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July 24, 2026 24Jul2026 In Depth

CW@60: The mirror and the machine - three decades on the frontlines of the tech revolution

Every technology innovation and every IT project is, at its heart, a human-interest story - and those delivering the IT should always remember that, says IT services veteran Sam Kingston Continue Reading

July 23, 2026 23Jul2026 News

MI5 and PSNI ordered to pay damages to BBC journalist Vincent Kearney over unlawful surveillance

The Security Service, MI5 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland have been ordered to pay damages to a former BBC journalist, Vincent Kearney, following multiple attempts to identify his confidential sources Continue Reading

July 23, 2026 23Jul2026 Blog Post

Updating Cyber/Digital Careers Guidance for the Age of Augmented Intelligence

We need create better linkages between cyber/digital and mainstream skills and employment policy, from access to careers advice and guidance in schools, through enabling NEETs to "prove" their ... Continue Reading

July 23, 2026 23Jul2026 News

Connectivity becomes the weakest link in Britain’s workplaces

Study finds internet and connectivity failures have overtaken software problems as the biggest cause of lost productivity, with the average UK employee losing 93 working hours a year to IT issues Continue Reading

July 23, 2026 23Jul2026 News

Uplink internet traffic growth breaks further record

Study finds upstream demand reshaping network performance and capacity with upstream usage up 19.2% year on year in second quarter of 2026, three times that of downstream Continue Reading

July 23, 2026 23Jul2026 News

Will digital government recover from DSIT breakup?

Computer Weekly looks at what Burnham’s decision to dismantle DSIT means for the UK tech sector, and how the department will be split up Continue Reading

July 23, 2026 23Jul2026 In Depth

From knowing to doing: embodied AI gets to work

At Hyundai’s smart factory in Singapore, robots handle two-thirds of the assembly work, offering a glimpse of AI that can sense, decide and act in the physical world Continue Reading

July 23, 2026 23Jul2026 Blog Post

Sonar: Why token optimisation is the next imperative in AI development

According to automated code analysis for clean, secure software company Sonar, the IT industry keeps measuring the wrong thing. Every AI development conversation fixates on the visible progress ... Continue Reading

July 23, 2026 23Jul2026 News

Samsung brings Galaxy ecosystem into eyewear

Smart devices developed with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker intended to show how intelligent eyewear can become part of a user’s personal style Continue Reading

July 23, 2026 23Jul2026 News

Digital government services increase accessibility gap

Many adults are unable to access digital government services in the UK, leading the digital divide to widen Continue Reading

July 23, 2026 23Jul2026 News

Alphabet borrows $100bn to pay for AI investments

The parent company of Google and YouTube has increased its debt portfolio from $16bn to $100bn to pay for AI infrastructure Continue Reading

July 23, 2026 23Jul2026 Blog Post

Digital downgrade: Andy Burnham's fragmentation of tech policy is a backward step for the UK

It’s taken a few days to work out exactly what has happened to technology policy and digital delivery in the aftermath of new prime minister Andy Burnham’s day-one scrapping of the Department for ... Continue Reading

July 23, 2026 23Jul2026 News

Why AI coding agents won’t kill SaaS

Investors may fear that AI coding agents will wipe billions off SaaS valuations, but SiteMinder CTO Tom Varsavsky thinks the technology will speed up software delivery, reduce tech debt and force IT leaders to master token economics Continue Reading

July 23, 2026 23Jul2026 News

Global mobile RAN market stabilises as high-end routers rise

Study finds growth in the high-routers and switches shifting from telecom networks toward cloud connectivity and data centre interconnect, while RAN industry set to inch upwards but various growth options exist Continue Reading

July 23, 2026 23Jul2026 News

UK’s low-income areas suffer with continued broadband digital divide

Study shows that despite steady growth and progress in rolling out high-speed internet across the UK, broadband black spots still exist Continue Reading

July 22, 2026 22Jul2026 News

Amphenol makes fibre Pivot to support AI-scale data centre growth

1RU fibre panel designed to support 192 connections to help AI and hyperscale operators scale capacity without giving up serviceability Continue Reading

