtual experience delivered by NTT
This year’s Tour de France was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. IT services company NTT has teamed up with event organiser ASO to offer a virtual experience to fans who cannot be at the roadside
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August 27, 2020
27
Aug'20
CTO interview: David Rafalovsky, Sberbank Group
Russia’s Sberbank is well into its digital transformation journey, with artificial intelligence and supercomputing now at the centre of its plans
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August 27, 2020
27
Aug'20
Asda trials platform for customer parcel updates
Retailers Asda is trialling delivery management from tech platform Sorted to provide customers who have ordered clothing online with a better customer experience
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August 26, 2020
26
Aug'20
Salesforce Q2 2020: Benioff says crisis will speed growth
Salesforce announces 29% year-on-year revenue growth for the second quarter, and grieves for Dreamforce 2020
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August 26, 2020
26
Aug'20
CIO interview: Steve Otto, chief technology officer, The R&A
When the coronavirus pandemic caused The Open to be cancelled, The R&A’s tech team took the UK’s flagship golf tournament online
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August 25, 2020
25
Aug'20
Covid-19, demographic shifts to drive automation
Businesses will need to shore up their productivity through technology and automation to cope with the pandemic and a shrinking workforce, says an industry expert
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August 25, 2020
25
Aug'20
My first computer: Making the leap into an IT career
The IT sector has always struggled to attract enough young talent from different backgrounds. We look at how people gained their first tech experience