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27 Jun 2025
ACIP votes to remove thimerosal from flu vaccines
The CDC's newly restructured Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) votes to recommend against flu vaccines containing thimerosal.
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26 Jun 2025
Vibe coding with AI sparks debate, reshapes developer jobs
The 'vibe coding' catchphrase shows that GenAI is transforming software developer jobs -- but just how much change is coming? It depends on who you ask.
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26 Jun 2025
Fair use rulings favor Meta and Anthropic but are limited
While the judges agreed with the fair use argument, it doesn't mean other lawsuits will have the same ruling. It's also likely that the Supreme Court will be the ultimate decider.
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27 Jun 2025
Scattered Spider cyber gang turns fire on aviation sector
Multiple reports are emerging of cyber attacks on airlines – Google Cloud’s Mandiant believes them to be linked.
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27 Jun 2025
Over 2 million affected by US supermarket breach
Belgian-Dutch supermarket operator Ahold Delhaize reveals that over two million people, including employees, had their data compromised following a November 2024 ransomware attack.
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27 Jun 2025
Interview: Developing a CIO strategy for artificial intelligence
We speak to Chris Loake, group CIO at Hiscox, about the roll-out of Microsoft Copilot and how to succeed with AI projects
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27 Jun 2025
Ciaran Martin: AI might disturb attacker-defender security balance
The founder of the National Cyber Security Centre spoke with Computer Weekly at Infosecurity Europe 2025 about how artificial intelligence might disturb the attacker-defender security equilibrium
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27 Jun 2025
MPs propose ban on predictive policing
MPs are attempting to amend the UK government’s forthcoming Crime and Policing Bill so that it prohibits the use of controversial predictive policing systems
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27 Jun 2025
Working Together for Channel Success: Analysts discuss security, partner programmes, sustainability
The topics of security, sustainability and the need for evolving partner programmes were discussed at the partner event
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27 Jun 2025
UK joins global health regulator network for safe use of AI
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has become a founding member of the HealthAI Global Regulatory Network, aiming to get trustworthy artificial intelligence tools into the NHS
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27 Jun 2025
Fujitsu’s grip on HMRC loosening but bags of taxpayer cash still to be made
The complicated and risky nature of replacing IT suppliers in major government contracts means Fujitsu will be cashing in for years to come
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27 Jun 2025
Silicon Valley execs sworn in to US Army reserves specialist unit
Four technology executives are brought into the military to make the Armed Forces ‘more lethal’, reflecting softening attitudes throughout the sector towards ‘the business of inflicting violence’
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26 Jun 2025
Seven main suspects under police investigation in national Post Office probe
The national police investigation into crimes related to the Post Office scandal expects the number of suspects to continue to rise
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26 Jun 2025
British hacker IntelBroker faces years in a US prison cell
US authorities have unsealed charges against 25-year-old hacker Kai West, aka IntelBroker, accusing him of being behind multiple cyber attacks
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26 Jun 2025
Next phase of fintech reflected in strong financials, says World Economic Forum
Digital-powered finance firms might not be growing their customer base as fast as the immediate post-pandemic period, but revenue and profits are strong
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26 Jun 2025
Glasgow Council services remain offline a week after cyber attack
Disruption continues a week after core services at Glasgow City Council were forced offline following a cyber attack on a third-party IT services provider
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26 Jun 2025
Public sector spends £16.6bn directly with tech suppliers every year
Government and public sector bodies spent big on technology last year, but the majority of the money went to large IT suppliers, with 84% of the total spend going to so-called ‘tech titans’, according to a report from Tussell
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25 Jun 2025
Jitterbit expanding indirect business
Artificial intelligence and automation expert cuts ribbon on partner programme as it looks to generate more revenues via the channel
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24 Jun 2025
Wrongly convicted subpostmasters may have to wait another year for redress
MPs on the Public Accounts Committee say the government has not done enough to contact all those who qualify for Post Office scandal compensation schemes
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24 Jun 2025
UK ransomware costs significantly outpace other countries
UK organisations hit by ransomware attacks paid much higher ransoms than in other countries over the past 12 months, according to study
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24 Jun 2025
Zopa Bank launches current account earlier than expected
Zopa launches its UK current account, five years after reinventing itself as a challenger bank
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24 Jun 2025
One year since being freed, Julian Assange still a victim of state secrecy
If the State Department’s arguments prevail in FOIA litigation, the truth about US action against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks journalists will never be known
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23 Jun 2025
Widening Middle Eastern war increases cyber risk
With the entry of the US into the widening Middle Eastern conflict, cyber risk is likely to increase across the board
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23 Jun 2025
Industrial strategy: Takeaways for UK tech innovations
Labour wants to put the UK at the forefront of tech innovation. Its industrial strategy offers a funding boost for tech and lighter-touch regulation
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20 Jun 2025
Cyber Essentials certifications rising slowly but steadily
The number of businesses attaining the NCSC Cyber Essentials certification continues to increase, but much more can be done to raise awareness of the scheme
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20 Jun 2025
M&S, Co-op attacks a ‘Category 2 cyber hurricane’, say UK experts
The UK’s Cyber Monitoring Centre has published its first in-depth assessment of a major incident, reflecting on the impact of and lessons learned from Scattered Spider attacks on M&S and Co-op
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20 Jun 2025
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
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20 Jun 2025
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
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20 Jun 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at AvePoint, Nebula Global Services, Pulsant, Skyhawk Security and HackerOne
