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February 05, 2025 05Feb2025 News

Malaysian public sector embraces generative AI

Nearly half a million civil servants set to get access to Google Workspace with Gemini to improve delivery of public services Continue Reading

February 05, 2025 05Feb2025 News

Google Cloud revenue soars as Alphabet continues to ride AI wave

Alphabet’s fourth-quarter results revealed a 30% increase in revenue for the company’s cloud arm, fuelled by demand for its artificial intelligence offerings Continue Reading

February 05, 2025 05Feb2025 News

Met Police spied on BBC journalists’ phone data for PSNI, MPs told

The Metropolitan Police monitored the phones of 16 BBC journalists on behalf of police in Northern Ireland, a cross-party group of MPs heard Continue Reading

February 05, 2025 05Feb2025 News

Crowd-source testing helps drive Webex accessibility

Conferencing software Webex has a number of accessibility features built-in and has worked with Applause to test how well these work Continue Reading

February 05, 2025 05Feb2025 News

State of Open Con 25: Why public sector needs an open approach

Openness, open source and open data were among the topics discussed at OpenUK’s State of Open Con 25 in London Continue Reading

February 05, 2025 05Feb2025 Blog Post

Data engineering - Stack Overflow: Building the foundations of AI intelligence

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Jody Bailey, chief product and technology officer at Stack Overflow. Bailey writes in full as follows… The demand for data ... Continue Reading

February 05, 2025 05Feb2025 Blog Post

Amazfit T-Rex 3

Santa was good to me this year, I got an Amazfit T-Rex 3 and it was a gift worth waiting for. It’s taken me a while to write this up (I know the yuletide season has passed), but it takes a while to ... Continue Reading

February 05, 2025 05Feb2025 News

StarHub upgrades fibre broadband network to deliver 10Gbps services

First deployment of StarHub’s 10Gbps XGS-PON technology across city-state to offer enhanced services as part of Digital Connectivity Blueprint to improve citizen well-being via next-generation digital infrastructure Continue Reading

February 05, 2025 05Feb2025 News

MPs to scrutinise use of artificial intelligence in the finance sector

MPs launch inquiry into the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the financial services sector Continue Reading

February 05, 2025 05Feb2025 News

Youth activists protest Meta over mental health impacts

Protest outside Meta’s London offices marks launch of Mad Youth Campaign, an effort by activists to challenge the ways in which corporate power negatively shapes the conditions young people live under Continue Reading

February 05, 2025 05Feb2025 News

Volkswagen optimises vehicle development through 3DExperience

Connected engineering platform provider’s core technology becomes foundational solution at auto manufacturer to advance vehicle development through virtual twin experiences, reducing engineering and manufacturing cycles Continue Reading

February 05, 2025 05Feb2025 News

EE shines as 5G mobile availability improves for all UK operators

Review of UK mobile industry in second half of 2024 finds that 5G availability sees continued improvement, but fastest 5G speed experience remains undecided Continue Reading

February 05, 2025 05Feb2025 News

APAC organisations to ramp up tech spending in 2025

Organisations across the region are prioritising cyber security, customer experience and application development, even as they navigate cloud repatriation and a growing skills gap in AI and security Continue Reading

February 05, 2025 05Feb2025 News

Digging into the CMA’s provisional take on AWS and Microsoft’s hold on UK cloud market

Amazon Web Services and Microsoft have not taken kindly to the Competition and Markets Authority’s suggestion that their dominant hold on the UK cloud market requires a targeted intervention Continue Reading

February 05, 2025 05Feb2025 News

MoD set to develop £50m data analytics platform with Kainos

The Ministry of Defence has chosen IT services provider Kainos to develop its £50m data analytics platform across all armed services, over a three-year programme Continue Reading

February 04, 2025 04Feb2025 News

Starlink gains higher orbit in Europe

Leading space comms provider sees constellation investments boost performance, gaining a position in delivering LEO services over wide areas of Europe, even including UK capital Continue Reading

February 04, 2025 04Feb2025 News

DSIT issues guidance to support public sector hosting of cloud workloads in overseas datacentres

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has issued guidance to support public sector organisations that want to host workloads and applications in overseas datacentres for cost and resilience reasons Continue Reading

February 04, 2025 04Feb2025 In Depth

Quantum datacentre deployments: How they are supporting evolving compute projects

Quantum datacentre deployments are emerging worldwide, so what are they and where are the benefits? Continue Reading

February 04, 2025 04Feb2025 In Depth

All change: Weighing up the options for enterprises as open source licences evolve

Software suppliers have been rowing back on open-source licensing. Will enterprises with datacentres have to change their software approach? Continue Reading

February 04, 2025 04Feb2025 News

IT supplier helps address ‘overwhelming’ volumes of data from space

CGI is building on its decade-long relationship with the European Space Agency, and as more and more satellites entering orbit, its role in processing data is not set to diminish Continue Reading

February 04, 2025 04Feb2025 Opinion

“Unsafe At Any Speed”. Comparing automobiles to code risk

Outgoing CISA chief Jen Easterly called on buyers to demand better security standards from their software suppliers. The Security Think Tank considers what better means, and what best practice for secure software procurement looks like in 2025. Continue Reading

February 04, 2025 04Feb2025 News

Can AI identify financially vulnerable people better than humans?

