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July 14, 2025 14Jul2025 News

Brits clinging to Windows 10 face heightened risk, says NCSC

Businesses and consumers alike may not feel the need to upgrade to Windows 11 as its predecessor approaches end-of-life, but they are putting their own security at risk, says the NCSC Continue Reading

July 14, 2025 14Jul2025 News

Potential £230bn boost from improved UK mobile coverage

Economic study calls for UK government to support acceleration in investment in mobile networks through reforming planning laws and significantly increasing the availability of spectrum for operators to reap huge financial rewards Continue Reading

July 14, 2025 14Jul2025 News

EXA unveils high-capacity fibre route for key Euro business centres

Dedicated digital infrastructure platform provider expands its current reach, deploying new high-capacity 1,200 km fibre connection route from London to Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels. Continue Reading

July 14, 2025 14Jul2025 News

Luxury retailer LVMH says UK customer data was stolen in cyber attack

French luxury goods retailer LVMH has disclosed multiple cyber attacks in 2025 so far, and their impact is now spreading to the UK as a new incident affecting Louis Vuitton comes to light Continue Reading

July 14, 2025 14Jul2025 News

Home Office dumps Fujitsu from IT services contract

Home Office to take IT service desk contract in-house, with staff set to transfer from Fujitsu Continue Reading

July 14, 2025 14Jul2025 News

Technology fuels successful FCA fight against unauthorised financial services

The UK finance regulator is using data and technology to identify websites and apps that could cause financial harm Continue Reading

July 14, 2025 14Jul2025 News

CityFibre to gain more than £2bn in financing round

CityFibre reveals cash injection to ‘supercharge’ next phase of growth and to boost UK economy through large-scale deployment of 10Gbps XGS-PON network Continue Reading

July 14, 2025 14Jul2025 News

Nokia network APIs available on Google Cloud Marketplace

Comms tech provider’s applications programming interface now available on Marketplace, specifically quality of service on demand, number verification and device location verification Continue Reading

July 14, 2025 14Jul2025 News

UK sets sights on humanoid robot future

AI and robots are part of Labour’s plans to build out a high-tech economy, but a robot workforce is a long way off Continue Reading

July 14, 2025 14Jul2025 Blog Post

CNCF CTO: From golden paths to guardrails, platform engineering's role in developer velocity

This is a guest post for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written by Chris Aniszczyk, CTO of CNCF. As readers will know, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is an open source software ... Continue Reading

July 14, 2025 14Jul2025 In Depth

Assessing the risk of AI in enterprise IT

We speak to security experts about how IT departments and security leaders can ensure they run artificial intelligence systems safely and securely Continue Reading

July 14, 2025 14Jul2025 News

AI adoption grows amid falling trust in AI outputs

As organisations move from AI hype to reality, a decline in trust for AI outputs is not a sign of failure, but a signal of market maturity, according to Bhavya Kapoor, Avanade's Asia-Pacific president Continue Reading

July 11, 2025 11Jul2025 News

EU broadband challengers warn of fixed connectivity monopolies

Non-incumbent EU fixed broadband providers raise alarm at proposed legislation, insisting that regulatory certainty is needed to drive investment in connectivity Continue Reading

July 11, 2025 11Jul2025 News

MoD supply chain cyber scheme gets up and running

The Ministry of Defence and IASME have launched a certification scheme for organisations working in the UK defence supply chain, with construction firm Morgan Sindall the first business to achieve compliance Continue Reading

July 11, 2025 11Jul2025 News

Pobl Group builds on managed SD-WAN for housing development

Three-year contract for managed software-defined wide area network service follows merger creating Wales’s largest housing association Continue Reading

July 11, 2025 11Jul2025 News

ACM president Yannis Ioannidis sees a more humane role for AI

Panel brought together academic, industry and policy leaders to discuss how AI can support climate goals, financial inclusion and infrastructure development Continue Reading

July 11, 2025 11Jul2025 News

Schools using AI to personalise learning, finds Ofsted

When looking into how some education providers in the UK are using AI, Ofsted found many have hit the ground running Continue Reading

July 11, 2025 11Jul2025 News

Meta and Alan Turing Institute back open source AI fellowship

Labour’s AI fellowship will see experts use open source AI tools in a bid deliver better public services at lower cost Continue Reading

July 11, 2025 11Jul2025 News

London Underground expands 4G, 5G coverage

More sections of the Tube gain high-speed mobile coverage as roll-out of 4G and 5G continues along further stretches of the Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria lines Continue Reading

July 11, 2025 11Jul2025 News

Former Post Office staff in Horizon replacement bid team

Escher, which supplied middleware in the Post Office Horizon system, is eyeing up the contract to replace the controversial software Continue Reading

