Fraud and scam complaints hit highest ever level in UK
Recorded incidents of digitally enabled financial fraud and scams across the UK have hit their highest ever level, with consumers lodging a total of 8,734…
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CMA clears Microsoft and Inflection AI transaction
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given Microsoft the all-clear regarding its hiring of senior Inflection AI executives, as part of its Phase 1…
Cloud repatriation: How to do it successfully
Cloud repatriation – sometimes called “reverse migration” – is something any organisation that uses cloud storage should consider. It’s the process of moving workloads and…
Lloyds Bank uses artificial intelligence to check trade finance documents
Lloyds Bank is streamlining its trade financing sales through the use of artificial intelligence (AI), which will automate the checking of documents in line with…
Retailers question using live facial recognition for shoplifting
Retailers have told the House of Lords that live facial recognition (LFR) would be of limited use in tackling shoplifting due to the associated safety…
ERP firms target carbon reporting role
The major enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers have all embarked on a strategy to provide functionality in their product suites to help their customers monitor…
Post Office and Fujitsu malevolence and incompetence means huge final taxpayers’ bill
The £1.15bn put aside to cover the costs of the Post Office Horizon scandal won’t go near meeting the bill, raising questions over how much…
How digital models help Anglian Water manage leaks
Anglian Water is the largest water and wastewater company in England and Wales. In its Water resources management plan for 2024, the company discusses the…
Cyber firms need to centre their own resilience
Information security is essentially an information risk management discipline. By rendering many information systems inoperable, the global outage precipitated by Crowdstrike prevented several companies from…
Key-value flash targets more efficient data storage
Imagine flash storage that stores data in exactly the format used by applications. That’s what’s promised by key-value flash media, as envisaged by at least…
TSB systems could be on the move again as BBVA eyes its parent
Financial services company BBVA has received approval from the UK regulator for a takeover of Spanish rival Sabadell, which would see it take control of…
Swedish law firms debate AI’s future impact on profession
Sweden’s legal profession has opened a national discussion to examine how evolving disrupter technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) will impact law firms and the niche…