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Cabinet Office states Capita set to miss Civil Service Pension Scheme deadline

Outsourcing firm’s botched takeover of civil service pension administration has seen scheme members experience financial hardship Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Google Cloud Summit: UK to deploy AI-powered planning system

The UK planning system is being reworked with artificial intelligence and computer vision to provide data in a consistent format Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

HPE Discover 2026: Neri heralds ‘unique’ placement to transcend network bottleneck

CEO talks up HPE’s self-driving future, as well as partnerships with eight companies in its mission to blaze the trail for hybrid classical-quantum applications Continue Reading

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• Ryan Priest

NPL to run world’s first quantum standards network

National Quantum Standards Network will be overseen by the UK’s National Physical Laboratory, with the aim of establishing the rules of the road for quantum computing and accelerating British innovation Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Digital ID must not deepen exclusion

UK government plans for a national digital identity scheme risk embedding further inequalities and barriers to public services for the 19 million people currently experiencing digital exclusion Continue Reading

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• Elizabeth Anderson, Digital Poverty Alliance

Why AI monetisation, not 6G, is the real prize for telcos

In the first of a three-part series exploring the role of telcos in the AI economy, we examine why operators must look beyond next generation 6G networks and focus on capturing the value of AI workloads Continue Reading

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• Edwin Lin

2026 World Cup billed as ‘largest entertainment attack surface in history’

With the tournament underway across North America, Palo Alto Networks warns that temporary supplier ecosystems, vulnerable municipal infrastructure and geopolitical tensions are creating risks for enterprises and fans Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

STT GDC launches 30MW datacentre in South Korea

The Singapore-based datacentre operator has entered the South Korean market with STT Seoul 1, a hyperscale-ready facility built though a joint venture with Hyosung Heavy Industries Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Scottish minister clarifies police facial-recognition approach

The Scottish government has confirmed its intention to ensure police use of facial recognition is lawful before deployments start taking place, unlike in England and Wales where the technology has been rolled out in a ‘legal vacuum’ without any formal scrutiny or debate Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

NHS trusts operating on fewer patients with Palantir FDP, warns Foxglove

Around 30% of English hospitals that use Palantir’s FDP tools for scheduling are carrying out fewer procedures than before adoption, according to data from campaign group Foxglove Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

US mortgage provider moves beyond ‘superficial AI integrations’

Pennymac Financial Services is using generative artificial intelligence tools from Amazon Web Services to bring borrowing up to date Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Interview: Ashwin Ballal, CIO, Freshworks

After a career in marketing, engineering, product and operations, a CIO role seemed unlikely for Ashwin Ballal – until he tried it Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

UK data regulator slammed over lack of action on complaints

The UK data regulator is being threatened with legal action after it was accused of ‘ignoring’ thousands of data protection complaints, with critics describing its new approach to complaint triage and investigation as akin to a ‘digital bin’ for the public’s concerns Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Nordea Liv Norway migrates 58 million transactions to the cloud

Life and pensions provider migrates to the cloud as part of wider multi-year transformation project Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The great datacentre backlash: The industry response

In part two of a two-part series looking at attitudes to datacentres, we look at how developers and operators have responded to the wave of anti-datacentre sentiment sweeping through communities and what their plan is to avoid further escalation Continue Reading

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• Andrew Donoghue

Insurance industry AI recruitment correlates with success

Research shows that insurers have accelerated recruitment of artificial intelligence professionals Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Amnesty calls for ban on AI risk-profiling systems

Amnesty International says AI-driven risk profiling systems are discriminatory and may lead to misleading results that violate international human rights law Continue Reading

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• Larissa Steel, Computer Weekly

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 Continue Reading

How AngelHack uses hackathons to ease AI adoption

From internal hackathons to accelerator programmes, Singapore’s AngelHack is empowering everyday employees to build their own AI applications while expanding its reach in the US, Brazil and Australia Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

AI demands an identity reset

In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide examines how AI is transforming the demands and expectations on identity and access management systems. We talk to early implementers of agentic AI to find out the lessons learned. And we explain why the AI infrastructure boom is likely to drive up cloud prices for every IT leader. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Ineffable Intelligence strikes Google Cloud deal for Vera Rubin GPU power

London-based ‘anti-LLM’ developer led by AlphaGo founder David Silver selects Google Cloud Vera Rubin GPU infrastructure to build reinforcement learning ‘superlearners’ Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

