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UK data reforms become law

UK passes wide-ranging data protection reforms to ‘simplify’ organisations’ sharing and processing of data, but questions remain whether changes will be accepted by European Commission when renewing UK data adequacy Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Dutch cloud pioneers face the hard limits of digital sovereignty

The Netherlands’ ambitious talk of digital independence meets the unforgiving economics of global cloud dominance Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

Report on integrity of current Post Office Horizon system due in autumn

Investigation into the integrity and discrepancy identification capabilities of Post Office core system being carried out by independent specialists Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Restaurant fills DR gap with all-flash Pure and dodges higher cloud cost

Seafood chain Red Lobster opted for Pure Storage as-a-service for rapid failover between datacentres. A fully cloud-based option was on the table, but would have been six times the cost Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Government announces details of Post Office Capture redress scheme

The government says it wants new scheme to take a ‘common sense’ approach to redress for former Capture users Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UBS employee data leaked after cyber attack on supplier

UBS and fellow Swiss bank Pictet have been affected by a cyber attack on a procurement service provider Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Cyber action plan kicks off to ‘supercharge’ UK security sector

UK government says its cyber growth action plan will provide a large boost to Britain’s security industry as it sets out to create a roadmap for future growth Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Artificial intelligence could fuel growth in global tennis

IBM launches artificial intelligence-driven tools to grow the sport’s reach, but AI’s role also reaches the on-court business Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Patients to access clinical trials via NHS App

As government plans a £50m upgrade of the NHS App, people will be able to sign up to clinical trials that will match them to available studies Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

UKtech50: Vote for the most influential person in UK technology

Our judges have selected the top 50 leaders from a shortlist of nearly 500 people – now it’s your chance to tell us who you think is the most influential person in UK technology Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Innovation culture is in our DNA, says Alibaba chairman

Alibaba chair Joe Tsai on why the company is open sourcing its large language model, how it dealt with the DeepSeek crisis, and plans for the future Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

UKtech50 2025: the longlist of the UK’s influential tech leaders

Each year, Computer Weekly launches a search for the most influential people in UK IT, asking the tech community who it thinks should be in the top 50 – here is the longlist of everyone nominated for 2025 Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

France is committed to AI, says president Macron

The French president wants homegrown artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and thinks plans to create a European cloud platform dedicated to AI will be a ‘game changer’ Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Sweden gets help pulling its sovereign AI socks up

Urgent government calls for more high-powered sovereign computers to fulfil Swedish goal of building a more powerful AI industry answered by foreign financiers, US tech and Europe’s AI emergency fund Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Human vs digital therapy: AI falls short when IT pros need help

Stressed IT and cyber professionals are turning to AI chatbots for support, but is handing people's mental wellbeing over to algorithms really such a bright idea? Continue Reading

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• Malcolm Hanson, PTSD Revolution

Investor behaviour in the wake of cyber's 'black swan' moment

So-called Black Swan events expose the blind spots in even the most sophisticated forecasting models, signaling a need to rethink how businesses, and those investing in them, quantify and prepare for cyber risk. Continue Reading

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• Ed Bartlett, Hicomply

West Brom Building Society project to meet customers’ digital demands

Calls from customers for a choice of digital channels drove West Brom Building Society’s digital transformation project Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

June Patch Tuesday brings a lighter load for defenders

Barely 70 vulnerabilities make the cut for Microsoft’s monthly security update, but an RCE flaw in WEBDAV and an EoP issue in Windows SMB Client still warrant close attention Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Tariff turmoil: IT procurement and the public sector

In the first of a two-part series, we look at the current tariff turmoil in public sector IT procurement, the particular challenges faced by public sector procurement, and how the cloud and pay-as-you-go can help Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

IBM reorients storage to cloud, containers and as-a-service

Storage profile: We look at Big Blue’s storage offer, which spans file, block and object, on-premise, in the cloud, and mainframes, while also embracing containers and the cloud Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

HMRC paid Fujitsu £310m last year, but Post Office supplier’s UK business faces gradual decline

While victims are made to fight for every penny they are owed, the IT supplier at the centre of the Post Office scandal is handed hundreds of millions of pounds by UK government Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Third-party security weaknesses threaten Europe’s big banks

Security breaches via third parties increased by 25% at Europe’s largest finance firms Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Are we normalising surveillance in schools?

