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• June 27, 2025 27 Jun'25

  Over 2 million affected by US supermarket breach

  Belgian-Dutch supermarket operator Ahold Delhaize reveals that over two million people, including employees, had their data compromised following a November 2024 ransomware attack.

• June 27, 2025 27 Jun'25

  Interview: Developing a CIO strategy for artificial intelligence

  We speak to Chris Loake, group CIO at Hiscox, about the roll-out of Microsoft Copilot and how to succeed with AI projects

• June 27, 2025 27 Jun'25

  Ciaran Martin: AI might disturb attacker-defender security balance

  The founder of the National Cyber Security Centre spoke with Computer Weekly at Infosecurity Europe 2025 about how artificial intelligence might disturb the attacker-defender security equilibrium

• June 27, 2025 27 Jun'25

  MPs propose ban on predictive policing

  MPs are attempting to amend the UK government’s forthcoming Crime and Policing Bill so that it prohibits the use of controversial predictive policing systems

• June 27, 2025 27 Jun'25

  UK joins global health regulator network for safe use of AI

  The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has become a founding member of the HealthAI Global Regulatory Network, aiming to get trustworthy artificial intelligence tools into the NHS

• June 27, 2025 27 Jun'25

  Fujitsu’s grip on HMRC loosening but bags of taxpayer cash still to be made

  The complicated and risky nature of replacing IT suppliers in major government contracts means Fujitsu will be cashing in for years to come

• June 27, 2025 27 Jun'25

  Silicon Valley execs sworn in to US Army reserves specialist unit

  Four technology executives are brought into the military to make the Armed Forces ‘more lethal’, reflecting softening attitudes throughout the sector towards ‘the business of inflicting violence’

• June 26, 2025 26 Jun'25

  Seven main suspects under police investigation in national Post Office probe

  The national police investigation into crimes related to the Post Office scandal expects the number of suspects to continue to rise

• June 26, 2025 26 Jun'25

  Sky ECC distributor released from French custody pending trial

  Canadian businessman accused of distributing Sky ECC encrypted phones has been released on bail after over four years in custody without a trial

• June 26, 2025 26 Jun'25

  British hacker IntelBroker faces years in a US prison cell

  US authorities have unsealed charges against 25-year-old hacker Kai West, aka IntelBroker, accusing him of being behind multiple cyber attacks

• June 26, 2025 26 Jun'25

  Next phase of fintech reflected in strong financials, says World Economic Forum

  Digital-powered finance firms might not be growing their customer base as fast as the immediate post-pandemic period, but revenue and profits are strong

• June 26, 2025 26 Jun'25

  Glasgow Council services remain offline a week after cyber attack

  Disruption continues a week after core services at Glasgow City Council were forced offline following a cyber attack on a third-party IT services provider

• June 26, 2025 26 Jun'25

  UK rail network gets on track for enhanced connectivity

  Partnership between UK rail infrastructure provider and communications firm aims to boost 4G/5G connectivity on trains and in stations, tackle signal blackspots in tunnels, and pave the way for train performance improvements across Britain

• June 26, 2025 26 Jun'25

  Aviva Stadium upgrades 5G infrastructure

  Ireland’s premier sporting venue upgrades communications infrastructure to offer 5G capability claiming to have improved significantly mobile performance, coverage and capacity

• June 26, 2025 26 Jun'25

  Public sector spends £16.6bn directly with tech suppliers every year

  Government and public sector bodies spent big on technology last year, but the majority of the money went to large IT suppliers, with 84% of the total spend going to so-called ‘tech titans’, according to a report from Tussell

• June 26, 2025 26 Jun'25

  UK IT infrastructure processes images looking back 20 billion light years

  A UK team prepared infrastructure to process images from world’s largest digital camera and provide on-demand access to global science community

• June 26, 2025 26 Jun'25

  AI competitiveness maxing out US bandwidth

  Research finds growing demand to bring compute and data closer to the edge for real-time performance. Hyperscalers and datacentres are securing dense metro networks to support AI inference and regional interconnects

• June 25, 2025 25 Jun'25

  Swisscom claims world first with sovereign SASE connectivity service

  SASE applied at heart of leading Swiss telco’s converged networking and cyber security offering to deliver customised, advanced networking and security services directly from its own infrastructure

• June 25, 2025 25 Jun'25

  Latest Citrix vulnerability could be every bit as bad as Citrix Bleed

  A Citrix NetScaler flaw that was quietly patched earlier in June is gathering widespread attention after experts noted strong similarities to the Citrix Bleed vulnerability that caused chaos in late 2023

• June 25, 2025 25 Jun'25

  Satellite data to drive innovation in UK public services

  UK Space Agency announces £2.5m funding for research into applications for the use of satellite data to help transform the delivery of public services

• June 25, 2025 25 Jun'25

  Thames Freeport lands multisite private 5G network

  Verizon Business and Nokia to deliver multiple dedicated infrastructures to enhance port operations with AI-driven data analytics, autonomous vehicle control and real-time logistics orchestration

• June 25, 2025 25 Jun'25

  Brightspeed, Calix conclude ‘innovative, seamless’ 50G-PON test

  US broadband and telecommunications services provider’s technology advancement centre tests passive optical fibre network capabilities that it says will support rapid, scalable growth today and for years to come

• June 25, 2025 25 Jun'25

  Arelion upgrades Scandinavian network to support AI ‘superhighway’

  IP backbone and diverse connectivity services provider deploys 1.6Tbps and scalable 400G coherent pluggable optics for network between Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen

• June 24, 2025 24 Jun'25

  Wrongly convicted subpostmasters may have to wait another year for redress

  MPs on the Public Accounts Committee say the government has not done enough to contact all those who qualify for Post Office scandal compensation schemes

• June 24, 2025 24 Jun'25

  UK ransomware costs significantly outpace other countries

  UK organisations hit by ransomware attacks paid much higher ransoms than in other countries over the past 12 months, according to study

• June 24, 2025 24 Jun'25

  FWA flies with global 5G subs set to near three billion by end of 2025

  This year’s edition of analysis of mobile communications sector highlights a significant shift in how service providers are monetising 5G, particularly through fixed wireless access, and points to a dramatic increase in 5G traffic over the next five...