Research from customer experience firm Nice finds that AI can identify financially vulnerable people better than humans and offer more comfortable channels for financial problem solving Continue Reading

February 04, 2025 04Feb2025 News

DE-CIX upgrades New York’s largest internet exchange backbone

DE-CIX upgrades one of the US’s largest internet exchange backbones as staying resilient and offering scale become priorities Continue Reading

February 04, 2025 04Feb2025 Blog Post

A driving licence in an app is a boost for digital identity - but not for angry suppliers

It’s rare that a digital government development attracts interest from mainstream media, but last month’s announcement of a digital driving licence brought widespread national coverage and a mass ... Continue Reading

February 04, 2025 04Feb2025 In Depth

Addressing the legacy: Modernising creaky cloud infrastructures for data benefits

With so many enterprises reliant on outdated IT assets that lack resilience, where should organisations start with infrastructure modernisation projects? Continue Reading

February 04, 2025 04Feb2025 Podcast

Podcast: AI to boost drive innovation in 2025

We talk to Jason Feist of Seagate about artificial intelligence and how it is driving drive innovation, the growth of data and how sustainability and energy efficiency is vital to meeting capacity needs Continue Reading

February 04, 2025 04Feb2025 News

India Budget: Tech takes centre stage with AI and infrastructure boost

India has earmarked significant investments in artificial intelligence, global capability centres and digital public infrastructure while boosting training and education in its latest budget Continue Reading

February 04, 2025 04Feb2025 E-Zine

The need for strong data engineering skills

In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide examines best practice in data engineering and the importance of data skills. Labour announced its first digital government strategy – but will it be more successful than years of failed plans... Continue Reading

February 04, 2025 04Feb2025 Blog Post

Redis restriction reaction: Percona offers support for Valkey

Enterprise-grade open source database software and services company Percona has announced the availability of Percona Support for Valkey - a, responsive service offering that promises to maintain ... Continue Reading

February 03, 2025 03Feb2025 News

New Relic extends observability to DeepSeek

The observability tools supplier now offers enhanced monitoring for DeepSeek models to help businesses reduce the costs and risks of generative AI development Continue Reading

February 03, 2025 03Feb2025 News

Nationwide Building Society to train people to think like cyber criminals

Nationwide wants to help bring more diversity into UK cyber security skills base through partnership with training specialist Continue Reading

February 03, 2025 03Feb2025 News

Hard-to-reach UK locations achieve broadband milestones

Ultrafast broadband goes live on Hebridean islands, with network ready for first residents to order full-fibre, while UK altnet outlines initial progress in £5bn deployment scheme Continue Reading

February 03, 2025 03Feb2025 News

Verizon, AST SpaceMobile get into orbit to end mobile dead zones

Leading US operator looks to conquer remaining mobile dead zones through space-based communications with growing satco Continue Reading

February 03, 2025 03Feb2025 News

Westminster to trial free single sign-on Wi-Fi across central London

Global trade body for wireless connectivity reveals big switch-on of seamless roaming experience across the many disparate Wi-Fi networks in the UK capital Continue Reading

February 03, 2025 03Feb2025 News

Government sets out cyber security practice code to stoke AI growth

The government has set out a cyber security code of practice for developers to follow when building AI products Continue Reading

February 03, 2025 03Feb2025 News

Google AI paves the way for ‘self-healing’ potholes

Google’s artificial intelligence technology is being used to support the work of university researchers who are developing a ‘hands-off’ approach to maintaining and fixing the UK’s pothole-riddled roads Continue Reading

February 03, 2025 03Feb2025 News

Disjointed industrial strategy a barrier to UK scaleup success

The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee calls on Labour to join-up piecemeal initiatives and cut bureaucracy Continue Reading

February 03, 2025 03Feb2025 Opinion

Vigilant buyers are the best recipe for accountable suppliers

In January 2025, outgoing CISA chief Jen Easterly called on IT buyers to demand better security standards from their software suppliers. The Security Think Tank considers what better means, and what does best practice for secure software procurement... Continue Reading

