All articles by Greg Noone
Greg Noone
Greg Noone is the editor of Tech Monitor. His work has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian and Outside.
UK government publishes new cybersecurity guidelines for businesses
The draft cybersecurity guidelines for businesses recommend that firms place cyber threats on an equal risk footing to legal and financial perils.
Text of EU AI Act leaked amid debate over the timeline for final approval
News of the EU AI Act being leaked comes amid concerns that lawmakers and businesses will not have sufficient time to scrutinise the legislation and iron out differences.
CIOs in the banking sector want to harness generative AI, says Accenture’s Tom Merry – but they’re still hesitant about where to start
Accenture’s UK managing director for banking strategy, Tom Merry, explains the challenges and opportunities for the banking sector in riding the next wave of AI innovation.
Google ploughs £790m into new UK data centre
The new Hertfordshire facility reaffirms Google’s commitment to the UK market, despite heightened regulatory scrutiny in recent years.
‘CIO change fatigue’ constrained IT spending in 2023
Overall IT spending growth was only 0.3% higher last year than in 2022 says Gartner, a change the research organisation partly attributes to CIO hesitancy and risk aversion.
IBM introducing AI consultants for its consultants
Big Blue says that its new IBM Consulting Assistants helped their human users boost their productivity by up to 50% in early trials.
VMware fixes critical vulnerability in Aria Automation, urges companies to patch
The missing access control vulnerability has been assessed by VMware as 9.9 out of 10 on the CVSS scale.
BSI launches new AI standard
The new guidance from the standards-setting body will advise businesses on how to implement new AI management systems safely within their workflows.
Vodafone inks new digital alliance with Microsoft
The agreement will also see Vodafone commit to Azure as its cloud provider and help the UK telecommunications giant scale its new IoT arm.
ICO launches consultation on how data protection law should be applied to generative AI
The consultation follows several attempts by the data protection watchdog to better define its jurisdiction over AI.