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Texas judge throws out second lawsuit over CrowdStrike outage

A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by CrowdStrike shareholders over the July 2024 outage that caused widespread disruption around the world.
Microsoft DCU uses UK courts to hunt down cyber criminals

Microsoft has taken down the RedDVS cyber crime-as-a-service network after obtaining a UK court order, marking its first civil legal action outside of the US
Nozomi Networks opens APAC headquarters in Singapore

Industrial cyber security firm Nozomi Networks has opened its Singapore headquarters, doubling its regional headcount, and pledging to remain vendor agnostic while targeting the manufacturing and utility sectors
Bath Rugby scrums down with 5G private network

Telecoms equipment supplier looks to address current performance challenges of legacy Wi-Fi and congested public mobile networks in sports and entertainment venues with dedicated cellular network
AON ups insurance offering to protect datacentre developers

Professional services company AON is expanding its insurance offering for datacentre developers and investors, citing the growing complexity and risk profile of server builds
London’s Tube network extends 4G/5G connectivity

London Underground reveals more progress on introducing high-speed mobile coverage across the Tube network, with stations including Euston Square, Cannon Street and Battersea Power Station now gaining coverage, with more to go live soon

Auditing, classifying and building a data sovereignty strategy

We look at data sovereignty – what it is and how to build a data sovereignty strategy around data auditing
Results and prospects for AI in business applications in 2026

Agentic AI dominated enterprise IT discourse in 2025, evolving from generative AI. In 2026, AI convergence and governance will determine AI’s impact on enterprise IT
How charities are using customer applications to boost support

Age UK, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and the RSPCA reveal the CRM and digital experience platforms – along with other marketing technologies – they use to help boost support

UK government's U-turn on digital ID was inevitable from the start- Computer Weekly Editors Blog

The UK government’s plans for a national digital identity scheme were never going to be mandatory. That’s not some sort of scoop – although Computer Weekly predicted as much last year - nor is it ... Continue Reading
GreenOps & FinOps series brief, counting the cost of cloud- CW Developer Network

GreenOps is a growing movement… and its proliferation has sprouted a corresponding and commensurate increase in focus on FinOps. Another portmanteau in the DevOps style, GreenOps can be defined as ... Continue Reading
Google banks on Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) for agentic commerce- Open Source Insider

Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is a new open standard designed to allow AI agents to carry out shopping commerce autonomously. The new standard exists under the Apache 2 open source ... Continue Reading
Airbyte CEO: How ChatGPT changed the data integration game- CW Developer Network

AI needs data, lots of it. Because we know all the truisms that circulate in this arena (i.e. garbage in, garbage out and so on), we need to pay particular attention to the provenance of our data ... Continue Reading

MPs could be unintentionally going easy on Fujitsu

Fujitsu’s Post Office scandal bill should be a share of a figure much higher than the £1.8bn compensation costs cited by a Parliamentary committee
From promise to proof: making AI security adoption tangible

The Security Think Tank considers what CISOs and buyers need to know to cut through the noise around AI and figure out which AI cyber use cases are worth a look, and which are just hype.
Computer Misuse Act reform is overdue

Let's not have any further anniversaries for the UK's outdated cyber security laws - the government has dragged its heels for too long and reform is urgently needed