July 11, 2025 11Jul2025 News

UK to create ‘governance framework’ for police facial recognition

Home secretary Yvette Cooper has confirmed UK will regulate police facial recognition, citing police reticence to deploy systems without proper governance, but declined to say if any new framework will be statutory Continue Reading

July 11, 2025 11Jul2025 News

European 5G landscape “on a rollercoaster”

Research finds impact of spectrum availability across Europe leading to disparity of 5G download speeds with increases in the use of the 3.5GHz spectrum strongly correlating with faster 5G downloads Continue Reading

July 11, 2025 11Jul2025 News

UK online safety regime ineffective on misinformation, MPs say

A report from the Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee outlines how the Online Safety Act fails to deal with the algorithmic amplification of ‘legal but harmful’ misinformation Continue Reading

July 11, 2025 11Jul2025 News

European Commission accused of rigging data watchdog appointment

The European Commission has been accused of rigging the selection process for the next European Data Protection supervisor Continue Reading

July 11, 2025 11Jul2025 News

AWS bolsters security tools to help customers manage AI risks

Amazon Web Services has unveiled new and updated security services, including container-level threat detection and a unified command centre, to help organisations build and secure artificial intelligence applications Continue Reading

July 10, 2025 10Jul2025 Blog Post

Ambient ERP – breaking free of the enterprise software triad

This is a guest blogpost by Claus Jepsen, Chief Technology Officer, Unit4. Imagine a future where your back-office applications are context-aware, operating in the background, only surfacing what ... Continue Reading

July 10, 2025 10Jul2025 News

Government funding to help SMEs protect their IP

Scheme will see SMEs and innovative startups working in sensitive sectors receive advice on enhancing cyber and physical security measures to protect their valuable intellectual property Continue Reading

July 10, 2025 10Jul2025 Blog Post

How to lay solid data foundations for AI

This is a guest blogpost by Jamie Hutton, CTO of Quantexa. A Salesforce study has that around 33% of executives view AI as overhyped. But this scepticism may be misdirected. As Quantexa we are ... Continue Reading

July 10, 2025 10Jul2025 News

UK and France forge closer cyber, tech research ties

The navigation and timing systems used by power suppliers and emergency services to run their operations will fall in scope of an Anglo-French research pact that will also foster development in AI and supercomputing Continue Reading

July 10, 2025 10Jul2025 News

Irish bank rolls out AI tools to 10,000 staff

Following exploration of artificial intelligence’s potential in conjunction with staff, AIB is rolling the tools out across the company Continue Reading

July 10, 2025 10Jul2025 News

Four arrested in M&S cyber attack investigation

Police have made four arrests in connection with a trio of cyber attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods Continue Reading

July 10, 2025 10Jul2025 Podcast

Podcast: HDDs performance metrics and the workloads they excel at

We talk to Toshiba’s Rainer Kaese about spinning disk performance, why HDDs are good at what they do and how hard disk drives still come out top in workloads that suit them Continue Reading

July 10, 2025 10Jul2025 News

Oxfordshire County Council completes GigaHubs project

Partnership between business-dedicated network provider and local authority brings to fruition vision of a ‘smart county’ that will see gigabit-capable connectivity deployed at rural public buildings, such as schools, GP surgeries and libraries Continue Reading

July 10, 2025 10Jul2025 News

AI-RAN Alliance draws more than 100 members in first year

Global consortium aiming to accelerate the integration of artificial intelligence into radio access networks passes milestone over the course of first 12 months and adds leading European telco to its ranks Continue Reading

July 10, 2025 10Jul2025 Blog Post

Platform engineering - Mirantis: A route to resilience & compliance as-a-Service

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by William Rizzo in his capacity as strategy lead for Mirantis. Mirantis is known for its approach designed to simplify cloud ... Continue Reading

July 10, 2025 10Jul2025 Opinion

SAP’s Christian Klein – cloud, data, AI: How to harness new engines of progress

SAP’s chief executive outlines the triadic philosophy behind the company’s approach to business AI Continue Reading

July 10, 2025 10Jul2025 Blog Post

Sysdig launches open source cloud security community

Sysdig is on a mission. That mission is one designed to unite millions of cloud security professionals and “builders” (spanning software application development practitioners, data science gurus, ... Continue Reading

July 10, 2025 10Jul2025 Opinion

Why proactive asset management is mission-critical for APAC datacentres

The Asia-Pacific region is leading a global datacentre expansion, but surging energy demands and the risk of outages will require datacentre operators to adopt proactive strategies to ensure a resilient and sustainable digital future Continue Reading

