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April 09, 2025 09Apr2025 News

US tariffs drive PC sales boost

IT buyers appear to have spent the past few months refreshing PCs in preparation for the new US tariffs Continue Reading

April 09, 2025 09Apr2025 News

Enterprise IoT set for market recovery and AI integration, but regulations loom

Sluggish growth in business internet of things sector set to end over the course of next 12 months, as importance of IoT data as AI fuel becomes more apparent Continue Reading

April 09, 2025 09Apr2025 News

GSMA: 2025 set to be year of satellite commercialisation

Business intelligence arm of global mobile suppliers’ association rates this year as ‘ground zero for commercialisation’ of D2C communications depending on business plans of telcos Continue Reading

April 09, 2025 09Apr2025 News

GSA forms 5G RedCap interest group

Global mobile ecosystem trade association launches working group to track, report and promote status of deployments, devices and service launches based on low-load next-generation mobile wireless standard Continue Reading

April 09, 2025 09Apr2025 News

Post Office gets extra £136m towards tech transformation as clock ticks on Horizon

Latest handout means government has given the Post Office more than a quarter of a billion pounds in ‘further’ funding, with half destined to support its technology transformation Continue Reading

April 09, 2025 09Apr2025 Blog Post

Making America great, but at what cost?

It is highly unlikely any country facing US tariffs will want to curb the ability of their citizens and businesses to buy software and IT services from US firms. Yet the current tariffs affecting ... Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 News

NCSC issues warning over Chinese Moonshine and BadBazaar spyware

Two spyware variants are being used to target the mobile devices of persons of interest to Chinese intelligence, including individuals in the Taiwanese, Tibetan and Uyghur communities Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 Opinion

DeepSeek will help evolve the conversation around privacy

The rise of DeepSeek has prompted the usual well-documented concerns around AI, but also raised worries about its potential links to the Chinese state. The Security Think Tank considers the steps security leaders can take to counter threats posed by... Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 News

Labour MPs launch digital ID campaign

A large group of Labour MPs have called for the introduction of a digital ID system to crack down on illegal migration and benefits fraud Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 News

Fibrus to deploy Deepfield network analytics, monitoring

Ulster and Northwest of England communications provider inks five-year agreement to deploy Deepfield offering to manage increasing demand for high-quality services, ensuring customers continue to receive reliable, high-performance connectivity Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 News

Spoofing vuln threatens security of WhatsApp Windows users

Meta has disclosed and patched a potentially dangerous spoofing flaw in WhatsApp for Windows that could have caused big problems for unwitting users Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 News

Open Broadcast Systems intros 5G Assist to enhance remote production

Low-latency encoding and decoding technology releases solution to enhance remote production over the public internet using supplementary network, such as 5G or satellite, to perform packet recoveries Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 News

BTS Group invests in ZIM to make global eSIM market play

Global investor and enabler makes strategic investment in eSIM technology provider to bring together deep operator relationships and deliver connectivity across 200+ destinations Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 News

IBM boosts AI mainframe capabilities with Z17

IBM continues to try to break out of the mindset that mainframes are just for transaction processing. The latest server offers greater AI capabilities Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 Opinion

It’s time to stop the victim-blaming and insist on safer software

Businesses spend too much time and money protecting themselves against flaws and vulnerabilities in modern software products, when they ought to raise their expectations and insist on better solutions from providers Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 News

Current funding models prevent health and social care integration, according to report

Whitepaper by telecare provider Tunstall calls for government to develop a national strategy to resolve fragmentation between health and social care Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 News

Global law firm Freshfields embarks on AI-led digital transformation with Google Cloud

Freshfields has enlisted the help of Google Cloud and its artificial intelligence portfolio to help streamline its processes, as its global chief innovation officer sets about empowering staff to confidently use AI in their everyday work Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 News

Elevate and Xantaro accelerate UK full-fibre reach

UK alternative gigabit broadband suppliers unveil further advances in their full-fibre business in the north-west and south-west of England, deploying in urban and rural communities Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 News

What is the impact of US tariffs on datacentre equipment costs?