Children and teenagers are subjected to a vast array of surveillance technologies in schools. These are intended to keep them safe, but are we normalising surveillance for young people? Continue Reading

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• Peter Ray Allison

Compensation to Post Office scandal victims reaches £1bn milestone

The government has now paid out more than £1bn to victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Government to create online platform for public sector tech buyers

The National Digital Exchange will be a one-stop shop for public sector tech buying, allowing organisations to rate and review products and gain access to pre-approved tech deals Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

What happens if Silicon Valley’s AI investment bubble bursts?

US tech giants are burning through unprecedented amounts of capital to develop artificial superintelligence, but authoritarian regimes around the world could keep the pursuit of a techno-utopian future alive when the bubble subsides Continue Reading

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• Kyle Hiebert, Computer Weekly

UK ICO publishes AI and biometrics strategy

The UK data regulator has outlined how it will approach the regulation of artificial intelligence and biometric technologies, which will focus in particular on automated decision-making systems and police facial recognition Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Whitehall fails to recognise digital procurement challenge, says PAC

Committee concerned that Government Commercial Function doesn’t understand the scale of reform needed to address long-standing digital procurement issues, including lack of skills and leadership Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Citigroup cuts thousands of staff at China-based tech centres

Financial services giant Citigroup is drastically reducing headcount in its Chinese tech delivery centres as it restructures its technology operation Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Australia’s CommBank completes migration of data to AWS in AI drive

Putting all of its data in AWS cloud will support bank’s use of artificial intelligence to offer customers more personalised services Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

NCSC sets out how to build cyber safe cultures

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has published guidance for security teams and leaders on how to foster accessible and appropriate cyber security cultures in their organisations Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

European Commission should rescind UK data adequacy

Civil society organisations have urged the European Commissioner to not renew the UK’s data adequacy, given the country’s growing divergence from European data protection standards Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Fortifying the future: The pivotal role of CISOs in AI operations

The Security Think Tank considers how CISOs can best plan to facilitate the secure running of AI and Gen AI-based initiatives and ensure employees do not inadvertently leak data or make bad decisions. Continue Reading

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• Aditya K Sood, Aryaka

Preparing for AI: The CISO’s role in security, ethics and compliance

The Security Think Tank considers how CISOs can best plan to facilitate the secure running of AI and Gen AI-based initiatives and ensure employees do not inadvertently leak data or make bad decisions. Continue Reading

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• Elliott Wilkes, ACDS

Fintech growth three times that of finance sector as a whole

Global fintech revenues reached £280bn in 2024, according to Boston Consulting Group report Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

HMRC aims to improve customer service with £1.5bn IT investment

The department is on the hunt for customer relationship management system and contact centre as a service suppliers, following criticism of its customer service Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

The hidden security risks of open source AI

The Security Think Tank considers how CISOs can best plan to facilitate the secure running of AI and Gen AI-based initiatives and ensure employees do not inadvertently leak data or make bad decisions. Continue Reading

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• Brian Fox, Sonatype

AI in IT services and the diminishing correlation between people and growth

While non-IT business professionals in the middle of their careers face the most disruption from generative AI, professionals in the IT services sector and their employers are prepared for change Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

AI security: Balancing innovation with protection

The Security Think Tank considers how CISOs can best plan to facilitate the secure running of AI and Gen AI-based initiatives and ensure employees do not inadvertently leak data or make bad decisions. Continue Reading

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• Javvad Malik, KnowBe4

How cyber security professionals are leveraging AWS tools

It’s now essential for IT security teams to have oversight of cloud computing, and AWS offers a plethora of tools to make managing it easier. Find out how cyber pros are using them in the wild Continue Reading

