Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics
Read about the latest trends and technologies in artificial intelligence (AI), automation, machine learning and robotics. Learn what AI and automation mean for enterprise IT strategies and how organisations are using AI for business benefit
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Opinion
02 Apr 2026
Identity and AI: Questions of data security, trust and control
The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers the intersection of AI and IAM. In this article, learn how AI-driven IAM projects must account for important questions around data protection, user trust, accountability and control. Continue Reading
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News
02 Apr 2026
Marvell scales up networking to extend Nvidia AI ecosystem
AI GPU leader sees extension of AI infrastructure though collaboration with infrastructure technology to deliver more choice and flexibility for customers with fully compatible systems Continue Reading
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News
01 Apr 2026
AI-driven operating model key to cloud-native, autonomous networks
Operator-driven guidance outlines how mobile network operators can adopt AI-based operating models to enable increasingly autonomous network operations Continue Reading
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News
01 Apr 2026
Microsoft to invest $5.5b in Singapore’s AI and cloud infrastructure
The tech giant is spending over $5bn through 2029 to bolster its footprint in the city-state while rolling out programmes to equip students, educators and non-profit leaders with AI skills Continue Reading
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News
31 Mar 2026
Aussie AI health-tech Heidi aims to cure clinical burnout
Armed with over $100m in funding, Melbourne-based Heidi is building its own AI models and launching wearable hardware to automate documentation and reduce the administrative burden on doctors Continue Reading
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News
31 Mar 2026
CMA to launch strategic market status investigation into Microsoft; Amazon Web Services off the hook
CMA to investigate whether Microsoft should be given strategic market status. Amazon escaped, but both companies will need to make changes to egress fees and interoperability Continue Reading
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E-Zine
31 Mar 2026
HMRC is watching you…
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we investigate how HM Revenue & Customs has been quietly building its surveillance capabilities to crack down on tax fraud. We find out how a new supercomputer is helping the UK Atomic Energy Authority research nuclear fusion. And we visit Estonia to learn why its healthtech startups are targeting the NHS. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
31 Mar 2026
Agoda scales AI strategy, opens new APAC tech hub
The digital travel platform has set its sights on becoming an AI-powered travel companion as it changes how it builds software and moves its tech workforce into a new facility in Bangkok Continue Reading
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Opinion
30 Mar 2026
AI agents are here. Are we ready for the security implications?
Agentic AI adoption may be surging, but security is lagging behind and its fundamental principles need to be intelligently re-scaled for a non-deterministic world Continue Reading
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News
30 Mar 2026
Cambridge Mobile Telematics lands $350m strategic investment
Major investment in automotive telematics company, accompanied by new long-term commercial agreements, seeks to expand global road safety platform and real-time AI risk models Continue Reading
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News
30 Mar 2026
Interview: Thierry Martin, head of enterprise data and analytics, Toyota Motor Europe
A sketch artist by night, and a vehicle engineer by training, Toyota Europe’s data chief is bringing elements of both capabilities to bear in delivering better data insights and building a foundation for AI Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Mar 2026
Getting started with measuring AI’s carbon footprint
We speak to industry experts about how demand for AI acceleration is driving new approaches to measuring greenhouse gas emissions Continue Reading
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News
29 Mar 2026
Advancing to the next frontier of AI
As AI agents move faster than software made for human users, both digital tooling and silicon architecture need to be redesigned to reduce latency and power bottlenecks, according to chief scientists of Nvidia and Google Continue Reading
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News
27 Mar 2026
Virgin Media Business Wholesale accelerates high-capacity delivery in the UK
Fixed wholesale connectivity arm of leading UK operator announces biggest ever upgrade to its wholesale network, delivering 32% Ethernet lead time reduction and 10G delivery accelerated by up to 40 days Continue Reading
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News
26 Mar 2026
Oracle opens Sydney customer excellence centre to boost AI adoption
Facility will help organisations across Australia and Oceania navigate technology challenges and turn AI experimentation into business value Continue Reading