Moore’s Law predicts that every 18 months, IT buyers can get more for the same outlay. But US tariffs may mean they end up paying a higher price Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 News

Interview: Sarah Hawkins, CEO, National Family Mediation

The CEO of the not-for-profit talks to Computer Weekly about how the organisation has finally automated referrals, after years of being told it was impossible, and launching its own mediation app Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 Blog Post

Turning data into gold: the business intelligence story

This is a guest blogpost by Phil Abbott, Director at ABS Limited. Businesses often struggle with data overload. They have mountains of information stored in their ERP systems, from transaction ... Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 News

Boost to push-to-talk services will see MCPTT, PTT revenue soar by end of 2028

Comms evolution aimed at boosting performance of mission-critical group communications in digital land mobile radio systems to see MCPTT and broadband PTT service revenue grow at a CAGR of 11% over the next three years Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 News

Government punts cyber governance code of practice for UK businesses

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s cyber security minister Feryal Clark announces a cyber security code of governance for UK businesses to follow Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 News

Over £18m stolen from Santander UK customers in first three months of year

Bank’s latest quarterly report on scams said over £18m was stolen from its UK customers by scammers Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 News

UK authority’s search for answers over deleted Julian Assange emails comes too late to retrieve data

The Crown Prosecution Service has finally searched for information about the destruction of emails from the WikiLeaks founder’s lawyer – but too late to retrieve data about the deleted documents Continue Reading

April 08, 2025 08Apr2025 E-Zine

Innovating for the arts at Royal Ballet and Opera

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how virtual reality and other tech innovations are helping Royal Ballet and Opera to stage world-class performances. After a spate of banking IT outages, we examine why further bank crashes are inevitable.... Continue Reading

April 07, 2025 07Apr2025 News

UK government to address balancing energy sustainability with AI growth demands

The government is to host its inaugural AI Energy Council meetup, as it seeks a route to ensuring its goal of making the UK an artificial intelligence superpower does not come at the expense of the nation’s energy security Continue Reading

April 07, 2025 07Apr2025 News

UK SMEs losing over £3bn a year to cyber incidents

A lack of access to technology, little to no staff training, and competing priorities are losing UK SMEs up to £3.4bn to cyber incidents every year Continue Reading

April 07, 2025 07Apr2025 News

NIST calls time on older vulnerabilities amid surging disclosures

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is deferring future updates to thousands of cyber vulnerabilities discovered prior to 2018 amid surging volumes of new submissions Continue Reading

April 07, 2025 07Apr2025 News

Myriota expands constellation with LEO satellites to support IoT

Satellite IoT connectivity provider teams with global space infrastructure company to launch four new satellites in its UltraLite LEO constellation Continue Reading

April 07, 2025 07Apr2025 News

Court rejects Home Office bid for blanket secrecy in hearings over Apple encryption case

Investigatory Powers Tribunal rejects Home Office arguments that identifying the ‘bare details’ of legal action by Apple would damage national security, leaving open possibility of future open court hearings Continue Reading

April 07, 2025 07Apr2025 News

Fintech body calls on government for national anti-fraud centre

Industry body says a national anti-fraud centre could be the vehicle required to effectively fight fraud through data sharing Continue Reading

April 07, 2025 07Apr2025 News

Pelion plans for enhanced global IoT proposition

Mobile virtual network operator unveils managed IoT product and service proposition to help businesses scale IoT investment in line with deployment and connectivity needs Continue Reading

April 07, 2025 07Apr2025 News

Post Office can’t find evidence for over 1,000 Horizon scandal redress claimants

The Post Office has no evidence of errors for more than 1,000 subpostmasters applying for compensation through the Horizon Shortfall Scheme Continue Reading

April 07, 2025 07Apr2025 News

KubeCon London: Prepare for a shake-up

Developer overload, inadequate fault tolerance and regional fractionalisation are among the issues the Linux Foundation needs to address Continue Reading

April 07, 2025 07Apr2025 News

A1, Nokia claim pre-6G video stream first in Austria

Tests at leading central European operator’s technology centre suggest potential of mobile comms for future 5G-Advanced and 6G applications, and commitment to sustainable development of digital infrastructure Continue Reading

April 07, 2025 07Apr2025 News

India’s tech talent adapts to AI era

IT professionals in India need to unlearn old skills and embrace artificial intelligence, automation and specialised domains as the country cements its position as a global tech hub Continue Reading

April 07, 2025 07Apr2025 In Depth

Why SLMs could be a big deal for businesses looking for an edge

Sky-high infrastructure demands, rising operational expenses and data privacy concerns have left CIOs questioning whether bigger is always better when it comes to AI languages Continue Reading

April 07, 2025 07Apr2025 E-Handbook

2025 Technology Priorities in APAC

Nearly half of organisations in APAC have bigger IT budgets this year, according to Informa TechTarget’s 2025 Technology Spending Intentions study.

