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AWS, Microsoft and Google urge datacentre kit suppliers to improve Scope 3 data collection

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google and Microsoft claim their ability to accurately assess the Scope 3 emissions generated by their activities is being hampered by lacklustre embodied emissions data provided by the third parties that build and kit out their datacentres. The three hyperscale public cloud firms, along with Meta, Digital Realty and Schneider Electric,…

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

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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Tech workers misinformed about number of women at top, finds Computer Weekly

Women are well represented in tech leadership positions across Europe, according to half of the people asked during the annual Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT salary survey. While this may seem positive, it is also misguided, with numbers collected by the Tech Talent Charter finding women made up only 21% of senior tech leaders in the UK…

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Believe it or not, AMD has already begun work on Zen 7 CPUs that are three generations into the future

AMD is already working on Zen 7 processors, which will be two generations after next-gen Zen 5 CPUs.It’s pretty eye-opening to hear that development is already underway for a processor family three whole generations into the future, but of course, this is just the very initial stages of design for Zen 7, no doubt. (Sketched…

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Police Digital Service CEO Ian Bell resigns as company director following news of staff arrests

Police Digital Service (PDS) CEO Ian Bell is no longer a director of the company, two weeks after it emerged two of its employees had been arrested on suspicion of fraud, bribery and misconduct in public office. A Companies House filing, dated 16 July 2024, confirms Bell’s position as company director was terminated on 11…

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Intel raising power safeguard for next-gen Arrow Lake CPUs has rung alarm bells for some – but we’re hopeful it’s a positive sign

It looks like Intel is going to raise the limits for temperatures with its next-gen desktop processors, which could be a sign of confidence in the stability of Arrow Lake – a hopeful hint of things to come, with any luck, in terms of the current worries around Core i9 stability.Before we go leaping off…

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Hackney Council reprimanded over 2020 ransomware attack

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has strongly reprimanded the London Borough of Hackney over a series of failings that led to a devastating ransomware attack in October 2020. The Pysa ransomware gang encrypted a total of approximately 440,000 files affecting 280,000 residents of Hackney in East London, after they exploited old, on-premise servers and systems…

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UK Cyber Bill teases mandatory ransomware reporting

Keir Starmer’s Labour government is to bring forward a Cyber Security and Resilience Bill in the new parliamentary term, with the intent of strengthening the UK’s cyber defences and ensuring the continuity and protection of digital services, with a proposed mandate on compulsory ransomware reporting a keystone of the law. One of many potential new…

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