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20 Jun 2025
Government hires chief data officer
Former MoD data chief, Lindsay Mason, has taken on the role of chief data officer in earl on a temporary basis while government recruits for a permanent position
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20 Jun 2025
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
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20 Jun 2025
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
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19 Jun 2025
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
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19 Jun 2025
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
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17 Jun 2025
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
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17 Jun 2025
Scattered Spider widens web to target insurance sector
Following a series of high-profile attacks on prominent retailers and consumer brands, the Scattered Spider cyber crime collective appears to be expanding its targeting to the insurance sector
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17 Jun 2025
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
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17 Jun 2025
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
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17 Jun 2025
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
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17 Jun 2025
Partners embracing Rapid7’s training
Security player’s channel head provides an update on the reaction to partner programme changes the vendor introduced earlier this year
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16 Jun 2025
IR35: Use of HMRC CEST tool drops by more than 70%, delayed FOI reveals
HMRC has revealed, via a Freedom of Information response, that use of its IR35 status checker tool is declining, as around 20% of users continue to get an undetermined response from it
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16 Jun 2025
Intelligence sharing key to cyber security in Europe, says EU Commission cyber expert
Cyber criminals choose not to attack Europe due to its resilience and preparedness, says the EU Commission’s principal advisor for cyber security coordination, Despina Spanou
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12 Jun 2025
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
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12 Jun 2025
Apple encryption row: Does law enforcement need to use Technical Capability Notices?
History shows that law enforcement can bring successful prosecutions without the need for the Home Office to introduce ‘backdoors’ into end-to-end encryption
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12 Jun 2025
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’
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12 Jun 2025
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
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12 Jun 2025
MPs to investigate potential for government digital identity scheme
Amid growing calls for a national digital ID scheme, Home Affairs Committee launches inquiry into likely benefits and risks
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11 Jun 2025
NHS IT the big winner in Reeves’ Spending Review
The chancellor of the exchequer has significantly upped spending on digital and technology initiatives in the current Spending Review period, with the NHS receiving a 50% tech funding increase
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11 Jun 2025
Government using national security as ‘smokescreen’ in Apple encryption row
Senior conservative MP David Davis says the Home Office should disclose how many secret orders it has issued against telecoms and internet companies to Parliament
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11 Jun 2025
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
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11 Jun 2025
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
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11 Jun 2025
Cyber Bill at risk of becoming a missed opportunity, say MPs
An APPG report warns that the government’s flagship cyber security legislation is too narrow in its scope and risks missing opportunities to embed resilience at the heart of the British economy
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11 Jun 2025
London Tech Week: More funding, fellowships and skills
The government wants to make the UK the best place for tech and AI, opening pathways for global talent and venture capital funding
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10 Jun 2025
UK finance regulator tie-up with Nvidia allows firms to experiment with AI
FCA wants to support organisations in testing their ideas for the use of artificial intelligence
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10 Jun 2025
UK defence scheme invests in future cyber tech Cheri
Cambridge-based SCI Semiconductors is awarded DTEP funding to work on the application of defensive Cheri technology
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10 Jun 2025
Docusign rolls out fresh programme to arm partners with IAM answers
Agreement management specialist enhances channel offering in reaction to changing market dynamics
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10 Jun 2025
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
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10 Jun 2025
Third-party security weaknesses threaten Europe’s big banks
Security breaches via third parties increased by 25% at Europe’s largest finance firms
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09 Jun 2025
Labour commits £17.2m to support Spärck AI scholarships
The government has put up money to help drive the UK’s expertise in artificial intelligence
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09 Jun 2025
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
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09 Jun 2025
Starmer opens London Tech Week with £1bn AI boost
Prime Minister unveiled plans to boost UK’s high-performance compute capacity 20-fold, along with funding to bolster skills
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09 Jun 2025
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
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09 Jun 2025
Barclays rolls out Microsoft Copilot to 100,000 employees as AI adoption gathers pace
Barclays is doubling down on its adoption of artificial intelligence tools by moving to embrace Microsoft Copilot with a large-scale roll-out of the technology to 100,000 staff
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09 Jun 2025
US lawmakers say UK has ‘gone too far’ by attacking Apple’s encryption
US politicians are calling for Congress to rewrite the US Cloud Act to prevent the UK issuing orders to require US tech companies to introduce ‘backdoors’ in end-to-end encrypted messaging and storage
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06 Jun 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at Infinigate Group, Assured Data protection, Diliko, N-able, Coro and Quantum Dice
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06 Jun 2025
AI plays key role in NWN-InterVision IT services M&A deal
NWN's acquisition of InterVision will combine generative AI services with contact center, cybersecurity and cloud offerings. It also opens cross-selling opportunities.
