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25 Sep 2026
Databricks buys Row Zero to aid spreadsheet governance for users, AI
The acquisition will enable users to run spreadsheets in the Databricks platform, giving data teams greater governance control over data use by humans and AI agents.
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25 Sep 2026
Salesforce CCaaS to be released globally, adds workforce management
Salesforce's contact center as a service offering replaces a patchwork customers cobbled together to make Service Cloud work, but it puts longtime partners in a peculiar place.
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25 Sep 2026
AI agents can act. It’s unclear if enterprises can stop them.
As AI agents gain more authority to act on their own, recent incidents are exposing gaps in how enterprises monitor, control and intervene when agents cross established boundaries.
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17 Jun 2026
NPL to run world’s first quantum standards network
National Quantum Standards Network will be overseen by the UK’s National Physical Laboratory, with the aim of establishing the rules of the road for quantum computing and accelerating British innovation
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17 Jun 2026
2026 World Cup billed as ‘largest entertainment attack surface in history’
With the tournament underway across North America, Palo Alto Networks warns that temporary supplier ecosystems, vulnerable municipal infrastructure and geopolitical tensions are creating risks for enterprises and fans
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16 Jun 2026
STT GDC launches 30MW datacentre in South Korea
The Singapore-based datacentre operator has entered the South Korean market with STT Seoul 1, a hyperscale-ready facility built though a joint venture with Hyosung Heavy Industries
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16 Jun 2026
Scottish minister clarifies police facial-recognition approach
The Scottish government has confirmed its intention to ensure police use of facial recognition is lawful before deployments start taking place, unlike in England and Wales where the technology has been rolled out in a ‘legal vacuum’ without any formal scrutiny or debate
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16 Jun 2026
MPs call for UK government to back sovereign IT
Amendment to the UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill calls for the government to publish a ‘digital sovereignty strategy’ to promote domestic technology
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16 Jun 2026
Datadog shops: AI incident management needs platform engineers
AI-driven incident management will only be as good as the human-designed platforms they run on, according to conference presenters at Datadog DASH.
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16 Jun 2026
NHS trusts operating on fewer patients with Palantir FDP, warns Foxglove
Around 30% of English hospitals that use Palantir’s FDP tools for scheduling are carrying out fewer procedures than before adoption, according to data from campaign group Foxglove
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16 Jun 2026
US mortgage provider moves beyond ‘superficial AI integrations’
Pennymac Financial Services is using generative artificial intelligence tools from Amazon Web Services to bring borrowing up to date
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16 Jun 2026
Interview: Ashwin Ballal, CIO, Freshworks
After a career in marketing, engineering, product and operations, a CIO role seemed unlikely for Ashwin Ballal – until he tried it
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16 Jun 2026
Interview: Ashwin Ballal, CIO, Freshworks
After a career in marketing, engineering, product and operations, a CIO role seemed unlikely for Ashwin Ballal – until he tried it
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16 Jun 2026
UK data regulator slammed over lack of action on complaints
The UK data regulator is being threatened with legal action after it was accused of ‘ignoring’ thousands of data protection complaints, with critics describing its new approach to complaint triage and investigation as akin to a ‘digital bin’ for the public’s concerns
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16 Jun 2026
Nordea Liv Norway migrates 58 million transactions to the cloud
Life and pensions provider migrates to the cloud as part of wider multi-year transformation project
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16 Jun 2026
Insurance industry AI recruitment correlates with success
Research shows that insurers have accelerated recruitment of artificial intelligence professionals
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16 Jun 2026
Amnesty calls for ban on AI risk-profiling systems
Amnesty International says AI-driven risk profiling systems are discriminatory and may lead to misleading results that violate international human rights law
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16 Jun 2026
