The use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology by UK police has been ongoing for nearly a decade, starting with the Met at Notting Hill Carnival in 2016. Since then, the Met and South Wales Police have increasingly deployed facial
The public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal, mandated by law, reached its fourth phase as barristers concluded their submissions. The inquiry has garnered increased attention from the public, particularly following the airing of an ITV dramatization of the
The US government has successfully disrupted a botnet created by a Chinese hacking group known as Volt Typhoon. The botnet was responsible for cyber attacks on critical national infrastructure (CNI) organizations in the US and other countries. According to a
Aviva has chosen Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to provide technology services for its UK business, specifically for over five million pension policies. TCS’s UK-regulated subsidiary, Diligenta, will manage the contract using TCS’s own software-as-a-service (SaaS) core banking platform, BaNCS. This
The German SAP user group DSAG has applauded SAP’s new incentive that offers a 50% discount for businesses migrating to the Rise cloud platform. Previously, DSAG had criticized SAP’s decision to limit certain innovations, such as AI and a green
The IT industry in Russia is facing increasing pressure from Western countries, as sanctions against Russian companies continue to expand. In the latest round of sanctions, several large Russian IT companies were included for having licenses issued by the Russian
Looking ahead to the coming year, the cybersecurity industry must address various ongoing issues that are essential in managing organizational risk. These threats continue to evolve as technology advances, but the year 2024 brings a unique element. Generative AI has
SAP has emphasized its focus on artificial intelligence (AI) in its recent results. However, the company’s primary strategy still centers around convincing customers to transition to the cloud. SAP reported a full-year revenue of €31 billion, a 6% increase. Cloud
Anthropic, a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) company, has argued in a US court that using copyrighted content in the training data of large language models (LLMs) should be considered “fair use.” The company claims that without this use of copyrighted
According to a 170-page report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), datacentres in Ireland are expected to consume one-third of the country’s energy by 2026. Currently, there are 82 datacentres in operation in Ireland, with another 14 under construction and