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July 20, 2023 20 Jul'23
Online Safety Bill screening measures amount to ‘prior restraint’

The Open Rights Group is calling on Parliament to reform the Online Safety Bill, on the basis that its content-screening measures would amount to “prior restraint” on freedom of expression
July 19, 2023 19 Jul'23
‘Significant gaps’ in UK AI regulation, says Ada Lovelace Institute

UK government’s plans to diffuse regulatory responsibility for AI among existing regulators will mean the tech is “only partially regulated”, while its data reforms will undercut already-limited existing protections, says Ada Lovelace Institute
July 17, 2023 17 Jul'23
Police Scotland use cloud for biometric data despite clear risks

Police Scotland confirms it has stored significant volumes of biometric data on a cloud-based digital evidence sharing system despite major ongoing data protection concerns, bringing into question the effectiveness of the current regulatory approach...
July 14, 2023 14 Jul'23
UCLH uses machine learning to cope with emergency beds demand

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has deployed a machine learning tool which uses real-time data to predict how many emergency beds will be needed

July 13, 2023 13 Jul'23
Civil society groups call on EU to put human rights at centre of AI Act

Dozens of civil society groups are calling on EU institutions to prioritise people and human rights in AI legislation as secretive negotiations begin
July 13, 2023 13 Jul'23
MPs launch inquiry into government use of data

The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee is to investigate the possibility of reforming the way government collects and analyses data, and whether the UK census could be scrapped
July 13, 2023 13 Jul'23
CaixaBank adds hundreds more IT professionals to support digital transformation

CaixaBank is recruiting 200 more IT professionals in Spain to support its ongoing digital transformation
July 12, 2023 12 Jul'23
Digital public services ‘riddled’ with problems, says TUC

The UK’s increasingly digitised public services are plagued by design, governance and workplace issues that are undermining the government’s stated goal of improving efficiency, but can be alleviated by giving public sector workers a greater say in ...
July 11, 2023 11 Jul'23
EU formally grants data adequacy to US

The European Commission has formally granted the US data adequacy, allowing companies and organisations to freely transfer personal data across the Atlantic via the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. But privacy activist Max Schrems has already committed...
July 11, 2023 11 Jul'23
Finland’s VTT partners Nokia on data market

Finish state’s involvement in Nokia project will add weight and capital to work on creating a market for data

July 10, 2023 10 Jul'23
Met Office bids to make climate data more accessible with Esri

The Met Office is offering a new data portal, built on Esri’s geographic information systems technology, to enable users to understand local and national impacts of climate change
July 06, 2023 06 Jul'23
Biometrics watchdog calls for public space surveillance review

The biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner is calling for a review of public space surveillance to gain a clearer picture about the proliferation of Chinese surveillance technology across the public sector, but warns against applying double...
July 06, 2023 06 Jul'23
Privacy campaigners call for UK data adequacy to be revoked

The European Commission should revoke the UK’s data adequacy if its Data Protection and Digital Information Bill passes, which campaigners argue ‘flies in the face’ of the decision
July 03, 2023 03 Jul'23
CDO interview: Robert Michael, group head of data, DFS

‘Data Bob’ is transforming data strategy at furniture retailer DFS, aiming to build a digital twin of the company to improve business modelling – but his first task is to make sure people can trust data
July 03, 2023 03 Jul'23
Salesforce to invest $4bn in its UK business over five years

At its recent London conference, Salesforce UK managing director Zahra Bahrololoumi announced the supplier will invest $4bn in its own UK business over the next five years
June 28, 2023 28 Jun'23
Scottish government tech accelerator opens latest funding round

The Scottish government’s CivTech accelerator is seeking technology businesses to help develop new tools to improve public services, as well as to address pressing social and environmental issues
June 27, 2023 27 Jun'23
Why an ecosystem helps IT projects move forward

It used to be the case that IT departments would build or buy, but now there’s an alternative to help organisations integrate different data sources
June 23, 2023 23 Jun'23
Government announces £21m AI diagnostic fund as NHS hits 75

To coincide with the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the NHS, the government has announced a £21m fund for NHS trusts to buy diagnostic tools that use artificial intelligence
June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23
Health and care staff have three months to move to latest NHS patient record service

NHS England has told health and care workers they have until the end of September to switch to the latest patient record system
June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23
How Vedanta is harnessing tech in aluminium production

India’s largest aluminium producer Vedanta Aluminium is using industrial internet of things devices to improve emissions control and robotic process automation to improve efficiency, among other digitisation efforts
June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23
ServiceNow’s Bill McDermott: a ‘work in progress’

Bill McDermott, president and CEO of ServiceNow, speaks to Computer Weekly about his vision for the company and the technology industry, which he believes to be in the throes of exponential change
June 16, 2023 16 Jun'23
BBVA uses AI and analytics services from AWS

BBVA invests in Amazon Web Services cloud platforms to help transform itself into an organisation driven by AI and data
June 16, 2023 16 Jun'23
Citi US Personal Banking turns to AI to ‘delight’ customers with personalised services

Citigroup’s US Personal Banking business has created a repository of customer data and is rolling out a decision engine to provide customers with personalised services
June 08, 2023 08 Jun'23
CDEI publishes portfolio of AI assurance techniques

The UK’s Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation has published a variety of case studies to show how different assurance techniques can build and maintain trust in artificial intelligence systems
June 08, 2023 08 Jun'23
Government and industry figures meet to discuss AI regulation

Tech industry figures are broadly supportive of the need for artificial intelligence to be regulated, but despite growing consensus, there is still disagreement over what effective AI regulation looks like
June 07, 2023 07 Jun'23
NatWest and University of Edinburgh form partnership to research data use in banking sector

Scottish university and banking group set up research centre that will aim to improve the use of banking data
June 06, 2023 06 Jun'23
TechUK publishes ‘UK tech plan’ for next government

Technology businesses are calling on UK politicians to devise a ‘comprehensive, forward-thinking strategy’ to realise the benefits of technology ahead of the next general election
June 05, 2023 05 Jun'23
Workers ‘deeply uncomfortable’ with digital surveillance at work

Employees express discomfort towards employers’ use of various digital surveillance and monitoring techniques, which are often powered by artificial intelligence
June 05, 2023 05 Jun'23
Medical regulator drops probe into NHS whistleblower Peter Duffy amid dispute over email evidence

The General Medical Council has dropped an investigation into an NHS whistleblower who exposed widespread clinical harm at Morecambe Bay Trust amid questions over disputed email evidence
June 01, 2023 01 Jun'23
AI interview: Dan McQuillan, critical computing expert

Critical computing expert Dan McQuillan speaks to Computer Weekly about the top-down imposition of artificial intelligence on society, and how AI is a fundamentally political technology shaped by humanity’s most reactionary tendencies
May 30, 2023 30 May'23
How Pendula is driving customer communications

The Australian startup’s conversational messaging platform lets businesses draw on internal and external data to cross-sell and upsell their offerings while improving customer retention
May 29, 2023 29 May'23
Qlik CEO: We will remain agnostic

Mike Capone assures customers that Qlik will remain agnostic following its acquisition of Talend and that its data analytics and integration tools will continue to work with rival platforms
May 25, 2023 25 May'23
Diageo mixes with SAP and IBM on a five-year global IT modernisation

Diageo says is aiming to leverage SAP and IBM’s expertise to modernise its IT environment and standardise its business operations across 180 countries
May 24, 2023 24 May'23
Two-thirds of all 2022 breaches resulted from spear phishing

Research by Barracuda Networks has found that, despite the low volume of spear-phishing attempts, the attacks are highly successful and have major consequences
May 23, 2023 23 May'23
Cohesity Turing aims AI tools at backup and ransomware

Backup supplier continues to enrich its ecosystem with more artificial intelligence for backup and ransomware, with chat-like reporting functions and new security partners in its alliance
May 23, 2023 23 May'23
Aston Martin gets F1 pole position with NetApp storage

AMF1 race team tracks hundreds of car sensor metrics for raceday and post-event analysis that has seen it surge forward in recent Formula One rankings with NetApp NVMe storage
May 22, 2023 22 May'23
Facebook owner Meta fined record €1.2 billion over EU-US data transfers

Decision could have implications for other companies using Standard Contractual Clauses to share data between Europe and the US
May 22, 2023 22 May'23
Worker-focused AI Bill introduced by backbench MP Mick Whitley

Using the 10-minute motion rule, backbench Labour MP Mick Whitley has introduced a worker-focused artificial intelligence (AI) bill to Parliament, which outlines a similar approach to AI being advocated by unions in the UK
May 18, 2023 18 May'23
Eticas outlines approach to ‘adversarial’ algorithmic auditing

Algorithmic auditing firm Eticas speaks to Computer Weekly about its approach to ‘adversarial’ algorithmic auditing, including its strengths and limitations, and how the process works
May 17, 2023 17 May'23
Knowledge 2023: Ready for the exponential enterprise, says McDermott

ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott called for IT and ‘the business’ to finally come together in what he called the ‘exponential enterprise’ at the supplier’s Knowledge 2023 conference in Las Vegas
May 16, 2023 16 May'23
APAC digital leaders score wins in innovation awards

The region’s top industry innovators were recognised for their digital transformation efforts at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2023
May 16, 2023 16 May'23
CW Innovation Awards: Zuellig Pharma dispenses healthcare insights with data platform

The regional pharmaceutical giant’s business intelligence-as-a-service offering is touted to plug data gaps and has helped one pharmaceutical client improve customer loyalty
May 15, 2023 15 May'23
CW Innovation Awards: How open source mapping is bringing clean water to Andhra Pradesh

The state government of Andhra Pradesh has digitised information on water supply pipelines and implemented a geographical information system to help deliver clean drinking water to rural communities
May 12, 2023 12 May'23
IT Priorities 2023: Business automation intensifies as data governance returns

Business automation and a renewed focus on data governance to get more value from data have attracted more interest for UK enterprise software investment, says the TechTarget IT Priorities 2023 survey
May 12, 2023 12 May'23
MEPs vote in raft of amendments to EU AI Act

The proposed amendments to the EU’s AI Act have garnered a mixed reception from both industry and civil society, with the former seeing it as too stringent and the latter as not stringent enough in many areas, despite positive progress in others
May 05, 2023 05 May'23
Employee perception may be key to success of UAE’s big data initiative

Study shows the impact employee perception can have on big data projects in the United Arab Emirates
May 03, 2023 03 May'23
US competition watchdog issues generative AI warning

Generative AI can be used to manipulate people into making harmful decisions, says US Federal Trade Commission in warning to firms building and using AI-powered tools
May 02, 2023 02 May'23
SAP eyes SMEs in Southeast Asia

SAP debuts the Grow with SAP programme in Southeast Asia to drive adoption of S/4 Hana Cloud among small and medium-sized enterprises
April 26, 2023 26 Apr'23
Cyber security and analytics propel jobs boost in Scotland’s tech sector

A tech industry survey from ScotlandIS indicates the country’s tech sector is set to grow, with cyber security as the hottest domain
April 25, 2023 25 Apr'23
How non-fungible tokens can be used to manage health data

Non-fungible tokens will give patients more ownership and control over their health data and improve its transparency in healthcare research, according to SingHealth clinicians