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When AI Grades Student Work, Who Checks the Feedback?
Large Language Models

When AI Grades Student Work, Who Checks the Feedback?

Schools and universities risk misjudging students if AI marks work without robust human oversight, as a Massachusetts error showed.

By Dr Alex Ezat Parnia • 5 min read • Last week
Europe cybersecurity spending shifts to compliance
Firewalls

Europe cybersecurity spending shifts to compliance

Companies are diverting more cyber budgets to compliance and training as pressure grows to prove risk controls and financial resilience.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Asia-Pacific employers want more checks on safety workers
Power / Energy

Asia-Pacific employers want more checks on safety workers

More than two-thirds of energy and mining employers in Asia-Pacific say they need extra checks before taking on workers from nearby sectors.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
WWT & DDN launch AI storage design for NVIDIA Vera Rubin
Data centers

WWT & DDN launch AI storage design for NVIDIA Vera Rubin

It aims to ease power and planning bottlenecks for AI campuses by matching storage to GPU racks and cutting recomputation delays.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last week

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Microsoft opens Dream Space hub at Dublin data centre
Robotics

Microsoft opens Dream Space hub at Dublin data centre

More than 5,000 Dublin and Kildare students a year will get hands-on STEM and AI lessons as Microsoft ties its data centre to local skills.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week
Multiverse launches Mastry to challenge AI consultancies
Digital Transformation

Multiverse launches Mastry to challenge AI consultancies

The platform aims to help employers measure whether AI training changes day-to-day work, as firms seek clearer returns on spending.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
Human-error data breaches in the UK rise 43% since 2020
Data Protection

Human-error data breaches in the UK rise 43% since 2020

Routine handling mistakes are driving UK data exposure, with wrong-recipient emails and late reporting making up much of the rise since 2020.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last week
UK business leaders urge Budget support for founders
Artificial Intelligence

UK business leaders urge Budget support for founders

Business leaders say the Budget must ease costs and boost investment or UK start-ups could lose talent, funding and growth momentum.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week
Micro:bit foundation urges children to question AI
Artificial Intelligence

Micro:bit foundation urges children to question AI

Children need stronger AI literacy and critical thinking, the foundation says, as it seeks to reach 100 million young people by 2028.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Last week
La Fosse CEO: Tech hire aid key amid possible 'do-nothing' budget
Digital Transformation

La Fosse CEO: Tech hire aid key amid possible 'do-nothing' budget

Employers fear higher taxes and weak incentives will keep hiring and training subdued, as the government prepares a cautious Autumn Budget.

By Jake MacAndrew • 4 min read • Last week
OneAdvanced names Emma Brown as Chief Financial Officer
Software-as-a-Service

OneAdvanced names Emma Brown as Chief Financial Officer

The hire strengthens OneAdvanced's AI push as it seeks to scale IQ across regulated sectors that serve millions of people daily.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last week
Workplace AI uses power of 508 UK homes, study says
Data Analytics

Workplace AI uses power of 508 UK homes, study says

Britain's rising use of workplace AI is adding 1.37 GWh of annual electricity demand, enough to power about 508 homes, a study says.

By Shadda Lie Catugal • 4 min read • Last week
UK workers lose 28 days a year to poor data handling
Data governance

UK workers lose 28 days a year to poor data handling

Poor data practices are costing the UK economy £53.37 billion a year, as workers spend 28 days annually on inefficient tasks.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
OpenAI & ICBA ally to boost community bank cyber defences
Risk & Compliance

OpenAI & ICBA ally to boost community bank cyber defences

Smaller lenders will get subsidised access to OpenAI's defensive cyber tools, plus training, as ICBA seeks to close a widening security gap.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
Centrical launches AI workforce orchestration system
Customer Relationship Management

Centrical launches AI workforce orchestration system

It is aimed at large employers seeking clearer returns from AI by linking strategy, training and frontline actions across people and agents.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Last month
The role of financial organisations in Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews
Education, Learning & Training

The role of financial organisations in Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews

Updated guidance could leave debt advice firms facing more requests to help unravel the money and abuse patterns behind domestic deaths.

By Emma Gibbons and Dr Nicola Sharp-Jeffs OBE • 4 min read • Last month
Kademy urges Malaysian firms to pair AI with skills
Digital Transformation

Kademy urges Malaysian firms to pair AI with skills

Malaysian firms risk wasted AI spend unless they train staff to use the tools on the job, Kademy Corporate founder Datuk Kimi Lau Pei Ling said.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Last month
Why is the public sector the next growth market for SME technology providers?
Partner Programmes

Why is the public sector the next growth market for SME technology providers?

With UK public spending at GBP £407 billion, smaller tech suppliers now have clearer routes into contracts worth up to GBP £214,000.

By Matt Barnett • 6 min read • Last month