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22 Apr 2025
Docker plans Model Context Protocol security boost
Docker said it plans new tools integrating the emerging agentic AI standard protocol into existing workflows, including security controls.
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22 Apr 2025
Cyber attack downs systems at Marks & Spencer
A cyber attack at Marks & Spencer has caused significant disruption to customers, leaving them unable to make contactless payments or use click-and-collect services.
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22 Apr 2025
Virgin Media O2 cuts carbon emissions 56% against its 2020 baseline
Virgin Media O2 reveals that it is on track to achieve net zero across its operations, products and supply chain by the end of 2040, 10 years ahead of UK’s net-zero goal
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22 Apr 2025
Cyber ‘agony aunts’ launch guidebook for women in security
Cyber ‘agony aunts’ Amelia Hewitt and Rebecca Taylor are launching a book aimed at empowering women in their cyber security careers
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22 Apr 2025
Secure Future Initiative reveals Microsoft staff focus
IT security is now a metric in the Microsoft employee appraisal process
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22 Apr 2025
Ofcom bans leasing of Global Titles to crackdown on spoofing
Telco regulator Ofcom is cracking down on a loophole being exploited by cyber criminals to access sensitive mobile data
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22 Apr 2025
Government tests experimental AI for housing
The AI tool will be used to turn handwritten notes and scanned documents into high-quality data, aiming to improve efficiency in planning decisions for housing
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22 Apr 2025
AI-powered APIs proving highly vulnerable to attack
The growth of AI is proving a double-edged sword for API security, presenting opportunities for defenders to enhance their resilience, but also more risks from AI-powered attacks, according to report
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22 Apr 2025
Investigatory Powers Tribunal has no power to award costs against PSNI over evidence failures
Investigatory Powers Tribunal judges have called for the Home Secretary to step in after finding they have no powers to award costs against government bodies that fail to disclose evidence
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21 Apr 2025
Top APAC firms recognised at innovation awards
Citic Telecom, CapitaLand Investment and DBS Bank were among the region’s top industry innovators recognised for their digital transformation efforts at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2025
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21 Apr 2025
CW Innovation Awards: Finding revenue gains from parked cars
Singapore real estate investment firm CapitaLand Investment taps machine learning models to optimise space utilisation across 23 commercial buildings and business parks
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21 Apr 2025
CW Innovation Awards: M1 aims to become digital-native telco
The digital-first telco is running all its back-end systems on the cloud, enabling it to speed up decision-making and enhance customer service
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21 Apr 2025
CW Innovation Awards: Transforming cyber security with AI
Facing rising cyber threats and a shortage of experts, Citic Telecom International CPC developed an AI-powered penetration testing tool to automate security audits and reduce costs
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21 Apr 2025
CW Innovation Awards: Taking the big bang approach to reporting
A company-wide SAP revamp has transformed Bosch Global Software Technologies’ financial and HR processes, delivering granular insights and streamlined operations
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21 Apr 2025
CW Innovation Awards: DBS AI assistant slashes call times and boosts productivity
The bank’s in-house generative AI tool is streamlining customer service, reducing manual work and speeding up response times, improving both employee and customer experience
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18 Apr 2025
Google, Meta antitrust cases could set legal precedents
The courts dealt Google a blow this week, deciding it operates an illegal monopoly in digital ad tech. Meta's antitrust trial over Instagram and WhatsApp also began this week.
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18 Apr 2025
Availity eyes GitLab Duo with Amazon Q for code refactoring
The healthcare network's release engineering team is testing the new AI agent pairing to help with code consolidation, modernization and risk mitigation.
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17 Apr 2025
AI companies claim existing rules can govern agentic AI
AI agents are trained to perform tasks autonomously. Vendors including Meta, OpenAI and others offer platforms for businesses to build their own AI agents.
