AI skills gap blocking public sector take-up
All industries are facing a growing skills gap that is blocking them from effectively implementing artificial intelligence (AI), but this gap is deepest in the…
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Facial recognition to play key role in UK shoplifting crackdown
The UK government is investing £55m in expanding the police’s use of facial-recognition systems, including a fleet of vans to scan crowded high streets, as…
Former Post Office executive’s neglect prolonged Horizon reliability myth
A former Post Office boss has admitted his mistake in failing to give proper instructions when commissioning a 2010 report on the Horizon computer system,…
How GenAI use is evolving for Google Cloud customers
Financial services giant Goldman Sachs is among the household names confirmed to be using Google Cloud’s flagship Gemini and Vertex generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies.…
Software AG IUG 2024: Process mining as GenAI democratisation candidate
The Software AG International User Groups conference (IUG24) in Dublin was told this week of the supplier’s distinctive mission for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) –…
Storage technology explained: AI and data storage
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) promises a step change in the automation fundamental to IT, with applications ranging from simple chatbots to almost…
Breakthrough may herald secure home quantum computing
Scientists at Oxford University Physics have made a major breakthrough in the development of quantum security that could one day pave the way for people…
Fujitsu public sector contracts dry up in Post Office scandal aftermath
Fujitsu has won just one UK public sector contract so far this year, compared with seven at this point last year, following the angry reaction…
IR35: HMRC restores Github access to deleted CEST source code, but confirms update data lost
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has confirmed the Github repository housing the source code for its online IR35 employment status checker tool has been restored,…
Government dismisses Lords’ concerns over facial recognition
There is already a “comprehensive legal framework” in place to govern the police’s use of live facial recognition (LFR), the UK government has said in…
Patch Tuesday: Windows Server 2008 receives emergency security patch
Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday for April 2024 covers 155 vulnerabilities, three of which are classified as critical. The update includes 145 classified as “important severity”.…
Biden considering whether to end prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
President Joe Biden said today that the US administration is considering a request by the Australian government to end the prosecution of Wikileaks founder, Julian…