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02 Jul 2026
Qlik launches data engineering tools to aid AI development
New capabilities, such as data quality agents and a feature that makes data products more reusable, support engineers to help organizations more easily achieve their AI goals.
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30 Jun 2026
Genesys acquires Pinkfish to speed up contact center AI deployments
Genesys jump-starts its agentic toolkit.
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30 Jun 2026
Couchbase evolution continues with new data layer for AI
New capabilities including Agent Memory and extension to edge devices help the vendor compete for market share as it grows beyond its database roots.
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29 May 2026
How Canberra Institute of Technology is transforming classroom learning
Faced with a fragmented IT estate and poor room utilisation, CIT partnered with Cisco to standardise the institute’s physical and virtual classrooms, boosting inclusivity and slashing on-site support
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29 May 2026
Agentic AI is driving rethink of enterprise architecture and tokenomics
The growing adoption of agentic AI will require IT leaders to rebalance their CPU and GPU estates, tightly integrate data layers, and redesign human workflows, according to Dell Technologies CTO John Roese
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28 May 2026
Carnival cruise line confirmed as latest ShinyHunters victim
Travel company Carnival Corporation confirms the extent of an April 2026 supply chain breach that was claimed by ShinyHunters
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28 May 2026
Why DDoS attacks have become a permanent threat for Gulf enterprises
AI-powered attacks and regional tensions are driving a new era of persistent cyber disruption across the Middle East
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28 May 2026
Computacenter extends US reach with GAI buy
Channel player seals its second North American deal this year as it continues to expand on the other side of the Atlantic
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28 May 2026
Challenging AI hype narratives with director Valerie Veatch
Computer Weekly speaks with Valerie Veatch, the director of a documentary charting the historical development of artificial intelligence, about the difficulties of challenging hype narratives and the pressing need to build a culture of technological refusal
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28 May 2026
Ministers refused to sign off £563m Capita contract amid civil service pension disaster
The ramifications of Capita’s botched Civil Service pension contract continue as politicians distance themselves.
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28 May 2026
Kmart taps Google AI to launch virtual try-ons in retail first
The retailer is deploying Google Cloud’s AI capabilities to let customers preview clothes on themselves and visualise furniture in their homes as it embraces conversational commerce to win over shoppers
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27 May 2026
StarHub to trial SIM-based IDs for governing AI agents
The telco is building a trust layer that will assign unique identities to AI agents, allowing it to monitor and block malicious agentic activity in real time
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27 May 2026
StarHub to trial SIM-based IDs for governing AI agents
The telco is building a trust layer that will assign unique identities to AI agents, allowing it to monitor and block malicious agentic activity in real time
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27 May 2026
Scottish social enterprise supports national cyber efforts
Cyber and Fraud Centre has supported community cyber resilience in Scotland to the tune of £3m in its first year operating as a social enterprise
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27 May 2026
Glassworm botnet that targeted OS devs smashed to pieces
CrowdStrike, Google and the Shadowserver Foundation worked together to take down a botnet that poisoned over 300 GitHub repositories, risking widespread supply chain compromise
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27 May 2026
NatWest inks AI deal for trade finance
NatWest bank wants to streamline trade finance while improving compliance through the use of artificial intelligence
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27 May 2026
Advania extends AI skills with Evolv buy
Channel player adds Icelandic business to the portfolio as it looks to deepen autonomous capabilities
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27 May 2026
IT orgs cautiously try AI agents for infrastructure as code
Enterprise IT leaders at regulated companies keep a tight leash on AI agents for infrastructure as code, but some envision a new agentic front door for developer access.
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27 May 2026
TD Synnex continues to bolster Microsoft support
Distributor providing UK team to support CSPs, while ANS cements its position as an Azure specialist
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27 May 2026
Datacentre dive: AI factory power draw changes the grid calculus
We look at energy as the key driver – and bottleneck – in development, and why water use is less of an issue now datacentres use liquid cooling over air cooling
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27 May 2026
Datacentre dive: Do AI datacentre physics make on-premise unviable?