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• Nicholas Fearn

Signalgate is a signal to revisit security onboarding and training

A leak of information on American military operations caused a major political incident in March 2025. The Security Think Tank considers what can CISOs can learn from this potentially fatal error. Continue Reading

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• Mike Gillespie and Ellie Hurst, Advent IM

AI and compliance: Staying on the right side of law and regulation

Without careful planning, AI projects risk blundering into a legal and regulatory minefield. We look at the risks from hallucinations, basic errors and coming regulation Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

AI compliance: Dealing with data change and proliferation

Podcast: We talk with Vigitrust CEO Mathieu Gorge about staying on top of compliance and artificial intelligence, where the danger is data that changes during AI processing and can also proliferate Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

UK biometric surveillance exists in ‘legal grey area’

The rapid proliferation of ‘biometric mass surveillance technologies’ throughout the UK’s public and private sectors is taking place without legal certainty or adequate safeguards for the public Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Maturing UK fintechs increase tech and cyber security hiring

Increased hiring reflects that fintechs are maturing and now require more cyber security and compliance experts Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Armed forces charity steps in to address cyber mental health crisis

CIISec and military charity PTSD Resolution hope to address a gathering mental health crisis among frontline cyber professionals Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Norway’s autonomous bus moves into the fast lane

In a small but ambitious project in Stavanger, Norway, autonomous buses are proving they might one day solve a critical problem: the chronic shortage of bus drivers Continue Reading

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• Pat Brans

Preparation and appreciation – the human factor in incident response

A typical incident response effort is highly technical, so where do soft skills come in and how do you know how effective your team is? We look at a measurement option and the human consideration in these scenarios Continue Reading

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• Dan Raywood

What are the best practices for securing AWS tech stacks?

An AWS tech stack can aid business growth and facilitate efficient operations, but misconfigurations have become all too common and stall this progress Continue Reading

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• Nicholas Fearn

Essex Police discloses ‘incoherent’ facial recognition assessment

An equality impact assessment of Essex Police live facial recognition deployments is plagued by inconsistencies and poor methodology, undermining the force’s claim that its use of the technology will not be discriminatory Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

AI storage: NAS vs SAN vs object for training and inference

Artificial intelligence operations can place different demands on storage during training, inference, and so on. We look at NAS, SAN and object storage for AI and how to balance them for AI projects Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

Microsoft raises posse to target dangerous Lumma malware

Microsoft, along with a consortium of partners, has seized and disrupted a significant part of the Lumma malware-as-a-service network used to steal data and funds Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Lloyds and Nationwide to use UK finance sector LLM

Industry-specific large language models could improve customer services, strengthen security and support regulatory compliance Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

HMRC begins escape from Fujitsu’s grip through £500m contract

HMRC looking for a supplier to support its planned exit from three Fujitsu datacentre contracts Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Interview: Rom Kosla, CIO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

The IT chief of one of the world’s biggest tech companies still has to get the technology right – and he’s building on cloud, application consolidation and data to bring new capabilities in AI to his users Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

Podcast: RSA 2025 – AI’s risk surface and the role of the CISO

We review RSA 2025 with Vigitrust CEO Mathieu Gorge who looks at the impacts on compliance of AI’s expanding risk surface, the role of the CISO, and a changed supplier approach Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Fujitsu raked in £80m from HMRC in March alone, despite Post Office scandal

HM Revenue & Customs described as a UK ‘cash cow’ for the Japanese IT giant at the centre of the Post Office Horizon scandal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Vast Data launches into AI stratosphere with AgentEngine

Vast has built out into data management from its roots and will now offer customisable agentic AI agents that can tap into its existing storage, database and messaging capabilities Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Ransomware attacks dropped by a third last month

Reported ransomware attacks eased off during April following a dramatic spike in the first quarter of 2025 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Strong fintech security posture at risk via third-party weak links

Despite having a strong security posture, the financial technology sector could be open to attack via third parties Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Botched Post Office IT projects continue to drain public purse

