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Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics

• January 16, 2025 16 Jan'25

  Global IT spending to soar in 2025

  S&P Global Ratings expects a 9% surge in global IT spending for 2025, fuelled by demand for AI and cloud technologies, despite potential trade headwinds and a slowing global economy

• January 15, 2025 15 Jan'25

  Government, Nesta and ODI issue £600k smart data challenge to technologists

  Department for Business and Trade, Challenge Works and the Open Data Institute have issued a Smart Data Challenge to app developers and entrepreneurs with a total prize fund of £600,000

• January 15, 2025 15 Jan'25

  Cyber security dovetails with AI to lead 2025 corporate IT investment

  Cyber security and GenAI top enterprise IT investment plans for 2025, whether singly or together, according to research from Enterprise Strategy Group

• January 15, 2025 15 Jan'25

  Larger businesses spend, spend, spend on AI

  Companies earning over $500m are spending 5% of their revenue on artificial intelligence initiatives

• January 15, 2025 15 Jan'25

  Cohesity CEO on Veritas integration and IPO plans

  Cohesity CEO Sanjay Poonen shares his vision for integrating Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, uniting 12,000 customers, driving AI-powered innovation and building a public-ready company

• January 14, 2025 14 Jan'25

  Barings Law enleagues 15,000 claimants against Google and Microsoft

  Barings Law has signed up 15,000 claimants in a data breach suit against Microsoft and Google. The firm says the tech giants use personal data without proper consent to train AI models

• January 14, 2025 14 Jan'25

  CMA kicks off investigation into Google search engine dominance

  The Competition and Markets Authority is using powers that came into force at the start of the year to assess Google’s reach

• January 14, 2025 14 Jan'25

  Government funding to help businesses discover AI value

  The government is betting the bank on the power of artificial intelligence to fix the public sector, mend roads and boost the UK economy

• January 14, 2025 14 Jan'25

  Ericsson enhances enterprise 5G portfolio with generative AI virtual expert

  Comms tech provider looks to simplify network operations through launch of generative AI-based virtual expert designed to enhance enterprise 5G network administration

• January 13, 2025 13 Jan'25

  Experts say ‘something has to break’ before banks slow IT-driven cost-cutting measures

  Banks will cut costs until something breaks and they are forced to scale back, according to industry experts

• January 13, 2025 13 Jan'25

  Can UK government achieve ambition to become AI powerhouse?

  The artificial intelligence opportunities action plan has been largely well received, but there are plenty of questions about how it will be achieved

• January 13, 2025 13 Jan'25

  UK government unveils AI-fuelled industrial strategy

  Labour plans to implement the 50 recommendations set out by entrepreneur Matt Clifford to boost the use of AI in the UK

• January 10, 2025 10 Jan'25

  UK Defence Committee urges MoD to embrace AI

  Defence Committee outlines changes it thinks the Ministry of Defence should make to realise the battlefield advantages of artificial intelligence

• January 09, 2025 09 Jan'25

  PC makers use CES to showcase AI PC efforts

  A range of AMD, Intel and ARM-powered PCs with neural processing units are aiming to boost office productivity

• January 08, 2025 08 Jan'25

  AWS plants flag in Thailand with new cloud region

  Amazon Web Services’ latest regional expansion brings its cloud services to Thailand, promising a $10bn boost to the nation's GDP and support for more than 11,000 jobs per year

• January 08, 2025 08 Jan'25

  Custom software and silicon set to define next-gen chips

  The global chip supply crisis is not improving, but manufacturers are integrating new software and hardware techniques to stay ahead

• January 08, 2025 08 Jan'25

  Software AG shrinks with sale of Alfabet and Cumulocity

  Software AG, Germany’s number two business software company, after SAP, has announced the latest turn in its shrinkage under the umbrella of private equity group Silver Lake

• January 08, 2025 08 Jan'25

  Black mothers seek ‘total agency’ over perinatal healthcare data

  Black mothers from Birmingham have organised a community-led data initiative that aims to ensure their perinatal healthcare concerns are taken seriously by medical professionals

• January 08, 2025 08 Jan'25

  Indian public cloud market set to hit over $25bn by 2028

  India’s public cloud services market is expected to surpass $25bn in the next three years, driven by digital transformation, generative AI and multicloud strategies

• January 07, 2025 07 Jan'25

  Saudi Arabia calls for humanitarian AI after tightening screws on rights protesters

  Oppressive state wants global digital identity system at the heart of all AI, to make it trustworthy and prevent it being used for ‘unauthorised surveillance’

• January 07, 2025 07 Jan'25

  How StarHub is tapping OpenShift in its cloud strategy

  StarHub is harnessing Red Hat OpenShift to power its hybrid multi-cloud platform, balancing control over critical infrastructure with the scalability and flexibility of public cloud

• January 05, 2025 05 Jan'25

  Digital Edge secures $1.6bn to fuel regional expansion

  Singapore-based datacentre provider has raised over $1.6bn in equity and debt financing to meet growing demand for cloud and AI infrastructure across Asia

• January 02, 2025 02 Jan'25

  Government boosts Horizon R&D campaign

  As part of its Plan for Change, Labour is ramping up efforts to get more UK businesses to apply for Horizon funding

