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20 Mar 2026
News brief: Stryker recovering after large-scale cyberattack
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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19 Mar 2026
Dell Data Orchestration Engine joins AI data pipeline fray
Dell jumps into the ring with NetApp and Vast Data, unveiling a new AI data orchestration product built on its Dataloop acquisition as Nvidia STX shakes up the storage industry.
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19 Mar 2026
ThoughtSpot domain-specific Spotter agents target AI success
With many enterprises struggling to successfully develop AI tools, the vendor's latest capabilities help AI applications access the context they need to be production-ready.
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20 Mar 2026
Scotland launches five-year AI strategy
Scottish deputy first minister says the country aims to become a leader in AI through responsibly harnessing the economic and social benefits of the technology
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20 Mar 2026
Essex Police halts live facial recognition over bias and accuracy risks
LFR deployments by Essex Police will not continue until risks associated with bias and inaccuracy have been reduced
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20 Mar 2026
Interview: Jem Walters, CTO, Vanquis
Having come into the company through the acquisition of his money-saving app, the IT chief is bringing an agile and startup culture to the 146-year-old financial services firm
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20 Mar 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at Emerge Digital, GoTo, Exabeam, Nebula Global Services and NFON
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20 Mar 2026
Upwind founder talks benefits of going channel from the start
Cloud security player Upwind has been working with partners since it emerged three years ago
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19 Mar 2026
Cisa tells US organisations to harden endpoint management after Stryker attack
Last week’s cyber attack on the systems of a US medical services company by Iranian hacktivists has prompted an alert from Cisa, urging organisations to reinforce their defensive posture
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19 Mar 2026
UK government puts brakes on opt-out copyright exemption for AI
The UK government has ruled out forcing creatives to opt out of their intellectual property being used by artificial intelligence developers as its preferred solution to the AI-copyright controversy, but may still implement copyright exemptions later
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19 Mar 2026
AI makes debut in Bridewell cyber security in CNI report
Regulation has superseded cyber threats as the main driver of cyber security spending, and AI has made its debut for attack and defence, according to a CNI-focused report from Bridewell
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19 Mar 2026
HSS ProService ‘Uber-ifies’ with functional programming and agentic AI
HSS’s pivot from 130-depot hire business to a digital-only marketplace to handle messy transactions and old-school processes in the construction sector
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19 Mar 2026
HSS ProService ‘Uber-ifies’ with functional programming and agentic AI
HSS’s pivot from 130-depot hire business to a digital-only marketplace to handle messy transactions and old-school processes in the construction sector
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19 Mar 2026
NHS digital ambition needs reality check amid frontline work pressures
The NHS 10-year plan is ambitious and brave. However, Cheshire and Merseyside GP Tom Micklewright says limited funding flexibility and pressure on primary care are among the issues hindering success
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19 Mar 2026
Government announces redress scheme for families of Post Office scandal victims
Government offers two routes to financial redress for the families of victims of the Post Office scandal
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19 Mar 2026
Interview: Huy Dao, director of data and machine learning platform, Booking.com
Effective use of technology has already delivered significant cost savings at the online travel giant, and greater use of AI and machine learning promises to bring even greater opportunities to improve
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19 Mar 2026
Zopa Bank continues its transformation with further growth
UK digital challenger bank has 1.7 million customers, five years after it completed its transformation from a peer-to-peer lender
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19 Mar 2026
Hit the north! UK datacentre focus shifts to M62 and points north
Barbour ABI data shows 8GW of total datacentre pipeline with most big projects in the north and Scotland, while London and the M4 corridor are about 25% of projected capacity
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19 Mar 2026
Apple issues first Background patch for WebKit browser flaw
Apple’s first ever Background Security Update fixes a WebKit browser engine bug that could enable threat actors to see and steal important data from their victims
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18 Mar 2026
UK MoD awards more than two dozen contracts for AI targeting systems
The UK Ministry of Defence is ramping up its investment into military artificial intelligence in a bid to increase the ‘lethality’ of the British armed forces
