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15 Aug 2024
U.S. worst in developed world for women's health outcomes
Women's health in the U.S. trails similarly developed nations in terms of outcomes, care access and healthcare affordability.
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15 Aug 2024
New deepfake audio detector released as U.S. election nears
The tool can identify AI-generated speech. The release follows wide circulation of deepfakes of vice president Kamala Harris and X owner Elon Musk.
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15 Aug 2024
Cisco cuts workforce for the third time in 2 years, pursues AI
Cisco cuts its workforce by 7% and forms one unit for networking, security and collaboration to energize AI and security sales. It’s the third round of layoffs since 2022.
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15 Aug 2024
14% of Americans carry 75% of nation's medical debt burden
Certain populations bear the brunt of the nation's medical debt burden, even as leaders work to relieve debt and remove it from credit reports.
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15 Aug 2024
National Public Data confirms breach, scope unknown
Reports suggest billions of personal records could have been compromised in the attack against data aggregator National Public Data, but the reality is more complicated.
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15 Aug 2024
Enzo Biochem pays $4.5M for health data security failures
State attorneys general from New York, Connecticut and New Jersey issued a $4.5 million penalty to Enzo Biochem, Inc. following a 2023 ransomware attack that resulted in health data security failures.
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15 Aug 2024
White House settles Medicare drug price negotiations
The Medicare drug price negotiations are slated to save the federal program around $6 billion across 10 selected medications.
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15 Aug 2024
AI reveals mental health impact of COVID-19 vaccine rollout
A population-based deep learning analysis of CDC data shows disparities in anxiety and depression prevalence among adults during COVID-19 vaccine rollouts.
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15 Aug 2024
Dublin confirmed as world’s third-largest hyperscale datacentre hub
Data from Synergy Research Group confirms the majority of the world’s 20 biggest hyperscale datacentre hubs are in the US, but Europe is holding its own with Dublin
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15 Aug 2024
Redcentric shares preliminary FY numbers as CEO bows out
MSP updates investors, with current boss deciding the time is right to head into retirement and kickstart the search for a successor
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15 Aug 2024
Number of girls taking A-level computing exceeds 3,000
Girls taking A-level computing has seen a large year-on-year jump between 2023 and 2024
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15 Aug 2024
U.S. worst in developed world for women's health outcomes
Women's health in the U.S. trails similarly developed nations in terms of outcomes, care access and healthcare affordability.
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15 Aug 2024
New deepfake audio detector released as U.S. election nears
The tool can identify AI-generated speech. The release follows wide circulation of deepfakes of vice president Kamala Harris and X owner Elon Musk.
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15 Aug 2024
Cisco cuts workforce for third time in 2 years, pursues AI
Cisco cuts its workforce by 7% and forms one unit for networking, security and collaboration to energize AI and security sales. It's the third round of layoffs since 2022.
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15 Aug 2024
'Blackswans' take flight: the legal ramifications of the CrowdStrike incident
A ‘guinea pig’ approach to testing software could lead to class actions against technology companies
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15 Aug 2024
Google Cloud survey shows GenAI business benefits
Survey on behalf of Google Cloud suggests that business can start generating value from GenAI within six months
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15 Aug 2024
ASEAN organisations lack mature AI strategy
IBM-commissioned study reveals that while ASEAN organisations are engaging with AI, only 4% have reached a transformative level of AI maturity
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15 Aug 2024
Cardiff schools turn PSTN switch-off into opportunity for improved agility
Civic authorities responsible for education in Welsh capital look to take advantage of switch-off of UK’s analogue copper-based comms infrastructure to drive cloud-based digital transformation of schools’ communications systems
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14 Aug 2024
Grok-2 intro leads to questions about xAI model openness
The new versions of the model appear to be on par with models from Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic, but the vendor has not released technical details or restricted its image generator.
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14 Aug 2024
For workers, AI's chief impact might be distress
Early evidence suggests AI is reducing the need for some workers, such as those in customer service, and concern about AI's impact is evident in an ongoing survey.
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14 Aug 2024
EU, Calif. climate risk rules prompt companies to prepare
A challenge companies are facing while preparing for compliance with climate risk reporting rules is a lack of consistency among different rules and standards.
