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• June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26

  Civil society: Police facial recognition must be strictly limited

  Digital rights groups map out ‘minimum, necessary’ human rights protections to be included in UK government’s upcoming legal framework for police facial recognition

• June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26

  Chilling effects of surveillance threaten democracy, UN finds

  United Nations study finds the chilling effects of pervasive digital surveillance in modern life undermines an entire web of interconnected and interdependent human rights, representing a systemic threat to democratic norms and political ...

• June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26

  US suspension of Anthropic models prompts AI sovereignty calls

  The US government’s control order to suspend access to Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models raises concerns about the UK’s over-reliance on American tech

• June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26

  Scottish minister clarifies police facial-recognition approach

  The Scottish government has confirmed its intention to ensure police use of facial recognition is lawful before deployments start taking place, unlike in England and Wales where the technology has been rolled out in a ‘legal vacuum’ without any ...

• June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26

  Amnesty calls for ban on AI risk-profiling systems

  Amnesty International says AI-driven risk profiling systems are discriminatory and may lead to misleading results that violate international human rights law

• June 11, 2026 11 Jun'26

  Google Cloud unpacks governance challenges of AI agents

  With AI agents poised to act as digital co-workers, Google Cloud’s Michael Gerstenhaber argues that IT leaders must rethink identity management, security and observability to build trust in the technology

• 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 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 07, 2026 07 May'26

  Data residency becomes the GCC’s next AI battleground

  As sovereign AI strategies accelerate across the Gulf, organisations are shifting their focus from ‘how do we use AI?’ to ‘where does the data live?’, turning data residency into a strategic differentiator rather than a compliance exercise

• 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

  Google’s Agentic Data Cloud to power ‘systems of action’

  As enterprises move from reactive analytics to AI agents, Google Cloud’s data chief details new metadata, cross-cloud and database tools to help them govern and scale AI agents

• 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 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 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 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 02, 2026 02 Apr'26

  What’s driving Oracle’s latest job cuts?

  Thousands of job losses have been reported, affecting many roles at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, including those in software engineering and product compliance

• 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 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 17, 2026 17 Mar'26

  Lendi Group standardises on MongoDB for AI-ready data layer

  Following a merger that left the Australian fintech with a fragmented data architecture, Lendi Group has consolidated its databases onto MongoDB Atlas to reduce microservices sprawl and power AI-driven broker tools

• 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 11, 2026 11 Mar'26

  Child rapist could have profiled victims through unaudited access to NHS databases

  NHS analyst’s conviction for child sexual abuse offences raises concerns over unaudited access to patient data

• 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

• March 04, 2026 04 Mar'26

  Landmark legal challenge against Home Office eVisa system heard

  The UK High Court will examine whether the Home Office policy of refusing to issue alternative proof of immigration status outside of its electronic visa system is lawful

• February 25, 2026 25 Feb'26

  The UK’s proposed social media ban explained

  The UK government will use new legal powers to lay the groundwork for an under-16 social media ban after its consultation on children’s digital well-being, but opponents warn the measures being considered will only treat the symptoms of the problem ...

• January 30, 2026 30 Jan'26

  Home Office announces sweeping police technology plans

  The Home Office plans to ramp up its deployment of artificial intelligence and facial-recognition technologies under wide-ranging reforms to UK policing

• January 21, 2026 21 Jan'26

  AI slop pushes data governance towards zero-trust models

  Organisations are implementing zero-trust models for data governance thanks to the proliferation of poor quality AI-generated data, often known as AI slop

• January 20, 2026 20 Jan'26

  Met claims success for permanent facial recognition in Croydon

  Met Police boasts that its permanent deployment of live facial recognition cameras in Croydon has led to more than 100 arrests and prompted a double-digit reduction in local crime, ahead of an upcoming judicial review assessing the technology’s ...

• January 19, 2026 19 Jan'26

  UK copyright law unfit for protecting creative workers from AI

  As the UK government considers its approach to artificial intelligence and copyright, Computer Weekly explores the dynamics at play in copyright markets, and what measures can be taken to ensure that creatives are protected

• January 19, 2026 19 Jan'26

  Liverpool FC signs WasabiAiR for fast video tagging and search

  Reds can tag video frame-by-frame with AI-based ML-as-a-service to get rapid search and ‘hyper-personalisation’ of footage for fan engagement and partner content

• January 08, 2026 08 Jan'26

  Campaigners urge UK to develop digital sovereignty strategy

  UK digital rights campaigners have urged UK parliamentarians to implement a digital sovereignty strategy as part of the forthcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to reduce reliance on technology subject to foreign interference

