Microsoft is planning to bring forward AI skills for more than one million people in the UK. The company is to invest £2.5 billion into the UK’s AI infrastructure over the next three years. Microsoft also unveiled a programme of work to assist the UK’s AI research and safety investments
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2023 has been a busy year for zero-day exploits in Chrome, and Google has patched its 6th one, calling it an “emergency.” Zero-day is a term used for a vulnerability that has been discovered but not yet patched. The security update is available for some users on Mac, Linux, and
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A scam email purporting to contain legitimate advice on a need to update Microsoft Windows has been circulating in the UK. The email has subject lines such as “Install Microsoft Windows update now!” or “Critical Microsoft Windows update” and an attachment wrongly signposted as being from Microsoft. The file contains
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Microsoft has begun the roll out of a major update to its Windows 11 PC operating system (October 31, 2023) This includes an AI chatbot called Copilot. According to media reports, Copilot can create human-like text and other content with just a few words of human direction. It relies on
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Cybersecurity breaches reported by British financial services companies more than tripled in the 12-month period ending June 30, with the pension sector reporting the biggest increase at 4,000%. Research from lawyers, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain uses data from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). It shows that U.K.-based financial companies reported 640
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There’s some excellent advise in this article from HR News – https://hrnews.co.uk/businesses-advised-on-how-to-overcome-the-cybersecurity-risks-of-remote-working/ It includes information on connecting your people to their data, security assessments, staff using their own IT equipment and safe use of public WiFi. As more people log in away from the workplace, it’s increasingly important to ensure
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Microsoft has announced that it will start rolling out the AI assistant, Microsoft 365 Copilot, for enterprise customers beginning on 1st November 2023. Report by computing.co.uk: “We have been building AI-powered copilots into our most used and loved products – making coding more efficient with GitHub, transforming productivity at work
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New data released by Barclays Bank shows almost nine out of 10 purchase scams start on social media. Purchase scams are where people buy products that either never arrive or aren’t as advertised. Barclays says on average people lose £1,000 to these kinds of scams, which account for two-thirds of
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