Does substantial GPU power draw and liquid cooling mean the end of the on-premise datacentre? We look at the AI factory revolution and find that a hybrid path for enterprises will likely still exist
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27 May 2026
Datacentre dive: From rust belt to megawatt AI factory
We visited Terawulf’s Lake Ontario 750MW datacentre development. Photos and recordings weren't allowed, so we took notes and wrote them up in more traditional ways
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27 May 2026
Datacentre dive: ‘We’re at Chinese levels’ at TeraWulf 750MW AI factory
We see the latest in artificial intelligence factory technology and construction at TeraWulf’s Lake Ontario datacentre, where a former coal-fired power station is the site of a rapid transformation
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27 May 2026
The Gentlemen emerging as key ransomware player
An emerging ransomware crew known as The Gentlemen is becoming a force to be reckoned with, according to NCC’s latest monthly threat data
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27 May 2026
UKtech50 2026: Vote for the most influential person in UK technology
Our judges have selected the top 50 leaders from a long list of top-class nominees – now it’s your chance to tell us who you think is the most influential person in UK technology
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26 May 2026
Sir Alan Bates questions UK government commitment to Post Office criminal investigation
The UK government needs to increase funding for police investigation of Post Office scandal crimes, or face a five-year delay
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26 May 2026
UKtech50 2026: 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 2026
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26 May 2026
Alibaba unveils Qwen 3.7 Max at inaugural Singapore conference
Chinese tech giant debuts AI model capable of extended autonomous tasks, alongside a major upskilling initiative backed by the Singapore government to ensure no jobless growth in the age of AI
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25 May 2026
AI safety cannot wait for a ‘Chernobyl moment’, experts warn
As AI becomes increasingly capable, tech leaders at Singapore’s ATxSummit urge governments and industry to build safety and accountability into AI systems before a major disaster strikes
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25 May 2026
How APAC companies are rewiring their tech for the AI era
At Dell Technologies World, APAC tech leaders reveal how they are relying on hyperconverged infrastructure and digital sovereignty to shield themselves from supply chain shocks
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22 May 2026
Denodo expands AWS integrations to power agentic AI with governed enterprise data
Integrations with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, SageMaker and Quick aim to help Middle East enterprises operationalise agentic AI across hybrid and multi-cloud environments with trusted, real-time data access
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22 May 2026
Weekly tech news: Musk lawsuit verdict, Anthropic acquisition, Meta layoffs and billions for quantum
Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.
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22 May 2026
Google AI engineer claims dismissal for opposing tech sales to Israel
‘Our work on AI was sold to facilitate genocide’: Artificial intelligence engineer claims Google unfairly sacked them for internally criticising the company’s decision to continue supplying technology to the Israeli military, despite credible claims of war crimes committed in Gaza
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22 May 2026
Handling AI disruption and failure to deliver
AI initiatives often fail due to a lack of understanding of the people impact, as well as the rigidity of existing business processes
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22 May 2026
AI demand benefits Softcat
Channel player shares Q3 trading update and revises its expectations for the full-year upwards
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21 May 2026
Police op targets VPN service favoured by ransomware gangs
A multinational police operation has taken down the infamous First VPN service that provided cover for cyber criminal gangs and ransomware operators
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21 May 2026
The AI war IBM isn't fighting -- and the one it thinks it can win
IBM wants to differentiate itself in the market by targeting enterprises with the most complex environments, such as those that are hybrid and in regulated industries.