The surge in spending is driven by the need to fend off increasingly sophisticated cyber... Continue Reading

April 05, 2025 05Apr2025 Blog Post

Google Cloud VP: Beyond monolithic AI into heterogeneous harmony

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Peter Bailis in his position as VP of engineering at Google Cloud. Bailis' full original title for this piece is -- Beyond ... Continue Reading

April 04, 2025 04Apr2025 News

Renault charges Ampere to drive future with software-defined vehicles

With software-defined vehicles key to bringing it closer to customers, auto manufacturer deploys digital chassis solution to accelerate the time it takes to roll out new features to cars Continue Reading

April 04, 2025 04Apr2025 News

Norway and Nordic financial sector ramps up cyber security

Finans Norge sets up cyber security unit CTSU to support the finance sector in Norway amid increasing threats Continue Reading

April 04, 2025 04Apr2025 News

SP Energy Networks upgrades operational telecoms network in Scotland

Leading UK operator secures four-year capital project delivery contract with energy firm for fixed, mobile and satellite connectivity to modernise and maintain its operational telecoms network across Scotland Continue Reading

April 04, 2025 04Apr2025 News

Banks to share fraud data with tech firms in cross-sector collaboration

UK banks join tech firms in fraud data-sharing initiative to enable collaboration on action to stop online scams Continue Reading

April 04, 2025 04Apr2025 News

UN warns of economic productivity crash due to AI job losses

Artificial intelligence can improve productivity, but a report from the United Nations warns of potential job losses disrupting economies Continue Reading

April 04, 2025 04Apr2025 News

Microsoft at 50: Enterprise IT for the masses

On 4 April 1975, Paul Allen and Bill Gates formed Microsoft, a company that defined the PC era and opened up computing for all Continue Reading

April 04, 2025 04Apr2025 News

Mercury fibres up to boost utility efficiency

Demand to support continuous traffic growth sees New Zealand utility provider offer 400G broadband connectivity supplied by country’s leading telco and optical communications technologies supplier Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 News

Qualcomm becomes strategic shareholder in Qorix

Automotive industry modular and integrated software firm gains cash injection intended to further strengthen its position offering middleware services for software-defined vehicles Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 Opinion

Taking a ‘good enough’ approach with cloud security isn't enough

In the wake of the January 2025 'Codefinger' attacks against AWS S3 users, Thales Rob Elliss argues that many organisations are dropping the ball when it comes to their understanding of cloud security best practice Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 News

BICS launches eSIM Hub to simplify global enterprise IoT deployments

Ahead of introduction of upcoming GSMA internet of things standard, Proximus Global-owned international communications enabler aims to simplify global management of devices with launch of eSIM Hub Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 News

Oxa and Applied EV drive for first in industrial mobility automation

Partnership empowers businesses to tackle industry challenges through the deployment of safe, secure and efficient autonomous fleets Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 News

Danish supercomputer to drive innovation

Supercomputer project will add a competitive edge to drive innovation and growth among Denmark’s enterprises and research organisations Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 News

Virtual reality enterprise journey a marathon, not a sprint

IT supplier is using virtual reality in not-for-profit projects that demonstrate its wider potential Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 News

Three business unit customer base breaks one million milestone

UK operator Three claims business unit benchmark that has disrupted the traditional B2B space through focus on ‘straightforward propositions, excellent value, leading 5G and best in class service’ Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 News

Are LLM firewalls the future of AI security?

