UN chief blasts AI companies for reckless pursuit of profit
Technology companies are pursuing profits from artificial intelligence (AI) “with a clear disregard” for human rights, privacy and other social consequences, all while governments around…
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AI disinformation tops global risks
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Dutch companies not ready for AI
Less than a quarter of Dutch companies are ready for artificial intelligence (AI), according to Cisco’s AI readiness index, with only 4% fully prepared to…
SolarWinds hackers attack Microsoft in apparent recon mission
Microsoft has revealed over the weekend that its systems were infiltrated at the end of 2023 by Midnight Blizzard, the same Kremlin-backed hackers who compromised…
Broadcom’s VMware acquisition explained: The impact on your IT strategy
In November 2023, Broadcom completed its $69bn acquisition of VMware, in a move to build out what the company sees as a multicloud strategy. VMware…
The Loan Charge scandal explained: Everything you need to know
Tens of thousands of IT contractors have been hit with life-changing tax bills relating to projects they worked on over a decade ago after enrolling…
Upgraded Arabic large language model is twice as big
Just under three months since its first release of Jais, the consortium that released what it calls the world’s most powerful large language model (LLM)…
Urgent question asks which ministers knew of Post Office’s shocking plan to remove judge
Labour peer Prem Nath Sikka has asked the government what it knew about the Post Office’s attempt to remove a High Court judge from his…
Fujitsu agrees to support former subpostmasters’ families beyond financial redress
Fujitsu will engage with Post Office scandal victims and their representatives to establish how Fujitsu can support them and their families in the future, in…
Chat control: Tech companies warn ministers over EU encryption plans
EU tech companies have written to ministers across the European Union (EU) urging them not to support a proposed regulation on child sexual abuse that…
Fujitsu boss describes Post Office behaviour as ‘shameful and appalling’
The UK boss of Fujitsu said he does not know why evidence of software bugs were not provided to subpostmasters when they were being prosecuted…
MPs flag similarities between HMRC’s treatment of Loan Charge contractors and Post Office scandal
The treatment of tens of thousands of IT contractors who are being pursued by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) for life-changing amounts of unpaid tax…