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14 Aug 2024
Memory and storage experts share highlights from FMS 2024
Industry experts look back on the expanded FMS 2024, weighing in on the big takeaways and what discussions say about the future of the storage and memory markets.
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14 Aug 2024
GitHub Copilot Autofix tackles vulnerabilities with AI
GitHub says Copilot Autofix drastically reduced the median time to remediate vulnerabilities in beta testing from 90 minutes for manual fixes to 28 minutes with the GenAI tool.
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14 Aug 2024
August Patch Tuesday proves busy with six zero-days to fix
Microsoft patches six actively exploited zero-days among over 100 issues during its regular monthly update
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14 Aug 2024
Sophos adds more post-sales support for customers
Following up from its partner efforts earlier this year, the vendor continues to take steps to widen access to education and strategic guidance
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14 Aug 2024
Major players ‘less than impressive’ as altnets rise in UK broadband
A range of surveys identify independent sector as the driving force in UK’s growing gigabit broadband industry and caution of slowdown in subscribers by major providers
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14 Aug 2024
Newcastle City Council swaps out Oracle Java for Azul
Changes to Oracle’s Java licensing meant the council no longer received free security patches
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14 Aug 2024
Microsoft corrects six zero-days for August Patch Tuesday
Admins can address most of the zero-days with a cumulative update. But of more concern is the lack of patches for two vulnerabilities demonstrated at the Black Hat conference.
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14 Aug 2024
Anatomy-aware GenAI shows promise in medical imaging
An anatomy-aware generative AI tool could improve the synthesis of high-quality computed tomography images for research and clinical applications.
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14 Aug 2024
Telehealth use spikes with dementia patients during pandemic
Telehealth use surged among dementia patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, with various social determinants influencing utilization, per recent research.
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14 Aug 2024
Trauma activation charges 60% higher at for-profit hospitals
The variation in trauma activation charges cannot be fully explained by clinical need, but by trauma center ownership and type.
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14 Aug 2024
TD Synnex adds more UK support to Cisco Security Club
Distributor revises community offering to support partners keen to improve their capabilities
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14 Aug 2024
Post Office brings in new IT chief as it awaits funding for Horizon replacement
Incoming tech leader Andy Nice will be responsible for the troubled programme to replace the Horizon IT system at the heart of the Post Office scandal - and a new non-executive director for technology is on the way too
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14 Aug 2024
Dawn Project calls out Big Tech for selling AI snake oil
A campaigning group focused on safety critical technology has called out the major tech firms for putting people’s lives at risk with flawed AI
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14 Aug 2024
Automated police tech contributes to UK structural racism problem
Civil society groups say automated policing technologies are helping to fuel the disparities that people of colour face across the criminal justice sector, as part of wider warning about the UK’s lack of progress in dealing with systemic racism
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14 Aug 2024
Wialon fits out four million IoT-connected vehicles
Global fleet management and IoT software platform racks up record number of vehicles connected on GPS tracking and internet of things software platform.
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14 Aug 2024
IR35 public sector reforms: HS2 finalises £6.2m settlement with HMRC over compliance failings
After setting aside over £10m to cover its IR35 compliance liabilities, HS2 accounts confirm the organisation reached a final settlement with HMRC totalling £6.2m
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14 Aug 2024
AT&T powers IoT for Oracle enterprise communications
Integrated communications and cloud solutions provider incorporates leading US telco’s internet of things connectivity and network APIs into its Enterprise Communications Platform
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14 Aug 2024
Leeds Teaching Hospitals deploys patient records and data sharing on Azure
In-house patient records system has been migrated to the Microsoft public cloud, opening up the potential for greater data sharing
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13 Aug 2024
What the Delta-Crowdstrike lawsuit may mean for IT contracts
The recent exchange of allegations between Delta and CrowdStrike reveals legal arguments Delta could use to recover the massive losses suffered in the CrowdStrike outage.
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13 Aug 2024
Law enforcement disrupts Radar/Dispossessor ransomware group
The now-disrupted Radar/Dispossessor ransomware gang was launched in August 2023, and its members have targeted dozens of SMBs across critical sectors via dual extortion.
