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25 Sep 2024
More Ivanti vulnerabilities exploited in the wild
Three vulnerabilities in Ivanti products have come under attack by unknown threat actors in recent weeks, including two flaws in the company's Cloud Services Appliance.
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25 Sep 2024
Microsoft introduces new safety tools for generative AI
The cloud giant introduced tools that cite sources in Copilot, curb hallucination and protect privacy. They show ways the vendor has learned from previous challenges.
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25 Sep 2024
Harness DevOps tools add database, QA automation, AI agents
With a series of updates this week, Harness claims unique support for database DevOps, as well as pipeline generation and UI test automation using AI agents.
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25 Sep 2024
Sipartech ups infrastructure resilience, quality through submarine net
Mediterranean submarine cable by Medloop France and GeoMesh Extreme service strengthen pan-European terrestrial and undersea infrastructure for enterprises
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25 Sep 2024
NetApp E-series: Not part of the big message, but here to stay, says CEO
We asked NetApp about its high-performance computing-focused E-series block storage arrays and found inconsistent messaging but ultimately a commitment from CEO George Kurian to retain it
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25 Sep 2024
Splunk and Cisco integration moving apace
Splunk is rapidly integrating with Cisco’s technology to enable seamless transitions between their platforms while delivering advanced threat detection capabilities
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25 Sep 2024
Zoom enriches enterprise solutions offer
Communications and collaboration leader Zoom unveils new suite of business offerings to boost efficiency, reliability, security and compliance for enterprise organisations
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25 Sep 2024
Post Office IT procurement mess saw £35m spent on air conditioner, says board member
Post Office IT procurement mistakes have wasted millions of pounds of taxpayers money, non-executive board member tells public inquiry
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24 Sep 2024
CrowdStrike exec apologizes to Congress, shares updates
CrowdStrike changed the way it rolls out content updates as a result of the global IT outage caused by a faulty update in July.
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24 Sep 2024
Proposed ban on connected vehicle tech from China too broad
The U.S. Commerce Department's proposal to ban software and hardware for connected vehicles imported from China or Russia might face enforcement issues down the road.
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24 Sep 2024
Arkansas City water treatment facility hit by cyberattack
While disruptions are limited, the attack on the water treatment facility highlights how the critical infrastructure sector remains a popular target for threat actors.
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24 Sep 2024
Money transfer firm MoneyGram rushes to contain cyber attack
Money transfer specialist MoneyGram services remain down several days after a network outage developed into a full-blown cyber security incident
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24 Sep 2024
New Grafana Labs features aim to simplify observability
The vendor's latest set of capabilities includes prebuilt applications and automated features aimed at making it easier to use observability tools to monitor data and IT processes.
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24 Sep 2024
Westcon-Comstor extends Tech Xpert
Distributor shares membership update as it looks to take the community to a fresh part of the globe
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24 Sep 2024
Unique malware sample volumes seen surging
BlackBerry’s latest ‘Global threat intelligence’ report details a surge in unique malware samples as threat actors ramp up the pace of targeted attacks
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24 Sep 2024
Pure punts raft of unifying features in FlashBlade file and object
Features are aimed at Pure’s file and object architecture with functionality based on software that aids management at system level
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24 Sep 2024
Post Office IT department’s focus on chasing a discount meant botched procurement
Post Office IT team and executives slammed for rushing into tech hardware purchase while eyeing a discount
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24 Sep 2024
FDA approves self-administered nasal influenza vaccine
By the 2025-2026 respiratory virus season, FluMist, the nasal influenza vaccine, will be available for home vaccination via self- or caregiver-administration to eligible patients.
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24 Sep 2024
HPE enriches AI capabilities of Aruba Networking Central
Leading networking provider sees growth of customer base and data lake accelerate AI insights and improved network management, security, performance and visibility
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24 Sep 2024
Pure Storage's new file service looks to clean up legacy mess
Pure Storage's Real-Time Enterprise file service gives a simplified look into file data across the enterprise. It's also offering a VM assessment tool and universal credits program.
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24 Sep 2024
NetApp maintains push to data management for AI
From data storage to intelligent data infrastructure – that’s the plan from NetApp, which has announced data curation for artificial intelligence as well as additions to its ASA and FAS storage arrays
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24 Sep 2024
NetApp integrates security, adds hardware for GenAI future
NetApp executives see a disaggregated future for its storage hardware and software into data management, but industry analysts question how storage admins will handle these duties.