July 22, 2026 22Jul2026 News

Hugging Face ‘hacker’ was rogue OpenAI model

A hacker who broke into Hugging Face’s systems last week has been exposed as a pair of advanced OpenAI frontier models that were trying to cheat on an exam Continue Reading

July 22, 2026 22Jul2026 Blog Post

Veraification Of The Need To Track And Control Those Pesky AI Agents (no spelling mistakes)

Increasingly, AI is turning into a Science Fiction movie - the real life version. Meantime, the fightback has started - from within. For starters, why have one company in this AI era, when you can ... Continue Reading

July 22, 2026 22Jul2026 News

House of Lords questions Andy Burnham’s AI plans

An urgent question relating to the disbandment of DSIT has put the new administration under pressure to clarify funding and strategy for AI and science Continue Reading

July 22, 2026 22Jul2026 News

Singapore to hold CII boards accountable as AI reshapes OT threat landscape

The Cyber Security Agency’s first update to its critical infrastructure code of practice since 2022 will make boards directly answerable for cyber resilience Continue Reading

July 22, 2026 22Jul2026 Opinion

Stop debating frontier AI – start defending against it

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers if Anthropic’s Claude Mythos frontier AI model is a benefit or barrier to achieving resilient enterprise IT security, and how security leaders need to adapt. Continue Reading

July 22, 2026 22Jul2026 News

‘Modest but notable’ regional spread of fintech funding in UK

Hubs outside London have made some headway in the UK fintech sector, but overall funding has dropped Continue Reading

July 22, 2026 22Jul2026 In Depth

Journalist Richard Medhurst had his mobile phone seized. Did using a secure phone protect his data?

How can journalists protect confidential data and sources on their phones when crossing borders? Continue Reading

July 22, 2026 22Jul2026 News

Middle East faces new cyber reality: attackers logging in, not breaking in

Geopolitical tensions, stolen credentials and increasingly rapid attacker movement are reshaping the Middle East’s cyber threat landscape, putting pressure on organisations to look beyond traditional, alert-driven security models Continue Reading

July 22, 2026 22Jul2026 Blog Post

Edge series - Mirantis: Managed edge is a fleet management problem, not a platform slogan

This is a guest post written for the Computer Weekly Developer Network by Dom Wilde in his capacity as SVP and GM for cloud infrastructure business at Mirantis. Mirantis is known for its enterprise ... Continue Reading

July 22, 2026 22Jul2026 In Depth

CW@60: How tech escaped the machine room - and why it never really did

Julian David, CEO of the influential tech trade association TechUK, looks at what’s changed in tech across his career – and perhaps more importantly, what hasn’t Continue Reading

July 21, 2026 21Jul2026 News

Singapore’s military to explore quantum computing for mission planning

The Singapore Armed Forces’ Digital and Intelligence Service and the Defence Science and Technology Agency are working with IBM to test quantum optimisation for military logistics Continue Reading

July 21, 2026 21Jul2026 News

Jisc recommits to academic cyber collaboration network

Academic IT services network Jisc re-signs a collaborative MoU with partners from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US Continue Reading

July 21, 2026 21Jul2026 News

Scottish Water taps BT, Accenture to plot digital future

Scottish utility firm inks strategic relationships with tech firms to continue digital journey, looking to deliver more resilient, secure and efficient services as well as strengthen technology foundations Continue Reading

July 21, 2026 21Jul2026 News

AMD CTO: Europe’s AI opportunity lies beyond semiconductor manufacturing

Mark Papermaster says Europe’s commitment to interoperability and diversity of supply could become a strategic advantage as AI infrastructure grows more heterogeneous Continue Reading

July 21, 2026 21Jul2026 News

Chelsea & Westminster Hospital goes live with all-operator mobile

Neutral host provider delivers all-operator 4G mobile connectivity to leading medical facility as part of UK government’s ambition to shift services from analogue to digital Continue Reading

July 21, 2026 21Jul2026 In Depth

AI kicks in for 2026 FIFA World Cup

Computer Weekly looks at the technological backbone in place for global football’s pinnacle event, the FIFA World Cup, and how AI has become a permanent fixture and first on the timesheet Continue Reading

