IT management

Kubernetes: Navigating the pitfalls and pathways to success

Nutanix’s APAC chief technology officer outlines the lessons learned by enterprises adopting Kubernetes, from avoiding cloud lock-in to mastering lifecycle management, and bridging the gap between legacy and cloud-native skillsets Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

How organisations can secure AI agents

Dan Karpati, Check Point Software’s vice-president of AI, discusses the unique challenges and potential ways to secure AI agents Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

What is function as a service (FaaS)?

Function as a service (FaaS) is a cloud computing model that enables cloud customers to develop applications and deploy functionalities and only be charged when the functionality executes. Continue Reading

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• Cameron Hashemi-Pour, Former Site Editor
• Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor
• Sarah Lewis

CaixaBank outlines artificial intelligence intentions in €5bn plan

Spanish bank announces Cosmos, an investment in its processes and technology that sits within its €5bn strategic plan Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

ARM and Meta: Plotting a path to dilute GPU capacity

Meta wants to make artificial intelligence available to everyone who uses its platforms, but scaling AI to over one billion people is not going to be cheap Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

European and African tech skills programme could increase economic ties

Africa is a continent on the up, and if Europe wants to form lucrative relationships with its nations, it must have something to trade. IT skills and knowledge exchanges unlock opportunities Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Quantum computing in cyber security: A double-edged sword

Scepticism still abounds, but quantum computing stocks have boomed this year. In the world of cyber, however, quantum brings both unprecedented capabilities and significant threats, demanding careful attention Continue Reading

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• Isla Sibanda

Balancing act: Managing business needs alongside digital transformation and innovation

How can IT leaders deliver on the challenging balancing act between innovation, cost control, and managing corporate expectations? One startup CTO in a highly established industry shares his experiences Continue Reading

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• Chris Gray, Inshur

Singapore pledges S$150m to boost enterprise AI capabilities

The Enterprise Compute initiative will provide local enterprises with access to AI tools and expertise in a bid to spur AI adoption Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

DeepSeek-R1: Budgeting challenges for on-premise deployments

The availability of the DeepSeek-R1 large language model shows it’s possible to deploy artificial intelligence on modest hardware. But that’s only half the story Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Meta’s planned subsea cable will exceed circumference of Earth and support AI innovation

Meta’s planned 50,000 km subsea cable will be the world’s longest and connect the five major continents Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

MSP cuts costs with Scality pay-as-you-go anti-ransomware storage

Autodata gets Scality as-a-service for on-site immutable storage via Artesca, to allow customers to rapidly recover from ransomware and at the same cost per terabyte no matter the volume Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

AI Action Summit calls for a rethink of regulation

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we report from the AI Action Summit in Paris on how easing red tape is overtaking safety as a priority. We examine the AI regulations that IT leaders need to understand. And we talk to the UK government’s AI minister about the country’s artificial intelligence opportunities. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

The Security Interviews: Yevgeny Dibrov, Armis

Armis CEO Yevgeny Dibrov talks about how his military service and intelligence work opened the door into the world of cyber security entrepreneurship Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

The irresistible marriage of AI and XR

Not long ago, the metaverse was on the lips of everyone in technological media. However, coverage has moved to the new technology darling of AI – but crucially, both technologies are synergistic Continue Reading

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• Martin Schwirn, Computer Weekly

AI models explained: The benefits of open source AI models

In this guide, we explore how to get started with open source AI models and go over how they support your enterprise IT strategy Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Liverpool reinvents customer service through digital platform

Liverpool City Council wants to improve residents’ experience of dealing with the council, and sees digital technologies as key to achieving its goal Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Opinion: Saudi plans to be an IT superpower, but challenges lie ahead

Impressions of Saudi Arabia during Leap 2025: Big plans ahead, but challenges in physical and digital infrastructure, and in transition from public to private sector dominance Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

RAG AI: ‘Do it yourself,’ says NYC data scientist

New York City council data scientist says organisations should get their hands dirty with open source AI as his teams build AI apps to check for duplicates in legislative documents Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

