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AI and automation

Microsoft invests £2.5bn in new UK AI infrastructure

The software giant will add 20,000 new GPUs to its UK-based data centres over the next three years.

By Greg Noone

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Ransomware gang Black Basta has made more than $100m in two years

Ransomware gang Black Basta has made more than $100m in two years

By Greg Noone

AI and automation

Microsoft takes observational role on OpenAI’s new board

By Matthew Gooding

AI and automation

UK tech leaders given new framework to boost workforce AI skills

By Matthew Gooding

Okta cyberattack exposed data of all customer support users

By Matthew Gooding

UK regulator expresses misgivings about Adobe's Figma deal

Digital economy

UK regulator expresses misgivings about Adobe’s Figma deal

By Greg Noone

Partner content

The future of data-driven enterprises is transforming data centre requirements

In-depth

Your AI coding assistant is a hot mess

AI and automation

Your AI coding assistant is a hot mess

By Stephanie Stacey

How quantum deals with heavy weather

How quantum deals with heavy weather

By Greg Noone

How the biggest companies wrote their own generative AI guardrails

AI and automation

How the biggest companies wrote their own generative AI guardrails

By Greg Noone

How real is the threat of data poisoning to generative AI?

AI and automation

How real is the threat of data poisoning to generative AI?

By Greg Noone

Cybersecurity

BlackCat claims to have hacked Sills & Betteridge

The alleged breach follows a string of cyberattacks mounted against legal organisations in Europe and North America this year.

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UK and allies launch cybersecurity guidelines for AI developers

UK and allies launch cybersecurity guidelines for AI developers

By Matthew Gooding

North Korea’s hackers use ‘watering hole’ cyberattacks to target software supply chains

By Matthew Gooding

Rhysida claims it hacked the British Library

Royal Mail spent £10m on cybersecurity after LockBit ransomware attack

By Greg Noone

FBI hunts Scattered Spider hackers that targeted Las Vegas casinos

FBI hunts Scattered Spider hackers that targeted Las Vegas casinos

By Matthew Gooding

BlackCat hacks company, reports victim to SEC

By Greg Noone

The Long Read

Have the hyperscalers broken the UK cloud market?

Have the hyperscalers broken the UK cloud market?

Regulators are probing the UK cloud market for structural failings because of the dominance of a trio of US hyperscale providers. Critics say they should have started earlier.

By Greg Noone

Comment

Successful deployment of new AI solutions will depend on business leaders uniting with their tech pioneers

Successful deployment of new AI solutions will depend on business leaders uniting with their tech pioneers

By Chanell Daniels

The Digital Competition and Consumers Bill threatens to wrap UK tech in red tape

The Digital Competition and Consumers Bill threatens to wrap UK tech in red tape

By Lazar Radic

Would it be justified to use facial recognition to catch Daniel Khalife?

Would it be justified to use facial recognition to catch Daniel Khalife?

By Fraser Sampson

Businesses must prepare for the quantum revolution

Businesses must prepare for the quantum revolution

By Daniel Goldsmith

Digital Economy

AI and automation

Adobe buys its first generative AI start-up

By Greg Noone

Nvidia revenue rockets on AI boom despite continuing China concerns

By Matthew Gooding

Sam Altman to return as OpenAI CEO under new board of directors

AI and automation

Sam Altman to return as OpenAI CEO under new board of directors

By Matthew Gooding

AI and automation

Will tech leaders shun OpenAI in the wake of Sam Altman’s sacking?

By Matthew Gooding

AI and automation

OpenAI staff threaten mass defection to Microsoft over Sam Altman sacking

By Matthew Gooding

Sam Altman to lead new AI team at Microsoft as OpenAI appoints Emmett Shear as CEO

AI and automation

Sam Altman to lead new AI team at Microsoft as OpenAI appoints Emmett Shear as CEO

By Matthew Gooding

Hardware

Emerging Technology

New tool for AWS shares workloads across quantum and classical computers

The middleware tool allows users to access compute resources from both quantum and classical computers regardless of where they are based.

By Ryan Morrison

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Vodafone partners with IBM on quantum-safe cybersecurity

Emerging Technology

Vodafone partners with IBM on quantum-safe cybersecurity

By Ryan Morrison

What factors are driving data centre vendor selection?

By Tech Monitor Staff

AWS upgrades its custom silicon with Tranium2 and Graviton4 chips

By Matthew Gooding

Amazon wants to scan your palm to let you enter the office

By Matthew Gooding

AWS and Kyndryl launch AI 'innovation factory'

AWS and Kyndryl launch AI ‘innovation factory’

By Matthew Gooding

AWS promises supercharged Lambda as re:Invent 2023 gets underway

By Matthew Gooding

Government Computing

HMRC lambasted for failures in Making Tax Digital scheme, as bill set to top £1.3bn

The transition to a digital taxation system was criticised as “making tax difficult” by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee.

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Data protection bill changes will let DWP check bank accounts of benefit claimants

Government Computing

Data protection bill changes will let DWP check bank accounts of benefit claimants

By Matthew Gooding

Jeremy Hunt's autumn statement launches quantum missions and £500m AI funding

Government Computing

Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement launches quantum missions and £500m AI funding

By Matthew Gooding

Palantir awarded huge contract to run NHS’s Federated Data Platform

Government Computing

Palantir awarded huge contract to run NHS’s Federated Data Platform

By Greg Noone

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt launches new ‘growth fund’ to boost investment in UK start-ups

Government Computing

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt launches new ‘growth fund’ to boost investment in UK start-ups

By Greg Noone

Partner Content

The future of data-driven enterprises is transforming data centre requirements

Partner content

The future of data-driven enterprises is transforming data centre requirements

Inside ransomware's hidden costs

Partner content

Inside ransomware’s hidden costs

Achieving the right balance with hybrid cloud

Partner content

Achieving the right balance with hybrid cloud

How AI is unlocking valuable opportunities in the insurance industry

Partner content

How AI is unlocking valuable opportunities in the insurance industry

White papers

Ensuring food safety and compliance – from farm to table and grape to glass

By Infor

Growing Footprints: How are emerging digital requirements impacting data centre partner selection?

By Khazna Data Centers

Views from the c-suite: why endpoint management is more critical than ever before

By Tanium

The Essential Eight

By Tanium

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