The ‘application generation’ demands more from developers
A new breed of app user has emerged since the pandemic – one who relies heavily on applications for their day-to-day activity – research from…
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Government response to digital exclusion recommendations lacking, say Lords
The House of Lords has criticised the government’s response, or lack thereof, to its Communications and Digital Committee’s report outlining ways the government can address…
Internal documents leaked as Rhysida claims responsibility for British Library ransomware attack
The British Library, which was hit by a ransomware attack that has disabled its computer systems, website, phone network and public Wi-Fi for more than…
Can AI take education to a new level?
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Elected officials’ lack of digital skills affects public services
Government spending on tech contracts is huge. Eighteen of the UK government’s 40 biggest private sector “strategic suppliers” are technology or telecoms companies – almost…
AI productivity gains could result in four-day weeks for millions
Automating jobs with large language models (LLMs) could lead to significant reductions in working time without a loss of pay or productivity, says Autonomy think…
Closing the datacentre skills gap by tapping up career changers
The UK datacentre industry is in the midst of a prolonged and well-publicised skills crisis, as there are simply not enough people entering the sector…
Kingfisher develops AI-agnostic platform to power DIY assistant
Kingfisher, the group that owns DIY retailers B&Q and Screwfix, has launched a generative AI-powered virtual assistant in its French Castorama stores. The virtual assistant,…
Cubbit DS3 Composer brings DIY cloud to object storage pool
Italy-based startup Cubbit has announced the availability of the DS3 Composer, which will create S3-compatible private object storage clouds from on-premise, bare metal colocation and…
JPMorgan Chase tops bank AI ranking
JPMorgan Chase has been named the leading global bank for artificial intelligence (AI) maturity in the benchmarking index from Evident AI. Created by AI platform…
Software engineers worry about speaking out
A survey of 280 software engineers conducted in October has reported that over half (53%) suspected that malpractices were occuring in the workplace. Among the…
Former OpenAI boss to lead Microsoft Advanced AI division
Microsoft has hired OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman less than 36 hours after he stepped down as CEO of the ChatGPT creator. Emmett Shear, former Twitch…