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17 Mar 2026
AI tools offer ‘near-real-time’ analysis of data from seized mobile phones and computers
Cellebrite demonstrates how AI tools are able to analyse the contents of mobile phones and computers during crime investigations
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17 Mar 2026
Digital IDs edge closer to practical reality for UK businesses
Industries and policymakers are strongly aligned on the need for digital company IDs for UK businesses, as progress is made towards the implementation of a practical standard
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17 Mar 2026
Technology accelerating crime, boosts case for national police service, says NCA chief
NCA director general Graeme Biggar says technology has helped criminals get smarter, faster and more connected, boosting case for National Police Service
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17 Mar 2026
MPs ask Lloyds Bank for more information about ‘alarming’ breach
Treasury Committee chair requests more information about the IT problem experienced by Lloyds Bank
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17 Mar 2026
Contactless payment limit removal will happen overnight, but change won’t
Banks will be able to set their own contactless card payment limits from 19 March, following rule change by Financial Conduct Authority
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17 Mar 2026
Nordea to slash 1,500 jobs as AI impact grows
Nordic bank to reduce headcount as it continues to introduce changes to meet its 2030 targets
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17 Mar 2026
Health workers call for Palantir to be booted from NHS contracts
Health justice charity Medact warns that Palantir’s involvement in NHS data systems is a threat to patients and healthcare organisations
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17 Mar 2026
Interview: D360 Bank redefines cyber security for Saudi Arabia’s cashless future
Muath Alhomoud, director of cyber security at D360 Bank, discusses payment security, cloud resilience and the responsible use of AI in a hyper-connected financial ecosystem
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16 Mar 2026
Companies House restarts online services following cyber breach
Companies House was forced to pull its WebFiling service offline at the weekend after it emerged that a flawed update was putting data at risk of exposure
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16 Mar 2026
Whitehall unable to reduce consultancy spend amid digital skills shortages
Digital transformation projects rely heavily on external consultants, and while government aims to reduce costs, it holds no accurate data on how much it spends on consultancy services
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16 Mar 2026
Interview: There is no such thing as an IT project, only business projects, says CIO Paul Coby
The veteran CIO shares lessons from his 25-year career as an IT leader at some of the UK’s top FTSE 100 companies, emphasising business alignment, trust-building, visibility and AI's transformative potential
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16 Mar 2026
Cyber flywheel aims to kick-start UK cyber security startups
Company founder rallies CISOs, venture capital funders and government leaders to back startups in cyber security
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16 Mar 2026
Revealed: How HMRC has been quietly building surveillance capabilities
HMRC has bought phone scanning equipment and analysis software capable of extracting data from mobile devices as it steps up its electronic intelligence gathering capabilities, an investigation by Computer Weekly reveals
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13 Mar 2026
UK falls behind on supercomputing amid slow investment, NAO warns
While UKRI has improved its oversight of research and innovation, funding remains fragmented and has been too slow to replace supercomputers
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12 Mar 2026
MP report calls for legislation to overturn Post Office Capture convictions
Report from MPs warns of unknown number of unsafe subpostmasters convictions based on multiple pre-Horizon systems
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12 Mar 2026
UK government ‘flying blind’ with poor data in charting regional growth
The government is being impeded in its bid to stoke economic growth across the regions, according to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
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12 Mar 2026
Lloyds banking app ‘glitch’ shows transactions of strangers
Customers of Halifax, Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Bank experienced a glitch this morning, where details of other customers’ transactions were displayed in their online banking apps
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12 Mar 2026
Cloudflare channel boss looks to increase partner activity
Cloud connectivity specialist’s EMEA partner lead shares the progress gained and the efforts still to be made with its indirect business
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12 Mar 2026
The UK government’s digital identity scheme: Dystopian nightmare or modernised public services?
Critics and supporters of digital ID are honing their arguments for the government’s consultation – but it’s the public that will decide. How should you choose?
