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UK government renews calls to sign Cyber Resilience Pledge

Westminster renews calls for business leaders to sign up to its yet-to-be-launched Cyber Resilience Pledge and highlights growth, and challenges, for the UK's cyber economy.
ICO fines Cl0p victim South Staffs Water over data breach

The ICO has levied a reduced fine on South Staffordshire Water following cyber improvements in the wake of a Cl0p ransomware attack
Why CISOs are ‘too polite’ for cyber startups

Cyber flywheel initiative aims to nudge chief information security officers (CISOs) to join ‘design partnerships’ with startups to solve pressing cyber security problems
Thousands of Essex premises to gain upgraded broadband

Latest part of £5bn ultrafast broadband development scheme sees expansion of gigabit roll-out to cover full-fibre blackspots in urban areas, as well as the countryside
BT scores Euro 2028 connectivity deal

UK’s leading telco appointed Official Telecommunications Partner of the UEFA European Football Championship 2028, with BT launching products and services designed for customers nationwide
Commerzbank to cut 3,000 jobs as it ‘leverages AI even more’

Part of the German bank’s transformation will see a total of 3,000 jobs cut across the business

Multisensory experiences drive immersive physical environments

As extended reality advances, truly immersive environments will emerge to improve and enable an entire host of applications that benefit from sensory experiences
Immersive narratives: how VR transforms industries through storytelling

Storytelling will play a bigger role in tomorrow’s society – whether through teaching and learning, arts and entertainment, or health – with virtual reality technology seeking to transform experiences by bringing stories alive
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill prompts ethical concerns

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill is intended to improve school standards, child safety and social care. However, recent amendments to the proposal have led to ethical concerns regarding personal data

Finding NemoClaw, Solo fishes out production agentic runtime for Kubernetes- Open Source Insider

Cloud-native connectivity and infrastructure company Solo has announced support for NemoClaw within kagent, the production-grade agentic runtime. Popular with retail, financial services and ... Continue Reading
definity definitely defines agentic data engineering platform - CW Developer Network

Tricky to spell but easy to pronounce, definity has unveiled its agentic data engineering platform. The technology is purpose-built to operate and optimise enterprise lakehouse and Spark data ... Continue Reading
Sysdig has a head for headless agent-aligned cloud security- CW Developer Network

Sysdig has had a busy month on the newswires (which, in fairness, is most months at the company we know as a cloud-native security specialist offering real-time visibility and threat detection for ... Continue Reading
Astronomer Otto: A data engineering agent built for Apache Airflow - CW Developer Network

Data engineering and data science are the modern software engineering disciplines that run enterprises today. These are the processes needed to keep dashboards current, AI models trustworthy and ... Continue Reading

A new frontier: Identity stack evolves for agentic systems

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers the intersection of AI and IAM. In this article, explore the changing nature of the identity stack and learn what will change as identity evolves into a real-time control plane for agentic systems.
Why 50% of GenAI projects fail – and how to beat the odds

With half of all generative AI projects failing after the proof-of-concept stage, organisations are discovering that technology alone isn't a silver bullet. Here’s how to turn them into lasting competitive advantages
Realising Britain’s AI ambitions rests on digital inclusion

AI is increasingly being woven into every aspect of our lives - but the technology's full potential cannot be delivered without addressing shortcomings in digital inclusion