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Aaron Hurst is Information Age's senior reporter, providing news and features around the hottest trends across the tech industry.

Business & Strategy

The most in-demand UK tech leadership roles revealed

According to ECI Partners’ Growth Characteristics study, the chief information security officer (CISO) is the most in-demand hire for SME leadership roles in the UK

Cloud & Edge Computing

Akamai Connected Cloud, combining distributed and core sites, launched

Akamai Technologies has launched its new Connected Cloud solution to help businesses drive value from distributed edge and cloud

AI & Machine Learning

AI-powered search launched by Neeva in Europe

The new AI-powered search service from ad-free platform vendor Neeva will allow European users to leverage search results backed by linked sources, following a US pilot

Cybersecurity

Industry-first software supply chain security framework launched

Security leaders have launched the Open Software Supply Chain Attack Reference (OSC&R), to help organisations gain better understanding of evolving supply chain threats and how to mitigate them

AI & Machine Learning

Bard AI chatbot’s wrong answer leads to drop in Alphabet shares

An error made by the new Bard AI chatbot from Google, included in promotional material, has led to an eight per cent fall in Alphabet shares

Business Skills

Cisco pledges to train 10 million people in digital skills, in 10 years

In its goal to empower 25 million people with digital skills, Cisco is aiming to train 10 million people across EMEA in a decade, through its Networking Academy

Cybersecurity

Bolstering cybersecurity readiness in the cloud

In line with launching its first ever Cybersecurity Readiness Index at Cisco Live EMEA, Cisco has launched new Security Cloud developments

Data Analytics & Data Science

How Cisco Webex will help businesses track sustainability efforts

During its Cisco Live EMEA conference, Cisco has released its new Carbon Emissions Insights tool to help businesses improve sustainability efforts

Research

Semiconductor spending down by 7.6 per cent in 2022 — Gartner

Gartner research has found that the top 10 semiconductor buyers decreased spending on chips by 7.6 per cent in 2022.

Government & Public Sector

UK semiconductor strategy delay criticised by MPs

A committee of MPs has referred to the UK government's delay in publishing a national semiconductor strategy as an "act of self harm"

Development & Programming

How edtech partnerships are boosting the code learning journey

Stack Overflow is partnering with online learning platforms Udemy and Pluralsight, to help budding technologists find the right start to their code learning journey