• December 31, 2025 31 Dec'25

  Top 10 police technology stories of 2025

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 police technology stories of 2025

• December 30, 2025 30 Dec'25

  Top 10 information management stories of 2025

  Artificial intelligence continued to have a big impact on information management in 2025. Also selected are case studies and interviews with data chiefs that show the enduring value of good data management

• December 12, 2025 12 Dec'25

  Digital Ethics Summit 2025: Open sourcing and assuring AI

  Industry experts met to discuss the ethical challenges associated with assuring AI systems, and how open source approaches can challenge concentrations of capital and power

• December 10, 2025 10 Dec'25

  Error-prone eVisa system a precursor of digital ID

  Research highlights how the Home Office’s electronic visa system has used migrants as a ‘testing ground’ for the government’s wider digital ID ambitions

• December 08, 2025 08 Dec'25

  How police live facial recognition subtly reconfigures suspicion

  A growing body of research suggests that the use of live facial recognition is reshaping police perceptions of suspicion in ways that undermine supposed human-in-the-loop protections

• December 01, 2025 01 Dec'25

  Mandatory digital ID paves way for surveillance and exclusion, MPs hear

  It is currently unclear how the UK’s government’s proposed mandatory digital ID scheme will help with its stated goal of curbing illegal migration and working

• November 27, 2025 27 Nov'25

  Databricks predicts AI tipping point as ANZ firms fix data issues

  As AI projects move from the realm of technologists to the business environment, major organisations including Telstra and Fonterra share how they are tackling legacy data issues to prepare for agentic AI

• November 24, 2025 24 Nov'25

  Chief data officers hire for tech innovation

  Once an organisation’s data maturity is sorted, CDOs need to show how strong data management can power tech initiatives

• November 12, 2025 12 Nov'25

  Hungry for data: Inside Europol’s secretive AI programme

  The EU’s law enforcement agency has been quietly amassing data to feed an ambitious but secretive artificial intelligence development programme that could have far-reaching privacy implications for people across the bloc

• November 12, 2025 12 Nov'25

  How Japanese banking giant MUFG is using AI

  Japan’s largest bank aims to transform into an AI-native company by using agentic AI, changing how it handles data, and inking key partnerships with OpenAI and Sakana AI

• November 11, 2025 11 Nov'25

  National Highways to get more out of its data through single platform

  Government-owned organisation National Highways will get more out of its data through extended working with IT service provider

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  SAP TechEd 2025: Make AI real, grind in data

  SAP TechEd in Berlin put an accent on building agentic and generative AI systems to create real business outcomes, beyond what its executives say is excessive hype

• October 13, 2025 13 Oct'25

  UK police to upgrade illicit asset recovery system

  A new system is being developed by the Police Digital Service and NEC Software Solutions to help manage the recovery of criminal assets, replacing 20-year-old legacy infrastructure

• October 06, 2025 06 Oct'25

  Data sovereignty demand pushes Herabit to get S3 storage

  Italian service provider gets Cubbit DS3 distributed S3 storage to provide up to 2PB of cloud services to customers demanding data sovereignty, while cutting costs by up to 50%

• October 01, 2025 01 Oct'25

  Interview: Wayne Barlow, head of terminal products, Bloomberg

  Techie turned business leader Wayne Barlow heads up the development of Bloomberg’s customer-touching terminal software

• September 26, 2025 26 Sep'25

  Microsoft hides key data flow information in plain sight

  Microsoft’s own documentation confirms that data hosted in its hyperscale cloud architecture routinely traverses the globe, but the tech giant is actively obfuscating this vital information from its UK law enforcement customers

• September 23, 2025 23 Sep'25

  Podcast: How to get value from unstructured data

  In this podcast, we talk to Nasuni founder and CTO Andres Rodriguez about the obstacles to getting the most value from enterprise unstructured data, especially via metadata

• September 17, 2025 17 Sep'25

  Techcombank wields data and AI to drive customer engagement

  By unifying data on the Databricks platform, the Vietnam bank has built AI capabilities to deliver hyper-personalised offers to 15 million customers and expand its footprint beyond its traditional affluent base

• August 29, 2025 29 Aug'25

  Home Office ‘backdoor’ seeks worldwide access to Apple iCloud users’ data, court documents confirm

  A court filing states that a government order against Apple would give it the capability to access communications and metadata of customers using the iCloud service anywhere in the world