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March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 News

AI tools offer ‘near-real-time’ analysis of data from seized mobile phones and computers

Cellebrite demonstrates how AI tools are able to analyse the contents of mobile phones and computers during crime investigations Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 News

Digital IDs edge closer to practical reality for UK businesses

Industries and policymakers are strongly aligned on the need for digital company IDs for UK businesses, as progress is made towards the implementation of a practical standard. Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 Blog Post

UK Digital Identity Policy - Issues, Choices and Questions in 850 words

How do we ensure that UK ID policy is effective and meaningful? 850 words, with 14 key actions and 12 foundational questions that need to be answered before moving forward on the introduction of a ... Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 News

Technology accelerating crime, boosts case for national police service says NCA chief

NCA director general Graeme Biggar says that technology had helped criminals get smarter, faster and more connected, boosting case for National Police Serivce Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 Blog Post

Pathway builds truly native reasoning model to solve LLM Sudoku stumbling blocks

Pathway is a post-transformer AI lab that claims to be delivering a faster path to AGI through true continuous learning and long-horizon reasoning. First set out in a scientific paper last ... Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 News

MPs asks Lloyds Bank for more information about ‘alarming’ breach

Treasury Committee chair requests more information about the IT problem experienced by Lloyds Bank Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 News

Contactless payment limit removal will happen overnight, but change won’t

Banks will be able to set their own contactless card payment limits from 19 March, following rule change by Financial Conduct Authority Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 Opinion

Beyond integration theatre: Building stronger cyber platforms

The Security Think Tank looks at platformisation, considering questions such as how CISOs can distinguish between a truly integrated platform and 'integration theater, and how to protect unified platforms. Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 News

Alibaba joins AI agent race with Wukong launch

Following the viral success of OpenClaw and product launches from Nvidia and Tencent, Alibaba has unveiled an agentic AI platform that integrates with DingTalk to orchestrate business workflows Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 News

Nordea to slash 1,500 jobs as AI impact grows

Nordic bank to reduce headcount as it continues to introduce changes to meet its 2030 targets Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 News

NetApp targets E-Series at AI and neoclouds with EF50 and EF80

High-performance non-ONTAP workhorse targets AI use cases and aims to ensure GPUs get fed optimally, with claimed 2.5x boost in performance over previous models Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 News

Health workers call for Palantir to be booted from NHS contracts

Health justice charity Medact warns that Palantir’s involvement in NHS data systems is a threat to patients and healthcare organisations Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 News

Lendi Group standardises on MongoDB for AI-ready data layer

Following a merger that left the Australian fintech with a fragmented data architecture, Lendi Group has consolidated its databases onto MongoDB Atlas to reduce microservices sprawl and power AI-driven broker tools Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 News

Interview: D360 Bank redefines cyber security for Saudi Arabia’s cashless future

Muath Alhomoud, director of cyber security at D360 Bank, discusses payment security, cloud resilience and the responsible use of AI in a hyper-connected financial ecosystem Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 Podcast

Nuclear Fusion HPC: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to UKAEA director for computing programmes, Rob Akers, about the new Sunrise AI supercomputer for nuclear fusion research and development Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 News

Funding and procurement to target UK quantum innovation

The government has ambitions to make the UK the first country to deliver quantum computing at scale, and has set aside £1bn to drive R&D Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 News

Lab for autonomous agents to drive boost in manufacturing in India

Frontier AI company launching Emergence India Labs (EIL) to accelerate the nation’s shift from IT services to autonomous systems and advanced process is use cases such as manufacturing Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 Blog Post

Chainguard tightens lid on software artefacts with ‘the’ Guardener

Not all products, places, people or things get to enjoy a ‘the’ prefix and bask in the glory of being a definite article. English language hangovers from the French Mandate of Le Liban meant that, ... Continue Reading

March 17, 2026 17Mar2026 E-Zine

How conflict is reshaping technology strategy in the Middle East

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to IT leaders in the Middle East about their challenges in keeping digital infrastructure running in a time of regional conflict. The chief data officer at Colgate-Palmolive explains the importance of getting ... Continue Reading

March 16, 2026 16Mar2026 News

Nvidia expands Vera Rubin platform, details Groq integration

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks up efforts by the AI technology giant to pave the way for self-evolving, multi-agent systems with the integration of Groq LPUs and a software stack for the OpenClaw agent platform Continue Reading

March 16, 2026 16Mar2026 News

Everpure’s Evergreen One for AI brings Exa flash and GPU-based service-level agreements

Nvidia GTC is the occasion for beta launch of its Datastream appliance that marries software to ingest and manage AI data pipelines with Everpure storage and GPU resources Continue Reading

March 16, 2026 16Mar2026 Blog Post

Nutanix Agentic AI bids to stoke up enterprise AI factories

Nutanix is positioning its agentic AI solution as a full software stack, purpose-built for real-world enterprise deployments. The company thinks we have now hit a tipping point where the barrier to ... Continue Reading

March 16, 2026 16Mar2026 News

Companies House restarts online services following cyber breach

Companies House was forced to pull its WebFiling service offline at the weekend after it emerged that a flawed update was putting data at risk of exposure Continue Reading

March 16, 2026 16Mar2026 Opinion

The upcoming King’s Speech - where are the words on AI?