How AngelHack uses hackathons to ease AI adoption
From internal hackathons to accelerator programmes, Singapore’s AngelHack is empowering everyday employees to build their own AI applications while expanding its reach in the US, Brazil and Australia
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16 Jun 2026
Ineffable Intelligence strikes Google Cloud deal for Vera Rubin GPU power
London-based ‘anti-LLM’ developer led by AlphaGo founder David Silver selects Google Cloud Vera Rubin GPU infrastructure to build reinforcement learning ‘superlearners’
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15 Jun 2026
Post Office Capture appeal objections not ‘right, just or fair’
Influential advisory group tells Post Office there is a ‘clear case’ that Capture convictions are unsafe
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15 Jun 2026
Data dive: Dodgy data derails datacentre water debate
The Government Digital Sustainability Alliance reports that we are on track for a massive water supply shortfall. The dataset it used suggests not. We look at the datacentre water use debate
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15 Jun 2026
Swedish industrial AI deal exemplifies Indian software fix to AI threat
As India does big deals in the Nordics, the sub-continent’s role for the artificial intelligence age begins to become apparent
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15 Jun 2026
Fujitsu exits hardware business in ASEAN in IT consulting move
Fujitsu is walking away from its legacy hardware business in the region and pitching itself as a supplier-neutral technology consultant to help customers cut through the AI hype
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14 Jun 2026
UK Finance ‘shocked but not surprised’ by rise in fraud as tech firms ‘profit’ from it
Two-thirds of authorised push payment scams begin on tech platforms, according to UK Finance annual report
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12 Jun 2026
The digital pivot: How HSS transformed hire with agentic AI
HSS ProService underwent a profound transformation from asset-heavy hire business to digital marketplace set to deploy agentic AI. CEO Tom Shorten tells us how it did it
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12 Jun 2026
Oracle fixes PeopleSoft flaw exploited by ShinyHunters
A zero-day vulnerability affecting Oracle’s PeopleSoft products is being exploited by a ShinyHunters campaign targeting schools and universities
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12 Jun 2026
CIO interview: Damian Leach, Vistra
CIO Damian Leach discusses Vistra’s digital platform, which he says will harness artificial intelligence in its financial professional services offering
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12 Jun 2026
Labour MP Jess Asato launches legal action over Grok deepfakes
After xAI’s Grok chatbot was used to create sexualised images and videos of her, Labour MP Jess Asato is taking legal action against the company in a bid to hold the firm accountable for the harms associated with its design choices
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12 Jun 2026
SCC Middle East move will bolster AI knowledge
Move by channel player into the region puts it at the centre of an area quick to adopt and deploy artificial intelligence tools and services
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12 Jun 2026
Singapore to transform industrial island into AI-ready datacentre hub
A joint report by Singapore government agencies and industry players details how the city-state's Jurong Island will be redesigned into a highly secure, circular digital infrastructure hub by 2050
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12 Jun 2026
Strict sovereign AI policies could cost APAC economies billions
Oxford Economics report reveals that pursuing total AI self-sufficiency will lead to economic trade-offs, delayed enterprise adoption and higher carbon footprints across the Asia-Pacific region
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11 Jun 2026
Datadog observability breaks away from SaaS with BYOC
Datadog supports BYOC, federated logs search and third-party SIEMs, but one analyst warns vendor lock-in can take multiple forms.
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11 Jun 2026
Advania shares AI lessons
Channel player’s experiences selling AI shine a light on where partners can make a difference around the technology
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11 Jun 2026
Established enterprise patching models dead in the water, says report
Vulnerability discovery and exploitation was surging dramatically even before Anthropic decided to unleash its frontier Mythos model. As such, an Action1 report finds old approaches to patching are no longer fit for purpose
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11 Jun 2026
AI Summit London: AI’s role in UK defence
AI innovation moves quickly, unlike the speed of innovation in the military. How can AI be used to improve the UK armed forces?
