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House of Lords committee concerned over digital forensics backlog

Lords’ Science and Technology Committee warns policing and justice system is unequipped to make use of technologies such as AI, and calls on government to handle digital forensics backlog Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Banks to discuss UK alternative to Visa and Mastercard

Banks prepare to discuss a new payments infrastructure that would remove heavy reliance on US firms Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Tesco vs VMware: Dell weighs in on VMware contractual obligation

Are negotiated software renewal fees binding? Dell is arguing that this provision in Tesco’s VMware 2021 contract amounts to a commitment Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Government pumps £20m into using tech to fight addiction

Funding grants from Innovate UK will be used for medical technologies and digital tools such as artificial intelligence and wearables to reduce substance misuse and addiction Continue Reading

British Transport Police start using live facial recognition

British Transport Police will deploy facial recognition for six months despite calls for the government to halt its rapid expansion of the technology Continue Reading

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• Charlotte Lang

Charities turn to tech for greater impact

The fallout from the Post Office scandal is a recurring theme of reporting for Computer Weekly, and in this week’s ezine, we find out how the organisation’s efforts to address the shortcomings of its Horizon software have resulted in it being hit with a multimillion-pound IR35-related tax bill. We also sit down with Checkout.com CTO Mariano Albera to find out how he’s applying his knowledge of e-commerce to the finance sector, and why coding will always have a special place in his heart. In the third and final instalment of the AI security buyer’s guide, we take a look at how the technology can both help and hinder enterprise IT security strategies. And, rounding out the issue, we find out how five different charities are using CRM and digital experience technologies to bolster donations. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Interview: Mariano Albera, CTO, Checkout.com

Checkout.com’s chief technology officer has spent most of his career in the e-commerce industry, and now he is applying what he learned to the finance sector that serves it. Continue Reading

Pascal Brier, Capgemini: AI will prove its enterprise truth this year

Capgemini’s chief innovation officer says the 2025 rise and deployment of artificial intelligence agents put enterprise AI progress on hold, but laid the ground for acceleration to come Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor

Interview: Richard Corbridge, CIO, Segro

With a varied IT leadership career across healthcare, retail and central government, property development brought fresh challenges for the CIO – and a chance to share his experience in an industry not renowned for digital transformation Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

NatWest hails progress after £1.2bn spent on tech last year, but true AI transformation to come

NatWest Bank describes the past 12 months of its tech transformation as ‘the year of [AI] deployment at scale’ Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK government risks ‘perpetuating’ Post Office injustice through response to Capture appeals

Peers question government’s approach to wrongful conviction appeals from former users of Capture software Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Oracle readies AI note-taker for NHS

The AI tool drafts structured notes from patient-clinician interactions, helping to reduce administrative work Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Making sense of AI’s role in cyber security

Cyber security companies have jumped on the AI bandwagon. We look at where artificial intelligence is a useful add-on and where it poses potential risks Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

UK government calls for review into mobile market

UK government creates programme to anticipate how the mobile market, and technologies that underpin it, will evolve over the next decade Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

UK National Crime Agency seeks CDIO, offering more than £100k for the role

The chief digital and information officer will be expected to set the National Crime Agency’s digital, data and technology sourcing strategy, secure multi-year investment and manage a £100m budget Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Singapore to form National AI Council, expands tax breaks to ease AI adoption

Singapore government unveils plans to spur AI adoption through fiscal incentives, implementation guidance and workforce skilling in a concerted effort to drive the nation’s AI agenda Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Government bank digital project a ‘full-spectrum disaster’ exposing taxpayers to risk

National Savings and Investments is unable to tell Public Accounts Committee the cost of its modernisation programme Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Thousands of unread emails and 20 million database errors cause civil service pension hardship

Capita is to ‘fast-track’ any technology, including artificial intelligence, that can help it clear a backlog in civil service pension work Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Large language models provide unreliable answers about public services, Open Data Institute finds

Research questions AI’s trustworthiness in giving people accurate information about government services Continue Reading

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• Charlotte Lang

European Commission: TikTok’s addictive design breaches EU law

In a preliminary ruling, European Commission says TikTok’s additive design features are in breach of laws designed to create safer digital spaces Continue Reading