February 03, 2025 03Feb2025 News

Government failed to provide accurate cost of Post Office scandal compensation

Limited information is likely to lead to significantly inaccurate assumptions on the cost of Post Office scandal compensation schemes Continue Reading

February 03, 2025 03Feb2025 News

DSIT permanent secretary says more AI transparency needed

The government must improve transparency around the use of artificial intelligence systems throughout the public sector if it is going to gain and retain trust in how the technology is being deployed Continue Reading

February 03, 2025 03Feb2025 News

Teraswitch upgrades global net with EXA 400GE connectivity

Transatlantic connectivity provider upgrades enterprise network with 400GE connectivity, positioning the company for global network expansion through diverse, high-capacity connectivity across Europe and the Atlantic Continue Reading

February 03, 2025 03Feb2025 News

DeepSeek-R1 more readily generates dangerous content than other large language models

Research scientists at cyber firm Enkrypt AI publish concerning findings from a red team exercise conducted against DeepSeek, the hot new generative AI tool Continue Reading

February 03, 2025 03Feb2025 In Depth

Forrester: Why digitisation needs strong data engineering skills

How do enterprises become adaptive? If you can’t measure it responsively, you can’t manage it as an adaptive enterprise Continue Reading

February 03, 2025 03Feb2025 News

Australian government doubles down on AWS

Federal government signs three-year whole-of-government agreement with Amazon Web Services, expanding access to cloud services for all levels of government Continue Reading

January 31, 2025 31Jan2025 News

Police swoop on Sky ECC cryptophone distributors in Spain and Holland

Dutch and Spanish police have arrested four people accused of making millions of euros by distributing Sky ECC encrypted phones to criminal organisations Continue Reading

January 31, 2025 31Jan2025 News

Verizon unveils enterprise network AI strategy

Business IT and comms division of telco giant reveals strategy for deployment of artificial intelligence in enterprise use cases Continue Reading

January 31, 2025 31Jan2025 News

Barclays hit by major IT outage on HMRC deadline day

Customers of Barclays Bank are left unable to access web app and online banking following a significant IT outage that seems to have come at the worst possible time Continue Reading

January 31, 2025 31Jan2025 News

AI jailbreaking techniques prove highly effective against DeepSeek

Researchers at Palo Alto have shown how novel jailbreaking techniques were able to fool breakout GenAI model DeepSeek into helping to create keylogging tools, steal data, and make a Molotov cocktail Continue Reading

January 31, 2025 31Jan2025 News

DeepSeek API, chat log exposure a ‘rookie’ cyber error

Security researchers at Wiz find a trove of DeepSeek data including API secrets and chat logs publicly exposed via an open source database management tool, raising questions about the fast-growing service’s approach to security Continue Reading

January 31, 2025 31Jan2025 News

Everywoman in Tech Forum 2024: Being the best leader you can be

With the theme of ‘igniting leadership potential’, the 2024 Everywoman in Tech Forum focused on helping women to be strong and authentic tech leaders Continue Reading

January 31, 2025 31Jan2025 News

Vodafone claims video call over satellite landmark

Leading European telco Vodafone unveils results of test using low Earth orbit satellite for WhatsApp video call to a smartphone in a location that suffers from lack of traditional mobile connectivity Continue Reading

January 31, 2025 31Jan2025 News

How Zebra is empowering frontline workers through tech

Zebra Technologies’ CEO Bill Burns discusses the company’s growth strategy and how it is enhancing frontline worker capabilities through machine vision, artificial intelligence and robotics Continue Reading

January 31, 2025 31Jan2025 News

SailGP casts off with private 5G for 2025 races

Leading global sailing event taps global comms tech provider for cellular private networks to power connectivity Continue Reading

January 31, 2025 31Jan2025 Opinion

Can security operations ever be fully autonomous?

Focusing on targeted improvements, not full automation, is key to scaling security operations with AI Continue Reading

January 30, 2025 30Jan2025 News

ServiceNow vaunts agentic AI and announces 22% annual revenue growth

ServiceNow has declared full-year revenue close to $11bn, representing 22% year-on-year growth, as it announces a battery of agentic AI product updates Continue Reading

January 30, 2025 30Jan2025 News

UK government mobile mast upgrade scheme marks milestone

People living, working and visiting England, Scotland and Wales set to benefit from one of the latest of the 30 UK government-funded 4G mast upgrades across the UK to improve rural mobile Continue Reading