Despite past promises of regulation on AI, there is no indication the Labour government is planning any legislation in the next session of Parliament - and that's an economic and social mistake Continue Reading

March 16, 2026 16Mar2026 News

SuperMicro takes on server leaders as AMD pushes on-premise AI

Lenovo and HPE pushed down as SuperMicro sees 134% AI growth, while AMD pushes on-premise Agent Computer Continue Reading

March 16, 2026 16Mar2026 News

C-suite execs flag core nature of edge AI to business strategy

Research from edge computing provider observes enterprise edge AI is now an intrinsic part of core business infrastructure, driven by rapid uptake of agentic operations Continue Reading

March 16, 2026 16Mar2026 News

UK government unveils gigabit broadband upgrade tracker

As full-fibre broadband deployments maintain steady pace across the nation, UK government introduces tool to allow businesses across England and Wales to discover if they are due a government-backed broadband upgrade Continue Reading

March 16, 2026 16Mar2026 News

Whitehall unable to reduce consultancy spend amid digital skills shortages

Digital transformation projects rely heavily on external consultants, and while government aims to reduce costs, it holds no accurate data on how much it spends on consultancy services Continue Reading

March 16, 2026 16Mar2026 News

UK Atomic Energy Authority readies fusion simulation AI supercomputer

The AMD Epyc and Instinct-powered Dell hardware will deliver 6.74 exaflops to power digital twins to support nuclear fusion research Continue Reading

March 16, 2026 16Mar2026 News

Interview: There is no such thing as an IT project, only business projects, says CIO Paul Coby

The veteran CIO shares lessons from his 25-year career as an IT leader at some of the UK’s top FTSE 100 companies, emphasising business alignment, trust-building, visibility and AI's transformative potential Continue Reading

March 16, 2026 16Mar2026 News

Cyber flywheel aims to kick-start UK cyber security startups

Company founder rallies CISOs, venture capital funders and government leaders to back startups in cyber security Continue Reading

March 16, 2026 16Mar2026 News

Revealed: How HMRC has been quietly building surveillance capabilities

HMRC has bought phone scanning equipment and analysis software capable of extracting data from mobile devices as it steps up its electronic intelligence gathering capabilities, an investigation by Computer Weekly reveals Continue Reading

March 16, 2026 16Mar2026 Opinion

Azure Local Disconnected looks the part for sovereignty. It isn’t.

Despite fanfare, Microsoft’s air-gapped cloud offer is far from GA-ready, can’t run Azure Kubernetes Service, maxes out workload clusters, and at scale can’t be truly disconnected Continue Reading

March 16, 2026 16Mar2026 In Depth

Do neoclouds mean a world where anything is possible?

A small group of companies have dominated cloud compute infrastructure. Neoclouds are able to boost AI workloads. Should you consider them? Continue Reading

March 14, 2026 14Mar2026 Blog Post

Photonics - Xscape: Building the eight-wavelength laser for AI data

Xscape Photonics develops custom photonic platform products designed for ultra-high bandwidth connections inside datacentres to power AI systems. The company's proprietary ChromX platform targets ... Continue Reading

March 13, 2026 13Mar2026 Opinion

Why AI Is shifting power left

Business leaders will need to re-think how they influence their organisations as work becomes more decentralised Continue Reading

March 13, 2026 13Mar2026 News

Interpol obliterates cyber criminal infrastructure

A major Interpol operation has resulted in the seizure of thousands of malicious cyber criminal IP addresses and servers, and multiple arrests Continue Reading

March 13, 2026 13Mar2026 Opinion

How CISOs can build a truly unified and resilient security platform

The Security Think Tank looks at platformisation, considering questions such as how CISOs can distinguish between a truly integrated platform and 'integration theater, and how to protect unified platforms. Continue Reading

March 13, 2026 13Mar2026 News

Shared Rural Network expansion removes Islay not-spots

Latest development in £1.3bn mobile expansion scheme sees mobile not-spots reduced on Scottish island as 4G site goes live, providing coverage from all mobile operators for the first time Continue Reading

