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• June 29, 2026 29 Jun'26

  British public won’t tolerate cyber disruption any more

  The British public’s tolerance for cyber disruption, particularly at high-profile organisations such as retailers, is wearing thin, according to a TalkTalk Business study

• June 29, 2026 29 Jun'26

  UK businesses fear stigma of ransomware

  Data from the UK’s Report Fraud service reveals the scope of ransomware attacks is going underreported, with few businesses confident enough to identify themselves as victims

• June 26, 2026 26 Jun'26

  Metropolitan Police chief warns against law updates amid substantial tech expansion

  The Metropolitan Police is to significantly expand use of AI, drones and facial recognition to ‘regain the advantage’ over criminals, but warns progress could be held back by legislation and data integration issues

• June 26, 2026 26 Jun'26

  Secure Code Warrior CEO on surviving the AI ‘vulnerability apocalypse’

  As enterprises embrace agentic AI and vibe coding, Secure Code Warrior CEO and co-founder Pieter Danhieux warns that code-generating models are still producing critical security flaws

• June 25, 2026 25 Jun'26

  Canvas breach hit 160 UK unis but caused limited damage

  The April 2026 ShinyHunters breach of the Canvas learning management system caused downstream impacts at more than 150 higher education institutions in the UK, but the damage appears to have been limited

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Gartner warns AI model advantage is shrinking

  As foundational artificial intelligence capabilities converge, Gartner analysts urge IT leaders to focus on data quality, AI literacy and process integration, among other areas, rather than chasing the latest models

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  UK’s cultural institutions failing on cyber security, warns PAC

  The UK’s national museums and galleries have failed to heed the lessons of high-profile cyber attacks and remain highly vulnerable. The Public Accounts Committee is calling on DCMS to do more to help

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Digital surveillance tech facilitates ‘arbitrary’ border abuses

  Outsourcing migration processes to third countries via the transfer of powerful digital surveillance technologies is entrenching an ‘arbitrary and deterrent’ approach to border management that is hard to scrutinise and ultimately undermines the ...

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Met pushes ahead with major facial-recognition expansion

  Metropolitan Police set to roll out live facial recognition (LFR) in the West End and Soho, but critics say police are ‘rushing ahead’ without regulation

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  CFIT is ‘shaking up business models’ with UK government backing

  The Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology received further government backing in April

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Overwhelming support for Microsoft SMS designation in CMA responses

  Some 25 organisations back Strategic Market Status for Microsoft’s business software ecosystem, while the Open Cloud Coalition estimates £60m in annual public sector costs

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  The £1,100 lock-in: CMA Microsoft probe exposes software ecosystem at a crossroads

  A parish council, a £60m public sector bill, and the AI question that could define UK digital competition for a generation in responses to the CMA’s Strategic Market Status investigation

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Cisco: Legacy networks can no longer support the new AI workforce

  At Cisco Connect 2026 Singapore, tech leaders and policymakers warn that businesses must modernise their IT infrastructure and governance frameworks to pave the way for agentic AI

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Gartner: Prioritise governance to beat AI hype

  Gartner analysts call for IT leaders to prioritise foundational investments in governance, change management and talent to realise the benefits of AI

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Trump directs US government focus to quantum

  In an Executive Order, president Trump directed the US government to work to establish a cohesive, collaborative approach to the development of quantum technology

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Google’s Andi Gutmans on the shift to agent-scale data management

  We talk to PHP pioneer and Google agentic data cloud vice-president about ensuring agentic quality, including having agents voting against each other, and the risk of LLM lock-in

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Australian government cloud mandate sparks migration warnings

  As Australia prepares to enforce its whole-of-government cloud policy, industry experts warn agencies against rushed migrations, supplier lock-in and treating AI readiness as an afterthought

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  GitLab CIO rejects ‘tokenmaxxing’ as it rebuilds work around agentic AI

  Manu Narayan tells Computer Weekly why he’s steering clear of vanity metrics such as ‘tokenmaxxing’, why reports of SaaS’s death are overblown, and why the biggest pressure is simply keeping pace

• 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

  UK government publishes guidelines to ‘end era of outsourcing’ – will IT be in scope?

