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15 Apr 2026
Edge and physical AI poised to upend enterprise networks
Just as the enterprise is wrapping its mind around scaling AI in data centers, another seismic shift is emerging on the outskirts of corporate networks.
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15 Apr 2026
Salesforce releases Agentforce dev tools, updates Agent Fabric
Salesforce provides more observability, availability and some declarative control over AI agents.
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14 Apr 2026
HubSpot builds answer engine optimization into its platform
HubSpot's AEO, designed to help marketers navigate the world of AI search, is the biggest of several spring product drops.
Industries News from the past 365 days
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12 Jan 2026
Interview: Dawn McCarroll, director of supply chain and business excellence, Helios Towers
As a company that installs and maintains telecoms towers across Africa and the Middle East, Helios is looking to boost digital inclusion in the countries it serves as well as grow through technology improvements
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12 Jan 2026
Welsh government launches £2.1m fund to help SMEs adopt AI
The funding is being used to deliver artificial intelligence awareness and adoption support to businesses, as well as to upskill staff, enabling them to take advantage of AI
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12 Jan 2026
UK regains second spot in global fintech investment ranking
Global fintech investment was up 21% and the UK retook second spot in the market ranking for the full year 2025
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12 Jan 2026
Woolworths to power Olive digital assistant with agentic AI
The Australian retail giant is the first in the Asia-Pacific region to use Google’s Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience to turn its chatbot into a proactive shopping partner
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12 Jan 2026
Singapore and Japan team up on quantum computing
The two countries will work together to bridge the gap between quantum research and real-world commercialisation, marking Singapore’s first government-to-government pact dedicated to the technology
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11 Jan 2026
UAE’s VentureOne to deploy secure autonomy technologies in Europe through Unikie and Solita partners
Partnerships with Finland’s Unikie and Solita will bring UAE-developed secure autonomy technologies to critical infrastructure, public safety and AI-enabled operations across Northern Europe
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09 Jan 2026
MPs and contractors urge UK government to U-turn on ‘manifestly unfair’ Loan Charge settlement terms
Contractors and MPs are up in arms over the government’s promise to wipe tens of thousands of pounds off the Loan Charge liabilities of those yet to reach a settlement with HMRC, describing it as ‘manifestly unfair’ to those who have paid
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09 Jan 2026
11:11 Systems bolsters position in VMware ecosystem
Sixth acquisition gives 11:11 Systems more expertise and depth, putting it firmly on VMware’s radar
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08 Jan 2026
Personal data of thousands stolen in attack on London councils
The West London council at the centre of a major cyber incident has now started the process of informing residents that their personal data was compromised in the attack
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08 Jan 2026
Personal data of thousands stolen in attack on London councils
The West London council at the centre of a major cyber incident has now started the process of informing residents that their personal data was compromised in the attack
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08 Jan 2026
Campaigners urge UK to develop digital sovereignty strategy
UK digital rights campaigners have urged UK parliamentarians to implement a digital sovereignty strategy as part of the forthcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to reduce reliance on technology subject to foreign interference
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08 Jan 2026
What will happen with Starmer’s digital ID scheme in 2026?
Last year, the UK government announced ambitious plans for a national digital identity scheme, but will 2026 lead to more disenchantment or new excitement?
