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Cyber body Crest launches AI security charter

Crest’s industry-backed AI charter commits signatories to supporting responsible AI adoption and aims to foster trust in AI-enabled security services.
UK and EU impose sanctions on hacking groups linked to Kremlin

Hackers linked to Russian intelligence behind attack on Poland’s energy infrastructure, theft of credentials and using vulnerable routers to attack critical national infrastructure
Microsoft admits datacentre greenhouse gas emissions hike

Growth in carbon emissions for 2024-25 matches total emissions over the previous four years, as Microsoft focuses on datacentre power
European Commission accepts SAP’s on-prem ERP commitment

The ERP provider has accepted that it will no longer charge admin fees for returning maintenance customers, and has stated it will offer on-premise flexibility
Tech giants come under watch of UK finance regulators

IT suppliers critical to the UK finance sector are now within the remit of the UK’s financial services regulators
The quiet rise of digital identity

Governments are rapidly expanding digital identity systems, promising greater convenience and faster access to services, but concerns around privacy, trust, surveillance and inclusion continue to grow

How AI is pushing cyber resilience up GCC energy boardroom agendas

TXOne Networks CEO Terence Liu says AI is transforming both industrial operations and cyber threats, forcing GCC energy operators to prioritise visibility, operational control and resilience as critical infrastructure becomes increasingly ...
Forrester: Managing supply chain volatility with agentic AI

As well as churning through mundane tasks, artificial intelligence agents promise to transform supply chain management
CW@60: Preserving the wonder of a life in tech

Mozilla's Linda Griffin shares how a life-changing experience taught her how life in tech ought to be

Iris AWS collaboration widens aperture to semantic-enriched agentic knowledge- CW Developer Network

Oslo-based Iris (stylised as Iris.ai) provides what it calls a “semantic-enriched knowledge foundation” for enterprise software stacks building agentic AI services. To clarify, Iris builds ... Continue Reading
The road to optical networking: IOWN & distributed infrastructures- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Sean Lawrence, vice president, head of IOWN development office, research and development planning department at NTT, Inc. ... Continue Reading
IBM Bob bolsters, boosts & broadens AI-driven software application development - CW Developer Network

IBM called its agentic software development platform Bob. Was this because Big Blue wanted another three-letter acronym to sit alongside IBM perhaps? Bob could mean Best of Breed. Or it could ... Continue Reading
What to expect from Grafana ObservabilityCON- CW Developer Network

The Computer Weekly Developer Network team has been following the growth of observability for more than a decade now. Although some may define observability as a sub-sector function that sits under ... Continue Reading

Datacentres need to consider alternatives to grid connection

UK datacentre growth is stalled by National Grid delays. Operators are increasingly using "behind-the-meter" private energy deals to secure reliable, cost-effective power faster
Why legal control beats location in data sovereignty

US law can access global data via providers, making local data residency insufficient. Businesses must prioritise true jurisdictional control over "sovereignty washing" marketing
Digital devolution and taking back control

Why Andy Burnham's vision needs data cooperatives to deliver a transformation in digital public services