The ethics of military AI

Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 2 May 2023 The ethics of military AI Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, as the defence sector looks into using artificial intelligence to create autonomous weapons, we examine the risks and ethics of military AI. Amazon Web Services is under […]

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IT Priorities 2023: Software development

The TechTarget/Computer Weekly IT Priorities 2023 survey found that 41% of IT decision-makers expect to increase their IT spending this year. While there is a lot of economic uncertainty, technology is not an area where companies are looking to reduce budgets. The survey of 156 technology decision-makers from the UK and Ireland reported that […]

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Podcast: No more hard disks in five years, says Pure

In this podcast Shawn Rosemarin, vice-president of customer engineering in research and development at Pure Storage, argues that spinning disk hard drives (HDDs) will face commercial extinction in five years’ time. We talk about pressures on data storage from rising energy costs as well as rapidly increasing volumes of data. Rosemarin also talks about […]

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Researchers see surge in scam websites linked to coronation

With days to go until the coronation of King Charles III, cyber fraudsters are seeking to capitalise on a surge in public interest, according to researchers at Kaspersky, who have uncovered multiple fake websites posing as official outlets selling commemorative items such as coins, mugs, plates and other coronation memorabilia. Kaspersky said scammers and […]

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What is a Web Application Firewall? WAF Explained

What is a web application firewall (WAF)? A web application firewall (WAF) is a firewall that monitors, filters and blocks Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) traffic as it travels to and from a website or web application. A WAF can be network based, host based or cloud based. It is often deployed through a reverse proxy […]

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The role of AI as an everyday life assistant

In 2019, Amazon discontinued its physical Dash button, a gadget that allowed customers to reorder products at the push of a button. But this idea of automatic replenishment is set to make a comeback – except, according to Gartner fellow Mark Raskino, it is likely a machine will be doing the ordering and replenishment automatically […]

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Government is playing ‘psychic war’ in battle over end-to-end encryption

The government is playing a high-stakes game of chicken with technology companies by being “intentionally ambiguous” about the impact legislation going through Parliament that could undermine end-to-end encryption, a peer has claimed. Liberal peer Richard Allan told the House of Lords yesterday that the government was playing a “psychic war” with technology companies in […]

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More Post Office software-related convictions take total to 86

Two former subpostmasters are the latest to have wrongful criminal convictions overturned on appeal. A total of 86 former subpostmasters and Post Office branch workers have now had convictions quashed, based on evidence from the Post Office’s error-prone computer system. These former subpostmasters are victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal, which between 2000 […]

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Intel results reveal a push to address AI shortcomings

Intel has reported first-quarter revenues of $11.7bn, down 36% from last year. Its Data Center and AI (DCAI) business posted a 39% decline in revenue to $3.7bn, while the Client Computing Group (CCG) posted a 38% decline, with revenue of $5.8bn. Its Network and Edge division reported revenue of $1.6bn, a 30% decline on […]

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