July 21, 2026 21Jul2026 News

O2 hits Giga Site mobile network milestone

UK operator reveals latest part of Mobile Transformation Plan passing the halfway mark on plan to have 1,000 advanced mobile sites across the country Continue Reading

July 21, 2026 21Jul2026 News

Ofcom green-lights UK Wi-Fi access across entire 6 GHz band

UK comms regulator announces prioritised spectrum sharing framework for Wi-Fi in the Upper 6 GHz band, available on the same licence exempt basis as the Lower 6 GHz band Continue Reading

July 21, 2026 21Jul2026 Blog Post

Lightfield: Legacy CRM wasn't built to work with agents

CRM software has spent the last two decades helping companies keep track of customers. Lightfield thinks the next two decades may look rather different. More AI-native than the likes of Salesforce ... Continue Reading

July 21, 2026 21Jul2026 News

Kanishka Narayan takes on AI sovereignty in Burnham cabinet

AI minister will attend cabinet meetings held by UK prime minister Andy Burnham, with focus on ownership of UK tech Continue Reading

July 21, 2026 21Jul2026 News

UK regulator crackdown on finfluencers gathers pace

After a slow start, the Financial Conduct Authority’s is taking action to curb the activities of unregulated individuals who use social media to give financial advice Continue Reading

July 21, 2026 21Jul2026 Blog Post

Edge series - Perforce: Why edge governance at scale is the real challenge

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Robin Tatam in his role as principal technical marketer & evangelist, Puppet by Perforce. Puppet by Perforce is known ... Continue Reading

July 21, 2026 21Jul2026 E-Zine

How the CIO of Unilever delivers business empathy

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to Unilever’s global CIO about empowering people to innovate – from IT departments to entrepreneurial women in India. We analyse the arguments for and against the NHS’s controversial Federated Data Platform ... Continue Reading

July 20, 2026 20Jul2026 News

Cosmetics giant Estée Lauder victim of mass Oracle breach

Employee data at US-based cosmetics firm Estée Lauder was compromised through a vulnerability in Oracle’s software, likely orchestrated by the Cl0p ransomware gang Continue Reading

July 20, 2026 20Jul2026 News

How Lithuania became a tech startup nation

Lithuania has built a network of tech startup companies the hard way, through bootstrapping. Today, it claims six companies with valuations over a billion dollars Continue Reading

July 20, 2026 20Jul2026 In Depth

Interview: Virgin Media O2's Dana Haidan on growing a green strategy

Virgin Media O2’s CSO Dana Haidan is driving growth by embedding sustainability into core strategy, slashing emissions, boosting circularity and championing digital inclusion Continue Reading

July 20, 2026 20Jul2026 News

Burnham government to drop digital ID and tech department

Controversial ID Scheme and government technology department to be tossed on scrap heap as new prime minister enters 10 Downing Street Continue Reading

July 20, 2026 20Jul2026 News

Dutch Surf tests practical route out of Big Tech dependency

The Netherlands’ education and research IT cooperative is running pilots with open source tools, placing working alternatives alongside existing Big Tech services Continue Reading

July 20, 2026 20Jul2026 Blog Post

Edge series - Atsign: Stop the fraying, maintaining security in edge-computing architectures

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Aparna Rayasam, CEO, Atsign. Atsign is known for its open source zero-trust protocol (atsign/atPlatform), a technology ... Continue Reading

July 20, 2026 20Jul2026 Blog Post

Why AI is bringing the workstation to the datacentre

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Benjamin Boxer in his capacity as CEO of Phaze. Phaze aims to build the best enterprise remote desktop experience to access ... Continue Reading

July 20, 2026 20Jul2026 Opinion

Viva la devolution – rebalancing power through technology

A note for Andy Burnham - on how digital operating models and infrastructure can improve UK devolution and strengthen democratic accountability Continue Reading

July 20, 2026 20Jul2026 News

Where AI fits in modern supply chains

We find out how businesses are using artificial intelligence (AI), GenAI and agentic AI to streamline supply chain operations Continue Reading

