News

News Archive

• April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26

  Inseego to acquire Nokia fixed wireless access business

  Comms tech giant transfers ownership of fixed wireless access business as part of journey to explore strategic options for parts of its enterprise business

• April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26

  EE evolves 5G strategy after major usage surge

  UK’s leading mobile provider announces set of 5G+ network upgrades as it continues coverage roll-out while embarking on plan to improve overall performance at scale

• April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26

  HPE expands ProLiant edge network portfolio

  Chassis and servers are optimised for the edge, and validated for harsh and remote environments across retail, manufacturing and national security-related deployments

• April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26

  Artificial intelligence powers Egypt’s USD 27bn city project

  Backed by Talaat Moustafa Group, the development aims to fuse digital twin infrastructure, edge AI and data-driven economic planning to create a scalable smart city model

• April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26

  Meta ramps up AI spend as it pushes advanced models

  The owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram needs to monetise its AI research and development. Expect breakthroughs later this year, it says

• April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26

  Global study reveals biggest risks of AI in finance sector

  University of Cambridge study reveals the risks facing the finance sector as it adopts artificial intelligence

• April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26

  Microsoft explains value of E7 usage-based pricing

  While the headline figure is its cloud growth, the company is making big changes to software licensing

• April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26

  Cloud revenues up 35% YoY in a hot market that’s accelerating

  Synergy Research figures put Q1 cloud revenues at $129bn. Meanwhile, AWS, Microsoft and Google have 63% of the world market, which shows an acceleration delta of 13%

• April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26

  T‑Mobile, Starlink aim to reinvent business internet from ground up, sky down

  US 5G internet provider inks deal with leading satellite constellation to deliver broadband with ‘virtually unbreakable’ connectivity

• April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26

  AI is widening the asymmetry between attackers and defenders

  As threat actors leverage AI to launch attacks at machine speed, cyber defenders must adopt an assumed breach mindset and prioritise breach containment

• April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26

  India aims for the stars with orbital datacentres

  As terrestrial datacentres face severe power and cooling constraints, space-based facilities promise unlimited solar energy and low latency for AI inferencing, provided the industry can overcome challenges

• April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26

  UK businesses being held back by growing ‘complexity trap’

  Research from O2 Business finds that rising technology and operational demands are undermining confidence in long-term growth

• April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26

  Umbrella companies not working for IT contractors, survey finds

  IT skills market impacted as contractors forced to use umbrellas or opt out altogether, while tax compliance remains deeply uncertain, with late payments and payslip inaccuracy rife

• April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26

  IT workers say AI is making their jobs more demanding

  As workflows adapt to a shifting technological landscape, IT professionals risk being overwhelmed by ‘AI brain-fry’

• April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26

  MPs call on UK government to learn from central bank’s IT project success story

  Members of a parliamentary committee want the wider government to learn from success of Bank of England project

• April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26

  Boldyn, EE, TfL deploy ESN infrastructure across London Underground

  Neutral host provider selected to deliver 4G mobile network infrastructure to enable Emergency Services Network across London Underground, supporting delivery of a critical national comms programme

• April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26

  Leeds Bradford Airport takes mobile connectivity to higher altitude

  Neutral host provider installs all-operator 4G mobile connectivity to English airport’s refurbished terminal and newly opened extension as an ongoing managed service, ensuring connectivity for passengers and staff

• April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26

  HSBC collaborates on noisy qubit real-world application

  Researchers have demonstrated that usable results for financial modelling are achievable even on current noisy quantum computers

• April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26

  MP committees to double up on Capita’s civil service pension crisis

  Parliamentary committees to hold joint hearing to investigate the problems experienced in Civil Service Pension Scheme

• April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26

  Vernon Building Society uses AI to amplify human touch

  Century-old mutual society is using artificial intelligence to bring mortgage processing onto a single platform

• April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26

  DP World Tour Europe selects HCLTech for ‘total shop window rebuild’

  Sports association signs up Indian IT firm as global partner as it rebuilds its website and fan app in the ‘era of AI’

• April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26

  Monday.com targets third wave of AI with OpenClaw service

  The work management software firm’s Globster service brings OpenClaw to consumers and businesses in a bid to democratise access to agentic AI capabilities

• April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26

  WhatsApp’s encryption protects servers but leaves users exposed to client-side attacks

  The use of encryption helps to secure WhatsApp’s infrastructure, but researchers at Black Hat Asia warn platform’s architecture is driving hackers to target user devices directly

• April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26

  Court of Appeal rejects Post Office Capture case delay request

  Three convictions based on the Capture system have reached the Court of Appeal, which has rejected the Post Office’s request to delay its response, advancing long-awaited justice for affected subpostmasters

• April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26

  Vect ransomware actually destructive wiper malware

  Analysis of a form of ransomware called Vect has uncovered a serious flaw that breaks its core functionality and turns it from a locker to a wiper

• April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26

  UK data watchdog accused of dragging feet on eVisa investigation

  Despite longstanding data protection issues with the Home Office’s electronic visa system being flagged five months ago, the UK’s data regulator is yet to take any action