Millions more pounds of public money spent by the Post Office as a result of an IT error that exposed the personal details of Horizon victims Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Retail cyber attacks hit food distributor Peter Green Chilled

Cold chain services provider Peter Green Chilled, which supplies the likes of Aldi, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, has been forced to halt operations after succumbing to a ransomware attack Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Dutch universities call for reduced dependence on Big Tech

Dutch universities are calling for greater digital autonomy as more research and educational data is stored in American clouds, posing risks to academic freedom, privacy and accessibility Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohius

Keepit to expand SaaS backup footprint and intelligent automation

Danish cloud backup provider will add Atlassian and Okta support and has plans for intelligent automated restores to customer RPOs and RTOs as well a threat library Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Post Office performs costly 30-year U-turn on Horizon

Post Office Horizon replacement magnifies missed opportunity as move from the controversial Horizon system to an off-the-shelf alternative is going back to a plan it rejected in the 1990s Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Mid-career professionals must learn to understand and use AI as GenAI tips balance

Whether in the finance, IT or legal sectors, artificial intelligence will change the way businesses operate and how their people work Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The Security Interviews: David Faugno, 1Password

David Faugno, co-CEO of 1Password, discusses how his background led to him joining the company and why maintaining profitability is a key factor in overcoming the challenges of switching markets. Continue Reading

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• Peter Ray Allison

Post Office scandal inquiry to publish first findings this summer

Inquiry announces that findings on compensation and human impact will be presented in the next few months Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK government outlines plan to surveil migrants with eVisa data

Electronic visa data and biometric technologies will be used by the UK’s immigration enforcement authorities to surveil migrants living in the country and to ‘tighten control of the border’, attracting strong criticism from migrant support groups Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

BBVA creates ChatGPT Store and expands use of the GenAI tool

Data reveals that bank employees are saving an average of almost three hours every week by using ChatGPT Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Roundtable: Why did customers sail away from VMware?

At Nutanix’s recent .Next event in the US, customers talked about why they migrated away from VMware and the pain points that accelerated their decision to switch hypervisor Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

May Patch Tuesday brings five exploited zero-days to fix

Microsoft fixes five exploited, and two publicly disclosed, zero-days in the fifth Patch Tuesday update of 2025 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Controversial Post Office Horizon system could stay until 2033

Post Office seeks off-the-shelf Horizon replacement as part of £492m tender that includes ongoing support for Horizon up to 2033 Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

NHS trust cloud plans hampered by Trump tariff uncertainty

Essex NHS wants to move some capacity to the Nutanix cloud, but can’t be certain prices will hold between product selection and when procurement plans gain approval Continue Reading

Evidence reveals Post Office scandal victims short-changed in compensation payouts

Subpostmasters who appealed compensation payments have significantly increased ‘worryingly undervalued’ settlements Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Italian bank signs 10-year deal with Google Cloud

UniCredit will transform operations through cloud, AI and data analytics technologies from Google Cloud Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Government calls on tech companies to join crime-cutting campaign

The justice secretary met with 30 tech companies to discuss how technology can help to tackle prison violence and reduce reoffending rates Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

UK Digital Services Tax survives US trade negotiations

The UK will retain its Digital Services Tax on tech giants in a landmark US trade agreement that paves the way for a future digital tech deal Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Oxford Uni adds cyber resilience module to MBA programme

Oxford University’s Saïd Business School is working with cyber response specialist Sygnia to help future business leaders get on top of security Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Cloud storage for AI: Options, pros and cons

We look at cloud vs on-premise for AI workloads, why cloud is sometimes best, and the technologies speeding AI in the cloud such as parallelism and GPUDirect Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

UK hands Indian IT suppliers competitive boost in trade deal

Trade deal will exempt IT workers from India from paying National Insurance contributions for three years Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Options for Google as DoJ seeks divestiture

The US Department of Justice is calling for Google to divest its adtech business. Google says it’s impossible. But is there an alternative? Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Fintech summit reveals what’s next for sector

