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

Cybersecurity

Over two-thirds of IT leaders concerned about deepfake attacks

68 per cent of IT decision makers surveyed by Integrity360 express concerns about threat actors using deepfakes to target their businesses

Cybersecurity

The top UK cyber security companies

Investing in the right cyber security for your company is more vital than ever, but which are the top UK cyber security companies right now?

Cloud & Edge Computing

CMA to probe big tech cloud providers for market dominance

The £7.5bn UK cloud market is set for a CMA investigation into the competition practices of AWS and Microsoft, with findings alleging vendor lock-in

Cybersecurity

Nearly two-thirds of cybersecurity teams reportedly understaffed

ISACA research reveals that almost two-thirds (62 per cent) of businesses find that their cybersecurity teams are understaffed, as threats continue to increase

AI & Machine Learning

Four in five young tech staff confident about AI

78 per cent of European tech staff aged 20-30 are embracing the use of AI, reveals HR software vendor HiBob's Young Generation in Tech survey

Business & Strategy

Future workers to work three-and-a-half day weeks, says JP Morgan chief

As the role of AI increases across business, JP Morgan chief executive Jamie Dimon says the workers of the future will work less hours as a result

AI & Machine Learning

UK government calls for AI infrastructure access ahead of global summit

As big tech AI innovation continues, government officials push for under-the-hood access to key start-ups' technology ahead of the world's first AI safety summit

Blockchain

Blockchain technology in payments

Blockchain is driving value for payments businesses and consumers across cryptocurrencies, CBDCs and stablecoin infrastructure.

Major Contracts

Dawn Capital launches $700m fund for early-stage software start-ups

The new investment scheme — Europe's largest early-stage fund of its kind — comes as B2B software start-ups in the region maintain growth ambitions

Cybersecurity

Software security flaws present in three in four applications

The 2023 State of Software Security report from application security firm Veracode reveals 74.1 per cent of applications to have had flaws discovered in the past year

Cybersecurity

Cisco to acquire Splunk for $28bn in equity

In the aim to bolster observability capabilities, the agreed acquisition of Splunk by Cisco comes in response to increasing AI presence across business

CIO and CTO

Tech leader profile: Juan Perez, CIO of Salesforce

Juan Perez, chief information officer at Salesforce, spoke to Information Age during Dreamforce about his role at the organisation, and how AI is going continue disrupting the CRM space