• April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26

  Liz Kendall talks up work with ‘middle power nations’ on sovereign tech

  The technology secretary speaks about the importance of forging alliances to make UK tech more resilient to geopolitical pressure

• April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26

  Zero waste drives datacentre sustainability shift in UAE

  Khazna’s DXB8 becomes the first datacentre globally certified for zero waste, highlighting how circular operations are emerging alongside power, cooling and AI infrastructure as a core design priority

• April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26

  Lloyds Bank compensates another 1,625 customers after ‘alarming’ data breach

  Bank pays out compensation to more customers and reveals expansion of affected group

• April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26

  Government funds self-learning AI company

  The £500m UK government Sovereign AI Unit co-invests with the British Business Bank to help AI company Ineffable Intelligence create self-learning algorithms

• April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26

  Oracle is turning corporate software over to AI agents

  As Oracle rolls out a slew of agentic AI tools and applications, a senior company executive explains how enterprise workflows are changing and why software pricing models may be due for a shake-up

• April 27, 2026 27 Apr'26

  Was Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract a botch too far?

  The Cabinet Office’s decision to end Capita’s contract to administer the Royal Mail pension follows heavy criticism of the supplier’s work on the civil service pension contract

• April 27, 2026 27 Apr'26

  DSIT gets sums badly wrong on AI datacentre carbon footprint

  Government revises July 2025 projections for AI-driven datacentre carbon footprint upwards by around 100x, but Carbon Brief suggests the numbers could be much higher still

• April 27, 2026 27 Apr'26

  Almost 90% of women leave tech industry within 10 years

  Women aren’t staying in the tech sector for longer than 10 years, but may come back after leaving if the circumstances are right for their return

• April 27, 2026 27 Apr'26

  Port of Tyne advances connected mobility, autonomous logistics

  Autonomous port logistics project delivering improvements in terms of real operational challenges, safety, efficiency and sustainability

• April 26, 2026 26 Apr'26

  Black Hat Asia: Privacy and cyber security are inseparable

  The separation of privacy and security is no longer tenable in a world where exposed personal data is increasingly the entry point for major cyber incidents, delegates at Black Hat Asia 2026 were told

• April 26, 2026 26 Apr'26

  UKtech50 2026 – help us find the most influential people in UK IT

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

• April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26

  Wiz founder: Hack yourself with AI, before the bad guys do

  At Google Cloud Next, Wiz co-founder Yinon Costica called on security defenders to use AI to steal a march on threat actors, and launched agentic capabilities for cyber teams

• April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26

  London Marathon runners get AI to go the extra mile

  TCS has launched an artificial intelligence-powered digital mapping tool to help runners and spectators lessen the stress and find the fun during the 2026 London Marathon

• April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26

  BT has now blocked over a billion clicks to malicious websites, says NCSC

  NCSC’s Share and Defend scheme has seen BT block over a billion clicks through to malicious websites

• April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26

  Cisco advances path to quantum network with universal switch

  Research prototype designed to connect quantum systems from different suppliers, in all major encoding modalities, at room temperature, over standard telecom fibre

• April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26

  Eseye boosts global IoT resilience with SGP.32 eSIM orchestration

  Internet of things connectivity provider combines SGP.32 remote provisioning with multi-IMSI, intelligent fallback and managed eSIM orchestration to ensure resilient global IoT connectivity

• April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26

  Science, Innovation and Technology committee chair questions UK’s tech sovereignty approach

  House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee chair Chi Onwurah questions the UK’s approach to tech sovereignty

• April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26

  UAE targets agentic AI to power half of government operations

  With a two-year target to move 50% of government sectors, services and operations to agentic artificial intelligence, the UAE is positioning autonomous systems as the next phase of digital government

• April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26

  Government should drop Capita from civil service scheme after it loses Royal Mail role, says union

  Union representing civil servants said that when outsourcing suppliers fail, they should be dropped

• April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26

  Capital injection, acquisition further Render Networks in critical infrastructure

  Critical infrastructure software platform provider gains fresh capital to accelerate sector and portfolio expansion

• April 23, 2026 23 Apr'26

  Agentic AI speeds up mainframe modernisation, but human experts remain key

  Agentic AI tools are helping organisations overcome Cobol skills shortages and untangle legacy infrastructure, but successful modernisation still requires an expert in the loop to manage complexity

• April 23, 2026 23 Apr'26

  FairPrice to roll out AI-powered smart carts to more stores

  Shoppers can expect smart carts that slash checkout times to just 36 seconds, while supermarket staff will get an AI sidekick to automate daily operations

• April 23, 2026 23 Apr'26

  5G market enters selective and strategic phase of development

  Research finds 5G market no longer defined simply by how many 5G networks exist, but by what those networks are becoming, shaped by ability of operators to translate technical capability into commercial value

• April 23, 2026 23 Apr'26

  Medical data of half a million Britons on sale in China after Biobank breach

  Biobank operator is taking steps to improve security after biological, health and lifestyle information from its database was offered for sale on a Chinese website