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08 Jan 2026
Like it or not, AI will transform cyber strategy in 2026
Bubble or no bubble, from cyber skills to defensive strategies to governance, risk and compliance, artificial intelligence will remake the cyber world in 2026
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08 Jan 2026
Labour MP Josh Simons to lead digital ID scheme
Cabinet Office parliamentary secretary Josh Simons to become digital ID minister as government prepares to launch public consultation on the scheme
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07 Jan 2026
Interview: Diana Schildhouse, chief data and analytics officer, Colgate-Palmolive
The consumer goods giant is taking its advanced analytics approach and adding AI for greater value, but its data leader stresses the importance of getting the data foundations in place first
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07 Jan 2026
CCRC says multiple Post Office software systems potentially implicated in miscarriages of justice
Statutory body said its work has widened to multiple IT systems, and could even look at potential Post Office miscarriages of justice with no link to IT
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07 Jan 2026
Home Office digital-only eVisa system could be ruled unlawful
The Home Office is facing a judicial review over refusing to allow alternative proof of immigration status outside of the electronic visa system, despite data quality and integrity issues plaguing the system
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07 Jan 2026
All England Tennis Club extends 36-year IBM deal with AI at core of plans
Deal will see IBM continue to develop digital experience for fans of the Wimbledon tennis tournament
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06 Jan 2026
Fujitsu UK job cuts as staff pay the price for failures of top executives
Troubled IT giant’s staff are paying the price for senior management failures over Post Office scandal
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06 Jan 2026
Fujitsu Post Office IT support team were ‘legalised hackers’
Backdoors meant it was possible for Fujitsu staff to steal money from Post Office branches, says former Fujitsu tech worker
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06 Jan 2026
Fujitsu boss has been a Post Office scandal bystander for over a decade
IT supplier’s European boss was kept up to date with challenges to the Horizon system, but like others, remained silent
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05 Jan 2026
UK government to spend £210m on public sector cyber resilience
The UK government unveils a £120m Cyber Action Plan to help reinforce and promote IT security resilience across the country's public services
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05 Jan 2026
What will the Post Office scandal bring in 2026?
Campaigners are waiting to see what will unfold in the Post Office scandal in 2026, but history has told them not to hold their breath
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05 Jan 2026
Fresh SCC UK boss starts next week
Appointment announced towards the end of last year, with Russell Brown stepping into the role from next Monday
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31 Dec 2025
Top 10 police technology stories of 2025
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 police technology stories of 2025
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31 Dec 2025
2025 review: Channel stories of the year
A look back over the stories that generated headlines over the past 12 months
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31 Dec 2025
Top 10 surveillance, journalism and encryption stories of 2025
A transatlantic row between the UK and the Trump administration erupted after the UK attempted to force Apple to break its advanced encryption. That was just one of a series of stories reporting on the tension between state surveillance and privacy this year
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30 Dec 2025
Oldest victim of Post Office scandal awarded OBE in New Year Honours 2026
The New Year Honours List 2026 conferred an OBE on the oldest living victim of the Post Office scandal, as well as hailing members of the UK technology community
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30 Dec 2025
Top 10 government IT stories of 2025
The past 12 months has seen a number of significant milestones in digital government. Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 government IT stories of 2025
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30 Dec 2025
Top 10 technology ethics stories of 2025
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 tech ethics stories of 2025
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29 Dec 2025
Top 10 Post Office scandal stories of 2025
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Post Office scandal stories of 2025
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29 Dec 2025
Top 10 cyber security stories of 2025
AI dominated all tech conversations this year, but the concerns of cyber security professionals extend far beyond. From remote work to supply chains, quantum to identity, there were plenty of other topics for the industry to chew over in 2025.
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29 Dec 2025
Top 10 NHS IT stories of 2025
A new digital strategy, funding boosts and struggles to keep the lights on: here are Computer Weekly’s top NHS IT stories in 2025
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23 Dec 2025
Top 10 financial services stories of 2025
AI and data breaches both caused major disruption in banking this year as the industry faced increased challenges and a seismic shift thanks to emerging tech. Find out more in Computer Weekly’s top 10 financial services stories of 2025
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19 Dec 2025
European Commission renews UK data adequacy agreement, ensuring continued free flow of data
Despite calls from some data protection campaigners, the UK's agreement to allow data movement with European Economic Area countries is extended until 2031
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19 Dec 2025
‘Sensitive’ data stolen in Westminster City Council cyber attack
London borough confirms that data breach affecting three neighbouring councils in a shared IT services operation led to personal information being copied by a third party
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19 Dec 2025
UK government confirms Foreign Office cyber attack
Reports blame Chinese hacking group but minister insists the source of the attack is unclear
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19 Dec 2025
Government set for early 2026 court hearing over decision to approve Iver datacentre development
A court date has been assigned for a legal action being brought against the government over its decision to grant planning permission for a datacentre in Iver
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18 Dec 2025
Post Office six years late to warn subpostmasters about Horizon defect
Following pressure from Computer Weekly and forensic investigator, the Post Office has warned subpostmasters about Horizon defect potentially at large for over 20 years
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18 Dec 2025
The AI regulation gap: Is the UK’s pro-innovation approach enough?