The truth about Claude Mythos is less dramatic than it seems

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers if Anthropic’s Claude Mythos frontier AI model is a benefit or barrier to achieving resilient enterprise IT security, and how security leaders need to adapt. Continue Reading

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• Ellie Hurst, Advent IM

Post Office Capture appeal objections not ‘right, just or fair’

Influential advisory group tells Post Office there is a ‘clear case’ that Capture convictions are unsafe Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Swedish industrial AI deal exemplifies Indian software fix to AI threat

As India does big deals in the Nordics, the sub-continent’s role for the artificial intelligence age begins to become apparent Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Fujitsu exits hardware business in ASEAN in IT consulting move

Fujitsu is walking away from its legacy hardware business in the region and pitching itself as a supplier-neutral technology consultant to help customers cut through the AI hype Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Agentic workflows: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to Joel Hron, chief technology officer at Thomson Reuters about how MCP-connectivity into Claude to streamline legal work Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

UK Finance ‘shocked but not surprised’ by rise in fraud as tech firms ‘profit’ from it

Two-thirds of authorised push payment scams begin on tech platforms, according to UK Finance annual report Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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 Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

Oracle fixes PeopleSoft flaw exploited by ShinyHunters

A zero-day vulnerability affecting Oracle’s PeopleSoft products is being exploited by a ShinyHunters campaign targeting schools and universities Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

CIO interview: Damian Leach, Vistra

CIO Damian Leach discusses Vistra’s digital platform, which he says will harness artificial intelligence in its financial professional services offering Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Labour MP Jess Asato launches legal action over Grok deepfakes

After xAI’s Grok chatbot was used to create sexualised images and videos of her, Labour MP Jess Asato is taking legal action against the company in a bid to hold the firm accountable for the harms associated with its design choices Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

‘Don’t break the business’: Lessons from Ann Summers’ ESB transformation

Ann Summers’ technology and supply chain director Jeannette Copeland talks through lessons learned during the retailer’s recent ESB overhaul Continue Reading

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• Ben Sillitoe

Frontier AI models could be an adversary's force multiplier

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers if Anthropic’s Claude Mythos frontier AI model is a benefit or barrier to achieving resilient enterprise IT security, and how security leaders need to adapt. Continue Reading

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• Aditya K Sood, Aryaka

Singapore to transform industrial island into AI-ready datacentre hub

A joint report by Singapore government agencies and industry players details how the city-state's Jurong Island will be redesigned into a highly secure, circular digital infrastructure hub by 2050 Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

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 Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Established enterprise patching models dead in the water, says report

Vulnerability discovery and exploitation was surging dramatically even before Anthropic decided to unleash its frontier Mythos model. As such, an Action1 report finds old approaches to patching are no longer fit for purpose Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Why Big Tech should not play at politics

Prior to the start of the second Donald Trump presidency, former deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, stepped down as Meta’s president of global affairs. During his seven years tenure at the social ... Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

AI Summit London: AI’s role in UK defence

AI innovation moves quickly, unlike the speed of innovation in the military. How can AI be used to improve the UK armed forces? Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Government aims to make UK top spot for open source AI

AI minister Kanishka Narayan unveils funding for computer access to support open source developers of artificial intelligence technology Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Why culture matters more than you think when complex tech goes wrong

IT professionals should feel free to speak up about things that are going wrong, which might require a culture change Continue Reading

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• Megan Owen

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 Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

ICO strips commissioner Edwards of responsibilities in HR inquiry

The UK’s information commissioner John Edwards has been temporarily stripped of his responsibilities in the wake of a workplace investigation Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

The UK cannot afford a box-ticking solution to cloud dominance

Big tech companies often find ways out of regulatory directives, so the CMA must come up with enforceable commitments, across the whole investigation, and quickly Continue Reading

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• Nicky Stewart

Mythos is turning up the heat on risk, not rewriting the rules

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers if Anthropic’s Claude Mythos frontier AI model is a benefit or barrier to achieving resilient enterprise IT security, and how security leaders need to adapt. Continue Reading

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• Martin Riley, Bridewell

Dutch critical infrastructure lags Europe’s cloud sovereignty divide, SAP executive warns

France has an established sovereign cloud framework and Germany launched one earlier this year, whereas the Netherlands is still just building its policy foundation Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

UK minister for AI calls for more attractive datacentre builds

Speaking at the AI Summit in London, Kanishka Narayan launches a competition to encourage UK datacentre designs people can be proud of Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

London not calling as planning regs mar mobile development

The UK capital is losing mobile coverage in some of its busiest areas as operators are being forced to close cell sites faster than replacements can be secured Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

