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June 12, 2026 12 Jun'26
CIO interview: Damian Leach, Vistra

CIO Damian Leach discusses Vistra’s digital platform, which he says will harness artificial intelligence in its financial professional services offering
June 10, 2026 10 Jun'26
ICO strips commissioner Edwards of responsibilities in HR inquiry

The UK’s information commissioner John Edwards has been temporarily stripped of his responsibilities in the wake of a workplace investigation
June 10, 2026 10 Jun'26
Dutch critical infrastructure lags Europe’s cloud sovereignty divide, SAP executive warns

France has an established sovereign cloud framework and Germany launched one earlier this year, whereas the Netherlands is still just building its policy foundation
June 10, 2026 10 Jun'26
UK minister for AI calls for more attractive datacentre builds

Speaking at the AI Summit in London, Kanishka Narayan launches a competition to encourage UK datacentre designs people can be proud of

June 10, 2026 10 Jun'26
ING increases use of AI in mortgage application process

Bank using artificial intelligence to speed up mortgage applications as the company introduces the technology across its business
June 04, 2026 04 Jun'26
Interview: Clare Hickie, EMEA CTO, Workday

The IT chief went from implementing Workday software at one of the firm’s largest customers to leading technology at the supplier – she discusses what she learned
June 04, 2026 04 Jun'26
Capita launched civil service pension scheme site without ‘basic’ web security

Outsourcer went live with its troubled civil service pensions administration without a basic Domain Name System security feature
June 03, 2026 03 Jun'26
Subpostmaster federation hit by ransomware attack

National Federation of Subpostmasters suffered a ransomware attack in April after hackers exploited a bug in the web hosting software it uses
June 03, 2026 03 Jun'26
Interview: Michael Cole, chief technology officer, DP World Tour

AI promises to revolutionise the experience of watching or taking part in the traditional sport of golf for players, fans and TV viewers – the IT chief leading the change explains how
June 02, 2026 02 Jun'26
Scottish residents granted permission for group action against Capita

People of Scotland given the go-ahead on group proceedings regarding the 2023 Capita cyber breach, in which the personal information of millions of people was stolen from Capita systems after a major cyber attack

May 29, 2026 29 May'26
Also-ran Sweden bids for AI world leadership

Not satisfied with applying US AI systems, Nordic giant Sweden is hoping to change the rules of the game
May 28, 2026 28 May'26
Ministers refused to sign off £563m Capita contract amid civil service pension disaster

The ramifications of Capita’s botched Civil Service pension contract continue as politicians distance themselves.
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 26, 2026 26 May'26
Sir Alan Bates questions UK government commitment to Post Office criminal investigation

The UK government needs to increase funding for police investigation of Post Office scandal crimes, or face a five-year delay
May 26, 2026 26 May'26
UKtech50 2026: The longlist of the UK’s influential tech leaders

Each year, Computer Weekly launches a search for the most influential people in UK IT, asking the tech community who it thinks should be in the top 50 – here is the longlist of everyone nominated for 2026
May 19, 2026 19 May'26
Government digital ID launch was a fiasco, report finds

Back-to-front policy and a rushed launch destroyed public confidence, as Home Affairs Committee is sceptical government has capacity to implement the digital ID programme
May 19, 2026 19 May'26
Interview: How Volvo built software for a two-and-a-half-tonne moving object

Volvo Cars is the only legacy carmaker in the world rated at the highest level of software-defined vehicle capability by S&P Global Mobility. Its chief engineering and technology officer, Anders Bell, tells us how it got there
May 18, 2026 18 May'26
NHS Modernisation Bill promises single patient record by 2028

The NHS Modernisation Bill announced in the King’s Speech aims to transform the NHS, with plans to build a single patient record to be launched in two years
May 15, 2026 15 May'26
Post Office chair defends ‘inappropriate and harmful’ position on Capture appeals

Post Office chairman defends its position on contesting subpostmaster appeals against Capture-based convictions
May 15, 2026 15 May'26
ServiceNow Knowledge 2026: Agentic AI propelled ‘from concept to a movement’

ServiceNow vice-president of CRM and industry workflows Terence Chesire recounts the platform’s journey towards harnessing ‘the power of AI’
May 14, 2026 14 May'26
Post Office to contest Capture conviction appeal despite chairman support for overturning en masse

Post Office to contest Capture conviction appeal despite its chairman agreeing all should be overturned
May 13, 2026 13 May'26
Computer Misuse Act reform to move forward in National Security Bill

Reform of the Computer Misuse Act is to be folded into a wider National Security Bill granting more powers for law enforcement to protect the UK against a wider spectrum of threats
May 13, 2026 13 May'26
Interview: Luke Gebb, head of global innovation, American Express

Amex is pioneering agentic commerce for its cardholders – just one of a series of digital innovations driving transformation at the company
May 13, 2026 13 May'26
Sovereign AI fund supports Hassabis startup, Isomorphic

