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Second Merseyside hospital hit by cyber attack

Hot on the heels of a major cyber attack at a nearby NHS trust, one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals is reportedly scrambling to deal with ransomware gang
Swedish authorities urged to discontinue AI welfare system

Amnesty International is calling on Sweden’s social insurance agency to immediately discontinue its machine learning-based welfare system, following an investigation by Lighthouse Reports and Svenska Dagbladet that found it to be discriminatory
Atos readies ‘adaptive and intimate’ Invictus Games IT service

IT services company will ship 50 of its staff from Europe to Canada to work onsite at the tournament in February 2025
Eseye looks to Sateliot to ‘revolutionise’ global IoT

Global IoT connectivity provider looks to the skies to expand and enhance internet of things reach, going beyond the current cellular offer
Farmers tap IoT and AI to increase chicken health and egg yield

Innovate UK grant funds project that uses sensor technology to improve the health and welfare of laying hens while increasing productivity, efficiency and industry resilience
UK space agency offers funding for hard-to-reach connectivity

Government plans programme to back improved connectivity to support education, research, tourism, conservation, local businesses and healthcare in so-called hard-to-reach places

Case study: Manchester Airports Group using AWS to revamp its data strategy

Manchester Airports Group is using AWS technology to improve passenger experience through a revamp of its data strategy, as set out by the organisation's chief digital officer, Ryan Cant
LGE looks to mean business with tech pivot

Refusing to rest on its laurels as a giant in consumer electronics, LGE unveils plan to take accumulated wealth of knowledge to the business sector. We look at how and why this pivot is taking place and where it will drive the company
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

Risk of Trump and Big Tech deregulation- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

With reports that Brendan Carr has been appointed by Donald Trump to head up the Federal Communications Commission in the US, there are concerns that this signals greater deregulation. Speaking ... Continue Reading
AI and analytics? Been there, done that- Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics

In a recent article, I covered a discussion I’d previously had with a company called Luzmo that enables SaaS players to more easily build advanced analytics capabilities into their solutions. This ... Continue Reading
NTT R&D Forum 2024: New horizons for photonics-based chips, clouds & qubits- CW Developer Network

NTT R&D Forum 2024 was staged this week in Tokyo and the Computer Weekly Developer Network was on the spot to listen to Shingo Kinoshita's keynote in his capacity as head of research and ... Continue Reading
Diversity in tech: To work for all, AI needs input from all- Computer Weekly Editors Blog

If there’s one sector of the business world that has benefited most from the emerging artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, it’s market research. Rarely have there been so many surveys ... Continue Reading

Can artificial intelligence can save UK public services?

Sean Green asks whether artificial intelligence can save the UK public sector
In the cloud, effective IAM should align to zero-trust principles

The Security Think Tank considers best practices in identity and access management and how can they be deployed to enable IT departments to combat cyber-attacks, phishing attacks and ransomware
Driving innovation in emerging tech with international partners

The UK has seen success in forging international partnerships around technology - this experience should be enough to encourage the government to seek further agreements to support the digital economy