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Property sector plans for digital ID collapse

A major initiative to introduce a standard digital identity scheme for house buying and selling has been shelved due to political uncertainty and lack of clear benefits
Cisco Live 26: Networks the key in post-Mythos world

Platform offers unified approach for humans and AI agents to run critical IT infrastructure together, allowing customers to build their own apps and agents in natural language
Capita launched CSPS site without ‘basic’ web security

Outsourcer went live with its troubled civil service pensions administration without a basic Domain Name System security feature
AI boom creates connectivity challenge for integrators

Whitepaper from connectivity expert Altnets highlights growing infrastructure pressure, as artificial intelligence demand reshapes the future of digital economies
SIT Committee urges Palantir exit in push to end US cloud grip

A Science, Innovation and Technology Committee report contains recommendations that would radically alter UK public sector IT, procurement and relationship with hyperscalers if adopted
Capgemini wins another 10-year HMRC deal

This particular deal is for contact centre as a service, which sees artificial intelligence being deployed to streamline processes

Scandinavia’s Kitron leans into AI but depends on ERP and local links to keep electronics production

Norway-headquartered Kitron Group is on a growth path and relies on local-market nous and partners
Sweden’s Hexagon takes a measuring tape to the industrial world… and its virtual counterpart

Stockholm-headquartered company is applying precision observability and digital twins to make a safer, more sustainable and efficient world
The great datacentre backlash: The campaigners

In part one of a series looking at attitudes to datacentres, we look at the organisations that oppose new builds, concerns and motivations, what the industry thinks and what solutions might resolve the various impasses

Arcjet brings bot detection into code to protect AI workflows without CAPTCHAs - CW Developer Network

Arcjet is a runtime trust layer for modern applications. Developers use it to enforce security policy directly in code, where application context such as identity, route, session, permissions and ... Continue Reading
AI afterburn: Why software quality is crashing in the rush for speed- CW Developer Network

AI is good, but, that ‘goodness’ comes with casualties, complexities and responsibilities. These caveats are (of course) driven by the need to ensure data provenance - and indeed data handling, ... Continue Reading
Och AI the noo: What to expect from State of Open Con, Edinburgh- Open Source Insider

Mercifully staged on British shores, the State of Open Con, Edinburgh, is held this week on Friday 5th June, so what can we expect? Speakers will cover security, investment in infrastructure and ... Continue Reading
Capital idea, Nutanix ups case for AI workloads with Nvidia cert- CW Developer Network

Some companies like to add AI (or .ai) to their core organisational designation and moniker these days... it’s cute enough, but one imagines it’ll be superseded by the next big thing once agentic ... Continue Reading

Tech bros beware - Erin Brockovich is coming for you

The campaigning heroine of the eponymous movie has AI datacentres in her sights - just as Big Tech spending on memory chips sends PC and mobile prices spiralling up
Navigating culture to govern AI successfully

Data governance is critical for scaling AI safely, but the biggest hurdles are people, not technology. Here’s why moving governance out of IT and securing executive buy-in are key for AI success
Why Inclusivity is the Key to Britain’s Deeptech Future

The UK is pushing to become a deeptech leader, but inclusion and diversity are the key to ensuring it is successful