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May 01, 2026 01 May'26
IAM tools help Oracle Red Bull Racing keep pace with strict F1 regulations

Oracle Red Bull Racing massively improved the efficiency of its aerodynamics testing procedures after implementing new identity technology from 1Password. Learn more about this unlikely link
April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26
Global study reveals biggest risks of AI in finance sector

University of Cambridge study reveals the risks facing the finance sector as it adopts artificial intelligence
April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26
India aims for the stars with orbital datacentres

As terrestrial datacentres face severe power and cooling constraints, space-based facilities promise unlimited solar energy and low latency for AI inferencing, provided the industry can overcome challenges
April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26
MP committees to double up on Capita’s civil service pension crisis

Parliamentary committees to hold joint hearing to investigate the problems experienced in Civil Service Pension Scheme

April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26
Vernon Building Society uses AI to amplify human touch

Century-old mutual society is using artificial intelligence to bring mortgage processing onto a single platform
April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26
Monday.com targets third wave of AI with OpenClaw service

The work management software firm’s Globster service brings OpenClaw to consumers and businesses in a bid to democratise access to agentic AI capabilities
April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26
Liz Kendall talks up work with ‘middle power nations’ on sovereign tech

The technology secretary speaks about the importance of forging alliances to make UK tech more resilient to geopolitical pressure
April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26
Government funds self-learning AI company

The £500m UK government Sovereign AI Unit co-invests with the British Business Bank to help AI company Ineffable Intelligence create self-learning algorithms
April 26, 2026 26 Apr'26
UKtech50 2026 – help us find the most influential people in UK IT

Computer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK technology is on – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list
April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26
London Marathon runners get AI to go the extra mile

TCS has launched an artificial intelligence-powered digital mapping tool to help runners and spectators lessen the stress and find the fun during the 2026 London Marathon

April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26
Government should drop Capita from civil service scheme after it loses Royal Mail role, says union

Union representing civil servants said that when outsourcing suppliers fail, they should be dropped
April 23, 2026 23 Apr'26
FairPrice to roll out AI-powered smart carts to more stores

Shoppers can expect smart carts that slash checkout times to just 36 seconds, while supermarket staff will get an AI sidekick to automate daily operations
April 23, 2026 23 Apr'26
Digital twin of athlete’s heart to demonstrate future of healthcare

IT services firm opens a window to the future of healthcare and physical training as tech advancements converge
April 23, 2026 23 Apr'26
AI adoption is rapid but many stuck at basic levels, says AWS

The UK could unlock £35bn of productivity – equivalent to the economy of Manchester – if organisations can move from basic use of AI to productive, often agentic, modes of working
April 22, 2026 22 Apr'26
Bunnings shows off AI shopping agent at Google showcase

The Australian hardware chain has gone from digital laggard to e-commerce pioneer, teaming up with Google Cloud to launch a conversational AI assistant that turns simple queries into DIY project plans
April 22, 2026 22 Apr'26
Lloyds Register evaluates AI-based nautical navigation

Lloyds Register assessment used a computer vision system to identify and categorise complex navigation scenarios, working in conjunction with human crew
April 22, 2026 22 Apr'26
A tsunami of flaws: When frontier AI and Patch Tuesday collide

Microsoft’s April Patch Tuesday drop was the second-largest in history, falling just shy of an October 2025 record. What is behind the spike in vulnerability disclosures, and is there a connection to Anthropic’s bug-hunting Claude Mythos AI model?
April 21, 2026 21 Apr'26
More finance firms join FCA’s AI testing initiative

Barclays, Experian and UBS join the FCA’s live AI testing initiative, exploring cutting-edge technologies like agentic AI and SLMs to ensure safe, responsible innovation in UK financial markets
April 20, 2026 20 Apr'26
Scottish Labour’s 2026 manifesto vows to upskill and invest in tech

Ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament Election, Labour promises digital and tech NHS funding worth £680m, ‘digital playgrounds’ and to create a digital skills passport
April 20, 2026 20 Apr'26
Scientists map coral reefs off northern Australia

Researchers have mapped a previously uncharted network of coral and rocky reefs hidden in the murky coastal waters of Australia’s north, without ever setting foot on a boat
April 15, 2026 15 Apr'26
UK businesses must face up to AI threat, says government

Technology secretary Liz Kendall urges Britain’s business community to sit up and pay attention to emerging AI threats, following the debut of Anthropic’s new frontier model, Mythos
April 15, 2026 15 Apr'26
OCBC rolls out generative AI training for wealth advisors

First programme of its kind allows wealth advisors to hone their pitches through realistic AI role play, resulting in double the client appointments and a 50% growth in revenue in three months
April 15, 2026 15 Apr'26
SMRT taps AI and analytics to predict rail faults and speed up maintenance

The Singapore rail operator has developed an intelligent analytics platform to support predictive maintenance and pinpoint track issues, maximising its three-hour nightly maintenance window
April 14, 2026 14 Apr'26
Finance regulator outlines its open finance vision

Financial Conduct Authority wants small businesses and consumers to be able to use their data to get better finance deals
April 14, 2026 14 Apr'26
UK financial regulators rush to assess risks of Anthropic AI model

Banks called in by regulators as latest artificial intelligence model identifies thousands of software vulnerabilities
April 14, 2026 14 Apr'26
Novo Nordisk partners with OpenAI to AI-power drug development

The Danish pharmaceutical company has a strategic plan to use AI across its business. OpenAI is helping it to achieve this objective
April 13, 2026 13 Apr'26
In the AI race, a global bank bets on the human touch

