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Engaging young people with careers in STEM at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

9 minutes of reading / AI, Apple, automation, ChatGPT, Computer, Google, machine learning, Meta, robotics, Tech, virtual reality / By / Leave a Comment

The UK tech sector continues to struggle with skills shortages, especially in emerging and high-priority areas such as cyber security and artificial intelligence (AI). One of the contributory factors is a lack of interest in computer science education in schools. Computer Weekly recently reported that low uptake of computing-related subjects at GCSE level is threatening…

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Riding the cloud database wave

6 minutes of reading / agile, AI, Alibaba, Amazon, automation, AWS, Azure, Cloud, Database, Google, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Netflix, open source, Oracle, Salesforce, Tech, Workday / By / Leave a Comment

It would seem that the adoption of cloud databases – those delivered via a cloud consumption model – is ramping up. Referred to as dbPaaS (database platform as a service) by analyst Gartner, the market for cloud databases is dominated by public cloud providers. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Google, Oracle and Alibaba are among…

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Derby City Council eyes £12.25m annual savings with AI and chatbot deployments

5 minutes of reading / AI, automation, chatbot, compliance, digital transformation, machine learning, Microsoft, Tech / By / Leave a Comment

Derby City Council aims to save almost £12.5m a year in costs by rolling out artificial intelligence (AI) tools to its staff. The council, which covers the East Midlands city of some 264,000 people, has identified 261 tasks where officials believe AI can make improvements. Within that, the council is focusing on 54 areas where…

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Kubernetes at 10: From stateless also-ran to ‘platform to build platforms’

6 minutes of reading / AI, API, automation, AWS, cloud-native, containers, Database, Docker, Kubernetes, microservices, open source, Tech / By / Leave a Comment

Kubernetes is 10! Mid-2024 sees the 10th birthday of the market-leading container orchestration platform. But, says Sergey Pronin, group products manager at Percona, which develops open source products for SQL and NoSQL databases, it wasn’t always in that position. Pronin recalls the early years when Kubernetes arrived in the market, pretty much locked into orchestration of…

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Apple releases new HomePod mini colorway with 100% recycled mesh fabric

2 minutes of reading / Apple, Apple TV, Apple Watch, automation, HomePod, Intel, iPad, Tech / By / Leave a Comment

Today, Apple announced a new HomePod mini color. Almost four years after its first release, Cupertino is revamping its midnight color with a tweak: It’s now made with 100% recycled mesh fabric. At just 3.3 inches tall, Apple says HomePod mini offers big sound in an impressively compact design.HomePod mini in midnight is available starting…

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Updating agriculture: Can data analysis save farming?

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Farming is one of the oldest industries in the world, with evidence of agriculture being found as far back as 21,000 BC. However, with an increasing population and environmental disruption through climate change, farming needs to find new solutions to improve food security. One way more food could be grown is through using data analysis…

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Bringing Bridget Jones’ diary into the AI era

5 minutes of reading / AI, automation, chatbot, ChatGPT, Tech, Tesla / By / Leave a Comment

June 7, 2024 was the 70th anniversary of the death of Alan Turing, the father of modern computer science, whose wisdom still resonates in fields ranging from mathematics to biology. But I want to argue that in the age of ChatGPT, one aspect of his legacy—the famous Turing Test, also known as the ‘imitation game’,…

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AI and cyber skills worryingly lacking, say business leaders

6 minutes of reading / AI, automation, Computer, data privacy, data science, machine learning, Tech / By

Tech companies across Europe are suffering from a worrying lack of skills in artificial intelligence (AI) and cyber, according to research by Computer Weekly. The annual Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT salary surveyasked IT workers the areas of their organisations where skills are lacking to a problematic degree, with cyber and AI topping the list. Almost 40%…

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Challenges of deploying AI to run public services more efficiently

5 minutes of reading / AI, automation, chatbot, ChatGPT, Tech, Technology / By

In its 2024 general election manifesto, Labour promised to support the tech and digital sectors through a new industrial strategy and set about planning rules to boost digital infrastructure.The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) has now issued a report, Governing in the age of AI: Reimagining the UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), detailing how…

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Kubernetes at 10: When K8s ‘won’ and life now as a ‘surly teenager’

7 minutes of reading / AI, automation, cloud-native, containers, Docker, Google, Kubernetes, microservices, Tech / By

Kubernetes is 10! Mid-2024 sees the 10th birthday of the market-leading container orchestration platform. But, according to DataStax developer relations guy Patrick McFadin, the container orchestration platform is in a “surly teenager” phase, with some challenges in management efficiency still to be solved. He also recalls how Kubernetes, also known as K8s, overcame its early challenges…

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