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13 Aug 2024
NIST debuts three quantum-safe encryption algorithms
NIST has launched the first three quantum-resistant encryption algorithms, and as the threat of quantum-enabled cyber attacks grows greater, organisations are encouraged to adopt them as soon as they can
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13 Aug 2024
Fix for Azure Health Bot vulnerabilities prevents exploitation
Researchers disclosed two Azure Health Bot vulnerabilities to Microsoft for which fixes were deployed before the flaws could be exploited.
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13 Aug 2024
Nutanix to enable software-defined storage on Dell PowerFlex
Nutanix and Dell are expanding their partnership with a new appliance out now and a new HCI model that melds Dell PowerFlex with the Nutanix Cloud Platform out in 2025.
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13 Aug 2024
AI explosion creating storage and data management opportunities
For those able to support customers and help to reduce complexity surrounding AI technology, the rest of this year should be a solid time
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13 Aug 2024
BT Group sees share spike as Bharti buys out Altice holding
Just a few months after Mexican business magnate takes 3.2% stake in UK’s leading telco, Indian multinational conglomerate to buy 24.5% holding in a deal valued at £3.2bn
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13 Aug 2024
UK businesses ready to deploy 5G standalone
Vodafone research highlights UK businesses keen to invest in both 5G services, looking to improve operational efficiency of their business in an increasingly competitive digital environment
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13 Aug 2024
Cyber criminal kingpin ‘J.P. Morgan’ appears in US court
‘J.P. Morgan’, a Belarusian cyber criminal who ran a major ransomware campaign supported by malvertising scams, faces decades in prison in the United States after being extradited from the EU
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13 Aug 2024
VA's SDOH pilot targets transportation barriers to healthcare
VA patients enrolled in the SDOH pilot rideshare program had fewer transportation barriers to care, more access and fewer no-shows.
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13 Aug 2024
Dataiku expands LLM Mesh with governance layer
The vendor provides a marketplace for enterprises similar to those of the major cloud providers. However, it does not have its own LLM, but offers many others in its marketplace.
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13 Aug 2024
SITA climbs to the cloud to enhance air transport IT
Latest implementation of comms solutions by leading provider of IT to the air transport industry taps global comms tech firm to unlock LTE and 5G networks with existing platforms
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13 Aug 2024
Oracle Exadata Exascale: Big architecture shift for small workloads
Exascale is multitenant architecture for Oracle Database that promises performance equal to dedicated infrastructure and savings compared with existing products, with AI workloads in mind
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13 Aug 2024
Openreach to light up 312,000 rural UK premises in Project Gigabit next phase
UK’s leading broadband provider engaged in latest step of £5bn gigabit access programme to improve broadband for more than 300,000 homes and business across UK
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13 Aug 2024
Australia’s cyber security skills gap remains pressing issue
Study reveals Australia’s critical shortage of cyber security professionals, escalating the risk of data breaches
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13 Aug 2024
Orange claims gold in Olympic mobile coverage
Telco reveals the challenges and triumphs in connecting more than 120 venues to assure the best connectivity experience for an estimated 15 million spectators and four billion television viewers
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12 Aug 2024
Startup aims to upend old-school RPA with large action model
With its GenAI-based platform, Orby AI aims to provide enterprises with generative process automation and AI agents to automate a range of business workflows.
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12 Aug 2024
HHS proposed rule seeks to align health IT investments
The proposed rule, which is available for public comment until October 8, 2024, would require HHS contractors to use certified health IT to promote interoperability.
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12 Aug 2024
Flashpoint CEO: Cyber, physical security threats converging
Although Flashpoint is known for their cybersecurity threat intelligence services, the vendor also provides physical security intelligence to its clientele.
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12 Aug 2024
EHR vendor MEDITECH launches HIE interoperability network
The Traverse Exchange interoperability network supports nationwide health information exchange (HIE) for MEDITECH customers, including TEFCA connectivity.
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12 Aug 2024
ICD-10 codes for SDOH, housing instability miss the mark
More than 70% of the time, ICD-10 codes for SDOH don't reflect a patient's self-reported housing security.
