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• June 03, 2026 03 Jun'26

  SIT Committee urges Palantir exit in push to end US cloud grip

  A Science, Innovation and Technology Committee report contains recommendations that would radically alter UK public sector IT, procurement and relationship with hyperscalers if adopted

• June 01, 2026 01 Jun'26

  Sapphire 2026: SAP executives admit route change on high road to business AI

  SAP shifted its AI strategy eight to nine months ago to focus on business outcomes over tech, launching an SAP Business AI platform said to integrate business context with AI agents

• May 29, 2026 29 May'26

  UK and France begin AI collaboration for medical research

  The two governments unveil ‘groundbreaking’ science and technology deal

• May 28, 2026 28 May'26

  Challenging AI hype narratives with director Valerie Veatch

  Computer Weekly speaks with Valerie Veatch, the director of a documentary charting the historical development of artificial intelligence, about the difficulties of challenging hype narratives and the pressing need to build a culture of technological...

• May 27, 2026 27 May'26

  UKtech50 2026: Vote for the most influential person in UK technology

  Our judges have selected the top 50 leaders from a long list of top-class nominees – now it’s your chance to tell us who you think is the most influential person in UK technology

• May 22, 2026 22 May'26

  Google AI engineer claims dismissal for opposing tech sales to Israel

  ‘Our work on AI was sold to facilitate genocide’: Artificial intelligence engineer claims Google unfairly sacked them for internally criticising the company’s decision to continue supplying technology to the Israeli military, despite credible claims...

• May 19, 2026 19 May'26

  Home Office sitting on data about scale of eVisa errors

  The Home Office holds data on the scale of errors and software issues with its electronic visa system, but is yet to release the information

• May 18, 2026 18 May'26

  UK employees using AI regularly lose more than seven hours a week

  A Workday survey of 2,400 UK professionals reveals they are stuck in a ‘copy-paste economy’ working across disconnected AI systems

• May 18, 2026 18 May'26

  Nick Clegg-backed company using AI to fill global education gaps

  Backed by former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, Efekta is rolling out AI language lessons to state schools around the world

• May 13, 2026 13 May'26

  Sapphire 2026: SAP heralds dawn of ‘autonomous enterprise’

  SAP CEO Christian Klein and his top team trumpeted the advent of the ‘autonomous enterprise‘ during the opening keynote at the supplier’s global Sapphire event in Orlando

• May 12, 2026 12 May'26

  Celonis acquires MIT-linked decision intelligence firm Ikigai

  Celonis has acquired MIT-linked Ikigai to aid in its drive to eliminate artificial intelligence blind spots from enterprise IT, and launched a ‘context model’ digital twin, said to give AI operational clarity

• May 06, 2026 06 May'26

  UK High Court dismisses facial-recognition judicial review case

  The Metropolitan Police has won a judicial review case that argued its live facial-recognition policy was unlawful

• May 06, 2026 06 May'26

  How Singapore firms are scaling AI initiatives

  At AWS Summit Singapore, Certis and Grab showed how they are embedding AI in their business, such as automating finance operations and deploying robots in public safety and security patrols

• May 05, 2026 05 May'26

  IBM: Enterprise AI to shift from ‘light bulb’ to ‘electric motor’ era

  Enterprises are set to make productivity gains as business shifts from point use cases for artificial intelligence to orchestrated, policy-driven deployment of agentic AI, says IBM CEO

• May 04, 2026 04 May'26

  ANZ enterprises turn to AI for customer and employee insights

  At Qualtrics Experience Live in Sydney, leaders from Zip Co, Fonterra, Swyftx and Commonwealth Bank shared how AI is accelerating research, breaking down data silos and turning feedback into measurable business value

• 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 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 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

  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 22, 2026 22 Apr'26

  Bunnings shows off AI shopping agent at Google showcase

  The Australian hardware chain has gone from digital laggard to e-commerce pioneer, teaming up with Google Cloud to launch a conversational AI assistant that turns simple queries into DIY project plans

• April 22, 2026 22 Apr'26

  Google launches Gemini Agent Platform, eighth-generation TPUs

  With more AI agents moving to production, Google Cloud is targeting governance, multi-cloud data architecture and purpose-built silicon to help enterprises orchestrate agentic workflows

• April 22, 2026 22 Apr'26

  Three-quarters of UK IT leaders without strong AI governance plans

  Almost one in nine British IT leaders say their organisations use agentic AI, but with few putting in place strong governance plans, according to a Red Hat survey

• April 20, 2026 20 Apr'26

  Scientists map coral reefs off northern Australia

  Researchers have mapped a previously uncharted network of coral and rocky reefs hidden in the murky coastal waters of Australia’s north, without ever setting foot on a boat

• April 16, 2026 16 Apr'26

  UK’s Sovereign AI supports supercomputing and drug discovery AI startups

  The UK government’s £500m Sovereign AI fund announces first cohort of startups backed to boost economic growth and national security

• April 16, 2026 16 Apr'26

  Interview: Bernhard Seiser, vice-president of digital, data and IT, AOP Health

  With long experience of tech in the life sciences sector, AOP’s digital leader is building a foundation for further data insights in all areas of the business

• April 16, 2026 16 Apr'26

  UK government’s £500m sovereign AI fund bids to commercialise research

  The UK government is launching a £500m Sovereign AI Unit to boost artificial intelligence startups and drive economic growth through strategic and long-term investments

• April 15, 2026 15 Apr'26

  Ordnance Survey works with Snowflake to tackle flood risk

  AI-based tool developed with Snowflake improves policymakers’ understanding of properties at risk of flooding

