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• July 27, 2026 27 Jul'26

  Bahrain cannot claim sovereign immunity for spyware attack against UK dissidents, top UK court rules

  The UK’s Supreme Court rules that Bahrain cannot claim sovereign immunity for infecting the computers of two UK-based dissidents with German-made FinFisher spyware.

• July 27, 2026 27 Jul'26

  Nvidia pushes ahead with security alliance for AI openness

  Nvidia and several businesses have formed a cross-industry alliance to promote open, secure AI to improve cyber defences

• July 27, 2026 27 Jul'26

  AT&T unveils telco open AI model

  US comms giant reveals open AI model built specifically for the telco industry, claimed to be able to reduce the cost of deploying AI at scale

• July 27, 2026 27 Jul'26

  HSBC chooses Singapore for global AI centre of excellence

  UK-headquartered bank will develop artificial intelligence in Singapore-based centre of excellence

• July 27, 2026 27 Jul'26

  Hyperoptic delivers record performance, reaches two million UK homes

  UK altnet claims record revenue growth and EBITDA improvement for 2025 and first half of 2026, with investment in network expansion said to drive continued business

• July 27, 2026 27 Jul'26

  AI agents move from experiment to operations in UAE retail

  As the UAE’s retail sector expands and operations become more complex, AI agents are being deployed across pricing, inventory and merchandising, but fragmented data and the rise of shadow AI could create risks for businesses

• July 24, 2026 24 Jul'26

  US government to consider AI Kill Switch law

  Two US congressmen have introduced a bill to give Washington the power to pull the plug on rogue AI models in an emergency

• July 24, 2026 24 Jul'26

  Physical AI now mainstream as manufacturers scale AI implementation

  Study reveals how physical AI is set to transform industrial environments – from factories and warehouses to logistics networks, maintenance operations and quality management

• July 24, 2026 24 Jul'26

  Patrick Vallance returns as AI taskforce chair

  Following stepping down as science minister, Vallance’s return marks a rethink on AI, taking best practices from the UK’s Covid-19 Taskforce

• July 24, 2026 24 Jul'26

  VMO2 sees revs drop but hits subs milestone in Q2

  Quarter sees total revenue fall 7.9% and EBITA hover just under the £1bn mark, but progress made on full-fibre with footprint reaching nine million and 18.8 million homes serviceable able to access gigabit

• July 24, 2026 24 Jul'26

  BT claims connectivity milestone in first quarter of fiscal year

  Fibre to the fore for UK’s leading comms provider in first quarter, with FTTP 574,000 net adds, total premises connected totalling 9.4 million and take-up rate of 40%

• July 24, 2026 24 Jul'26

  OpenUK calls for a UK version of the Linux Foundation

  Tech sovereignty needs to be a part of the UK government’s reindustrialisation plans, and this requires an open source focus

• July 24, 2026 24 Jul'26

  ‘It beggars belief’ as DWP ‘drags its heels’ over subpostmaster prosecutions reviews

  Government department prosecuted around 100 subpostmasters in relation to benefits fraud, with support from the Post Office, and has made no advancement in the 18 months since its independent review of prosecutions was announced

• July 24, 2026 24 Jul'26

  Russian APT Laundry Bear perfects zero-click phishing attack

  A newly identified Russian state threat actor is using a novel zero-click phishing technique, likely developed with the help of an AI, to target Western users of Zimbra software products

• July 24, 2026 24 Jul'26

  UK broadband altnets call for telecoms to be at heart of growth agenda

  Trade body for the UK’s independent broadband providers warns government over effects of new policy concerning country’s digital infrastructure on broadband delivery, digital inclusion and network resilience

• July 24, 2026 24 Jul'26

  Why embodied AI security extends beyond the robot

  As AI moves into robots, autonomous vehicles and industrial systems, attackers are likely to target the credentials, cloud services and update channels that control them

