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17 Apr 2026
News brief: Microsoft security vulnerabilities revealed
Check out the latest security news from TechTarget SearchSecurity's sister sites, Cybersecurity Dive and Dark Reading.
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17 Apr 2026
How to escape agentification pilot purgatory for scalable AI
Deloitte exec says redesigning work is key and explains how to do it without stoking job-loss fears -- but only after a rigorous goal-setting process that sets clear priorities.
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16 Apr 2026
Multi-cloud networking gains momentum with AWS and Oracle
With this partnership, customers can establish private and high-speed connectivity between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and AWS.
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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
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
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
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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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
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24 Feb 2026
Alteryx looks to build on channel momentum
Partners are increasingly bringing in fresh opportunities, and the firm’s channel lead is looking to support that trend
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24 Feb 2026
UAE CIOs feel AI heat as 85% fear role risk within two years
Technology leaders say careers, credibility and corporate resilience now hinge on delivering measurable artificial intelligence outcomes
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24 Feb 2026
Starling expands internationally as demand for banking as a service continues to rise
UK challenger bank has expanded its banking-as-a-service business with entry into New Zealand
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24 Feb 2026
Email from 1999 reveals Post Office ECCO+ system crash problems
ECCO+ system experienced freezes during transactions, which could have left Post Office branch account discrepancies
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23 Feb 2026
Governments urged to step up enforcement of big tech amid rush to ban social media for under-16s
The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights says that European governments should consider better enforcement against big tech companies before banning children from social media
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23 Feb 2026
€126bn in Dutch tech projects blocked by permits and grid limits
Ex-ASML chief Peter Wennink’s deregulation solution triggers warnings from academics and government advisors
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20 Feb 2026
Interview: Ankur Anand, group CIO, Nash Squared
Recruitment is one of the industries that is supposedly most likely to be transformed by AI, but the CIO of one top firm is looking more to how the technology can help its team enhance their own jobs
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20 Feb 2026
UK AI alignment project gets OpenAI and Microsoft boost
Altogether, £27m is now available to fund the AI Security Institute’s work to collaborate on safe, secure artificial intelligence
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20 Feb 2026
What it takes to secure agentic commerce
With AI agents increasingly acting as digital concierges for shoppers, verifying bot identities, securing the APIs they rely on and detecting anomalous behaviour will be key to safeguarding automated transactions, according to Akamai
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19 Feb 2026
ICO wins appeal over data protection obligations in Currys cyber attack
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has won an important appeal relating to data protection obligations arising from a 2017-18 cyber attack at electronics retailer Currys PC World
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19 Feb 2026
European politicians amplify disinformation about UN rapporteur
Government officials from the US and Europe have condemned UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese for remarks about Israel she never made, based on a truncated clip circulating online that takes her statements out of context
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19 Feb 2026
Bank of Ireland UK fined for late security system implementation
The payments regulator has fined the bank nearly £4m after it missed a deadline to implement a system to check payees
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19 Feb 2026
UKRI sets out strategy to make UK an AI leader by 2031
The strategic framework for 2031 lays out the steps the UK needs to take to drive forward innovation and academic research in artificial intelligence
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19 Feb 2026
Minister wants ‘logical conclusion’ to review of digital evidence in light of Post Office scandal
House of Lords debate saw government minister make an ambiguous promise in regard to the treatment of computer evidence in court
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19 Feb 2026
India AI Impact Summit begins
The summit aims to democratise AI and bridge the growing divide between countries, but critics warn that it risks becoming a mere spectacle if the technology only serves the interests of power and profit
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18 Feb 2026
Flaws in Google and Microsoft products added to Cisa catalogue
Cisa has added six CVEs to its Kev catalogue this week, including newly disclosed issues in Google Chromium and Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, and some older flaws as well
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18 Feb 2026
0APT ransomware crew makes embarrassing splash
A ransomware gang called 0APT has attracted attention, but many of its victims may not even be real, and its operators are being accused of over-egging their criminal pudding
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18 Feb 2026
Eradicating Fujitsu and Horizon from the Post Office, step by step
Post Office IT chief tells Computer Weekly about the challenges and progress in removing the controversial Horizon system from Post Office branches
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17 Feb 2026
Defence and education see big gains in public sector IT spend, Tussell report finds
Tussell Tech200 finds big growth in IT supplier revenue in defence and education, with gains for suppliers in IT services and digital transformation
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17 Feb 2026
Businesses may be caught by government proposals to restrict VPN use
Labour proposals to restrict social media use to people aged 16 and under could have unintended consequences for businesses using virtual private networks
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17 Feb 2026
Artificial intelligence ‘creeping into’ high-risk stock trading
Growing reliance on artificial intelligence is encroaching into the stock market, finds research
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17 Feb 2026
House of Lords committee concerned over digital forensics backlog
Lords’ Science and Technology Committee warns policing and justice system is unequipped to make use of technologies such as AI, and calls on government to handle digital forensics backlog
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17 Feb 2026
Banks to discuss UK alternative to Visa and Mastercard
Banks prepare to discuss a new payments infrastructure that would remove heavy reliance on US firms
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17 Feb 2026
Government pumps £20m into using tech to fight addiction
Funding grants from Innovate UK will be used for medical technologies and digital tools such as artificial intelligence and wearables to reduce substance misuse and addiction
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17 Feb 2026
Government wages cyber campaign as half the UK’s SMEs are breached
UK government says half of all small businesses have been cyber breached in the recent past as it urges them to ‘lock the door’
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17 Feb 2026
British Transport Police start using live facial recognition
British Transport Police will deploy facial recognition for six months despite calls for the government to halt its rapid expansion of the technology
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16 Feb 2026
Noah Donohoe inquest reveals issues with police ControlWorks system
An inquest heard that there were major issues with the system used by the Police Service of Northern Ireland to record information reported by the public
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16 Feb 2026
Interview: Richard Corbridge, CIO, Segro
With a varied IT leadership career across healthcare, retail and central government, property development brought fresh challenges for the CIO – and a chance to share his experience in an industry not renowned for digital transformation
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16 Feb 2026
NatWest hails progress after £1.2bn spent on tech last year, but true AI transformation to come
NatWest Bank describes the past 12 months of its tech transformation as ‘the year of [AI] deployment at scale’
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16 Feb 2026
UK government risks ‘perpetuating’ Post Office injustice through response to Capture appeals
Peers question government’s approach to wrongful conviction appeals from former users of Capture software
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15 Feb 2026
Wesfarmers to deploy agentic AI in retail operations
Retail conglomerate behind Kmart and Officeworks signs multi-year deal with Google Cloud to deploy AI agents for customer service and internal productivity
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13 Feb 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Catch up on developments this week at Exclusive Networks, Apptio, Nebula Global Services, meshcloud UK and Version 1
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13 Feb 2026
UK National Crime Agency seeks CDIO, offering more than £100k for the role
The chief digital and information officer will be expected to set the National Crime Agency’s digital, data and technology sourcing strategy, secure multi-year investment and manage a £100m budget
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12 Feb 2026
Government bank digital project a ‘full-spectrum disaster’ exposing taxpayers to risk
National Savings and Investments is unable to tell Public Accounts Committee the cost of its modernisation programme