ING increases use of AI in mortgage application process

Bank using artificial intelligence to speed up mortgage applications as the company introduces the technology across its business Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Interview: Pegasystems’ Don Schuerman on how to keep the lid on skyrocketing AI costs

Pegasystems offers an alternative take on how enterprises can use artificial intelligence to automate their business processes without burning through their budgets Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor

UK government invites experts and industry groups to advise on digital ID plans

After mounting criticism of its digital identity policy, the government is convening an independent advisory group and improving engagement with industry stakeholders in an attempt to improve public trust Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

UK government and Cisco unveil AI, digital skills initiative

Networking giant and UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology announce strategic collaboration to help increase AI adoption and widen access to digital skills Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

For Indian fintechs, compliance is survival

With India’s fintech firms facing a growing number of compliance obligations, adopting automated, continuous compliance processes will help cut repetitive manual work and remain audit-ready Continue Reading

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• Raghuveer Kancherla

The politicisation of Silicon Valley

Former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg speaks about his tenure at Meta and how the tech giants have turned to Maga Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

Microsoft smashes record for biggest ever Patch Tuesday update

Microsoft has obliterated the record for the largest ever Patch Tuesday drop, with its June 2026 update addressing approximately 200 flaws and three zero-days Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UK government launches AI Assurance Stakeholder Consortium

The consortium, launched in partnership with BCS, aims to build trust in artificial intelligence and help the UK economy grow through responsible AI adoption Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Talabat Kitchens combines AI, data and partnerships to scale in MENA

Awais Malik, general manager for Kitchens MENA at Talabat, explains how the company’s technology-driven cloud kitchen strategy is helping restaurant partners scale faster, reduce costs and unlock growth opportunities across the region Continue Reading

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• Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly

UK government pumps £200m into AI skills and adoption

Partnering with businesses, trade unions and workers, the UK government want to upskill workers and spread artificial intelligence adoption Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Inside the AI factory of the future

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we visit the latest in AI factory technology and construction at TeraWulf’s Lake Ontario datacentre, where a former coal-fired power station is being rapidly transformed. American Express talks about the latest digital innovations being introduced at the credit card giant. And we ask the hyperscalers – can you really deliver a sovereign cloud? Read the issue now. Continue Reading

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 Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Why voice is becoming India’s next payment frontier

India’s Unified Payments Interface has made mobile payments ubiquitous in the subcontinent. As the country gears up for voice-activated transactions, experts warn of new risks involving AI and audio deepfakes Continue Reading

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• Pratima Harigunani

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 Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

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 Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Claude Mythos forces the conversation on defensive AI

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers if Anthropic’s Claude Mythos frontier AI model is a benefit or barrier to achieving resilient enterprise IT security, and how security leaders need to adapt. Continue Reading

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• John Bruce, Quorum Cyber

Starmer announces sovereign compute strategy amid £1.1bn chip investment

Prime minister launches strategy to develop UK sovereign compute capability as government pumps £1.1bn into AI hardware plan Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Red tape or responsible tech? Regulation’s growing influence on govtech suppliers

As artificial intelligence and digital regulations tighten across the UK and Europe, government technology suppliers are redesigning products and absorbing rising compliance costs, raising questions about regulatory impact Continue Reading

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• Dave Howell

How AI is being used to manage networks

Network management is becoming reliant on artificial intelligence-enabled tools, which use machine learning based on network monitoring data Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Is AI reducing IT costs? Tech leaders weigh in

IT leaders say AI is adding new costs faster than organizations can measure the benefits. This forces CIOs to weigh rising spending against uncertain productivity gains. Continue Reading

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• Tim Murphy, Site editor

Why AI won’t cut jobs: A Computer Weekly Downtime upload podcast

We speak to Gartner analyst Helen Poitevin about why business leaders should not use AI to reduce headcount Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Publishers can now opt out of Google AI summaries and training

The UK’s competition watchdog has ruled that Google must provide online publishers and news organisations with the ability to opt out of their work being summarised by artificial intelligence, or otherwise used to train the company’s models Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Interview: Clare Hickie, EMEA CTO, Workday

The IT chief went from implementing Workday software at one of the firm’s largest customers to leading technology at the supplier – she discusses what she learned Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

EU unveils full-stack sovereignty package to build Euro tech muscle

European Commission launches package spanning chips, cloud and energy to reduce dependency on US and Chinese supply chains and to foster a sovereign vertical domestic stack Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead

Capita launched civil service pension scheme site without ‘basic’ web security

Outsourcer went live with its troubled civil service pensions administration without a basic Domain Name System security feature Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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 Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

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 Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Scandinavia’s Kitron leans into AI but depends on ERP and local links to keep electronics production

Norway-headquartered Kitron Group is on a growth path and relies on local-market nous and partners Continue Reading

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• Martin Veitch

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 Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Subpostmaster federation hit by ransomware attack

National Federation of Subpostmasters suffered a ransomware attack in April after hackers exploited a bug in the web hosting software it uses Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The unstoppable rise of the Chief AI Officer  

Chief AI Officers are proliferating as organisations look to deploy agentic AI, make a return on investment, and meet their governance obligations. Continue Reading

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• Kirsteen Bell and Peter Birch, Harvey Nash  

Agentic AI helps Microsoft speed-up viable quantum computer

Microsoft researchers have made a breakthrough in quantum reliability with the help of agentic artificial intelligence Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Interview: Michael Cole, chief technology officer, DP World Tour

AI promises to revolutionise the experience of watching or taking part in the traditional sport of golf for players, fans and TV viewers – the IT chief leading the change explains how Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

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 Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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 Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead

Sweden’s Hexagon takes a measuring tape to the industrial world… and its virtual counterpart

Stockholm-headquartered company is applying precision observability and digital twins to make a safer, more sustainable and efficient world Continue Reading

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• Martin Veitch

The great datacentre backlash: The campaigners

In part one of a series looking at attitudes to datacentres, we look at the organisations that oppose new builds, concerns and motivations, what the industry thinks and what solutions might resolve the various impasses Continue Reading

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• Andrew Donoghue

Scottish residents granted permission for group action against Capita

People of Scotland given the go-ahead on group proceedings regarding the 2023 Capita cyber breach, in which the personal information of millions of people was stolen from Capita systems after a major cyber attack Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

AI agents help Cato slash ‘time-to-protect’ from new CVEs

The application of agentic AI to vulnerability management workflows has slashed mitigation times in experimental conditions, claims Sase specialist Cato Networks Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

The AI agent governance gap: How CIOs can gain control

AI agents are spreading faster than CIOs can manage. AI governance platform CEO David Baum explains why traditional IT governance tools struggle to monitor them. Continue Reading

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• Tim Murphy, Site editor

The digital leader’s playbook: A guide for IT chiefs by Paul Coby

In this extract from his book, ‘The digital leader’s playbook’, CIO Paul Coby offers expert advice for established IT leaders and IT professionals who have set their sights on digital leadership Continue Reading

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• Paul Coby

Microsoft hits out over irresponsible vulnerability disclosure

Microsoft goes on the offensive after a disgruntled security researcher unleashed a series of zero-days without checking in first Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UK and France begin AI collaboration for medical research

The two governments unveil ‘groundbreaking’ science and technology deal Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Also-ran Sweden bids for AI world leadership

Not satisfied with applying US AI systems, Nordic giant Sweden is hoping to change the rules of the game Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Navigating culture to govern AI successfully

Data governance is critical for scaling AI safely, but the biggest hurdles are people, not technology. Here’s why moving governance out of IT and securing executive buy-in are key for AI success Continue Reading

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• Sally Parker

How Canberra Institute of Technology is transforming classroom learning

Faced with a fragmented IT estate and poor room utilisation, CIT partnered with Cisco to standardise the institute’s physical and virtual classrooms, boosting inclusivity and slashing on-site support Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

Agentic AI is driving rethink of enterprise architecture and tokenomics

The growing adoption of agentic AI will require IT leaders to rebalance their CPU and GPU estates, tightly integrate data layers, and redesign human workflows, according to Dell Technologies CTO John Roese Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions: Differences, with examples

With more companies tracking their carbon footprints, Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions are under discussion. Discover what each is and the approaches to measure them. Continue Reading

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• Mary K. Pratt

The AI knowledge gap and how to close it

Equinix found big gaps in people’s knowledge about AI and how it is used in everyday life. MD James Tyler says we need to close that gap to nurture AI skills and to support AI projects Continue Reading

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• James Tyler, MD, Equinix UK

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Realities of the AI age force sustainability to the fore

New standards force carbon accounting to be location-free. Meanwhile, AI and its energy appetite mean we have to build sustainability into an organisation's competitive edge Continue Reading

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• Shane Herath , Eco-Friendly Web Alliance