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21 May 2026
Embodied AI steps out of the lab but scaling challenges remain
As embodied AI moves from proof of concept into real-world pilots, industry leaders at the ATxSummit conference in Singapore warn that large-scale enterprise adoption hinges on safety, cost and data governance
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21 May 2026
UK Connect offers engineers as a service
Firm looks to help MSPs and resellers plug expertise gaps with an on-demand offering
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21 May 2026
Why AI is making workflow automation trendy
As a technology that has been around for decades, workflow automation might finally have found its place
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21 May 2026
Fujitsu finally thrown out of Post Office in £500m Horizon replacement deals
Accenture wins contract to take over running of controversial IT system at the heart of the Post Office scandal, with One View Commerce brought in to deliver new retail software
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21 May 2026
MPs call out Rockstar Games over alleged union-busting
Three Scottish MPs criticise video game publisher for the firing of 31 UK union-member employees without warning
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20 May 2026
Spanish police ‘systematically’ hid cryptophone intercepts from courts, claims ex chief
Former Spanish police chief, on trial for drug trafficking, claims UK and Colombian police assisted in creating fictitious intelligence reports to hide use of intercept from encrypted phone networks Sky ECC and Anom
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20 May 2026
Bulgaria fires up Google Cloud for national cyber security
The Bulgarian national systems integrator, BIS, has deployed Google Cloud’s Cybershield government security service as part of a national federated SOC deployment
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20 May 2026
Presight and Abu Dhabi Civil Defence build AI-driven public safety platform
Cooperation agreement between Presight and the Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority signals the next phase of AI-driven emergency response, strengthening the UAE’s ambition to become a global leader in smart cities, crisis management and digital public services
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20 May 2026
Vodafone hails Nokia and AWS-based IoT services trial
Mobile operator validates cloud infrastructure provider to run internet of things voice and data network applications on Nokia core systems in push to add capacity faster and extend coverage
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20 May 2026
Why business process reinvention is needed for agentic AI workflows
Business processes were developed before AI, which makes them legacy. Camunda offers an agentic AI platform provider aiming to tackle this legacy
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20 May 2026
Avoid expensive AI agents with these five design imperatives
Dell Technologies’ chief operating officer Jeff Clarke offers a blueprint for the AI-native enterprise, warning that failing to integrate data and control tokenomics will result in high cloud bills and fragmented tools
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19 May 2026
Government digital ID launch was a fiasco, report finds
Back-to-front policy and a rushed launch destroyed public confidence, as Home Affairs Committee is sceptical government has capacity to implement the digital ID programme
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19 May 2026
Vulnerability exploitation now primary origin of data breaches
Verizon’s annual cyber report reveals a major change in how data breaches originate, highlighting the impact of artificial intelligence
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19 May 2026
As AI costs spiral, Dell pitches return to on-premise datacentres
With agentic AI driving up public cloud consumption, Dell Technologies is pitching local and hybrid infrastructure to shield enterprises from soaring token costs
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19 May 2026
Interview: How Volvo built software for a two-and-a-half-tonne moving object
Volvo Cars is the only legacy carmaker in the world rated at the highest level of software-defined vehicle capability by S&P Global Mobility. Its chief engineering and technology officer, Anders Bell, tells us how it got there
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19 May 2026
Home Office sitting on data about scale of eVisa errors
The Home Office holds data on the scale of errors and software issues with its electronic visa system, but is yet to release the information
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18 May 2026
Dell AI Factory gets rack-scale infrastructure refresh
Dell claims its new PowerRack systems can be up and running in less than a day and begins connecting its AI stack with existing enterprise workloads.
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18 May 2026
MPs propose ‘kill switch’ to shut down rogue AI systems
An amendment to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill proposes giving the government a ‘kill switch’ to close datacentres hosting AI if they pose a critical threat to UK infrastructure or national security
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18 May 2026
Post Office objection to Capture appeals is ‘inexplicable and unconscionable’
In an ongoing exchange of letters, compensation advisory board attacks controversial decision to contest appeals against pre-Horizon convictions
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18 May 2026
Demand for AI visibility presents channel opportunity
Logicalis indicates there is a strong play for those able to shine a light on where artificial intelligence is being used across customer organisations
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18 May 2026
How geopolitical instability could reshape Gulf datacentre investments and sovereign AI strategies
Rising tensions are forcing hyperscalers, governments and investors to reassess risk, resilience and infrastructure strategies as the Gulf positions itself as a global AI powerhouse
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18 May 2026
Buyers call for electronic invoicing
An emerging European standard for e-invoicing could streamline the order-to-cash process in UK businesses
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18 May 2026
NHS Modernisation Bill promises single patient record by 2028
The NHS Modernisation Bill announced in the King’s Speech aims to transform the NHS, with plans to build a single patient record to be launched in two years
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15 May 2026
Jaguar Land Rover profit slumps after cyber attack
The financial impact of last year’s cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover continues to be felt, with full-year sales and profits at the carmaker way down
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15 May 2026
Enterprises fleeing Broadcom move to OpenShift Virtualization
One company moved 100 VMs after its VMware bill shot up ninefold; converts also cited compliance, growing feature parity and expanding partner support.