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24 Sep 2024
Vodafone, Intelsat expand satellite connectivity offer
Vodafone and Intelsat team up to provide additional connectivity and resilience to customers in hardest-to-reach places, whether on the move or following an environmental or humanitarian disaster
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24 Sep 2024
How VMware is supporting AI workloads
VMware claims its Private AI Foundation with Nvidia platform that speeds up AI deployment in private cloud environments is gaining significant traction in the Asia-Pacific region
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24 Sep 2024
Printer refresh sparked by move to AI PCs
Quocirca’s annual investigation into the managed print landscape is a call to action for the channel
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23 Sep 2024
Fears grow about big tech guiding U.S. AI policy
Apple joined a list of big tech companies voluntarily committing to responsible AI. But without regulation, there is no legal requirement for companies to meet those commitments.
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23 Sep 2024
Salesforce Agentforce, Microsoft Copilot AI battle heats up
After rebranding Einstein copilot products as 'agents,' Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff likened Microsoft Copilot AI to Clippit, also known as Clippy, the original intelligent agent.
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23 Sep 2024
AI drives data center, energy race by Microsoft, others
Microsoft's latest moves to secure electricity and more data centers tackle two problems faced by major cloud providers: insufficient power and space to meet AI demands.
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23 Sep 2024
Particle Health sues Epic Systems over antitrust violations
Particle Health has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Epic Systems, accusing the EHR giant of practices that block competition and harm patient care.
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23 Sep 2024
FTC sues PBMs, affiliated GPOs for inflating insulin prices
Caremark Rx, Express Scripts, and OptumRx are facing legal repercussions after the FTC accused them of insulin price inflation in a lawsuit announced on Sept. 20, 2024.
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23 Sep 2024
Microsoft shares progress on Secure Future Initiative
Microsoft has published a progress report on its Secure Future Initiative, launched last year in the wake of multiple security incidents, and made a series of commitments to improve its internal cyber culture
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23 Sep 2024
Microsoft issues first Secure Future Initiative report
In the first progress report since the launch of its Secure Future Initiative, Microsoft said it's made key improvements to identity and supply chain security.
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23 Sep 2024
ML helps tailor AHA-PREVENT risk stratification tool
Using open source machine learning tools, researchers recalibrated the AHA-PREVENT calculator to improve cardiovascular risk assessment in local patient populations.
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23 Sep 2024
Channel roundup: Who’s gone where?
More moves across the industry that have been worth noting in the past week involve BCN, Syynaxon, Calabrio, Keeper Security and Vertiv
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23 Sep 2024
Nebula flexes services muscles with Verkada tie-up
Channel player Nebula will be plugging the services gap and delivering support to resellers in an approach it intends to replicate with further partnerships
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23 Sep 2024
Fujitsu faces financial challenges, with doubts over its commitment to righting Post Office wrongs
Fujitsu worker tells Computer Weekly that firm only cares about shareholders and not subpostmaster suffering
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23 Sep 2024
Huawei: ‘6 As’ to pave the way for ‘all intelligence’ era
Comms tech giant unveils blueprint for AI-driven future improving smart enterprises, including adaptive user experiences and closed-loop autonomous operations for all business flows
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23 Sep 2024
Home Office eVisa scheme is ‘broken’, says Open Rights Group
Digital rights campaigners say the Home Office’s plan to make its new electronic Visa scheme a real-time online-only process is part and parcel of the 'hostile environment' around immigration status
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23 Sep 2024
UK, US and Canada to collaborate on AI and cyber security
International collaboration agreement will see the governments of Canada, the UK and the US work together to research, evaluate and test new defence technologies
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23 Sep 2024
Medtech startup brings Oracle AI to bear on cancer drug research
Learn how Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and its cutting-edge AI features are bringing new benefits to cancer care by helping doctors identify better treatment options
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23 Sep 2024
Metro Bank outsources IT to Infosys to cut costs and digitally transform
Indian IT services giant taken on to support Metro Bank’s digital transformation in multi-year deal
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23 Sep 2024
Post Office system still causing unexplained shortfalls for over half of subpostmasters
A quarter of today’s subpostmasters are ‘very dissatisfied’ with how the current Horizon IT system works
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23 Sep 2024
Nokia unveils private wireless sustainability calculator
Nokia’s energy measurement tool quantifies the sustainability of private wireless networks-enabled industrial use cases, allowing businesses to identify opportunities to achieve tangible gains through digitisation
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22 Sep 2024
Zendesk debuts outcome-based pricing for AI agents
Zendesk customers only pay for successful AI query resolutions, easing the transition to AI-powered customer support and improving scalability during peak periods
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20 Sep 2024
Amazon's return-to-office order bucks job flexibility trend
Despite Amazon's return-to-office order, remote and hybrid work significantly helps recruitment and retention -- and remain popular options in tech.
