Samsung is looking to stimulate a 5G phone upgrade cycle with on-device artificial intelligence (AI) phones in the form of the Galaxy S24 Series, a range that analysts are saying will lead to its Galaxy AI system’s moment in the sun. Based on premium Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform, and offering 5G, LTE, … Leer más
The government has published its first stab at a generative AI (GenAI) framework document, which lists 10 principles that developers and government staff using the technology should take into account. The 10 common principles provide guidance on the safe, responsible and effective use of GenAI in government organisations. David Knott, chief technology officer for government, … Leer más
Three local authorities in Kent – Canterbury City Council, Dover District Council and Thanet District Council – have fallen victim to near-simultaneous and potentially linked cyber attacks, knocking multiple public-facing systems across Kent offline. All three authorities are understood to be working alongside the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) on incident response and remediation. … Leer más
Google is reinforcing its commitment to the UK by building a $1bn datacentre on a 33-acre site in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, to provide enterprises with locally hosted access to its public cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) services. The build will mark a sizeable expansion of the company’s UK datacentre footprint, and is being hailed … Leer más
Dedicated business connectivity provider Telcom will be a strategic partner to deliver its Preconnect connected building solution for the commercial office space at St Michael’s Manchester, a £400m mixed-use development. A long-term project by development company of ex-Manchester United footballer and pundit Gary Neville, Relentless Developments and other partners, St Michael’s combines nine floors of office space with … Leer más
Two recent major contracts point to the return of big outsourcing contracts. Earlier in January, Canada Post announced it has entered into an agreement to transition Innovapost, its IT shared-service provider, to Deloitte Canada, in a bid to improve the delivery of digitally enabled products and services. Vodafone also announced a $1.5bn, 10-year deal … Leer más
Data has never been more valuable. It’s the lifeblood of modern business and is simultaneously increasingly vulnerable to attack. The growing use of hybrid cloud and remote working means that bad actors have a larger attack surface than ever before. The result? A rapidly evolving threat landscape that’s progressively more difficult to police. On … Leer más
London’s chief digital officer (CDO) has raised alarm over the impact of the copper switch-off on adult social care and other vital local government services, warning over its impact to vulnerable people and the rising costs being borne by local authorities. In 2017, telecommunications providers announced their plans to switch off the UK’s old … Leer más
Ciaran Martin, the founding chief executive of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), is to join the recently launched Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) non-profit as chair of its technical committee The CMC is a partnership between law firm Weightmans and insurer CFC, and is described as a “first-of-its-kind” project to independently declare and … Leer más
At the same time that UK political parties vie in their condemnation of the Post Office scandal, they unite in their promotion of AI as the answer to tricky social problems. This means that, in effect, they are arguing for more of the same; for more occasions where computing and bureaucracy combine to mangle … Leer más