A path to better data engineering

Data engineering requires expertise in programming and data management, and now IT leaders need to include large language models in their data strategy Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
• Adrian Bridgwater

Kenyan AI workers form Data Labelers Association

A group of Kenyan data workers whose labour provides the ‘backbone’ of modern artificial intelligence systems set up the Data Labelers Association to improve their working conditions and raise awareness about the challenges they face Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

NHS launches breast cancer AI trial

The trial will see 700,000 women taking part in artificial intelligence-based screening for breast cancer, looking at whether use of technology can help identify signs of cancer earlier Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Gartner: CISOs struggling to balance security, business objectives

Only 14% of security leaders can ‘effectively secure organisational data assets while also enabling the use of data to achieve business objectives’, according to Gartner Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Government launches consultation on plan to streamline business through e-invoicing

Government announces 12-week consultation on electronic invoicing as part of its plan for change Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

EU looks to ramp up sovereign tech as Trump trade war begins

Trump’s trade war is now looking at the EU, with tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. Could US tech be in the firing line? Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Baltic skills programme to help reduce European skills gap via Africa

Lithuanian project sets out to connect professionals in Africa with European businesses in need of skills Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Interview: Why Samsung put a UK startup centre stage

The launch of the flagship Galaxy S25 smartphone from Samsung showcased AI innovation from a company spun out of Oxford University Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

AI Action Summit: Two major AI initiatives launched

Sustainability and ‘public-interest’ artificial intelligence initiatives have been launched during the AI Action Summit in Paris Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Forrester: AI and cyber security drive up IT spending

Despite artificial intelligence and cyber security increasing investment, technical debt remains a significant drain on IT budgets Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

AI Action Summit: UK and US refuse to sign inclusive AI statement

The UK and US governments’ decisions not to sign a joint declaration has attracted strong criticism from a range of voices, especially in the context of key political figures calling for AI ‘red tape’ to be cut Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

MongoDB expands Sydney operations to support local growth

MongoDB is doubling down on its Australian presence with a new Sydney office, housing engineering, support and go-to-market teams focused on R&D and tackling the region’s legacy technology challenges Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

CCRC reviewing 17 Post Office convictions with potential Capture software involvement

Statutory body began looking at convictions of subpostmasters who used the Capture system following the wider understanding of the Post Office Horizon scandal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

AI at Leap 2025: Huge potential but a threat to the fabric of society?

Thought leaders in artificial intelligence gathered at Saudi Arabia’s Leap 2025 tech show to set out the next steps for enterprise AI and agentic AI, but also AI’s potential danger to human society Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Amazon opens Asia-Pacific hub in Singapore

Amazon has launched a 360,000 sq ft Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore, housing both Amazon and AWS employees Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Entrepreneurship with a conscience - the new mandate for tech leaders

Technology leaders are entrepreneurs too - innovating to transform their organisations. But the nature of entrepreneurial leadership has changed, with ethics and social responsibility now taking centre stage Continue Reading

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• Dax Grant

Cisco: We will get better on AI power consumption

At Cisco Live EMEA in Amsterdam, Cisco execs shared their thoughts on the developing issues around how artificial intelligence is affecting datacentre power consumption Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Cisco Live EMEA: Network supplier tightens AI embrace

At its annual EMEA show, Cisco tech leadership unveiled a raft of new products, services and features designed to help customers do more with artificial intelligence Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

MPs demand bank bosses come clean over IT outages following Barclays crash

Treasury committee wants banks to provide details of how IT failures have affected their businesses over the past two years Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Fujitsu public sector boss says supplier has advantage in HMRC bid despite Post Office scandal

Fujitsu public sector boss is banking on huge deals with HMRC despite Post Office scandal, after another lucrative year Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

AI Action Summit: Global leaders decry AI red tape

The focus of previous AI summits on the safety of artificial intelligence systems has been replaced by concerns there is too much regulatory red tape, which politicians and AI developers have argued is holding back innovation Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