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News
26 Mar 2026
Agentic bots and synthetic identities fuel surge in fraud
LexisNexis Risk Solutions warns of a 450% rise in agentic traffic and an eight-fold increase in synthetic identity fraud as cyber criminals scale automation to bypass security controls Continue Reading
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Opinion
25 Mar 2026
MWC 2026: To monetise AI, telcos must sell enterprise outcomes
AI monetisation is accelerating, but the value is flowing elsewhere. To capture the economics, telcos must pivot from selling connectivity to embedding AI within enterprise workflows Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Mar 2026
Things to consider about Oracle's Agentic Fusion
Beyond the Oracle Fusion Agentic Applications announcement that coincided with the Oracle AI Tour London event, there is the inevitable question of what it actually does. By default, it seems the ... Continue Reading
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News
25 Mar 2026
Oracle applications chief sees enterprise AI agents as task-specific helpers
At Oracle AI Summit in London, Steve Miranda, executive vice-president of Oracle applications development, discussed Oracle’s Fusion Agentic Applications, including how should AI agents be used, how is it priced and what safeguards are being put in place Continue Reading
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News
25 Mar 2026
Google Cloud, Openreach expand connectivity collaboration
UK’s largest broadband operator implements AI to accelerate high-speed internet access and cut carbon, in an expanded collaboration to accelerate Openreach’s sustainability and connectivity goals Continue Reading
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News
25 Mar 2026
Why AI agents are one prompt away from ransomware
As AI adoption advances beyond chatbots, security leaders are up against rogue AI agents mirroring threat actors and a generational skills gap as security operations teams become overly dependent on AI Continue Reading
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News
25 Mar 2026
Why OpenClaw agents are the next big enterprise challenge
As users flock to deploy OpenClaw agents for everything from gig work to shopping, IT leaders warn that bringing these autonomous systems into the enterprise will require strict guardrails and a mix of AI models Continue Reading
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News
24 Mar 2026
Cyber pros must grasp the vibe coding nettle, says NCSC chief
At RSA in San Francisco, NCSC chief exec Richard Horne says security professionals have an opportunity and a responsibility to get in front of the security issues raised by the popularity of ‘vibe coding’ Continue Reading
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News
24 Mar 2026
HSBC gets its first artificial intelligence chief
UK bank appoints its first executive position dedicated to artificial intelligence as the technology embeds across the sector Continue Reading
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E-Zine
24 Mar 2026
Government digital identity – dystopia or dreamland?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the conflicting arguments for and against the UK government’s digital ID proposals. Our latest buyer’s guide looks at measuring the carbon footprint of AI. And we learn how a London NHS trust is using data to improve collaboration for the benefit of staff and patients. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
24 Mar 2026
Oracle endows Fusion applications with more AI autonomy
At its London AI World Tour event, Oracle unveils Fusion Agentic Apps, said to enable more autonomous decision-making and execution across ERP, HCM, SCM and CX Continue Reading
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News
24 Mar 2026
QuikBot and EFGH bring real-time insurance to physical AI
The two companies will embed insurance directly into the infrastructure governing autonomous robots, reducing claims processing and creating a trust layer for smart cities Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Mar 2026
Why IT leaders need to consider AI’s energy footprint
With the availability of generative artificial intelligence, energy usage in datacentres has been rising, which presents a major environmental problem Continue Reading
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News
23 Mar 2026
CUDA at 20: From billion-dollar gamble to agentic AI
As Nvidia marks two decades of CUDA, its head of high-performance computing and hyperscale reflects on the platform’s journey, the power of software optimisation, and how the fusion of GPUs and LPUs will shape the future of AI Continue Reading
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News
20 Mar 2026
Scotland launches five-year AI strategy
Scottish deputy first minister says the country aims to become a leader in AI through responsibly harnessing the economic and social benefits of the technology Continue Reading
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News
20 Mar 2026
Essex Police halts live facial recognition over bias and accuracy risks
LFR deployments by Essex Police will not continue until risks associated with bias and inaccuracy have been reduced Continue Reading
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News
