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February 06, 2026 06Feb2026 News

NHS publishes tech-laden cancer plan

The 10-year plan promises to transform cancer care through use of artificial intelligence, robotic surgeries and access to genomic testing, all wrapped up in the NHS App as the front door Continue Reading

February 06, 2026 06Feb2026 News

Australia’s CommBank partners business school to research artificial intelligence

CommBank wants to better understand how its customers perceive, use and trust artificial intelligence, as the technology is set to reach every corner of the finance sector Continue Reading

February 06, 2026 06Feb2026 News

Private LTE/5G networks reached 6,500 deployments in 2025

Analysis of private 5G market finds steadily growing market that is increasingly driven by organic demand from end users, with WAN and enterprise segments of near equal worth Continue Reading

February 06, 2026 06Feb2026 News

AWS Q4 results: Public cloud giant continues to reap rewards of enterprise demand for AI and IaaS

Public cloud giant Amazon Web Services claims the final quarter of 2025 saw it achieve its fastest rate of growth in 13 quarters Continue Reading

February 06, 2026 06Feb2026 News

Minister responds to criticism of Post Office Capture redress scheme

Redress claim on ‘pause’ as UK government agrees to look at complaints about scheme for those who suffered hardship from using the Post Office Capture system Continue Reading

February 06, 2026 06Feb2026 News

Virgin Media O2 accelerates automation across mobile network

UK telco teams with cloud-first tech modernisation firm to deploy AI-driven automation technology to minimise downtime across mobile network, resolve issues faster and anticipating faults before escalation Continue Reading

February 06, 2026 06Feb2026 News

ANZ rolls out AI agents for business bankers

Australian lender claims to be the first in Asia-Pacific to deploy Salesforce Agentforce at scale, following a national roll-out of a CRM platform that consolidates data from different systems to ease administrative toil Continue Reading

February 06, 2026 06Feb2026 Blog Post

AI abilities for utilities, IFS Resolve serves field technicians & emergency crews

Continuing to expand its ‘industrial AI’ mission with real-world in-the-field application services, IFS has detailed the arrival of its IFS Nexus Black Resolve for Utilities. This is a ... Continue Reading

February 05, 2026 05Feb2026 News

Why traditional automation is key to avoid the AI solution trap

Boards are pushing for AI, but Nintex CTO Niranjan Vijayaragavan warns that AI projects are destined to fail without a foundation of traditional automation and clean data Continue Reading

February 05, 2026 05Feb2026 News

Hyundai Motor Group and Vodafone IoT deploy connected cars across MENA region

Internet of things division of leading European telco partners with Korean motor giant to power connected cars in five countries across the Middle East, claiming reliable and secure in-car connectivity that is fully compliant with regional laws Continue Reading

February 05, 2026 05Feb2026 News

Governance lags agentic AI adoption in the UK, says Salesforce

Salesforce's ‘2026 Connectivity benchmark report’ points to an increase in enterprise agentic AI deployment, but highlights governance gaps and a siloed system that requires better orchestration Continue Reading

February 05, 2026 05Feb2026 Blog Post

Accountability for AI model misuse

The public and political backlash over the use of Grok’s AI engine to create explicit photographs, forcing the company’s hand into changing tack, shows just how out of touch the tech giants really ... Continue Reading

February 05, 2026 05Feb2026 News

ISE 2026: Maxhub unveils partnerships, products to enrich unified collaboration

Provider of integrated commercial display and unified communications takes advantage of enterprise AV expo to announce further collaborations with tech leaders to create enhanced multimedia experiences Continue Reading

February 05, 2026 05Feb2026 News

Why sovereign and agentic AI will define next phase of Middle East’s digital transformation

Organisations shift from artificial intelligence pilots to operational deployment as governments prioritise digital sovereignty and infrastructure control Continue Reading

February 05, 2026 05Feb2026 News

Half of Google’s software development now AI-generated

In a bid to free up budget to spend on artificial intelligence infrastructure, Google parent Alphabet is using AI to improve operational efficiency Continue Reading

February 05, 2026 05Feb2026 News

Telna launches $100m travel eSIM growth fund

Telna unveils investment fund to provide minority capital investment for eSIM startups, the first of which focuses on MVNOs and travel apps Continue Reading

February 05, 2026 05Feb2026 News

DWP rejigs operating model for data transformation by 2030

The Department for Work and Pensions’ 2023-2030 data strategy aims to modernise systems, slash costs by 20%, promote data sharing, and embed a data culture in a hub and spoke model Continue Reading

