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February 17, 2026 17 Feb'26
Government pumps £20m into using tech to fight addiction

Funding grants from Innovate UK will be used for medical technologies and digital tools such as artificial intelligence and wearables to reduce substance misuse and addiction
February 17, 2026 17 Feb'26
Government wages cyber campaign as half the UK’s SMEs are breached

UK government says half of all small businesses have been cyber breached in the recent past as it urges them to ‘lock the door’
February 17, 2026 17 Feb'26
British Transport Police start using live facial recognition

British Transport Police will deploy facial recognition for six months despite calls for the government to halt its rapid expansion of the technology
February 16, 2026 16 Feb'26
Noah Donohoe inquest reveals issues with police ControlWorks system

An inquest heard that there were major issues with the system used by the Police Service of Northern Ireland to record information reported by the public

February 16, 2026 16 Feb'26
Interview: Richard Corbridge, CIO, Segro

With a varied IT leadership career across healthcare, retail and central government, property development brought fresh challenges for the CIO – and a chance to share his experience in an industry not renowned for digital transformation
February 16, 2026 16 Feb'26
NatWest hails progress after £1.2bn spent on tech last year, but true AI transformation to come

NatWest Bank describes the past 12 months of its tech transformation as ‘the year of [AI] deployment at scale’
February 16, 2026 16 Feb'26
UK government risks ‘perpetuating’ Post Office injustice through response to Capture appeals

Peers question government’s approach to wrongful conviction appeals from former users of Capture software
February 16, 2026 16 Feb'26
Oracle readies AI note-taker for NHS

The AI tool drafts structured notes from patient-clinician interactions, helping to reduce administrative work
February 15, 2026 15 Feb'26
Wesfarmers to deploy agentic AI in retail operations

Retail conglomerate behind Kmart and Officeworks signs multi-year deal with Google Cloud to deploy AI agents for customer service and internal productivity
February 13, 2026 13 Feb'26
UK National Crime Agency seeks CDIO, offering more than £100k for the role

The chief digital and information officer will be expected to set the National Crime Agency’s digital, data and technology sourcing strategy, secure multi-year investment and manage a £100m budget

February 12, 2026 12 Feb'26
Government bank digital project a ‘full-spectrum disaster’ exposing taxpayers to risk

National Savings and Investments is unable to tell Public Accounts Committee the cost of its modernisation programme
February 12, 2026 12 Feb'26
Thousands of unread emails and 20 million database errors cause civil service pension hardship

Capita is to ‘fast-track’ any technology, including artificial intelligence, that can help it clear a backlog in civil service pension work
February 12, 2026 12 Feb'26
Large language models provide unreliable answers about public services, Open Data Institute finds

Research questions AI’s trustworthiness in giving people accurate information about government services
February 12, 2026 12 Feb'26
European Commission: TikTok’s addictive design breaches EU law

In a preliminary ruling, European Commission says TikTok’s additive design features are in breach of laws designed to create safer digital spaces
February 12, 2026 12 Feb'26
e& drives AI-first workforce transformation with Oracle Cloud

UAE technology group deploys Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM on OCI Dedicated Region to embed artificial intelligence across human resources while meeting national data sovereignty requirements
February 12, 2026 12 Feb'26
UK fintech investment slumped in 2025

Investment in the UK fintech sector fell to its lowest level since 2020, but it is still the European destination attracting the most money
February 12, 2026 12 Feb'26
College of Policing accounts ‘disclaimed’ by auditor for second year in wake of IT failure

Government auditors have refused to endorse the financial accounts of the professional body for policing in England and Wales for a second year, following IT project blunders
February 11, 2026 11 Feb'26
CVE volumes may plausibly reach 100,000 this year

The number of vulnerabilities to be disclosed in 2026 is almost certain to exceed last year's total, and may be heading towards 100,000, according to analysis
February 11, 2026 11 Feb'26
London Assembly member: Police should halt facial-recognition technology use

In lieu of a full-blown ban on the technology, Green London Assembly member Zoë Garbett has called for a number of new safeguards to be implemented that she feels would protect Londoners from ‘escalating’ biometric surveillance
February 11, 2026 11 Feb'26
Peer ‘disappointed’ that DWP review of subpostmaster prosecutions is still months away

Government indicates that there are 108 DWP prosecutions of subpostmasters that will be reviewed so far, but little progress has been made
February 11, 2026 11 Feb'26
Lack of resources greatest hurdle for regulating AI, MPs told

Regulators warned that statutory powers alone cannot address the ethical harms of artificial intelligence
February 11, 2026 11 Feb'26
Fujitsu will be out by next summer, says Post Office CTO

Post Office’s project to replace its controversial core system will contract suppliers by the summer of this year, with the aim to remove Fujitsu by summer 2027, according to its chief technology officer
February 10, 2026 10 Feb'26
February Patch Tuesday: Microsoft drops six zero-days

Microsoft releases patches for six zero-day flaws in its latest monthly update, many of them related to security feature bypass issues
February 10, 2026 10 Feb'26
Researchers delve inside new SolarWinds RCE attack chain

Researchers at Huntress and Microsoft have shared findings from their analysis of a new SolarWinds Web Help Desk vulnerability
February 10, 2026 10 Feb'26
Apple and Google pledge to improve app fairness

The CMA is seeking views on Apple and Google’s commitments to ensure fair app store practices to stoke the UK’s app economy, fintech and improve developer confidence
February 10, 2026 10 Feb'26
Is the EU’s free trade deal with India the dawn of a new era?

