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March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20
Hackathon launched to help fight coronavirus pandemic

Virtual hackathon seeks to develop a suite of applications to help people during the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak through ethically built technology
March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20
Insurance company uses artificial intelligence to assess car damage when claims are made

In the latest insurtech development, the UK arm of insurance company Ageas is using artificial intelligence to assess vehicle damage in accidents
March 30, 2020 30 Mar'20
Coronavirus: Viability of half of London’s tech startups threatened

Technology startups in London are fighting for their existence, with business plans for the next three months geared towards survival
March 27, 2020 27 Mar'20
Lorca calls on security scaleups to tackle coronavirus challenge

Lorca innovation programme has launched an open call for its next cohort of cyber security scaleups, with a timely focus on coronavirus challenges

March 25, 2020 25 Mar'20
Coronavirus: Chatbot to help Estonians cope during pandemic

Estonian government is using a chatbot developed by local startups to answer the many questions its citizens have about Covid-19
March 24, 2020 24 Mar'20
Workplace misconduct platform reports rise in coronavirus-related racial discrimination

More people are experiencing racial discrimination at work since the spread of Covid-19
March 18, 2020 18 Mar'20
UK facial recognition project to identify hidden faces

A research project being conducted by UK universities in collaboration with the Home Office and Metropolitan Police could produce facial recognition systems that allows users of the technology to identify people with their faces covered
March 18, 2020 18 Mar'20
Employment and investment in UK tech sector booms

UK digital tech sector continues rapid growth in 2019, attracting record investment for another year
March 17, 2020 17 Mar'20
UN identifies tech companies working in Occupied Palestinian Territories

United Nations Human Rights Office report names a number of technology companies that could be involved in violating human rights
March 13, 2020 13 Mar'20
Budget 2020: Full of promises, but is it enough?

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget provided plenty of cash for technology and innovation, but has the government done enough to make the tech industry happy?

March 05, 2020 05 Mar'20
Biometrics ethics group takes evidence on public-private use of facial recognition

Collaboration between police forces and private entities on facial recognition technology comes under scrutiny by the Home Office’s Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group
February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20
IBM seeks developers to tackle climate change with open source technology innovations

IBM and its ecosystem partners are calling on developers worldwide to help develop innovative technologies to help combat climate change
February 21, 2020 21 Feb'20
Greenpeace takes open-source approach to finish web transformation

Non-profit environmental group Greenpeace is collaborating with Red Hat to finish the delivery of its global web redesign
February 21, 2020 21 Feb'20
Exploring the Nordics’ healthy advantage in leisure tech

The Nordic region is home to an increasing number of global leisure tech startups
February 14, 2020 14 Feb'20
PM Johnson shuffles technology and digital ministers again

Boris Johnson has changed all the key Cabinet appointments responsible for tech and digital policy for the second time since becoming prime minister last year
February 13, 2020 13 Feb'20
Tech Nation announces Rising Star winners

The UK’s entrepreneurial network, Tech Nation, has announced the winners of its scaleup competition
February 13, 2020 13 Feb'20
London tech startups shortlisted for mayor’s Civic Innovation Challenge

Eight London startups will receive funding from the mayor to help democratise urban planning and combat violent extremism online
February 07, 2020 07 Feb'20
Startup success is ‘The Finnish Dream’

Finland has a startup mentality running through its veins and its water, with an “all for one” attitude driving fledgling tech companies
February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20
Research network for ethical AI launched in the UK

The network claims it will put social justice at the core of a multidisciplinary approach to artificial intelligence research
February 04, 2020 04 Feb'20
Azimo gets loan from European Investment Bank to build cross-border payments infrastructure in EU

UK fintech gets validation from EIB through €20m loan which will contribute to building its smartphone app-based payments infrastructure
February 03, 2020 03 Feb'20
New jobs in Ireland as Brexit forces Revolut to migrate work from London

Brexit has pushed the financial technology firm into moving London jobs to Ireland
February 03, 2020 03 Feb'20
Cost-cutting and digital transformation spur increased European IT outsourcing in 2019

The need to rein in costs while digitally transforming has led to growth in traditional and as-a-service base outsourcing
January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20
Tech Nation selects fifth Upscale programme cohort

Entrepreneurial network Tech Nation has announced its Upscale 5.0 cohort as the UK scaleup ecosystem continues to grow
January 29, 2020 29 Jan'20
UK cyber security sector worth more than £8bn

The UK’s cyber security industry employs 43,000 full-time workers, and contributed nearly £4bn to the UK economy in 2019, according to DCMS
January 29, 2020 29 Jan'20
AI is transforming the Nordic workplace – and it won’t stop there

Nordic startups are applying artificial intelligence to address workplace challenges, with HR and operations managers across the world watching
January 27, 2020 27 Jan'20
Met Police to launch facial recognition operationally