July 20, 2026 20Jul2026 In Depth

CW@60: The real promise of technology is human

The next chapter of technology will not be judged merely by the speed of its systems, but by its capacity to build trust, bridge societal divides and unlock human potential, says Dell's Asia-Pacific chief Continue Reading

July 20, 2026 20Jul2026 News

Singapore spells out how personal data can be used in GenAI

Advisory guidelines clarifying when organisations can scrape and reuse personal data to build GenAI models are among a raft of announcements at the inaugural Singapore Data Festival Continue Reading

July 17, 2026 17Jul2026 News

Interview: Dan Cherowbrier, CTO, Formula E

For the tech chief at the electric vehicle racing organisation, innovation extends from everything digital to all the technology elements that make the growing motorsport operation a success Continue Reading

July 17, 2026 17Jul2026 News

Frustration as Post Office Horizon replacement contract signing delayed again

If signed off, cloud-based EPOS system will replace controversial Horizon software from Fujitsu Continue Reading

July 17, 2026 17Jul2026 In Depth

Datacentre dive: Through the looking glass at Telehouse South

We visit London’s Docklands datacentre cluster, where former docks now house windowless, aluminium-clad monoliths and Telehouse South is Thames-side fortress of edge connectivity Continue Reading

July 17, 2026 17Jul2026 News

NatWest signs up to quantum trial for fraud detection

The retail bank is one of 11 organisations testing quantum technologies as part of Digital Catapult’s quantum technology access programme Continue Reading

July 17, 2026 17Jul2026 News

Interview: Reflections on tech revolutions and silos

David Minahan, director of digital at Young Lives vs Cancer, discusses data silos and how new tech is offering a more natural user experience Continue Reading

July 17, 2026 17Jul2026 In Depth

The modern CIO role is almost overwhelming – here’s how to survive and thrive

Responsible for everything from keeping the IT lights on, to digital transformation, AI strategy, fostering cross-organisation relations and managing complexity, the modern CIO has their plate full. Top CIOs share their tips for success Continue Reading

July 17, 2026 17Jul2026 Opinion

Does the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill make you feel secure?

The UK government's latest cyber security regulations are hugely important but remain riddled with inconsistencies and vagaries - substantial changes are needed before it becomes law Continue Reading

July 17, 2026 17Jul2026 In Depth

CW@60: Creating connections through technology and empathy

Everywoman founders Maxine Benson and Karen Gill highlight the importance of diversity and why women's voices need to be heard more widely in tech Continue Reading

July 17, 2026 17Jul2026 News

Check Point builds homegrown AI model as attack barriers collapse

The company is training a security-only small language model as AI hands attackers industrial-scale capabilities and pushes cyber defence towards full automation Continue Reading

July 16, 2026 16Jul2026 News

VodafoneThree calls for policy changes to drive UK mobile growth

Mobile network operators in the UK are battling with energy costs, planning red tape and regulations, all of which are impacting their investment plans Continue Reading

July 16, 2026 16Jul2026 News

Palantir: Can anyone else do what it does?

Palantir is a US defence-intelligence company, born from the CIA's venture arm that now operates inside the UK public sector. We examine the claim that its technology does what no other supplier can Continue Reading

July 16, 2026 16Jul2026 E-Zine

CW EMEA: Mission chips

In this quarter’s CW EMEA, we detail the European Commission’s plans to ensure the European Union (EU) has self-sufficiency in terms of technology. With IT embedded through society, the EU wants to reduce its dependency on tech from outside and at ... Continue Reading

July 16, 2026 16Jul2026 News

Scattered Spider hackers sentenced over TfL attack

Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair, the hackers behind the 2024 TfL cyber attack, have been sentenced to five-year prison terms at Woolwich Crown Court Continue Reading

July 16, 2026 16Jul2026 Blog Post

Chronosphere details mechanics of modern approach to observability

The observability platforms market is expanding. Dynatrace is still there, as is Datadog, Elastic and New Relic. All the while, Grafana is making more noise than your average Splunk, Honeycomb or ... Continue Reading

July 16, 2026 16Jul2026 News

A fifth of PC devices still on Windows 10

While support ended in October 2025, community-driven insights from Lansweeper has found that smaller businesses are still using Windows 10 Continue Reading

July 16, 2026 16Jul2026 Opinion

Has Microsoft overstretched its cloud elasticity?