The UK’s fintech sector attracted $3.6bn investment last year, which was only bettered by the US, but how will UK fintech continue to grow? Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

EU acts to mend ailing AI competitiveness

Lack of private investors, malformed markets and over-regulation present a big challenge for European officials trying to turn the continent into a global AI superpower Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Beyond the hook: How phishing is evolving in the world of AI

Phishing attacks are evolving. Gone are the days of clumsy, error-ridden emails that were easy to spot – today’s campaigns harness advanced techniques to bypass even the latest defences. A new approach is needed Continue Reading

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• Isla Sibanda

Driven by data: The RAF’s revamped maritime patrol capabilities

Computer Weekly visited RAF Lossiemouth to see how its fleet of Boeing P-8A surveillance aircraft, supported by NetApp storage, keep watch over the North Atlantic gap Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

Security Think Tank: What CISOs can learn from Signalgate

A leak of information on American military operations caused a major political incident in March 2025. The Security Think Tank considers what can CISOs can learn from this potentially fatal error. Continue Reading

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• Javvad Malik, KnowBe4

India’s Hexaware targets public sector business as it expands UK operation

Indian heritage IT services firm opens office in Canary Wharf and sets is sights on growing its UK public sector business Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Will the government be able to achieve its £45bn savings target through tech?

Computer Weekly takes a closer look at Whitehall’s ambitious plans to save billions through the adoption of digital technologies, whether the goal is achievable, and why there is such a big focus on AI Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Signalgate: Learnings for CISOs securing enterprise data

A leak of information on American military operations caused a major political incident in March 2025. The Security Think Tank considers what CISOs can learn from this potentially fatal error Continue Reading

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• Todd Thiemann, Principal Analyst

Progress made on government’s Post Office Capture redress, but concerns remain

Latest meeting between campaigners and business department seen as positive, but frustration and concerns remain Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Thomas Herdman’s legal battle over Sky ECC encrypted phone distribution set to enter fifth year

Computer Weekly speaks to Julie Kawai Herdman, daughter of Thomas Herdman, the only person in custody for distributing Sky ECC encrypted phones Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor
• Rebecca Tidy

Current SaaS delivery model a risk management nightmare, says CISO

JPMorgan Chase security chief Patrick Opet laments the state of SaaS security in an open letter to the industry and calls on software providers to do more to enhance resilience Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

VeeamON shows Veeam on Linux, RAG from backup, and cloud features

Veeam showed a new Linux appliance, features in Veeam Backup & Replication that will see it run corporate backups as RAG data, and new cloud features that include Entra ID backup Continue Reading

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• Yann Serra, LeMagIT

Making divorce digital

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the CEO of the National Family Mediation charity about its tech overhaul and how divorce is going digital. The government’s One Login digital identity system is under scrutiny over security problems – we examine the issues. And we explain what’s happening in the UK competition watchdog’s investigation into AWS and Microsoft cloud services. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Fujitsu UK staff will get bonus despite Post Office scandal fallout

Employees will receive bonuses as Fujitsu UK reaches sales target - suggesting that its pause on bidding for public sector business has had limited impact Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK MoJ crime prediction algorithms raise serious concerns

The Ministry of Justice is using one algorithm to predict people’s risk of reoffending and another to predict who will commit murder, but critics say the profiling in these systems raises ‘serious concerns’ over racism, classism and data inaccuracies Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Beyond the usual suspects: What’s really blocking public sector tech reform

Former GDS boss Steve Foreshew-Cain delves into why government is still struggling to deliver its digital transformation vision Continue Reading

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• Steve Foreshew-Cain

Challenges persist as UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill moves forward

Elements of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill are welcome but questions remain about how best to act in the face of persistent challenges like geopolitical chaos, threats to critical infrastructure, and technological advances Continue Reading

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• James Morris, CSBR

South East Water modernises through Google Cloud

Utility’s five-year transformation project sees it adopt Google Cloud technologies to help change how it works Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA