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• 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

  Microsoft users warned over privilege elevation flaw

  An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Kernel tops the list of issues to address in the latest monthly Patch Tuesday update

• November 12, 2025 12 Nov'25

  UAE advances urban air mobility with simulation-driven regulatory framework

  Abu Dhabi’s TII, Aspire and GCAA are pioneering autonomous flying taxi and delivery drone regulations through advanced simulations and real-world pilot zones

• 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

  Most Singapore SMEs yet to start their sustainability journey

  Lack of funds, skills and time are the barriers faced by Singapore’s small and medium-sized enterprises in the green transition, according to a study by Gprnt and PwC

• November 11, 2025 11 Nov'25

  Major software issue occurred in PSNI emergency call system

  An issue with Police Service of Northern Ireland’s ControlWorks software, used to record information reported by the public, led to a delay in urgent information being passed to investigators

• November 11, 2025 11 Nov'25

  New high-accuracy GPS aims to end navigation woes

  Grab and its tech partners are trialling a system that promises lane-level accuracy, a first for ride-hailing in Southeast Asia

• November 11, 2025 11 Nov'25

  Gartner Symposium 2025: Get the IT team AI ready

  Research from Gartner suggests that CIOs believe every role in IT will be AI-augmented. IT staff are worried about job security

• November 11, 2025 11 Nov'25

  Google: Don’t get distracted by AI, focus on real cyber threats

  While hackers are using artificial intelligence to optimise attacks, many of the most damaging breaches still rely on old-school methods, says a top security analyst from Google

• November 11, 2025 11 Nov'25

  North American fleet management systems to show double-digit growth to 2029

  Research from IoT analyst reveals installed base of fleet management systems in North America to reach 33 million units over the next three years, dominated by a handful of providers with installed bases in the millions

• November 11, 2025 11 Nov'25

  German healthcare aims to replace faxes and phones with secure messaging

  Germany’s digital health agency, Gematik, has turned to open source for secure messaging services that will link patients, doctors and pharmacies

• November 10, 2025 10 Nov'25

  Oxford launches Equinox to build innovation hub in region

  Oxford University and its host city have launched Equinox as a regional organisation uniting academia, business and government to establish Oxfordshire as a global innovation hub

• November 10, 2025 10 Nov'25

  Inside HP’s plan to build the Middle East’s next generation of tech creators

  Through gaming labs, artificial intelligence mentorship and inclusive partnerships, HP is helping young people in the Middle East, especially women, turn digital skills into real-world careers

• November 10, 2025 10 Nov'25

  Post Office extends controversial Fujitsu contract in £41m deal

  The Post Office’s controversial Horizon contract with Fujitsu will run until at least March 2027

• November 10, 2025 10 Nov'25

  DBS enhances GenAI chatbot for business clients

  The bank’s virtual assistant, DBS Joy, has been enhanced with generative AI capabilities to provide business customers with faster and better answers to their queries

• November 10, 2025 10 Nov'25

  Gartner Symposium 2025: The AI opportunity for CIOs

  CIOs are seeing AI projects failing to deliver return on investment. The conversation with the business needs to move beyond efficiency

• November 10, 2025 10 Nov'25

  UK’s ‘deregulatory’ AI approach won’t protect human rights

  Expert witnesses called before Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights have told MPs and Lords that the UK’s current approach to artificial intelligence regulation will fail to effectively protect people’s rights

• November 09, 2025 09 Nov'25

  Nikkei data breach exposes personal data of over 17,000 staff

  Hackers used stolen login details from an employee's computer to access the Japanese media giant’s Slack messaging platform, with names, email addresses and chat histories potentially exposed

• November 07, 2025 07 Nov'25

  Popular LLMs dangerously vulnerable to iterative attacks, says Cisco

  Cisco researchers probed some of the most widely used public GenAI LLMs and found many of them were dangerously susceptible to so-called multi-turn cyber attacks producing undesirable outputs

• November 07, 2025 07 Nov'25

  SnapLogic Integreat: Preparing legacy IT for agentic AI

  If replacing legacy was easy, IT leaders would be falling over backwards in the race to get onto the latest and greatest technology

• November 07, 2025 07 Nov'25

  How Palo Alto Networks is leveraging AI

  Palo Alto Networks CIO Meerah Rajavel explains how the company is using AI to sieve through 90 billion security events a day, and why security and user experience are two sides of the same coin

• November 06, 2025 06 Nov'25

  Unearthed report reveals source of Post Office’s tenuous Capture sales pitch

  Computer Weekly reveals report that misguided the Post Office’s sales pitch to subpostmasters for its controversial Capture system

• November 06, 2025 06 Nov'25

  Interview: Filip Nekvinda on balancing IT stability with digital ambition at Abdul Latif Jameel

  The chief information and digital officer discusses the challenges of transformation, the power of data, and how Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 is shaping the future of technology leadership

• November 06, 2025 06 Nov'25

  Microsoft strengthens UAE’s AI ambitions with launch of Elevate programme

  With the launch of Microsoft Elevate UAE, the tech giant deepens its commitment to artificial intelligence skilling, infrastructure and innovation across education, government and startups

• November 06, 2025 06 Nov'25

  Cisco beefs up secure AI enterprise network architecture

  IT and networking giant builds on enterprise network architecture with systems designed to simplify operations across campus and branch deployments such as network configuration

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  Darktrace: Developer tools under constant attack