• April 15, 2026 15 Apr'26

  TDX 2026: Salesforce depicts SaaS as an agentic evolution

  Salesforce paints a picture of software as a service evolving in an agentic direction, at its developer conference in San Francisco, with AgentExchange as an ecosystem lubricant

• April 15, 2026 15 Apr'26

  SMRT taps AI and analytics to predict rail faults and speed up maintenance

  The Singapore rail operator has developed an intelligent analytics platform to support predictive maintenance and pinpoint track issues, maximising its three-hour nightly maintenance window

• April 14, 2026 14 Apr'26

  Finance regulator outlines its open finance vision

  Financial Conduct Authority wants small businesses and consumers to be able to use their data to get better finance deals

• April 14, 2026 14 Apr'26

  Novo Nordisk partners with OpenAI to AI-power drug development

  The Danish pharmaceutical company has a strategic plan to use AI across its business. OpenAI is helping it to achieve this objective

• March 31, 2026 31 Mar'26

  High Court dismisses judicial review against eVisa system

  The High Court rules that the Home Office is acting lawfully in refusing to issue alterative proof of immigration status outside of its electronic visa system, but both the judge and the department accepts that those affected by data quality and ...

• March 30, 2026 30 Mar'26

  Interview: Thierry Martin, head of enterprise data and analytics, Toyota Motor Europe

  A sketch artist by night, and a vehicle engineer by training, Toyota Europe’s data chief is bringing elements of both capabilities to bear in delivering better data insights and building a foundation for AI

• March 26, 2026 26 Mar'26

  Oracle opens Sydney customer excellence centre to boost AI adoption

  Facility will help organisations across Australia and Oceania navigate technology challenges and turn AI experimentation into business value

• March 24, 2026 24 Mar'26

  Oracle endows Fusion applications with more AI autonomy

  At its London AI World Tour event, Oracle unveils Fusion Agentic Apps, said to enable more autonomous decision-making and execution across ERP, HCM, SCM and CX

• March 19, 2026 19 Mar'26

  UK government puts brakes on opt-out copyright exemption for AI

  The UK government has ruled out forcing creatives to opt out of their intellectual property being used by artificial intelligence developers as its preferred solution to the AI-copyright controversy, but may still implement copyright exemptions later

• March 19, 2026 19 Mar'26

  AI makes debut in Bridewell cyber security in CNI report

  Regulation has superseded cyber threats as the main driver of cyber security spending, and AI has made its debut for attack and defence, according to a CNI-focused report from Bridewell

• March 18, 2026 18 Mar'26

  UK MoD awards more than two dozen contracts for AI targeting systems

  The UK Ministry of Defence is ramping up its investment into military artificial intelligence in a bid to increase the ‘lethality’ of the British armed forces

• March 17, 2026 17 Mar'26

  Health workers call for Palantir to be booted from NHS contracts

  Health justice charity Medact warns that Palantir’s involvement in NHS data systems is a threat to patients and healthcare organisations

• March 16, 2026 16 Mar'26

  Revealed: How HMRC has been quietly building surveillance capabilities

  HMRC has bought phone scanning equipment and analysis software capable of extracting data from mobile devices as it steps up its electronic intelligence gathering capabilities, an investigation by Computer Weekly reveals

• March 12, 2026 12 Mar'26

  Why real-time data is key for enterprise AI

  Moving AI from experiment to production requires high-quality, real-time data streaming. Australia tech leaders from Confluent, Bendigo Bank, Telstra, and Coles share how they are turning systems of record into systems of action

• March 12, 2026 12 Mar'26

  UK government ‘flying blind’ with poor data in charting regional growth

  The government is being impeded in its bid to stoke economic growth across the regions, according to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

• March 10, 2026 10 Mar'26

  Met Police to ‘trial’ handheld facial recognition tech

  London Mayor Sadiq Khan reveals in a scrutiny session with London Assembly members that the Met is set to trial a facial recognition phone app for police officers

• March 10, 2026 10 Mar'26

  AI chooses nuclear escalation in 95% of simulated crises

  With artificial intelligence increasingly deployed in analysis and decision-making in armed conflict, research shows AI systems will not naturally default to ‘safe’ outcomes in nuclear crises

• February 26, 2026 26 Feb'26

  India AI Impact Summit: Open source gains ground, but sovereignty tensions persist

  While open source artificial intelligence gained unprecedented recognition during the latest global AI summit, divisions over governance, market concentration and regulatory power cast doubt on whether the technology will benefit society as a whole

• February 26, 2026 26 Feb'26

  US artificial intelligence developers accuse Chinese firms of stealing their data

  Artificial intelligence developers are accusing Chinese firms of stealing their intellectual property following a spate of ‘distillation attacks’, despite their own alleged theft of training data

• February 19, 2026 19 Feb'26

  India AI Impact Summit begins

  The summit aims to democratise AI and bridge the growing divide between countries, but critics warn that it risks becoming a mere spectacle if the technology only serves the interests of power and profit

• February 17, 2026 17 Feb'26

  Government wages cyber campaign as half the UK’s SMEs are breached

  UK government says half of all small businesses have been cyber breached in the recent past as it urges them to ‘lock the door’

• February 17, 2026 17 Feb'26

  British Transport Police start using live facial recognition

  British Transport Police will deploy facial recognition for six months despite calls for the government to halt its rapid expansion of the technology

• February 16, 2026 16 Feb'26

  Pascal Brier, Capgemini: AI will prove its enterprise truth this year

  Capgemini’s chief innovation officer says the 2025 rise and deployment of artificial intelligence agents put enterprise AI progress on hold, but laid the ground for acceleration to come