IT innovation, research and development

Check Point builds homegrown AI model as attack barriers collapse

The company is training a security-only small language model as AI hands attackers industrial-scale capabilities and pushes cyber defence towards full automation Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Palantir: Can anyone else do what it does?

Palantir is a US defence-intelligence company, born from the CIA's venture arm that now operates inside the UK public sector. We examine the claim that its technology does what no other supplier can Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

CW EMEA: Mission chips

In this quarter’s CW EMEA, we detail the European Commission’s plans to ensure the European Union (EU) has self-sufficiency in terms of technology. With IT embedded through society, the EU wants to reduce its dependency on tech from outside and at the same time boost its economy. Continue Reading

Home Office proposes AI tooling to accelerate digital disclosure

PoliceAI will be used to pilot artificial intelligence tools that are capable of automatically generating summaries of digital material, saving ‘countless’ admin hours Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Inside AWS’s $1bn forward-deployed engineering initiative

The cloud giant is embedding cross-functional teams of engineers, scientists and strategists with customers, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia among those already seeing results Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

Scottish Building Society subscribes to embedded AI to begin a new journey

Oldest remaining building society becomes first customer to sign up to embedded AI offering from current supplier SBS Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Cyber body Crest launches AI security charter

Crest’s industry-backed AI charter commits signatories to supporting responsible AI adoption and aims to foster trust in AI-enabled security services. Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

The quiet rise of digital identity: Convenience, control and the new social contract

Governments are rapidly expanding digital identity systems, promising greater convenience and faster access to services, but concerns around privacy, trust, surveillance and inclusion continue to grow Continue Reading

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• David Howell

Singapore investors embrace AI but still lean on human advisers

Singapore’s affluent investors are among the world’s keenest adopters of AI for investment research, but most still want a professional adviser to validate machine-generated insights Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

MPs call on NHS to scrap Palantir and its Federated Data Platform

Health and Social Care Committee urges health minister to get rid of US firm Palantir and its Federated Data Platform amid ‘mistrust’ and ‘contested benefits’ Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Cyber field doubts promise of Cyber Shield

The NCSC has shared more details of its national AI Cyber Shield initiative, but experts say the project faces serious delivery challenges Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

The public deserves socially beneficial technology in return for its AI investment

The public is in all but name a shareholder of AI companies - it is time that the public receives socially beneficial technology in return for its investment Continue Reading

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• Sandra Wachter, University of Oxford at the Oxford Internet Institute

AI won't break your security, but your governance might

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

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• Chris Atkinson, PA Consulting

UKtech50 2026: The most influential people in UK IT

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we announce the 16th annual UKtech50 list of the most influential people in UK technology. We examine how this year’s winner – Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis – has helped establish the UK’s AI reputation worldwide. And our latest buyer’s guide looks at the role of AI in supply chain management. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Can the UK become a digital maker instead of a service taker?

Not yet, but maybe. Home grown UK development is not in a digital dark age, but we are absolutely in need of digital re-development. The next government needs to tackle this Continue Reading

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• Owen Sayers, Secon Solutions

Datacentre dive: Inside nLighten’s Bristol edge datacentre

We visit nLighten’s BRS1 datacentre, and travel from gritty city centre fringe to a high-tech overhaul that makes the case for reusing legacy infrastructure over new construction Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

Tracking AI in the supply chain

Supply chains have become a key testing ground for AI as businesses manage vast data volumes and complex networks Continue Reading

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• David Binning

UKtech50 2026: The most influential people in UK technology

Computer Weekly has announced the 16th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

UKtech50 2026 winner: Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO, DeepMind

Third-time UKtech50 winner Demis Hassabis has shown what homegrown UK tech talent can do, and the importance of tech for good Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

People behind the progress: preparing us for what comes next

The TechUK President’s Awards celebrate individuals across the tech sector who are helping to transform the world we live in for the better Continue Reading

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• Julian David, TechUK

Danske Bank extends AWS agreement for next phase of transformation

Danish multinational bank and cloud service giant will work together on GenAI initiatives as part of the bank’s transformation strategy Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

