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Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics

• July 10, 2026 10 Jul'26

  AI is making the mainframe harder to retire, not easier

  Once dismissed as legacy tech on the way out, the mainframe is being reframed as the trusted anchor of hybrid, AI-era architectures

• July 09, 2026 09 Jul'26

  MPs call on NHS to scrap Palantir and its Federated Data Platform

  Health and Social Care Committee urges health minister to get rid of US firm Palantir and its Federated Data Platform amid ‘mistrust’ and ‘contested benefits’

• July 09, 2026 09 Jul'26

  Cyber field doubts promise of Cyber Shield

  The NCSC has shared more details of its national AI Cyber Shield initiative, but experts say the project faces serious delivery challenges

• July 09, 2026 09 Jul'26

  Capita to lose money on pension debacle but ‘has government’s private parts in its grip’

  Joint select committee grilling reveals that the tech Capita planned to use to increase process automation did not work

• July 09, 2026 09 Jul'26

  Insurer Unum aims to deliver benefits of $20m using AI to re-write old Cobol code

  We speak to Shelia Anderson, chief information and digital officer of insurance company Unum, about its project to ‘reimagine’ mainframe software

• July 09, 2026 09 Jul'26

  R&A drives AI critical networking infrastructure refresh at Open

  Golf governing body partners with networking and comms giant to deliver critical networking infrastructure to major championships and new global headquarters bringing AI-based next-gen connectivity

• July 09, 2026 09 Jul'26

  The FDP debate is looking in the rear-view mirror – what’s around the next bend?

  The question is no longer whether the Federated Data Platform has delivered enough, but whether the NHS will have the data infrastructure to deploy AI before the workforce crisis forces the issue

• July 09, 2026 09 Jul'26

  NCS: Chinese open AI models gaining ground in Singapore

  As American and Chinese AI worlds pull apart, the Singtel unit is courting both by putting OpenAI and Alibaba engineers on the same stage and folding Chinese models into its own products

• July 08, 2026 08 Jul'26

  NTT Data and HYMH claim physical AI breakthrough

  Collaboration embeds AI‑driven quality assurance directly into production, helping validate assembly process in real time to support quality assurance, improve efficiency and enable smarter manufacturing

• July 08, 2026 08 Jul'26

  Lumen completes Alkira acquisition to boost enterprise networking

  Acquisition designed to bring together network and digital services with intelligent networking software and simplify enterprise connections across cloud, AI and hybrid environments

• July 08, 2026 08 Jul'26

  European Central Bank demands AI security ‘action plan’

  European Central Bank gives banks deadline to outline their plans to defend against artificial intelligence-based security threats

• July 08, 2026 08 Jul'26

  Road to higher vehicle automation accelerates

  Research reveals how vehicle autonomy systems are advancing steadily, with as many as eight million new passenger cars sold globally in 2025 equipped with L2+ advanced driver assistance systems capabilities

• July 07, 2026 07 Jul'26

  AI workloads to test mobile network capability

  Research across 22 markets finds which 5G network metrics emerging AI use cases will place under stress, relative to standard internet traffic

• July 07, 2026 07 Jul'26

  Can Oman become the Gulf’s third AI infrastructure hub?

  The Sultanate is leveraging subsea cables, lower costs and regulatory stability to position itself alongside regional AI giants, but a large ecosystem scale gap remains

• July 07, 2026 07 Jul'26

  Singtel’s AI push could lift its digital business to a third of earnings

  Singtel’s group CEO, Yuen Kuan Moon, says the telco is investing in datacentres, GPUs and AI services while staying focused on shareholder returns

• July 07, 2026 07 Jul'26

  Singapore Changi Airport’s 10-second border points to aviation’s AI future

  As passenger volume heads towards 10 billion a year, airlines, airports and governments are leaning on AI, biometrics and real-time data to keep travellers moving

• July 06, 2026 06 Jul'26

  US Anthropic restrictions dent UK tech sovereignty ambition

  The UK government cannot rely on allies. Instead, it must sort out startup funding and do more to build out a full tech stack

• July 06, 2026 06 Jul'26

  UK regulator publishes ‘landmark’ AI review

  FCA review of the use of artificial intelligence in retail finance follows MPs’ criticism of regulators

• July 05, 2026 05 Jul'26

  How Zoho’s full-stack strategy keeps it in control of cost and sovereignty

  Zoho’s ANZ lead Rakesh Prabhakar explains how building its own infrastructure keeps the SaaS firm in control of cost, pricing and data sovereignty

• July 03, 2026 03 Jul'26

  Interview: Oracle NetSuite’s Evan Goldberg – SaaSpocalypse averted

  The executive vice-president of Oracle NetSuite discusses the evolution of AI in SaaS ERP, countering any SaaSpocalypse narrative, citing an ecosystem knowledge edge

• July 03, 2026 03 Jul'26

  SAESL turbocharges aircraft engine maintenance with data and AI

  The world’s largest supplier of Rolls-Royce engine maintenance services is working with Kyndryl to modernise its IT infrastructure, build a single source of truth for data, and scale up the use of AI across its business

• July 02, 2026 02 Jul'26

  UKtech50 2026: The most influential people in UK technology

  Computer Weekly has announced the 16th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector

• July 02, 2026 02 Jul'26

  UKtech50 2026 winner: Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO, DeepMind

  Third-time UKtech50 winner Demis Hassabis has shown what homegrown UK tech talent can do, and the importance of tech for good

• July 02, 2026 02 Jul'26

  Bank of England explores trading ‘kill switches’ to contain AI meltdowns

  UK central bank’s deputy governor outlines challenges facing regulators as artificial intelligence reshapes the finance sector

• July 01, 2026 01 Jul'26

  Japan revises AI strategy amid frontier AI threats

  Just six months after releasing its national AI framework, Tokyo is updating its guidelines to address the weaponisation of frontier AI models capable of finding and exploiting unknown vulnerabilities

• July 01, 2026 01 Jul'26

  Danske Bank extends AWS agreement for next phase of transformation

  Danish multinational bank and cloud service giant will work together on GenAI initiatives as part of the bank’s transformation strategy

• June 30, 2026 30 Jun'26

  Finland bets industrial recovery on health AI, maths and quantum

  The ‘world’s first’ national AI model leads Finnish plan to concentrate national resources on industrial revival

• June 30, 2026 30 Jun'26

  Vodafone looks to serve 5G+ ace at Wimbledon

  UK operator claims world-first 5G+ Serve experience as official connectivity partner of tennis championships uses network slicing to make shots from robotic arm

• June 30, 2026 30 Jun'26

  HPE Discover 2026: Powering Siemens Healthineers’ life-saving vision

  Siemens Healthineers’ head of clinical marketing discusses the technology behind the firm’s advances in medical imaging

• June 30, 2026 30 Jun'26

  Interview: How the CIO of Unilever delivers business empathy

  Reema Jain, who recently became CIO of Unilever, says IT leaders should build a culture where IT people can ‘play’ with new tech

• June 30, 2026 30 Jun'26

  Gartner declares ‘agentic AI’ the next step function

  AI agents will transform complex data management, optimise cloud costs and overcome the limitations of standalone generative AI, according to Gartner

• June 29, 2026 29 Jun'26

  Martha Lane Fox and other experts see AI arms race as damaging

  A compilation of essays penned by digital experts illustrates the risks of AI dominance and what lessons can be learned from history

• June 29, 2026 29 Jun'26

  India’s Hexaware to add 1,200 UK tech staff

  Indian heritage IT supplier plans to have 1,200 UK staff across multiple sites, with research and development centres to open this year

• June 29, 2026 29 Jun'26

  Tencent Cloud powers cloud migration for Indonesian telco

  Using AI agents to replace months of manual labour, Tencent Cloud consolidated XLSmart’s fragmented, multicloud IT estate into a unified platform and migrated over 15TB of core data assets in record time

• June 26, 2026 26 Jun'26

  Met Palantir pilot: The DPIA that raises more questions than answers

  We examine the Data Protection Impact Assessment for the Metropolitan Police’s Palantir Foundry pilot, and the governance gaps it exposes around surveillance, transparency and staff consultation

• June 26, 2026 26 Jun'26

  AI surge sees fibre become nervous system of thinking economy

  Study shows how fibre broadband and AI infrastructure are becoming increasingly interdependent – from datacentre interconnection and middle-mile capacity to edge connectivity, resilient transport and real-time applications

• June 26, 2026 26 Jun'26

  Metropolitan Police chief warns against law updates amid substantial tech expansion

  The Metropolitan Police is to significantly expand use of AI, drones and facial recognition to ‘regain the advantage’ over criminals, but warns progress could be held back by legislation and data integration issues

• June 26, 2026 26 Jun'26

  Secure Code Warrior CEO on surviving the AI ‘vulnerability apocalypse’

  As enterprises embrace agentic AI and vibe coding, Secure Code Warrior CEO and co-founder Pieter Danhieux warns that code-generating models are still producing critical security flaws

• June 25, 2026 25 Jun'26

  Six companies selected as AI tutoring development partners

  Six UK companies have been selected as part as UK government’s plans to introduce AI tutoring tools in schools

• June 25, 2026 25 Jun'26

  Nokia accelerates AI for networking drive

  Spate of activity sees global comms tech provider announce expanded collaboration with hyperscaler, as well as a joint proof of concept with data and AI company to support autonomous networks for the AI era

• June 25, 2026 25 Jun'26

  Boomi CEO shares vision of AI cost management

  Steve Lucas, CEO of Boomi, believes the answer is prompt routing, which sends queries to the LLM with the lowest token cost and caches responses

• June 25, 2026 25 Jun'26

  Qualcomm gains AI edge with Modular acquisition

  Connected comms tech platform provider makes strategic buyout to accelerate adoption of edge-to-cloud AI platforms by developers, OEMs, ODMs, cloud service providers and model creators

• June 25, 2026 25 Jun'26

  Finland drives AI growth amid low take-up concerns

  Survey reveals concerns over the take-up of artificial intelligence technology in Finland

• June 25, 2026 25 Jun'26

  EU proposes tech-backed expansion of Europol policing agency

  Enhanced powers to collect and share data are at the heart of EU plans to expand Europol, putting it at loggerheads with human rights groups

• June 25, 2026 25 Jun'26

  MWC 2026 Shanghai: Huawei bets on token economy as telecoms seeks new AI revenues

  AI-native networks, intelligent computing and token-based business models are emerging as the next frontier of digital infrastructure

• 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

  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

  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

  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