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Computer Misuse Act reform to move forward in new security bill

Reform of the Computer Misuse Act is to be folded into a wider National Security Bill granting more powers for law enforcement to protect the UK against a wider spectrum of threats.
Interview: Luke Gebb, head of global innovation, American Express

Amex is pioneering agentic commerce for its cardholders – just one of a series of digital innovations driving transformation at the company
SDVs enter the era of AI-driven value creation

Survey shows smart diagnostics and predictive maintenance emerging as top use cases for AI in software-defined vehicles industry, but expected monetisation yet to materialise
Via Africa subsea cable project to boost Europe, African links

Europe-Africa submarine cable project backed by consortium model designed to connect Europe to Africa along the Atlantic coast, enhancing the resilience and diversity of West Africa’s international connectivity
Implementation gap threatens progress in AI and 5G

Despite current patchy deployment of key 5G services, study finds that across regions, company sizes and markets, telecoms leaders are strikingly confident about their ability to capture the next wave of growth
Data dive: Power grid data shows birth of AI in UK datacentres

Electricity supply utilisation ratios show datacentre developer ‘land grab’, capacity switch-ons, the coming of Hopper and Blackwell GPUs, and usage ramping during training runs

What an LA County Court case means for the future of social media

A recent county court judgment ruled in favour of a plaintiff who sued certain social media companies for damaging her mental health by addictive design practices. What does this mean for the future of social media and online platforms?
Workday majors on Sana acquisition to forward agentic AI programme

On a visit to Workday’s Dublin EMEA HQ, we find the supplier aiming to leverage agentic artificial intelligence to improve enterprise operations with its Sana platform, said to enable automation and reskilling for an AI-driven workplace
What businesses need to fix now to avoid expensive 6G lock-ins

6G networks will be coming over the course of the next three to four years, offering more unprecedented capability than their predecessors, but this does not mean unprecedented amounts need to be spent to make them viable

Autonomy domine: SAP builds the autonomous enterprise- CW Developer Network

Pink Floyd used the term domine in Astronomy Domine to denote the term lord and master, with the word itself being derived from the Latin dominus (master of a household), originating from the ... Continue Reading
Alation bids to close AI governance gap with board-ready compliance posture- CW Developer Network

Alation is a company that (these days) describes itself as a knowledge engine company. The organisation's newly introduced Alation AI Governance service is now positioned as a system of record for ... Continue Reading
Finding NemoClaw, Solo fishes out production agentic runtime for Kubernetes- Open Source Insider

Cloud-native connectivity and infrastructure company Solo has announced support for NemoClaw within kagent, the production-grade agentic runtime. Popular with retail, financial services and ... Continue Reading
definity definitely defines agentic data engineering platform - CW Developer Network

Tricky to spell but easy to pronounce, definity has unveiled its agentic data engineering platform. The technology is purpose-built to operate and optimise enterprise lakehouse and Spark data ... Continue Reading

Why human capital data is pulling AI back inside the firewall

In human capital management, trust and data sovereignty are reshaping the way that companies deploy AI.
How to build a cloud carbon data supply chain

Why better architecture – not better promises – is the key to sustainable cloud computing. The data isn’t perfect but there are steps IT leaders can take to build the right structure
Can data sovereignty become a liability in war?

The recent Middle East conflict shows the contradictions inherent in modern data systems and the need to focus less on who controls data and more on how to protect the infrastructure