March 13, 2026 13Mar2026 News

UK falls behind on supercomputing amid slow investment, NAO warns

While UKRI has improved its oversight of research and innovation, funding remains fragmented and has been too slow to replace supercomputers Continue Reading

March 13, 2026 13Mar2026 News

Openreach trials ‘pioneering’ fibre-optic water leak detection

UK’s leading broadband provider embarks on test of fibre‑optic leak‑detection system designed to turn cables into thousands of virtual sensors, claiming over two million litres of water saved each day Continue Reading

March 13, 2026 13Mar2026 News

MTN launches click-to-deploy satellite service on AWS Marketplace

Global network operator’s StarEdge Horizon launched on global online platform, claiming to be the first satellite connectivity service of its kind available for one-click deployment Continue Reading

March 13, 2026 13Mar2026 News

Unreliable fleet connectivity driving employee exodus

Study finds fleets experience an average downtime of 25%, equating to three to four days of downtime per month, while a third of fleet operators still rely on hotspots from mobile devices to provide connectivity on the move Continue Reading

March 13, 2026 13Mar2026 Blog Post

Photonics - Salience Labs: Plugging into 32-port all-optical silicon photonic switching

Photonics has many aspects, functions and roles when applied to the modern enterprise software stack. One of its primary first touchpoints is its ability to transform the networking layer of AI ... Continue Reading

March 13, 2026 13Mar2026 News

Altnets ‘force to be reckoned with’ in UK broadband

Research shows peers reaching around 19.7 million premises, with more than 3.5 million live connections, outperforming the major providers on customer satisfaction and value Continue Reading

March 13, 2026 13Mar2026 News

CityFibre, AllPoints Fibre introduce multi-gigabit FTTP

Partnership aims to bring together leading networks to simplify wholesale consumption to enable ISPs and MSPs to meet the demands of high-value customers with access to 1.7Gbps and 2.3Gbps FTTP speeds Continue Reading

March 12, 2026 12Mar2026 News

Why real-time data is key for enterprise AI

Moving AI from experiment to production requires high-quality, real-time data streaming. Australia tech leaders from Confluent, Bendigo Bank, Telstra, and Coles share how they are turning systems of record into systems of action Continue Reading

March 12, 2026 12Mar2026 News

MP report calls for legislation to overturn Post Office Capture convictions

Report from MPs warns of unknown number of unsafe subpostmasters convictions based on multiple pre-Horizon systems Continue Reading

March 12, 2026 12Mar2026 News

UK government ‘flying blind’ with poor data in charting regional growth

The government is being impeded in its bid to stoke economic growth across the regions, according to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Continue Reading

March 12, 2026 12Mar2026 News

Zoom expands enterprise agentic AI platform

AI-first work platform provider introduces new workflow capabilities across Workplace, phone and customer experience products, expanding its enterprise agentic AI platform Continue Reading

March 12, 2026 12Mar2026 News

Lloyds banking app ‘glitch’ shows transactions of strangers

Customers of Halifax, Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Bank experienced a glitch this morning, where details of other customers’ transactions were displayed in their online banking apps Continue Reading

March 12, 2026 12Mar2026 In Depth

This rise of the splinternet? Data sovereignty risks and responses

We look at the political, legal and economic risks around data sovereignty, the fears for digital dependency and massive hyperscaler penetration in the UK public sector Continue Reading

March 12, 2026 12Mar2026 In Depth

CES 2026: AI gets physical

Continuing our round-up of this year’s CES, we look at key use cases and how the generation of artificial intelligence and connected devices will evolve Continue Reading

March 12, 2026 12Mar2026 In Depth

CES 2026: Connected vehicles accelerate the pace of AI

In a round-up of this year’s CES, we look at the rise of connected vehicles, robotics and artificial intelligence, with prototypes evolving into real deployments Continue Reading

March 12, 2026 12Mar2026 In Depth

Vulnerability reports: Increase in quantity, decrease in quality?

Bug bounties have become a staple of the cyber security toolkit, offering researchers a way to get paid to find and report bugs and giving businesses a route to fix unknown flaws. However, this model is now facing scrutiny. What is driving these ... Continue Reading

March 12, 2026 12Mar2026 Podcast

AI at Rimini Street: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

In this podcast interview, we speak to Seth Ravin, CEO of Rimini Street about how AI improves support call handling Continue Reading

March 12, 2026 12Mar2026 News

The UK government’s digital identity scheme: Dystopian nightmare or modernised public services?