January 30, 2025 30Jan2025 News

EE scores Wembley Stadium connectivity renewal

UK’s leading mobile comms provider EE extends title connectivity partnership with England’s national football stadium in London, as well as with all four Home Nations Football Associations. Continue Reading

January 30, 2025 30Jan2025 News

Major obstacles facing Labour’s AI opportunity action plan

Skills, data held in legacy tech and a lack of leadership are among the areas discussed during a recent Public Accounts Committee session Continue Reading

January 30, 2025 30Jan2025 News

First international AI safety report published

A global cohort of nearly 100 artificial intelligence experts publish first international AI safety report ahead of the third AI summit, outlining an array of challenges posed by the technology that will be used to inform upcoming discussions Continue Reading

January 30, 2025 30Jan2025 News

Transparency on public sector AI use fosters trust, says AI minister Feryal Clark

The government’s decision to publish a batch of algorithmic transparency records signals its latest effort in showing potential opportunities AI and technology could provide Continue Reading

January 30, 2025 30Jan2025 News

Microsoft’s results show cloud AI balancing act

CEO acknowledges efficiency of DeepSeek and need to assess model optimisation rather than just buying more AI servers Continue Reading

January 30, 2025 30Jan2025 Blog Post

Confluent: Shifting the paradigm to (real-time) data engineering

As part of the Computer Weekly Developer Network series on data engineering, we have reshaped our story headline format on this occasion. To put real-time data streaming platform company in the ... Continue Reading

January 30, 2025 30Jan2025 News

Neos Networks leads £1.2m UK Midlands broadband project

Leading UK business-dedicated network appointed by council to lead D2N2 Gigahubs initiative aimed at bringing gigabit broadband to rural communities in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Continue Reading

January 30, 2025 30Jan2025 News

Interview: Volvo’s engineering lead discusses tech stacks

Volvo Cars’ approach to manufacturing is becoming more software-defined, built on top of what it calls ‘a superset tech stack’ Continue Reading

January 30, 2025 30Jan2025 Blog Post

Vision for the technology landscape of 2025

This is a guest blogpost by Chintan Patel, CTO, Cisco UK and Ireland. Each year brings the promise of technological advancements that push the boundaries of possibility. As we begin 2025, it’s ... Continue Reading

January 30, 2025 30Jan2025 News

Starlink delivers connectivity to Oracle Enterprise Communications

Cloud and database service provider teams with leading satellite constellation to enable high-speed connectivity to address challenge of providing reliable and high-speed enterprise connectivity in areas historically lacking infrastructure Continue Reading

January 30, 2025 30Jan2025 Blog Post

Data Engineering – Persona: Navigating regional compliance & identity laws

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Persona CTO, Charles Yeh. Persona is known for its platform technology designed to provide identity verification, allowing ... Continue Reading

January 30, 2025 30Jan2025 Blog Post

Envoy Pro Elektron, a no-risk disk that whisks

As a grown adult, you really shouldn’t get excited about a hard disk, but I managed to get my hands on a unit that could be the answer to my needs. To be clear, I need to work across about five ... Continue Reading

January 30, 2025 30Jan2025 News

Global fixed broadband subscriptions pass 1.5 billion

Research firm points to milestone in wired connectivity arena, with over five hundred million fixed line subscriptions added over the past six years Continue Reading

January 30, 2025 30Jan2025 News

Covid effect opens door to music learning through Icelandic innovation

Icelandic tech startup Moombix describes itself as an ‘Uber for music lessons’. Its founder tells Computer Weekly why Continue Reading

January 29, 2025 29Jan2025 News

How government hackers are trying to exploit Google Gemini AI

Google’s threat intel squad has shared information on how nation state threat actors are attempting to exploit its Gemini AI tool for nefarious ends Continue Reading

January 29, 2025 29Jan2025 Opinion

Data protection and consumer trust are the key to unlocking AI

The government is pushing a light touch to regulating AI training but the public have real concerns about data privacy Continue Reading

January 29, 2025 29Jan2025 News

Chancellor backs plans to boost Oxford-Cambridge growth

To build a UK Silicon Valley between Oxford and Cambridge, boosting the region’s tech capabilities, requires more trains, more roads and more houses Continue Reading

January 29, 2025 29Jan2025 News

Vallance rejects latest charge to reform UK hacking laws

Science minister Patrick Vallance rejects proposed amendments to the Computer Misuse Act, arguing that they could create a loophole for cyber criminals to exploit Continue Reading

January 29, 2025 29Jan2025 News

Intermedia intros contact centre for Microsoft Teams

AI-powered comms provider looks to take leading collaboration system to next level, adding contact centre functionality to existing unified communications to unlock capability in collaboration and customer experience Continue Reading