• July 23, 2026 23 Jul'26

  MI5 and PSNI ordered to pay damages to BBC journalist Vincent Kearney over unlawful surveillance

  The Security Service, MI5 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland have been ordered to pay damages to former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney following multiple attempts to identify his confidential sources

• July 23, 2026 23 Jul'26

  Connectivity becomes the weakest link in Britain’s workplaces

  Study finds internet and connectivity failures have overtaken software problems as the biggest cause of lost productivity, with the average UK employee losing 93 working hours a year to IT issues

• July 23, 2026 23 Jul'26

  Uplink internet traffic growth breaks further record

  Study finds upstream demand reshaping network performance and capacity with upstream usage up 19.2% year on year in second quarter of 2026, three times that of downstream

• July 23, 2026 23 Jul'26

  Will digital government recover from DSIT breakup?

  Computer Weekly looks at what Burnham’s decision to dismantle DSIT means for the UK tech sector, and how the department will be split up

• July 23, 2026 23 Jul'26

  Digital government services increase accessibility gap

  Many adults are unable to access digital government services in the UK, leading the digital divide to widen

• July 23, 2026 23 Jul'26

  Samsung brings Galaxy ecosystem into eyewear

  Smart devices developed with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker intended to show how intelligent eyewear can become part of a user’s personal style

• July 23, 2026 23 Jul'26

  Alphabet borrows $100bn to pay for AI investments

  The parent company of Google and YouTube has increased its debt portfolio from $16bn to $100bn to pay for AI infrastructure

• July 23, 2026 23 Jul'26

  Why AI coding agents won’t kill SaaS

  Investors may fear that AI coding agents will wipe billions off SaaS valuations, but SiteMinder CTO Tom Varsavsky thinks the technology will speed up software delivery, reduce tech debt and force IT leaders to master token economics

• July 23, 2026 23 Jul'26

  Global mobile RAN market stabilises as high-end routers rise

  Study finds growth in the high-routers and switches shifting from telecom networks toward cloud connectivity and data centre interconnect, while RAN industry set to inch upwards but various growth options exist

• July 23, 2026 23 Jul'26

  UK’s low-income areas suffer with continued broadband digital divide

  Study shows that despite steady growth and progress in rolling out high-speed internet across the UK, broadband black spots still exist

• July 22, 2026 22 Jul'26

  Amphenol makes fibre Pivot to support AI-scale data centre growth

  1RU fibre panel designed to support 192 connections to help AI and hyperscale operators scale capacity without giving up serviceability

• July 22, 2026 22 Jul'26

  Hugging Face ‘hacker’ was rogue OpenAI model

  A hacker who broke into Hugging Face’s systems last week has been exposed as a pair of advanced OpenAI frontier models that were trying to cheat on an exam

• July 22, 2026 22 Jul'26

  House of Lords questions Andy Burnham’s AI plans

  An urgent question relating to the disbandment of DSIT has put the new administration under pressure to clarify funding and strategy for AI and science

• July 22, 2026 22 Jul'26

  Singapore to hold CII boards accountable as AI reshapes OT threat landscape

  The Cyber Security Agency’s first update to its critical infrastructure code of practice since 2022 will make boards directly answerable for cyber resilience

• July 22, 2026 22 Jul'26

  ‘Modest but notable’ regional spread of fintech funding in UK

  Hubs outside London have made some headway in the UK fintech sector, but overall funding has dropped

• July 22, 2026 22 Jul'26

  Middle East faces new cyber reality: attackers logging in, not breaking in

  Geopolitical tensions, stolen credentials and increasingly rapid attacker movement are reshaping the Middle East’s cyber threat landscape, putting pressure on organisations to look beyond traditional, alert-driven security models

• July 21, 2026 21 Jul'26

  Singapore’s military to explore quantum computing for mission planning

  The Singapore Armed Forces’ Digital and Intelligence Service and the Defence Science and Technology Agency are working with IBM to test quantum optimisation for military logistics

