Day Headlines in Computers News: 2025-08-06
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Government looks at tech to tackle peak electricity demand (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-06 19:01:00)
Forecasting, AI, smart meters and electrical vehicle batteries are part of an ambitious project to reduce the use of fossil fuels on the UK's energy grid
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Black Hat USA: Startup breaks secrets management tools (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-06 18:00:00)
Researchers at Cyata, an agentic identity specialist that has just emerged from stealth, found 14 CVEs in the widely used CyberArk Conjur and HashiCorp Vault enterprise secrets management platforms
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Cyber criminals would prefer businesses don’t use Okta (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-06 13:40:00)
Okta details a phishing campaign in which the threat actor demonstrated some unusually strong opinions on what authentication methods they would like their targets to use.
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NCSC updates CNI Cyber Assessment Framework (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-06 12:25:00)
Updates to the NCSC’s Cyber Assessment Framework are designed to help critical services providers better manage their risk profiles.
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US comms on verge of tipping point (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-06 11:45:00)
Research from PwC finds that from fibre roll-outs to 5G breakthroughs, America’s broadband and mobile markets are undergoing major shifts, with cable’s grip slipping, the true 5G era beginning and mobile revenues set to surge
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OpenAI now offers open AI models, but CIOs need to assess the risk (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-06 10:04:00)
Open models offer enterprise IT a way to build tailored LLMs trained on corporate content. Open AI is now offering two open models
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AerFlex takes flight as first cloud-controlled AP-only private 5G platform (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-06 10:00:00)
‘Breakthrough’ architecture claimed to be designed to eliminate deployment complexity without compromising security, performance or control
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Biglobe selects DE-CIX for faster Japan, Europe connectivity (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-08-06 07:45:00)
One of Japan’s leading IT companies connects to Frankfurt-based internet exchange for remote peering services, looking to optimise intercontinental data routing without needing a physical presence in Europe