As AI advances, the UK’s pro-innovation regulatory stance faces growing scrutiny. With non-statutory principles at its core, can the framework maintain public trust and provide effective oversight?
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18 Dec 2025
Fortinet vulnerabilities prompt pre-holiday warnings
Analysts track exploitation of two vulnerabilities disclosed last week by Fortinet
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18 Dec 2025
MHRA seeks views on healthcare AI regulation
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) wants to know how to regulate AI technologies in the NHS while keeping patients safe
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17 Dec 2025
Jilted Fujitsu replaced by Netcompany in HMRC relationship
Troubled Fujitsu replaced by Netcompany on trading service as HMRC begins to move its outsourcing away from scandal-hit firm
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17 Dec 2025
ClickFix attacks that bypass cyber controls on the rise
NCC’s monthly threat report details the growing prevalence of ClickFix attacks in the wild
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15 Dec 2025
Finance regulator wants mortgage brokers to use artificial intelligence
UK regulator is to encourage mortgage brokers to use artificial intelligence and other technology
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15 Dec 2025
Reinventing the Arabic newsroom: How Al-Masry Al-Youm is harnessing AI, data, and cloud to transform
Al-Masry Al-Youm CIO Omar Badr reveals how Egypt’s leading independent daily has navigated a decade of digital disruption, balancing editorial freedom with cutting-edge technology
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12 Dec 2025
National Audit Office praises Bank of England after complex mega-project
Public spending watchdog says the Bank of England’s core system replacement project offers lessons to other government departments
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12 Dec 2025
Digital Ethics Summit 2025: Open sourcing and assuring AI
Industry experts met to discuss the ethical challenges associated with assuring AI systems, and how open source approaches can challenge concentrations of capital and power
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11 Dec 2025
Beyond Now and Azul expanding channel options
Vendors outline benefits of fresh ownership and acquisition to generate increased opportunities for partners
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10 Dec 2025
Google DeepMind partners with UK government to deliver AI
The partnership promises to provide scientists with access to advanced AI models, as well as help the government become more streamlined
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10 Dec 2025
How digital twins are helping people with motor neurone disease speak
Tech companies, a charity and academics have collaborated to create AI-powered avatars that are helping people with motor neurone disease hold natural conversations
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10 Dec 2025
UK government funds 80 digital skills schemes
The £11.7m Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund will support projects across the UK to help people gain digital skills and access to devices
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10 Dec 2025
Error-prone eVisa system a precursor of digital ID
Research highlights how the Home Office’s electronic visa system has used migrants as a ‘testing ground’ for the government’s wider digital ID ambitions
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09 Dec 2025
Microsoft patched over 1,100 CVEs in 2025
The final Patch Tuesday update of the year brings 56 new CVEs, bringing the year-end total to more than 1,100
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09 Dec 2025
Airline set to launch with end-to-end AI workflows
IBM has been working with Riyadh Air to develop a digital-first, AI native airline that uses its Watson technology on OpenShift running on Azure
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09 Dec 2025
MPs maul digital ID plans in Parliamentary debate
MPs brand the government’s digital ID plans ‘un-British’ and ‘an attack on civil liberties’ during debate on the controversial policy
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09 Dec 2025
How Oracle Red Bull Racing is driving Formula 1 into the future with cloud, AI and data
Access to the F1 team’s garage in Abu Dhabi reveals how Monte Carlo simulations, artificial intelligence and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure power split-second decisions, strategy and championship-winning performance
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09 Dec 2025
Q&A: Natalie Noor, UK&I channel and SME director, Lenovo
Lenovo’s UK channel lead updates on how the year has been and where the focus will be in 2026
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09 Dec 2025
Fujitsu underestimated Post Office scandal backlash
Troubled IT supplier loses UK government megadeal despite internal confidence, as political pressure mounts
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08 Dec 2025
How police live facial recognition subtly reconfigures suspicion
A growing body of research suggests that the use of live facial recognition is reshaping police perceptions of suspicion in ways that undermine supposed human-in-the-loop protections
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08 Dec 2025
Number of UK social care providers using digital records hits 80%
Use of digital records in social care has doubled, as the UK government explores options to link digital care records with the NHS