Microsoft promised "infinite" cloud scalability, but signs of capacity strain and regional rollbacks suggest it may be overstretched, forcing customers to rethink vendor lock-in Continue Reading

July 16, 2026 16Jul2026 News

Denmark debates ‘emergency’ energy plan to curb datacentres

To fix grid crisis caused by mismanagement under her previous administrations, Danish prime minister opens third term in office with laws against datacentres Continue Reading

July 15, 2026 15Jul2026 Opinion

Why bug bounty programmes are essential for cyber resilience

Periodic audits and one-off penetration tests offer only a snapshot of risk. Tapping a global community of security researchers through bug bounty programmes helps organisations find exploitable flaws before attackers do Continue Reading

July 15, 2026 15Jul2026 News

Chaotic July Patch Tuesday threatens to overwhelm defenders

Another mammoth Patch Tuesday update, likely topping 600 flaws in total, sends defenders into the weeds Continue Reading

July 15, 2026 15Jul2026 News

Are UAE enterprises ready for agentic AI?

Enterprise leaders must hit the ground running by aligning their company’s processes, governance, talent pool and technology to keep up with the fast-evolving agentic AI operations or risk lagging in the global digital race Continue Reading

July 15, 2026 15Jul2026 News

Prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham takes aim at outsourcing

Soon-to-be-appointed prime minister adds weight to government’s existing plan to ‘end era of outsourcing’ Continue Reading

July 15, 2026 15Jul2026 News

Home Office proposes AI tooling to accelerate digital disclosure

PoliceAI will be used to pilot artificial intelligence tools that are capable of automatically generating summaries of digital material, saving ‘countless’ admin hours Continue Reading

July 15, 2026 15Jul2026 News

Reeves speaks up about UK sovereign AI

The UK government has ambitions to build out its own AI capabilities, but its plans are stumped by high datacentre power costs Continue Reading

July 15, 2026 15Jul2026 Blog Post

Cribl nibbles up CardinalOps to serve up no quibble AI detection engineering

AI telemetry company Cribl this week acquired CardinalOps, an agentic detection engineering company. The move is designed to add “detection engineering capabilities” to Crible that help users ... Continue Reading

July 15, 2026 15Jul2026 News

Digital Dubai and Emirates Group deepen collaboration on shared digital platforms

Agreement will give Emirates Group access to Dubai’s expanding ecosystem of digital services, data capabilities and shared platforms as the emirate pushes towards a more integrated, AI-enabled digital economy Continue Reading

July 15, 2026 15Jul2026 News

Australia launches Office of AI to drive world-first national framework

Prime minister Anthony Albanese establishes Office of AI to coordinate binding standards for the technology, promising the world's first single national AI framework Continue Reading

July 15, 2026 15Jul2026 News

ICO ‘less effective as a regulator’ due to toxic culture

Staff of the UK’s data protection watchdog say it was ‘less effective’ due to a toxic workplace culture upheld by senior leadership team Continue Reading

July 15, 2026 15Jul2026 Opinion

Out of sight, out of work: Creating opportunity for blind and partially sighted people

Billions of pounds are being lost - and hundreds of thousands of people excluded from the economy - because so much of our technology and working lives are not inclusive by design Continue Reading

July 15, 2026 15Jul2026 Blog Post

An IT alignment reality check

People in IT are unlikely ever to say they are misaligned with business. For decades IT advisory services have presented the business savvy IT chief as a cornerstone and a facilitator, to enable ... Continue Reading

July 15, 2026 15Jul2026 News

Inside AWS’s $1bn forward-deployed engineering initiative

The cloud giant is embedding cross-functional teams of engineers, scientists and strategists with customers, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia among those already seeing results Continue Reading

July 15, 2026 15Jul2026 In Depth

CW@60: An adventure into cyber security

Cyber security expert Rik Ferguson charts an unlikely career from The Hobbit through childhood thespianism to the cutting edge of cyber defence Continue Reading

