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March Patch Tuesday brings 57 fixes, multiple zero-days

Microsoft has dropped a grand total of 57 fixes to mark the third Patch Tuesday update of 2025 – rising to closer to 70 when third-party vulns are taken into account – including six zero-days and six critical flaws needing urgent attention. The zero-days comprise a security feature bypass in Microsoft Management Console, two remote…

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IT Sustainability Think Tank: Environmental trends to redefine IT strategies in 2025

Sustainability is a critical driver for business growth. This is not just a response to consumer demand but also a strategic move to mitigate risks associated with environmental changes. For instance, changing weather patterns have already impacted over half of global businesses, prompting significant operational shifts. Investors are also raising the bar. Companies with strong…

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Salesforce execs at TDX 25: Agentforce a whole system AI play

At the TDX 2025 developer conference in San Francisco, Salesforce executives presented its Agentforce agentic AI technology as a “whole system” approach, where large language models (LLMs) are less significant than a “trinity” of data, applications and agents. Relatedly, they consistently disparage “DIY” artificial intelligence (AI) programmes. Paula Goldman, the supplier’s chief ethical and humane…

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HMRC looks to upgrade SOC with advanced SIEM tech

His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is firming up plans to procure more security information and event management (SIEM) services as it seeks to enhance its existing Security Operations Centre (SOC) capabilities, according to a request for information (RFI) published this week. As the UK’s tax authority, HMRC is tasked with upholding the integrity of…

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How Toyota is transforming its digital employee experience

Toyota, one of the world’s largest car manufacturers, has embarked on a project to transform its digital employee experience (DEX). In the US, Toyota has ambitions to eliminate its traditional IT service desk this year, and if it’s unable to hit that target, it aims to at least reduce IT helpdesk calls by 80%. Part…

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Top 10 women in tech and diversity in tech stories of 2024

This year signalled a worrying time for diversity, equity and inclusion in the technology sector as many firms began rolling back their initiatives and efforts. This lack of commitment led many notable diversity organisations to dial back their own efforts, not wanting to contribute to allowing firms to pretend to be making a difference rather…

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Innovation, insight and influence: the CISO playbook for 2025 and beyond

As 2024 comes to a close and we reach the midpoint of a decade that might generously be described as having so far been ‘turbulent’, I’d like to inject a note of positivity regarding the outlook for the second half of the 2020s.  Before you dismiss me as naïve or irrationally optimistic, please hear me…

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Top 10 data and ethics stories of 2024

In 2024, Computer Weekly’s data and ethics coverage continued to focus on the various ethical issues associated with the development and deployment of data-driven systems, particularly artificial intelligence (AI). This included reports on the copyright issues associated with generative AI (GenAI) tools, the environmental impacts of AI, the invasive tracking tools in place across the…

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2025: The year of AI for business – top trends to watch out for

You might not have started thinking about your Christmas shopping yet, but I bet you’ve been thinking about what artificial intelligence (AI) for business is going to look like in 2025. If you haven’t, then settle in with a glass of mulled wine, because now is your chance. AI has come leaps and bounds over…

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8 iOS 18 features that Apple has delayed to 2025

With the launch of iOS 18.2 just around the corner, Apple has a few more iOS 18 features that have now been delayed until 2025.As excited as we are about all of the new features Apple is bringing to iOS 18, the wait for many of them has been longer than we expected. With that…

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