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Verizon CEO identifies ‘most important’ infrastructure of the century

Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg details digital growth during a wide-ranging interview on ‘Mornings with Maria.’ As world business leaders, heads of state and more plan to address numerous global issues at the 2024 World Economic Forum in Davos, one CEO highlighted the “most important” infrastructure focuses of the century. “I think one of the most […]

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Biden administration hopes chips will give it an election year boost

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save As Washington revs up for an election year, the obscure field of semiconductors is shaping up to be front and center in President Biden’s economic policy. Semiconductors, or “chips,” usually exist quietly, serving as the brains inside everything from smartphones to self-guided missiles. The average

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Microsoft launches subscription-based chatbot, AI Copilot Pro for $20 a month

Wall Street Alliance Group partner Aadil Zaman and Peapack Private Wealth Management managing principal David Dietze react to Sam Altman returning to OpenAI five days after his firing on Making Money. Microsoft announced on Monday the launch of a new subscription-based version of its Copilot aimed at providing a more powerful artificial intelligence (AI) tool

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Fujitsu ‘morally obliged’ to contribute to subpostmaster financial redress amid ‘insane’ delays | Computer Weekly

Fujitsu is “morally obligated” to contribute to the costs related to the Post Office Horizon scandal faced by UK taxpayers, said Fujitsu’s UK boss Paul Patterson, during a Parliamentary select committee hearing. He also admitted that the IT company helped Post Office wrongly prosecute subpostmasters. The Business and Trade Committee had earlier heard from

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Google’s data egress offer – no such thing as a free migration? | Computer Weekly

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has announced it will annul data egress charges for customers that say they want to leave the cloud provider. However, the move is explicitly aimed at customers that will move away from Google. That means there are limits to who might benefit, with concerns over the time period allowed to

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Legal cases question IP in large language model training | Computer Weekly

A recent warning from OpenAI about the potential ramifications of a stringent copyright crackdown on artificial intelligence (AI) development has sparked a complex legal debate about the balance between AI advancement and intellectual property (IP) rights. At the heart of the legal case is whether businesses that make money from licensing or selling web

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Kaspersky shares Pegasus spyware-hunting tool | Computer Weekly

Researchers at Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) have developed and released a lightweight method to help Apple iPhone users at risk of being targeted by the Pegasus spyware detect its presence on their devices. The Apple ecosystem has been heavily targeted by spyware developers in the past due to its widespread popularity.

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NAO head calls for clean data and modern government IT | Computer Weekly

In his annual speech to Parliament, Gareth Davies, head of the National Audit Office, called for improvements in government IT procurement as part of a wider supplier management effort. Overall, he estimated that the government could save as much as £8bn through efficiency gains by better use of competition. “Spending on IT services is

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The human toll of ransomware: how IT pros suffer during incidents | Computer Weekly

Over the last decade, ransomware has become a living nightmare for victims of all shapes and sizes. Attacks can bring operations to a standstill, damage reputations with customers and even force businesses into administration. Given this, when a ransomware attack hits, the attention of senior management typically focuses on preventing financial harm. The aim

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