February 05, 2026 05Feb2026 Blog Post

Armenia Science Body (FAST): GreenOps requires building efficiently, from the start

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Suzanna Shamakhyan in her capacity as executive education strategist and partnership architect At Foundation for Armenian ... Continue Reading

February 05, 2026 05Feb2026 News

Post Office offered bailout to cover £104.4m IR35 tax bill linked to Horizon IT scandal

The Department for Business and Trade offers to pay the £104.4m the Post Office owes HMRC for incorrectly assessing the IR35 status of the ‘unusually large’ population of contractors it engaged to assist with the fallout from the Horizon IT scandal Continue Reading

February 04, 2026 04Feb2026 News

LinkedIn touts agentic AI to slash recruitment time

LinkedIn’s head of engineering for talent solutions explains how fine-tuned LLMs and agentic AI architectures are replacing traditional search methods to save recruiters four hours per role Continue Reading

February 04, 2026 04Feb2026 News

SolarWinds RCE bug makes Cisa list as exploitation spreads

Exploitation of CVE-2025-40551, an RCE flaw affecting SolarWinds Web Help Desk, appears to be spreading, with defenders on high alert Continue Reading

February 04, 2026 04Feb2026 Opinion

Smaller, safer AI models may be key to unlocking business value

While AI presents a significant opportunity to further the way we do business, what if it’s time to consider a new direction? What if the safest and most effective path for AI isn’t to go larger, but smaller instead? Continue Reading

February 04, 2026 04Feb2026 News

UK government must get its hands dirty on security, report says

As the UK government develops its National Cyber Action Plan, a report from the Rusi think tank urges Westminster to take a more interventionist approach Continue Reading

February 04, 2026 04Feb2026 Opinion

Forget AGI, business leaders are still trying to figure out how to make AI work

Artificial general intelligence made headlines at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos but business leaders chatting in the corridors are much more interested in how they can make AI work in real business process. Continue Reading

February 04, 2026 04Feb2026 Opinion

Is banking IT and business relationship still a case of ‘them and us’?

As the UK government appoints senior IT executives at two banks to help it guide artificial intelligence deployment in the sector, Computer Weekly asks one IT professional in banking what he thinks Continue Reading

February 04, 2026 04Feb2026 News

Banks reduce reliance on OpenAI as strategies mature

Banks are increasingly using alternative AI providers as Anthropic and Google eat into OpenAI’s dominance Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 News

Ransomware gangs focus on winning hearts and minds

Ransomware-as-a-service operations are increasingly seeking to forge connections with employees, contractors and trusted partners of their target organisations as an alternative to straight-up hacking, says NCC Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 Blog Post

Sitecore codifies best (code) practice with MVP class of 2026

Oh no, another overlong (typically US-originated) job title, right? You get an email from the (CAPS used for extra effect) impressive-sounding Senior Vice President of Corporate Product Field Sales ... Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 Opinion

The European offensive against encrypted phone evidence

Defendants and lawyers are demanding transparency about digital evidence from police hacking operations used in criminal prosecutions across Europe following a series of critical court judgments. Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 News

Gartner: AI and datacentre spending ramps up

Hyperscalers are increasing AI capacity but IT buyers are now looking at their return on investment for this much-hyped technology Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 News

Broadcom claims enterprise Wi-Fi 8 first

Unified, wireless-first architecture based on latest wireless standard designed to address rising demand for hybrid work, and deliver performance, efficiency and security for next-gen enterprise networking Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 News

Infosecurity Europe launches cyber security startups stream

Infosecurity Europe 2026 will feature a cyber security startup exhibition zone and a competition for business support, in conjunction with the UK Cyber Flywheel organisation Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 News

Gigabit accelerates across metro, rural UK

Rapid onset of gigabit broadband access across all parts of the UK bears fruit as country’s largest rural full-fibre provider marks milestone for Project Gigabit, while London-based ISP posts landmark revenues Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 In Depth

From chaos to clarity: How AI is redefining construction at scale

Klemensas Mecejus from ai71 explains why predictive, agent-based AI could finally crack construction’s productivity and cost overrun problem, and why the Middle East is poised to leap ahead Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 News

CGI’s artificial intelligence boss knows his job title won’t exist for long

IT service provider is using AI to increase throughput while applying it to ‘big ticket’ challenges externally Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 News

VMware vSphere 8 end-of-support challenges

IT leaders need to assess the cost implications of migrating from vSphere 8 to the latest supported VMware product offering Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 News

5G and Wi-Fi battle for dominance in APAC

Analysis from Opensignal reveals that the Asia-Pacific region is no longer converging on a single connectivity model, with some markets pivoting to Wi-Fi while others double down on mobile Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 Opinion

