The UK government is on a mission to loosen the grip that legacy IT suppliers have on public sector IT budgets, amid concerns about how police forces, NHS trusts and local councils are wedded to suppliers whose offerings are not good value for money. Technology secretary Peter Kyle outlined the government’s ambitions on this front…
Civil rights groups have highlighted a “worrying lack of transparency” in how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is embedding artificial intelligence (AI) in the UK’s social security system. According to separate reports from Amnesty International and Big Brother Watch, both published in early July 2025, the opaque use of AI systems by the…
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Marks & Spencer chairman Archie Norman has described the recent ransomware attack on the retailer’s systems as something akin to an “out-of-body experience” as he called for cyber attack victims to be brave, bite the bullet, and be open and transparent about their experiences. Speaking before the Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms…
Microsoft has patched a total of 130 new common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) across its product suite in its monthly Patch Tuesday update, including 10 critically dangerous flaws, many of them in Microsoft Office, while a bunch of third-party issues bring the monthly total to approximately 140. However, despite its wide breadth, Redmond’s latest update…
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As part of the agreement, Google will train 100,000 civil servants working across the public sector in using AI and other digital services through its Google Cloud Training Programme by 2030, in support of the government’s goal to have one in 10 civil servants working in tech roles by the same date.Furthermore, Google Cloud will…
A Firefox engineer has flagged up an apparent issue with Intel Raptor LakeThese CPUs are reportedly crashing more in the summer heat in EuropeThere’s a greater prevalence of crashes in places where temperatures have spiked due to heatwaves, and the 14700K CPU is suffering in particularIntel’s Raptor Lake (and Raptor Lake Refresh) 13th and 14th-gen…
Government departments have 28 data-sharing agreements in place to detect fraud, but a report from the National Audit Office (NAO), has found there is insufficient focus on preventive measures. The authors of the NAO’s Using data analytics to tackle fraud and error report noted that integrating preventative controls into existing business processes often requires real-time…
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Today, Adobe is taking Adobe Firefly a step further with powerful new tools and expanded access to partner AI models for its AI video generator. The company says this update brings more “control, precision, and flexibility to create and edit content that connects and stands out.”The first major feature is the ability to generate sound…
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When it comes to investments in artificial intelligence (AI), the numbers are staggering. “Stargate”, a US initiative to build the largest AI datacentres the world has ever seen, aims to invest $500bn over the next four years. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have just announced plans to buy hundreds of thousands of advanced…
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AI Mode was one of the highlights of Google I/O 2025, with Google showing off a few exciting AI capabilities coming to Google Search that are entirely optional. As a reminder, AI Mode is a separate tab in Google Search that you can choose to use, unlike the AI Overviews that appear at the top…
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