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11 Mar 2026
Met Office ‘supercomputing as a service’ one year old
Artificial intelligence is not key to the weather picture, as the forecasting and climate prediction agency lauds the benefits of moving from on-site supercomputers to cloud computing for scientific modelling
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11 Mar 2026
UK government announces package to get more women in tech
The UK government aims to add billions of pounds to the economy through getting more women into the tech sector
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11 Mar 2026
Mastercard bots target C-suite roles
Card giant offers SMEs a virtual chief financial officer through artificial intelligence technology, with other C-suite roles to follow
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11 Mar 2026
Cyber industry welcomes women, but challenges persist
Three-quarters of women working in security say they feel comfortable in the field, but women are still much more likely to be laid off and face persistent challenges around career advancement, according to a report
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11 Mar 2026
Salesforce tracks possible ShinyHunters campaign targeting its users
Salesforce warns users of an uptick in malicious activity targeting Experience Cloud customers with misconfigured user settings via an open source tool
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11 Mar 2026
Child rapist could have profiled victims through unaudited access to NHS databases
NHS analyst’s conviction for child sexual abuse offences raises concerns over unaudited access to patient data
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11 Mar 2026
Channel momentum continues at AvePoint
Recent financial results revealed an increasing contribution to the business from its channel base
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11 Mar 2026
CISOs on alert: Strengthening cyber resilience amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East
As regional uncertainty rises, security leaders across the Gulf focus on resilience, faster incident response and deeper threat intelligence to protect critical systems and data
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10 Mar 2026
Microsoft patches zero-days in .NET and SQL Server
Zero-days in .NET and SQL Server, and a handful of critical RCE bugs, form the nucleus of Microsoft’s March Patch Tuesday update
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10 Mar 2026
Whitehall launches digital ID consultation
Eight-week consultation aims to get the public’s view on how the proposed digital ID system would work, and contemplates introducing a universal unique identifier linked to the ID
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10 Mar 2026
Met Police to ‘trial’ handheld facial recognition tech
London Mayor Sadiq Khan reveals in a scrutiny session with London Assembly members that the Met is set to trial a facial recognition phone app for police officers
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10 Mar 2026
Open banking presents £43bn opportunity for UK economy if warnings are heeded
Open banking has already delivered billions of pounds to the UK economy and has huge future potential, but industry leaders warn against complacency
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10 Mar 2026
AI chooses nuclear escalation in 95% of simulated crises
With artificial intelligence increasingly deployed in analysis and decision-making in armed conflict, research shows AI systems will not naturally default to ‘safe’ outcomes in nuclear crises
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09 Mar 2026
UK to launch cyber fraud squad in April
The UK’s Online Crime Centre, launching next month, will bring together government, police, intelligence agencies, banks, mobile networks and tech firms to take coordinated action against cyber fraud
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09 Mar 2026
Trump looks to power up post-quantum, AI security
The US has unveiled a six-pillar national cyber security strategy, with developing technological areas such as post-quantum cryptography and artificial intelligence front and centre
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09 Mar 2026
IBM takes a second shot at Post Office contract to replace Horizon
The US tech giant is bidding for a £323m contract to replace the Post Office’s flawed Horizon IT system, a decade after its previous attempt was abandoned due to complexities
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09 Mar 2026
DBS rewires operating models for AI reasoning era
The bank expects AI tools to evolve from being a copilot to an autopilot as it undergoes organisational transformation to prepare its workforce for agentic AI
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06 Mar 2026
Scattered Spider attack on TfL affected 10 million people
The 2024 Scattered Spider attack on Transport for London affected approximately 10 million people, many of whom remain blissfully unaware their data was compromised
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06 Mar 2026
Lloyds Bank to sell more customer data and cut costs by 35%
High street giant will increase proportion of total staff that work in technology and data
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06 Mar 2026
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
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06 Mar 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
The past week has brought several noteworthy developments in the channel. We look at what’s been happening at Wasabi Technologies, LevelBlue, Phoenix Software, Alkira and Boom Collaboration
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06 Mar 2026
Norway braced for foreign AI cyber attacks on vital petroleum computing
Nordic petrostate is preparing for war and turning the spotlight on vulnerabilities in its critical industries, as adversaries look for ways to damage the most important oil and gas producer to the EU
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06 Mar 2026
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
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05 Mar 2026
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
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05 Mar 2026
UK government departments not sold on shared services strategy, NAO report finds
Eight years on from the launch of the government’s shared services strategy, there is no clear ownership, funding remains uncertain and some departments are yet to fully commit
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05 Mar 2026
Sweden recommends citizens keep £81 in cash per adult in case of payment system crash
The central bank of Sweden says rapid digitisation could cause vulnerabilities in payment systems
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05 Mar 2026