20 Mar 2026
Agentic AI to make data uplink the next mobile bottleneck
Report shows that as distributed intelligence systems scale, they will reshape mobile network traffic patterns and accelerate the need for advanced AI operations for the comms industry Continue Reading
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News
19 Mar 2026
UK government puts brakes on opt-out copyright exemption for AI
The UK government has ruled out forcing creatives to opt out of their intellectual property being used by artificial intelligence developers as its preferred solution to the AI-copyright controversy, but may still implement copyright exemptions later Continue Reading
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News
19 Mar 2026
HPE taps Nvidia to transform distributed AI factories into intelligent AI grid
IT giant unveils slew of releases for Nvidia GTC 2026 based on scalable production-ready AI encompassing next-generation artificial intelligence factory, supercomputing and intelligent AI grid Continue Reading
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News
19 Mar 2026
AI makes debut in Bridewell cyber security in CNI report
Regulation has superseded cyber threats as the main driver of cyber security spending, and AI has made its debut for attack and defence, according to a CNI-focused report from Bridewell Continue Reading
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News
19 Mar 2026
HSS ProService ‘Uber-ifies’ with functional programming and agentic AI
HSS’s pivot from 130-depot hire business to a digital-only marketplace to handle messy transactions and old-school processes in the construction sector Continue Reading
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News
19 Mar 2026
Interview: Huy Dao, director of data and machine learning platform, Booking.com
Effective use of technology has already delivered significant cost savings at the online travel giant, and greater use of AI and machine learning promises to bring even greater opportunities to improve Continue Reading
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News
19 Mar 2026
Infrastructure is back as Orange Business drives trusted agentic platforms
Annual customer gathering of enterprise arm of global telco sees launch of four key applications taking advantage of agentic AI capabilities and emphasising the need for robust and secure infrastructure Continue Reading
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News
18 Mar 2026
UK MoD awards more than two dozen contracts for AI targeting systems
The UK Ministry of Defence is ramping up its investment into military artificial intelligence in a bid to increase the ‘lethality’ of the British armed forces Continue Reading
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News
18 Mar 2026
Fast followers will fall behind in the AI race, warns ServiceNow
ServiceNow experts and customers highlight why acting at pace, deploying cross-system AI agents and governance are key in AI adoption Continue Reading
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News
18 Mar 2026
Nvidia workforce to be dominated by AI agents in a decade
Jensen Huang expects digital workers to vastly outnumber human employees at Nvidia, while also revealing plans to restart mainland China operations and declaring autonomous driving a solved problem Continue Reading
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News
17 Mar 2026
Alibaba joins AI agent race with Wukong launch
Following the viral success of OpenClaw and product launches from Nvidia and Tencent, Alibaba has unveiled an agentic AI platform that integrates with DingTalk to orchestrate business workflows Continue Reading
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News
17 Mar 2026
Nordea to slash 1,500 jobs as AI impact grows
Nordic bank to reduce headcount as it continues to introduce changes to meet its 2030 targets Continue Reading
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News
17 Mar 2026
Health workers call for Palantir to be booted from NHS contracts
Health justice charity Medact warns that Palantir’s involvement in NHS data systems is a threat to patients and healthcare organisations Continue Reading
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News
17 Mar 2026
Lendi Group standardises on MongoDB for AI-ready data layer
Following a merger that left the Australian fintech with a fragmented data architecture, Lendi Group has consolidated its databases onto MongoDB Atlas to reduce microservices sprawl and power AI-driven broker tools Continue Reading
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News
17 Mar 2026
Lab for autonomous agents to drive boost in manufacturing in India
Frontier AI company launching Emergence India Labs (EIL) to accelerate the nation’s shift from IT services to autonomous systems and advanced process is use cases such as manufacturing Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2026
Nvidia expands Vera Rubin platform, details Groq integration
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks up efforts by the AI technology giant to pave the way for self-evolving, multi-agent systems with the integration of Groq LPUs and a software stack for the OpenClaw agent platform Continue Reading
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16 Mar 2026
Do neoclouds mean a world where anything is possible?