Despite the continuing controversy around its use, the Metropolitan Police will be deploying live facial recognition across the capital
January 24, 2020 24 Jan'20
Gender funding gap reveals complacency in the Nordics

Tech investors are biased towards men when it comes to investing – even if they are not aware of it
January 24, 2020 24 Jan'20
Milan hosts Cisco’s first European security innovation unit

Cisco has cut the ribbon on its first Cyber Security Co-Innovation Centre in Europe, at Milan’s Leonardo da Vinci Science and Technology Museum
January 17, 2020 17 Jan'20
App developers sue Facebook over ‘anti-competitive conduct’

Lawsuit is based on leaked internal Facebook documents obtained and published by Computer Weekly and NBC last year
January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20
Lorca announces new cohort of 20 security scaleups

20 scaleups will focus their attention on automation, zero trust and supply chain security
January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20
Just 1% of female jobseekers aspire to work in startups

Despite technology industry hype about diversity and inclusion, startups are still failing to attract female employees
January 14, 2020 14 Jan'20
UK tech sector leads global growth in 2019

Venture capital and foreign investment in the UK’s tech sector is at an all-time high, benefiting both early-stage and already-mature businesses
January 13, 2020 13 Jan'20
Secure data erasure is needed to ensure more people recycle their tech

A dedicated team of IT recycling experts offers free data erasure to give people confidence that their old tech can be safely disposed of
January 09, 2020 09 Jan'20
Swedish venture capitalist giants anticipate increased global interest in local startup scene

Local venture capitalists in Sweden do not fear the arrival of international players
January 07, 2020 07 Jan'20
Swede’s war on cancer moves to a digital battlefield

One man’s blog in Sweden turned into a healthcare app to support cancer sufferers and is now expanding globally
December 23, 2019 23 Dec'19
Top 10 enterprise IT in the Nordics stories of 2019

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Nordic enterprise IT stories of 2019
December 23, 2019 23 Dec'19
Top 10 startup stories of 2019

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 startup stories of 2019
December 19, 2019 19 Dec'19
Competition watchdog considering regulating big tech

An interim report published by the Competition and Markets Authority expresses concern about the market position of Google and Facebook
December 18, 2019 18 Dec'19
Major US tech companies named in lawsuit over mining deaths of Congolese children

Multinational technology companies have been accused of knowingly benefiting from human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo
December 18, 2019 18 Dec'19
How Saudi Arabia plans to become the Silicon Valley of the Middle East

With its young and educated population, Saudi Arabia has the potential to become a hub for tech innovation
December 03, 2019 03 Dec'19
General Election 2019: Which manifesto is best for the UK’s tech sector?

Computer Weekly breaks down each political party’s technology policies ahead of the upcoming General Election to see how they compare
December 03, 2019 03 Dec'19
Insurtechs help traditional players differentiate

Traditional insurers are harnessing the agile development techniques of the tech startup community through partnerships with insurtechs
December 03, 2019 03 Dec'19
Klarna uses AWS cloud as it moves from startup to global fintech force

Swedish fintech cements its relationship with Amazon Web Services to speed up product development and support its global expansion
November 28, 2019 28 Nov'19
General Election 2019: the Scottish National Party’s technology policies and digital plans

With the UK gearing up for its third General Election in four years, Computer Weekly outlines the Scottish National Party’s main technology policies and digital plans, as laid out in its manifesto
November 27, 2019 27 Nov'19
Finland’s OP Financial Group accelerates open banking push

Finnish banking group is working with a Danish fintech to add open banking functionality to its offerings
November 27, 2019 27 Nov'19
How APAC firms can unleash the power of creative disruption

Regional business leaders at the recent Leap Summit in Malaysia talked up the blueprint for creative disruption, which includes scaling up an idea and overcoming the distribution challenge, among other areas
November 26, 2019 26 Nov'19
TechUK releases ‘digital manifesto’ ahead of General Election 2019

The digital manifesto from TechUK looks at what technology policies the next government should adopt and sets objectives for how to make them happen
November 26, 2019 26 Nov'19
Facebook undermined rivals in bid to dominate global messaging

Facebook used buyouts and bullying tactics towards competitors to grow its business empire, documents leaked to Computer Weekly reveal
November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19
General Election 2019: The Conservatives’ technology policies and digital plans

With the UK gearing up for its third general election in four years, Computer Weekly outlines the Conservative and Unionist Party’s main technology policies and digital plans, as laid out in its manifesto
November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19
General Election 2019: The Lib Dems’ technology policies and digital plans

With the UK gearing up for its third General Election in four years, Computer Weekly outlines the Liberal Democrat Party’s main technology policies and digital plans, as laid out in its manifesto