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11 Jun 2026
Cyber resilience and female leadership: The new pillars of Middle East banking security
As banks accelerate digital services, open banking strategies and AI adoption, cyber security leaders across the region are calling for stronger resilience, ecosystem collaboration and greater female representation to secure the future of financial services
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11 Jun 2026
Government aims to make UK top spot for open source AI
AI minister Kanishka Narayan unveils funding for computer access to support open source developers of artificial intelligence technology
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11 Jun 2026
Motive AI Coach connected vehicle tech drives into UK
Connected vehicle solution deploys AI to deliver high-impact, personalised video feedback at scale, dynamically tailoring each script to drivers’ needs
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11 Jun 2026
Google Cloud unpacks governance challenges of AI agents
With AI agents poised to act as digital co-workers, Google Cloud’s Michael Gerstenhaber argues that IT leaders must rethink identity management, security and observability to build trust in the technology
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10 Jun 2026
ICO strips commissioner Edwards of responsibilities in HR inquiry
The UK’s information commissioner John Edwards has been temporarily stripped of his responsibilities in the wake of a workplace investigation
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10 Jun 2026
Dutch critical infrastructure lags Europe’s cloud sovereignty divide, SAP executive warns
France has an established sovereign cloud framework and Germany launched one earlier this year, whereas the Netherlands is still just building its policy foundation
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10 Jun 2026
UK minister for AI calls for more attractive datacentre builds
Speaking at the AI Summit in London, Kanishka Narayan launches a competition to encourage UK datacentre designs people can be proud of
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10 Jun 2026
London not calling as planning regs mar mobile development
The UK capital is losing mobile coverage in some of its busiest areas as operators are being forced to close cell sites faster than replacements can be secured
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10 Jun 2026
ING increases use of AI in mortgage application process
Bank using artificial intelligence to speed up mortgage applications as the company introduces the technology across its business
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10 Jun 2026
Interview: Pegasystems’ Don Schuerman on how to keep the lid on skyrocketing AI costs
Pegasystems offers an alternative take on how enterprises can use artificial intelligence to automate their business processes without burning through their budgets
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10 Jun 2026
UK government invites experts and industry groups to advise on digital ID plans
After mounting criticism of its digital identity policy, the government is convening an independent advisory group and improving engagement with industry stakeholders in an attempt to improve public trust
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10 Jun 2026
UK government and Cisco unveil AI, digital skills initiative
Networking giant and UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology announce strategic collaboration to help increase AI adoption and widen access to digital skills
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10 Jun 2026
The politicisation of Silicon Valley
Former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg speaks about his tenure at Meta and how the tech giants have turned to Maga
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09 Jun 2026
Brace for cloud price hikes and AI failures amid pressure to modernise
Organisations risk losing control of their IT infrastructure unless they embrace platform-centric models, modernise procurement and cut through the agentic AI hype, Gartner analysts warn
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09 Jun 2026
Microsoft smashes record for biggest ever Patch Tuesday update
Microsoft has obliterated the record for the largest ever Patch Tuesday drop, with its June 2026 update addressing approximately 200 flaws and three zero-days
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09 Jun 2026
The MSP coding renaissance has begun
The channel is spotting gaps and coming up with its own solutions to help fix customer problems
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09 Jun 2026
UK government launches AI Assurance Stakeholder Consortium
The consortium, launched in partnership with BCS, aims to build trust in artificial intelligence and help the UK economy grow through responsible AI adoption
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09 Jun 2026
Talabat Kitchens combines AI, data and partnerships to scale in MENA