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• Adele Zeynep Walton

UK fintech investment slumped in 2025

Investment in the UK fintech sector fell to its lowest level since 2020, but it is still the European destination attracting the most money Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

College of Policing accounts ‘disclaimed’ by auditor for second year in wake of IT failure

Government auditors have refused to endorse the financial accounts of the professional body for policing in England and Wales for a second year, following IT project blunders Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor

CVE volumes may plausibly reach 100,000 this year

The number of vulnerabilities to be disclosed in 2026 is almost certain to exceed last year's total, and may be heading towards 100,000, according to analysis Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

London Assembly member: Police should halt facial-recognition technology use

In lieu of a full-blown ban on the technology, Green London Assembly member Zoë Garbett has called for a number of new safeguards to be implemented that she feels would protect Londoners from ‘escalating’ biometric surveillance Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Legacy IT? No problem

Maybe it’s time to press the pause button on artificial intelligence (AI). While the industry is dead set on promoting the benefits of multi-agent AI systems, the CIOs in many organisations ... Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Peer ‘disappointed’ that DWP review of subpostmaster prosecutions is still months away

Government indicates that there are 108 DWP prosecutions of subpostmasters that will be reviewed so far, but little progress has been made Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The Security Interviews: Mick Baccio, Splunk

Mick Baccio, global security advisor at Splunk SURGe and Cisco Foundation AI, reveals how the experience of running cyber on a dime for a US presidential campaign has informed how he does security, and why the basics still matter Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

CIOs discuss friction between legacy IT and innovation

While it may not be something IT leaders want to talk about, managing technical debt is critical to moving forward with IT innovation Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Lack of resources greatest hurdle for regulating AI, MPs told

Regulators warned that statutory powers alone cannot address the ethical harms of artificial intelligence Continue Reading

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• Charlotte Lang

Fujitsu will be out by next summer, says Post Office CTO

Post Office’s project to replace its controversial core system will contract suppliers by the summer of this year, with the aim to remove Fujitsu by summer 2027, according to its chief technology officer Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

AI enters its ‘grassroots backlash’ era

As artificial intelligence permeates aspects of the economy and society, individuals and civic groups are devising creative ways to rebel - but any impact on AI’s development, adoption and regulation is unclear Continue Reading

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• Kyle Hiebert, Computer Weekly
• Alexander Martin

February Patch Tuesday: Microsoft drops six zero-days

Microsoft releases patches for six zero-day flaws in its latest monthly update, many of them related to security feature bypass issues Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Researchers delve inside new SolarWinds RCE attack chain

Researchers at Huntress and Microsoft have shared findings from their analysis of a new SolarWinds Web Help Desk vulnerability Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

How agentic AI could destroy social media: the need for proactive governance

If organisations using agentic and generative AI don’t codify ethics and oversight now, the future may be filled with AI agents using generative AI to communicate with other agents, destroying trust in social media Continue Reading

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• Raihan Islam, defineXTEND

Is the EU’s free trade deal with India the dawn of a new era?

Trade deal between European Union and India simplifies the visa system for professionals from India, which could make the country’s suppliers more accessible Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Second ever international AI safety report published

More than 100 artificial intelligence experts have produced the second international AI safety report ahead of a summit in India, outlining a high degree of uncertainty about the development and risks of AI Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Artificial intelligence now finance sector’s ‘connective tissue’

Major study finds debate over AI adoption is over as almost every finance firm in the world is already using the technology Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Zooming in on police technology plans

This week’s edition of the Computer Weekly ezine takes a closer look at the technology changes the Home Office is seeking to introduce to the UK policing sector as part of its wide-ranging reform programme. We also hear from the global CIO of PC hardware manufacturer Lenovo about the work he is doing to grow the company’s services business. Rounding out the issue, we have two features digging deep-er into the security side of artificial intelligence, with one looking at how suppliers are adding the technology to their security portfolios and the other guiding buyers on what to look for when selecting AI security products. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

How GenAI is breaking traditional cyber security awareness tactics

With threat actors exploiting the growing use of generative AI tools and the prevalence of shadow AI, organisations must strengthen their security programmes and culture to manage the rising risk Continue Reading

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• Richard Addiscott

Fractile expansion demonstrates UK growth opportunity

AI chip firm’s £100m expansion and facility in Bristol is being used to showcase the government’s AI opportunity plan in action Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Russia’s cyber attacks on Polish utilities draws NCSC alert

A series of Russian cyber attacks targeting Poland’s energy infrastructure has prompted a warning from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UAE’s TII challenges big tech dominance with open source Falcon AI models

Through its Falcon models and an open, efficiency-driven research strategy, the Technology Innovation Institute is positioning the UAE as a producer of foundational AI, not merely a consumer of global platforms Continue Reading

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• Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly

Ireland to procure national electronic health record

The Irish government has approved project to digitally transform the Irish health service by introducing integrated health records as part of Digital for Care strategy Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

US bid for Dutch ID infrastructure raises sovereignty concerns

Kyndryl’s proposed takeover shows how critical systems become exposed to foreign control without an overarching policy decision Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

When SaaS softens the OS -- but doesn't erase it

As Windows 10 retires and SaaS reduces OS dependence, Linux desktops are re-emerging as a viable enterprise option driven by cost, control, privacy and hardware flexibility. Continue Reading

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• James Alan Miller, Senior Executive Editor

Inside a CIO's mind: Mastering time and knowing the business

CIO Sean McCormack explains how he balances strategy, vendors and frontline engagement -- and why his to-do list lives on his calendar. Continue Reading

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• Tim Murphy, Site editor

NHS publishes tech-laden cancer plan

The 10-year plan promises to transform cancer care through use of artificial intelligence, robotic surgeries and access to genomic testing, all wrapped up in the NHS App as the front door Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Australia’s CommBank partners business school to research artificial intelligence

CommBank wants to better understand how its customers perceive, use and trust artificial intelligence, as the technology is set to reach every corner of the finance sector Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Minister responds to criticism of Post Office Capture redress scheme

Redress claim on ‘pause’ as UK government agrees to look at complaints about scheme for those who suffered hardship from using the Post Office Capture system Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

ANZ rolls out AI agents for business bankers

Australian lender claims to be the first in Asia-Pacific to deploy Salesforce Agentforce at scale, following a national roll-out of a CRM platform that consolidates data from different systems to ease administrative toil Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Assess unified communications pros and cons for hybrid work

Unified communications as a service is getting renewed attention as organizations support hybrid workforces. Here’s what IT leaders should understand before deploying UCaaS. Continue Reading

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• Jon Arnold

Why traditional automation is key to avoid the AI solution trap

Boards are pushing for AI, but Nintex CTO Niranjan Vijayaragavan warns that AI projects are destined to fail without a foundation of traditional automation and clean data Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

Accountability for AI model misuse

The public and political backlash over the use of Grok’s AI engine to create explicit photographs, forcing the company’s hand into changing tack, shows just how out of touch the tech giants really ... Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Why sovereign and agentic AI will define next phase of Middle East’s digital transformation

Organisations shift from artificial intelligence pilots to operational deployment as governments prioritise digital sovereignty and infrastructure control Continue Reading

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• Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly

Half of Google’s software development now AI-generated

In a bid to free up budget to spend on artificial intelligence infrastructure, Google parent Alphabet is using AI to improve operational efficiency Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

SolarWinds RCE bug makes Cisa list as exploitation spreads

Exploitation of CVE-2025-40551, an RCE flaw affecting SolarWinds Web Help Desk, appears to be spreading, with defenders on high alert Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Smaller, safer AI models may be key to unlocking business value

While AI presents a significant opportunity to further the way we do business, what if it’s time to consider a new direction? What if the safest and most effective path for AI isn’t to go larger, but smaller instead? Continue Reading

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• Joel Carusone, NinjaOne

UK government must get its hands dirty on security, report says

As the UK government develops its National Cyber Action Plan, a report from the Rusi think tank urges Westminster to take a more interventionist approach Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

The business value of IT: How CIOs drive competitiveness

CIOs create business value when they remove obstacles and align teams, not when they adopt flashy technology. The CIO of DeVry University shows how IT offers a competitive edge. Continue Reading

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• Tim Murphy, Site editor

Is banking IT and business relationship still a case of ‘them and us’?

As the UK government appoints senior IT executives at two banks to help it guide artificial intelligence deployment in the sector, Computer Weekly asks one IT professional in banking what he thinks Continue Reading

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• Banking IT professional

Banks reduce reliance on OpenAI as strategies mature

Banks are increasingly using alternative AI providers as Anthropic and Google eat into OpenAI’s dominance Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Ransomware gangs focus on winning hearts and minds

Ransomware-as-a-service operations are increasingly seeking to forge connections with employees, contractors and trusted partners of their target organisations as an alternative to straight-up hacking, says NCC Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

The European offensive against encrypted phone evidence

Defendants and lawyers are demanding transparency about digital evidence from police hacking operations used in criminal prosecutions across Europe following a series of critical court judgments. Continue Reading

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• Yehudi Moszkowicz

Gartner: AI and datacentre spending ramps up

Hyperscalers are increasing AI capacity but IT buyers are now looking at their return on investment for this much-hyped technology Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

CGI’s artificial intelligence boss knows his job title won’t exist for long

IT service provider is using AI to increase throughput while applying it to ‘big ticket’ challenges externally Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

VMware vSphere 8 end-of-support challenges

IT leaders need to assess the cost implications of migrating from vSphere 8 to the latest supported VMware product offering Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

2026 is the year we must get serious about being a data nation

While the UK has the data assets and the expertise to deliver real public benefit with artificial intelligence, a lack of consistency, completeness and interoperability in its data foundations risks missing these opportunities Continue Reading

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• Resham Kotecha, The Open Data Institute

Banks on the hook for £173m in APP fraud reimbursement

Banks paid 88% losses claimed by customers that fell victim to authorised push payment fraud last year Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Why the UK needs to rethink the Investigatory Powers Act and allow intercept evidence in court

The UK needs clear and unambiguous laws around the use of digital evidence in court. The law has become tangled following rulings in the country’s EncroChat prosecutions. It’s time to allow intercept data to be used as evidence in legal cases Continue Reading

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• Peter Sommer

Interview: How ING reaps benefits of centralising AI

ING bank is using generative AI-powered chatbots with a human in the loop to streamline mortgage applications. It is also testing speech-to-speech models Continue Reading

Datacentre indecision: UK government’s back and forth on planning

This week’s Computer Weekly ezine digs into the latest twist in a long-running datacentre planning saga, concerning a server farm in Iver, Buckinghamshire, that the government has now admitted it was wrong to grant planning permission for. We also hear from the head of advanced analytics at Dutch Bank ING about how its foray into using AI technologies is benefiting both its business and the customers it serves. Sticking with the AI theme, we take a deep dive into how the technology is being used as an enabler for the development of urban digital twins, and find out how it can be used to assist IT security teams. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Canva uses 1Password to secure ID during growth phase

As it underwent a growth spurt in the early 2020s, graphic design platform Canva turned to 1Password to manage identity across its expanding organisation Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Birmingham Oracle project: Data cleansing and resourcing issues

Councillors at audit committee urged to ensure strong project governance, adequate tech staffing levels and change management procedures Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Answers to key questions about AI in IT security

Forrester examines the key factors security leaders and IT decision-makers need to evaluate when considering AI-enabled IT security Continue Reading

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• Allie Mellon

History repeats itself in Post Office Capture redress scheme with low-ball offers made

Early signs show that former Post Office Capture users face derisory initial compensation offers and face impossible appeals process Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Home Office announces sweeping police technology plans

The Home Office plans to ramp up its deployment of artificial intelligence and facial-recognition technologies under wide-ranging reforms to UK policing Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Sir Alan Bates slams ‘nonsense’ reported about his financial redress settlement

Campaigning subpostmaster speaks out about the highly inaccurate claims about the compensation he received Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Microsoft has already contracted GPUs to balance costs

