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Engaging young people with careers in STEM at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

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The UK tech sector continues to struggle with skills shortages, especially in emerging and high-priority areas such as cyber security and artificial intelligence (AI). One of the contributory factors is a lack of interest in computer science education in schools. Computer Weekly recently reported that low uptake of computing-related subjects at GCSE level is threatening…

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Two Is Better Than One: LG Starts Production of 13-inch Tandem OLED Display for Laptops

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OLED panels have a number of advantages, including deep blacks, fast response times, and energy efficiency; most of these stemming from the fact that they do not need backlighting. However they also have drawbacks, as well, as trying to drive them to be as bright as a high-tier LCD will quickly wear out the organic…

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UK data regulator should investigate police cloud deployments

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Scottish biometrics commissioner Brian Plastow is calling for the UK data regulator to formally investigate whether Police Scotland’s cloud-based Digital Evidence Sharing Capability (DESC) is compliant with data protection laws, after Microsoft disclosed it cannot guarantee the sovereignty of UK policing data hosted in the Azure public cloud. Plastow told Computer Weekly the Microsoft disclosure,…

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Synnovis attack highlights degraded, outdated state of NHS IT

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Experts have warned that ageing IT equipment and infrastructure is leaving the NHS dangerously exposed to more damaging cyber breaches and incidents in the same vein as the ransomware attack that hit pathology services provider Synnovis in June, causing extensive disruption to frontline care in London. Speaking to the BBC, Ciaran Martin, the founding chief…

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How data drives decisions at BAE Systems

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Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 9 July 2024 How data drives decisions at BAE Systems Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the chief data officer of one of the UK’s biggest manufacturers, BAE Systems, about data strategy and diversity. Microsoft’s claims over sovereign…

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Microsoft and Google’s GHG emissions gains call viability of net-zero targets into question

9 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, automation, AWS, Azure, ChatGPT, Cloud, cloud computing, Computer, Google, HP, Microsoft, Tech / By

The financial results of the world’s biggest three hyperscale cloud companies have seen Amazon, Google and Microsoft all credit growing customer demand for artificial intelligence (AI) services for boosting their respective profit, revenue and market share totals. The downside to this growth, particularly where Google and Microsoft are concerned, is that it appears to be…

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Metropolitan Police could investigate one of its own staff in Post Office probe

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A former Post Office investigator who deleted information from an expert IT witness statement during the wrongful prosecution of a subpostmaster faces being investigated by his current employer, the Metropolitan Police, as part of its Post Office scandal probe. Last week, the Post Office scandal public inquiry was shown evidence for the second time that …

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Sellafield pleads guilty to criminal charges over cyber security

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The Sellafield nuclear waste site has pleaded guilty to criminal charges brought by the industry regulator, admitting to significant cyber security failings over a four-year period that put sensitive information at risk. Lawyers acting for the state-owned Sellafield Ltd – which is working on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to manage the Sellafield…

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Post Office expert IT witness Gareth Jenkins resigns BCS membership

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The IT expert at the centre of the Post Office Horizon scandal has resigned as a member of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, after he was informed the professional association could investigate his part in the widest miscarriage of justice in history. Gareth Jenkins, who was chief architect at Fujitsu and acted as an…

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