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Keir Starmer was warned about Post Office prosecutions in 2011

A Horizon scandal victim wrote to Keir Starmer in 2011, when he was director of public prosecutions for the CPS, alerting him to the Post Office’s controversial prosecution practices
Hyperscaler datacentres set to dominate by 2031

Driven by artificial intelligence deployments, hyperscaler datacentres are expected to comprise more than two-thirds of all capacity by 2031. Meanwhile, on-premise datacentre capacity will shrink to 20%, down from 56% in 2018
XCOM RAN intros end-to-end private 5G for physical AI

Next-generation private 5G technology provider unveils plans to expands spectrum and partners for global reach of dedicated wireless network
Cisco: Network readiness a determining factor for AI success

Report reveals how firms are harnessing AI to drive progress and overcome industry challenges, with most expecting ‘significant’ increases in connectivity and reliability demands
UAE unveils Falcon Perception in push for AI independence

Technology Innovation Institute’s compact multimodal model rivals global heavyweights while signalling a shift towards efficient, real-world AI deployment
Digital Realty CTO on AI tokenomics and datacentre infrastructure

Chris Sharp talks up the pace of AI silicon innovation, the growth of inferencing workloads, and why boasting about datacentre megawatts misses the point

Middle East datacentre capacity set to triple by 2030

Driven by government vision, booming demand for cloud and artificial intelligence, and strategic investments, the region is rapidly becoming a global digital hub, reshaping the future of connectivity and technology
‘Hot’ property: Azzurri Group’s chicken chain and the greenfield tech opportunity

Dave’s Hot Chicken provides rare ‘greenfield’ tech development opportunity for Azzurri Group, says tech director Jim Hingston, amid rumours of an imminent sale of the US-themed food chain
Getting started with measuring AI’s carbon footprint

We speak to industry experts about how demand for AI acceleration is driving new approaches to measuring greenhouse gas emissions

Nutanix deepens enterprise database play with MongoDB & NetApp integrations- CW Developer Network

Nutanix used its .NEXT Conference in Chicago this April to showcase the work it has been carrying out with its expanding number of partners. In real terms, the event have grown to almost double the ... Continue Reading
Nutanix Agentic AI drives neoclouds, NKP Metal forges bare-metal Kubernetes- CW Developer Network

Nutanix has had plenty to say at its .NEXT 2026 conference, held in Chicago this April. The company will now introduce new capabilities for its Nutanix Agentic AI service that are designed to help ... Continue Reading
Photonics - Professor Frederic Gardes: The route to scalable, error-free silicon photonics- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by professor Frederic Gardes, co-Investigator at Cornerstone and head of the Integrated Photonics Group at the Optoelectronic ... Continue Reading
Nutanix aligns to agentic AI era with platform & ecosystem overhaul- CW Developer Network

Nutanix used its .NEXT 2026 Americas conference in Chicago this week to lay out a framework of technologies that it promises will deliver a complete platform for the agentic AI era. The hybrid ... Continue Reading

Tech can’t wait for regulation to protect children online

The general secretary of the UK's largest teachers’ union explains why social media should be banned for under-sixteens
Sustainability accounting can be difficult, but can differentiate

It's difficult to get a handle on sustainability metrics, not least because of supplier efforts to obfuscate them. But building in a true and bigger picture can become a differentiator
What you need to know before emissions regulators come knocking

Carbon emissions reporting is becoming mandatory. But accounting is not the same as reducing, especially given the smoke and mirrors in some carbon footprint reporting