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June 12, 2026 12 Jun'26
The digital pivot: How HSS transformed hire with agentic AI

HSS ProService underwent a profound transformation from asset-heavy hire business to digital marketplace set to deploy agentic AI. CEO Tom Shorten tells us how it did it
June 12, 2026 12 Jun'26
Strict sovereign AI policies could cost APAC economies billions

Oxford Economics report reveals that pursuing total AI self-sufficiency will lead to economic trade-offs, delayed enterprise adoption and higher carbon footprints across the Asia-Pacific region
June 11, 2026 11 Jun'26
Google Cloud unpacks governance challenges of AI agents

With AI agents poised to act as digital co-workers, Google Cloud’s Michael Gerstenhaber argues that IT leaders must rethink identity management, security and observability to build trust in the technology
June 09, 2026 09 Jun'26
Brace for cloud price hikes and AI failures amid pressure to modernise

Organisations risk losing control of their IT infrastructure unless they embrace platform-centric models, modernise procurement and cut through the agentic AI hype, Gartner analysts warn

June 09, 2026 09 Jun'26
Alibaba Cloud opens Johor cloud region

Chinese tech giant unveils two new datacentres in Johor, cementing its largest infrastructure presence in Southeast Asia while capitalising on spillover demand from Singapore
June 08, 2026 08 Jun'26
SKT teams up with Nvidia on gigawatt-scale AI cloud

The Korean telco continues its push to become a global artificial intelligence powerhouse, leveraging Nvidia’s DSX architecture to build an AI factory for sovereign workloads and token generation
June 08, 2026 08 Jun'26
Councils exit 10-year Capita deal to boost decision and project velocity

Two councils that were once part of a five-council group outsourced to Capita take back control of their IT to allow for decision-making and IT projects that aren’t bound by the slowest member
June 08, 2026 08 Jun'26
Scale of Synnovis breach widens as Essex NHS Trust comes forward

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust has become the latest NHS body to confirm data on its patients was stolen in a 2024 ransomware attack on lab services partner Synnovis
June 03, 2026 03 Jun'26
SIT Committee urges Palantir exit in push to end US cloud grip

A Science, Innovation and Technology Committee report contains recommendations that would radically alter UK public sector IT, procurement and relationship with hyperscalers if adopted
June 03, 2026 03 Jun'26
Capgemini wins another 10-year HMRC deal

This particular deal is for contact centre as a service, which sees artificial intelligence being deployed to streamline processes

June 03, 2026 03 Jun'26
SXSW 26: Europe still struggles to invest in deep tech

At the South by Southwest 2026 conference, ARM’s co-founder and director discussed the lack of investor appetite in Europe, despite the region’s numerous startups
June 03, 2026 03 Jun'26
Fujitsu staff apply for voluntary redundancy in droves as morale plummets

Post Office IT scandal supplier’s voluntary exit scheme is oversubscribed as hundreds of staff want to make a break
June 02, 2026 02 Jun'26
Data dive: Mapping the UK public sector’s hyperscale dependence

UK government and local authorities have built critical infrastructure amid a web of US hyperscaler cloud and other providers, which brings risks of exposure to a narrow set of non-UK suppliers
June 02, 2026 02 Jun'26
Over half a trillion dollars generated by global fintechs last year

Fintech sector has emerged from a “reset year” as a more mature industry, according to report
May 28, 2026 28 May'26
Carnival cruise line confirmed as latest ShinyHunters victim

Travel company Carnival Corporation confirms the extent of an April 2026 supply chain breach that was claimed by ShinyHunters
May 28, 2026 28 May'26
Ministers refused to sign off £563m Capita contract amid civil service pension disaster

The ramifications of Capita’s botched Civil Service pension contract continue as politicians distance themselves.
May 28, 2026 28 May'26
Kmart taps Google AI to launch virtual try-ons in retail first

