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Platformisation without illusion: Separating integration from theatre

The Security Think Tank looks at platformisation, considering questions such as how CISOs can distinguish between a truly integrated platform and 'integration theater, and how to protect unified platforms. Continue Reading

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• Aditya K Sood, Aryaka

Regulate AWS and Microsoft, says UK cloud provider survey

Open Cloud Coalition survey, commissioned ahead of the CMA’s decision on measures against the two hyperscale giants, finds competing cloud providers demand regulation Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly

Nordics ally with Baltics to accelerate digital wallet roll-out

Baltic and Nordic countries work together on a common certification system to support digital wallet applications Continue Reading

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• Gerard O'Dwyer

Quarter of social care staff don’t use technology to deliver care

Government-commissioned survey finds 27% of care providers do not use any technology to provide care for patients Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Electronic health records are still creating issues for patients

Almost every NHS trust will have moved onto a digital system by this spring. Experts have cautioned many patients are still struggling to access their own health data Continue Reading

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• Will Grimond

Spyware suppliers exploit more zero-days than nation states

Exploitation of zero-days by commercial surveillance and spyware developers outpaced exploitation by nation-state actors last year, according to a report Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Capita secures decade-long government contract amid failure in public sight

Outsourcing firm has won 10-year contract to supply government departments with tech-enabled business services Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Huge grid and heat challenges ahead as Nvidia set for 1MW rack

With Nvidia Feynman in 2028, 1MW datacentre racks will produce as much heat as 200 5kW ovens. Industry and government must respond, says Schneider Electric UK datacentre executive Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly

Government wants to build digital ID system in-house

The Home Affairs Committee hearing on digital ID reveals consultation is due next week; there will be no central database; and while government wants to build the system in-house, it will not replace private digital ID providers Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Scandal victim gets leave to appeal decision to split case against Post Office and Fujitsu

Prominent scandal victim given leave to appeal High Court decision in his legal action against the Post Office and Fujitsu Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Iranian hacktivists muster their forces but state APTs lay low

Hacktivist activity surrounding the Iran war is sky-high but Iran’s state-backed cyber espionage actors have yet to show their hands, giving security teams a valuable window of time to shore up their defences Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Zero-day in Android phone chips under active attack

Google and Qualcomm have tag-teamed a serious vulnerability in the chipsets used in Android mobile devices, which has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Tycoon2FA phishing platform dismantled in major operation

A Europol-led sting against the infamous Tycoon2FA MFA bypass phishing service has been successful, with operations disrupted and ringleaders and cyber criminal users identified Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Landmark legal challenge against Home Office eVisa system heard

The UK High Court will examine whether the Home Office policy of refusing to issue alternative proof of immigration status outside of its electronic visa system is lawful Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Civil service veteran ‘incandescent’ as wait for pension hits four months amid outsourcing mess

Public servant of over 40 years, who has been waiting four months for pension payments to begin, says government has lost control Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Transnational AI regulation needed to protect human rights in the UK

Tech companies have told MPs and Lords they would welcome greater harmonisation in regulatory standards at a global level Continue Reading

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• Charlotte Lang

Open cyber standards key to cross-platform integration

The Security Think Tank looks at platformisation considering questions such as how CISOs can distinguish between a truly integrated platform and 'integration theater, and how to protect unified platforms. Continue Reading

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• Stephen McDermid, Okta

NS&I’s modernisation programme: A £3bn lesson in how to lose public trust

The UK Public Accounts Committee’s description of NS&I’s digital modernisation as a ‘full-spectrum disaster’ should concern far more than technology teams Continue Reading

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• Ben Terrett

NHS SBS launches £250m patient communication framework

The procurement framework aims to help NHS organisations buy products and services to help communicate with patients more efficiently Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

NCSC: No increase in cyber threat from Iran, but be prepared

While cyber threat levels remain stable following the outbreak of war in the Middle East at the weekend, at-risk organisations in the UK should take steps to ward off potential reprisals from Iran-linked threat actors Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

NS&I seeks Bank of England counsel over project disaster

The Bank of England’s successful IT transformation, praised by the National Audit Office, is being used as a model for government departments, including NS&I, which faces a failing IT project Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Demand necessitates digital twin and data visualisation at National Grid

In-house project replaces spreadsheet-based planning for future electricity network Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Virtual twins and AI companions target enterprise war rooms

Dassault Systèmes claims platform can answer complex business questions in seconds, but approach requires rethinking enterprise data architecture Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

