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• January 27, 2026 27 Jan'26

  UK government’s National Data Library works up steam

  Department for Science, Innovation and Technology finishes ‘discovery phase’ of £100m National Data Library programme, including pilot projects

• January 27, 2026 27 Jan'26

  AO implements Mist AI-native wireless network

  Retailer’s wireless network looks to enable smarter, faster customer service and business operations to maintain competitive agility in a dynamic market

• January 27, 2026 27 Jan'26

  Alan Turing Institute fellowship programme boosted by $1m from Meta

  The funding from Meta will be used to support experts in the development artificial intelligence to improve UK public services

• January 27, 2026 27 Jan'26

  GSMA transforms Formula E circuit into 5G testbed

  Global mobile trade association highlights initiative showcasing how mobile connectivity performs in real-world, high-pressure environments

• January 27, 2026 27 Jan'26

  Peer demands independent investigation into DWP’s prosecution of subpostmasters

  The DWP’s promised review of subpostmaster prosecutions doesn’t satisfy the demands of politicians and campaigners

• January 27, 2026 27 Jan'26

  Three-quarters of UK IT teams beset by outages due to missing alerts

  Splunk finds 75% of UK IT teams had outages from missed alerts in 2025, driven by alert fatigue and tool sprawl. Collaboration between cyber and observability teams can help

• January 27, 2026 27 Jan'26

  Landmark legal challenge against police facial recognition begins

  The High Court will examine whether the Metropolitan Police is acting lawfully with its deployments of live facial recognition, in the UK’s first judicial review of how the technology is being used

• January 26, 2026 26 Jan'26

  STT GDC launches HVDC testbed to address AI’s power demands

  The FutureGrid Accelerator on Jurong Island will test the use of high-voltage direct current power systems, as traditional alternating current power systems can no longer address the growing energy needs of AI datacentres

• January 26, 2026 26 Jan'26

  Spanish court acquits suspects denied access to ‘raw’ Sky ECC intercepts in landmark decision

  Prosecutors have been told they cannot rely on intercept evidence from the Sky ECC encrypted phone network in the absence of other evidence, unless they disclose the raw intercept data to defendants in decision that could have a significant impact ...

• January 26, 2026 26 Jan'26

  Microsoft introduces AI accelerator for US Azure customers

  The company has developed Maia 200, an AI accelerator that promises to boost inference workloads

• January 26, 2026 26 Jan'26

  Chiba University unveils algorithm to reduce blockchain delay in IoT networks

  Researchers develop a lightweight algorithm designed to reorganise network connections to enable secure, low-latency data sharing potentially accelerating secure, real-time data sharing across large-scale IoT ecosystems

• January 26, 2026 26 Jan'26

  Dawn supercomputer gets sixfold boost thanks to £36m funding injection

  The government is ploughing in public money to build out one of the UK’s most powerful supercomputers

• January 23, 2026 23 Jan'26

  Ransomware, reputation, risk: Black Hat Europe in review, 2026 in view

  Black Hat Europe made clear that cyber security can no longer be separated from politics, economics and behaviour, as ransomware, AI and long-standing security failures combine

• January 23, 2026 23 Jan'26

  Ruckus gears up for networking partnership with TGR Haas F1 Team

  Vistance Networks-owned communications technology provider becomes official networking partner of the TGR Haas F1 Team, delivering purpose‑driven, AI‑enhanced connectivity across team headquarters, trackside operations and hospitality

• January 23, 2026 23 Jan'26

  Singapore debuts world’s first governance framework for agentic AI

  The Infocomm Media Development Authority has released a guide to help enterprises deploy artificial intelligence agents safely and address specific risks such as unauthorised actions and automation bias

• January 22, 2026 22 Jan'26

  Macquarie Bank rolls out AI agent to personalise customer support

  Australian bank launches a 24/7 intelligent assistant capable of asynchronous human hand-off, joining the country’s major financial institutions in the race to deploy AI-powered services

• January 22, 2026 22 Jan'26

  JPMorgan CEO urges slowdown of AI roll-out to ‘save society’

  The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence will prompt ‘civil unrest’ if governments and companies fail to protect workers from its displacing effects, says JPMorgan boss

• January 22, 2026 22 Jan'26

  DWP review of Post Office worker prosecutions yet to start, months after announcement

  The DWP said in August that it would carry out an independent review of prosecutions of subpostmasters, but it has yet to appoint a reviewer

• January 22, 2026 22 Jan'26

  Davos 2026: Smart thinking needed for sovereign AI investment

  Policy-makers need to figure out how they can carve a niche in a world dominated by China and the US

• January 22, 2026 22 Jan'26

  Dell Technologies Forum Dubai highlights AI as the next great economic accelerator

  At its flagship regional event, Dell Technologies set out how AI leadership, data readiness and skills development are shaping digital transformation across the UAE and the wider Middle East

• January 21, 2026 21 Jan'26

  Interview: Barry Panayi, group chief data officer, Howden

  The fast-growing insurance firm wants data insights and artificial intelligence to give customer-facing employees all the information they need at their fingertips through data-powered conversational interfaces

• January 21, 2026 21 Jan'26

  UK government appoints banking tech bosses as AI champions

  Appointment of artificial intelligence champions from banking sector comes as MPs make stern warning about AI risks in financial services

• January 21, 2026 21 Jan'26

  The impact of Tesco versus Broadcom lawsuit on software procurement

  The lawsuit shows the challenges in dealing with a company that has stopped selling key products and the impact on the software supply chain

• January 21, 2026 21 Jan'26

  E& enterprise brings agentic AI to MENAT

  A strategic partnership introduces autonomous, governance-by-design artificial intelligence as enterprises in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey move from experimentation to real-world impact