July 15, 2026 15Jul2026 News

Made in Spain: Surveillance tech banned in EU booms in India

India is rolling out facial-recognition technology to monitor millions of its citizens, with much of the software coming from a Spanish company – but critics argue the government promise of public safety is not the main aim Continue Reading

July 14, 2026 14Jul2026 News

IDCA warns of ‘delay tax’ as AI datacentre power surges 50%

Global datacentre electricity consumption reaches 1.9% of all generation, with ‘zombie workloads’ wasting 3GW of US capacity alone and a 100MW project delay costing up to $1bn Continue Reading

July 14, 2026 14Jul2026 News

PAC raises more questions over Capita’s role in government

Report demands answers on Capita’s suitability to run HR and payroll services to 250,000 civil servants Continue Reading

July 14, 2026 14Jul2026 News

PAC worried shared services strategy set to fail

The committee says Cabinet Office has no clear plan or timeline for achieving its predicted £4.3bn in savings from the strategy, as it continues to be delayed and suffers from lack of departmental buy-in Continue Reading

July 14, 2026 14Jul2026 News

AI impacting stress levels among cyber professionals

AI is affecting the day-to-day careers of cyber security pros in regard to stress levels, but respondents to an ISC2 data-gathering exercise are split over whether or not their stress levels are going up or down Continue Reading

July 14, 2026 14Jul2026 Opinion

Dear Andy Burnham, a word about the government AI strategy...

Can our new Prime Minister bring a new approach to AI that treats the voracious Big Tech companies with less deference? Continue Reading

July 14, 2026 14Jul2026 News

Study reveals Microsoft tactics to lure Windows users

The Edge browser may have a small market share, but research commissioned by Firefox shows how Microsoft muscles in Continue Reading

July 14, 2026 14Jul2026 Opinion

Modern datacentre infrastructure management (DCIM) is crucial

AI workloads are pushing traditional datacentre management to its limits. Modern DCIM is now essential, using predictive analytics to ensure resilience, efficiency, and sustainability Continue Reading

July 14, 2026 14Jul2026 News

Pure DC launches €7.5bn Finland AI datacentre campus

550MW AI datacentre project – with Microsoft reportedly signed up – reflects shift as European market moves north to bypass power constraints in traditional Flap-D hubs Continue Reading

July 14, 2026 14Jul2026 Blog Post

Alation AIOS: An AI intelligence operating system

As we know, bad AI (and even good AI) is increasingly good at producing confident but quiet failures. Known for its data intelligence platform that works to provide behavioural analysis, semantic ... Continue Reading

July 14, 2026 14Jul2026 News

DMCC launches cyber security hub as UAE accelerates development of digital resilience ecosystem

DMCC Cyber vertical brings together more than 200 cyber security firms under the DMCC Tech platform, reinforcing Dubai’s ambition to become a global technology and cyber innovation hub Continue Reading

July 14, 2026 14Jul2026 News

AI skills fund launches in Barnsley

The government is looking for ideas on how to deliver AI training to Barnsley residents as part of the government’s AI Upskilling Challenge Fund Continue Reading

July 14, 2026 14Jul2026 News

Interview: Lucie Audibert, solicitor in MP Jess Asato’s Grok case

AWO solicitor Lucie Audibert speaks with Computer Weekly about representing Labour MP Jess Asato’s legal claim against xAI’s chatbot Grok, its nudification capabilities and how this case may define what liability for developers of AI tools look like Continue Reading

July 14, 2026 14Jul2026 News

Scottish Building Society subscribes to embedded AI to begin a new journey

Oldest remaining building society becomes first customer to sign up to embedded AI offering from current supplier SBS Continue Reading

July 14, 2026 14Jul2026 News

Couchbase eyes APAC growth as enterprises confront data problem

Having been taken private by private equity firm Haveli Investments, the NoSQL database supplier is pitching its newly launched AI data plane as the fix for the fragmented data layers Continue Reading

July 14, 2026 14Jul2026 E-Zine

The Met Police and Palantir – more questions than answers

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the controversial Palantir project at the Metropolitan Police and reveal significant data protection concerns. We also look at the challenges of keeping up with emerging technologies in retail, and Volvo ... Continue Reading

July 14, 2026 14Jul2026 Opinion

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