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17 Apr 2025
Consolidation continues with M Group snapping up Telent
Move will bring together critical infrastructure specialists serving customers across both public and private sectors
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17 Apr 2025
Tariff turmoil is making supply chain security riskier
Many businesses around the world are taking the decision to alter their supplier mix in the face of tariff uncertainty, but in doing so are creating more cyber risks for themselves, according to a report
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17 Apr 2025
UK class action sets stage for Google showdown
Another class action has been filed against search engine giant Google for anti-competitive practices that negatively affect small businesses
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17 Apr 2025
Standard Chartered grounds AI ambitions in data governance
The bank’s group chief data officer, Mohammed Rahim, outlines how the bank is modernising its data infrastructure and governance practices to support its AI initiatives
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16 Apr 2025
Footballers object to processing of performance data
Football players are seeking to gain more control of their performance data through ‘stop processing’ requests, in an attempt to strike a better balance between firms’ commercial interests and the data rights of footballers
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16 Apr 2025
CISA extends Mitre CVE contract at last moment
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has ridden to the rescue of the under-threat Mitre CVE Programme, approving a last-minute, 11-month contract extension to preserve the project’s vital security vulnerability work
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16 Apr 2025
CVE Foundation pledges continuity after Mitre funding cut
With news that Mitre’s contract to run the world-renowned CVE Programme is abruptly terminating, a breakaway group is setting up a non-profit foundation to try to ensure the project’s continuity
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16 Apr 2025
Interview: Markus Schümmelfeder, CIO, Boehringer Ingelheim
The pharmaceutical giant has built a digital and data platform based on cloud and standardisation, from which it is exploring technology opportunities in AI and quantum computing
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16 Apr 2025
AI chip restrictions limit Nvidia H20 China exports
The US government’s export controls have come into effect, limiting Nvidia’s ability to sell its H20 chip in China
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16 Apr 2025
Fibre fine but US tariffs to take hit on broadband equipment
Analyst predicts effect of US tariffs on telecoms and communications industry, revealing probable winners and losers
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16 Apr 2025
Saudi Arabia struggling to reach global leadership in deeptech
Petrostate monarchy trying to build surrogate industry made of foreign startups because own ecosystem is too immature
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16 Apr 2025
Security leaders grapple with AI-driven threats
Experts warn of AI’s dual role in both empowering and challenging cyber defences, and called for intelligence sharing and the need to strike a balance between AI-driven innovation and existing security practices
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15 Apr 2025
Global leaders reckon with U.S. tariffs
The Trump administration says it is using tariffs to renegotiate trade deals, stop illegal drug crossings into the U.S. and boost domestic manufacturing.
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15 Apr 2025
Mitre warns over lapse in CVE coverage
Mitre, the operator of the world-renowned CVE repository, has warned of significant impacts to global cyber security standards, and increased risk from threat actors, as it emerges its US government contract will lapse imminently
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15 Apr 2025
Roadmap for commercial adoption of quantum computing gains clarity
There has been plenty going on in the world of quantum computing, suggesting that commercial systems are on the horizon
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15 Apr 2025
UK altnets set to usher mass migration away from legacy broadband
Research reveals how momentum is building in the alternative provider sector to drive gigabit broadband to rural and hard-to-reach locations the UK
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15 Apr 2025
Hertz warns UK customers of Cleo-linked data breach
Car hire giant Hertz reveals UK customer data was affected in a cyber incident orchestrated via a series of vulnerabilities in Cleo managed file transfer products
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15 Apr 2025
UK challenger bank targets US’s mid-tier banking sector with tech platform
Starling Bank expands its banking as a service platform sales operation into the North American market
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15 Apr 2025
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal explained
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal is a semi-secret judicial body that has made significant legal rulings on privacy, surveillance and the use of investigatory powers. What does it do and why is it important?
