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HP’s plan to build the Middle East’s next generation of techies

Through gaming labs, artificial intelligence mentorship and inclusive partnerships, HP is helping young people in the Middle East, especially women, turn digital skills into real-world careers
Post Office extends controversial Fujitsu contract in £41m deal

The Post Office’s controversial Horizon contract with Fujitsu will run until at least March 2027
DBS enhances GenAI chatbot for business clients

The bank’s virtual assistant, DBS Joy, has been enhanced with generative AI capabilities to provide business customers with faster and better answers to their queries
Gartner Symposium 2025: The AI opportunity for CIOs

CIOs are seeing AI projects failing to deliver return on investment. The conversation with the business needs to move beyond efficiency
UK’s ‘deregulatory’ AI approach won’t protect human rights

Expert witnesses called before Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights have told MPs and Lords that the UK’s current approach to artificial intelligence regulation will fail to effectively protect people’s rights
Vodafone, AST SpaceMobile form base for EU constellation

Looking to further strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty, European operator and space comms leader advance partnership and select Germany for satellite operations centre

How low code can give agentic AI guide rails for the enterprise

Low code providers and their ethos could lend momentum and security to the enterprise adoption of agentic AI
Is digital ID worth the risk?

The UK government’s recently announced digital ID scheme aims to curb the prospect of work for illegal migrants, along with claiming benefits for UK citizens and legal residents. However, are the threats to our personal data worth the risk?
Interview: Orange Business’s Jérôme Goulard on making telecoms greener and cleaner

Interdisciplinary work across multiple teams and initiatives can pose a challenge when it comes to satisfying customers as well as business objectives, finds Jérôme Goulard of Orange Business

StarkWare aims to make Bitcoin ‘everyday infrastructure’- CW Developer Network

Developers are typically fond of esoteric prototype-level embryonic technologies. It’s part of why the open source ecosystem is so vibrantly filled with forks, skews and variants i.e. everyone is ... Continue Reading
Why Apache Kafka is the AI workflow you (probably) already have- Open Source Insider

This is a guest post for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written by Anil Inamdar in his capacity as global head of data services at NetApp Instaclustr. The company provides a managed platform ... Continue Reading
Is the OCR caterpillar becoming a very useful IDP butterfly?- Data Matters

This is a guest blog post by John Bates, CEO, SER, in which he reviews important new findings about what’s really happening with text extraction. OCR, which is now is being replaced by IDP, ... Continue Reading
Nubia Z80 Ultra review- Inspect-a-Gadget

In a world with too many smartphones, why do we need another one and - crucially - what might set one apart from another? The Nubians might have originated in the Nile Valley, but Nubia today is a ... Continue Reading

Resilience for resilience: Managing burnout among cyber leaders

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers the burdens and responsibilities that accompany the role of chief information security officer, and share guidance on how to navigate a challenging career path.
We need to build psychological readiness into cyber security

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers the burdens and responsibilities that accompany the role of chief information security officer, and share guidance on how to navigate a challenging career path.
How gamification can turn cloud cost battles into a team sport

Gamification can turn the combative relationship between finance and tech into a team sport that helps improve cloud cost management and financial results