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05 Dec 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at EntrustIT, SCC, MLL, Westcon-Comstor and Automat-it
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05 Dec 2025
Interview: Paul Neville, director of digital, data and technology, The Pensions Regulator
Data, automation and artificial intelligence are driving the regulator to take new approaches to its work and how it supports the pensions industry, leading to improved experiences for everyone in the UK who has a pension
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05 Dec 2025
Cloudflare fixes second outage in a month
A change to web application firewall policies at Cloudflare caused problems across the internet less than three weeks after another major outage at the service, but no cyber attack is suspected
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05 Dec 2025
Jersey to get remote monitoring for vulnerable adults
Jersey’s Family Nursing and Home Care (FNHC) hopes remote monitoring service will help keep people out of hospital and support care at home
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04 Dec 2025
NCC supporting London councils gripped by cyber attacks
Three west London councils hit by a cyber attack continue to investigate as services remain disrupted nearly two weeks on
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04 Dec 2025
Constrained budgets left security teams short-handed in 2025
With 2024 seeing surges in security funding cuts, lay-offs and hiring freezes, 2025 brought some relief for cyber pros, but constrained budgets are leaving security teams short-staffed
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04 Dec 2025
Home Office launches police facial recognition consultation
The Home Office has formally opened a 10-week consultation on a legal framework for police use of facial recognition technologies, and will consider extending any new rules to police deployments of other biometric and inferential technologies
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04 Dec 2025
UK Space Agency pumps £17m into tech projects
The agency is funding 17 different projects through its National Space Innovation Programme, including the design of an AI-powered satellite radar
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04 Dec 2025
Western coalition supplying tech to Ukraine prepared for long war
Russia is deploying hybrid warfare against Europe as western nations supply critical IT and telecoms equipment to Ukraine’s front line
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04 Dec 2025
Fujitsu police contract ‘complicates’ Post Office investigation
National Police investigation into Post Office scandal uses IT infrastructure provided by Fujitsu
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03 Dec 2025
NCSC and BT block a billion dangerous clicks
A protective service jointly developed by the NCSC and BT has disrupted over a billion potential cyber incidents by stopping members of the public from clicking through to dangerous websites
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03 Dec 2025
Interview: Florence Mottay, global CISO, Zalando
Florence Mottay moved from mathematics to software engineering, and is now leading security at Zalando, a high-tech online fashion retailer
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03 Dec 2025
Post Office avoids £1m fine over botched website upgrade data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office considered fining the Post Office £1m for a 2024 data breach that let subpostmasters down again
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03 Dec 2025
Post Office finally investigates Horizon defect, but investigator slams comms strategy
Subpostmaster and investigator met the Post Office over Horizon defect raised six years earlier
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02 Dec 2025
UK prosecution of alleged Chinese spies was ‘shambolic’ says Parliamentary committee
The Joint Committee on National Security Strategy reports that China was engaged in malicious cyber attacks against UK Parliament and democratic institutions
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02 Dec 2025
Use of digital ID in UK achieves statutory status
A formal regime of certification and governance is now in place for digital identity services – just as the UK government presses ahead with its controversial plan for a national ID scheme
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02 Dec 2025
Post Office scandal could widen to thousands more branches after third system appeal
Post Office scandal campaigner reveals she had her suspicions over a third Post Office system, as review of convictions based on APS/APT looks likely to bring thousands more subpostmasters into scope
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02 Dec 2025
GTDC: Distribution the most cost-effective route to market
Organisation shares its latest report encouraging vendors to deepen their involvement with disties
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02 Dec 2025
CIO interview: Innovation in reworking business processes
David Holton, chief transformation officer at Cambridge and Counties Bank, talks IT modernisation and agentic AI
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02 Dec 2025
Former Post Office legal boss won’t escape police reach
Police say they will question those who evaded the public inquiry, naming former Post Office legal boss Jane MacLeod as an example
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01 Dec 2025
Interview: Dominic Redmond, group CIO, PageGroup
