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• May 28, 2025 28 May'25

  UK biometric surveillance exists in ‘legal grey area’

  The rapid proliferation of ‘biometric mass surveillance technologies’ throughout the UK’s public and private sectors is taking place without legal certainty or adequate safeguards for the public

• May 27, 2025 27 May'25

  Salesforce pays $8bn for Informatica to underpin agentic AI play

  Salesforce is to pay approximately $8bn for cloud data management specialist Informatica as it looks to shore up the foundations of its developing agentic AI strategy

• May 27, 2025 27 May'25

  Government launches search to link UK to European supercomputers

  As part of Horizon 2020, the UK recently signed up to an EU initiative to support the expansion of high-performance computing for AI

• May 27, 2025 27 May'25

  Imec ITF World 2025: The hardware horizon for AI

  At its recent ITF World 2025 conference in Antwerp, Belgian research institute Imec delivered a pointed message: as AI accelerates, the world needs new thinking – not just in software, but in the hardware ecosystems underpinning it

• May 23, 2025 23 May'25

  Essex Police discloses ‘incoherent’ facial recognition assessment

  An equality impact assessment of Essex Police live facial recognition deployments is plagued by inconsistencies and poor methodology, undermining the force’s claim that its use of the technology will not be discriminatory

• May 23, 2025 23 May'25

  Labour puts Humphrey AI to work for council admin

  A tool built on the government’s Humphrey AI toolset is being piloted by 25 councils to take notes during meetings

• May 23, 2025 23 May'25

  Grab opens AI centre of excellence, bets on home-grown AI

  Southeast Asian super app Grab has launched an AI centre of excellence in Singapore, aiming to develop its own specialised foundation model, bolster developer productivity and create 50 new roles, among other goals

• May 22, 2025 22 May'25

  DSIT makes £5.5m of funding available to new projects

  The government is focusing on easing the regulatory burden that can often hamper the introduction of innovative technologies in the public sector

• May 22, 2025 22 May'25

  Lloyds and Nationwide to use UK finance sector LLM

  Industry-specific large language models could improve customer services, strengthen security and support regulatory compliance

• May 19, 2025 19 May'25

  Government sets up guidance for 10-year R&D commitment

  Research and development is one of the main areas of focus for Labour’s Plan for Change as it readies its Industrial Strategy

• May 16, 2025 16 May'25

  The Security Interviews: David Faugno, 1Password

  David Faugno, co-CEO of 1Password, discusses how his background led to him joining the company and why maintaining profitability is a key factor in overcoming the challenges of switching markets.

• May 15, 2025 15 May'25

  How close is quantum computing to commercial reality?

  At a recent event, experts explored the progress towards logical qubits and how these will be applied to empower business IT

• May 15, 2025 15 May'25

  Government starts private sector engagement on digital ID and Gov.uk Wallet

  Following concerns from the digital identity industry that Gov.uk Wallet would dominate the market, the government has offered private sector providers a ‘critical role’ in its future, as it revealed further details on the wallet

• May 14, 2025 14 May'25

  BBVA creates ChatGPT Store and expands use of the GenAI tool

  Data reveals that bank employees are saving an average of almost three hours every week by using ChatGPT

• May 14, 2025 14 May'25

  Humphrey AI tool powers Scottish Parliament consultation

  AI-powered Consult tool has helped the Scottish Parliament to organise feedback from a public consultation into themes

• May 14, 2025 14 May'25

  Australian public cloud spending to hit A$26.6bn in 2025

  Gartner forecasts strong growth in cloud infrastructure and platform services even as Australian organisations grapple with scaling AI initiatives and managing rising cloud expenditure

• May 13, 2025 13 May'25

  UKRI must do more to drive innovation agenda and avoid fraud

  UKRI’s funding of research and innovation to support the government’s growth strategy has room for improvement

• May 12, 2025 12 May'25

  Italian bank signs 10-year deal with Google Cloud

  UniCredit will transform operations through cloud, AI and data analytics technologies from Google Cloud

• May 09, 2025 09 May'25

  Interview: Amanda Stent, head of AI strategy and research, Bloomberg

  Hallucinating AI, which lies through its teeth, keeps Amanda Stent busy at data analytics and intelligence giant Bloomberg

• May 09, 2025 09 May'25

  Government calls on tech companies to join crime-cutting campaign

  The justice secretary met with 30 tech companies to discuss how technology can help to tackle prison violence and reduce reoffending rates

• May 08, 2025 08 May'25

  UK Digital Services Tax survives US trade negotiations

  The UK will retain its Digital Services Tax on tech giants in a landmark US trade agreement that paves the way for a future digital tech deal

• May 08, 2025 08 May'25

  NHS launches digital tool to improve cancer care

  Cancer 360 tool aims to bring together data on cancer patients in one place, allowing clinicians access to all the information through the Federated Data Platform

• May 07, 2025 07 May'25

  Schools pilot exam results app that could save £30m

  Exam results and certificates will be provided digitally in a pilot the government hopes will lead to huge financial savings

• May 07, 2025 07 May'25

  UK hands Indian IT suppliers competitive boost in trade deal

  Trade deal will exempt IT workers from India from paying National Insurance contributions for three years

• May 07, 2025 07 May'25

  Bill Gates hails ‘stunning’ AI progress, urges focus on global equality

  The Microsoft co-founder underscored AI’s transformative potential in healthcare, education and agriculture while highlighting the need to ensure its benefits reach lower-income nations

• May 06, 2025 06 May'25

  Fintech summit reveals what’s next for sector

  The UK’s fintech sector attracted $3.6bn investment last year, which was only bettered by the US, but how will UK fintech continue to grow?

