The chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves is being urged to review the anecdotal jump in public sector spending caused by the roll-out of the April 2017 IR35 reforms, as she sets about closing the £22bn gap in the public’s finances left by the previous government. Reeves revealed details of the “projected overspend” the previous government’s…
Marc Francis spent the past few years of his life governed by a broken route planner. Time after time, the driver who until recently delivered for Parcelforce would be asked to go on harder and harder routes or given unfeasible routes on his shifts. And when the system broke, failed to bring up an address…
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The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has announced funding for 98 artificial intelligence (AI) projects to help kickstart the UK economy. Minister for digital government and AI Feryal Clark said: “AI will deliver real change for working people across the UK – not only growing our economy but improving our public services. We…
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Software supplier Advanced Computer Software Group faces a potential fine of £6.09m for an alleged failure to implement appropriate cyber security measures to protect the sensitive personal data of 82,946 people, which was stolen by the LockBit ransomware gang following an attack on its systems in August 2022. The cyber attack on Advanced caused extensive…
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Microsoft and CrowdStrike have defended themselves against a series of accusations by Delta, saying the US airline, which was particularly badly hit during the 19 July software outage, rejected their offers of help and had only itself to blame for cancelling thousands of flights, including some scheduled to deliver American athletes to the Paris Olympics.…
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Today’s Microsoft outages, linked to a CrowdStrike update, shows the immense risk we face if we put all our eggs into one huge world-spanning basket. Some colleagues initially suggested this was part of a co-ordinated attack on Microsoft’s infrastructure which, though it turns out is most likely not the case, was a reasonable first guess…
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The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has infiltrated and disrupted digitalstress.su, an underground criminal marketplace that hired infrastructure out to conduct distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and is thought to have been responsible for tens of thousands of cyber attacks around the world. Working alongside the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), which arrested…
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A graphical user interface (GUI) is the way many people interact with computing devices, ranging from smartphones and smart TVs, to laptops, desktops and website navigation. Although smart speakers and the likes of Siri on iOS devices have given people an alternative user interface, where they can request information and do a limited range of…
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A patient with ALS in the United States is the first person to use Apple Vision Pro with an implantable brain-computer interface. Apple’s spatial computer, which already offered breakthrough hand and voice experiences, now goes a step further by enabling brain control. Brain-controlled commands replace the need for hand gestures for people with paralysis.The news…
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