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15 May 2026
Post Office chair defends ‘inappropriate and harmful’ position on Capture appeals
Post Office chairman defends its position on contesting subpostmaster appeals against Capture-based convictions
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15 May 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at Arrow Electronics, Jigsaw24, Smarttech247, Westcoast, Netgear, QBS Software and Ekco UK
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15 May 2026
ServiceNow Knowledge 2026: Agentic AI propelled ‘from concept to a movement’
ServiceNow vice-president of CRM and industry workflows Terence Chesire recounts the platform’s journey towards harnessing ‘the power of AI’
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15 May 2026
Singapore unveils space lab to fuel ASEAN space economy
Supported by Deloitte, the lab aims to spur adoption of space technologies in non-space sectors, connect space startups with potential investors and drive regional partnerships
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14 May 2026
Gov.uk chatbot makes government services faster to access
Chatbot functionality in the Gov.uk app now provides citizens and businesses with a natural language interface across government online services in the UK
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14 May 2026
CMA launches investigation into Microsoft business software
The CMA says it will investigate whether Microsoft’s product bundles, product integration and default settings are anti-competitive
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14 May 2026
Post Office to contest Capture conviction appeal despite chairman support for overturning en masse
Post Office to contest Capture conviction appeal despite its chairman agreeing all should be overturned
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14 May 2026
Interview: AI optimism and upskilling for a shifting job market
With the appropriate training, artificial intelligence could stand to be a productivity booster and job search equaliser, according to Okta’s chief marketing officer, Shannon Duffy
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14 May 2026
Ahead expands across Europe with acquisition and senior hire
Firm invests in more facilities and expertise, and seals deal to expand reach across the continent
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14 May 2026
Bradford datacentre with heat reuse gains planning consent
Deep Green’s 5.6MW AI datacentre will take 24 months to build and will link up to an energy centre to heat buildings across Bradford city centre via pre-laid pipes
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14 May 2026
UAE Cyber Security Council and Dell launch cyber security centre to strengthen digital resilience
Abu Dhabi initiative supports the UAE’s sovereign cyber strategy with AI-driven security, advanced skills development and accelerated local innovation
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14 May 2026
King’s Speech paves the way for digital ID
The speech outlined plans for a Digital Access to Services Bill, establishing a legal framework for the use of digital identity, which has received mixed responses
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14 May 2026
IT orgs face tricky cost calculus for self-hosted AI inference
Red Hat's twofold strategy to lower AI inference costs -- self-managed hybrid infrastructure and open-weight models -- has potential, experts say, but must be proven in practice.
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14 May 2026
Accenture joins IBM in battle for £323m Post Office Horizon deal
Services giant is bidding to take over existing Post Office Horizon operations alongside fellow IT giant IBM
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14 May 2026
Software developers shift to AI code reviewers
Using artificial intelligence to generate code is not necessarily a productivity boost, with programmers spending far more time reviewing AI-generated code
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14 May 2026
BlackBerry doubles down on secure communications
Having sold its Cylance endpoint security portfolio to Arctic Wolf, the former smartphone pioneer is doubling down on military-grade encryption and post-quantum cryptography to shield critical infrastructure from AI-driven threats
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13 May 2026
Zopa AI skills foundation launches after 22 partners sign up
In the next four years, the Jobs2030 coalition aims to train 100,000 UK financial services professionals to use artificial intelligence in their work
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13 May 2026
Computer Misuse Act reform to move forward in National Security Bill
Reform of the Computer Misuse Act is to be folded into a wider National Security Bill granting more powers for law enforcement to protect the UK against a wider spectrum of threats
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13 May 2026
Interview: Luke Gebb, head of global innovation, American Express
Amex is pioneering agentic commerce for its cardholders – just one of a series of digital innovations driving transformation at the company
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13 May 2026
IBM Think: AI transformation aims to shrink process, lift people
Executives at IBM Think want to use AI to remove friction for their people in the mid-to-long term, but understand significant change is necessary to get there.