AI Action Summit: European AI investment ramps up

A number of private companies and European governments have announced large-scale investments in artificial intelligence during the two-day AI Action Summit in Paris Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

F1’s Red Bull charges 1Password to protect its 2025 season

For the upcoming 2025 Formula 1 season, Oracle Red Bull Racing adds cyber security partner 1Password to its roster of team suppliers and sponsors Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

New componentry extends NetApp ASA and E-series block storage

One-time king of the filers adds anti-ransomware to its more recent block storage families, while also adding in an extra FAS array, all on the back of upgraded components Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Elon Musk capitalises on DeepSeek confusion to bid for OpenAI

The market disruption resulting from DeepSeek has reset artificial intelligence, and now Elon Musk and a consortium of investors want to grab OpenAI Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

AI projects get £85m funding to improve NHS diagnostics and drugs

The funding pot is being distributed between three projects, aiming to establish new ways of researching how artificial intelligence can be used to target hard-to-treat diseases and develop medicines Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Saudi puts $15bn into AI as experts debate next steps

The kingdom’s Leap 2025 tech show is the backdrop for huge investment, plus debate over the future of artificial intelligence as a productivity tool but which can also potentially undermine human society Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

A two-horse race? Competition concerns cloud AWS and Microsoft

In this week’s Computer Weekly, Microsoft and AWS don’t like it, but the UK competition watchdog says their hold on the cloud market is cause for concern. We talk to AutoTrader’s CEO about how to become a digital business. And we go behind the scenes at Zoom to see how AI will revolutionise the former lockdown success story. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Technology is changing and so should the civil service

The government has promised that AI will change policy making - but that means policy makers in the civil service will need to change too Continue Reading

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• Jordan Urban, Institute for Government

Natural England clears clouds with machine learning

Earth observation images from satellites can be blotted by cloud cover, but Natural England has cleared the sky using artificial intelligence Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Google drops pledge not to develop AI weapons

Google has dropped an ethical pledge to not develop artificial intelligence systems that can be used in weapon or surveillance systems Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Unionised drivers to stage ride-hailing app strike

Drivers employed by Uber, Bolt and Addison Lee are set to log off for six hours on 14 February 2025 in long-running disputes over poor pay, work conditions and algorithmic transparency Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

The story behind Alps, Europe’s second largest computer

The director of CSCS and professor of computational physics at ETH, Thomas Schulthess, explains the development of one of the world’s fastest supercomputers, Alps, in Switzerland Continue Reading

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• Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management

UAE eyes quantum computing for financial services

Middle East financial firms are investing heavily in quantum computing, with one of the world’s top quantum research centres in Abu Dhabi Continue Reading

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• Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management

Courting global talent: How can Web3 startups attract the best developers in the world?

James Strudwick, executive director at Web3 tech startup Starknet Foundation, on how to attract the best talent in the Web3 space Continue Reading

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• James Strudwick

Skills required for data engineering success

We look at what IT leaders can do to help untangle the numerous structured and unstructured data sources that exist in a modern enterprise Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Why the UK must lead on data to unlock AI’s full potential

Unless the data silos in government are addressed, the UK risks falling short of the Action Plan’s ambitious goals to lead in AI adoption Continue Reading

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• Elena Simperl and Neil Majithia

Allianz PNB Life modernises insurance operations with cloud

Philippine insurer implements a cloud-based health insurance policy management system from DXC Technology to reduce policy issuance times and speed up product launches Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Government opens up bidding for AI growth zones

As part of its AI opportunities action plan, the government is encouraging local authorities to put in bids for AI growth zones Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

HMRC spends £785m a year on running digital tax systems

Beyond £785m spend, HMRC also spent £482m on upgrading legacy systems and introducing new digital systems, as it continues to fall behind its plans to become one of the most digitally advanced tax authorities in the world Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Secure software procurement in 2025: A call for accountability

Outgoing CISA chief Jen Easterly called on buyers to demand better security standards from their software suppliers. The Security Think Tank considers what better means, and what best practice for secure software procurement looks like in 2025. Continue Reading