• 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

  Google Cloud opens Bangkok region to support Thailand’s AI economy

  The hyperscaler’s Thai cloud region is part of a $1bn investment to meet the growing demand for cloud services in the kingdom

• January 20, 2026 20 Jan'26

  NatWest Boxed tech team drives business on embedded finance wave

  NatWest Boxed tech team doubles up as the force behind NatWest’s challenger bank, as well as its white-label banking service

• 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 20, 2026 20 Jan'26

  Swedish government software developer counters poor health apps claim

  As national election season approaches, political opponents of Sweden’s lead coalition party make hay of survey that claims unsatisfactory health apps deter doctor visits

• January 20, 2026 20 Jan'26

  Sovereign and edge AI drive return to on-premise Kubernetes

  While public cloud services remain popular, the need to control sensitive data and maximise GPU performance is pushing enterprises to deploy Kubernetes in their own datacentres

• January 20, 2026 20 Jan'26

  Digital Realty enters Malaysia with acquisition of Cyberjaya datacentre

  The datacentre provider expands Southeast Asian footprint beyond Singapore and Jakarta, acquiring a connectivity hub in Cyberjaya with plans for a 14MW campus to support regional AI and cloud workloads

• January 19, 2026 19 Jan'26

  UK financial regulators exposing public to ‘potential serious harm’ due to AI positions

  MPs warn that action is needed to ensure artificial intelligence is adopted safely in the finance sector as companies capitalise on its opportunities

• January 19, 2026 19 Jan'26

  Volvo EX60 hits accelerator on in-vehicle connectivity and AI

  Auto maker unveils comms, infotainment and artificial intelligence in all-electric vehicle, including system on a chip said to deliver the highest level of processing power found in its cars to date

• January 19, 2026 19 Jan'26

  Davos 2026 attendees can navigate event with Salesforce AI ’concierge’

  Visitors to the World Economic Forum will be able to use an AI personal assistant, EVA, built by Salesforce on WEF data, to navigate the event and get recommended actions

• 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

  UK government kicks off plan to revamp citizen digital interaction

  Labour has set out a roadmap for modernising digital government in a bid to streamline services and cut costs

• January 18, 2026 18 Jan'26

  APAC enterprises to boost AI spend by 15% in 2026

  Lenovo’s CIO Playbook 2026 reveals that 96% of ASEAN organisations are planning to invest more in AI, with a growing reliance on hybrid infrastructure to manage rising inference costs

• January 16, 2026 16 Jan'26

  Mayor of London Sadiq Khan calls for urgent action to boost the capital’s AI workforce

  Khan has launched a taskforce to tackle the risk of mass unemployment that could occur as artificial intelligence threatens London jobs

• January 15, 2026 15 Jan'26

  AI governance provides guardrails for faster innovation

  Dataiku’s field chief data officer for Asia-Pacific and Japan discusses how implementing AI governance can accelerate innovation while mitigating the risks of shadow AI

• January 15, 2026 15 Jan'26

  PSNI resorted to pen and paper after issues with ControlWorks command and control software

  Northern Ireland’s Policing Board has asked the Police Service of Northern Ireland for clarification after it emerged the PSNI has not reported IT issues that affected its ability to record reports from the public to the oversight body

• January 15, 2026 15 Jan'26

  Cyber body ISC2 signs on as UK software security ambassador

  Professional cyber association ISC2 pledges support to UK government’s Software Security Ambassador scheme, part of the recently unveiled Cyber Action Plan

• January 15, 2026 15 Jan'26

  CEOs are taking the lead on AI initiatives

  A study from BCG shows that CEOs increasingly feel their job security depends on successful AI-enablement of business operations

• January 14, 2026 14 Jan'26

  Texas judge throws out second lawsuit over CrowdStrike outage

  A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by CrowdStrike shareholders over the July 2024 outage that caused widespread disruption around the world

• January 14, 2026 14 Jan'26

  Nozomi Networks opens APAC headquarters in Singapore

  Industrial cyber security firm Nozomi Networks has opened its Singapore headquarters, doubling its regional headcount, and pledging to remain vendor agnostic while targeting the manufacturing and utility sectors

• January 14, 2026 14 Jan'26

  Subsea cable worth $1bn to link Japan with Malaysia and Singapore

  The Intra-Asia Marine Cable will deliver 320Tbps capacity across the region, complementing subsea cable investments by hyperscalers such as Google and Meta in recent years

• January 13, 2026 13 Jan'26

  Microsoft patches 112 CVEs on first Patch Tuesday of 2026

  January brings a larger-than-of-late Patch Tuesday update out of Redmond, but an uptick in disclosures is often expected at this time of year

• January 13, 2026 13 Jan'26

  Berlin anarchists cite AI in attack on key energy infrastructure

  Berlin anarchists have sabotaged key energy infrastructure in the city, claiming it as an act of ‘self-defence’ against the planet’s destruction by ‘energy-guzzling’ technologies and the wider fossil fuel economy that underpins their development

• January 13, 2026 13 Jan'26

  Interview: How ING reaps benefits of centralising AI

  ING bank is using generative AI-powered chatbots with a human in the loop to streamline mortgage applications. It is also testing speech-to-speech models

• January 13, 2026 13 Jan'26

  Post Office scandal’s oldest victim calls for total ban on Fujitsu

  Betty Brown wants the IT supplier at the centre of the Post Office scandal banned from all government contracts

• January 13, 2026 13 Jan'26

  Motive accelerates Edge AI safety for automotive operations

  Commercial vehicle AI dash cam said to be able to deliver three times more AI processing power, stereo vision and hands-free two-way communication in an all-in-one device