July 09, 2025 09Jul2025 News

Fleet-wide Starlink Wi-Fi takes off at Virgin Atlantic

Elon Musk-led satellite operator engaged to provide leading UK airline with ‘the fastest, most reliable connectivity in the sky’ with ‘no-charge’ streaming quality and gate-to-gate connectivity in all cabins Continue Reading

July 09, 2025 09Jul2025 News

Mini gets into gear with Transatel to drive connected car services

NTT subsidiary teams up with BMW Group division to enable connected car services for vehicles across 27 countries in Europe and deliver a more connected automotive ecosystem Continue Reading

July 09, 2025 09Jul2025 News

Ofcom: use comms regulation to drive innovation

As it looks to boost British business by achieving its ambitions in connectivity, UK comms regulator outlines three key areas to prioritise Continue Reading

July 09, 2025 09Jul2025 Blog Post

Enterprise IT risks of AI and agentic AI

Everyone involved in IT needs to be focused on the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) on enterprise cybersecurity. Yet precious little energy is being expended on making sure AI is ... Continue Reading

July 09, 2025 09Jul2025 News

NAO says government should employ data analytics to tackle fraud

The National Audit Office recommends public bodies share and manage data in a way that prevents fraud and saves taxpayers’ money Continue Reading

July 09, 2025 09Jul2025 News

Accounting watchdog ‘disclaims’ College of Policing financial accounts after serious IT failures

The professional body for policing in England and Wales failed to properly manage its transition to new accounting and payroll systems Continue Reading

July 09, 2025 09Jul2025 News

UK government signs deal with Google Cloud to upskill 100,000 civil servants in AI by 2030

Technology secretary Peter Kyle announces deal with Google Cloud as part of a push to loosen the grip of legacy tech on the UK public sector, while also committing to growing the amount of money government spends with homegrown tech suppliers Continue Reading

July 09, 2025 09Jul2025 News

Three-quarters of UK champion continued broadband infrastructure investment

Study from trade association for organisations building and delivering UK’s internet services finds almost half of Brits would sooner give up the gym than lose web access, but also highlights a need for real partnership and bolder action to bridge ... Continue Reading

July 09, 2025 09Jul2025 Podcast

Podcast: Container storage challenges and how to overcome them

We talk to Pure Storage about the challenges of increased complexity, ‘technical debt’, skills needs of container deployments and why strategic thinking trumps tactical solutions Continue Reading

July 09, 2025 09Jul2025 News

CIOs will use AI and low-code to combat SaaS sprawl

Nintex CEO Amit Mathradas explains why the proliferation of software-as-a-service tools is unsustainable and how CIOs are reclaiming control by building their own applications using artificial intelligence and automation Continue Reading

July 09, 2025 09Jul2025 News

Qantas details impact of data breach on 5.7 million customers

Australian flag carrier begins notifying millions of individuals after a cyber attack on a call centre, confirming that while financial and passport details are safe, a significant volume of other personal information was compromised Continue Reading

July 08, 2025 08Jul2025 News

July Patch Tuesday brings over 130 new flaws to address

Microsoft patched well over 100 new common vulnerabilities and exposures on the second Tuesday of the month, but its latest update is mercifully light on zero-days Continue Reading

July 08, 2025 08Jul2025 News

M&S calls for mandatory ransomware reporting

The government should extend ransomware reporting mandates to businesses to help gather more intelligence and better support victims, says M&S chairman Archie Norman Continue Reading

July 08, 2025 08Jul2025 News

UK among worst performers in Europe for fundamental 5G metrics

Study from mobile network testing firm uncovers gaps in UK 5G performance compared with European leaders, with ‘significant’ disparity between theoretical population coverage and the daily reality for millions of users Continue Reading

July 08, 2025 08Jul2025 News

AI for Good: Signal president warns of agentic AI security flaw

Secure by design is a mantra of the tech sector, but not if it’s agentic AI, which wants ‘root’ access to everything Continue Reading

July 08, 2025 08Jul2025 News

SEC and SolarWinds to settle lawsuit over 2020 breach

The US SEC and SolarWinds have reached a settlement in principle to resolve litigation over alleged security failings that led to the 2020 compromise of the supplier’s Orion platform by Russian cyber spies Continue Reading

July 08, 2025 08Jul2025 News

Interview: Steve Riley, head of IT operations and service management, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1

As the British Grand Prix rolled into Silverstone for the annual jamboree of Formula One motor racing, we caught up with the Mercedes F1 team to find out how technology has advanced in the year since the last race Continue Reading