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20 Sep 2024
Vice Society hits healthcare with INC ransomware attacks
Microsoft observed cyberthreat actor Vice Society, also known as Vanilla Tempest, targeting U.S. healthcare organizations with INC ransomware for the first time.
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20 Sep 2024
Most Influential Women in UK Tech: Computer Weekly’s Hall of Fame
Computer Weekly’s Hall of Fame showcases the great women who have made a lifetime contribution to the technology sector
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20 Sep 2024
UN body urges ‘globally inclusive and distributed’ AI governance
A United Nations body set up to investigate the international governance of AI says the nature of how the technology currently operates requires a global approach to regulation that prioritises equity and inclusion
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20 Sep 2024
Amazon offers new generative AI tool for e-commerce sellers
Project Amelia is a selling expert that provides sellers with answers to questions. It makes use of broad knowledge and will soon provide answers to complex problems.
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20 Sep 2024
Instant messaging wins over in-person meetings for collaboration
Research from Zoom reveals that leaders and employees favour collaborating via instant messaging instead of in-person meetings
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20 Sep 2024
VMware platform an investment in users, Broadcom CEO says
Hock Tan unscored the importance of customers at the Boston VMware User Group UserCon, but users remain uneasy about the recent changes ushered in by VMware's new parent company.
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20 Sep 2024
Juniper Networks enhances AI-native networking platform for Wi-Fi 7
AI-native networking company enhances core platform to support end users to unlock the full potential of Wi-Fi 7, offering higher throughput, lower latency, extended range and greater reliability
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20 Sep 2024
LG, Ricoh team up to bolster hybrid working digital transformation
LG and Ricoh to offer package of digital office solutions and services designed to boost productivity and deliver better user experiences
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20 Sep 2024
Telstra claims comms record for speed, distances over single optical channel
Australia-based global operator teams with optical tech company and global comms provider to achieve 1.6Tbps throughput over a single optical channel covering 700km
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20 Sep 2024
Interview: Keeping SAP ECC running without support
We speak to the CIO of Spanish gas distribution firm Madrileña Red de Gas about keeping SAP running after official support ends
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20 Sep 2024
HPE sharpens edge computing with ProLiant DL145 Gen11 server
Server engineered for diverse edge locations is said to ensure high performance for environments that generate demanding workloads such as in stores, clinics, banks and factory lines
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19 Sep 2024
CIOs urged to pace AI adoption
At the recent Gartner IT Symposium 2024 in Gold Coast, experts call for CIOs to pace their adoption of AI, manage costs and embrace ‘augmented leadership’
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19 Sep 2024
Plex adds connected worker capabilities to MES
Connected worker capabilities are now part of the Plex smart manufacturing platform, designed for manufacturers to address worker shortages and improve safety and productivity.
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19 Sep 2024
Platform engineers embrace secrets management tool
Pulumi's ESC, now GA, filled an automation gap in multi-cloud identity and permissions management for platform engineers well-versed in general-purpose programming languages.
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19 Sep 2024
Microsoft warns of Russian election threats, disinformation
As the 2024 U.S. presidential election nears, Microsoft detailed new influence campaigns, such as fake videos aimed at discrediting Vice President Kamala Harris.
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19 Sep 2024
FBI disrupts another Chinese state-sponsored botnet
The FBI said the massive botnet, which included 260,000 connected devices, was developed and operated by a publicly traded Chinese company named Integrity Technology Group.