Standard Chartered’s technology and security chief, Alvaro Garrido, says AI will transform finance, but the industry’s biggest vulnerabilities lie outside its own walls
April 10, 2026 10 Apr'26
Moscow champions digital sovereignty and AI-driven city management

By ensuring strategic technology capabilities are developed in-house, megacities can protect their critical infrastructure from cyber threats and global unpredictability, says Moscow government minister
April 09, 2026 09 Apr'26
Interview: Researching quantum algorithms for today’s devices

The world of quantum computing is a noisy place, where error correction is needed to ensure quantum devices run correctly. Lucy Robson, a quantum algorithm scientist at Universal Quantum, tells Computer Weekly all about it
April 06, 2026 06 Apr'26
Digital Realty CTO on AI tokenomics and datacentre infrastructure

Chris Sharp talks up the pace of AI silicon innovation, the growth of inferencing workloads, and why boasting about datacentre megawatts misses the point
April 01, 2026 01 Apr'26
AI driving changes in Nordic financial services

Traditional Nordic financial services businesses are reshaping to take on a new breed of competition
March 31, 2026 31 Mar'26
Aussie AI health-tech Heidi aims to cure clinical burnout

Armed with over $100m in funding, Melbourne-based Heidi is building its own AI models and launching wearable hardware to automate documentation and reduce the administrative burden on doctors
March 31, 2026 31 Mar'26
High Court dismisses judicial review against eVisa system

The High Court rules that the Home Office is acting lawfully in refusing to issue alterative proof of immigration status outside of its electronic visa system, but both the judge and the department accepts that those affected by data quality and ...
March 31, 2026 31 Mar'26
Shrinking PQC timeline highlights immediate risk to data security

Google’s decision to move up its timeline for migration to post-quantum cryptography highlights that some of the cyber security risks posed by quantum computing are already reality
March 31, 2026 31 Mar'26
Agoda scales AI strategy, opens new APAC tech hub

The digital travel platform has set its sights on becoming an AI-powered travel companion as it changes how it builds software and moves its tech workforce into a new facility in Bangkok
March 29, 2026 29 Mar'26
Advancing to the next frontier of AI

As AI agents move faster than software made for human users, both digital tooling and silicon architecture need to be redesigned to reduce latency and power bottlenecks, according to chief scientists of Nvidia and Google
March 26, 2026 26 Mar'26
Bank of England IT project offers lessons for wider government

The UK central bank’s core IT system replacement project surprised MPs, who were unaccustomed to reviewing success stories – its achievement could potentially serve as a model for future government IT initiatives
March 25, 2026 25 Mar'26
Google targets 2029 for post-quantum cyber readiness

Google sets out a timeline for its migration to post-quantum cryptography, saying it will complete its migration before the end of the 2020s
March 25, 2026 25 Mar'26
Why OpenClaw agents are the next big enterprise challenge

As users flock to deploy OpenClaw agents for everything from gig work to shopping, IT leaders warn that bringing these autonomous systems into the enterprise will require strict guardrails and a mix of AI models
March 24, 2026 24 Mar'26
Cyber pros must grasp the vibe coding nettle, says NCSC chief

At RSA in San Francisco, NCSC chief exec Richard Horne says security professionals have an opportunity and a responsibility to get in front of the security issues raised by the popularity of ‘vibe coding’
March 24, 2026 24 Mar'26
HSBC gets its first artificial intelligence chief

UK bank appoints its first executive position dedicated to artificial intelligence as the technology embeds across the sector
March 24, 2026 24 Mar'26
QuikBot and EFGH bring real-time insurance to physical AI

The two companies will embed insurance directly into the infrastructure governing autonomous robots, reducing claims processing and creating a trust layer for smart cities
March 23, 2026 23 Mar'26
CUDA at 20: From billion-dollar gamble to agentic AI

As Nvidia marks two decades of CUDA, its head of high-performance computing and hyperscale reflects on the platform’s journey, the power of software optimisation, and how the fusion of GPUs and LPUs will shape the future of AI
March 20, 2026 20 Mar'26
Scotland launches five-year AI strategy

Scottish deputy first minister says the country aims to become a leader in AI through responsibly harnessing the economic and social benefits of the technology
March 19, 2026 19 Mar'26
NHS digital ambition needs reality check amid frontline work pressures

The NHS 10-year plan is ambitious and brave. However, Cheshire and Merseyside GP Tom Micklewright says limited funding flexibility and pressure on primary care are among the issues hindering success
March 19, 2026 19 Mar'26
Zopa Bank continues its transformation with further growth

UK digital challenger bank has 1.7 million customers, five years after it completed its transformation from a peer-to-peer lender
March 17, 2026 17 Mar'26
Health workers call for Palantir to be booted from NHS contracts

Health justice charity Medact warns that Palantir’s involvement in NHS data systems is a threat to patients and healthcare organisations
March 16, 2026 16 Mar'26
Nvidia expands Vera Rubin platform, details Groq integration

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks up efforts by the AI technology giant to pave the way for self-evolving, multi-agent systems with the integration of Groq LPUs and a software stack for the OpenClaw agent platform
March 16, 2026 16 Mar'26
UK Atomic Energy Authority readies fusion simulation AI supercomputer

The AMD Epyc and Instinct-powered Dell hardware will deliver 6.74 exaflops to power digital twins to support nuclear fusion research
March 11, 2026 11 Mar'26
UK government announces package to get more women in tech

The UK government aims to add billions of pounds to the economy through getting more women into the tech sector