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• September 11, 2025 11 Sep'25

  M&S parts ways with CTO after cyber attack

  M&S chief digital and technology officer Rachel Higham steps back from her role in the wake of the April 2025 cyber attack on the retailer’s systems

• September 10, 2025 10 Sep'25

  Vote: Who should be crowned the 2025 most influential woman in UK tech?

  Each year, we ask our audience who should be named the most influential woman in UK technology. Tell us what you think – the deadline for voting is 8 October

• September 09, 2025 09 Sep'25

  The digital forensics crisis in policing: What’s going wrong?

  Forensics experts say that most crime has a digital footprint, but the police are unable to keep up with the soaring number of devices that require analysis

• September 08, 2025 08 Sep'25

  Liz Kendall appointed tech secretary

  Former pensions secretary Liz Kendall replaces Peter Kyle as science, technology and innovation secretary in Keir Starmer’s cabinet reshuffle

• September 08, 2025 08 Sep'25

  Most Influential Women in UK Tech: Computer Weekly’s Hall of Fame

  Computer Weekly’s Hall of Fame showcases the great women who have made a lifetime contribution to the technology sector

• September 05, 2025 05 Sep'25

  Lloyds Bank to use Workday software to help select staff for redundancy

  Lloyds Banking Group will analyse data on HR software to help it select staff for redundancy

• September 05, 2025 05 Sep'25

  Most Influential Women in UK Tech: The 2025 longlist

  In Computer Weekly’s search for this year’s top 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech, hundreds of women have been put forward for consideration. Here, we look at a list of everyone nominated in 2025

• September 02, 2025 02 Sep'25

  Meet the IT leader In Lebanon who became an IT entrepreneur

  Nassib Chamoun says CIOs could follow his lead in swapping IT management for life as a startup, but they must be prepared to make sacrifices

• August 28, 2025 28 Aug'25

  Zopa Bank seeks partners to form AI skills coalition

  Survey by Juniper Research and Zopa Bank reveals full return on investment in artificial intelligence over next five years

• August 26, 2025 26 Aug'25

  TUC calls for government crackdown on business AI shortcuts

  Artificial intelligence promises to boost productivity and shareholder value, but the Trades Union Congress is concerned that AI-fuelled economic growth is leaving workers behind

• August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

  Number of girls taking GCSE computer science drops amid fall in overall candidates

  The number of students taking GCSE computing has fallen this year, with fewer girls and boys choosing the subject compared with 2024

• August 19, 2025 19 Aug'25

  ISACA launches AI security management certification

  ISACA accredited security professionals can now pursue a new AI security management credential

• August 18, 2025 18 Aug'25

  L’Oréal to promote cyber resilience for Britain’s beauty salons

  L’Oréal UK and Ireland will work with law enforcement, cyber educators and students, and other large organisations to help thousands of small salons across the UK improve their cyber resilience practice

• August 18, 2025 18 Aug'25

  AI advances clear path to software development careers

  Programming skills are always in demand, but with artificial intelligence, people will have to adapt their approach to writing code

• August 15, 2025 15 Aug'25

  Vodafone Greece automates deals for customers, saves 500 staff-days of work

  Vodafone Greece hired an implementation partner for a business process management project while its own staff observed and learned how to use the technology

• August 14, 2025 14 Aug'25

  More girls take A-level computing despite overall dip in numbers

  While there was an overall dip in the number of people taking computing A-levels this year, the number of girls taking the subject is still on the up

• August 13, 2025 13 Aug'25

  Santander will make AI training mandatory for all staff in 2026

  Spanish banking giant announces mandatory AI training for staff, and collaborates with OpenAI on a ‘data and AI-first transformation’

• August 12, 2025 12 Aug'25

  Obituary: Dame Stephanie ‘Steve’ Shirley, founder, entrepreneur and philanthropist

  Dame Stephanie Shirley, a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist known in the technology sector as Steve, has passed away

• August 05, 2025 05 Aug'25

  Investing in diverse business could boost UK equity market

  It’s difficult for female-led businesses to find investment, but if more funds were made available, it could boost UK equity, according to research

• August 04, 2025 04 Aug'25

  Nominate: Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2025

  Tell us who you think should be included in Computer Weekly’s 2025 list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Technology

• August 03, 2025 03 Aug'25

  NUS and Google team up on AI research centre

  The National University of Singapore and Google will set up a joint research centre focused on applied AI in education, law, and public health while also building a talent pipeline for the city-state

• July 30, 2025 30 Jul'25

  AI and machine learning engineers earn far less in UK than in US

  While there is plenty of demand for artificial intelligence engineers, there appears to be a disparity of salaries in different countries

• July 24, 2025 24 Jul'25

  AI’s uneven distribution widening diversity divide

  Access to AI depends in many cases on salary, gender and company size, according to research

• July 22, 2025 22 Jul'25

  UK government signs partnership with OpenAI

  Deal sees firm behind ChatGPT collaborate with government on AI security research to explore investment opportunities

• July 21, 2025 21 Jul'25

  The Security Interviews: Jason Nurse, University of Kent

  Jason Nurse, reader in cyber security at the University of Kent, discusses the psychological side of cyber and online safety, why placing blame on users as ‘the weakest link’ is wrong – and why security pros should think about user needs more

