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NHS software provider faces £6m fine after hackers steal tens of thousands of medical records | UK News
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A major NHS IT provider faces a penalty of just over £6m for failures which led to a cyber attack and the theft of nearly 83,000 medical records. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been investigating Advanced, which supplies vital systems for the health service, since the breach on 4 August 2022. The cyber attack…
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Apple issues iPhone 12 software update in France over radiation concerns | Science & Tech News
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Apple has said it plans to update the iPhone 12’s software after France halted sales of the model over fears about excessive radiation levels. Jean-Noel Barrot, a junior minister in the French government, told Le Parisien last month a radiation watchdog found the device’s “specific absorption rate” was slightly higher than the legal limit. This…
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iPhone 15: Apple says it will fix software issue causing device to get too hot – and blame some apps for ‘overloading the system’ | Science & Tech News
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Apple is blaming a software bug and issues tied to apps like Instagram and Uber for causing its recently released iPhone 15 models to get too hot. The company said over the weekend that it is working on an update to the iOS17 system that powers the iPhone 15 line-up to prevent the devices from…
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Tesla recalls 362,000 cars in US over fears full self-driving software may cause crashes | Business News
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Tesla is recalling hundreds of thousands of cars in the United States over fears their full self-driving (FSD) software may cause a crash. The announcement was made by the country’s auto safety regulator, the NHTSA, which has been conducting an investigation into the company’s autopilot systems. The watchdog said Tesla‘s software allows a vehicle to…
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Canada: ‘Time theft’ woman ordered to pay damages to her former employer after tracking software exposed ‘serious misconduct’ | World News
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A women in Canada has been ordered by a civil tribunal to pay damages to her former employer for “time theft” after she was caught claiming for unworked hours by tracking software. Karlee Besse, who was a home-based company accountant in British Columbia, initially argued she had been wrongfully sacked and sought $5,000 (£3,056) compensation…
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Google sacks senior software engineer Blake Lemoine after claiming its AI chatbot is a ‘sentient’ being | Science & Tech News
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Google has sacked a senior software engineer after he claimed the company’s AI chatbot is a “sentient” being. The search engine’s parent company Alphabet said Blake Lemoine’s claims about LaMDA (its language model for dialogue applications) are “wholly unfounded”. “It’s regrettable that despite lengthy engagement on this topic, Blake still chose to persistently violate clear…