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• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Gartner warns AI model advantage is shrinking

  As foundational artificial intelligence capabilities converge, Gartner analysts urge IT leaders to focus on data quality, AI literacy and process integration, among other areas, rather than chasing the latest models

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  UK’s cultural institutions failing on cyber security, warns PAC

  The UK’s national museums and galleries have failed to heed the lessons of high-profile cyber attacks and remain highly vulnerable. The Public Accounts Committee is calling on DCMS to do more to help.

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  WEI intros Starlink-powered managed enterprise connectivity

  Managed connectivity solution pairs leading satellite network with enterprise integration and field technicians to deliver resilient primary and backup internet across every site

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Digital surveillance tech facilitates ‘arbitrary’ border abuses

  Outsourcing migration processes to third countries via the transfer of powerful digital surveillance technologies is entrenching an ‘arbitrary and deterrent’ approach to border management that is hard to scrutinise and ultimately undermines the ...

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Met pushes ahead with major facial-recognition expansion

  Metropolitan Police set to roll out live facial recognition (LFR) in the West End and Soho, but critics say police are ‘rushing ahead’ without regulation

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Cost the major barrier in AI’s race to space

  Space-based datacentres are becoming technically feasible in the next decade, with one in eight AI workloads running in space by 2040, according to Boston Consulting Group – but costs will pose a major barrier to its adoption

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Truecaller rings up Telna to power in-app travel eSIM service

  Caller ID and spam call-blocking service selects multi-network infrastructure to power its recently launched travel eSIM service, allowing users to buy and activate a global eSIM directly in app

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Pegasystems CEO and founder Alan Trefler on AI agent ‘madness’

  Pegasystems boss criticises big software suppliers for pushing enterprises to deploy unpredictable AI agents

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  CFIT is ‘shaking up business models’ with UK government backing

  The Center for Financial Innovation and Technology received further government backing in April

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Overwhelming support for Microsoft SMS designation in CMA responses

  Some 25 organisations back Strategic Market Status for Microsoft’s business software ecosystem, while the Open Cloud Coalition estimates £60m in annual public sector costs

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  The £1,100 lock-in: CMA Microsoft probe exposes software ecosystem at a crossroads

  A parish council, a £60m public sector bill, and the AI question that could define UK digital competition for a generation in responses to the CMA’s Strategic Market Status investigation

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  GSMA launches global satellite regulatory playbook

  Guide designed to provide practical recommendations for regulators seeking to create harmonised, technology-neutral satellite frameworks that prioritise societal needs, consumer protection and sustainable investment

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Gartner: AI coding agents will cost more than real developers

  As organisations ramp up the use of AI coding agents in software development, they may find costs increase significantly if such tools are overused

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Cisco: Legacy networks can no longer support the new AI workforce

  At Cisco Connect 2026 Singapore, tech leaders and policymakers warn that businesses must modernise their IT infrastructure and governance frameworks to pave the way for agentic AI

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Gartner: Prioritise governance to beat AI hype

  Gartner analysts call for IT leaders to prioritise foundational investments in governance, change management and talent to realise the benefits of AI

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Trump directs US government focus to quantum

  In an Executive Order, president Trump directed the US government to work to establish a cohesive, collaborative approach to the development of quantum technology

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Physical AI to drive private 5G market

  Study finds non-public networks based on 3GPP-defined 5G specifications are increasingly replacing LTE across many verticals, with a market potential far exceeding that of previous technology generations

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Oxford and UCL labs receive £60m AI funding boost

  Recognising it cannot compete with big tech just by throwing large amounts of cash and compute at AI, the UK’s funding is more grassroots-based

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  South Essex councils deploy IoT networks to power smart city services

  Councils create a shared regional network to help roll out smarter local services faster and at lower cost, with the project delivered £40,000 under budget while achieving 98% regional coverage

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Roundtable: UK tech chiefs on agentic AI, workforce culture and tokenomics

  Tech leaders from THG Ingenuity, Kingfisher, Rightmove and Deloitte speak at the Google Summit London about the transition to agentic systems and the rising focus on token costs

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Blue Planet, Telefónica unveil AI-powered 5G slicing design proof of concept

  German telco joins forces with optical tech provider on joint proof of concept demonstrating how AI agents can support the design and fulfilment of 5G network slicing services, reducing complex service design tasks

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  nLighten CEO Dawn Childs on edge datacentres and sovereignty

  We talk to the CEO of nLighten about the limits of the UK power grid, why that makes ‘edge’ datacentres a good idea, and navigating contemporary data sovereignty requirements

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Nokia, t3 Broadband, Aureon team to deploy optical AI connectivity

  Comms tech provider teams with US operator to provide AI-ready optical route connecting North Dakota datacentre to Chicago metro area

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Google’s Andi Gutmans on the shift to agent-scale data management

  We talk to PHP pioneer and Google agentic data cloud vice-president about ensuring agentic quality, including having agents voting against each other, and the risk of LLM lock-in

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Philippine government taps Google Cloud to deploy AI agents

  The Filipino government will equip public servants with Gemini Enterprise AI tools, launch a cross-agency cyber defence alliance and upgrade subsea network infrastructure