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
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05 Mar 2026
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
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05 Mar 2026
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
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05 Mar 2026
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
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04 Mar 2026
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
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04 Mar 2026
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
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04 Mar 2026
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
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04 Mar 2026
UK lab gets funding to drive foundational AI research
The government is providing six years of funding worth up to £40m in a bid to support UK researchers developing artificial intelligence models
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04 Mar 2026
GTDC: Distribution key to expanding vendor reach
The ability to react to challenges and master them has put disties across the globe in a key position to support partner enablement and sales
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04 Mar 2026
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
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04 Mar 2026
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
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04 Mar 2026
AI workloads force a fundamental redesign of Middle East datacentres
From hyperscale GPU clusters to sovereign AI ambitions, Huawei outlines how infrastructure must evolve to meet regional demand
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04 Mar 2026
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
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03 Mar 2026
Interview: Wolf & Badger CEO George Graham on getting ‘hands-on’ with AI
From continually exploring the potential of artificial intelligence to actually building and introducing AI-enabled systems for his company, George Graham is leaning into the age of agentic commerce
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03 Mar 2026
Santander and Mastercard complete test of AI-initiated payment
Bank and payments giant complete first payment initiated by artificial intelligence in a controlled environment
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03 Mar 2026
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
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03 Mar 2026
Synaxon boss charts path to increased growth
After a period of transformation, the channel organisation is looking to meet ambitious targets and continue to carve out a solid position in the hardware and services realms
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03 Mar 2026
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
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03 Mar 2026
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
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03 Mar 2026
MPs launch inquiry into use of tech in education
The use of tech and artificial intelligence has the potential to help delivery of education in the UK, so a committee of MPs has launched an inquiry into its opportunities and challenges
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02 Mar 2026
Demand necessitates digital twin and data visualisation at National Grid
In-house project replaces spreadsheet-based planning for future electricity network
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02 Mar 2026
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
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02 Mar 2026
UK government consults on social media ban for under-16s
A UK government consultation launched today asks whether under-16s should be banned from social media, and age restrictions introduced for VPNs and chatbots
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27 Feb 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at Flotek, Infinigate, TD Synnex, Westcon-Comstor, GitLab, Yubico and Zenarmor
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27 Feb 2026
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
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27 Feb 2026
AI takes centre stage at GTIA forum
Members keen to get a firmer grip on deploying and supporting the technology
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27 Feb 2026
Australia inks five-year deal with Microsoft to drive AI and cloud adoption
The Digital Transformation Agency’s new agreement promises cost certainty, improved discounts, and a skills fund to support the government’s digital transformation agenda
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26 Feb 2026
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
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26 Feb 2026
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
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26 Feb 2026
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
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26 Feb 2026
Santander pins €1bn business value gain on AI
Bank said artificial intelligence will be fully embedded into the business, personalising customer experiences
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26 Feb 2026
Khazna’s NexOps shift signals new operating model for AI-scale infrastructure
Managing director Bart Holsters explains why hybrid insourcing, competence assurance and sovereign readiness are becoming essential as artificial intelligence pushes datacentres to their limits
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26 Feb 2026
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
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25 Feb 2026
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
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25 Feb 2026
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
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25 Feb 2026
Police created ‘intelligence profile’ of BBC journalist subject to phone surveillance
Police and MI5 conducted seven unlawful operations to obtain phone data relating to former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal heard today
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25 Feb 2026
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
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25 Feb 2026
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
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24 Feb 2026
Aviva prepares for life after CIO retirement with early announcement
Aviva has named the replacement for its outgoing technology chief, with former BT IT executive joining in the summer