OCBC rolls out AI avatars for wealth management

OCBC’s AI-native mobile app will serve as a digital financial companion for wealth customers as the Singapore bank commits over S$1bn a year to shore up its digital infrastructure and AI capabilities Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Finland bets industrial recovery on health AI, maths and quantum

The ‘world’s first’ national AI model leads Finnish plan to concentrate national resources on industrial revival Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

HPE Discover 2026: Powering Siemens Healthineers’ life-saving vision

Siemens Healthineers’ head of clinical marketing discusses the technology behind the firm’s advances in medical imaging Continue Reading

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• Ryan Priest

UK tech chiefs discuss agentic AI and workforce culture

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we hear what a group of digital leaders say about implementing agentic AI and its impact on their workforce. There’s a growing backlash against datacentres – we find out what worries campaigners. And the chief digital officer at pharma giant Sanofi talks about finding life-changing answers to challenging scientific questions. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

India’s Hexaware to add 1,200 UK tech staff

Indian heritage IT supplier plans to have 1,200 UK staff across multiple sites, with research and development centres to open this year Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

CW@60: Powering progress – the unsung hero of innovation

Gordon Thomson, president Europe, Middle East and Africa at Cisco, one of the most influential tech companies of the past 60 years, reflects on the changes he has seen Continue Reading

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• Gordon Thomson, Cisco

Finland drives AI growth amid low take-up concerns

Survey reveals concerns over the take-up of artificial intelligence technology in Finland Continue Reading

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• Gerard O'Dwyer

MWC 2026 Shanghai: Huawei bets on token economy as telecoms seeks new AI revenues

AI-native networks, intelligent computing and token-based business models are emerging as the next frontier of digital infrastructure Continue Reading

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• Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly

Gartner warns AI model advantage is shrinking

As foundational artificial intelligence capabilities converge, Gartner analysts urge IT leaders to focus on data quality, AI literacy and process integration, among other areas, rather than chasing the latest models Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

CFIT is ‘shaking up business models’ with UK government backing

The Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology received further government backing in April Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Trump directs US government focus to quantum

In an Executive Order, president Trump directed the US government to work to establish a cohesive, collaborative approach to the development of quantum technology Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Oxford and UCL labs receive £60m AI funding boost

Recognising it cannot compete with big tech just by throwing large amounts of cash and compute at AI, the UK’s funding is more grassroots-based Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Datacentre resilience means more than uptime: Here’s what to change

Datacentre resilience must evolve beyond uptime to anticipate interconnected climate, grid, and geopolitical risks by embedding adaptive design and strategy into early planning Continue Reading

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• Gareth Williams, datacentre business lead, Arup

Google’s Andi Gutmans on the shift to agent-scale data management

We talk to PHP pioneer and Google agentic data cloud vice-president about ensuring agentic quality, including having agents voting against each other, and the risk of LLM lock-in Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

AI’s next compute layer is likely to come from outside Silicon Valley

AI infrastructure is moving beyond hubs like Silicon Valley. Nations like India, Brazil, and the UAE are building sovereign, power-conscious capacity to solve local compute scarcity Continue Reading

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• Ilman Shazhaev, founder and CEO of Dizzaract

Interview: How a startup mentality helps keep pace with AI

The pace of change in artificial intelligence can be overwhelming. We speak to Thomson Reuters CTO Joel Hron about how to innovate at pace Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

CW@60: On longevity – a career spanning 60 years of modern computing

Vint Cerf, one of the “fathers of the internet”, reflects on a career that started not long before Computer Weekly did Continue Reading

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• Vinton G. Cerf

Wimbledon’s ‘hidden court 19’ uses IBM Bob to complete 10 years’ work in months

IBM unleashed its artificial intelligence-driven software development technology in preparation for the latest Wimbledon tennis tournament Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Civil society: Police facial recognition must be strictly limited

Digital rights groups map out ‘minimum, necessary’ human rights protections to be included in UK government’s upcoming legal framework for police facial recognition Continue Reading

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• Larissa Steel, Computer Weekly

Scotland officially launches own NHS app

People in Scotland are able to download the first version of the MyCare.scot app on their smartphones, following the roll-out of the web-based version Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Google Cloud boosts for enterprise agentic at London Summit