Critics and supporters of digital ID are honing their arguments for the government’s consultation – but it’s the public that will decide. How should you choose? Continue Reading

March 12, 2026 12Mar2026 News

Enormous AI growth zone datacentre gets planning approval

North Lincolnshire Council approves 1GW datacentre with nearby electricity generation, but environmental campaigners say the developers did their sums wrong Continue Reading

March 12, 2026 12Mar2026 Opinion

Is AI our agent, or are our governments becoming agents for AI?

Yet more billions are being spent on agentic AI, despite warnings of its potentially extreme fallibility. Just who are governments serving when they spout the messaging of Big Tech companies? Continue Reading

March 12, 2026 12Mar2026 Blog Post

NTT DATA: GreenOps & FinOps: From cost discipline to cloud sustainability strategy

This is a guest post written by Joe Cupano, global CTO, strategy & innovation, NTT DATA Inc. Cupano writes in full as follows... Today’s enterprises are faced with a dual challenge – balancing ... Continue Reading

March 12, 2026 12Mar2026 Blog Post

Confluent dials into the millisecond economy: AI-native telecoms in the IQ era

Every great technological revolution is based on solid foundations and sound innovation techniques that result in robust products that stand up to hard-wearing use. Whether it’s on the ... Continue Reading

March 11, 2026 11Mar2026 News

What it takes to succeed with AI

With research showing the use of AI may temporarily reduce productivity, Cloudera’s Vini Cardoso urges businesses to adopt an organisation-wide platform approach driven by measurable value and trusted data Continue Reading

March 11, 2026 11Mar2026 News

Met Office ‘supercomputing as a service’ one year old

Artificial intelligence is not key to the weather picture, as the forecasting and climate prediction agency lauds the benefits of moving from on-site supercomputers to cloud computing for scientific modelling Continue Reading

March 11, 2026 11Mar2026 News

UK government announces package to get more women in tech

The UK government aims to add billions of pounds to the economy through getting more women into the tech sector Continue Reading

March 11, 2026 11Mar2026 News

Ford accelerates fleet data capability with Pro AI

Auto manufacturing giant introduces fleet management software aiming to help organisations manage their fleet operations more effectively and get daily tasks done Continue Reading

March 11, 2026 11Mar2026 News

Wayve gears up with end-to-end AI for autonomous vehicles

Mobile technology platform firm teams with UK self-driving company to advance production-ready end-to-end artificial intelligence for assisted and automated driving Continue Reading

March 11, 2026 11Mar2026 News

Mastercard bots target C-suite roles

Card giant offers SMEs a virtual chief financial officer through artificial intelligence technology, with other C-suite roles to follow Continue Reading

March 11, 2026 11Mar2026 Blog Post

Persona graduates with candidate verification for job identity control

Identity is everything. From our own personal perspective as human beings, our identity matters more than at any time in the past… as we now enter a world where human digital identities can be used ... Continue Reading

March 11, 2026 11Mar2026 News

Iran war a melting pot for other cyber threats

State-backed cyber threat actors from non-combatant states are taking advantage of the Israeli-US war on Iran to fulfil their own goals, according to Proofpoint analysts Continue Reading

March 11, 2026 11Mar2026 News

UK government reforms could see datacentres jump grid connection queue

With electricity grid demand ballooning, the UK government plans for consultation and reform to ensure feasible and prioritised projects get the thumbs up Continue Reading

March 11, 2026 11Mar2026 News

O2 makes major 5G expansion, deploys small cells to boost Bath capacity

Leading UK mobile operator makes significant expansion of 5G standalone to hundreds of towns and cities across the UK, while leading west of England visitor hub to gain more capacity through small cells Continue Reading

March 11, 2026 11Mar2026 News

Cyber industry welcomes women, but challenges persist

Three-quarters of women working in security say they feel comfortable in the field, but women are still much more likely to be laid off and face persistent challenges around career advancement, according to a report Continue Reading

March 11, 2026 11Mar2026 News

Salesforce tracks possible ShinyHunters campaign targeting its users

Salesforce warns users of an uptick in malicious activity targeting Experience Cloud customers with misconfigured user settings via an open source tool Continue Reading

March 11, 2026 11Mar2026 News

Oracle cost-cutting points to AI infrastructure gamble

Over the past few weeks, cracks have started to appear in the tech sector’s growth plans for artificial intelligence Continue Reading

March 11, 2026 11Mar2026 Opinion

Confidence in AI-powered cyber must be earned, not assumed

In security, familiar testing and validation approaches are not enough when it comes to AI. The question is not just whether an AI-powered tool works but how it actually behaves when it is stressed, manipulated, or forced to operate outside already ... Continue Reading

March 11, 2026 11Mar2026 Opinion

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