2026 is the year we must get serious about being a data nation

While the UK has the data assets and the expertise to deliver real public benefit with artificial intelligence, a lack of consistency, completeness and interoperability in its data foundations risks missing these opportunities Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 News

Banks on the hook for £173m in APP fraud reimbursement

Banks paid 88% losses claimed by customers that fell victim to authorised push payment fraud last year Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 News

AI agents, human judgement and the future of work in the UAE

As organisations across the UAE move to AI orchestration, leaders are being forced to rethink skills, governance and accountability in an emerging hybrid workforce Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 News

EE, Three claim UK’s best mobile internet performance in 2025

Analysis of mobile internet connection data in the UK shows traditional market dominance by BT-owned mobile company challenged by new rival set for infrastructure boost after recent merger Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 In Depth

Why the UK needs to rethink the Investigatory Powers Act and allow intercept evidence in court

The UK needs clear and unambiguous laws around the use of digital evidence in court. The law has become tangled following rulings in the country’s EncroChat prosecutions. It’s time to allow intercept data to be used as evidence in legal cases Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 News

Kendall names Barnsley as UK’s first tech town

The UK government has named Barnsley as the nation’s first ‘tech town’, with initiatives to boost education, health and local businesses Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 E-Zine

Datacentre indecision: UK government’s back and forth on planning

This week’s Computer Weekly ezine digs into the latest twist in a long-running datacentre planning saga, concerning a server farm in Iver, Buckinghamshire, that the government has now admitted it was wrong to grant planning permission for. We also ... Continue Reading

February 03, 2026 03Feb2026 Opinion

The UK government’s AI skills programme betrays UK workers and our digital sovereignty

The government's plans to offer AI skills training to the public depends almost entirely on US big tech companies - how is this meant to support the aim of supporting homegrown AI firms and enhancing sovereignty? Continue Reading

February 02, 2026 02Feb2026 News

Canva uses 1Password to secure ID during growth phase

As it underwent a growth spurt in the early 2020s, graphic design platform Canva turned to 1Password to manage identity across its expanding organisation Continue Reading

February 02, 2026 02Feb2026 News

HMRC chooses cloud SAP S/4Hana for tax system overhaul

HM Revenue & Customs is bidding to modernise its tax systems by migrating from ECC6 to SAP’s cloud-based Rise with SAP programme, adopting S/4Hana and AI to enhance efficiency and taxpayer experience Continue Reading

February 02, 2026 02Feb2026 News

Birmingham Oracle project: Data cleansing and resourcing issues

Councillors at audit committee urged to ensure strong project governance, adequate tech staffing levels and change management procedures Continue Reading

February 02, 2026 02Feb2026 News

Vodafone IoT, Skylo bring NTN NB-IoT connectivity to global users

In a ‘notable’ step in enabling the next wave of internet of things solutions, the IoT division of telco teams with non-terrestrial network provider to deliver satellite-based narrowband connectivity Continue Reading

February 02, 2026 02Feb2026 News

Police intercept evidence from Sky ECC cryptophone network ‘unreliable’, Antwerp court told

Intercepted communications data used to prosecute drug crime gangs is unreliable and does not conform to international standards of evidence, according to an expert report presented to a court in Antwerp Continue Reading

February 02, 2026 02Feb2026 News

Interview: Why identity is the nucleus for cyber security

Amid a wave of market consolidation, Computer Weekly speaks to Keeper Security’s leadership on how identity and access management systems are becoming unified identity platforms capable of securing both human and machine identities Continue Reading

February 02, 2026 02Feb2026 In Depth

Answers to key questions about AI in IT security

Forrester examines the key factors security leaders and IT decision-makers need to evaluate when considering AI-enabled IT security Continue Reading

February 02, 2026 02Feb2026 Blog Post

Suse delivers EU cloud sovereignty framework self-assessment

SUSE (hereafter Suse) has launched a Cloud Sovereignty Framework Self Assessment. According to Forrester, digital and AI sovereignty will drive a private cloud renaissance with doubled ... Continue Reading

February 01, 2026 01Feb2026 Blog Post

GreenOps - Digitate: AI agents set to work on cloud carbon wastage billions

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Efrain Ruh in his capacity as field CTO at Digitate. Digitate provides ignio™, an AI-driven platform that automates ... Continue Reading

February 01, 2026 01Feb2026 Blog Post

Platform Engineering Labs expands open source ‘formae’ Infra-as-Code

In a world where every try-hard company is registering a “domain hack” name in Anguilla and adding .AI to its company moniker, it might be important to think about how newer firms are presenting ... Continue Reading

