
Emma Woollacott
Emma Woollacott is a freelance journalist writing for publications including the BBC, Private Eye, Forbes, Raconteur and specialist technology titles.
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US energy contractor ENGlobal reveals ransomware attack
News The federal supplier said access to its IT systems was limited as it works to recover
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Microsoft hit with £1 billion lawsuit over competition claims
News Customers using rival cloud services are paying too much for Windows Server, the complaint alleges
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BT orders staff back into the office
News CEO Allison Kirkby has told workers that guidance is now a hard rule and that they will be clocked in and out
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UK underestimates threat from hostile states
News Richard Horne highlights the risks posed by foreign states and urges organizations to implement NCSC advice
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Westcon-Comstor bags major European distribution deal with AWS
News The company plans to launch a dedicated European AWS cloud business unit
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AWS opens physical sites for fast data uploads
News Amazon Web Service (AWS) has launched a new Data Transfer Terminal service to allow customers to upload data to the cloud from a physical site.
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Latos plans 40 new data centers in the UK
News The company says it will open both hyperscale and edge facilities, with construction already underway in Cardiff
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Small language models set for take-off next year
News With lower costs, energy use, and a simpler compliance process, enterprises are warming to small language models
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Google just opened a new London AI campus
News The campus will see students working on real-world projects with 'cutting-edge- resources and mentoring
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IT workers have become the cool kids on the block since the rise of AI
News Budgets are increasing and IT leaders are gaining greater power within organizations
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Major incident declared as Merseyside hospitals hit by cyber attack
News The incident, which has led to cancelled appointments, is just the latest in a series of attacks on healthcare organizations
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Everything you need to know about the Microsoft outage
News After a day of chaos, the worst of the Microsoft outage appears to have passed, but some problems still remain
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Workers are faking productivity levels, and it’s hitting businesses hard
News Staff are busying themselves with meaningless tasks rather than getting on with the job in hand
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French government plots new bid for Atos business unit
News The deal could amount to €625 million and keep the company's critical technologies on home turf
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Slow websites cost businesses thousands per year
News Business owners tell Liquid Web they're losing traffic because of poor website performance with one in ten saying their bounce rates were over 50%
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Firms warned to beware of fake IT workers
News SentinelLabs has uncovered a network of front companies supplying North Korean remote workers under false identities
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DoJ demands Google sells Chrome — and potentially Android too
News Confirming earlier reports, the US Department of Justice filing calls for Chrome to be divested over monopoly concerns
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IT leaders are less AI-ready than they were a year ago
News Organizations feel pressure to deliver on AI as they lack infrastructure, data processing capabilities, and talent
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Security incident recovery times are over 7 months on average
News Businesses tell Fastly survey they have concerns about the reliability and quality across their security stack with three in ten considering a change of vendor
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Severed subsea internet cables raise network security questions
News With international communications links vulnerable to attack, researchers are working to provide dynamic routing via space
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Majority of firms using generative AI experience related security incidents
News Security teams eye larger budgets for AI responses as they stare down threats such as data breaches, deepfakes, and targeted attacks
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FOI requests show the vast majority of UK data center applications are approved
News Of the 88 applications put forward last year, only three were declined
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New research network launched to bolster UK's cybersecurity
News The CRANE network aims to pull together academics, government, industry, and non-profit organizations, to focus on existing and emerging threats
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Organizations failing to use tech to reach sustainability goals
News Businesses are urged to put sustainability at the heart of corporate strategy, and use AI to help
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