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High Court dismisses judicial review against eVisa system

The High Court rules that the Home Office is acting lawfully in refusing to issue alterative proof of immigration status outside of its electronic visa system, but both the judge and the department accepts that those affected by data quality and ...
CityFibre launches 8.5Gb across wholesale multi-gig network

UK’s largest independent full-fibre platform provider makes the next step in its roll-out of its 10Gb-capable network, and claims strong customer growth continuing as it approaches one million users
Cato Networks unveils modular adoption model for SASE platform

SD-WAN, SSE, AI security and UZTNA standalone modules at heart of a converged platform that unlocks operational simplicity, resilient connectivity and stronger security
CMA to launch SMS investigation into Microsoft; AWS off the hook

CMA to investigate whether Microsoft should be given strategic market status. Amazon escaped, but both companies will need to make changes to egress fees and interoperability
Virgin Media O2 accelerates UK 5G upgrade programme

UK operator inks multi-year agreements with strategic essential equipment partners to upgrade radio access network to next-generation 5G technology, boosting capacity, coverage and reliability
Orange steams ahead in French railway connectivity

Analysis of data across 20 major French rail corridors reveals sharp operator disparities in throughput, latency and quality of experience

‘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
Why IT leaders need to consider AI’s energy footprint

With the availability of generative artificial intelligence, energy usage in datacentres has been rising, which presents a major environmental problem

GreenOps - Revenium: To optimise AI for cost and sustainability, start with outcomes- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Daithi Walsh, director of Product at Revenium. With decades of hands-on experience across software engineering, cloud ... Continue Reading
Photonics - WeAreDevelopers: Dawn of a major new computational power, or just faster plumbing?- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by WeAreDevelopers CEO, Sead Ahmetovic. Ahmetovic writes in full as follows... There is a popular narrative that frames ... Continue Reading
What to expect from SAS Innovate 2026- CW Developer Network

The Computer Weekly Developer Network is off to SAS Innovate 2026, held from April 27 to 30 2026, at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas… so what can we expect? The ... Continue Reading
Bland AI assistant adds spice to build production-ready voice agents - CW Developer Network

Wouldn’t it be nice to get an AI assistant purpose-built for voice agent development, turning weeks of development into minutes? That’s what Bland, a voice AI platform built for real conversations, ... Continue Reading

Banning routers won’t fix what’s already broken

America's foreign-made router ban sparked valid debate about supply chains, geopolitics and trust, but the truth is that the ban addresses tomorrow’s procurement decisions far more than today’s security exposure.
AI agents are here. Are we ready for the security implications?

Agentic AI adoption may be surging, but security is lagging behind and its fundamental principles need to be intelligently re-scaled for a non-deterministic world
MWC 2026: To monetise AI, telcos must sell enterprise outcomes

AI monetisation is accelerating, but the value is flowing elsewhere. To capture the economics, telcos must pivot from selling connectivity to embedding AI within enterprise workflows