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Labour government plans new laws around cyber security, data sharing and skills

6 minutes of reading / AI, e-commerce, Tech, Technology / By

The Labour government has announced its legislative agenda for the new Parliament, with the King’s Speech outlining bills covering cyber security, data sharing and skills among proposals likely to impact IT professionals – but there are no plans for artificial intelligence (AI) regulation at this stage. The King highlighted his government’s intention to “pursue sustainable…

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Amazon may take on Temu and Shein with a new Chinese discount store

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If you’ve been secretly wishing for Amazon to feature incredibly cheap products like the ones you can order on AliExpress, Temu, and Shein, you might be in luck. Amazon is considering opening a new digital storefront featuring discount products from Chinese manufacturers to take on some of these popular e-commerce apps from China.Amazon has reportedly…

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Mind-blowing AI instantly makes artificial web pages from anything you type

4 minutes of reading / AI, ChatGPT, e-commerce, Google, Netflix, Tech / By

Generative AI continues to amaze me, and the latest development comes in the form of a web tool I never knew I needed. It’s called websim.ai, and it’s a tool that lets you create fake websites for anything you might think of, no matter how stupid it may sound. Input a prompt, and you’ll get…

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The pros, cons and misconceptions of dynamic pricing for retailers

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Advances in technology are making it increasingly possible for retailers and hospitality companies to be more intelligent with their pricing strategies, including multiple intra-day changes according to factors such as impending expiry dates on perishable goods, changes in the weather and over-stocked goods. Smart North London food store Kavanagh’s reduces the price on goods in…

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CDO interview: Sophie Gallay, global data and client IT director, Etam

8 minutes of reading / Accenture, AI, Amazon, data science, digital transformation, e-commerce, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, Tech / By

Sophie Gallay, global data and client IT director at Etam, has been busy since joining the French retailer at the start of 2023. From establishing the foundations for data-led change to investigating the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), Gallay grabbed the opportunity to join a business exploring information and insight. “There was pretty much everything…

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Europol sting operation smokes multiple botnets

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Some of the most prominent malware-dropping botnets in operation today, including Bumblebee, IcedID, Pikabot, Smokeloader, SystemBC and Trickbot, have been disrupted in a coordinated law enforcement action orchestrated through the European Union’s (EU’s) Europol agency. Operation Endgame, which enlisted the support of both the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and the US’s FBI, as well…

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Data, online delivery and the search for continual e-commerce improvement

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In the sessions at The Delivery Conference 2024 in London, there were echoes of the famous quote, commonly misattributed to Albert Einstein (first written evidence instead points to Narcotics Anonymous’ Basic text), that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. During a varied and insightful day…

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AWS & GenAI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

3 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, API, AWS, e-commerce, machine learning, Meta, Oracle, robotics, Salesforce, Tech / By

Francessca  Vasquez has worked in the IT industry for 25 year in a number of well-known firms including Oracle and Salesforce. In her current role, she looks after professional services and the GenAI innovation centre at AWS. For Vasquez, innovation with technology is about digital disruption. She says: “I’ve really spent my time trying to…

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Retail’s Big Show: Reporting from the retail technology front line

8 minutes of reading / AI, e-commerce, machine learning, Microsoft, robotics, Salesforce, Tech / By

Retail technology’s annual jamboree returned to New York City for Retail’s Big Show, organised by the National Retail Federation (NRF), attracting senior retailers and technology providers from around the world looking to gain insights into the latest offerings impacting the sector. This year’s event saw a return to pre-pandemic levels of attendance, with 40,000 people…

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Top 10 Middle East stories of 2023

4 minutes of reading / AI, Big Data, cloud-native, Computer, digital transformation, e-commerce, Google, Intel, open source, Tech / By

Countries in the Middle East are spending huge sums of money, made from selling fossil fuels, in the diversification of their economies. This means digital technology will play a key role in the region’s economic development. It will cost a lot for countries like the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia to catch the…

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