The company claims that thanks to software optimisation and hardware asset management, it can make datacentre kit last six years, and has already contracted GPUs for most of their useful life to customers Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

South Korea debuts foundation model in sovereign AI push

A consortium led by SK Telecom has built a sovereign AI model designed to reduce reliance on foreign tech, lower costs for local industry and propel South Korea into the top ranks of AI powers Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

RAMP ransomware forum goes dark in probable FBI sting

RAMP, an infamous Russian-speaking cyber crime forum, has gone off the air after an apparent US operation Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Metropolitan Police needs effective constraints on live facial recognition use, court hears

The Metropolitan Police has defended its use of live facial recognition against a legal challenge that claims there are no effective constraints on where it can deploy the technology Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Security now one of the UK’s fastest-growing career paths

The number of people working in the cyber security field has almost trebled in the 2020s, with one cyber professional for every 68 businesses in the UK Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UK government signs more partners to boost AI skills across the country

The government is seeking to educate 10 million adults in the UK on how to use artificial intelligence tools to streamline their work Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Troubleshooter steps in as Capita and civil service bosses apologise for pension scheme problems

High volumes of customer calls, backlogs and complex requests blamed for shaky start to life on civil service pension scheme for Capita Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Sonia Patel to become interim UK government chief technology officer

NHS England’s chief technology officer has taken on the same role for government on an interim 12-month fixed-term contract Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Meta’s latest results show diversification of datacentre capacity strategy

The social media giant is facing increased datacentre costs due to rising server, memory and storage prices Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Nvidia releases synthetic dataset to support Singapore’s AI ambitions

The AI chip giant has developed a synthetic dataset of personas to help developers build AI models that understand Singapore’s demographic and cultural nuances without using personally identifiable information Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Scotland gets AI growth zone boost in Lanarkshire

CoreWeave is building a 500MW AI cloud, providing the region with 800 high-paid jobs in artificial intelligence Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

ENEC, TII and Aspire test autonomous aerial systems for critical infrastructure security

Abu Dhabi proof-of-concept project evaluates whether drone-based patrols are mature enough for safety-critical environments Continue Reading

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• Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly

UK competition regulator looks into Google’s AI search

The CMA has proposed a number of steps to ensure publishers are treated fairly by search engine giant Google in regards to its AI Overview function Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

FCA launches review as ‘non-human intelligence’ surpassing human reasoning is plausible

The Financial Conduct Authority will consider the impact of emerging artificial intelligence adoption in the financial services sector Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Expect to use seven different providers for data management

A poll of data leaders has found that many anticipate using multiple providers to help them achieve their 2026 data management strategy Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Nationwide expands Amazon Web Services partnership to delve deeper into AI

Nationwide will have access to artificial intelligence-powered tools to help staff in their everyday interactions with its members Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Micron breaks ground on $24bn Singapore wafer fab

Memory giant presses ahead with its global expansion strategy, adding new NAND flash capacity in Singapore to meet growing demand for memory chips fuelled by the global AI boom Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Transfer learning and governance help bridge healthcare AI divide

Singapore researchers show how adapting pre-trained AI models can solve data scarcity issues in countries with limited resources. Separately, they have proposed forming an international consortium to build consensus on AI governance in medicine Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Wave of ShinyHunters vishing attacks spreading fast

The ShinyHunters hacking collective that caused chaos in 2025 is ramping up a new voice phishing campaign, with several potential victims already identified Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Alan Turing Institute fellowship programme boosted by $1m from Meta

The funding from Meta will be used to support experts in the development artificial intelligence to improve UK public services Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Peer demands independent investigation into DWP’s prosecution of subpostmasters

The DWP’s promised review of subpostmaster prosecutions doesn’t satisfy the demands of politicians and campaigners Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Broken decryptor leaves Sicarii ransomware victims adrift

A coding error in an emergent strain of ransomware leaves victims unable to recover their data, even if they cooperate with the hackers’ demands Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Three-quarters of UK IT teams beset by outages due to missing alerts

Splunk finds 75% of UK IT teams had outages from missed alerts in 2025, driven by alert fatigue and tool sprawl. Collaboration between cyber and observability teams can help Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor