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• April 10, 2025 10 Apr'25

  Google bets on unifying security tools to ease CISO pain

  At Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas, Google launches its Unified Security platform with the goal of bringing together disparate security solutions to help cyber leaders and practitioners address their most keenly felt pain points

• April 10, 2025 10 Apr'25

  Lloyds Bank moves AI work onto Google Cloud platform

  Banking group is cutting its emissions and accelerating the development of AI platforms by moving work onto Google Cloud

• April 08, 2025 08 Apr'25

  Labour MPs launch digital ID campaign

  A large group of Labour MPs have called for the introduction of a digital ID system to crack down on illegal migration and benefits fraud

• April 08, 2025 08 Apr'25

  Current funding models prevent health and social care integration, according to report

  Whitepaper by telecare provider Tunstall calls for government to develop a national strategy to resolve fragmentation between health and social care

• April 03, 2025 03 Apr'25

  Danish supercomputer to drive innovation

  Supercomputer project will add a competitive edge to drive innovation and growth among Denmark’s enterprises and research organisations

• April 03, 2025 03 Apr'25

  Virtual reality enterprise journey a marathon, not a sprint

  IT supplier is using virtual reality in not-for-profit projects that demonstrate its wider potential

• April 02, 2025 02 Apr'25

  UKtech50 2025 – help us find the most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK IT is on – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list

• April 02, 2025 02 Apr'25

  Interview: Tomer Cohen, chief product officer, LinkedIn

  The professional social network’s product chief is leading the introduction of artificial intelligence for the firm’s in-house development processes and to enhance services for users

• April 02, 2025 02 Apr'25

  StarHub trials first 5G cloud RAN network in Southeast Asia

  Singapore telco trials cloud-based radio access network, unlocking new enterprise services and laying the groundwork for advanced 5G and 6G capabilities

• April 01, 2025 01 Apr'25

  Gmail ‘bubble’ encryption may be an S/MIME killer, says Google

  Marking the 21st anniversary of Gmail, Google is preparing to roll out an end-to-end encryption standard for its email service in hopes of democratising encryption and leaving old standards in the dust

• April 01, 2025 01 Apr'25

  How Singapore researchers are using AI to fight Parkinson’s disease

  Singapore researchers are using Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold to understand the intricate protein interactions at play in Parkinson's disease, paving the way for potential diagnostics and treatments

• March 31, 2025 31 Mar'25

  Reassessing UK law enforcement data adequacy

  Computer Weekly takes stock of proposed changes to the UK’s law enforcement data protection rules and how it could affect data adequacy with the European Union

• March 31, 2025 31 Mar'25

  UK law enforcement data adequacy at risk

  The UK government says reforms to police data protection rules will help to simplify law enforcement data processing, but critics argue the changes will lower protection to the point where the UK risks losing its European data adequacy

• March 28, 2025 28 Mar'25

  Government sends data scientists to AI school

  Public sector data scientists will learn how to become artificial intelligence (AI) engineers as part of government scheme to upskill civil servants

• March 27, 2025 27 Mar'25

  UK public expresses strong support for AI regulation

  Most of the UK public have experienced an AI-related harm and say they want laws introduced to regulate the technology, according to national survey by the Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing Institutes

• March 27, 2025 27 Mar'25

  Research team demonstrates certified quantum randomness

  A 56-qubit trapped ion quantum computer from Quantinuum has demonstrated quantum supremacy as a random number generator

• March 27, 2025 27 Mar'25

  Selangor teams up with Google Cloud on AI

  The Teraju AI Selangor initiative will provide state agencies with access to Google Cloud’s AI tools and training to build AI applications in areas such as education and healthcare

• March 26, 2025 26 Mar'25

  Chancellor Rachel Reeves to use AI to catch wealthy tax dodgers

  HMRC’s use of artificial intelligence is one of many initiatives outlined in Chancellor’s Spring Statement

• March 26, 2025 26 Mar'25

  Deutsches Forschungsnetz accelerates research with green IP network

  IP network upgrade designed to give German national research and education network enhanced access to critical resources and more efficient collaboration with interface speeds up to 800 Gbps, increased capacity and 75% reduced power consumption

• March 26, 2025 26 Mar'25

  Military AI caught in tension between speed and control

  The use of artificial intelligence in military contexts can unlock a range of benefits for defence organisations, but also highlights a clear tension between speed and control baked into the technology

• March 25, 2025 25 Mar'25

  Government needs to fix tech staff hiring process, says Whitehall’s AI boss

  Giving evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, tech experts highlighted the lack of clarity on data exchange, the need for the new Government Digital Service to execute, and a lack of actual tech experts

• March 25, 2025 25 Mar'25

  ETSI launches first post-quantum encryption standard

  European telco standards body launches its first post-quantum cryptography cyber standard, covering the security of critical data and communications

• March 24, 2025 24 Mar'25

  The Netherlands bets on brain-inspired computing for a greener future

  The Netherlands is building a neuromorphic computing ecosystem, harnessing brain-inspired tech for unprecedented energy efficiency

• March 23, 2025 23 Mar'25

  How Jetstar is tapping data analytics

  Low-cost carrier Jetstar is using the Snowflake data platform to optimise the number of meals to carry onboard and to generate flight schedules, among other data analytics initiatives to improve its operations

• March 20, 2025 20 Mar'25

  NCSC proposes three-step plan to move to quantum-safe encryption

  The NCSC urges service providers, large organisations and critical sectors to start thinking today about how they will migrate to post-quantum cryptography over the next decade

