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Government launches Gov.uk App

The public beta version of the app will allow users to access government services on their phones, based on their needs and interests
Second AI Energy Council meeting looks to forecast future demand

Given Labour’s ambition to use AI to drive economic growth, questions need to be answered on how the nation’s energy grid will cope
Scattered Spider cyber gang turns fire on aviation sector

Multiple reports are emerging of cyber attacks on airlines – Google Cloud’s Mandiant believes them to be linked
Over 2 million affected by US supermarket breach

Belgian-Dutch supermarket operator Ahold Delhaize reveals that more than two million people, including employees, had their data compromised following a November 2024 ransomware attack
Ciaran Martin: AI may disturb attacker-defender security balance

The founder of the National Cyber Security Centre spoke with Computer Weekly at Infosecurity Europe 2025 about how artificial intelligence might disturb the attacker-defender security equilibrium
MPs propose ban on predictive policing

MPs are attempting to amend the UK government’s forthcoming Crime and Policing Bill so that it prohibits the use of controversial predictive policing systems

Precision-bred veg from Phytoform Labs: Meet the AI startup looking to boost the UK’s food security

Phytoform Labs is on a mission to shore up the nation’s food supplies using artificial intelligence-backed biotechnology – and the humble tomato
Clouded judgement: Resilience, risk and the rise of repatriation

Geopolitics, data sovereignty and rising costs are driving a change in cloud thinking, but it’s slow progress
Tariff turmoil: IT procurement and the public sector

In the first of a two-part series, we look at the current tariff turmoil in public sector IT procurement, the particular challenges faced by public sector procurement, and how the cloud and pay-as-you-go can help

Overture Maps GERS, an open standard for interoperable geospatial IDs- Open Source Insider

The Overture Maps Foundation is focused on continuing what it calls its “collaborative efforts” to build interoperable open map data. The foundation has now announced Global Entity Reference System ... Continue Reading
Quantum Computing: A UK moon shot or £670m research indulgence?- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

Among the questions raised during the inaugural Quantum Datacentre Alliance forum held at Battersea power station in London, was one from a delegate from the government’s Quantum testbed programme, ... Continue Reading
Platform Engineering - Sidero Labs: Central IT, now with YAML!- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post by Justin Garrison, head of product at Sidero Labs - the company specialises in Kubernetes infrastructure automation, developing tools including Talos Linux, a security-focused ... Continue Reading
MuleSoft Connect AI 2025: The journey from digital... to agentic- CW Developer Network

Keen to ingest an 18-inch pizza’s worth of API integration, automation and management, the Computer Weekly Developer Network headed to MuleSoft Connect AI 2025 in New York this month to get closer ... Continue Reading

Better governance is required for AI agents

The Security Think Tank considers how CISOs can best plan to facilitate the secure running of AI and Gen AI-based initiatives and ensure employees do not inadvertently leak data or make bad decisions
How data laws quietly handed power to government

The UK is at risk of becoming an ‘algorithm state’ as the government hands more power to Big Tech and reduces the rights of individuals
Should we trust Humphrey to boost public sector efficiency?

Labour is betting on Humphrey, an AI toolkit named after a Yes Minister character, to drive public sector efficiency