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Australian government cloud mandate sparks migration warnings

As Australia prepares to enforce its whole-of-government cloud policy, industry experts warn agencies against rushed migrations, vendor lock-in and treating AI readiness as an afterthought
Philippine government taps Google Cloud to deploy AI agents

The Filipino government will equip public servants with Gemini Enterprise AI tools, launch a cross-agency cyber defence alliance and upgrade subsea network infrastructure
AI-powered cyber attacks may be just months away, warn Five Eyes

Frontier AI models will pose a greater cyber security risk to governments and businesses than previously thought, putting them at risk within months
HMD Secure, Qualcomm, StreamWIDE forge NR Sidelink collaboration

Partnership unveils NR Sidelink-powered device-to-device communications boasting tech firsts for first responders and critical infrastructure teams operating beyond network coverage
Artificial intelligence-based law firm wins in court

AI-based law firm received Solicitors Regulation Authority approval in June last year in a landmark decision
VodafoneThree extends CityFibre partnership to support broadband

Leading independent broadband provider secures new mobile network transmission contract to reach 5G Standalone ambitions supporting retail services, enabling greater capacity, faster speeds and new retail products

How can enterprise AI be made less sycophantic?

AI tools are increasingly deployed in enterprises, but their sycophancy and unreliability can hamper efficiency. How can organisations take advantage of AI without pain?
What are the cyber threats to the 2026 Fifa World Cup?

Dig deeper on some of the security issues facing the 2026 World Cup as the tournament faces unprecedented threat levels and challenges
The great datacentre backlash: The industry response

In part two of a two-part series looking at attitudes to datacentres, we look at how developers and operators have responded to the wave of anti-datacentre sentiment sweeping through communities and what their plan is to avoid further escalation

Why insufficient data streaming infrastructure crumbles AI ambitions- CW Developer Network

Confluent says nearly three-quarters of global IT leaders can identify a lack of real-time data infrastructure in their business… and, consequently, this reality is stalling their efforts to scale ... Continue Reading
OpenBao strides forward in the enterprise- Open Source Insider

This is a guest post for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written by Aiman Alsari, in his role as head of Asia Pacific for cloud-native security at ControlPlane. Alsari write in full as ... Continue Reading
Jabra Evolve3 85 review- Inspect-a-Gadget

I’ll confess to being a bit of a fan of Jabra earphones and earbuds already, the tiny in-ear ones I use to go running are the only earbuds that relentlessly agree to Bluetooth-connect to my Amazfit ... Continue Reading
The decay problem developers need to address in AI security- CW Developer Network

AI model releases aren't step changes, says Alan LeFort, CEO, StrongestLayer. He thinks there are points on a predictable curve and wants to explain why software application developers working in ... Continue Reading

AI’s next compute layer will likely be outside Silicon Valley

AI infrastructure is moving beyond hubs like Silicon Valley. Nations like India, Brazil, and the UAE are building sovereign, power-conscious capacity to solve local compute scarcity
Power crunch: How energy constraints reshape datacentre strategy

AI growth is now hitting a hard limit – electricity. With power shortages causing delays, firms are pivoting to on-site energy, liquid cooling, and edge computing to sustain scaling for AI
Datacentres a great target and AZs don’t help, so we need edge

When the redundancy model and the threat model encounter each other in the real world, the redundancy model loses, says Adhum Carter Wolde-Lule, director at Prism Power Group