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19 Sep 2024
Zoom and Mitel team to meet enterprise demand for AI unified comms
Zoom collaborates with Mitel to deliver what it calls a ‘unique’ hybrid cloud solution combining Zoom Workplace and AI Companion with communications platform
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19 Sep 2024
Also Cloud UK and Infinigate expand security rosters
Distributors both unveil signings to bolster portfolios with briefs to expand market reach and partner relationships
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19 Sep 2024
HSBC tests post-quantum VPN tunnel for digital ledgers
Encryption required for post-quantum cryptography will have a material impact on the performance of distributed ledgers
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19 Sep 2024
Post Office scandal victim becomes first to receive £600,000 under new redress scheme
The compensation payment raises hopes that other wrongly convicted subpostmasters will receive payments far more quickly under new scheme
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19 Sep 2024
CMA: AWS and Google slam Microsoft for claiming its cloud licensing tactics are not harming them
The CMA published the summary hearings from Microsoft, AWS and Google this week, which revealed all three had quite a lot to say on the Redmond software giant’s cloud licensing practices
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19 Sep 2024
U.S. trails peers in healthcare quality ranking, care access
The nation's healthcare quality ranking is low for outcomes and equity, but the U.S. does excel in preventive care and patient safety.
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19 Sep 2024
CMA extends investigation into anti-competitive behaviour in UK cloud market by four months
The UK competition watchdog has secured a four-month deadline extension for its investigation into the cloud infrastructure services market, citing the need to probe Microsoft’s licensing practices as a causal factor in the decision
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19 Sep 2024
Most influential women in UK tech: The 2024 longlist
In Computer Weekly’s search for this year’s top 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech, hundreds of women have been put forward for consideration. Here, we look at a list of everyone nominated in 2024
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19 Sep 2024
Evergy crosses OneLayer Bridge for private LTE network
Provider of technology for managing and securing enterprise private 5G/LTE operational technology networks selected by energy provider to support network device management and zero trust security
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19 Sep 2024
Bytes and Maintel share details of H1 progress
Half-year financial updates issued by channel firms both looking towards a stronger finish to fiscal 2024
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19 Sep 2024
Global private 5G to grow at 65.4% CAGR to 2030
Research anticipates that as the availability of 5G networks and devices improves, there will be a more rapid global expansion of private networks across diverse industries
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19 Sep 2024
Government on the hunt for science and tech leaders
The prime minister’s Council for Science and Technology is looking for 10 members to join the council, which advises government on science and technology issues
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19 Sep 2024
UK government adds datacentres to CNI regime: Why did it take so long?
After years of lobbying, the UK government has agreed to classify datacentres as critical national infrastructure, with the tech industry claiming the move is long overdue, but also recognition of the importance of server farms to the economy
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19 Sep 2024
Oxa, StreetDrone unite to bolster industrial logistics
Self-driving vehicle software provider makes strategic acquisition to strengthen position in industrial logistics, offering movement and management of goods on private land, including ports, logistics hubs, retail fulfilment centres and airports
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18 Sep 2024
M1 ditches 70% of legacy systems in cloud transformation drive
Singapore telco M1 is switching off 70% of its legacy systems by the end of 2024 and leveraging Salesforce to offer more personalised services
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18 Sep 2024
Fivetran targets data security by adding Hybrid Deployment
The vendor's new feature aims to aid organizations that deal with sensitive data by enabling them to manage pipelines from private clouds and on-premises environments.
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18 Sep 2024
Workday update takes AI in HR in new directions
Workday says it is advancing AI in HR with a series of platform upgrades that handle complex problems and build answers that capture the context around the data.
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18 Sep 2024
Atrium Health alerts patients to phishing scheme, data breach
A phishing scheme used against Atrium Health caused one of several healthcare data breaches reported in September.
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18 Sep 2024
Huntress warns of attacks on Foundation Software accounts
The cybersecurity company observed a brute force attack campaign targeting Foundation customers that did not change default credentials in their accounting software.