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• Robert Campbell, PA Consulting

US lawmakers move to ban DeepSeek AI tool

US politicians have introduced a bill seeking to ban the use of the DeepSeek AI tool on government-owned devices, citing national security concerns due to its alleged links to the Chinese state Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Ransomware payment value fell over 30% in 2024

Several factors, including the impact of law enforcement operations disrupting cyber criminal gangs and better preparedness among users, may be behind a significant drop in the total value of ransomware payments Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

How CIOs can reduce AI's negative environmental impact

AI is a power-hungry beast -- here's how to tame it. Continue Reading

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• Kashyap Kompella, RPA2AI Research

Self-healing networks: The next evolution in network management

The age of AI is highlighting the security risks and pitfalls of traditional network management techniques. Self-healing networks may offer a solution that not only bolsters security, but makes IT and network teams more efficient Continue Reading

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• Isla Sibanda

DACH’s venture capital prominence: an outlier, or the start of a golden age?

The DACH region is attracting venture capital investment with startups in Austria and Switzerland benefiting, but will it be sustained? Continue Reading

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• Matthew Staff

Sharp Europe's Bold Ambitions in the IT Services Sector

Building on a 113-year legacy, Sharp Europe is transforming itself into a leading European IT services provider. Strategic acquisitions are playing a key role in this growth which has enabled the ... Continue Reading

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• Louella Fernandes, Quocirca

What is an IT project manager?

An IT project manager is a professional charged with overseeing the process of planning, executing and delegating responsibilities around an organization's information technology (IT) pursuits and goals. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kirvan
• Wesley Chai
• Rachel Lebeaux

UK’s Cyber Monitoring Centre begins incident classification work

The Cyber Monitoring Centre will work to categorise major incidents against a newly developed scale to help organisations better understand the nature of systemic cyber attacks and learn from their impact Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

As Java turns 30, developers switch to OpenJDK

James Gosling invented Java in 1995. It has been kept up to date and now supports artificial intelligence, but Oracle Java is no longer the preferred choice Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Swedish commission delivers roadmap to drive artificial intelligence reforms

Sweden will invest in artificial intelligence in an effort to catch up with global leaders in the field Continue Reading

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• Gerard O'Dwyer

Samsung’s on-device AI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to the co-founder of Oxford Semantic Technologies, which has developed the AI for the new Samsung Galaxy S25 Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Malaysian public sector embraces generative AI

Nearly half a million civil servants set to get access to Google Workspace with Gemini to improve delivery of public services Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Crowd-source testing helps drive Webex accessibility

Conferencing software Webex has a number of accessibility features built-in and has worked with Applause to test how well these work Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

State of Open Con 25: Why public sector needs an open approach

Openness, open source and open data were among the topics discussed at OpenUK’s State of Open Con 25 in London Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

MPs to scrutinise use of artificial intelligence in the finance sector

MPs launch inquiry into the use of artificial intelligence technologies in the financial services sector Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Youth activists protest Meta over mental health impacts

Protest outside Meta’s London offices marks launch of Mad Youth Campaign, an effort by activists to challenge the ways in which corporate power negatively shapes the conditions young people live under Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

APAC organisations to ramp up tech spending in 2025

Organisations across the region are prioritising cyber security, customer experience and application development, even as they navigate cloud repatriation and a growing skills gap in AI and security Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

“Unsafe At Any Speed”. Comparing automobiles to code risk

Outgoing CISA chief Jen Easterly called on buyers to demand better security standards from their software suppliers. The Security Think Tank considers what better means, and what best practice for secure software procurement looks like in 2025. Continue Reading

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• Tyler Shields

India Budget: Tech takes centre stage with AI and infrastructure boost

India has earmarked significant investments in artificial intelligence, global capability centres and digital public infrastructure while boosting training and education in its latest budget Continue Reading