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12 Aug 2024
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Time to update the contacts book as a number of firms decide its time for some promotions and fresh blood
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12 Aug 2024
Social care must ensure IT systems comply with data standards
As social care is moving towards meeting its target of 80% of providers having digital records, the Department for Health and Social Care calls on them to ensure the digital systems meet national standards
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12 Aug 2024
How JSR is using generative AI to drive insights
JSR Corporation has been using the Cohesity Gaia enterprise search assistant to surface insights from backups of employee mailboxes and OneDrive data
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11 Aug 2024
Scottish universities lead digital twin hub for transport
Digital twins offer researchers the ability to monitor transportation to identify ways of reducing the UK’s carbon footprint
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09 Aug 2024
NetApp additions aim to ease migrations and hybrid cloud
The latest NetApp capabilities enable hybrid cloud functionality and expand migration options, important features as customer look to avoid lock-in.
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09 Aug 2024
CHCs defy staff shortage woes, promote healthcare access
Most community health centers are bogged down by provider and staff shortages, but they're still able to offer next-day and after-hours patient healthcare access.
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09 Aug 2024
Latest healthcare cyberattacks highlight operational risks
Recent cyberattacks against OneBlood and McLaren Health Care shed light on the operational challenges that targeted organizations face.
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09 Aug 2024
The Security Interviews: Google’s take on confidential computing
We speak to Google’s Nelly Porter about the company’s approach to keeping data as safe as possible on Google Cloud
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09 Aug 2024
CyberSmart: MSPs now expected to provide security
Customers are increasingly looking to their service provider to cover all bases, including data protection
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09 Aug 2024
UK altnets’ fibre optic overbuild risking rural connectivity
Report suggests UK’s independent broadband providers are at risk of more unnecessary overbuild as new entrants rush to deploy infrastructure without considering the long-term sustainability of their business models
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09 Aug 2024
Nokia drones-as-a-service network takes flight for Swisscom
Switzerland’s leading telecoms provider to deploy largest drones-as-a-service network to enhance safety and operational efficiency for public and industrial use cases
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08 Aug 2024
Endor Labs ships Java 'Magic Patches' with SCA tools
Upgrade impact analysis and backported fixes will help one enterprise customer make a major Java upgrade manageable and keep compliant with FedRAMP.
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08 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike, AI dominate conversation at Black Hat USA 2024
Although the trend of vendors pitching AI-powered products nonstop has continued at Black Hat USA 2024, CrowdStrike and the recent IT outage was an even larger point of discussion.
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08 Aug 2024
Sysdig Sage early adopters kick the tires on CNAPP AI agents
AI agents in Sysdig Sage add more sophisticated multi-step reasoning than is available with generic LLMs. But it's meant to assist humans, not replace them.
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08 Aug 2024
Box acquires Alphamoon intelligent document processing tech
Paper and unstructured PDFs need more help to be ingested into and findable within enterprise knowledge repositories. Enter generative AI to bridge the gap.
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08 Aug 2024
Zenity CTO on dangers of Microsoft Copilot prompt injections
Zenity's CTO describes how hidden email code can be used to feed malicious prompts to a victim's Copilot instance, leading to false outputs and even credential harvesting.
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08 Aug 2024
Wiz researchers hacked into leading AI infrastructure providers
During Black Hat USA 2024, Wiz researchers discussed how they were able to infiltrate leading AI service providers and access confidential data and models across the platforms.
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08 Aug 2024
Dell layoff part of repositioning for PC demand thaw
Dell continues to cut its workforce to become 'leaner,' as it repositions for changes in the enterprise PC market that are expected to drive future growth.
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08 Aug 2024
Royal ransomware crew puts on a BlackSuit in rebrand
The Royal ransomware gang is back, with a new name and refreshed capabilities, including an apparently unique ‘partial encryption’ gambit, according to CISA
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08 Aug 2024
UK competition regulator looks into Amazon’s Anthropic funding
The Competition and Markets Authority is continuing to look at big tech’s interconnected web of artificial intelligence partnerships
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08 Aug 2024
Jamf cuts ribbon on global partner programme
Apple specialist formalises support for partners globally with scheme that will be available in 70 countries
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08 Aug 2024
European markets improve for Infinigate in Q1
Distributor shares revenue update for the first quarter, as well as its confidence in the prospects for the rest of the fiscal year
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08 Aug 2024
US lawmakers seek to brand ransomware gangs as terrorists
Proposals from legislators in Washington DC could shake up the global ransomware ecosystem and give law enforcement sweeping new powers
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08 Aug 2024
Ofcom issues online safety warning to firms in wake of UK riots
Ofcom has issued a warning reminding social media firms of their upcoming online safety obligations, after misinformation about the Southport stabbings sparked racist riots throughout the UK
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08 Aug 2024
Accountants predict AI-driven business surge
Artificial intelligence looks likely to improve business, but ethics, data quality and skills shortages remain barriers to take-up
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08 Aug 2024
Le Royal Monceau enhances Wi-Fi to complete Olympic standard connectivity
In time for the Olympics, historic 5-star Parisian hotel successfully upgrades Wi-Fi network facilitating uninterrupted access to connectivity benefits to guests checking in for the Summer Games
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08 Aug 2024
Indosat deploys AI to set network performance, reliability standards
Leading Indonesian digital telecommunications company takes what it says is the largest digital intelligence operations centre in its region to ensure optimal network performance and reliability
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07 Aug 2024
Akamai warns enterprises that VPN attacks will only increase
During Black Hat USA 2024, Akamai's Ori David revealed new VPN post-exploitation techniques that open the attack vector to threat actors of all skill levels.
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07 Aug 2024
CISA: Election infrastructure has never been more secure
CISA Director Jen Easterly emphasized at Black Hat 2024 that election stakeholders cannot be complacent because 'the threat environment has never been so complex.'
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07 Aug 2024
Framework to help detect healthcare AI hallucinations
New research demonstrates the potential of an approach to address faithfulness hallucinations in artificial intelligence-generated medical summaries.
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07 Aug 2024
Walz, Harris' VP pick, made Minn. a leader in AI regulation
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz supports climate action and released a Climate Action Framework detailing steps for the state to become carbon neutral by 2050.
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07 Aug 2024
Veracode highlights security risks of GenAI coding tools
At Black Hat USA 2024, Veracode's Chris Wysopal warned of the downstream effects of how generative AI tools are helping developers write code faster.
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07 Aug 2024
Swedish investment firm takes majority stake in Acronis
EQT buys a majority stake in Acronis but will likely be hands off for the foreseeable future, according to Acronis CEO Ezequiel Steiner. The deal is expected to close next year.
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07 Aug 2024
Microsoft 365 Backup now GA with API for SaaS recovery
New offerings from Microsoft provide a cloud backup and recovery service for its popular Microsoft 365 with an API enabling other backup platforms to add the service.
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07 Aug 2024
LOINC update seeks to advance semantic interoperability
LOINC release 2.78 includes nearly 3,000 terminology updates across various domains, including social determinants of health (SDOH), diagnostics and public health reporting.
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07 Aug 2024
Researchers unveil AWS vulnerabilities, 'shadow resource' vector
During a Black Hat USA 2024 session, Aqua Security researchers demonstrated how they discovered six cloud vulnerabilities in AWS services and a new attack vector.
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07 Aug 2024
Nvidia AI security architect discusses top threats to LLMs
Richard Harang, Nvidia's principal AI and ML security architect, said two of the biggest pain points for LLMs right now are insecure plugins and indirect prompt injections.
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07 Aug 2024
CloudBees buys co-founder's AI test automation tools startup
Jenkins creator Kohsuke Kawaguchi rejoins CloudBees as co-CEO of Launchable, which aims to stem the tide of AI-generated code with AI-driven test optimization.
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07 Aug 2024
Microsoft and CrowdStrike hit back at Delta’s legal threats
Microsoft and CrowdStrike have rejected claims by Delta Air Lines that it was left high and dry amid thousands of flight cancellations during July’s software outage, accusing the airline of ignoring their offers of help and running out-of-date IT systems
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07 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike details errors that led to mass IT outage
CrowdStrike's investigation into the recent defective update found that a 'confluence' of issues led to the release of the channel file last month, causing a mass IT outage.
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07 Aug 2024
Maintel strategy underpins progress made in H1
Comms specialist Maintel shares trading update on its strategy to secure contracts, stating that it is heading in the right direction
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07 Aug 2024
Acronis signals increased support for MSPs after landing fresh backer
Security player intends to build on track record of developing programmes and products that support managed service provider community