A small group of companies have dominated cloud compute infrastructure. Neoclouds are able to boost AI workloads. Should you consider them? Continue Reading
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Opinion
16 Mar 2026
The upcoming King’s Speech - where are the words on AI?
Despite past promises of regulation on AI, there is no indication the Labour government is planning any legislation in the next session of Parliament - and that's an economic and social mistake Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2026
SuperMicro takes on server leaders as AMD pushes on-premise AI
Lenovo and HPE pushed down as SuperMicro sees 134% AI growth, while AMD pushes on-premise Agent Computer Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2026
C-suite execs flag core nature of edge AI to business strategy
Research from edge computing provider observes enterprise edge AI is now an intrinsic part of core business infrastructure, driven by rapid uptake of agentic operations Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2026
UK Atomic Energy Authority readies fusion simulation AI supercomputer
The AMD Epyc and Instinct-powered Dell hardware will deliver 6.74 exaflops to power digital twins to support nuclear fusion research Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Mar 2026
Do neoclouds mean a world where anything is possible?
A small group of companies have dominated cloud compute infrastructure. Neoclouds are able to boost AI workloads. Should you consider them? Continue Reading
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Opinion
13 Mar 2026
Why AI Is shifting power left
Business leaders will need to re-think how they influence their organisations as work becomes more decentralised Continue Reading
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News
13 Mar 2026
UK falls behind on supercomputing amid slow investment, NAO warns
While UKRI has improved its oversight of research and innovation, funding remains fragmented and has been too slow to replace supercomputers Continue Reading
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News
13 Mar 2026
Openreach trials ‘pioneering’ fibre-optic water leak detection
UK’s leading broadband provider embarks on test of fibre‑optic leak‑detection system designed to turn cables into thousands of virtual sensors, claiming over two million litres of water saved each day Continue Reading
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News
13 Mar 2026
Unreliable fleet connectivity driving employee exodus
Study finds fleets experience an average downtime of 25%, equating to three to four days of downtime per month, while a third of fleet operators still rely on hotspots from mobile devices to provide connectivity on the move Continue Reading
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News
12 Mar 2026
Why real-time data is key for enterprise AI
Moving AI from experiment to production requires high-quality, real-time data streaming. Australia tech leaders from Confluent, Bendigo Bank, Telstra, and Coles share how they are turning systems of record into systems of action Continue Reading
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News
12 Mar 2026
UK government ‘flying blind’ with poor data in charting regional growth
The government is being impeded in its bid to stoke economic growth across the regions, according to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Continue Reading
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News
12 Mar 2026
Zoom expands enterprise agentic AI platform
AI-first work platform provider introduces new workflow capabilities across Workplace, phone and customer experience products, expanding its enterprise agentic AI platform Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Mar 2026
CES 2026: AI gets physical
Continuing our round-up of this year’s CES, we look at key use cases and how the generation of artificial intelligence and connected devices will evolve Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Mar 2026
CES 2026: Connected vehicles accelerate the pace of AI
In a round-up of this year’s CES, we look at the rise of connected vehicles, robotics and artificial intelligence, with prototypes evolving into real deployments Continue Reading
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Podcast
12 Mar 2026
AI at Rimini Street: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this podcast interview, we speak to Seth Ravin, CEO of Rimini Street about how AI improves support call handling Continue Reading
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Opinion
12 Mar 2026
Is AI our agent, or are our governments becoming agents for AI?