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15 Apr 2025
Alibaba Cloud bolsters AI offerings
The Chinese hyperscaler has launched new models, tools and infrastructure upgrades for international customers following plans to advance its cloud computing and AI infrastructure
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14 Apr 2025
Computer and law experts respond to call for opinions on computer evidence
IT and legal experts have made submissions to a government consultation on the use of computer evidence in court
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14 Apr 2025
Meta settles lawsuit over surveillance business model
Meta settles lawsuit over use of personal data in targeted advertising, opening up the possibility of other UK users raising legal objections to its processing
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14 Apr 2025
Expect a tariff on semiconductors within two months, says US commerce secretary
The Trump administration has separated out semiconductors in a bid to bring back manufacturing to the US
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14 Apr 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
M&A activity of note in the past week was undertaken by Softcat, Exertis IT and Focus Group
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14 Apr 2025
Government injects extra funding to drive quantum growth
The UK government has ploughed an extra £121m into quantum to drive development of the technology
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14 Apr 2025
Government faces claims of serious security and data protection problems in One Login digital ID
The Government Digital Service was warned about serious cyber security and data protection problems in its flagship digital identity system, with insider claims that the data of three million users may still be at risk
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14 Apr 2025
SUSE CEO champions open source choice
Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen warns against suppliers diluting open source to lock in customers, and touted SUSE’s commitment to providing choice and support across multiple Linux and Kubernetes distributions
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11 Apr 2025
Atlassian Data Center stops multiyear license renewals
The company confirmed that new on-premises product licenses are now limited to one year as it adds high-security cloud offerings. Users see the writing on the wall.
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11 Apr 2025
Work-life balance biggest barrier for women in tech, says survey
A lack of work-life balance and discrimination are among the biggest challenges for women in tech, finds Lorien
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11 Apr 2025
AI surveillance towers place migrants in ‘even greater jeopardy’
The use of autonomous surveillance towers throughout the English coast forces migrants into increasingly dangerous routes and contributes to their criminalisation
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11 Apr 2025
More than 100 Horizon victims are challenging Post Office offers on complex claims
Calls for advanced dispute resolution meetings by victims of the Post Office Horizon system have been ignored by the Department of Business and Trade
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11 Apr 2025
IT strategy implications of US tariffs
When is the best time to buy IT equipment? With tariffs in place that are set to increase, tech CEOs have signalled price rises ahead
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11 Apr 2025
Wes Streeting launches digital qualification for social care leaders
As part of the government’s plan to create a digital national care service, social care leaders will be trained in adopting and using cutting-edge technology
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11 Apr 2025
Met Police to deploy permanent facial recognition tech in Croydon
The Met Police is set deploy permanent live facial recognition cameras on street furniture in Croydon from summer 2025, but local councillors say the decision – which has taken place with no community input – will further contribute the over-policing of Black communities
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11 Apr 2025
Warranty fraud fuels hidden army of hardware hackers
Widespread warranty fraud is not only costing companies billions but also creating a breeding ground for advanced hardware exploits, warns hardware hacker and researcher Bunnie Huang at Black Hat Asia 2025
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10 Apr 2025
Agentspace vs. Rovo: A new battlefront in enterprise search
Aligning DevOps and business teams using agentic AI prioritizes effective data and knowledge management and prompts fresh enterprise search offerings.
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10 Apr 2025
Antitrust fix elusive as Google set to face remedies trial
Divesting Chrome, ending search engine agreements and increasing data access are some of the remedies proposed by the Justice Department to fix Google's monopoly in online search.
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10 Apr 2025
Google bets on unifying security tools to ease CISO pain
At Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas, Google launches its Unified Security platform with the goal of bringing together disparate security solutions to help cyber leaders and practitioners address their most keenly felt pain points
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10 Apr 2025
Google offers open protocol for AI agent connectivity
The idea of having AI agents coordinate activities to achieve a task requires a standard protocol for sharing queries, answers and admin tasks
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10 Apr 2025
Companies House goes live with One Login ID verification
People can verify their identity with Companies House using Gov.uk One Login as the central government body becomes the 36th service to start using the digital identity system
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10 Apr 2025
Lloyds Bank moves AI work onto Google Cloud platform
Banking group is cutting its emissions and accelerating the development of AI platforms by moving work onto Google Cloud
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10 Apr 2025
Spirit of openness helps banks get serious about stopping scams
Recent announcements show that banks, financial services firms and IT companies are increasing efforts to curb online scams
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10 Apr 2025
NetSuite bets big on built-in AI
At its customer event in Sydney, Oracle NetSuite unveiled a suite of AI-powered features integrated directly into its platform at no extra cost in a bid to make AI more accessible to customers
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10 Apr 2025
Investigative reporter files legal action over police surveillance and social media monitoring
Journalist complains to Investigatory Powers Tribunal after Northern Irish police placed him under surveillance as he investigated their handling of a high-profile death
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09 Apr 2025
Trump puts stamp on CHIPS Act deals with new office
President Donald Trump tasks a new U.S. Investment Accelerator office with managing the CHIPS Program Office and reducing businesses' regulatory burdens.