Awais Malik, general manager for Kitchens MENA at Talabat, explains how the company’s technology-driven cloud kitchen strategy is helping restaurant partners scale faster, reduce costs and unlock growth opportunities across the region
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09 Jun 2026
UK government pumps £200m into AI skills and adoption
Partnering with businesses, trade unions and workers, the UK government want to upskill workers and spread artificial intelligence adoption
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09 Jun 2026
Alibaba Cloud opens Johor cloud region
Chinese tech giant unveils two new datacentres in Johor, cementing its largest infrastructure presence in Southeast Asia while capitalising on spillover demand from Singapore
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08 Jun 2026
Why voice is becoming India’s next payment frontier
India’s Unified Payments Interface has made mobile payments ubiquitous in the subcontinent. As the country gears up for voice-activated transactions, experts warn of new risks involving AI and audio deepfakes
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08 Jun 2026
SKT teams up with Nvidia on gigawatt-scale AI cloud
The Korean telco continues its push to become a global artificial intelligence powerhouse, leveraging Nvidia’s DSX architecture to build an AI factory for sovereign workloads and token generation
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08 Jun 2026
Councils exit 10-year Capita deal to boost decision and project velocity
Two councils that were once part of a five-council group outsourced to Capita take back control of their IT to allow for decision-making and IT projects that aren’t bound by the slowest member
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08 Jun 2026
Scale of Synnovis breach widens as Essex NHS Trust comes forward
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust has become the latest NHS body to confirm data on its patients was stolen in a 2024 ransomware attack on lab services partner Synnovis
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08 Jun 2026
Partnership to ensure entry-level jobs for young people
Early Careers Jobs Alliance between the government and industry will provide skills and guidance to ensure young people can begin careers in an AI-focused world
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08 Jun 2026
Starmer announces sovereign compute strategy amid £1.1bn chip investment
Prime minister launches strategy to develop UK sovereign compute capability as government pumps £1.1bn into AI hardware plan
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08 Jun 2026
Red tape or responsible tech? Regulation’s growing influence on govtech suppliers
As artificial intelligence and digital regulations tighten across the UK and Europe, government technology suppliers are redesigning products and absorbing rising compliance costs, raising questions about regulatory impact
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08 Jun 2026
DfE proposes changes to student funding for assistive technology
The UK Department for Education is proposing to reduce access to paid-for assistive technology in favour of free-to-access services
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08 Jun 2026
Zoom directing partners to UC and CC opportunities
Collaboration player has seen its share of the unified comms and contact centre markets rise
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08 Jun 2026
Gulf enterprises face the resilience gap ransomware is exposing
Ransomware pressure and stricter resilience expectations are exposing a gap that Gulf enterprises have not fully confronted
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08 Jun 2026
Infosecurity Europe 2026: AI turbo-charging cyber crime and response
AI is accelerating cyber attacks by criminals and hostile states, with attackers faster, more persistent and increasingly collaborative, say experts speaking at Infosecurity Europe 2026
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05 Jun 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
We take a look at developments this week at Bechtle, Arrow, Artefact, Jigsaw24, SolarWinds and Snom
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05 Jun 2026
Advania CEO says possible further acquisitions ahead
Two acquisitions have been struck so far this year in Iceland and Denmark, but Advania’s CEO says more deals could be sealed
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05 Jun 2026
UAE launches national cryptography discovery platform to accelerate post-quantum security transition
Partnership between the UAE Cyber Security Council and QuantumGate aims to provide nationwide visibility of cryptographic assets, helping critical infrastructure operators to prepare for the emerging risks posed by quantum computing
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04 Jun 2026
Cisco agentic AI security push faces enterprise trust gap
Cisco officials urged customers to "meet the Mythos moment" with new agentic defenses, but businesses' mistrust of AI cuts both ways.