January 30, 2026 30Jan2026 News

History repeats itself in Post Office Capture redress scheme with low-ball offers made

Early signs show that former Post Office Capture users face derisory initial compensation offers and face impossible appeals process Continue Reading

January 30, 2026 30Jan2026 News

Police Digital Service future remains uncertain as ‘radical’ Home Office policing reform unveiled

The UK government’s long-awaited ‘radical’ policing reform whitepaper has finally dropped, but there is a distinct lack of detail in it about how exactly the Police Digital Service will fit into its vision for a nationally led policing sector Continue Reading

January 30, 2026 30Jan2026 News

Home Office announces sweeping police technology plans

The Home Office plans to ramp up its deployment of artificial intelligence and facial-recognition technologies under wide-ranging reforms to UK policing Continue Reading

January 30, 2026 30Jan2026 News

Sir Alan Bates slams ‘nonsense’ reported about his financial redress settlement

Campaigning subpostmaster speaks out about the highly inaccurate claims about the compensation he received Continue Reading

January 30, 2026 30Jan2026 News

Microsoft has already contracted GPUs to balance costs

The company claims that thanks to software optimisation and hardware asset management, it can make datacentre kit last six years, and has already contracted GPUs for most of their useful life to customers Continue Reading

January 30, 2026 30Jan2026 Opinion

Diversity Think Tank: We can’t afford to roll back DEI

Even without recent news in the US, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives were dialled back in UK businesses last year due to tight budgets and economic uncertainty. Is it the end of the DEI push as we know it, or just a momentary blip ... Continue Reading

January 30, 2026 30Jan2026 News

Ex-directors of firm linked to Satoshi Nakamoto imposter sue over whistleblowing retaliation claims

Two former directors of London tech company nChain, associated with a computer scientist who falsely claimed to be bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, have told an employment tribunal they were dismissed in retaliation for whistleblowing Continue Reading

January 30, 2026 30Jan2026 Blog Post

NTT Data connects data & clouds with AWS for agentic acceleration

NTT DATA (hereafter NTT Data) has detailed a multi-year strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) with the aim of helping enterprises to modernise legacy systems, adopt ... Continue Reading

January 30, 2026 30Jan2026 Blog Post

The role of AI in cybersecurity

For years, anti-virus tools have used behavioural analysis and machine learning to identify rogue programs and unusual user activity. And as the tools evolved from simple pattern matching machines ... Continue Reading

January 30, 2026 30Jan2026 News

South Korea debuts foundation model in sovereign AI push

A consortium led by SK Telecom has built a sovereign AI model designed to reduce reliance on foreign tech, lower costs for local industry and propel South Korea into the top ranks of AI powers Continue Reading

January 29, 2026 29Jan2026 News

RAMP ransomware forum goes dark in probable FBI sting

RAMP, an infamous Russian-speaking cyber crime forum, has gone off the air after an apparent US operation Continue Reading

January 29, 2026 29Jan2026 News

Forward Networks claims first network digital twin for enterprises

Network operations platform capability pairs agentic AI operations with network digital twin to enable NetOps and SecOps teams to ask complex questions, understand network behaviour and validate outcomes Continue Reading

January 29, 2026 29Jan2026 News

Metropolitan Police needs effective constraints on live facial recognition use, court hears

The Metropolitan Police has defended its use of live facial recognition against a legal challenge that claims there are no effective constraints on where it can deploy the technology Continue Reading

January 29, 2026 29Jan2026 News

Skills key to successful AI adoption, says IBM

Research from IBM states that employees will need AI skills in the near future for organisations to benefit from the technology Continue Reading

January 29, 2026 29Jan2026 News

SAP overcomes rough start to post 8% growth

SAP reports €36.8bn for 2025, up 8%, despite what CEO Christian Klein called a ‘rough start to the year’ due to geopolitical unrest from tariff conflict between the US and the EU Continue Reading

January 29, 2026 29Jan2026 News

Security now one of the UK’s fastest-growing career paths

The number of people working in the cyber security field has almost trebled in the 2020s, with one cyber professional for every 68 businesses in the UK Continue Reading

January 29, 2026 29Jan2026 News

UK government signs more partners to boost AI skills across the country

The government is seeking to educate 10 million adults in the UK on how to use artificial intelligence tools to streamline their work Continue Reading

January 29, 2026 29Jan2026 News

Troubleshooter steps in as Capita and civil service bosses apologise for pension scheme problems

High volumes of customer calls, backlogs and complex requests blamed for shaky start to life on civil service pension scheme for Capita Continue Reading