• July 21, 2026 21 Jul'26

  Jisc recommits to academic cyber collaboration network

  Academic IT services network Jisc re-signs a collaborative MoU with partners from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US

• July 21, 2026 21 Jul'26

  Scottish Water taps BT, Accenture to plot digital future

  Scottish utility firm inks strategic relationships with tech firms to continue digital journey, looking to deliver more resilient, secure and efficient services as well as strengthen technology foundations

• July 21, 2026 21 Jul'26

  AMD CTO: Europe’s AI opportunity lies beyond semiconductor manufacturing

  Mark Papermaster says Europe’s commitment to interoperability and diversity of supply could become a strategic advantage as AI infrastructure grows more heterogeneous

• July 21, 2026 21 Jul'26

  Chelsea & Westminster Hospital goes live with all-operator mobile

  Neutral host provider delivers all-operator 4G mobile connectivity to leading medical facility as part of UK government’s ambition to shift services from analogue to digital

• July 21, 2026 21 Jul'26

  O2 hits Giga Site mobile network milestone

  UK operator reveals latest part of Mobile Transformation Plan passing the halfway mark on plan to have 1,000 advanced mobile sites across the country

• July 21, 2026 21 Jul'26

  Ofcom green-lights UK Wi-Fi access across entire 6 GHz band

  UK comms regulator announces prioritised spectrum sharing framework for Wi-Fi in the Upper 6 GHz band, available on the same licence exempt basis as the Lower 6 GHz band

• July 21, 2026 21 Jul'26

  Kanishka Narayan takes on AI sovereignty in Burnham cabinet

  AI minister will attend cabinet meetings held by UK prime minister Andy Burnham, with focus on ownership of UK tech

• July 21, 2026 21 Jul'26

  UK regulator crackdown on finfluencers gathers pace

  After a slow start, the Financial Conduct Authority’s is taking action to curb the activities of unregulated individuals who use social media to give financial advice

• July 20, 2026 20 Jul'26

  Cosmetics giant Estée Lauder victim of mass Oracle breach

  Employee data at US-based cosmetics firm Estée Lauder was compromised through a vulnerability in Oracle’s software, likely orchestrated by the Cl0p ransomware gang

• July 20, 2026 20 Jul'26

  How Lithuania became a tech startup nation

  Lithuania has built a network of tech startup companies the hard way, through bootstrapping. Today, it claims six companies with valuations over a billion dollars

• July 20, 2026 20 Jul'26

  Burnham government to drop digital ID and tech department

  Controversial ID Scheme and government technology department to be tossed on scrap heap as new prime minister enters 10 Downing Street

• July 20, 2026 20 Jul'26

  Dutch Surf tests practical route out of Big Tech dependency

  The Netherlands’ education and research IT cooperative is running pilots with open source tools, placing working alternatives alongside existing Big Tech services

• July 20, 2026 20 Jul'26

  Where AI fits in modern supply chains

  We find out how businesses are using artificial intelligence (AI), GenAI and agentic AI to streamline supply chain operations

• July 20, 2026 20 Jul'26

  Singapore spells out how personal data can be used in GenAI

  Advisory guidelines clarifying when organisations can scrape and reuse personal data to build GenAI models are among a raft of announcements at the inaugural Singapore Data Festival

• July 17, 2026 17 Jul'26

  Interview: Dan Cherowbrier, CTO, Formula E

  For the tech chief at the electric vehicle racing organisation, innovation extends from everything digital to all the technology elements that make the growing motorsport operation a success

• July 17, 2026 17 Jul'26

  Frustration as Post Office Horizon replacement contract signing delayed again

  If signed off, cloud-based EPOS system will replace controversial Horizon software from Fujitsu

• July 17, 2026 17 Jul'26

  NatWest signs up to quantum trial for fraud detection

  The retail bank is one of 11 organisations testing quantum technologies as part of Digital Catapult’s quantum technology access programme