Trade deal between European Union and India simplifies the visa system for professionals from India, which could make the country’s suppliers more accessible
February 10, 2026 10 Feb'26
Second ever international AI safety report published

More than 100 artificial intelligence experts have produced the second international AI safety report ahead of a summit in India, outlining a high degree of uncertainty about the development and risks of AI
February 10, 2026 10 Feb'26
G42 expands global AI ambitions with sovereign cloud partnership in Vietnam

UAE artificial intelligence champion takes its sovereignty-first model to Southeast Asia
February 10, 2026 10 Feb'26
Artificial intelligence now finance sector’s ‘connective tissue’

Major study finds debate over AI adoption is over as almost every finance firm in the world is already using the technology
February 09, 2026 09 Feb'26
Fractile expansion demonstrates UK growth opportunity

AI chip firm’s £100m expansion and facility in Bristol is being used to showcase the government’s AI opportunity plan in action
February 09, 2026 09 Feb'26
Russia’s cyber attacks on Polish utilities draws NCSC alert

A series of Russian cyber attacks targeting Poland’s energy infrastructure has prompted a warning from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre
February 09, 2026 09 Feb'26
NTT Data deepens Middle East cloud push with acquisition of UAE-based Zero&One

Deal highlights growing strategic importance of the UAE as global technology firms race to scale cloud, AI and digital services across the region
February 09, 2026 09 Feb'26
UAE’s TII challenges big tech dominance with open source Falcon AI models

Through its Falcon models and an open, efficiency-driven research strategy, the Technology Innovation Institute is positioning the UAE as a producer of foundational AI, not merely a consumer of global platforms
February 09, 2026 09 Feb'26
Ireland to procure national electronic health record

The Irish government has approved project to digitally transform the Irish health service by introducing integrated health records as part of Digital for Care strategy
February 09, 2026 09 Feb'26
US bid for Dutch ID infrastructure raises sovereignty concerns

Kyndryl’s proposed takeover shows how critical systems become exposed to foreign control without an overarching policy decision
February 06, 2026 06 Feb'26
NHS publishes tech-laden cancer plan

The 10-year plan promises to transform cancer care through use of artificial intelligence, robotic surgeries and access to genomic testing, all wrapped up in the NHS App as the front door
February 06, 2026 06 Feb'26
Australia’s CommBank partners business school to research artificial intelligence

CommBank wants to better understand how its customers perceive, use and trust artificial intelligence, as the technology is set to reach every corner of the finance sector
February 06, 2026 06 Feb'26
Minister responds to criticism of Post Office Capture redress scheme

Redress claim on ‘pause’ as UK government agrees to look at complaints about scheme for those who suffered hardship from using the Post Office Capture system
February 05, 2026 05 Feb'26
Why sovereign and agentic AI will define next phase of Middle East’s digital transformation

Organisations shift from artificial intelligence pilots to operational deployment as governments prioritise digital sovereignty and infrastructure control
February 05, 2026 05 Feb'26
DWP rejigs operating model for data transformation by 2030

The Department for Work and Pensions’ 2023-2030 data strategy aims to modernise systems, slash costs by 20%, promote data sharing, and embed a data culture in a hub and spoke model
February 05, 2026 05 Feb'26
Post Office offered bailout to cover £104.4m IR35 tax bill linked to Horizon IT scandal

The Department for Business and Trade offers to pay the £104.4m the Post Office owes HMRC for incorrectly assessing the IR35 status of the ‘unusually large’ population of contractors it engaged to assist with the fallout from the Horizon IT scandal
February 04, 2026 04 Feb'26
SolarWinds RCE bug makes Cisa list as exploitation spreads

Exploitation of CVE-2025-40551, an RCE flaw affecting SolarWinds Web Help Desk, appears to be spreading, with defenders on high alert
February 04, 2026 04 Feb'26
UK government must get its hands dirty on security, report says

As the UK government develops its National Cyber Action Plan, a report from the Rusi think tank urges Westminster to take a more interventionist approach
February 04, 2026 04 Feb'26
Banks reduce reliance on OpenAI as strategies mature

Banks are increasingly using alternative AI providers as Anthropic and Google eat into OpenAI’s dominance
February 03, 2026 03 Feb'26
Ransomware gangs focus on winning hearts and minds

Ransomware-as-a-service operations are increasingly seeking to forge connections with employees, contractors and trusted partners of their target organisations as an alternative to straight-up hacking, says NCC
February 03, 2026 03 Feb'26
CGI’s artificial intelligence boss knows his job title won’t exist for long

IT service provider is using AI to increase throughput while applying it to ‘big ticket’ challenges externally
February 03, 2026 03 Feb'26
Banks on the hook for £173m in APP fraud reimbursement

Banks paid 88% losses claimed by customers that fell victim to authorised push payment fraud last year
February 03, 2026 03 Feb'26
Kendall names Barnsley as UK’s first tech town

The UK government has named Barnsley as the nation’s first ‘tech town’, with initiatives to boost education, health and local businesses
February 02, 2026 02 Feb'26
HMRC chooses cloud SAP S/4Hana for tax system overhaul

HM Revenue & Customs is bidding to modernise its tax systems by migrating from ECC6 to SAP’s cloud-based Rise with SAP programme, adopting S/4Hana and AI to enhance efficiency and taxpayer experience
February 02, 2026 02 Feb'26
Birmingham Oracle project: Data cleansing and resourcing issues

Councillors at audit committee urged to ensure strong project governance, adequate tech staffing levels and change management procedures