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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 19, 2026 19 Jun'26
Tesco offloads VMware and CA software as Broadcom case rolls on

The contract and licensing dispute with Broadcom over its right to use VMware and CA Technologies has led retailer Tesco to begin an accelerated migration
June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26
Google Cloud boosts for enterprise agentic at London Summit

Hyperscaler prioritises process automation in UK showcase, with frontier models, agent platforms and development tools to the fore, with customers such as Unilever in the spotlight

June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26
Keysight’s chief technologist on the path to 6G

Balaji Raghothaman, Keysight’s chief technologist for 6G, discusses what it takes for the telecoms industry to move to 6G, from supporting AI workloads to integrating with satellites connectivity and driving enterprise use cases
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 18, 2026 18 Jun'26
Interview: Emmanuel Frenehard, chief digital officer, Sanofi

Leading technology in a quest to find life-changing answers to challenging scientific questions brings an extra level of motivation for the pharma giant’s digital chief
June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26
Snapdragon START kicks off next phase of personal AI with XR smart glasses

Qualcomm launches AI-based programme to enable brands to design and scale personal AI devices, starting with smart glasses
June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26
Emerging tech is top growth priority for UK finance firms

Increasing numbers of banks see emerging technology as a priority of growth with artificial intelligence top of the list
June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26
UAE’s push towards agentic AI raises stakes for governance and accountability

As the UAE accelerates plans to embed autonomous AI into government services, experts warn that governance frameworks must evolve from policy documents into operational controls that ensure transparency, accountability and trust

June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26
OpenAI deepens Japan footprint with Hitachi deal

Hitachi will use OpenAI’s Codex agent to unpick ageing mission-critical systems and gain early access to its frontier AI models in a slew of high-profile Japanese partnerships for the US AI lab
June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26
HSBC pens artificial intelligence deal with Google Cloud

HSBC and Google Cloud agree a multi-year contract to support UK bank’s adoption of artificial intelligence
June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26
Motorola Solutions looks to boost public safety with expanded Assist AI

Tech firm rolls out mission-critical AI for public safety use cases to reduce administrative burden and accelerate incident response
June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26
Post Office delays signing Horizon software replacement contract

Lot 2 of the contract to replace Fujitsu’s controversial Horizon EPOS system has still not been signed off
June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26
Everpure aims to bridge AI data gap with Universal Data Intelligence

Storage-to-data-management firm expands Enterprise Data Cloud at Accelerate 2026 with OneTouch integration and AI pipeline automation to combat enterprise data sprawl
June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26
UK companies can seize £50bn prize by industrialising AI, claims Celonis

Celonis claims FTSE 100 firms could save £4.4bn by closing ‘execution gaps’ in workflows through process intelligence software, potentially rising to £50bn with agentic AI
June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26
Google Cloud Summit: UK to deploy AI-powered planning system

The UK planning system is being reworked with artificial intelligence and computer vision to provide data in a consistent format
June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26
HPE Discover 2026: Neri heralds ‘unique’ placement to transcend network bottleneck

CEO talks up HPE’s self-driving future, as well as partnerships with eight companies in its mission to blaze the trail for hybrid classical-quantum applications
June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26
STT GDC launches 30MW datacentre in South Korea

The Singapore-based datacentre operator has entered the South Korean market with STT Seoul 1, a hyperscale-ready facility built though a joint venture with Hyosung Heavy Industries
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
NHS trusts operating on fewer patients with Palantir FDP, warns Foxglove

Around 30% of English hospitals that use Palantir’s FDP tools for scheduling are carrying out fewer procedures than before adoption, according to data from campaign group Foxglove
June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26
US mortgage provider moves beyond ‘superficial AI integrations’

Pennymac Financial Services is using generative artificial intelligence tools from Amazon Web Services to bring borrowing up to date
June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26
Interview: Ashwin Ballal, CIO, Freshworks

After a career in marketing, engineering, product and operations, a CIO role seemed unlikely for Ashwin Ballal – until he tried it
June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26
Nordea Liv Norway migrates 58 million transactions to the cloud

Life and pensions provider migrates to the cloud as part of wider multi-year transformation project
June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26
Insurance industry AI recruitment correlates with success

Research shows that insurers have accelerated recruitment of artificial intelligence professionals
June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26
Cisco: 36 months to modernise networks before AI overwhelms capacity

Research finds capacity and performance the top network challenge for UK organisations, with 81% of respondents saying their network does not have room to house evolving AI demands
June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26
XR market rewriting its own rules as smart glasses use surges