Yet more billions are being spent on agentic AI, despite warnings of its potentially extreme fallibility. Just who are governments serving when they spout the messaging of Big Tech companies? Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2026
What it takes to succeed with AI
With research showing the use of AI may temporarily reduce productivity, Cloudera’s Vini Cardoso urges businesses to adopt an organisation-wide platform approach driven by measurable value and trusted data Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2026
Ford accelerates fleet data capability with Pro AI
Auto manufacturing giant introduces fleet management software aiming to help organisations manage their fleet operations more effectively and get daily tasks done Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2026
Wayve gears up with end-to-end AI for autonomous vehicles
Mobile technology platform firm teams with UK self-driving company to advance production-ready end-to-end artificial intelligence for assisted and automated driving Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2026
Mastercard bots target C-suite roles
Card giant offers SMEs a virtual chief financial officer through artificial intelligence technology, with other C-suite roles to follow Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2026
UK government reforms could see datacentres jump grid connection queue
With electricity grid demand ballooning, the UK government plans for consultation and reform to ensure feasible and prioritised projects get the thumbs up Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2026
Oracle cost-cutting points to AI infrastructure gamble
Over the past few weeks, cracks have started to appear in the tech sector’s growth plans for artificial intelligence Continue Reading
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Opinion
11 Mar 2026
Confidence in AI-powered cyber must be earned, not assumed
In security, familiar testing and validation approaches are not enough when it comes to AI. The question is not just whether an AI-powered tool works but how it actually behaves when it is stressed, manipulated, or forced to operate outside already known conditions. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Mar 2026
The real opportunity for enterprises lies in Agentic AI
This is a guest blogpost by Arunava Bag, CTO, Digitate. Enterprise adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a question open to debate. Last year, PwC’s June 2025 Value in Motion report ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Mar 2026
What is causing agentic AI’s enterprise gap, and how to fix it
This is a guest blogpost by Niranjan Vijayaragavan, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Nintex. Agentic AI is often positioned as the next major leap in enterprise automation. Agents are intended ... Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2026
Zendesk to acquire Forethought in major agentic AI play
Zendesk is acquiring Forethought to bolster its agentic AI chops with specialised and self-learning AI agents capable of managing complex customer service workflows Continue Reading
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Opinion
11 Mar 2026
Labour scarcity is forcing IT leaders to rethink automation economics
How can AI be used to run an organisation with fewer people and tighter budgets Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2026
Neurons over silicon: Singapore plans first biological datacentre
DayOne and Cortical Labs are bringing ‘wetware’ computing to the city-state, using living neurons grown from stem cells to support the demand for AI while addressing sustainability concerns Continue Reading
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News
10 Mar 2026
Ericsson, Future Technologies scale wireless infrastructure for industrial AI
Connectivity transformation systems integrator and comms tech giant expand collaboration to accelerate deployment of private 5G and enterprise wireless networks across North America Continue Reading
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News
10 Mar 2026
Neura Robotics accelerates next-generation physical AI
Robotics firm inks strategic collaboration with chip giant to advance next-generation robotics and physical AI, and work jointly on reference architectures for full-stack robotics systems Continue Reading
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News
10 Mar 2026
Met Police to ‘trial’ handheld facial recognition tech
London Mayor Sadiq Khan reveals in a scrutiny session with London Assembly members that the Met is set to trial a facial recognition phone app for police officers Continue Reading
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News
10 Mar 2026
Microsoft Cowork: One data store for all your M365 assets
MIcrosoft has revealed the next stage of its plans to place its software at the heart of enterprise data, which is now powered by agentic AI Continue Reading
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News
10 Mar 2026
MWC 2026: Render Networks unveils synchronised agentic critical infrastructure
Critical infrastructure execution and intelligence software provider unveils agentic AI architecture designed for dynamic, scalable execution at infrastructure operators and constructors Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Mar 2026
‘Work is broken’: Can agentic AI fix it?