Hyperscaler prioritises process automation in UK showcase, with frontier models, agent platforms and development tools to the fore, with customers such as Unilever in the spotlight Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

Keysight’s chief technologist on the path to 6G

Balaji Raghothaman, Keysight’s chief technologist for 6G, discusses what it takes for the telecoms industry to move to 6G, from supporting AI workloads to integrating with satellites connectivity and driving enterprise use cases Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Emerging tech is top growth priority for UK finance firms

Increasing numbers of banks see emerging technology as a priority of growth with artificial intelligence top of the list Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

OpenAI deepens Japan footprint with Hitachi deal

Hitachi will use OpenAI’s Codex agent to unpick ageing mission-critical systems and gain early access to its frontier AI models in a slew of high-profile Japanese partnerships for the US AI lab Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

HSBC pens artificial intelligence deal with Google Cloud

HSBC and Google Cloud agree a multi-year contract to support UK bank’s adoption of artificial intelligence Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

EVs: The software integration challenge

While there appears to be an ongoing political debate over whether we do or don’t ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030, a big concern putting people off electrical vehicle (EV) ... Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

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

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

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

NPL to run world’s first quantum standards network

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

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Scottish minister clarifies police facial-recognition approach

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

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

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

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

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

Nordea Liv Norway migrates 58 million transactions to the cloud

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

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

How AngelHack uses hackathons to ease AI adoption

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

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

AI demands an identity reset

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

Ineffable Intelligence strikes Google Cloud deal for Vera Rubin GPU power

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

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

The digital pivot: How HSS transformed hire with agentic AI

HSS ProService underwent a profound transformation from asset-heavy hire business to digital marketplace set to deploy agentic AI. CEO Tom Shorten tells us how it did it Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

Frontier AI models could be an adversary's force multiplier

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

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• Aditya K Sood, Aryaka

AI Summit London: AI’s role in UK defence

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

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Government aims to make UK top spot for open source AI

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

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

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

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

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• Megan Owen

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

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

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor

UK government and Cisco unveil AI, digital skills initiative

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

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

UK government launches AI Assurance Stakeholder Consortium

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

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• Lis Evenstad

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

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

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• Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly

UK government pumps £200m into AI skills and adoption

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

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• Lis Evenstad

Why voice is becoming India’s next payment frontier

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

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• Pratima Harigunani

SKT teams up with Nvidia on gigawatt-scale AI cloud

The Korean telco continues its push to become a global artificial intelligence powerhouse, leveraging Nvidia’s DSX architecture to build an AI factory for sovereign workloads and token generation Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Claude Mythos forces the conversation on defensive AI

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

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• John Bruce, Quorum Cyber

Starmer announces sovereign compute strategy amid £1.1bn chip investment

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

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• Lis Evenstad

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

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

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• Antony Adshead

SXSW 26: Europe still struggles to invest in deep tech

At the South by Southwest 2026 conference, ARM’s co-founder and director discussed the lack of investor appetite in Europe, despite the region’s numerous startups Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Agentic AI helps Microsoft speed-up viable quantum computer

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

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

UK and France begin AI collaboration for medical research

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

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Also-ran Sweden bids for AI world leadership

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

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• Mark Ballard

The AI knowledge gap and how to close it

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

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• James Tyler, MD, Equinix UK

Realities of the AI age force sustainability to the fore

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

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• Shane Herath , Eco-Friendly Web Alliance

Kmart taps Google AI to launch virtual try-ons in retail first

The retailer is deploying Google Cloud’s AI capabilities to let customers preview clothes on themselves and visualise furniture in their homes as it embraces conversational commerce to win over shoppers Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

StarHub to trial SIM-based IDs for governing AI agents

The telco is building a trust layer that will assign unique identities to AI agents, allowing it to monitor and block malicious agentic activity in real time Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Datacentre dive: AI factory power draw changes the grid calculus

We look at energy as the key driver – and bottleneck – in development, and why water use is less of an issue now datacentres use liquid cooling over air cooling Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

Datacentre dive: Do AI datacentre physics make on-premise unviable?

