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Capita lacked ‘detail and thoroughness’ in botched takeover

CEO of former civil service pension administrator claims Capita’s pre-takeover processes were inadequate
UK’s Sovereign AI fund unveils first tranche of startups backed

The UK government’s £500m Sovereign AI fund announces first cohort of startups backed to boost economic growth and national security
CYBERUK ’26: UK lagging on legal protections for cyber pros

Ahead of next week's CYBERUK conference, the CyberUp Campaign for reform of the UK's hacking laws urges the government to keep focus, and proposes a four-pillar framework that would protect cyber professionals from prosecution
Interview: Bernard Seiser, VP of digital, data and IT, AOP Health

With long experience of tech in the life sciences sector, AOP’s digital leader is building a foundation for further data insights in all areas of the business
Finance regulators to address AI risks after MP criticism

After a Treasury committee stated that public and finance systems are ‘exposed to potential serious harm’ from AI because regulators are ‘not doing enough’ to manage risks, finance regulators say they will take action to address concerns
Dubai rolls out AI training for 50,000 government staff

An initiative under Digital Dubai, in partnership with government HR and AI bodies, reflects the wider UAE strategy to embed artificial intelligence across public services, workforce development and economic diversification plans

Finnish quantum computing champion IQM determined to make ‘impossible’ engineering breakthrough

As US defence research agency Darpa starts a programme to upend the dominant quantum computing architecture it says will fail, the CEO of Finland’s IQM speaks to Computer Weekly about why his firm is aiming to succeed
Datacentre developers tout benefits to local communities, but do they deliver?

As opposition to AI datacentres rises globally, developers are seeking to engage with communities. But how often do the benefits advertised by companies actually help local residents?
Pure/AVK self-powered Dublin datacentre dodges grid constraints

With grid connectivity denied, Pure Data Centres Group got creative, partnering with AVK on a microgrid to beat power constraints versus a tide of rising demand

ABBYY, IBM & Red Hat announce DocLang, open source universal document format- Open Source Insider

ABBYY (hereafter written as Abbyy) used its annual user & practitioner, partner and customer event this year to lay down a weighty open source development. The company’s Abbyy Ascend convention ... Continue Reading
ABBYY Ascend highlights user excellence to define data process blueprints- CW Developer Network

Document AI was on full show this year at ABBYY Ascend 2026, held in Nashville this April. ABBYY (hereafter Abbyy) used its annual data science, developer and tech project team leadership summit to ... Continue Reading
A modern approach to technical debt reduction- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

While it may have been conceived as an elegant way to host microservices, containerisation is seeping into mainstream enterprise IT. When asked about their IT strategy, IT leaders will often say ... Continue Reading
NTT Research enters its 2.0 era: Creates ‘Scale Academy’ & quantum-safe security- CW Developer Network

NTT Research, Inc., a division of NTT, has detailed and described the launch of Scale Academy, a startup incubator designed to market products and services based upon technologies studied within ... Continue Reading

Cyber Essentials closes MFA loophole but firms need guidance

Some organisations risk losing their Cyber Essentials certifications because of difficulties implementing multi-factor authentication, but there is a solution.
Flood warning: How citizens’ AI agents will swamp public services

While governments eagerly look to implement AI to cut costs, they are less prepared for an incoming wave as people begin to use AI agents to drive applications to public services
AI’s dumb genius problem

Organisations don’t need more powerful AI models they need AI that can understand context of problems