UK has laid track for open banking, but failed to run trains

The UK risks losing its fintech leadership, with open banking progress slow, as countries such as the UAE and India advance rapidly Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Qilin crew continues to dominate ransomware ecosystem

The Qilin ransomware gang remained ‘top dog’ in January 2026, with over 100 observed cyber attacks to its name, amid a rapidly evolving and fragmenting cyber criminal ecosystem Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

India AI Impact Summit: Open source gains ground, but sovereignty tensions persist

While open source artificial intelligence gained unprecedented recognition during the latest global AI summit, divisions over governance, market concentration and regulatory power cast doubt on whether the technology will benefit society as a whole Continue Reading

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• Charlotte Lang

Deputy prime minister vows to reform justice system with AI

Initiatives to transform UK courts include launching a justice AI academy, an AI listing assistant and a new High Court digital system Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Santander pins €1bn business value gain on AI

Bank said artificial intelligence will be fully embedded into the business, personalising customer experiences Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

US artificial intelligence developers accuse Chinese firms of stealing their data

Artificial intelligence developers are accusing Chinese firms of stealing their intellectual property following a spate of ‘distillation attacks’, despite their own alleged theft of training data Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

The UK’s proposed social media ban explained

The UK government will use new legal powers to lay the groundwork for an under-16 social media ban after its consultation on children’s digital well-being, but opponents warn the measures being considered will only treat the symptoms of the problem if they ignore the structural power of big tech Continue Reading

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• Charlotte Lang

Atos ‘IT services staff of the future’ begin apprenticeships

Atos has taken on its first cohort of apprentices who will become an ‘artificial intelligence-ready’ workforce Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Application exploitation back in vogue, says IBM cyber unit

IBM’s X-Force unit observes an uptick in the exploitation of vulnerable public-facing software applications Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UK government commits £483m to Post Office for IT transformation

The UK government is to provide the next round of funding to support the Post Office’s move away from its controversial Fujitsu Horizon IT system Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Institutionalised AI puts Visa top of ranking

The payment card services giant leads the way in applying artificial intelligence in its sector, according to research Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Microsoft CEO opens London AI Tour with Copilot push

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella used his event keynote to showcase how the artificial intelligence in M365 is a foundation for agentic AI in the enterprise Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Starling expands internationally as demand for banking as a service continues to rise

UK challenger bank has expanded its banking-as-a-service business with entry into New Zealand Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Retirement plans postponed as tech issues delay pension payments

In this week’s Computer Weekly ezine, we dig into the tech issues affecting the Civil Service Pension Scheme, which have left some members in severe financial difficulties. We also sit down with Segro CIO Richard Corbridge to find out how he is bringing to bear his experience of working in both the private and public sector to make digital transformation happen at the property management company. The buyer’s guide this week starts a series of articles about neocloud providers, and how the rising demand for artificial intelligence and sovereign capabilities are reshaping the cloud computing market. And, rounding out the issue, we have a feature looking at the work that is going into creating a viable quantum internet. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

€126bn in Dutch tech projects blocked by permits and grid limits

Ex-ASML chief Peter Wennink’s deregulation solution triggers warnings from academics and government advisors Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

Inside the tech stack powering the next wave of digital asset adoption

Digital assets such as cryptocurrencies and stablecoins are steadily being adopted by the financial mainstream, driven by a convergence of regulation, security-first infrastructure and increasingly sophisticated technology. Continue Reading

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• Mustafa Budak

Minister wants ‘logical conclusion’ to review of digital evidence in light of Post Office scandal

House of Lords debate saw government minister make an ambiguous promise in regard to the treatment of computer evidence in court Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

India AI Impact Summit begins

The summit aims to democratise AI and bridge the growing divide between countries, but critics warn that it risks becoming a mere spectacle if the technology only serves the interests of power and profit Continue Reading

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• Charlotte Lang

Flaws in Google and Microsoft products added to Cisa catalogue

Cisa has added six CVEs to its Kev catalogue this week, including newly disclosed issues in Google Chromium and Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, and some older flaws as well Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

0APT ransomware crew makes embarrassing splash

A ransomware gang called 0APT has attracted attention, but many of its victims may not even be real, and its operators are being accused of over-egging their criminal pudding Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Eradicating Fujitsu and Horizon from the Post Office, step by step

Post Office IT chief tells Computer Weekly about the challenges and progress in removing the controversial Horizon system from Post Office branches Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

HP bets on edge AI and regional investment to power Middle East enterprise transformation