Isomorphic, which is building a unified drug discovery product based on artificial intelligence, is the third company to receive Sovereign AI funding from the UK government
May 12, 2026 12 May'26
Interview: Alwin Bakkenes, head of software engineering, Volvo Cars

As cars become increasingly software-driven and AI-enabled, the Volvo software chief is at the cutting edge of connected vehicles and advanced mobility tools for drivers and passengers
May 12, 2026 12 May'26
Civil servants to protest at Capita general meeting amid pension crisis

Public and Commercial Services Union to hold a demonstration at outsourcing giant’s meeting in London
May 11, 2026 11 May'26
UK government renews calls to sign Cyber Resilience Pledge

Westminster renews calls for business leaders to sign up to its yet-to-be-launched Cyber Resilience Pledge, and highlights growth, and challenges, for the UK’s cyber economy
May 11, 2026 11 May'26
ServiceNow Knowledge 2026: FedEx digital chief unpacks agentic AI’s potential

Speaking to Computer Weekly at ServiceNow Knowledge 2026, Vishal Talwar, FedEx’s executive vice-president and CDIO, lays out the company’s mission to scale artificial intelligence responsibly
May 11, 2026 11 May'26
Commerzbank to cut 3,000 jobs as it ‘leverages AI even more’

Part of the German bank’s transformation will see a total of 3,000 jobs cut across the business
May 11, 2026 11 May'26
The Netherlands leads in quantum technology but lags on quantum security

The Dutch government has invested €615m to build a world-class quantum technology ecosystem, but many institutions have not started any quantum-specific preparations to protect themselves against the security threat
May 06, 2026 06 May'26
Netherlands moves GPT-NL from lab to live: first pilots under way

Dutch national language model enters real-world testing with a €13.5m public budget and a project-claimed world-first licensing deal with national news publishers
May 06, 2026 06 May'26
ServiceNow Knowledge 2026: McDermott proclaims fully automated cyber defence

Chief executive’s conference keynote launches agentic artificial intelligence cyber security features for enterprise software player’s centralised platform
May 05, 2026 05 May'26
EU finance firms urged to get on with anti-money laundering compliance

Two-thirds of finance firms in the European Union are at risk of missing next year’s deadline to comply with anti-money laundering regulations
May 05, 2026 05 May'26
Tech sector job losses show AI replacement in action

Tech leaders are making big changes to their labour force as artificial intelligence advances. Business leaders are following this trend. But are their businesses ready?
May 01, 2026 01 May'26
MHRA appoints CDTO

The regulator has hired Jason Bonander as its chief digital and technology officer (CDTO) to help deliver its five-year strategy
April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26
Meta ramps up AI spend as it pushes advanced models

The owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram needs to monetise its AI research and development. Expect breakthroughs later this year, it says
April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26
Global study reveals biggest risks of AI in finance sector

University of Cambridge study reveals the risks facing the finance sector as it adopts artificial intelligence
April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26
MPs call on UK government to learn from central bank’s IT project success story

Members of a parliamentary committee want the wider government to learn from success of Bank of England project
April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26
HSBC collaborates on noisy qubit real-world application

Researchers have demonstrated that usable results for financial modelling are achievable even on current noisy quantum computers
April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26
MP committees to double up on Capita’s civil service pension crisis

Parliamentary committees to hold joint hearing to investigate the problems experienced in Civil Service Pension Scheme
April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26
Vernon Building Society uses AI to amplify human touch

Century-old mutual society is using artificial intelligence to bring mortgage processing onto a single platform
April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26
DP World Tour Europe selects HCLTech for ‘total shop window rebuild’

Sports association signs up Indian IT firm as global partner as it rebuilds its website and fan app in the ‘era of AI’
April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26
Lloyds Bank compensates another 1,625 customers after ‘alarming’ data breach

Bank pays out compensation to more customers and reveals expansion of affected group
April 27, 2026 27 Apr'26
Was Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract a botch too far?

The Cabinet Office’s decision to end Capita’s contract to administer the Royal Mail pension follows heavy criticism of the supplier’s work on the civil service pension contract
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
Government should drop Capita from civil service scheme after it loses Royal Mail role, says union

Union representing civil servants said that when outsourcing suppliers fail, they should be dropped
April 22, 2026 22 Apr'26
Government terminates Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract

Contract termination comes as Capita’s failings in a separate government pension scheme hit the headlines
April 21, 2026 21 Apr'26
‘Platitudes’ hide struggle as Post Office scandal redress scheme closing date announced

Scheme for group that took the Post Office to court and exposed the widest miscarriage of justice in history to be completed by the year’s end
April 21, 2026 21 Apr'26
Danish logistics giant under pressure to rush world’s largest IT integration

The emergence of AI-driven competition has lit a fire beneath global logistics firm DSV, while it is distracted with integrating the global IT systems of a €14bn merger and trying to get its finances back to full health
April 20, 2026 20 Apr'26
Business leaders marked down on AI workforce strategy

Research from Accenture has found that while workers feel their jobs will change, employers are less likely to invest in workforce transition