Research finds that eyewear-form-factor devices are no longer the niche in extended reality, they are the market as devices encompassing AR, XR, MR and VR grew 86% annually in Q1 2026
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 16, 2026 16 Jun'26
How AngelHack uses hackathons to ease AI adoption

From internal hackathons to accelerator programmes, Singapore’s AngelHack is empowering everyday employees to build their own AI applications while expanding its reach in the US, Brazil and Australia
June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26
Ineffable Intelligence strikes Google Cloud deal for Vera Rubin GPU power

London-based ‘anti-LLM’ developer led by AlphaGo founder David Silver selects Google Cloud Vera Rubin GPU infrastructure to build reinforcement learning ‘superlearners’
June 15, 2026 15 Jun'26
Post Office Capture appeal objections not ‘right, just or fair’

Influential advisory group tells Post Office there is a ‘clear case’ that Capture convictions are unsafe
June 15, 2026 15 Jun'26
Swedish industrial AI deal exemplifies Indian software fix to AI threat

As India does big deals in the Nordics, the sub-continent’s role for the artificial intelligence age begins to become apparent
June 15, 2026 15 Jun'26
Fujitsu exits hardware business in ASEAN in IT consulting move

Fujitsu is walking away from its legacy hardware business in the region and pitching itself as a supplier-neutral technology consultant to help customers cut through the AI hype
June 14, 2026 14 Jun'26
UK Finance ‘shocked but not surprised’ by rise in fraud as tech firms ‘profit’ from it

Two-thirds of authorised push payment scams begin on tech platforms, according to UK Finance annual report
June 12, 2026 12 Jun'26
The digital pivot: How HSS transformed hire with agentic AI

HSS ProService underwent a profound transformation from asset-heavy hire business to digital marketplace set to deploy agentic AI. CEO Tom Shorten tells us how it did it
June 12, 2026 12 Jun'26
Oracle fixes PeopleSoft flaw exploited by ShinyHunters

A zero-day vulnerability affecting Oracle’s PeopleSoft products is being exploited by a ShinyHunters campaign targeting schools and universities
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 12, 2026 12 Jun'26
Labour MP Jess Asato launches legal action over Grok deepfakes

After xAI’s Grok chatbot was used to create sexualised images and videos of her, Labour MP Jess Asato is taking legal action against the company in a bid to hold the firm accountable for the harms associated with its design choices
June 12, 2026 12 Jun'26
Shure, Zoom evolve collaboration with flexible workspaces

Partnership unveils more flexible solutions for Zoom Spaces to support the growing role of human-AI collaboration in meetings and learning, enabling ‘consistent, high‑quality’ audio capture
June 12, 2026 12 Jun'26
Singapore to transform industrial island into AI-ready datacentre hub

A joint report by Singapore government agencies and industry players details how the city-state's Jurong Island will be redesigned into a highly secure, circular digital infrastructure hub by 2050
June 12, 2026 12 Jun'26
Strict sovereign AI policies could cost APAC economies billions

Oxford Economics report reveals that pursuing total AI self-sufficiency will lead to economic trade-offs, delayed enterprise adoption and higher carbon footprints across the Asia-Pacific region
June 11, 2026 11 Jun'26
Telefónica and Halotech drive smart industrial safety with IoT and AI

Firms unite to offer advanced industrial safety solutions, combining IoT connectivity with AI-powered sensors, to anticipate risk situations
June 11, 2026 11 Jun'26
Established enterprise patching models dead in the water, says report

Vulnerability discovery and exploitation was surging dramatically even before Anthropic decided to unleash its frontier Mythos model. As such, an Action1 report finds old approaches to patching are no longer fit for purpose
June 11, 2026 11 Jun'26
AI Summit London: AI’s role in UK defence

AI innovation moves quickly, unlike the speed of innovation in the military. How can AI be used to improve the UK armed forces?
June 11, 2026 11 Jun'26
Government aims to make UK top spot for open source AI

AI minister Kanishka Narayan unveils funding for computer access to support open source developers of artificial intelligence technology
June 11, 2026 11 Jun'26
Motive AI Coach connected vehicle tech drives into UK

Connected vehicle solution deploys AI to deliver high-impact, personalised video feedback at scale, dynamically tailoring each script to drivers’ needs
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
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
Lammy announces AI legal assistants for Crown Courts at London Tech Week

Deputy PM David Lammy announces AI legal assistants for Crown Courts and AI tools for judges to tackle record backlogs