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Government meets with car parts suppliers amid JLR cyber crisis

Government officials have met with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders to discuss the challenges they are facing amid disrupted production at Jaguar Land Rover.
UK cyber action plan lays out path to resilience

A report produced for the government by academics at Imperial College London and the University of Bristol sets out nine recommendations to strengthen the UK’s cyber sector
UK needs better defences for sabotage risks to internet cables

A cross-party group of MPs and peers has called for the UK to step up defences to protect undersea cables from Russian sabotage risks
Huawei unveils interconnects to address AI infrastructure issues

IT and networking giant announces technology designed to set standard in compute power for AI-driven workloads
AI investments threatened by ‘unreliable’ IoT connectivity

Study shows a third of businesses warn that poor internet of things connectivity is a barrier to AI adoption, with just 2% of deployments reliable enough for success
Fortnite patch spurs record broadband traffic spike for Openreach

Leading UK broadband firm sees historic warnings coming to pass regarding need to alleviate issues facing network users, with consumption of media-rich content such as video and of popular games continuing to grow

Can LLMs understand scientists?

Research suggests large language model outputs are still too opaque, biased and inconsistent for recommending scientific experts
Are AI agents a blessing or a curse for cyber security?

Agentic AI is touted as a helpful tool for managing tasks, and cyber criminals are already taking advantage. Should information security teams look to AI agents to keep up?
The challenges posed by AI tools in education

Artificial intelligence tools to enhance productivity are being developed for use in multiple sectors, but are they sufficiently reliable for use in education or do they create other problems?

A case for smart glasses for all- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

Meta’s latest addition to its Ray-Ban smart glasses is the integration of an in-lens display. Not wanting to belittle the technical ingenuity of this latest addition to the Meta Ray-Ban ... Continue Reading
Workday Rising Day 3: Microsoft collaboration & Agent System of Record- CW Developer Network

Workday staged its Workday Rising 2025 conference and exhibition to showcase its work to extend its human resources and finance platform, tools and services for the age of agentic AI - and the ... Continue Reading
Workday acquires agentic AI-search & learning specialist Sana- CW Developer Network

Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach spoke openly at Workday Rising 2025 to explain how his firm has developed some of its own talent pool organically (through internal skills and competency development) ... Continue Reading
Goldilocks moment for AI in British society- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

It is being described as a “Goldilocks moment” to encourage US investment in UK AI infrastructure, but Donald Trump’s state visit and the UK-US Tech Prosperity Deal that has been announced, come at ... Continue Reading

How the UK can seize the robotics opportunity

The UK has world-leading capabilities in robotics and as the technology starts to go mainstream, it's vital we make the most of the opportunity - but further action and commitment from govermment is essential
Plotting a path forward with VMware version 7

Version 7 reaches end of life at the start of October. But while version 8 is available, buying support may require a VCF subscription
Cyber leaders must make better use of risk experts

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how security leaders can help assure access to the new and innovative cloud tech while minimising risk and ensuring they do not fall foul of regulators.