As large language models permeate industries, experts at Black Hat Asia 2025 debate the need for LLM firewalls and explore their role in fending off emerging AI threats Continue Reading

April 03, 2025 03Apr2025 Opinion

Unlocking business benefits with sustainable IT infrastructure

To fully unlock the value of sustainable IT, infrastructure and operations leaders must go beyond meeting expectations and prove the business value of their sustainability efforts Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 News

Celona extends Neutral Host service to AT&T customers

Private 5G network provider announces successful certification of Celona Neutral Host with AT&T public cellular network services and validates light-touch private/public model Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 News

Fixed broadband issues threaten consistent retail customer experience

Latest edition of comms tech provider’s Sector in Focus: Connecting Retail report finds retailers identified networking and IT as the biggest frustration, with two-fifths suffering loss of revenue at remote branch locations because of poor ... Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 Opinion

Apple’s appeal to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal over the UK’s encryption ‘backdoor’ explained

Apple has appealed to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal over an order by home secretary Yvette Cooper to give the UK access to customers’ data protected by Advanced Data Protection encryption. What happens next? Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 News

UKtech50 2025 – help us find the most influential people in UK IT

Computer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK IT is on – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 News

Tech sector still failing to rid supply chains of forced labour

KnowTheChain’s latest benchmark analysis of the IT sector’s efforts to address forced labour in supply chains shows there has been very little improvement in their due diligence practices over the last half decade Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 News

Keysight introduces AI network architecture validation, optimisation tool

Tool designed to validate the network performance of AI workloads and system infrastructure by adjusting and optimising parameters Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 News

Interview: Tomer Cohen, chief product officer, LinkedIn

The professional social network’s product chief is leading the introduction of artificial intelligence for the firm’s in-house development processes and to enhance services for users Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 Blog Post

Nutanix cloud VP: A complete and open Kubernetes on any infrastructure

The Computer Weekly Developer Network went to Kubecon + CloudNativeCon London this week and had a chance to sit down with Tobi Knaup in his role as VP for and general manager for cloud-native ... Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 Opinion

Bridging Borders: The rise of Ukrainian-British tech collaboration

The IT sectors of the UK and Ukraine have built strong relationships since Russia’s invasion of the latter, and there is more to come, writes the IT Ukraine Association’s ambassador in the UK Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 News

StarHub trials first 5G cloud RAN network in Southeast Asia

Singapore telco trials cloud-based radio access network, unlocking new enterprise services and laying the groundwork for advanced 5G and 6G capabilities Continue Reading

April 02, 2025 02Apr2025 News

NetBox looks to offer Assurance on network operational drift

Network and infrastructure systems provider unveils product claimed to enable network teams to gain ‘unprecedented’ control to detect and resolve operational drift Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Southern Linc enhances management, security of its private cellular network

Wireless subsidiary of Southern Company selects private LTE/5G OT management and zero-trust security provider’s Bridge platform to enhance management and security of its LTE network Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Nvidia tackles graphics processing unit hogging

People may try to lock up GPU resources even if they don’t need them all day – but not anymore, thanks to Nvidia KAI Scheduler Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Gmail ‘bubble’ encryption may be an S/MIME killer, says Google

Marking the 21st anniversary of Gmail, Google is preparing to roll out an end-to-end encryption standard for its email service in hopes of democratising encryption and leaving old standards in the dust Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Post Office Capture and Ecco+ users asked to make contact with Scottish statutory body

Scottish statutory body attempting to contact people that might have been wrongly convicted of crimes based on the Post Office’s flawed systems Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Interview: Ray McCann, Loan Charge independent review lead

Former HMRC assistant director Ray McCann is leading the latest independent review into the UK government’s controversial Loan Charge policy, which has left thousands of IT contractors saddled with life-changing tax bills Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Scottish support group for Post Office scandal victims launched

Support group calls on former subpostmasters in Scotland who have been affected by Horizon errors to come forward Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

SRS deploys srsRAN enterprise 5G at innovation hub

Mobile wireless networks open software provider deploys next-gen mobile service at multinational cable, fibre and media company’s innovation hub in Portugal as part of EU-funded comms scheme Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Apple devices are at ‘most risk’ in UK following government ‘backdoor’ order

Home Office refuses to answer questions from Lords over technical capability notice issued against Apple’s iCloud Advanced Data Protection encryption services Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 Blog Post