• March 20, 2025 20 Mar'25

  Snowflake founders reveal ‘cuckoo cloud’ vision that disrupted big data

  Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes reveal the journey that led to their data platform, their bet against Hadoop and why they still code on weekends to stay connected to their creation

• March 19, 2025 19 Mar'25

  Air New Zealand takes off with digital transformation deal

  The airline aims to become a digital leader with TCS’s help to improve fleet management, crew scheduling and ground services through the use of artificial intelligence

• March 19, 2025 19 Mar'25

  DeepMind founder warns of compounding AI agent errors

  Artificial general intelligence may be years away, but in the meantime, organisations are being urged to adopt agent technology

• March 18, 2025 18 Mar'25

  Novel encryption technology tests add value to Finland’s quantum computer project

  Tests carried out at Telia will support the building of a secure quantum network

• March 14, 2025 14 Mar'25

  AI Action Summit review: Differing views cast doubt on AI’s ability to benefit whole of society

  Governments, companies and civil society groups gathered at the third global AI summit to discuss how the technology can work for the benefit of everyone in society, but experts say competing imperatives mean there is no guarantee these visions will...

• March 14, 2025 14 Mar'25

  Will Whitehall withstand Starmer’s AI revolution?

  As the prime minister sets out plans for the use of artificial intelligence to take over civil service tasks, Computer Weekly looks at potential challenges and concerns around the decision

• March 13, 2025 13 Mar'25

  Starmer to send AI tech teams into government departments

  In his plans to reform the state, the prime minister is pushing for artificial intelligence to take on tasks for civil servants and calling time on NHS England

• March 13, 2025 13 Mar'25

  Government announces inevitable end to Payments Services Regulator

  The government has abolished the Payments Services Regulator and will move responsibilities to Financial Conduct Authority

• March 09, 2025 09 Mar'25

  David Willetts to chair Regulatory Innovation Office

  The former science minister will lead the Regulatory Innovation Office, which aims to remove barriers and outdated regulations to speed up the road to market for innovative products and services

• March 06, 2025 06 Mar'25

  Going beyond search: Elastic’s observability and security play

  Elastic’s chief product officer Ken Exner talks up the company’s expansion into observability and security and how it balances innovation with community contributions and monetisation

• March 05, 2025 05 Mar'25

  Few UK organisations ready to seize agentic AI opportunity

  Agentic AI promises to automate manually intensive tasks intelligently, yet few business leaders feel their organisation is ready to deploy it

• February 27, 2025 27 Feb'25

  Nvidia CEO claims reasoning models will boost GPU demand

  The availability of the DeepSeek-R1 model resulted in a big drop in Nvidia’s share price, but CEO Jensen Huang believes this is just a blip

• February 26, 2025 26 Feb'25

  Alibaba Cloud open sources video foundation models

  The Chinese tech giant releases Tongyi Wanxiang 2.1 family of video foundation models as open source, including a smaller version enabling video creation on standard laptops

• February 26, 2025 26 Feb'25

  Lord Holmes warns of increasingly ‘urgent’ need to regulate AI

  The real-world negative impacts of artificial intelligence will only get worse if the UK does not move to regulate the technology in a way that centres on accountability, trust and public participation, says Lord Holmes

• February 25, 2025 25 Feb'25

  Quantum innovation balances on commercial tightrope

  While there is plenty of innovation in quantum technology, the industry needs greater collaboration to develop commercially viable systems

• February 24, 2025 24 Feb'25

  Zendesk to acquire Local Measure, boosting AI-powered voice capabilities

  The acquisition will strengthen Zendesk’s contact centre offering and integration with Amazon Connect, targeting larger enterprise clients

• February 24, 2025 24 Feb'25

  Alibaba bets $53bn on cloud and AI

  Chinese tech giant Alibaba unveils massive three-year investment in a move to capitalise on the AI opportunity and position its cloud infrastructure as the backbone for future growth

• February 20, 2025 20 Feb'25

  Microsoft overcomes quantum barrier with new particle

  It has taken 20 years of development, but researchers now have a device that can scale to millions of qubits without errors rising exponentially

• February 19, 2025 19 Feb'25

  CaixaBank outlines artificial intelligence intentions in €5bn plan

  Spanish bank announces Cosmos, an investment in its processes and technology that sits within its €5bn strategic plan

• February 18, 2025 18 Feb'25

  Singapore pledges S$150m to boost enterprise AI capabilities

  The Enterprise Compute initiative will provide local enterprises with access to AI tools and expertise in a bid to spur AI adoption

• February 14, 2025 14 Feb'25

  NHS launches breast cancer AI trial

  The trial will see 700,000 women taking part in artificial intelligence-based screening for breast cancer, looking at whether use of technology can help identify signs of cancer earlier

• February 13, 2025 13 Feb'25

  Interview: Why Samsung put a UK startup centre stage

  The launch of the flagship Galaxy S25 smartphone from Samsung showcased AI innovation from a company spun out of Oxford University

• February 12, 2025 12 Feb'25

  AI Action Summit: Two major AI initiatives launched

  Sustainability and ‘public-interest’ artificial intelligence initiatives have been launched during the AI Action Summit in Paris

• February 12, 2025 12 Feb'25

  AI Action Summit: UK and US refuse to sign inclusive AI statement

  The UK and US governments’ decisions not to sign a joint declaration has attracted strong criticism from a range of voices, especially in the context of key political figures calling for AI ‘red tape’ to be cut

• February 12, 2025 12 Feb'25

  AI at Leap 2025: Huge potential but a threat to the fabric of society?

  Thought leaders in artificial intelligence gathered at Saudi Arabia’s Leap 2025 tech show to set out the next steps for enterprise AI and agentic AI, but also AI’s potential danger to human society