The retailer is deploying Google Cloud’s AI capabilities to let customers preview clothes on themselves and visualise furniture in their homes as it embraces conversational commerce to win over shoppers
May 27, 2026 27 May'26
Scottish social enterprise supports national cyber efforts

Cyber and Fraud Centre has supported community cyber resilience in Scotland to the tune of £3m in its first year operating as a social enterprise
May 27, 2026 27 May'26
NatWest inks AI deal for trade finance

NatWest bank wants to streamline trade finance while improving compliance through the use of artificial intelligence
May 27, 2026 27 May'26
Datacentre dive: From rust belt to megawatt AI factory

We visited Terawulf’s Lake Ontario 750MW datacentre development. Photos and recordings weren't allowed, so we took notes and wrote them up in more traditional ways
May 27, 2026 27 May'26
Datacentre dive: AI factory power draw changes the grid calculus

We look at energy as the key driver – and bottleneck – in development, and why water use is less of an issue now datacentres use liquid cooling over air cooling
May 27, 2026 27 May'26
Datacentre dive: Do AI datacentre physics make on-premise unviable?

Does substantial GPU power draw and liquid cooling mean the end of the on-premise datacentre? We look at the AI factory revolution and find that a hybrid path for enterprises will likely still exist
May 26, 2026 26 May'26
Sir Alan Bates questions UK government commitment to Post Office criminal investigation

The UK government needs to increase funding for police investigation of Post Office scandal crimes, or face a five-year delay
May 26, 2026 26 May'26
Alibaba unveils Qwen 3.7 Max at inaugural Singapore conference

Chinese tech giant debuts AI model capable of extended autonomous tasks, alongside a major upskilling initiative backed by the Singapore government to ensure no jobless growth in the age of AI
May 25, 2026 25 May'26
How APAC companies are rewiring their tech for the AI era

At Dell Technologies World, APAC tech leaders reveal how they are relying on hyperconverged infrastructure and digital sovereignty to shield themselves from supply chain shocks
May 21, 2026 21 May'26
Fujitsu finally thrown out of Post Office in £500m Horizon replacement deals

Accenture wins contract to take over running of controversial IT system at the heart of the Post Office scandal, with One View Commerce brought in to deliver new retail software
May 20, 2026 20 May'26
Bulgaria fires up Google Cloud for national cyber security

The Bulgarian national systems integrator, BIS, has deployed Google Cloud’s Cybershield government security service as part of a national federated SOC deployment
May 19, 2026 19 May'26
As AI costs spiral, Dell pitches return to on-premise datacentres

With agentic AI driving up public cloud consumption, Dell Technologies is pitching local and hybrid infrastructure to shield enterprises from soaring token costs
May 18, 2026 18 May'26
How geopolitical instability could reshape Gulf datacentre investments and sovereign AI strategies

Rising tensions are forcing hyperscalers, governments and investors to reassess risk, resilience and infrastructure strategies as the Gulf positions itself as a global AI powerhouse
May 15, 2026 15 May'26
Post Office chair defends ‘inappropriate and harmful’ position on Capture appeals

Post Office chairman defends its position on contesting subpostmaster appeals against Capture-based convictions
May 14, 2026 14 May'26
Bradford datacentre with heat reuse gains planning consent

Deep Green’s 5.6MW AI datacentre will take 24 months to build and will link up to an energy centre to heat buildings across Bradford city centre via pre-laid pipes
May 14, 2026 14 May'26
Accenture joins IBM in battle for £323m Post Office Horizon deal

Services giant is bidding to take over existing Post Office Horizon operations alongside fellow IT giant IBM
May 13, 2026 13 May'26
Data dive: Power grid data shows birth of AI in UK datacentres

Electricity supply utilisation ratios show datacentre developer ‘land grab’, capacity switch-ons, the coming of Hopper and Blackwell GPUs, and usage ramping during training runs
May 13, 2026 13 May'26
Southeast Asia’s space economy set for $100bn lift-off