Distrust builds between digital ID sector and government amid speculation over 'ID cards by stealth'

Wednesday 2 April sees the latest meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on digital identity. It’s more exciting than it sounds – honest! APPGs have no power or governmental role – ... Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Vodafone Idea looks to beef up enterprise comms with optical upgrade

Optical transport upgrade designed to insulate network against 4G data growth and accelerate commercial 5G roll-out in India Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Global 5G adoption surges four times faster than 4G to reach 2.25 billion connections

Research calculates that there were 1.5 wireless connections per person worldwide by the end of 2024, with 5G connections reaching 2.25 billion and new IoT connections reaching 3.6 billion Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 E-Zine

Inside Amazon’s robot-powered warehouse

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes at Amazon’s robot-powered Swindon warehouse to see how AI and humans are working together. We examine the state of open source licensing and find out how it’s affecting datacentre operators. ... Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 Blog Post

Avoiding AI lock-in

One of the big problems with deploying a software as a service (SaaS) product across an entire organisation is that once it is widely used, swapping it out becomes an extremely costly exercise. In ... Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

Ford Pro advances telematics for fleet management

Auto manufacturing giant updates fleet management software and reaffirms commitment to maintaining standardised software-based data experiences for fleet vehicle informatics Continue Reading

April 01, 2025 01Apr2025 News

How Singapore researchers are using AI to fight Parkinson’s disease

Singapore researchers are using Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold to understand the intricate protein interactions at play in Parkinson's disease, paving the way for potential diagnostics and treatments Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 News

Top 1,000 IT service providers in scope of UK cyber bill

The government’s proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill is set to include regulatory provisions covering both datacentre operators and larger IT service providers Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 News

Understanding of ‘black box’ IT systems will reduce Post Office scandal-like risk

A Parliamentary committee has reported that leadership teams need to understand the ‘black box’ IT systems that underpin their organisations Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 News

T-Levels not attracting as many students as hoped

A report from the National Audit Office has found that fewer students started T-Levels this year than previously predicted Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 News

Reassessing UK law enforcement data adequacy

Computer Weekly takes stock of proposed changes to the UK’s law enforcement data protection rules and how it could affect data adequacy with the European Union Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 News

UK law enforcement data adequacy at risk

The UK government says reforms to police data protection rules will help to simplify law enforcement data processing, but critics argue the changes will lower protection to the point where the UK risks losing its European data adequacy Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 News

Microsoft restates commitment to OpenAI amid analyst note about datacentre expansion rollbacks

Microsoft pushes back on analyst claims its changing relationship with OpenAI is forcing it to scale back its datacentre expansion plans in the US and Europe Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 Blog Post

What to expect from Atlassian Team ‘25 conference

Atlassian typically hosts one of the first technology conferences of the Spring season… and this year is no different. The team collaboration and productivity software platform company hosts its ... Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 Podcast

Podcast: HDD safe from flash for a decade or more

We talk to Toshiba’s Rainer Kaese, who argues flash cannot replace spinning disk because it’s too costly to consider for anything but limited, performance-hungry applications Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 Blog Post

SLM series - Nooks: Downsizing AI without shrinking its smarts

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network by Nikhil Cheerla in his role as founder & CTO of AI assistants for sales organisations company, Nooks. Cheerla writes in full as ... Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 Blog Post

Acer Chromebook Plus 514

I’ve been using an Acer Chromebook 11 C732LT Celeron 1.1 GHz with 32GB since I came across it on sale in a department store in the USA while on a trip to attend a technology conference. On sale for ... Continue Reading

March 31, 2025 31Mar2025 In Depth

Meeting the UK’s compute capacity needs: Alternatives to hyperscale datacentre builds

Since coming to power, the Labour government has set out plans to accelerate new datacentre builds. We look at how this is evolving Continue Reading

March 28, 2025 28Mar2025 Opinion

Countering nation-state cyber espionage: A CISO field guide

The rise of DeepSeek has prompted the usual well-documented concerns around AI, but also raised worries about its potential links to the Chinese state. The Security Think Tank considers the steps security leaders can take to counter threats posed by... Continue Reading

March 28, 2025 28Mar2025 News

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