  Attackers are using automated tools to target development environments within seconds of them going live, warns Darktrace’s global field chief information security officer

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  From ambition to action: How the Gulf is turning responsible AI into a global reality

  The Middle East is rapidly advancing in artificial intelligence and digital transformation, driven by strong government strategies. Success in the region requires trust, cultural awareness and alignment with local regulations

• 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

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  Verizon Business, AWS seal fibre deal to accelerate AI applications at scale

  Comms provider and hyperscaler unite on network infrastructure and suite of products designed to enable global enterprises to deploy AI workloads at scale

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  Bugcrowd brings Mayhem AI to bear on ethical hacking community

  Bugcrowd acquires scaleup Mayhem Security to enhance the ingenuity of its human hackers with AI-backed software testing capabilities

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  Most developers in Southeast Asia and India use AI tools

  Study finds that 95% of developers in Southeast Asia and India use AI tools, but many of their employers lack formal AI policies, leaving them to forge their own paths in upskilling and governance

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  Ryt Bank taps agentic AI for conversational banking

  Malaysia’s Ryt Bank is using its own LLM and agentic AI framework to allow customers to perform banking transactions in natural language, replacing traditional menus and buttons

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  The Security Interviews: Colin Mahony, CEO, Recorded Future

  Recorded Future’s CEO talks threat intelligence, AI in cyber security and the ever-changing cyber threat landscape

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  Unequal access: The digital divide in criminal justice

  Access to expert digital forensic analysis is biased towards the prosecution, says criminal defence

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  UAE Sovereign Launchpad begins nationwide roll-out with support from e& and AWS

  The cloud infrastructure platform aims to strengthen digital resilience and regulatory compliance across government and regulated sectors in the United Arab Emirates

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  G42 and Cisco expand strategic partnership to drive AI innovation and infrastructure growth

  The UAE-based tech group and global networking giant will co-develop secure AI infrastructure and cyber security solutions to support high-performance computing and datacentre growth

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  Microsoft’s $15.2bn investment in the UAE: A strategic bet on AI, talent and trust

  Microsoft’s decade-long investment in the United Arab Emirates underscores its commitment to building a robust artificial intelligence ecosystem, advancing digital infrastructure and fostering local talent through a strategic partnership with G42

• November 03, 2025 03 Nov'25

  CrowdStrike: Europe second only to North America for cyber attacks

  Europe faces rising cyber threats from criminals and nation-states, according to CrowdStrike. Ransomware attacks now take just 24 hours, with 22% of global victims being European

• November 03, 2025 03 Nov'25

  Accounting experts call for public inquiry into Birmingham bankruptcy

  As it reworks Oracle implementation, misleading numbers have led to an ‘ideological’ programme of cuts and asset sales at Birmingham City Council

• November 03, 2025 03 Nov'25

  ADNOC, Masdar, XRG and Microsoft forge strategic alliance to power the future of AI and energy

  Unveiled before Abu Dhabi’s flagship energy event ADNOC, the partnership aims to deploy AI across ADNOC’s operations and deliver sustainable infrastructure to power Microsoft’s global datacentre growth

• November 03, 2025 03 Nov'25

  How Zoom is approaching agentic AI

  Zoom CTO Xuedong Huang explains how AI Companion 3.0’s agentic AI capabilities can help turn conversations into completed actions using long-term memory and deep reasoning

• October 31, 2025 31 Oct'25

  OpenUK works with UKRI on open source guidance for public sector

  Collaboration aims to boost awareness of open source initiatives, community development and the procurement process

• October 31, 2025 31 Oct'25

  Capgemini and Siemens combine to make AI industrial tech

  Siemens and Capgemini are expanding their partnership to create AI-based industrial technologies, said to boost efficiency, sustainability and innovation in manufacturing sectors

• October 30, 2025 30 Oct'25

  Post Office scandal investigator warns public inquiry about Horizon defect at large for years

  Forensic investigator who helped expose Horizon scandal described defect ‘sufficiently serious’ to inform public inquiry

• October 30, 2025 30 Oct'25

  US senators seek to prohibit minors from using AI chatbots

  Two US senators have proposed legislation that would require AI chatbot companies to verify the ages of people using their chatbots, in attempt to limit their harmful effects on children

• October 29, 2025 29 Oct'25

  Rapid7: Cyber defences stuck in the 1980s as threats mount

  The company’s chief product officer notes that many defence tactics are still stuck in the past, urging organisations to adopt AI-driven security platforms to improve threat detection and response

• October 29, 2025 29 Oct'25

  Zoom looks to launch next era of custom enterprise AI

  AI-first work platform provider deploys AI leader’s technology to adapt to users’ personal work habits through model customisation and retrieval-augmented generation, with federated AI stack

• October 29, 2025 29 Oct'25

  Post Office Capture redress scheme ‘went down like lead balloon’ and is ‘discriminatory’

  Subpostmasters frustrated after meeting with government minister on the announcement of compensation scheme for those who had problems with Post Office Capture

• October 29, 2025 29 Oct'25

  Nvidia, Cisco look to deepen AI innovation across 6G, telecoms

  Comms tech giant and AI leader team to provide a critical AI reference architecture with datacentre switching services looking ahead to next generation of mobile

• October 29, 2025 29 Oct'25

  Monday.com eyes ASEAN growth with Singapore hub

  The work management specialist’s Collier Quay office will serve as its hub for Southeast Asia as it looks to build deeper relationships with a growing customer base