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13 May 2026
Security slips on SME priority list
MSPs indicate many customers now rank dealing with rising costs and inflation as coming in ahead of their fears of being hit by a ransomware attack
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13 May 2026
Data dive: Power grid data shows birth of AI in UK datacentres
Electricity supply utilisation ratios show datacentre developer ‘land grab’, capacity switch-ons, the coming of Hopper and Blackwell GPUs, and usage ramping during training runs
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13 May 2026
AI threats push Middle East CISOs towards identity-first security
Deepfakes and shadow AI have rendered the traditional security playbook obsolete, prompting cyber leaders to shift towards resilience-first defences
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13 May 2026
AI-driven surveillance growth reshapes data infrastructure in UAE
Seagate Technology’s Sameer Bhatia discusses how the UAE’s smart infrastructure ambitions are driving demand for scalable, resilient and sovereign data storage architectures for AI-enabled surveillance and critical infrastructure environments
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13 May 2026
Southeast Asia’s space economy set for $100bn lift-off
From predicting crop diseases to optimising bus routes, the application of AI and cloud technologies to satellite data could add $100bn to the region’s GDP by 2030
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13 May 2026
Sovereign AI fund supports Hassabis startup, Isomorphic
Isomorphic, which is building a unified drug discovery product based on artificial intelligence, is the third company to receive Sovereign AI funding from the UK government
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12 May 2026
IDCA datacentres report: Global concentration and the Goldilocks zone
International Data Center Authority report shows capacity concentrated in a few developed nations, while ‘Goldilocks index’ shows which states can benefit from rapid development
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12 May 2026
Microsoft releases rare zero-day free Patch Tuesday update
No zero-day flaws were addressed in May’s Patch Tuesday update but as usual there is much for admins to chew over in the coming days
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12 May 2026
AI dominating the channel agenda
Report has underlined the sense that artificial intelligence tools and services will have a significant impact on partner revenues
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12 May 2026
Interview: Hitachi Vantara takes long view on business and sustainability
We talk to Hitachi Vantara’s Simon Ninan about how the company looks to the far horizon when trying to match business needs with those of society
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12 May 2026
Red Hat AI updates target mounting cost, sovereignty worries
Red Hat furthers its hybrid cloud AI push with Model-as-a-Service and sovereignty features amid growing enterprise concerns about ROI and geopolitical risk.
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12 May 2026
Software and services deliver for Bytes
A decent second half helped channel player Bytes to deliver a solid set of full-year numbers
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12 May 2026
Europe and US negotiate deal to share citizens’ biometric data, UK also approached
The UK has received a request from the US to share biometric data of citizens, as Europe negotiates a similar deal with US Department of Homeland Security
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12 May 2026
Celonis acquires MIT-linked decision intelligence firm Ikigai
Celonis has acquired MIT-linked Ikigai to aid in its drive to eliminate artificial intelligence blind spots from enterprise IT, and launched a ‘context model’ digital twin, said to give AI operational clarity
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12 May 2026
Interview: Alwin Bakkenes, head of software engineering, Volvo Cars
As cars become increasingly software-driven and AI-enabled, the Volvo software chief is at the cutting edge of connected vehicles and advanced mobility tools for drivers and passengers
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12 May 2026
Civil servants to protest at Capita general meeting amid pension crisis
Public and Commercial Services Union to hold a demonstration at outsourcing giant’s meeting in London
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12 May 2026
Saudi Aramco deploys AI refinery system with Emerson
The system integrates Emerson’s Aspen Hybrid Models into Saudi Aramco’s refinery planning framework, enabling higher prediction accuracy, smarter feedstock optimisation and scalable AI-driven refinery planning
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12 May 2026
Executive interview: Pros and cons of AI in academic research
We speak to Jill Luber, chief technology officer at academic publisher Elsevier, about how large language models can support researchers
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12 May 2026
In video games of the future, your AI teammates will actually listen
Ubisoft executives offer a glimpse into the engineering behind its generative AI middleware, including the use of small language models, prompt optimisation and on-device processing to bring virtual teammates to life
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12 May 2026
UAE launches sovereign AI-driven Cyber Factory security initiative
UAE Cyber Security Council and CPX unveil national cyber manufacturing initiative aimed at strengthening digital sovereignty, AI-powered defence and critical infrastructure resilience
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11 May 2026
UK government renews calls to sign Cyber Resilience Pledge
Westminster renews calls for business leaders to sign up to its yet-to-be-launched Cyber Resilience Pledge, and highlights growth, and challenges, for the UK’s cyber economy
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11 May 2026
ICO fines Cl0p victim South Staffs Water over data breach
The ICO has levied a reduced fine on South Staffordshire Water following cyber improvements in the wake of a Cl0p ransomware attack