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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
Lloyds Bank staff have taken 400,000 AI courses since January

UK bank staff have already taken artificial intelligence-related training courses as part of AI Academy
Ericsson and unveils national 5G, 6G, AI test centre in Sweden

Global comms tech provider invests more than SEK 300m to create ‘unique’ test environment for next-generation mobile networks to shorten time for market-ready solutions
Santander extends staff access to AI

Spanish bank expects artificial intelligence use to add €200m in value this year through cost savings and extra revenues
Interview: How a startup mentality helps keep pace with AI

The pace of change in artificial intelligence can be overwhelming. We speak to Thomson Reuters CTO Joel Hron about how to innovate at pace
Civil society: Police facial recognition must be strictly limited

Digital rights groups map out ‘minimum, necessary’ human rights protections to be included in UK government’s upcoming legal framework for police facial recognition

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
Freshworks Refresh 2026: pivot to AI-driven employee experience

Freshworks is pivoting to AI-driven employee experience, launching its AI Agent Studio, MCP Gateway and AI dashboards

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
Linux Foundation launches Appia Foundation to build standardised specifications for AI- Open Source Insider

The Linux Foundation this week announced the formation of the Appia Foundation. Why did the LF do this? Regulations around the world are moving to active enforcement and firms require evidence of ... Continue Reading

What frontier AI actually means for enterprise security

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers if Anthropic’s Claude Mythos frontier AI model is a benefit or barrier to achieving resilient enterprise IT security, and how security leaders need to adapt.
Digital ID must not deepen exclusion

UK government plans for a national digital identity scheme risk embedding further inequalities and barriers to public services for the 19 million people currently experiencing digital exclusion
Why AI monetisation, not 6G, is the real prize for telcos

In the first of a three-part series exploring the role of telcos in the AI economy, we examine why operators must look beyond next generation 6G networks and focus on capturing the value of AI workloads