• June 24, 2025 24 Jun'25

  Zopa Bank launches current account earlier than expected

  Zopa launches its UK current account, five years after reinventing itself as a challenger bank

• June 24, 2025 24 Jun'25

  Interview: Pure Storage on the AI data challenge beyond hardware

  We talk to Pure Storage’s vice-president of AI infrastructure about data quality for artificial intelligence and the need for data engineering to ensure the integrity, completeness and appropriateness of data for AI training

• June 24, 2025 24 Jun'25

  One year since being freed, Julian Assange still a victim of state secrecy

  If the State Department’s arguments prevail in FOIA litigation, the truth about US action against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks journalists will never be known

• June 24, 2025 24 Jun'25

  CMA consults on Google’s search dominance

  The Competition and Markets Authority is consulting on whether Google should be designated with strategic market status

• June 23, 2025 23 Jun'25

  Widening Middle Eastern war increases cyber risk

  With the entry of the US into the widening Middle Eastern conflict, cyber risk is likely to increase across the board

• June 23, 2025 23 Jun'25

  Industrial strategy: Takeaways for UK tech innovations

  Labour wants to put the UK at the forefront of tech innovation. Its industrial strategy offers a funding boost for tech and lighter-touch regulation

• June 23, 2025 23 Jun'25

  Europe’s semiconductor leaders are racing to meet energy demands

  Innovative ideas are discussed at Leti Innovation Days, as datacentres swell under the weight of AI workloads

• June 23, 2025 23 Jun'25

  Eutelsat secures €1.35bn to expand satellite offer

  Contemplated major capital increase designed to secure Eutelsat’s long-term strategic vision has been anchored by the French state and other reference shareholders

• June 23, 2025 23 Jun'25

  Autonomous vehicle technology market set to roll

  Research from internet of things specialist analyst projects rapid adoption of autonomous vehicle technology over the next five years.

• June 23, 2025 23 Jun'25

  Interview: Rolf Krolke, regional technology director, The Access Group

  We talk to The Access Group’s technology director for APAC about integration and ongoing management of legacy systems in an extremely acquisitive company, and the worldwide storage refresh he’s overseeing as part of that process

• June 23, 2025 23 Jun'25

  Police to gain powers to grab online data when they seize phones and laptops

  Academics and civil liberties experts say that proposed ‘authoritarian’ powers to allow police to trawl online and cloud services used by owners of seized devices should require approval from a judge

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  Cyber Essentials certifications rising slowly but steadily

  The number of businesses attaining the NCSC Cyber Essentials certification continues to increase, but much more can be done to raise awareness of the scheme

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  M&S, Co-op attacks a ‘Category 2 cyber hurricane’, say UK experts

  The UK’s Cyber Monitoring Centre has published its first in-depth assessment of a major incident, reflecting on the impact of and lessons learned from Scattered Spider attacks on M&S and Co-op

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  Election workers’ data stolen in cyber breach of Oxford City Council

  Oxford City Council election workers had personal information stolen by cyber attackers in an attack over the weekend of 7-8 June. The council has stated that most disrupted systems are back online

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  UK data reforms become law

  UK passes wide-ranging data protection reforms to ‘simplify’ organisations’ sharing and processing of data, but questions remain whether changes will be accepted by European Commission when renewing UK data adequacy

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  European satellite operators take comms services to higher orbit

  Kyivstar advances direct-to-cell services in Ukraine with Starlink integration and regulatory approval for testing, while Constellation Technologies and Operations announces the imminent launch of its first regenerative 5G mmWave payload

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  Dutch cloud pioneers face the hard limits of digital sovereignty

  The Netherlands’ ambitious talk of digital independence meets the unforgiving economics of global cloud dominance

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  ITS wins dark fibre contract to boost Carmarthenshire connectivity

  Latest step in Welsh connectivity programme sees major contract to provide fibre to underpin the expanding needs of digital services in communities that rely on effective, secure and high-capacity infrastructure

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  Government hires chief data officer

  Former MoD data chief, Lindsay Mason, has taken on the role of chief data officer in earl on a temporary basis while government recruits for a permanent position

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  Report on integrity of current Post Office Horizon system due in autumn

  Investigation into the integrity and discrepancy identification capabilities of Post Office core system being carried out by independent specialists

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  Richer people look forward to cutting-edge tech to help save time

  Research for Lloyds Banking Group has found high-paid workers are looking forward to tech like robotic vacuum cleaners, autonomous cars and drone deliveries

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  Restaurant fills DR gap with all-flash Pure and dodges higher cloud cost

  Seafood chain Red Lobster opted for Pure Storage as-a-service for rapid failover between datacentres. A fully cloud-based option was on the table, but would have been six times the cost

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  Pure CEO Charlie Giancarlo on data management, all-flash and tariffs

  We spoke to the Pure CEO about Enterprise Data Cloud and how it can offer insight and management across all its storage, plus a catch-up on the death of the HDD and tariff uncertainty

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  AR/VR headset market reaching ‘critical tipping point’

  Research finds marked uptick in immersive technologies market with 18.1% year-on-year growth fuelled by immersive and versatile experiences, with future growth anticipated to be driven by mixed and extended reality