• May 06, 2025 06 May'25

  EU acts to mend ailing AI competitiveness

  Lack of private investors, malformed markets and over-regulation present a big challenge for European officials trying to turn the continent into a global AI superpower

• May 06, 2025 06 May'25

  Interview: Joe Depa, global chief innovation officer, EY

  Accounting firm EY is focused on ‘AI-ready data’ to maximise the benefits of agentic AI and enable the use of emerging frontier technologies for its business and clients

• May 05, 2025 05 May'25

  How AsiaPac transformed into a multicloud powerhouse

  AsiaPac CEO Andrew Cheng outlines the company’s growth from a laptop PC distributor to a regional technology service provider known for its multicloud capabilities

• May 02, 2025 02 May'25

  Will the government be able to achieve its £45bn savings target through tech?

  Computer Weekly takes a closer look at Whitehall’s ambitious plans to save billions through the adoption of digital technologies, whether the goal is achievable, and why there is such a big focus on AI

• April 30, 2025 30 Apr'25

  FCA wants ‘safe place’ for finance firms to test artificial intelligence

  Financial services regulator proposes artificial intelligence testing environment as part of its AI Lab

• April 30, 2025 30 Apr'25

  Artificial intelligence roles the ‘only safe jobs in banking’

  World’s biggest banks have increased the number of employees working with artificial intelligence by 13% in the past six months

• April 28, 2025 28 Apr'25

  Japanese researchers advance combinatorial problem solving

  Some tasks cannot be solved easily on classical computers. Quantum mechanics offers one approach, but an Ising machine tackles the problem differently

• April 28, 2025 28 Apr'25

  Pharma leaders see AI revolutionising medicine

  Pharmaceutical industry experts at Gitex Asia 2025 discuss how AI is revolutionising drug discovery, from accelerating clinical trials and diagnosing rare diseases to validating traditional medicines

• April 25, 2025 25 Apr'25

  UK MoJ crime prediction algorithms raise serious concerns

  The Ministry of Justice is using one algorithm to predict people’s risk of reoffending and another to predict who will commit murder, but critics say the profiling in these systems raises ‘serious concerns’ over racism, classism and data inaccuracies

• April 24, 2025 24 Apr'25

  Saudi Arabia to be global kingpin of AI grunt work for US leader Groq

  Saudi Arabia is positioning itself to take on huge volumes of the grunt work required by the artificial intelligence sector

• April 24, 2025 24 Apr'25

  Interview: Daniele Tonella, CTO, ING

  The bank’s global CTO has been in the role for less than a year and in that time has been working his way through four layers of tech

• April 22, 2025 22 Apr'25

  Government tests experimental AI for housing

  The AI tool will be used to turn handwritten notes and scanned documents into high-quality data, aiming to improve efficiency in planning decisions for housing

• April 21, 2025 21 Apr'25

  Top APAC firms recognised at innovation awards

  Citic Telecom, CapitaLand Investment and DBS Bank were among the region’s top industry innovators recognised for their digital transformation efforts at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2025

• April 21, 2025 21 Apr'25

  CW Innovation Awards: Finding revenue gains from parked cars

  Singapore real estate investment firm CapitaLand Investment taps machine learning models to optimise space utilisation across 23 commercial buildings and business parks

• April 21, 2025 21 Apr'25

  CW Innovation Awards: M1 aims to become digital-native telco

  The digital-first telco is running all its back-end systems on the cloud, enabling it to speed up decision-making and enhance customer service

• April 21, 2025 21 Apr'25

  CW Innovation Awards: Transforming cyber security with AI

  Facing rising cyber threats and a shortage of experts, Citic Telecom International CPC developed an AI-powered penetration testing tool to automate security audits and reduce costs

• April 21, 2025 21 Apr'25

  CW Innovation Awards: DBS AI assistant slashes call times and boosts productivity

  The bank’s in-house generative AI tool is streamlining customer service, reducing manual work and speeding up response times, improving both employee and customer experience

• April 17, 2025 17 Apr'25

  Standard Chartered grounds AI ambitions in data governance

  The bank’s group chief data officer, Mohammed Rahim, outlines how the bank is modernising its data infrastructure and governance practices to support its AI initiatives

• April 16, 2025 16 Apr'25

  Interview: Markus Schümmelfeder, CIO, Boehringer Ingelheim

  The pharmaceutical giant has built a digital and data platform based on cloud and standardisation, from which it is exploring technology opportunities in AI and quantum computing

• April 16, 2025 16 Apr'25

  Saudi Arabia struggling to reach global leadership in deeptech

  Petrostate monarchy trying to build surrogate industry made of foreign startups because own ecosystem is too immature

• April 15, 2025 15 Apr'25

  Roadmap for commercial adoption of quantum computing gains clarity

  There has been plenty going on in the world of quantum computing, suggesting that commercial systems are on the horizon

• April 14, 2025 14 Apr'25

  Government injects extra funding to drive quantum growth

  The UK government has ploughed an extra £121m into quantum to drive development of the technology

• April 14, 2025 14 Apr'25

  SUSE CEO champions open source choice

  Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen warns against suppliers diluting open source to lock in customers, and touts SUSE’s commitment to providing choice and support across multiple Linux and Kubernetes distributions

• April 11, 2025 11 Apr'25

  Wes Streeting launches digital qualification for social care leaders

  As part of the government’s plan to create a digital national care service, social care leaders will be trained in adopting and using cutting-edge technology