• July 18, 2025 18 Jul'25

  DWP accused of shielding AI deployments from public scrutiny

  Amnesty International and Big Brother Watch say Department for Work and Pensions’ ‘unchecked’ and opaque use of AI in the UK benefits system treats claimants as suspicious and is shielded from public scrutiny

• July 18, 2025 18 Jul'25

  Charities struggle to find the skills to adopt AI

  Charities are building pace with digital adoption, but in many cases a lack of skills stands in the way of properly utilising tech

• July 17, 2025 17 Jul'25

  Thousands of women in tech leave their roles each year

  At the launch of the Lovelace Report, experts state that women in the tech workplace aren’t being promoted, which in turn is pushing them out of the industry

• July 16, 2025 16 Jul'25

  BBC plans to outsource and offshore thousands of tech roles

  The BBC is drawing up plans to outsource roles in its digital product group and finance, which could include some being carried out overseas

• July 15, 2025 15 Jul'25

  Interview: Philip Colligan, CEO, Raspberry Pi Foundation

  With the trend of ‘vibe coding’ growing, Raspberry Pi Foundation’s CEO warns schools should not be complacent about continued coding education

• July 11, 2025 11 Jul'25

  Schools using AI to personalise learning, finds Ofsted

  When looking into how some education providers in the UK are using AI, Ofsted found many have hit the ground running

• July 11, 2025 11 Jul'25

  Meta and Alan Turing Institute back open source AI fellowship

  Labour’s AI fellowship will see experts use open source AI tools in a bid deliver better public services at lower cost

• July 11, 2025 11 Jul'25

  European Commission accused of rigging data watchdog appointment

  The European Commission has been accused of rigging the selection process for the next European Data Protection supervisor

• July 10, 2025 10 Jul'25

  Irish bank rolls out AI tools to 10,000 staff

  Following exploration of artificial intelligence’s potential in conjunction with staff, AIB is rolling the tools out across the company

• July 09, 2025 09 Jul'25

  Accounting watchdog ‘disclaims’ College of Policing financial accounts after serious IT failures

  The professional body for policing in England and Wales failed to properly manage its transition to new accounting and payroll systems

• July 07, 2025 07 Jul'25

  Interview: Antony Hausdoerfer, group CIO, The AA

  The vehicle recovery specialist is looking to artificial intelligence and connected vehicle technology to enhance customer experience and get drivers back on the road in the shortest possible time

• July 07, 2025 07 Jul'25

  More than 70% of parents say kids aren’t taught coding at school

  Despite a growing need for tech skills, many parents claim coding isn’t taught in schools, research from the Raspberry Pi Foundation has found

• July 07, 2025 07 Jul'25

  Zopa to embed into Manchester’s tech ecosystem

  Challenger bank Zopa plans to eventually have 500 staff in its Manchester office, which will launch next month

• July 02, 2025 02 Jul'25

  Bias and lack of flexibility hindering diversity, finds DSIT

  A diversity and inclusion report compiled for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology outlines the many barriers to diversity in the UK’s tech sector

• July 02, 2025 02 Jul'25

  Digital workers at US bank to get their own email accounts

  The financial services sector is leading the way when it comes to using AI across operations – and it’s not afraid to talk about it

• June 27, 2025 27 Jun'25

  Silicon Valley execs sworn in to US Army reserves specialist unit

  Four technology executives are brought into the military to make the armed forces ‘more lethal’, reflecting softening attitudes throughout the sector towards ‘the business of inflicting violence’

• June 23, 2025 23 Jun'25

  Industrial strategy: Takeaways for UK tech innovations

  Labour wants to put the UK at the forefront of tech innovation. Its industrial strategy offers a funding boost for tech and lighter-touch regulation

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  Government hires chief data officer

  Former MoD data chief, Lindsay Mason, has taken on the role of chief data officer in earl on a temporary basis while government recruits for a permanent position

• June 12, 2025 12 Jun'25

  UKtech50 2025: 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 2025

• June 11, 2025 11 Jun'25

  NHS IT the big winner in Reeves’ Spending Review

  The chancellor of the exchequer has significantly upped spending on digital and technology initiatives in the current Spending Review period, with the NHS receiving a 50% tech funding increase

• June 11, 2025 11 Jun'25

  London Tech Week: More funding, fellowships and skills

  The government wants to make the UK the best place for tech and AI, opening pathways for global talent and venture capital funding

• June 09, 2025 09 Jun'25

  Labour commits £17.2m to support Spärck AI scholarships

  The government has put up money to help drive the UK’s expertise in artificial intelligence

• June 09, 2025 09 Jun'25

  Starmer opens London Tech Week with £1bn AI boost

  Prime Minister unveiled plans to boost UK’s high-performance compute capacity 20-fold, along with funding to bolster skills

• June 06, 2025 06 Jun'25

  UK ICO publishes AI and biometrics strategy

  The UK data regulator has outlined how it will approach the regulation of artificial intelligence and biometric technologies, which will focus in particular on automated decision-making systems and police facial recognition

• June 05, 2025 05 Jun'25

  Citigroup cuts thousands of staff at China-based tech centres

  Financial services giant Citigroup is drastically reducing headcount in its Chinese tech delivery centres as it restructures its technology operation