July 08, 2025 08Jul2025 News

Liverpool launches community AI charter

The charter, which was created by a residents’ assembly, outlines public data sharing principles and supports the use of AI for public benefit Continue Reading

July 08, 2025 08Jul2025 News

Interview: Vivek Bharadwaj, CIO, Happy Socks

The clothing manufacturer’s IT chief has a foot in every aspect of the tech stack – and is placing data and AI at the centre of future digital strategy Continue Reading

July 08, 2025 08Jul2025 News

Google slams claims it’s ‘misleading’ the public with its GHG emissions data

Internet search giant Google stands accused of “cherry-picking” data from its environmental sustainability report to portray itself as a “good climate actor”, after campaigners from Kairos Fellowship picked holes in the publication Continue Reading

July 08, 2025 08Jul2025 In Depth

What’s the latest with retail mobile apps?

Mamas and Papas, MandM and Ocado are among the retailers launching or relaunching mobile apps this year, but what digital experiences are consumers looking for in 2025 and how best can they be enabled by tech? Continue Reading

July 08, 2025 08Jul2025 News

Vodafone sees Glastonbury mobile data traffic usage rise 25%

Official connectivity partner of the UK’s leading music festival reveals massive year-on-year uptick in mobile data traffic, and strong demand for official app and embedded subscriber identity module offer Continue Reading

July 08, 2025 08Jul2025 News

Post Office inquiry chair 'cannot rule out' scandal caused 13 suicides

Post Office scandal public inquiry publishes its first report after three years of gathering and analysing evidence, examining the human impact on victims and the compensation process Continue Reading

July 08, 2025 08Jul2025 News

NHS trust accused of ‘at best cavalier, at worst deceitful’ behaviour after deleting emails

A London hospital trust faces allegations it withheld key evidence from a tribunal hearing after one of its directors attempted to destroy more than 90,000 emails Continue Reading

July 08, 2025 08Jul2025 In Depth

Tariff turmoil: IT procurement and the private sector

In the second of a two-part series, we look at the current tariff turmoil and how private sector customers have at least some flexibility in how to absorb their impacts Continue Reading

July 08, 2025 08Jul2025 E-Zine

Do tech executives in US Army present conflict of interest?

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we take a deep dive into the controversial news that four technology executives have been sworn into the US military to make the armed forces ‘more lethal’. In other US-centric news, we look at how President Trump’s ... Continue Reading

July 08, 2025 08Jul2025 News

Proofpoint bets on APAC growth amid spike in AI-driven threats

With cyber attacks spiking in non-English-speaking markets such as Japan, the security firm is boosting its regional presence to combat a wave of AI-generated threats Continue Reading

July 08, 2025 08Jul2025 Blog Post

Platform engineering - Composio: Agent connectivity is the new infrastructure challenge

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Soham Ganatra, founder of Composio – the company provides infrastructure for connecting AI agents to external tools, APIs ... Continue Reading

July 07, 2025 07Jul2025 News

Interview: Antony Hausdoerfer, group CIO, The AA

The vehicle recovery specialist is looking to artificial intelligence and connected vehicle technology to enhance customer experience and get drivers back on the road in the shortest possible time Continue Reading

July 07, 2025 07Jul2025 News

Tech firms complicit in ‘economy of genocide’, says UN rapporteur

A UN special rapporteur has called for technology firms operating in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to immediately halt their activities, in wider report about the role corporate entities have played in the Israeli state’s ongoing ‘... Continue Reading

July 07, 2025 07Jul2025 News

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Nokia reduce energy demand and support AI comms

Comms tech provider’s autonomous networks portfolio deployed to enable Asian operator to shut idle and unused radio equipment automatically during low network demand periods Continue Reading

July 07, 2025 07Jul2025 News

More than 70% of parents say kids aren’t taught coding at school

Despite a growing need for tech skills, many parents claim coding isn’t taught in schools, research from the Raspberry Pi Foundation has found Continue Reading

July 07, 2025 07Jul2025 News

Zopa to embed into Manchester’s tech ecosystem

Challenger bank Zopa plans to eventually have 500 staff in its Manchester office, which will launch next month Continue Reading

July 07, 2025 07Jul2025 Podcast

Gartner’s view on AI security: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speaker to Gartner's Nader Heinen about why access control should be built into enterprise AI Continue Reading

July 07, 2025 07Jul2025 News

Altnet calls on UK comms regulator to prevent rural broadband stagnation

Northern Ireland broadband supplier calls on Ofcom to cut charges applied by market leader regarding use of communications poles. Meanwhile, leading English altnet is hit by fine for its installed comms apparatus in Birmingham City area Continue Reading

July 07, 2025 07Jul2025 News

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