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Amnesty: AI surveillance risks ‘supercharging’ US deportations

Amnesty International says AI-driven platforms from Palantir and Babel Street are being used by US authorities to track migrants and revoke visas, raising fears of unlawful detentions and mass deportations
Space42, Viasat form J/V to launch D2D 5G satellite services

UAE-based AI-powered space tech company forms partnership with global communications provider to enable global delivery of D2D services facilitating evolution to a 5G network environment
Arqit to support NCSC’s post-quantum cryptography pilot

Quantum specialist Arqit will provide specialised post-quantum migration planning services to organisations preparing to address the imminent risks to traditional cryptography
MI5 unlawfully monitored the phone of BBC journalist

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal heard today that the security service has conceded that it unlawfully monitored the phone data of former BBC Spotlight reporter Vincent Kearney
Swissto12, Astrum Mobile hit satellite design milestone

Preliminary design review revealed for Astrum Mobile’s Neastar-1, said to be the first geostationary satellite-to-device mission in the region designed to change how mobile networks reach people across Asia Pacific
‘Utter madness’ as Post Office paid £86m for inquiry support

The Post Office legal representation at public inquiry into Horizon scandal cost twice as much as the actual inquiry

Go big or go home: Should UK IT buyers favour US clouds or homegrown providers?

Against a backdrop of geopolitical unrest and concerns about the US government snooping, the UK's reliance on overseas cloud providers is coming into sharper focus and giving IT buyers some pause for thought on the issue of data sovereignty
Retailers turn to tech as in-store crime soars

Retailers such as H&M, Iceland, Poundland and Tesco are deploying tech in stores as a way of protecting themselves and their employees from rising shop crime
How AI can help to optimise supply chains under pressure

Globalisation boosted trade for decades, but crises, tariffs and climate change have made supply chains more fragile. Companies are responding with AI, nearshoring and planning

Solo Kagent Enterprise, bridges agentic K8S-AI infrastructure gap - CW Developer Network

Cloud-native connectivity company Solo has detailed kagent enterprise, a context-aware platform for AI & agentic applications on Kubernetes. The company says that this release solves the ... Continue Reading
AI workflow - StrongestLayer: Why Conway's Law changes everything- CW Developer Network

This is a contributed piece for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Alan LeFort, CEO & co-founder at StrongestLayer... StrongestLayer builds AI-native systems and platforms ... Continue Reading
AI workflows – Navan: Why most workflows fail (and what we did differently)- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Ilan Twig in his capacity as co-founder and CTO at Navan. Navan is known for its software platform that integrates business ... Continue Reading
Auditoria lends an AI ear to ‘conversational’ financial analytics- CW Developer Network

Auditoria SmartResearch is a technology that combines “finance-tuned” language models, ERP data and real-time data to create a service for finance teams that offers reactive reporting. Tabled to ... Continue Reading

Lessons from Jaguar Land Rover – preparing for a cyber attack

A cyber attack at Jaguar Land Rover has halted production lines and caused widespread disruption. How can businesses protect themselves and mitigate the risks of such an attack?
Why the next AI advantage is in model ownership

Enterprises have become familiar with AI tools by accessing publicly available models - but to gain true differentiation, it's time to explore ownership of your AI model
Promises and realities: Navigating the shared responsibility gap

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.