From predicting crop diseases to optimising bus routes, the application of AI and cloud technologies to satellite data could add $100bn to the region’s GDP by 2030
May 13, 2026 13 May'26
Sovereign AI fund supports Hassabis startup, Isomorphic

Isomorphic, which is building a unified drug discovery product based on artificial intelligence, is the third company to receive Sovereign AI funding from the UK government
May 12, 2026 12 May'26
Civil servants to protest at Capita general meeting amid pension crisis

Public and Commercial Services Union to hold a demonstration at outsourcing giant’s meeting in London
May 12, 2026 12 May'26
In video games of the future, your AI teammates will actually listen

Ubisoft executives offer a glimpse into the engineering behind its generative AI middleware, including the use of small language models, prompt optimisation and on-device processing to bring virtual teammates to life
May 11, 2026 11 May'26
Security chiefs ‘too polite’ for startups, says cyber flywheel founder Alastair Paterson

Cyber flywheel initiative aims to nudge chief information security officers (CISOs) to join ‘design partnerships’ with startups to solve pressing cyber security problems
May 11, 2026 11 May'26
Australian public cloud spending to surpass A$33.6bn in 2026

As hyperscalers such as AWS and Microsoft pour billions into Australian datacentres, Gartner predicts local public cloud spending will grow by 17.9% in 2026, driven by the growth in AI infrastructure demands
May 08, 2026 08 May'26
Fujitsu UK pays staff bonuses as it sits on Post Office scandal contribution

IT supplier will pay bonuses to UK staff again this year as it continues to hold back contribution to costs of Post Office scandal
May 08, 2026 08 May'26
Node4: AI and agentic the future, but culture the key to unlock it

UK mid-market supplier showcases the three stages of AI – assistance, co-work and orchestration – but faces a reality in which most users have yet to arrive at first base
May 07, 2026 07 May'26
Data residency becomes the GCC’s next AI battleground

As sovereign AI strategies accelerate across the Gulf, organisations are shifting their focus from ‘how do we use AI?’ to ‘where does the data live?’, turning data residency into a strategic differentiator rather than a compliance exercise
May 07, 2026 07 May'26
Nutanix CEO maps out agentic AI strategy, targets VMware defectors

Rajiv Ramaswami talks up Nutanix’s agentic AI play, the growing demand for sovereign cloud capabilities, and why decoupling storage from HCI is hastening migrations from VMware
May 06, 2026 06 May'26
How Singapore firms are scaling AI initiatives

At AWS Summit Singapore, Certis and Grab showed how they are embedding AI in their business, such as automating finance operations and deploying robots in public safety and security patrols
May 06, 2026 06 May'26
Cloud and data sovereignty caught in a paradox

We asked the hyperscalers how they would respond to US court-ordered eavesdropping on foreign citizen data – and got responses that highlight a paradoxical situation
May 05, 2026 05 May'26
Google AI workers vote to unionise over IDF and US military tech

Unions send letter to management requesting recognition for Google DeepMind employees, in particular over the company’s involvement in hi-tech systems used in Gaza and Iran wars
May 05, 2026 05 May'26
IBM: Enterprise AI to shift from ‘light bulb’ to ‘electric motor’ era

Enterprises are set to make productivity gains as business shifts from point use cases for artificial intelligence to orchestrated, policy-driven deployment of agentic AI, says IBM CEO
May 05, 2026 05 May'26
Google’s Agentic Data Cloud to power ‘systems of action’

As enterprises move from reactive analytics to AI agents, Google Cloud’s data chief details new metadata, cross-cloud and database tools to help them govern and scale AI agents
May 04, 2026 04 May'26
How Australian firms are using AI in customer experience

Local tech leaders from MYOB, Guzman y Gomez, and Aware Super reveal how AI is reshaping customer experience, streamlining business operations and driving efficiency
April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26
Cloud revenues up 35% YoY in a hot market that’s accelerating

Synergy Research figures put Q1 cloud revenues at $129bn. Meanwhile, AWS, Microsoft and Google have 63% of the world market, which shows an acceleration delta of 13%