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5G and Wi-Fi battle for dominance in APAC

Analysis from Opensignal reveals that the Asia-Pacific region is no longer converging on a single connectivity model, with some markets pivoting to Wi-Fi while others double down on mobile
Banks on the hook for £173m in APP fraud reimbursement

Banks paid 88% losses claimed by customers that fell victim to authorised push payment fraud last year
AI agents, human judgement and the future of work in the UAE

As organisations across the UAE move to AI orchestration, leaders are being forced to rethink skills, governance and accountability in an emerging hybrid workforce
EE, Three claim UK’s best mobile internet performance in 2025

Analysis of mobile internet connection data in the UK shows traditional market dominance by BT-owned mobile company challenged by new rival set for infrastructure boost after recent merger
Kendall names Barnsley as UK’s first tech town

The UK government has named Barnsley as the nation’s first ‘tech town’, with initiatives to boost education, health and local businesses
HMRC chooses cloud SAP S/4Hana for tax system overhaul

HM Revenue & Customs is bidding to modernise its tax systems by migrating from ECC6 to SAP’s cloud-based Rise with SAP programme, adopting S/4Hana and AI to enhance efficiency and taxpayer experience

Why the UK needs to rethink the Investigatory Powers Act and allow intercept evidence in court

The UK needs clear and unambiguous laws around the use of digital evidence in court. The law has become tangled following rulings in the country’s EncroChat prosecutions. It’s time to allow intercept data to be used as evidence in legal cases
Sovereign cloud and AI services tipped for take-off in 2026

Digital sovereignty is set to become a top investment priority in 2026, due to geopolitical and legislative changes
Overcoming tech career barriers faced by underrepresented groups

Many people from underrepresented groups find difficulties in entering the tech sector – experts attending the 2025 Computer Weekly diversity in tech event, in partnership with Harvey Nash, offered advice for dismantling these barriers

Suse delivers EU cloud sovereignty framework self-assessment- Open Source Insider

SUSE (hereafter Suse) has launched a Cloud Sovereignty Framework Self Assessment. According to Forrester, digital and AI sovereignty will drive a private cloud renaissance with doubled ... Continue Reading
GreenOps - Digitate: AI agents set to work on cloud carbon wastage billions- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Efrain Ruh in his capacity as field CTO at Digitate. Digitate provides ignio™, an AI-driven platform that automates ... Continue Reading
Platform Engineering Labs expands open source ‘formae’ Infra-as-Code- Open Source Insider

In a world where every try-hard company is registering a “domain hack” name in Anguilla and adding .AI to its company moniker, it might be important to think about how newer firms are presenting ... Continue Reading
NTT Data connects data & clouds with AWS for agentic acceleration- CW Developer Network

NTT DATA (hereafter NTT Data) has detailed a multi-year strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) with the aim of helping enterprises to modernise legacy systems, adopt ... Continue Reading

2026 is the year we must get serious about being a data nation

Resham Kotecha, the global head of policy at the Open Data Institute, argues while the UK has the data assets and the expertise to deliver real public benefit with artificial intelligence, a lack of consistency, completeness and interoperability in ...
The UK government’s AI skills programme betrays UK workers

The government's plans to offer AI skills training to the public depends almost entirely on US big tech companies - how is this meant to support the aim of supporting homegrown AI firms and enhancing sovereignty?
Diversity Think Tank: We can’t afford to roll back DEI

Even without recent news in the US, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives were dialled back in UK businesses last year due to tight budgets and economic uncertainty. Is it the end of the DEI push as we know it, or just a momentary blip ...