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Australian government cloud mandate sparks migration warnings

  As Australia prepares to enforce its whole-of-government cloud policy, industry experts warn agencies against rushed migrations, supplier lock-in and treating AI readiness as an afterthought

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  AI-powered cyber attacks may be just months away, warn Five Eyes

  Frontier AI models will pose a greater cyber security risk to governments and businesses than previously thought, putting them at risk within months

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  HMD Secure, Qualcomm and StreamWIDE forge NR Sidelink collaboration

  Partnership unveils NR Sidelink-powered device-to-device communications boasting tech firsts for first responders and critical infrastructure teams operating beyond network coverage

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  Artificial intelligence-based law firm wins in court

  AI-based law firm received Solicitors Regulation Authority approval in June last year in a landmark decision

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  VodafoneThree extends CityFibre partnership to support broadband services

  Leading independent broadband provider secures new mobile network transmission contract to reach 5G Standalone ambitions supporting retail services, enabling greater capacity, faster speeds and new retail products

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  Lloyds Bank staff have taken 400,000 AI courses since January

  UK bank staff have already taken artificial intelligence-related training courses as part of AI Academy

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  Ericsson and unveils national 5G, 6G, AI test centre in Sweden

  Global comms tech provider invests more than SEK 300m to create ‘unique’ test environment for next-generation mobile networks to shorten time for market-ready solutions

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  Santander extends staff access to AI as first quarter delivers €35m value

  Spanish bank expects artificial intelligence use to add €200m in value this year through cost savings and extra revenues

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  Interview: How a startup mentality helps keep pace with AI

  The pace of change in artificial intelligence can be overwhelming. We speak to Thomson Reuters CTO Joel Hron about how to innovate at pace

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  GitLab CIO rejects ‘tokenmaxxing’ as it rebuilds work around agentic AI

  Manu Narayan tells Computer Weekly why he’s steering clear of vanity metrics such as ‘tokenmaxxing’, why reports of SaaS’s death are overblown, and why the biggest pressure is simply keeping pace

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  Wimbledon’s ‘hidden court 19’ uses IBM Bob to complete 10 years’ work in months

  IBM unleashed its artificial intelligence-driven software development technology in preparation for the latest Wimbledon tennis tournament

• June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26

  Civil society: Police facial recognition must be strictly limited

  Digital rights groups map out ‘minimum, necessary’ human rights protections to be included in UK government’s upcoming legal framework for police facial recognition

• June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26

  UK government publishes guidelines to ‘end era of outsourcing’ – will IT be in scope?

  New strategy will see UK government apply Public Interest Test to outsourcing contracts worth £1m or more

• June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26

  Chilling effects of surveillance threaten democracy, UN finds

  United Nations study finds the chilling effects of pervasive digital surveillance in modern life undermines an entire web of interconnected and interdependent human rights, representing a systemic threat to democratic norms and political ...

• June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26

  nLighten completes £15m refurbishment of Bristol ‘edge’ datacentre

  European datacentre operator doubles potential AI-ready power capacity to 1.2MW with dry cooling at Bristol site as part of a wider £100m-plus UK modernisation programme

• June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26

  Tesco offloads VMware and CA software as Broadcom case rolls on

  The contract and licensing dispute with Broadcom over its right to use VMware and CA Technologies has led retailer Tesco to begin an accelerated migration

• June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26

  UK information commissioner John Edwards resigns after HR investigation

  The UK’s information commissioner has resigned following an HR investigation, saying there were occasions when he exercised ‘poor judgement’ and made ‘inappropriate attempts at humour’

• June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26

  Scotland officially launches own NHS app

  People in Scotland are able to download the first version of the MyCare.scot app on their smartphones, following the roll-out of the web-based version

• June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26

  Google Cloud boosts for enterprise agentic at London Summit

  Hyperscaler prioritises process automation in UK showcase, with frontier models, agent platforms and development tools to the fore, with customers such as Unilever in the spotlight

• June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26

  4G persists as 5G availability and usage gap widens across Europe

  Research reveals that the vast majority of Europe’s connectivity is still over 4G, and while the performance uplift of 5G Standalone is real, deployment in the region is localised to just 11 networks

• June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26

  Keysight’s chief technologist on the path to 6G

  Balaji Raghothaman, Keysight’s chief technologist for 6G, discusses what it takes for the telecoms industry to move to 6G, from supporting AI workloads to integrating with satellites connectivity and driving enterprise use cases

• June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26

  Rising memory costs reshape smartphone economics

  Smartphone trade-in market data reveals new dynamics as higher device prices drive greater reliance on trade-ins and refurbished units

• June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26

  US suspension of Anthropic models prompts AI sovereignty calls

  The US government’s control order to suspend access to Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models raises concerns about the UK’s over-reliance on American tech

• June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26

  Interview: Emmanuel Frenehard, chief digital officer, Sanofi

  Leading technology in a quest to find life-changing answers to challenging scientific questions brings an extra level of motivation for the pharma giant’s digital chief

• June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26

  Snapdragon START kicks off next phase of personal AI with XR smart glasses

  Qualcomm launches AI-based programme to enable brands to design and scale personal AI devices, starting with smart glasses