Agentic AI exposes flaws in enterprise workflows, highlighting weak data, unclear ownership and undefined processes, but better governance and integration can help Continue Reading
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News
10 Mar 2026
AI chooses nuclear escalation in 95% of simulated crises
With artificial intelligence increasingly deployed in analysis and decision-making in armed conflict, research shows AI systems will not naturally default to ‘safe’ outcomes in nuclear crises Continue Reading
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Opinion
10 Mar 2026
Why Asia needs its own model of digital sovereignty
Framing digital sovereignty simply as a “US versus non-US cloud” debate is no longer fit for purpose. Asia must forge its own path through data jurisdiction, technical portability, and operational control Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2026
Trump looks to power up post-quantum, AI security
The US has unveiled a six-pillar national cyber security strategy, with developing technological areas such as post-quantum cryptography and artificial intelligence front and centre Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2026
Interview: Nick Pearson, CIO, Ricoh Europe
Working for a company undergoing a major pivot in its business model means variety and opportunity for the supplier’s tech chief Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2026
Harvey Nash docuseries addresses AI skills ‘paradox’
As part of a series of short documentaries, tech recruitment organisation Harvey Nash discusses the AI skills ‘paradox’, with a number of tech experts shedding light on the potential future of work Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2026
APT36 unleashes AI-generated ‘vibeware’ to flood targets
The Pakistani threat group has been using AI to rewrite malicious code across multiple programming languages, prioritising scale over sophistication to evade detection, security researchers have found Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2026
DBS rewires operating models for AI reasoning era
The bank expects AI tools to evolve from being a copilot to an autopilot as it undergoes organisational transformation to prepare its workforce for agentic AI Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Mar 2026
Edge AI: What’s working and what isn’t
In the past few years, edge AI has moved beyond experimental pilots and into real deployments across organisations, yet most uses stay narrow in scope rather than focusing on company-wide initiatives Continue Reading
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News
06 Mar 2026
Lloyds Bank to sell more customer data and cut costs by 35%
High street giant will increase proportion of total staff that work in technology and data Continue Reading
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News
06 Mar 2026
House of Lords urges UK government to protect IP against AI misuse
Machine-readable indelible watermarking in content supply chain is among proposals that could protect copyrighted content Continue Reading
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News
06 Mar 2026
Enterprises warming to AI PCs amid growing cloud costs
While global memory shortages will pose a threat to the broader PC market, AI PCs are gaining momentum across Asia as companies look to cut cloud costs, boost productivity and secure sensitive information Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Mar 2026
Electronic health records are still creating issues for patients
Almost every NHS trust will have moved onto a digital system by this spring. Experts have cautioned many patients are still struggling to access their own health data Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Mar 2026
They need us to buy their debt-fuelled AI dream
So it seems Nvidia boss, Jensen Huang is telling financial analysts that datacentre spending will increase 10-fold to 4 trillion within four years. And, those who heard his keynote at the GTC event ... Continue Reading
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News
05 Mar 2026
Huge grid and heat challenges ahead as Nvidia set for 1MW rack
With Nvidia Feynman in 2028, 1MW datacentre racks will produce as much heat as 200 5kW ovens. Industry and government must respond, says Schneider Electric UK datacentre executive Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Mar 2026
Edge AI: Business cost, risk and control
Right now, rather than asking whether or not to adopt edge artificial intelligence, the crucial question for most companies is how to do so without creating new security, cost and governance issues Continue Reading
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Podcast
05 Mar 2026
Stack Overflow on AI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to the CEO of Stack Overflow about agentic AI workflows and AI in software engineering Continue Reading
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News
04 Mar 2026
Weighing the trade-offs of neoclouds and sovereign clouds
Neocloud and sovereign cloud providers offer alternatives to hyperscalers for AI infrastructure and data sovereignty, but availability gaps and a lack of managed AI services can pose challenges to enterprise customers Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Mar 2026
Delivery comms, intelligent fulfilment, and AI’s growing influence
Some 90% of retailers planning to boost spending on artificial intelligence to optimise e-commerce operations, as new research identifies different AI shopper personas and The Delivery Conference provides forum for debate Continue Reading
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News
04 Mar 2026
UK lab gets funding to drive foundational AI research
The government is providing six years of funding worth up to £40m in a bid to support UK researchers developing artificial intelligence models Continue Reading
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News
04 Mar 2026
Is there no stopping the AI spending spree?
Looking at Nvidia’s latest financial results, it would seem that spending on compute is set to increase tenfold by 2030 Continue Reading