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ISSUE DATE: 23 August 2017 TOP STORIES Russian hackers expose allegedly doping footballers Russian hacking group Fancy Bear has exposed 150 footballers worldwide for allegedly taking banned substances, underlining the importance of protecting personal data. READ MORE → Almost one-third of IT workers think they need more training to enhance career More than half of IT workers receive formal training from their employer, but many feel more needs to be done for them to advance, finds Computer Weekly research. READ MORE → Blockchain could reduce deaths and illness resulting from food contamination Some of the biggest companies in the food supply sector are working with IBM to find ways to use blockchain technology to improve food safety. READ MORE → ADVERTISEMENT

IN DEPTH Computer Weekly ezine - 22 August 2017: How banking technology has changed since the crash In this week’s Computer Weekly, 10 years after the financial crash, we examine how banking technology has changed as a result of the economic crisis. We look at how GDPR, the EU’s new data protection laws, will affect your data storage strategies. And we ask if the cryptocurrency boom will remain a niche pursuit or whether the underlying technologies can bring benefits for enterprise IT. Download the issue now. READ MORE → AI: A brief history of man versus machine intelligence The pace of development in AI has taken off recently. While it is now just over two decades since the world’s first robot chess champion, Deep Blue, AI is breaking new ground technologically and, in time, will inevitable test what it means to be human. In this series we explore several breakthroughs in AI and machine intelligence. READ MORE → Cambridgeshire firefighters get rugged tablets for frontline work Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue is deploying ruggedised Panasonic tablets across its service to help personnel access vital information in an emergency. READ MORE → Backup product survey: Cloud and VM integration now table stakes For enterprise backup, cloud integration and the ability to backup and be deployed in virtual machines as well as be controlled from the hypervisor are table stakes, along with data reduction and app-specific backup. READ MORE →

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