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PSNI put up to 18 journalists and lawyers under surveillance

Disclosures that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) obtained phone communications data from journalists and lawyers leads to renewed calls for inquiry.
Nexfibre reaches million premises ready for service benchmark

Months after commitment to billion-pound investment in broadband infrastructure across the course of 2024, UK wholesale provider claims massive milestone in plan to deliver full-fibre gigabit network to five million premises by 2026
Sonatus opens Dublin software-defined vehicle engineering centre

Software-defined vehicle partner establishes new design centre to take advantage of highly skilled pool of technical and engineering talent, and enable closer collaboration with customers and partners in the UK and EU
Decade-long IR35 row between IT contractor and HMRC rumbles on

An IT contractor’s business is on the brink of insolvency after a decade-long IR35 dispute with HMRC
Unisys reveals no link to development of Post Office software

IT supplier finds no evidence that it was involved in the development of controversial Post Office software
Tech companies operating with opacity in Israel-Palestine

Tech firms operating in Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel are falling “woefully short” of their human rights responsibilities amid escalating devastation in Gaza, says Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

EU AI Act explained: What AI developers need to know

A guide to help enterprises building and deploying AI systems understand EU AI regulations
Post Office Horizon scandal explained: Everything you need to know

Computer Weekly has investigated the Post Office Horizon scandal since 2008 and is, in fact, part of the story. This guide contains essential information about the scandal
Big tech’s cloud oligopoly risks AI market concentration

The oligopoly that big tech giants have over cloud computing could translate to a similar domination in the AI market, given the financial and compute resources needed to make the technology effective at scale

Taking the next step in mainframe observability- Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics

Despite their frequently less visible role, mainframes remain indispensable in supporting the critical operations of many large organisations. With technology advancements over recent years, ... Continue Reading
Appian World 2024: Live keynote report- CW Developer Network

Appian World was held this year at the Gaylord Inner Harbor resort in Washington DC from 15-17 April 2024. Starting off proceedings this year as always was Appian CEO Matt Calkins. With more than ... Continue Reading
The mainframe skills crunch; an outsider vs insider perspective- Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics

During my career, I’ve worked hands-on with a great many operating systems, programming languages, mainstream database engines and countless generations of different hardware and application ... Continue Reading
Appian & AWS accelerate AI automation accessibility- CW Developer Network

Accessibility matters. When users first say Microsoft’s ‘accessibility’ features appear some three decades ago, not everybody knew what was being offered. Stanford University’s history of ... Continue Reading

Think Tank: Sustainable innovation and carbon emissions tracking

CIOs and IT leaders must take action now to ensure they have an accurate overview of the carbon emissions, energy use and sustainability of their organisation's overall activities. But how should they go about this?
How 5G technology can help ignite the creative spark

Have you ever reached for a special bottle of wine only to realise the bottle opener is nowhere to be found? So much potential but no way to access it. In a way, it’s a problem affecting businesses right now regarding comms
2024 election security: Confronting disinformation and deepfakes

Although disinformation and deepfakes are a threat to electoral integrity, we already have ways to counter emerging threats and there is an opportunity is to adapt and scale these approaches to counter the challenge to democracy, writes Saj Huq.