The recruitment firm’s IT chief is looking to use data-enabled technologies, including automation and artificial intelligence, to enhance workplace activities and boost employee productivity
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01 Dec 2025
Mandatory digital ID paves way for surveillance and exclusion, MPs hear
It is currently unclear how the UK’s government’s proposed mandatory digital ID scheme will help with its stated goal of curbing illegal migration and working
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01 Dec 2025
Google Cloud withdraws complaint with European Commission over Microsoft’s cloud licensing tactics
More than a year has passed since Google filed a complaint with the European Commission, outlining its concerns over Microsoft’s licensing tactics, and now the internet search giant has withdrawn it
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01 Dec 2025
Interview: Mariano Albera, CTO, Checkout.com
Checkout.com’s chief technology officer has spent most of his career in the e-commerce industry, and now he is applying what he learned to the finance sector that serves it
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28 Nov 2025
CCRC refers case based on third faulty Post Office system
The latest Post Office prosecution to be sent to the Court of Appeal involves a third IT system in a 2001 case, after previous referrals for people convicted due to flaws in Horizon and Capture software
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28 Nov 2025
Budget 2025: Extra NHS IT cash welcome, but plan lacks clarity
Industry and healthcare leaders are concerned that NHS tech funding is too focused on already approved platforms, fails to tackle core issues and lacks a clear delivery plan
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28 Nov 2025
UK government commits to Loan Charge settlement reforms in wake of independent review into policy
The UK government has agreed to follow through on recommendations made by an independent review of how to resolve the Loan Charge that could wipe thousands of pounds off tax bills for those affected
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27 Nov 2025
Azul channel boss working at scale
Java specialist’s global head of partners has driven the firm towards partners and is continuing to look for more activity as it lands fresh private equity backing
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26 Nov 2025
London councils endure wave of cyber attacks, shared IT services hit
Four London councils – Kensington and Chelsea; Hackney; Westminster; and Hammersmith and Fulham – have suffered cyber attacks, disrupting services and prompting NCSC-supported investigation
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26 Nov 2025
Budget 2025: £300m extra for NHS IT and a £1.8bn budget for digital ID cards
The Autumn Budget contained little by the way of new policies in digital and technology, but handed out some cash to help progress in digitising public services and to support growing tech businesses
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26 Nov 2025
US breach reinforces need to plug third-party security weaknesses
Cyber breach at US financial sector tech provider highlights the risk of third-party vulnerabilities in finance ecosystems
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25 Nov 2025
Antwerp court adjourns high-profile drugs case amid questions over Sky ECC intercept
Defence lawyers ask court to adjourn after unexplained changes found in evidence files containing intercepted messages from Sky ECC encrypted phone network infiltrated by French and Dutch police
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25 Nov 2025
Tech central to swingeing job cuts at ABN Amro
Simplification enabled by the use of the latest technologies underpins Dutch bank’s plan to cut thousands of jobs
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25 Nov 2025
Big tech backers put Nordic AI bid into perspective
Nordic countries declare plan to become world leaders in artificial intelligence by joining forces
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24 Nov 2025
Scotland digital strategy promises government app in 2026
Joint local and central government digital strategy includes plans for a personalised public services app, ethical AI framework and increased public sector data sharing
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24 Nov 2025
UK digital bank Revolut sees value jump £23bn in a year
UK-headquartered fintech firm sees its valuation increase dramatically with its latest share sale
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24 Nov 2025
Government launches GDS Local
Councils will get support from a dedicated unit to transform local digital services, alongside an online platform for public sector digital and data professionals
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24 Nov 2025
Interview: Ian Ruffle, head of data and insight, RAC
Real-time data insights and artificial intelligence are central to supporting the RAC’s motoring services and to getting drivers back on the road as quickly as possible
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21 Nov 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at Crayon, Arrow Electronics, Node4, Qodea, BCN, Schneider Electric, Zenture Partners, Solace and Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
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21 Nov 2025
Dutch voters grasp digital urgency better than their politicians
A grassroots campaign has propelled digitally competent candidates into the Dutch parliament, despite party leaders placing them low on electoral lists