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04 Jun 2026
Publishers can now opt out of Google AI summaries and training
The UK’s competition watchdog has ruled that Google must provide online publishers and news organisations with the ability to opt out of their work being summarised by artificial intelligence, or otherwise used to train the company’s models
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04 Jun 2026
CyberSentriq welcomes CEO to accelerate MSP focus
Security player ushers in a trio of senior appointments as the firm looks to start its next chapter a year after it emerged into the market
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04 Jun 2026
Interview: Clare Hickie, EMEA CTO, Workday
The IT chief went from implementing Workday software at one of the firm’s largest customers to leading technology at the supplier – she discusses what she learned
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04 Jun 2026
EU unveils full-stack sovereignty package to build Euro tech muscle
European Commission launches package spanning chips, cloud and energy to reduce dependency on US and Chinese supply chains and to foster a sovereign vertical domestic stack
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04 Jun 2026
Capita launched civil service pension scheme site without ‘basic’ web security
Outsourcer went live with its troubled civil service pensions administration without a basic Domain Name System security feature
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03 Jun 2026
SIT Committee urges Palantir exit in push to end US cloud grip
A Science, Innovation and Technology Committee report contains recommendations that would radically alter UK public sector IT, procurement and relationship with hyperscalers if adopted
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03 Jun 2026
Capgemini wins another 10-year HMRC deal
This particular deal is for contact centre as a service, which sees artificial intelligence being deployed to streamline processes
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03 Jun 2026
SXSW 26: Europe still struggles to invest in deep tech
At the South by Southwest 2026 conference, ARM’s co-founder and director discussed the lack of investor appetite in Europe, despite the region’s numerous startups
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03 Jun 2026
Subpostmaster federation hit by ransomware attack
National Federation of Subpostmasters suffered a ransomware attack in April after hackers exploited a bug in the web hosting software it uses
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03 Jun 2026
E-invoicing and digital tax compliance reshape the GCC regulatory landscape
As Gulf governments accelerate tax digitisation initiatives, organisations face growing pressure to modernise financial systems, improve data quality and prepare for a future of continuous compliance
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03 Jun 2026
Agentic AI helps Microsoft speed-up viable quantum computer
Microsoft researchers have made a breakthrough in quantum reliability with the help of agentic artificial intelligence
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03 Jun 2026
Interview: Michael Cole, chief technology officer, DP World Tour
AI promises to revolutionise the experience of watching or taking part in the traditional sport of golf for players, fans and TV viewers – the IT chief leading the change explains how
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03 Jun 2026
Fujitsu staff apply for voluntary redundancy in droves as morale plummets
Post Office IT scandal supplier’s voluntary exit scheme is oversubscribed as hundreds of staff want to make a break
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02 Jun 2026
Data dive: Mapping the UK public sector’s hyperscale dependence
UK government and local authorities have built critical infrastructure amid a web of US hyperscaler cloud and other providers, which brings risks of exposure to a narrow set of non-UK suppliers
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02 Jun 2026
Over half a trillion dollars generated by global fintechs last year
Fintech sector has emerged from a “reset year” as a more mature industry, according to report
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02 Jun 2026
AI becomes the ultimate CEO performance test in the UAE
Study shows that success with artificial intelligence directly affects how long chief executives keep their jobs in the UAE
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02 Jun 2026
Cisco Cloud Control unites AgenticOps for IT infrastructure
Cisco's control plane for AI agent-based infrastructure management marks a significant convergence of previously disparate tools, according to analysts.
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02 Jun 2026
Scottish residents granted permission for group action against Capita
People of Scotland given the go-ahead on group proceedings regarding the 2023 Capita cyber breach, in which the personal information of millions of people was stolen from Capita systems after a major cyber attack
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01 Jun 2026
AI agents help Cato slash ‘time-to-protect’ from new CVEs
The application of agentic AI to vulnerability management workflows has slashed mitigation times in experimental conditions, claims Sase specialist Cato Networks
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01 Jun 2026
Redcentric continues on MSP journey
Firm shares trading update and welcomes fresh CFO as it pursues its path to becoming a pure-play MSP
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29 May 2026
Microsoft hits out over irresponsible vulnerability disclosure
Microsoft goes on the offensive after a disgruntled security researcher unleashed a series of zero-days without checking in first
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29 May 2026
UK and France begin AI collaboration for medical research
The two governments unveil ‘groundbreaking’ science and technology deal
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29 May 2026
MEPs urge European Commission to take action over Europol’s shadow IT
MEPs have written to the European Commission calling for action following revelations that Europol and Frontex processed, stored and transferred personal data in ways that raise serious concerns about compliance with EU law
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29 May 2026
Also-ran Sweden bids for AI world leadership
Not satisfied with applying US AI systems, Nordic giant Sweden is hoping to change the rules of the game
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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
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