January 29, 2026 29Jan2026 News

Interview: ManageEngine doubles down on data sovereignty with UAE datacentre launch

ManageEngine CEO Rajesh Ganesan explains why owning the cloud stack matters to CIOs in the Middle East, and how automation, AI and end-to-end IT management are reshaping enterprise priorities Continue Reading

January 29, 2026 29Jan2026 News

Sonia Patel to become interim UK government chief technology officer

NHS England’s chief technology officer has taken on the same role for government on an interim 12-month fixed-term contract Continue Reading

January 29, 2026 29Jan2026 News

Meta’s latest results show diversification of datacentre capacity strategy

The social media giant is facing increased datacentre costs due to rising server, memory and storage prices Continue Reading

January 29, 2026 29Jan2026 News

Fujitsu boss ‘falls on his sword’ before settling with Post Office scandal victims

Fujitsu's European chief Paul Patterson is stepping down from his role amid the troubles brought on by the supplier’s central role in the Post Office scandal Continue Reading

January 29, 2026 29Jan2026 Blog Post

m3ter rings change on usage-based pricing with m3sh Workflows

Quirkily-named m3ter offers a platform that processes usage data (metering), performs complex bill calculations (rating) and automates data flows relating to usage and billing around the ... Continue Reading

January 28, 2026 28Jan2026 News

Nvidia releases synthetic dataset to support Singapore’s AI ambitions

The AI chip giant has developed a synthetic dataset of personas to help developers build AI models that understand Singapore’s demographic and cultural nuances without using personally identifiable information Continue Reading

January 28, 2026 28Jan2026 News

Scotland gets AI growth zone boost in Lanarkshire

CoreWeave is building a 500MW AI cloud, providing the region with 800 high-paid jobs in artificial intelligence Continue Reading

January 28, 2026 28Jan2026 Opinion

Tech recruitment outlook: high demand for specialist skills will drive the market in 2026

Rising IT spending in 2026 will create openings for data architects, data engineers and data scientists, cyber security specialists and platform engineers, while demand for generic IT skills remains flat Continue Reading

January 28, 2026 28Jan2026 News

UK government to develop AI tutoring tools

Schools will soon have access to free AI tools to help provide 1:1 tutoring to students, potentially levelling the playing field for those from disadvantaged backgrounds Continue Reading

January 28, 2026 28Jan2026 News

ENEC, TII and Aspire test autonomous aerial systems for critical infrastructure security

Abu Dhabi proof-of-concept project evaluates whether drone-based patrols are mature enough for safety-critical environments Continue Reading

January 28, 2026 28Jan2026 News

UK competition regulator looks into Google’s AI search

The CMA has proposed a number of steps to ensure publishers are treated fairly by search engine giant Google in regards to its AI Overview function Continue Reading

January 28, 2026 28Jan2026 News

FCA launches review as ‘non-human intelligence’ surpassing human reasoning is plausible

The Financial Conduct Authority will consider the impact of emerging artificial intelligence adoption in the financial services sector Continue Reading

January 28, 2026 28Jan2026 News

Platforms must adapt to IoT demand to support eSim growth

Research on embedded subscriber identity module markets reveal rapid growth and shifting consumer attitudes, with sustained growth especially in internet of things use cases Continue Reading

January 28, 2026 28Jan2026 News

Expect to use seven different providers for data management

A poll of data leaders has found that many anticipate using multiple providers to help them achieve their 2026 data management strategy Continue Reading

January 28, 2026 28Jan2026 News

Nationwide expands Amazon Web Services partnership to delve deeper into AI

Nationwide will have access to artificial intelligence-powered tools to help staff in their everyday interactions with its members Continue Reading

January 28, 2026 28Jan2026 News

Netmore claims Actility acquisition to herald transformation of Massive IoT

Acquisition creates largest operator of long-range WAN technology standard to accelerate massive IoT adoption and add key US comms service provider to ecosystem supporting extended IoT connectivity using satellites Continue Reading

January 28, 2026 28Jan2026 News

Micron breaks ground on $24bn Singapore wafer fab

Memory giant presses ahead with its global expansion strategy, adding new NAND flash capacity in Singapore to meet growing demand for memory chips fuelled by the global AI boom Continue Reading

January 27, 2026 27Jan2026 News

Transfer learning and governance help bridge healthcare AI divide

Singapore researchers show how adapting pre-trained AI models can solve data scarcity issues in countries with limited resources. Separately, they have proposed forming an international consortium to build consensus on AI governance in medicine Continue Reading

January 27, 2026 27Jan2026 News

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