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18 Sep 2024
Dreamforce 24: Salesforce taps Nvidia to power Agentforce
At Dreamforce in San Francisco, Salesforce and Nvidia detail some of the tech that will power the software giant's newly launched Agentforce service
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18 Sep 2024
NCSC exposes Chinese company running malicious Mirai botnet
The NCSC and its Five Eyes allies have published details of the activities of a China-based cyber security company that is operating a Mirai IoT botnet in the service of government-backed intrusions
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18 Sep 2024
Europol provides detail on Ghost encrypted comms platform takedown
Law enforcement bodies from across the world have revealed how they collaborated to bring down encrypted network Ghost and the new ways of working that have been established with Europol at the centre
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18 Sep 2024
GLP-1 drugs for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
According to a study from Dandelion Health, an estimated 44 million people in the U.S. could benefit from using GLP-1 drugs for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
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18 Sep 2024
Third of enterprises to automate majority of network activities by 2026
Research shows infrastructure and operations leaders increasingly looking to AI-based analytics and augmented decision-making to improve operational resilience and responsiveness
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18 Sep 2024
Workers and business leaders have different views on GenAI uses
Employees are using GenAI primarily for spelling and grammar checking, while business chiefs are using it for data analysis
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18 Sep 2024
New screening tool captures digital health readiness
The new screener measures patients' comfort and ability to use digital health tools, which can support personalized interventions to improve virtual healthcare access.
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18 Sep 2024
Local councils could benefit from the channel’s help
OVHcloud shares insights it discovered by asking councils about their current challenges
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18 Sep 2024
Nokia unveils automation to reduce datacentre network disruptions
Global comms tech provider intros what it claims to be the industry’s most modern datacentre automation platform, bringing an intent-based approach to network automation
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18 Sep 2024
HubSpot adds Breeze generative AI agents, analytics to platform
Hubspot users get their generative AI infusion that includes souped-up bots, a no-code workflow builder, sophisticated content generation and marketing analytics.
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18 Sep 2024
Orca: AI services, models falling short on security
New research from Orca Security shows that AI services and models in cloud contain a number of risks and security shortcomings that could be exploited by threat actors.
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18 Sep 2024
LEAP in Health IT awards focus on AI and behavioral health
HHS has awarded $2 million in LEAP in Health IT grants to Columbia University and OHSU to advance the accuracy of AI algorithms and behavioral health IT adoption.
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18 Sep 2024
Public digital transformation will be challenged by austerity
Public sector and IT industry figures gathered at TechUK’s 10th annual Building the Smarter State event discussed how Labour’s ‘mission-driven’ policy approach can drive digital transformation efforts in the context of fresh austerity measures
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18 Sep 2024
Pressing need for post-PTSN plans remains despite delayed switch-off
Comms specialists across the channel continue to focus on encouraging customers to migrate from analogue comms to digital alternatives
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18 Sep 2024
Do hospital mergers and acquisitions drive physician burnout?
Half of physicians said hospital mergers and acquisitions affect their job satisfaction, contributing to medicine's physician burnout woes.
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18 Sep 2024
European FTTP adoption rates and market value track upward
Research finds continued large range in degree of fibre connectivity adoption in leading European economies but finds optimism in growing average adoption rates and fibre broadband revenue models
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18 Sep 2024
Post Office chief executive Nick Read quits
After months in the spotlight and calls for his resignation from victims of the Post Office scandal, CEO Read will step down in March 2025
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18 Sep 2024
Dreamforce 2024: Salesforce calls on customers to flesh out AI vision
A stream of customers helped Salesforce make the case for its Agentforce artificial intelligence offering on the opening day of the annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco
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18 Sep 2024
Revised roadmap projects quantum advantage by 2029
Quantinuum is planning to develop a machine called Apollo by 2029, which it claims will have enough logical qubits to perform complex calculations
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18 Sep 2024
Police make arrests after hacking Ghost encrypted comms app
An international police operation has penetrated an end-to-end encrypted communications service allegedly used by organised criminals in Australia, Ireland, Sweden and Italy
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17 Sep 2024
Intel gets boost from AWS, government contracts
Intel's turnaround efforts are progressing, but the chipmaker will need more than government funding and a deal that expands its AWS manufacturing partnership, an analyst said.
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17 Sep 2024
Former OpenAI associates fear AGI, lack of U.S. AI policy
Since the U.S. lacks an overarching AI policy, insiders worry that existing AI harms aren't being addressed and that artificial general intelligence could increase risks.