Ertug Ayik, managing director for Middle East and Africa at HP Inc, outlines how on-device artificial intelligence, embedded security and a partner-first model are positioning the company at the heart of MENA’s digital transformation Continue Reading

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• Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly

The evolution of threat research: Looking beyond best-of-breed

Traditional models of threat research as a service are changing and evolving towards a more bespoke model that puts more control in the hands of end-user cyber teams Continue Reading

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• Matthew Staff

The ethical challenges of America’s social media vetting policy

The US government is incorporating social media vetting as part of its border control policy, leading to concerns about what data will be collected and how it will be protected Continue Reading

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• Peter Ray Allison

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Police intercept evidence from Sky ECC cryptophone network ‘unreliable’, Antwerp court told

Intercepted communications data used to prosecute drug crime gangs is unreliable and does not conform to international standards of evidence, according to an expert report presented to a court in Antwerp Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor

Police Digital Service future remains uncertain as ‘radical’ Home Office policing reform unveiled

The UK government’s long-awaited ‘radical’ policing reform whitepaper has finally dropped, but there is a distinct lack of detail in it about how exactly the Police Digital Service will fit into its vision for a nationally led policing sector Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

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

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

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

Fujitsu boss ‘falls on his sword’ before settling with Post Office scandal victims

Fujitsu's European chief Paul Patterson is stepping down from his role amid the troubles brought on by the supplier’s central role in the Post Office scandal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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

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

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

Tech nationalism: The need to build and protect UK digital sovereignty

This week’s edition of the Computer Weekly ezine has a focus on digital sovereignty, as we delve into why the Open Rights Group thinks it is high time the UK government has a formalised strategy, championing homegrown tech providers. The last in our recent run of buyer’s guides also touches on this topic. Elsewhere, we hear from the CISO of online retailer Zalando about how she’s drawing on her career in tech to reshape the firm’s approach to security. Rounding out the ezine, we find out how the adoption of AI is affecting employee autonomy in the workplace. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Landmark legal challenge against police facial recognition begins

The High Court will examine whether the Metropolitan Police is acting lawfully with its deployments of live facial recognition, in the UK’s first judicial review of how the technology is being used Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

AI claims are cheap: The challenge is to work out what's real

The Security Think Tank considers what CISOs and buyers need to know to cut through the noise around AI and figure out which AI cyber use cases are worth a look, and which are just hype. Continue Reading

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• Ellie Hurst, Advent IM

JPMorgan CEO urges slowdown of AI roll-out to ‘save society’

The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence will prompt ‘civil unrest’ if governments and companies fail to protect workers from its displacing effects, says JPMorgan boss Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

DWP review of Post Office worker prosecutions yet to start, months after announcement

The DWP said in August that it would carry out an independent review of prosecutions of subpostmasters, but it has yet to appoint a reviewer Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Dell Technologies Forum Dubai highlights AI as the next great economic accelerator

At its flagship regional event, Dell Technologies set out how AI leadership, data readiness and skills development are shaping digital transformation across the UAE and the wider Middle East Continue Reading

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• Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly

AI slop pushes data governance towards zero-trust models

Organisations are implementing zero-trust models for data governance thanks to the proliferation of poor quality AI-generated data, often known as AI slop Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

NatWest Boxed tech team drives business on embedded finance wave

NatWest Boxed tech team doubles up as the force behind NatWest’s challenger bank, as well as its white-label banking service Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Met claims success for permanent facial recognition in Croydon

Met Police boasts that its permanent deployment of live facial recognition cameras in Croydon has led to more than 100 arrests and prompted a double-digit reduction in local crime, ahead of an upcoming judicial review assessing the technology’s lawfulness Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Swedish government software developer counters poor health apps claim

As national election season approaches, political opponents of Sweden’s lead coalition party make hay of survey that claims unsatisfactory health apps deter doctor visits Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

How open banking is evolving to unlock finances

In this week’s edition of the Computer Weekly ezine, we take a look at how – eight years after its introduction – the concept of open banking is expanding and evolving, and giving rise to new use cases within financial services. We also sit down with the CTO of Norsk Global and find out how swapping out its legacy VMware estate for Nutanix’s technology has saved it money and helped it shift away from having a reactive IT strategy. Elsewhere in the issue, we find out how agentic AI is shaking up business processes within the enterprise architecture landscape. And in the second of our three buyer’s guide features on digital sovereignty, we find out why this is a topic IT buyers and IT departments need to get a handle on in 2026. Read the issue now. Continue Reading