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• 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

  Options for Google as DoJ seeks divestiture

  The US Department of Justice is calling for Google to divest its adtech business. Google says it’s impossible. But is there an alternative?

• 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

  Data issues cost Australian businesses nearly A$500k annually

  Research reveals Australian organisations are losing an average of nearly half a million dollars annually due to poor data integrity, hindering their ability to leverage AI and eroding their competitive edge

• May 06, 2025 06 May'25

  CIOs prepare for recession with greater cost control

  Tariffs and the risk of economic slowdown have brought IT budgets into focus, with many IT leaders dropping projects and reducing tech investments

• 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

  Retail cyber crime spree a ‘wake-up call’, says NCSC CEO

  The National Cyber Security Centre confirms it is providing assistance to M&S, Co-op and Harrods as concerns grow among UK retailers

• May 02, 2025 02 May'25

  Government and Ofcom disagree about scope of Online Safety Act

  MPs heard different views from the online harms regulator and the UK government about whether and how the Online Safety Act obliges platforms to deal with disinformation

• 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

• May 01, 2025 01 May'25

  Harrods becomes latest UK retailer to fall victim to cyber attack

  Harrods confirms it is the latest UK retailer to experience a cyber attack, shutting off a number of systems in an attempt to lessen the impact

• May 01, 2025 01 May'25

  Co-op instructs staff to be wary of lurking hackers

  Co-op tells staff to stop using their VPNs and be wary that their communications channels may be being monitored, as a cyber attack on the organisation continues to develop

• May 01, 2025 01 May'25

  Tariffs could cost Meta $8bn in extra datacentre costs

  The owner of Facebook and WhatsApp has forecast an increase in CapEx due to higher IT infrastructure costs to power its AI strategy

• May 01, 2025 01 May'25

  Progress made on government’s Post Office Capture redress, but concerns remain

  Latest meeting between campaigners and business department seen as positive, but frustration and concerns remain

• May 01, 2025 01 May'25

  Thomas Herdman’s legal battle over Sky ECC encrypted phone distribution set to enter fifth year

  Computer Weekly speaks to Julie Kawai Herdman, daughter of Thomas Herdman, the only person in custody for distributing Sky ECC encrypted phones

• April 30, 2025 30 Apr'25

  Current SaaS delivery model a risk management nightmare, says CISO

  JPMorgan Chase security chief Patrick Opet laments the state of SaaS security in an open letter to the industry and calls on software providers to do more to enhance resilience

• April 30, 2025 30 Apr'25

  Co-op shuts off IT systems to contain cyber attack

  A developing cyber incident at Co-op has forced the retailer to pull the plug on some of its IT systems as it works to contain the attack

• April 30, 2025 30 Apr'25

  How AI can attack corporate decision-making

  As AI gets embedded in corporate systems, experts warn of emerging security risks caused by influencing retrieval augmentation systems

• April 30, 2025 30 Apr'25

  AI in national security raises proportionality and privacy concerns

  AI could enable investigations to cover far more individuals than was ever previously possible, which is why oversight is needed

• 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 29, 2025 29 Apr'25

  Scattered Spider on the hook for M&S cyber attack

  The infamous Scattered Spider hacking collective may have been behind the ongoing cyber attack on Marks and Spencer that has crippled systems at the retailer and left its ecommerce operation in disarray.

• April 29, 2025 29 Apr'25

  Gov.uk One Login yet to meet government cyber security standards for critical public services

  The government’s flagship digital identity system still does not fully conform to key national security standards three years after launch, while questions remain over whether historic security problems have been resolved

• April 29, 2025 29 Apr'25

  VeeamON shows Veeam on Linux, RAG from backup, and cloud features

  Veeam showed a new Linux appliance, features in Veeam Backup & Replication that will see it run corporate backups as RAG data, and new cloud features that include Entra ID backup

• April 28, 2025 28 Apr'25

  Fujitsu UK staff will get bonus despite Post Office scandal fallout

  Employees will receive bonuses as Fujitsu UK reaches sales target - suggesting that its pause on bidding for public sector business has had limited impact

• 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

  HMRC predicts IR35-related £20m annual tax loss due to business size classification changes

  HMRC predicts that changes made by the government to the classification criteria used to decide if businesses should be considered small or medium-sized entities will cost the Treasury £20m each year in IR35 non-compliance

• April 28, 2025 28 Apr'25

  Workers need more support for AI success

  Artificial intelligence has the potential to boost the UK economy, but people need training and assurances that their jobs are not going to be disrupted

• 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 25, 2025 25 Apr'25

  M&S suspends all online sales as cyber attack worsens

  M&S shuts down online sales as it works to contain and mitigate a severe cyber attack on its systems

• 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

  M&S systems remain offline days after cyber incident

  M&S is still unable to provide contactless payment or click-and-collect services amid a cyber attack that it says has forced it to move a number of processes offline to safeguard its customers, staff and business

• April 24, 2025 24 Apr'25

  VMware patches put spotlight on support

  Recent security updates in VMware products have highlighted the challenge IT decision-makers face as they navigate Broadcom licensing changes

• April 24, 2025 24 Apr'25

  Data breach class action costs mount up

  Organisations exposed to the US market paid out over $150m in class action settlements in just six months. Security leaders must do more to address cyber gaps, respond better to incidents and demonstrate compliance

• April 24, 2025 24 Apr'25

  South East Water modernises through Google Cloud

  Utility’s five-year transformation project sees it adopt Google Cloud technologies to help change how it works

• April 24, 2025 24 Apr'25

  ASEAN telcos going beyond the 5G hype

  Telcos from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia are moving beyond the 5G hype as they focus on driving enterprise 5G and AI adoption to drive value for customers

• 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 24, 2025 24 Apr'25

  March ransomware slowdown probably a red herring

  An apparent slowdown in ransomware attack volumes is raising eyebrows, but the statistics never tell the full story

• April 23, 2025 23 Apr'25

  Financially motivated cyber crime remains biggest threat source

  Mandiant’s latest annual threat report reveals data on how financially motivated cyber criminals, such as ransomware gangs, dominate the cyber security landscape

• April 23, 2025 23 Apr'25

  Amid uncertainty, Armis becomes newest CVE numbering authority

  Amid an uncertain future for vulnerability research, exposure management company Armis has been given the authority to assign CVE IDs to newly discovered vulnerabilities

• April 23, 2025 23 Apr'25

  Qualys goes to bat for US cricket side San Francisco Unicorns

  Cloud security specialist Qualys partners with US T20 cricket squad San Francisco Unicorns and its Sparkle Army fanclub as the team prepares for its summer 2025 campaign

• April 23, 2025 23 Apr'25

  Digital ID sector calls for changes to government data legislation

  Suppliers urge technology secretary to work more collaboratively with private sector over concerns government’s digital wallet will gain a monopoly in the market

• April 22, 2025 22 Apr'25

  Cyber attack downs systems at Marks & Spencer

  A cyber attack at Marks & Spencer has caused significant disruption to customers, leaving them unable to make contactless payments or use click-and-collect services

• April 22, 2025 22 Apr'25

  Virgin Media O2 cuts carbon emissions 56% against its 2020 baseline

  Virgin Media O2 reveals that it is on track to achieve net zero across its operations, products and supply chain by the end of 2040, 10 years ahead of UK’s net-zero goal

• April 22, 2025 22 Apr'25

  Cyber ‘agony aunts’ launch guidebook for women in security

  Cyber ‘agony aunts’ Amelia Hewitt and Rebecca Taylor are launching a book aimed at empowering women in their cyber security careers

• April 22, 2025 22 Apr'25

  Secure Future Initiative reveals Microsoft staff focus

  IT security is now a metric in the Microsoft employee appraisal process

• April 22, 2025 22 Apr'25

  Ofcom bans leasing of Global Titles to crackdown on spoofing

  Telco regulator Ofcom is cracking down on a loophole being exploited by cyber criminals to access sensitive mobile data

• 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