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09 Apr 2025
Exploited Windows zero-day addressed on April Patch Tuesday
Microsoft delivers fixes for 121 vulnerabilities with 11 rated critical this month. Admins will have extra mitigation work to correct three flaws.
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09 Apr 2025
Atlassian Rovo pricing shifts amid industry AI struggles
Atlassian's Rovo, including revamped Search and a new automation Studio, will be built into its cloud products as enterprises grapple with getting AI into production.
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09 Apr 2025
US tariffs drive PC sales boost
IT buyers appear to have spent the past few months refreshing PCs in preparation for the new US tariffs
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09 Apr 2025
Google Gemini 2.5 Pro extends on-prem GenAI support
Google Gemini is the first proprietary frontier model that can be run on-premises via Google Distributed Cloud for privacy- and cost-conscious enterprises.
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09 Apr 2025
Post Office gets extra £136m towards tech transformation as clock ticks on Horizon
Latest handout means government has given the Post Office more than a quarter of a billion pounds in ‘further’ funding, with half destined to support its technology transformation
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08 Apr 2025
NCSC issues warning over Chinese Moonshine and BadBazaar spyware
Two spyware variants are being used to target the mobile devices of persons of interest to Chinese intelligence, including individuals in the Taiwanese, Tibetan and Uyghur communities
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08 Apr 2025
AI agents raise stakes in identity and access management
IT vendors roll out fresh tools to take on identity and access management for AI agents as enterprises deploy them internally and battle malicious ones externally.
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08 Apr 2025
Labour MPs launch digital ID campaign
A large group of Labour MPs have called for the introduction of a digital ID system to crack down on illegal migration and benefits fraud
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08 Apr 2025
Spoofing vuln threatens security of WhatsApp Windows users
Meta has disclosed and patched a potentially dangerous spoofing flaw in WhatsApp for Windows that could have caused big problems for unwitting users
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08 Apr 2025
IBM boosts AI mainframe capabilities with Z17
IBM continues to try to break out of the mindset that mainframes are just for transaction processing. The latest server offers greater AI capabilities
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08 Apr 2025
Current funding models prevent health and social care integration, according to report
Whitepaper by telecare provider Tunstall calls for government to develop a national strategy to resolve fragmentation between health and social care
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08 Apr 2025
What is the impact of US tariffs on datacentre equipment costs?
Moore’s Law predicts that every 18 months, IT buyers can get more for the same outlay. But US tariffs may mean they end up paying a higher price
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08 Apr 2025
Interview: Sarah Hawkins, CEO, National Family Mediation
The CEO of the not-for-profit talks to Computer Weekly about how the organisation has finally automated referrals, after years of being told it was impossible, and launching its own mediation app
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08 Apr 2025
Government punts cyber governance code of practice for UK businesses
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s cyber security minister Feryal Clark announces a cyber security code of governance for UK businesses to follow
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08 Apr 2025
Over £18m stolen from Santander UK customers in first three months of year
Bank’s latest quarterly report on scams said over £18m was stolen from its UK customers by scammers
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08 Apr 2025
UK authority’s search for answers over deleted Julian Assange emails comes too late to retrieve data
The Crown Prosecution Service has finally searched for information about the destruction of emails from the WikiLeaks founder’s lawyer – but too late to retrieve data about the deleted documents
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07 Apr 2025
UK SMEs losing over £3bn a year to cyber incidents
A lack of access to technology, little to no staff training, and competing priorities are losing UK SMEs up to £3.4bn to cyber incidents every year
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07 Apr 2025
NIST calls time on older vulnerabilities amid surging disclosures
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is deferring future updates to thousands of cyber vulnerabilities discovered prior to 2018 amid surging volumes of new submissions
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07 Apr 2025
Court rejects Home Office bid for blanket secrecy in hearings over Apple encryption case
