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Sellafield local authority slammed over response to North Korean ransomware attack

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Former bosses at Copeland Borough Council blame a 2017 ransomware attack for the authority’s failure to submit audited accounts for its final four years of business. As part of local government reform, Copeland was incorporated into the joint Cumberland authority on 1 April 2023.Auditors from Grant Thornton have now also lambasted Copeland for its response…

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How poor IT project management failed Birmingham Oracle implementation

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While experts have questioned why Birmingham City Council (BCC) chose to modify and adapt a new Oracle system rather than alter its own business processes – a decision that led to a £100m bill for taxpayers – a series of documents seen by Computer Weekly reveal project management failures over a number of years contributed…

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AI Seoul Summit review | Computer Weekly

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The second global artificial intelligence (AI) summit in South Korea saw dozens of governments and companies double down on their commitments to safely and inclusively develop the technology, but questions remain about who exactly is being included and which risks are given priority.   Speaking with Computer Weekly about developments during the AI Seoul Summit,…

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Dell launches PowerStore Prime and hints at PowerScale AI boost

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Dell has upgraded its PowerStore midrange block (and file) access storage arrays with Intel Xeon central processing units (CPUs) to give a claimed performance boost of 66% over the previous version. Meanwhile, one model in the new PowerStore Prime range also offers high-capacity QLC drives for read-heavy workloads. In addition, Dell CEO Michael Dell hinted…

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The need for speed: How AI is driving faster cars for VCARB Formula One team

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Everyone in the technology sector knows about the race to be the winner in artificial intelligence (AI). Less well-known outside the high-tech, high-performance world of Formula One (F1) is the challenge of using AI to win a race. As its early adopters are learning, success with AI is all about data – and in F1,…

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Post Office Horizon replacement project labelled ‘unachievable’ as taxpayer bill reaches £1bn

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Taxpayers are facing a £1bn bill for the Post Office to replace its controversial Horizon IT system, Computer Weekly has learned – but government experts sent in to assess the funding request have reported that the critical project is currently unachievable. The plan to develop a replacement for Horizon and remove its supplier, Fujitsu, is…

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Law student ‘unfairly disciplined’ after reporting data breach blunder

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A former student at the Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA) says he was hauled over the coals by the college for having acted responsibly and “with integrity” in reporting a security blunder that left sensitive information about students exposed. Bartek Wytrzyszczewski faced misconduct proceedings after alerting the college to a data breach exposing…

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Fujitsu set for further £180m deal as Post Office Horizon replacement delayed

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Fujitsu is set to receive a further £180m in taxpayers’ cash to extend its contract to run the controversial Post Office Horizon IT system for a further five years. As revealed by Computer Weekly yesterday (30 May), the project to replace Horizon has hit major problems, and the Post Office has requested £1bn of extra…

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Next UK government must be prepared to legislate on AI, say MPs

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The next UK government should be ready to legislate on artificial intelligence (AI) if it finds gaps in the powers of regulators to protect the public interest from fast-moving technological developments, said the House Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (SITC). Following its inquiry into the UK’s governance of AI – which was launched in October…

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Storebrand divests from IBM over supply of biometrics to Israel

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One of Norway’s largest financial services companies has divested from IBM over the role its biometric database technologies play in maintaining illegal Israeli settlements, in a move that could set a precedent for other European investors. Storebrand said the global tech giant was providing biometric databases to the Israeli government that were being “used to…

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