January 29, 2025 29Jan2025 News

Interview: Digital tech fuels AutoTrader’s drive into the future

Led by a technology enthusiast, AutoTrader is on a digital journey that began when it decided to take a different route in 2007 Continue Reading

January 29, 2025 29Jan2025 Blog Post

DeepSeek: Moving beyond muscle car AI

The largely held belief that Nasa spent millions developing a space pen that could write in zero gravity, while cosmonauts just used a pencil, is a myth. But there are plenty of examples in recent ... Continue Reading

January 29, 2025 29Jan2025 News

ZIRA enhances comms business process platform

Evolution of AI-powered analytics platform deployed to transform BSS data into predictive insights configured to support changing business needs Continue Reading

January 29, 2025 29Jan2025 News

DigiValet checks in with Crestron to deliver smart hotel experiences

Partnership to see integration of guest experience platform with control systems for widespread distribution of guest-facing services in the hotel industry Continue Reading

January 28, 2025 28Jan2025 News

NAO: UK government cyber resilience weak in face of mounting threats

The National Audit Office has found UK government cyber resilience wanting, weakened by legacy IT and skills shortages, and facing mounting threats Continue Reading

January 28, 2025 28Jan2025 News

Over 40 journalists and lawyers submit evidence to PSNI surveillance inquiry

Angus McCullough, who is leading a review into the police surveillance of journalists and lawyers in Northern Ireland, says victims will be informed if they were unlawfully spied on – subject to ‘legal constraints’ Continue Reading

January 28, 2025 28Jan2025 In Depth

Where IT comes from: Behind the scenes at Pure Storage’s European R&D centre

We look inside Pure Storage’s Prague research and development centre, where multi-year projects parallel real lifecycles of deployed hardware and the complexities that arise over time Continue Reading

January 28, 2025 28Jan2025 In Depth

Where IT comes from: Pure Storage’s lean Czech assembly

We look behind the scenes at Pure Storage’s Czechia assembly plant, where change is baked into processes to ensure products are built right and always improving Continue Reading

January 28, 2025 28Jan2025 News

AWS and Microsoft could face ‘targeted intervention’ from CMA over UK cloud competition concerns

The CMA has published provisional findings from its investigation into the UK cloud infrastructure market and is considering action against AWS and Microsoft over the competitive impact from their hold on the sector Continue Reading

January 28, 2025 28Jan2025 In Depth

EU law could usher in transformative change to digital ecosystems

The EU’s Digital Fairness Act aims to end exploitative practices online and enhance consumer protection, but civil society groups say it must address the power and information asymmetries between users and tech firms Continue Reading

January 28, 2025 28Jan2025 Opinion

Your first steps to improve international compliance

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how security leaders should best navigate the multitude of new national and multinational regulations affecting their work, and ensure their organisations remain compliant and protected Continue Reading

January 28, 2025 28Jan2025 News

Concerns over Fujitsu billing application used at SSE Airtricity in Republic of Ireland

Under-scrutiny IT services firm has escalated fears over problems with one of its applications, used at a Republic of Ireland energy firm, to its headquarters in Japan Continue Reading

January 28, 2025 28Jan2025 News

DeepSeek: Welcome to US artificial intelligence’s Sputnik moment

In spite of the US’s financial might, Russia’s Sputnik was the first satellite. Is something similar about to happen thanks to a new Chinese LLM? Continue Reading

January 28, 2025 28Jan2025 Blog Post

Data engineering - Domino Data Lab: Adapting engineering practices for the AI era

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Jarrod Vawdrey, field chief data scientist at Domino Data Lab. Vawdrey writes in full as follows... In 2023, data ... Continue Reading

January 28, 2025 28Jan2025 News

Has Pure got the first of its ‘HDD is doomed’ ducks in a row?

Pure Storage predicted the end of spinning disk by 2028. Will its agreements with flash makers Micron and Kioxia, and an unnamed hyperscaler, be the first nails in the coffin for HDD? Continue Reading

January 28, 2025 28Jan2025 News

Datafy promises to slash massive EBS overprovisioning costs

AWS Elastic Block Storage is often over-provisioned. Datafy virtualises EBS volumes to allow customers to scale capacity up and down, and says it will not charge customers if it doesn’t cut their costs Continue Reading

January 28, 2025 28Jan2025 E-Zine

Turbulent times ahead for tech

In this week’s Computer Weekly, the World Economic Forum in Davos highlighted growing risks to digital supply chains – we examine the turbulence ahead. Data sovereignty is becoming a growing issue as companies move to the cloud – we look at the ... Continue Reading

January 28, 2025 28Jan2025 In Depth

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