  New strategy will see UK government apply Public Interest Test to outsourcing contracts worth £1m or more

• 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 18, 2026 18 Jun'26

  CMA puts in place fair ranking measures on Google Search

  Google will need to rank organic searches objectively and will be required under UK law to share data with third-party services

• June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26

  Cabinet Office states Capita set to miss Civil Service Pension Scheme deadline

  Outsourcing firm’s botched takeover of civil service pension administration has seen scheme members experience financial hardship

• June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26

  NPL to run world’s first quantum standards network

  National Quantum Standards Network will be overseen by the UK’s National Physical Laboratory, with the aim of establishing the rules of the road for quantum computing and accelerating British innovation

• June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26

  2026 World Cup billed as ‘largest entertainment attack surface in history’

  With the tournament underway across North America, Palo Alto Networks warns that temporary supplier ecosystems, vulnerable municipal infrastructure and geopolitical tensions are creating risks for enterprises and fans

• 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

  UK data regulator slammed over lack of action on complaints

  The UK data regulator is being threatened with legal action after it was accused of ‘ignoring’ thousands of data protection complaints, with critics describing its new approach to complaint triage and investigation as akin to a ‘digital bin’ for the...

• 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 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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  ICO strips commissioner Edwards of responsibilities in HR inquiry

  The UK’s information commissioner John Edwards has been temporarily stripped of his responsibilities in the wake of a workplace investigation

• June 09, 2026 09 Jun'26

  Microsoft smashes record for biggest ever Patch Tuesday update

  Microsoft has obliterated the record for the largest ever Patch Tuesday drop, with its June 2026 update addressing approximately 200 flaws and three zero-days

• June 08, 2026 08 Jun'26

  Scale of Synnovis breach widens as Essex NHS Trust comes forward

  Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust has become the latest NHS body to confirm data on its patients was stolen in a 2024 ransomware attack on lab services partner Synnovis

• June 04, 2026 04 Jun'26

  EU unveils full-stack sovereignty package to build Euro tech muscle

  European Commission launches package spanning chips, cloud and energy to reduce dependency on US and Chinese supply chains and to foster a sovereign vertical domestic stack

• June 03, 2026 03 Jun'26

  SIT Committee urges Palantir exit in push to end US cloud grip

  A Science, Innovation and Technology Committee report contains recommendations that would radically alter UK public sector IT, procurement and relationship with hyperscalers if adopted

• June 02, 2026 02 Jun'26

  Data dive: Mapping the UK public sector’s hyperscale dependence

  UK government and local authorities have built critical infrastructure amid a web of US hyperscaler cloud and other providers, which brings risks of exposure to a narrow set of non-UK suppliers

• June 01, 2026 01 Jun'26

  AI agents help Cato slash ‘time-to-protect’ from new CVEs

  The application of agentic AI to vulnerability management workflows has slashed mitigation times in experimental conditions, claims Sase specialist Cato Networks

• May 29, 2026 29 May'26

  Microsoft hits out over irresponsible vulnerability disclosure

  Microsoft goes on the offensive after a disgruntled security researcher unleashed a series of zero-days without checking in first

• May 28, 2026 28 May'26

  Carnival cruise line confirmed as latest ShinyHunters victim

  Travel company Carnival Corporation confirms the extent of an April 2026 supply chain breach that was claimed by ShinyHunters

• 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 27, 2026 27 May'26

  StarHub to trial SIM-based IDs for governing AI agents

  The telco is building a trust layer that will assign unique identities to AI agents, allowing it to monitor and block malicious agentic activity in real time

• May 27, 2026 27 May'26

  Scottish social enterprise supports national cyber efforts

  Cyber and Fraud Centre has supported community cyber resilience in Scotland to the tune of £3m in its first year operating as a social enterprise

• May 27, 2026 27 May'26

  Glassworm botnet that targeted OS devs smashed to pieces

  CrowdStrike, Google and the Shadowserver Foundation worked together to take down a botnet that poisoned over 300 GitHub repositories, risking widespread supply chain compromise

• May 27, 2026 27 May'26

  The Gentlemen emerging as key ransomware player

  An emerging ransomware crew known as The Gentlemen is becoming a force to be reckoned with, according to NCC’s latest monthly threat data

• May 25, 2026 25 May'26

  AI safety cannot wait for a ‘Chernobyl moment’, experts warn

  As AI becomes increasingly capable, tech leaders at Singapore’s ATxSummit urge governments and industry to build safety and accountability into AI systems before a major disaster strikes