Does substantial GPU power draw and liquid cooling mean the end of the on-premise datacentre? We look at the AI factory revolution and find that a hybrid path for enterprises will likely still exist Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

Datacentre dive: From rust belt to megawatt AI factory

We visited Terawulf’s Lake Ontario 750MW datacentre development. Photos and recordings weren't allowed, so we took notes and wrote them up in more traditional ways Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

When your biggest security risk has never signed a contract

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers the intersection of AI and IAM. In this article we explore how the frontiers of identity are expanding in the agentic era, and why this requires new approaches to governance. Continue Reading

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• Lee Howells and Andrew Peel, PA Consulting

The Gentlemen emerging as key ransomware player

An emerging ransomware crew known as The Gentlemen is becoming a force to be reckoned with, according to NCC’s latest monthly threat data Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UKtech50 2026: Vote for the most influential person in UK technology

Our judges have selected the top 50 leaders from a long list of top-class nominees – 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

UKtech50 2026: 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 2026 Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Alibaba unveils Qwen 3.7 Max at inaugural Singapore conference

Chinese tech giant debuts AI model capable of extended autonomous tasks, alongside a major upskilling initiative backed by the Singapore government to ensure no jobless growth in the age of AI Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Embodied AI steps out of the lab but scaling challenges remain

As embodied AI moves from proof of concept into real-world pilots, industry leaders at the ATxSummit conference in Singapore warn that large-scale enterprise adoption hinges on safety, cost and data governance Continue Reading

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• Ai Lei Tao

What did we learn at Google Cloud Next 2026?

AI agents are moving fast and telecoms organisations are still working out how to run them safely. At Google Cloud Next in April, the conversation continued to move beyond chatbots, assistants, and experiments. Continue Reading

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• Jessie-Lee Fry, Amdocs

As AI costs spiral, Dell pitches return to on-premise datacentres

With agentic AI driving up public cloud consumption, Dell Technologies is pitching local and hybrid infrastructure to shield enterprises from soaring token costs Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Interview: How Volvo built software for a two-and-a-half-tonne moving object

Volvo Cars is the only legacy carmaker in the world rated at the highest level of software-defined vehicle capability by S&P Global Mobility. Its chief engineering and technology officer, Anders Bell, tells us how it got there Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

NHS Modernisation Bill promises single patient record by 2028

The NHS Modernisation Bill announced in the King’s Speech aims to transform the NHS, with plans to build a single patient record to be launched in two years Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Singapore unveils space lab to fuel ASEAN space economy

Supported by Deloitte, the lab aims to spur adoption of space technologies in non-space sectors, connect space startups with potential investors and drive regional partnerships Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Bradford datacentre with heat reuse gains planning consent

Deep Green’s 5.6MW AI datacentre will take 24 months to build and will link up to an energy centre to heat buildings across Bradford city centre via pre-laid pipes Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

Why human capital data is pulling AI back inside the firewall

In human capital management, trust and data sovereignty are reshaping the way that companies deploy AI. Continue Reading

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• Marie-Claire Dwek, Newmark Security

Interview: Luke Gebb, head of global innovation, American Express

Amex is pioneering agentic commerce for its cardholders – just one of a series of digital innovations driving transformation at the company Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

Southeast Asia’s space economy set for $100bn lift-off

From predicting crop diseases to optimising bus routes, the application of AI and cloud technologies to satellite data could add $100bn to the region’s GDP by 2030 Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Sovereign AI fund supports Hassabis startup, Isomorphic

Isomorphic, which is building a unified drug discovery product based on artificial intelligence, is the third company to receive Sovereign AI funding from the UK government Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Interview: Alwin Bakkenes, head of software engineering, Volvo Cars

As cars become increasingly software-driven and AI-enabled, the Volvo software chief is at the cutting edge of connected vehicles and advanced mobility tools for drivers and passengers Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

In video games of the future, your AI teammates will actually listen

Ubisoft executives offer a glimpse into the engineering behind its generative AI middleware, including the use of small language models, prompt optimisation and on-device processing to bring virtual teammates to life Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

UAE launches sovereign AI-driven Cyber Factory security initiative

UAE Cyber Security Council and CPX unveil national cyber manufacturing initiative aimed at strengthening digital sovereignty, AI-powered defence and critical infrastructure resilience Continue Reading

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• Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly