Number of girls taking A-level computing exceeds 3,000
The number of girls choosing to take computing at A-level in 2024 increased by almost 800 students, pushing the total over the 3,000 student threshold.…
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‘Blackswans’ take flight: the legal ramifications of the CrowdStrike incident
Public admission of failure takes courage. In trying to limit reputational damage to his cybersecurity company, CrowdStrike president Michael Sentonas certainly demonstrated chutzpah by accepting…
Google Cloud survey shows GenAI business benefits
A survey conducted by National Research Group for Google Cloud has reported that the majority of business leaders polled have seen a return on investment…
August Patch Tuesday proves busy with six zero-days to fix
IT administrators and security teams hoping for a quiet summer have been left disappointed after Microsoft patched six actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities and four additional…
Dawn Project calls out Big Tech for selling AI snake oil
Safety advocacy group The Dawn Project has ramped up its campaign to illustrate the failings of artificial intelligence (AI) systems and why they should not…
Post Office brings in new IT chief as it awaits funding for Horizon replacement
The Post Office is bringing in a new technology leader as it awaits additional government funding for its troubled programme to replace the controversial Horizon…
Automated police tech contributes to UK structural racism problem
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and facial-recognition technologies in policing is contributing to a “worrying rowback” in the civil and political rights of people…
IR35 public sector reforms: HS2 finalises £6.2m settlement with HMRC over compliance failings
High Speed Two (HS2), the public body responsible for developing the UK’s high-speed rail network, has confirmed it paid HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) a…
NIST debuts three quantum-safe encryption algorithms
The United States’ National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has debuted three new encryption algorithms that it claims will help safeguard critical data from…
IT Sustainability Think Tank: How IT leaders can balance innovation with sustainability
Cloud computing underpins countless applications, services, and company initiatives. However, the environmental footprint of these activities has started to come under scrutiny. Today’s IT leaders…
Labour’s first cyber priority must be the NHS
Of the five missions outlined by Keir Starmer’s government in the King’s Speech on 17 July 2024, one stands out above all others in the…
Podcast: Storage functionality in Kubernetes 1.31
In this podcast, we look at storage features expected in Kubernetes 1.31 with Sergey Pronin, group products manager at Percona, which develops open source products…