Investigatory Powers Tribunal rejects Home Office arguments that identifying the ‘bare details’ of legal action by Apple would damage national security, leaving open possibility of future open court hearings
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07 Apr 2025
Fintech body calls on government for national anti-fraud centre
Industry body says a national anti-fraud centre could be the vehicle required to effectively fight fraud through data sharing
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07 Apr 2025
Post Office can’t find evidence for over 1,000 Horizon scandal redress claimants
The Post Office has no evidence of errors for more than 1,000 subpostmasters applying for compensation through the Horizon Shortfall Scheme
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07 Apr 2025
KubeCon London: Prepare for a shake-up
Developer overload, inadequate fault tolerance and regional fractionalisation are among the issues the Linux Foundation needs to address
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07 Apr 2025
India’s tech talent adapts to AI era
IT professionals in India need to unlearn old skills and embrace artificial intelligence, automation and specialised domains as the country cements its position as a global tech hub
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04 Apr 2025
Norway and Nordic financial sector ramps up cyber security
Finans Norge sets up cyber security unit CTSU to support the finance sector in Norway amid increasing threats
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04 Apr 2025
Qualys exposes cloud and SaaS risks
Channel opportunity to help customers struggling to manage their cloud and hosted environments
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04 Apr 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Find out what developments there have been this week at SentinelOne, Softcat, TD Synnex, Bugcrowd, Hornetsecurity, Unframe and Climb
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04 Apr 2025
Banks to share fraud data with tech firms in cross-sector collaboration
UK banks join tech firms in fraud data-sharing initiative to enable collaboration on action to stop online scams
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04 Apr 2025
UN warns of economic productivity crash due to AI job losses
Artificial intelligence can improve productivity, but a report from the United Nations warns of potential job losses disrupting economies
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04 Apr 2025
Microsoft at 50: Enterprise IT for the masses
On 4 April 1975, Paul Allen and Bill Gates formed Microsoft, a company that defined the PC era and opened up computing for all
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03 Apr 2025
Trump aims to consolidate federal IT contracts
Moving billions of dollars' worth of contracts into the General Services Administration could create workload challenges as the federal agency navigates staffing cuts.
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03 Apr 2025
Channel reacts to government move to strengthen MSP security
The government’s recent policy statement around the Security and Resilience Bill will have implications on hundreds of managed service providers
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03 Apr 2025
Danish supercomputer to drive innovation
Supercomputer project will add a competitive edge to drive innovation and growth among Denmark’s enterprises and research organisations
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03 Apr 2025
Virtual reality enterprise journey a marathon, not a sprint
IT supplier is using virtual reality in not-for-profit projects that demonstrate its wider potential
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03 Apr 2025
Are LLM firewalls the future of AI security?
As large language models permeate industries, experts at Black Hat Asia 2025 debate the need for LLM firewalls and explore their role in fending off emerging AI threats
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02 Apr 2025
U.S. levies tariffs in onshoring bid, hiking tech costs
Newly implemented tariffs mean businesses will face added costs and trade complexities as the Trump administration pushes for companies to manufacture onshore.
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02 Apr 2025
Model Context Protocol fever spreads in cloud-native world
The Anthropic-led spec for AI agent tool connections gains further momentum this week, with support from cloud-native infrastructure vendors such as Kubiya and Solo.io.
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02 Apr 2025
UKtech50 2025 – help us find the most influential people in UK IT
Computer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK IT is on – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list
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02 Apr 2025
MSPs remain targets for ransomware attacks
Channel advised to increase efforts to protect against cyber attacks as they continue to be in the sights of criminals
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02 Apr 2025
Tech sector still failing to rid supply chains of forced labour
KnowTheChain’s latest benchmark analysis of the IT sector’s efforts to address forced labour in supply chains shows there has been very little improvement in their due diligence practices over the last half decade