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06 Jun 2025
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
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05 Jun 2025
FairPrice taps Google Cloud for AI-powered store
The supermarket chain will leverage generative AI and cloud technologies to enhance customer experience and streamline in-store operations, starting with its upcoming Punggol Digital District outlet
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05 Jun 2025
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
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05 Jun 2025
HMRC phishing breach wholly avoidable, but hard to stop
A breach at HMRC saw innocent taxpayers tricked into letting scammers impersonate them through simple phishing attacks leading to account takeover. Such attacks are avoidable, but hard to stop
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05 Jun 2025
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
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05 Jun 2025
SXSW: An immersive experience is the future of AI
OpenAI’s recent acquisition heralds a new direction for generative AI, away from the screen-based user experience
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05 Jun 2025
UK’s error-prone eVisa system is ‘anxiety-inducing’
People experiencing technical errors with the Home Office’s electronic visa system explain the psychological toll of not being able to reliably prove their immigration status in the face of a hostile and unresponsive bureaucracy
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05 Jun 2025
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
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04 Jun 2025
Put ROCs before SOCs, Qualys tells public sector
Putting risk operations before security operations may help government agencies and other public sector bodies better manage the myriad threats they face, and make better decisions for the security of all
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04 Jun 2025
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
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04 Jun 2025
Investigatory powers: Guidelines for police and spies could also help businesses with AI
Computer Weekly talks to Muffy Calder, technology advisor to the UK’s investigatory powers commissioner, about privacy, intrusion and artificial intelligence
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04 Jun 2025
SXSW London: Risk of AI removing choice
The modern era, where AI speeds up day-to-day chores, is undermining creativity and the ability to make choices
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04 Jun 2025
Microsoft outlines three-pronged European cyber strategy
Microsoft chair Brad Smith outlines an expansive cyber programme targeting governments across Europe with enhanced threat intelligence and support
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04 Jun 2025
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
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04 Jun 2025
Interview: Manish Jethwa, chief technology officer, Ordnance Survey
The UK mapping service has moved on a long way from paper maps as it now looks to use artificial intelligence to understand, interpret and derive insights from geographical data
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03 Jun 2025
Fintech growth three times that of finance sector as a whole
Global fintech revenues reached £280bn in 2024, according to Boston Consulting Group report
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03 Jun 2025
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
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02 Jun 2025
US cyber agency CISA faces stiff budget cuts
CISA is one of several US agencies facing drastic budget cuts under the Trump administration
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02 Jun 2025
Microsoft Copilot AI saves civil service hours of admin work
Over a third of Microsoft 365 users who took part in trials across government departments claimed they saved more than half an hour in productivity a day
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02 Jun 2025
Cyber and digital get over £1bn to enhance UK’s national security
The government has set out plans to spend over a billion pounds on digital and cyber warfare capabilities to enhance the UK’s ability to defend itself and fight offensive wars
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02 Jun 2025
NPCC calls for better tech investment
The National Police Chiefs’ Council sets out a series of digital ambitions and asks for £220m per year in the upcoming spending review to scale up science and technology capabilities
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30 May 2025
Tech adaptability helps Zopa unwrap current account and test generative AI
Zopa Bank’s current account, already used by thousands of existing customers, will be made available to the wider public before end of 2025
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30 May 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at Distology, Bitdefender, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, TD Synnex and Xledger UK
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29 May 2025
HP: Partners key to delivering sustainability
Vendor HP provides an update on the continuing demand from customers for green technology and the role its channel plays in supporting those needs
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29 May 2025
TXP expands reach with Metatech buy
Ambition to become the mid-market specialist in legacy system modernisation takes another step forward
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29 May 2025
Post Office slammed after deleting social media comments on IT scandal
Post Office accused of suppressing the views of victims of the Horizon scandal by deleting comments on social media platforms
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29 May 2025
Gov.uk Wallet open to public sector bodies
Government departments can soon begin to add documents to Gov.uk Wallet, as the Government Digital Service publishes guidance for public sector bodies on how to use the smartphone app
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28 May 2025
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
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28 May 2025
Service providers pursue quantum computing security market
Accenture, DXC and Unisys are among the companies pursuing quantum security services. They'll need to overcome competing cybersecurity concerns and an uncertain threat deadline.
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28 May 2025
Remote purchase fraud surges 14%, says banking industry
Brits lost over £1bn to payment fraud in its many forms last year, according to the latest banking industry numbers
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27 May 2025
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
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27 May 2025
Government launches search to link UK to European supercomputers
As part of Horizon 2020, the UK recently signed up to an EU initiative to support the expansion of high-performance computing for AI
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27 May 2025
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
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27 May 2025
Interview: Richard Masters, vice-president of data and AI, Virgin Atlantic
The airline’s data chief is applying his expertise as a PhD in astrophysics to the nitty-gritty details of using artificial intelligence to improve customer experience
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27 May 2025
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
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23 May 2025
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
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23 May 2025
Labour puts Humphrey AI to work for council admin
A tool built on the government’s Humphrey AI toolset is being piloted by 25 councils to take notes during meetings