• December 27, 2024 27 Dec'24

  Top 10 ANZ stories of 2024

  The 2024 tech landscape in Australia and New Zealand was dotted with developments spanning cloud migrations and AI adoption to heightened data security and real-time data streaming

• December 27, 2024 27 Dec'24

  Top 10 India stories of 2024

  India embraced AI in 2024, developing its own large language models, boosting supercomputing capabilities and applying the technology across sectors from healthcare to governance

• December 24, 2024 24 Dec'24

  Top 10 police technology stories of 2024

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 police technology stories of 2024

• December 20, 2024 20 Dec'24

  Interview: Wendy Redshaw, chief digital information officer, NatWest Retail Bank

  The retail bank is moving at pace to introduce generative AI into key customer-facing services as part of a wider digital transformation across the organisation

• December 20, 2024 20 Dec'24

  Top 10 data and ethics stories of 2024

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 data and ethics stories of 2024

• December 19, 2024 19 Dec'24

  Top 10 ASEAN stories of 2024

  Southeast Asia’s 2024 tech landscape saw major companies embracing AI, shifts in open source and the emergence of local large language models to address the needs of a diverse region

• December 18, 2024 18 Dec'24

  Verizon, Nvidia launch 5G-powered AI service for enterprises

  Telco combines secure private next-gen mobile network and private mobile edge compute with leading AI processor firm’s technology to deliver real-time AI services at the edge

• December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

  Top 10 networking stories of 2024

  It’s been a year of rapid growth for AI in networking, not only for operations but also in applications. Read about this and more in Computer Weekly’s top 10 networking stories from 2024

• December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

  Ofcom publishes Illegal Harms Codes of Practice

  The codes of practice and guidance from Ofcom outline the steps online services providers can take to protect their users from illegal harms

• December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

  Latest list of AI in government decision-making published

  The government wants to show it’s being transparent over the use of algorithms that directly impact citizens

• December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

  Top 10 end user computing stories of 2024

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 end user stories of the year, overlooking the growth of new PC form factors and devices equipped with neural processing units for AI acceleration

• December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

  Digital Ethics Summit 2024: recognising AI’s socio-technical nature

  At trade association TechUK’s eighth annual Digital Ethics Summit, public officials and industry figures and civil society groups met to discuss the ethical challenges associated with the proliferation of artificial intelligence tools globally and ...

• December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

  VMware customers seek alternatives amid licensing changes

  Research reveals that while most VMware customers are satisfied with their current software, they are exploring alternatives due to concerns over rising costs

• December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

  UK government looks to rewrite copyright rules for AI training

  Labour has begun a consultation looking at how creators of original content can be compensated for AI training that uses their work

• December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

  How NCS is tackling the enterprise IT market

  The technology service provider is counting on its government experience, global expert network and cyber security capabilities to penetrate the enterprise IT market

• December 16, 2024 16 Dec'24

  Top 10 business applications stories of 2024

  Business applications are now AI-enabled, but it is not easy to deploy these products successfully to improve business metrics

• December 16, 2024 16 Dec'24

  Oxford University’s IT department pilots Microsoft Copilot

  The university has ambitious plans to use artificial intelligence across university departments, and IT is the guinea pig

• December 16, 2024 16 Dec'24

  Nscale unveils IP network offering to support AI workloads

  IP network designed to support growing global demand for AI-driven applications, which consume massive amounts of data

• December 13, 2024 13 Dec'24

  Google Cloud’s Agentspace to unlock enterprise data

  Agentspace uses AI agents to automate workflows and connect to multiple data sources to perform tasks and deliver insights, boosting enterprise productivity and efficiency

• December 13, 2024 13 Dec'24

  How AWS is protecting customers from cyber threats

  Amazon Web Services reveals how its threat intelligence capabilities work under the hood to thwart cyber attacks and keep its customers’ data safe

• December 11, 2024 11 Dec'24

  Freshworks rides Asia’s digital wave

  The enterprise software firm’s exponential growth in the region is driven by demand for streamlined customer and employee experiences by its mid-market customers

• December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

  UK police continue to hold millions of custody images unlawfully

  Annual report from the biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner of England and Wales highlights the ongoing and unlawful retention millions of custody images of innocent people never charged with a crime by police

• December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

  DWP ‘fairness analysis’ reveals bias in AI fraud detection system

  Information about people’s age, disability, marital status and nationality influences decisions to investigate benefit claims for fraud, but the Department for Work and Pensions says there are ‘no immediate concerns of unfair treatment’

• December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

  Nvidia investigation signals widening of US and China chip war

  The Biden administration has expanded sanctions to prevent China extending its AI capabilities – now, China is going after Nvidia

• December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

  Top IT predictions in APAC in 2025

  Enterprises across the Asia-Pacific region are expected to focus on securing their AI workloads, invest in energy efficient infrastructure and rethink their platform strategy, among other tech trends in the new year

• December 09, 2024 09 Dec'24

  Inside Prudential’s AI strategy

  Prudential is leveraging AI across its operations, from enhancing customer interactions and streamlining internal processes to empowering its workforce through upskilling initiatives

• December 05, 2024 05 Dec'24

  UK medical trial of four-day week finds staff happier and more productive

  Researchers said the results of the trial conducted with employees of a learning technology firm provide ‘further compelling evidence’ on the benefits of four-day work weeks for employees