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Verizon gears up as BMW US vehicle connectivity provider

Leading comms provider named as US connectivity provider for global car manufacturer’s newly manufactured vehicles, delivering 5G standalone and LTE connectivity through partnership with Japanese telco
MPs call on NHS to scrap Palantir and its Federated Data Platform

Health and Social Care Committee urges health minister to get rid of US firm Palantir and its Federated Data Platform amid ‘mistrust’ and ‘contested benefits’
Cyber field doubts promise of Cyber Shield

The NCSC has shared more details of its national AI Cyber Shield initiative, but experts say the project faces serious delivery challenges
UK Court of Appeal gives Microsoft complaint the green light

The path is now clear for preowned software reseller ValueLicensing’s market abuse case against Microsoft to go ahead
Nominate: Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2026

Tell us who you think should be included in Computer Weekly’s 2026 list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Technology
Capita to lose money on pension debacle but few alternatives

Joint select committee grilling reveals that the tech Capita planned to use to increase process automation did not work

How CFOs are using AI-based finance tools to boost revenue

AI-powered finance tools are helping firms boost revenue. Four CFOs reveal the investments their companies have made to modernise the finance function
CW@60: Living with the digital revolution

Parliamentarian Lord Tim Clement-Jones highlights the growing impact of technology in politics across his career
Datacentre dive: Inside nLighten’s Bristol edge datacentre

We visit nLighten’s BRS1 datacentre, and travel from gritty city centre fringe to a high-tech overhaul that makes the case for reusing legacy infrastructure over new construction

IBM Bob bolsters, boosts & broadens AI-driven software application development - CW Developer Network

IBM called its agentic software development platform Bob. Was this because Big Blue wanted another three-letter acronym to sit alongside IBM perhaps? Bob could mean Best of Breed. Or it could ... Continue Reading
What to expect from Grafana ObservabilityCON- CW Developer Network

The Computer Weekly Developer Network team has been following the growth of observability for more than a decade now. Although some may define observability as a sub-sector function that sits under ... Continue Reading
Nothing Slow And Plenty To Show In Co-Lo; Asanti No Longer Going Solo...- Networks Generation

Had a great chat with Rob Garbutt, MD, Asanti Data Centres, following the recent joint venture between my DC/co-lo client Asanti and Lunar Ventures, which is where Rob entered the Asanti building. ... Continue Reading
Sovereignty can wait. Competitiveness can't- Data Matters

Why European enterprises should adopt the best AI today, and build sovereignty alongside: guest blogpost by Rad Parvin, co-founder and senior value partner, Valliance. The debate about technology ... Continue Reading

The US is set to delete a datacentre security rule. Bad timing

The US Federal Data Center Enhancement Act expires soon and will remove critical physical security baselines. This risks eroding standards during the AI-driven global infrastructure boom
Treat AI like electricity, not a killer app

Pilot failure and costs are maddening, but real impact is also being delivered. Learn that AI isn’t an app but a power source
The public must benefit from its AI investment

The public is in all but name a shareholder of AI companies - it is time that the public receives socially beneficial technology in return for its investment