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IT management

• April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26

  Lloyds Bank compensates another 1,625 customers after ‘alarming’ data breach

  Bank pays out compensation to more customers and reveals expansion of affected group

• 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 27, 2026 27 Apr'26

  Was Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract a botch too far?

  The Cabinet Office’s decision to end Capita’s contract to administer the Royal Mail pension follows heavy criticism of the supplier’s work on the civil service pension contract

• April 27, 2026 27 Apr'26

  DSIT gets sums badly wrong on AI datacentre carbon footprint

  Government revises July 2025 projections for AI-driven datacentre carbon footprint upwards by around 100x, but Carbon Brief suggests the numbers could be much higher still

• April 26, 2026 26 Apr'26

  Black Hat Asia: Privacy and cyber security are inseparable

  The separation of privacy and security is no longer tenable in a world where exposed personal data is increasingly the entry point for major cyber incidents, delegates at Black Hat Asia 2026 were told

• 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

  Wiz founder: Hack yourself with AI, before the bad guys do

  At Google Cloud Next, Wiz co-founder Yinon Costica called on security defenders to use AI to steal a march on threat actors, and launched agentic capabilities for cyber teams

• 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

  UAE targets agentic AI to power half of government operations

  With a two-year target to move 50% of government sectors, services and operations to agentic artificial intelligence, the UAE is positioning autonomous systems as the next phase of digital government

• 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

  Agentic AI speeds up mainframe modernisation, but human experts remain key

  Agentic AI tools are helping organisations overcome Cobol skills shortages and untangle legacy infrastructure, but successful modernisation still requires an expert in the loop to manage complexity

• 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 23, 2026 23 Apr'26

  Using AI to manage insider risk amid Middle East conflict

  As geopolitical tensions reshape the cyber threat landscape across the region, organisations are turning to artificial intelligence-driven behaviour analytics, investigative automation and monitoring of AI agents to detect insider risk faster and ...

• 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

  Government terminates Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract

  Contract termination comes as Capita’s failings in a separate government pension scheme hit the headlines

• 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

  Microsoft faces court battle in £2bn Windows Server class action

  The Competition Appeal Tribunal has allowed the unfair licensing case against Microsoft to go ahead

• April 22, 2026 22 Apr'26

  UK government beats drum for fintech industry at Fintech Week

  UK government announces open banking strategies during London Fintech Week, including regulation and £1m investment

• 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 21, 2026 21 Apr'26

  Sans Institute preps live systems for Nato cyber exercise

  Cyber training body the Sans Institute is preparing live power generation IT and OT systems for Nato’s annual Locked Shields blue team exercise, which this year appears more relevant than ever

• April 21, 2026 21 Apr'26

  ‘Platitudes’ hide struggle as Post Office scandal redress scheme closing date announced

  Scheme for group that took the Post Office to court and exposed the widest miscarriage of justice in history to be completed by the year’s end

• April 21, 2026 21 Apr'26

  Danish logistics giant under pressure to rush world’s largest IT integration

  The emergence of AI-driven competition has lit a fire beneath global logistics firm DSV, while it is distracted with integrating the global IT systems of a €14bn merger and trying to get its finances back to full health

• April 21, 2026 21 Apr'26

  Middle East CIOs move from cloud-first to sovereign-first in a high-risk digital era

  As artificial intelligence scales and regulatory pressure intensifies, resilience – not cost – is becoming the defining metric of enterprise technology strategy, says Nischal Kapoor, chief revenue officer at e& enterprise

• April 20, 2026 20 Apr'26

  Singapore pushes for global standard to test generative AI

  The proposed standard aims to ensure trustworthy AI by standardising benchmarking and red teaming methodologies, as IMDA’s chief urges faster action on global rules

• April 20, 2026 20 Apr'26

  Business leaders marked down on AI workforce strategy

  Research from Accenture has found that while workers feel their jobs will change, employers are less likely to invest in workforce transition

• 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 17, 2026 17 Apr'26

  Surging CVE disclosures force NIST to shake up workflows

  NIST announces big changes to the way it categorises and manages CVEs, which are set to have a big impact on how organisations manage patching and remediation

• April 17, 2026 17 Apr'26

  North Korean social engineering campaign targets MacOS users

  A MacOS-focused social engineering campaign orchestrated by North Korea-based threat actor Sapphire Sleet has been exposed by Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Unit

• April 17, 2026 17 Apr'26

  Bank cyber teams on red alert as Anthropic promises them Mythos next week

  Artificial intelligence supplier promises UK banks opportunity to review AI model, which has already revealed thousands of security flaws

• April 17, 2026 17 Apr'26

  Capita lacked ‘detail and thoroughness’ in planning botched Civil Service Pension Scheme takeover

  CEO of former civil service pension administrator claims Capita’s pre-takeover processes were inadequate

• April 16, 2026 16 Apr'26

  CyberUK 2026: UK lagging on legal protections for cyber pros

  Ahead of next week’s CyberUK conference, the CyberUp Campaign for reform of the UK’s hacking laws urges the government to keep focus and proposes a four-pillar framework that would protect cyber professionals from prosecution

• April 16, 2026 16 Apr'26

  Interview: Bernhard Seiser, vice-president of digital, data and IT, AOP Health

  With long experience of tech in the life sciences sector, AOP’s digital leader is building a foundation for further data insights in all areas of the business

• April 16, 2026 16 Apr'26

  Finance regulators to address AI risks after MPs say they are ‘not doing enough’

  After a Treasury committee stated that public and finance systems are ‘exposed to potential serious harm’ from AI because regulators are ‘not doing enough’ to manage risks, finance regulators say they will take action to address concerns

• April 16, 2026 16 Apr'26

  How the AI boom is reshaping tech cost management

  FinOps practitioners are stepping up to manage AI expenses, optimise token usage and align cost-saving measures with sustainability goals to improve returns from AI investments

• April 16, 2026 16 Apr'26

  UAE education builds digital resilience as regional tensions accelerate shift to remote learning

  Ankabut CEO Tarek Jundi outlines how national infrastructure, AI-driven platforms and distance-learning capabilities are helping schools and universities maintain continuity amid geopolitical uncertainty

• 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

  Ordnance Survey works with Snowflake to tackle flood risk

  AI-based tool developed with Snowflake improves policymakers’ understanding of properties at risk of flooding

• April 15, 2026 15 Apr'26

  Danske Bank upgrade error exposed 20,000 customer addresses

  Danish bank revealed details of a customer data leak last year which affected thousands of customers

• April 15, 2026 15 Apr'26

  Data dive: A new American Century in the datacentre pipeline?

  Looking at datacentre development internationally, we see how the UK faces apparent relative decline, how countries are responding to the AI age, and what MW vs GDP can tell us

• April 15, 2026 15 Apr'26

  England Rugby chooses Capgemini as it targets half a million new fans

  French supplier will support the Rugby Football Union’s four-year plan to ensure the sport thrives in England

• 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

  April Patch Tuesday brings zero-days in Defender, SharePoint Server

  Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday update may be one of the largest in history, with more than 160 issues in scope

• April 14, 2026 14 Apr'26

  Department for Transport shows how its AI system avoids bias

  A report looking at a system to extract themes from public consultations highlights human and LLM-based checks

• 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