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• Kavitha Srinivasa

The need for strong data engineering skills

In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide examines best practice in data engineering and the importance of data skills. Labour announced its first digital government strategy – but will it be more successful than years of failed plans that came before? We also look back at the networking challenges that faced Orange during last year’s Paris Olympics. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

The future of generative AI: 10 trends to follow in 2025

Dig into trends and products that will contribute to GenAI's development and the technology's impact on how your organization will operate in the coming year. Continue Reading

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• Mary K. Pratt

New Relic extends observability to DeepSeek

The observability tools supplier now offers enhanced monitoring for DeepSeek models to help businesses reduce the costs and risks of generative AI development Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Nationwide Building Society to train people to think like cyber criminals

Nationwide wants to help bring more diversity into UK cyber security skills base through partnership with training specialist Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Disjointed industrial strategy a barrier to UK scaleup success

The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee calls on Labour to join-up piecemeal initiatives and cut bureaucracy Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Vigilant buyers are the best recipe for accountable suppliers

In January 2025, outgoing CISA chief Jen Easterly called on IT buyers to demand better security standards from their software suppliers. The Security Think Tank considers what better means, and what does best practice for secure software procurement looks like in 2025. Continue Reading

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• Aditya K Sood, Aryaka

Government failed to provide accurate cost of Post Office scandal compensation

Limited information is likely to lead to significantly inaccurate assumptions on the cost of Post Office scandal compensation schemes Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

DSIT permanent secretary says more AI transparency needed

The government must improve transparency around the use of artificial intelligence systems throughout the public sector if it is going to gain and retain trust in how the technology is being deployed Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

DeepSeek-R1 more readily generates dangerous content than other large language models

Research scientists at cyber firm Enkrypt AI publish concerning findings from a red team exercise conducted against DeepSeek, the hot new generative AI tool Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Forrester: Why digitisation needs strong data engineering skills

How do enterprises become adaptive? If you can’t measure it responsively, you can’t manage it as an adaptive enterprise Continue Reading

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• Zeid Khater

Australian government doubles down on AWS

Federal government signs three-year whole-of-government agreement with Amazon Web Services, expanding access to cloud services for all levels of government Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Barclays hit by major IT outage on HMRC deadline day

Customers of Barclays Bank are left unable to access web app and online banking following a significant IT outage that seems to have come at the worst possible time Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

AI jailbreaking techniques prove highly effective against DeepSeek

Researchers at Palo Alto have shown how novel jailbreaking techniques were able to fool breakout GenAI model DeepSeek into helping to create keylogging tools, steal data, and make a Molotov cocktail Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

DeepSeek API, chat log exposure a ‘rookie’ cyber error

Security researchers at Wiz find a trove of DeepSeek data including API secrets and chat logs publicly exposed via an open source database management tool, raising questions about the fast-growing service’s approach to security Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Major obstacles facing Labour’s AI opportunity action plan

Skills, data held in legacy tech and a lack of leadership are among the areas discussed during a recent Public Accounts Committee session Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

First international AI safety report published

A global cohort of nearly 100 artificial intelligence experts publish first international AI safety report ahead of the third AI summit, outlining an array of challenges posed by the technology that will be used to inform upcoming discussions Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Transparency on public sector AI use fosters trust, says AI minister Feryal Clark

The government’s decision to publish a batch of algorithmic transparency records signals its latest effort in showing potential opportunities AI and technology could provide Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Microsoft’s results show cloud AI balancing act

CEO acknowledges efficiency of DeepSeek and need to assess model optimisation rather than just buying more AI servers Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Neos Networks leads £1.2m UK Midlands broadband project

Leading UK business-dedicated network appointed by council to lead D2N2 Gigahubs initiative aimed at bringing gigabit broadband to rural communities in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Interview: Volvo’s engineering lead discusses tech stacks

Volvo Cars’ approach to manufacturing is becoming more software-defined, built on top of what it calls ‘a superset tech stack’ Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

How government hackers are trying to exploit Google Gemini AI

Google’s threat intel squad has shared information on how nation state threat actors are attempting to exploit its Gemini AI tool for nefarious ends Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor