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November 25, 2024 25Nov2024 News

Manufacturing industry at crossroads in AI adoption

Report warns that Britain’s manufacturers are at risk of missing out on innovation and productivity gains due to a lack of confidence in digital technologies and AI Continue Reading

November 25, 2024 25Nov2024 Blog Post

AI and analytics? Been there, done that

In a recent article, I covered a discussion I’d previously had with a company called Luzmo that enables SaaS players to more easily build advanced analytics capabilities into their solutions. This ... Continue Reading

November 25, 2024 25Nov2024 News

More Google search woes

Summary judgment clears path for UK campaigner to pursue collective action against Google over search engine practices Continue Reading

November 25, 2024 25Nov2024 News

Gambling cloud provider bets on Nutanix and cools on VMware

Continent 8 consolidates infrastructure for cloud services and backs Nutanix as it gains influence over product roadmap and cools on VMware amid customer dissatisfaction over licence changes Continue Reading

November 25, 2024 25Nov2024 News

BT unveils managed SASE service

Telecoms provider expands managed software-defined wide area network solution with new security service edge capabilities to help businesses transition to a secure access service edge model Continue Reading

November 25, 2024 25Nov2024 News

Metropolitan Police officer dismissed for unlawfully accessing Sarah Everard files

Over 100 Met Police officers and staff have been investigated for accessing sensitive data related to the Sarah Everard case, leading to the dismissal of a Roads and Transport officer who accessed the information while off-duty Continue Reading

November 25, 2024 25Nov2024 News

Human-centric AI drives customer experience loyalty

Study from customer experience technology provider shows AI-powered personalisation, loyalty and human-like interactions redefine success for CX leaders Continue Reading

November 25, 2024 25Nov2024 News

5G, AI reshape mobile trade-ins in record-breaking Q3

Latest quarterly analysis from business services company finds that for the first time, 5G devices have become the top turned-in models for Android and Apple Continue Reading

November 25, 2024 25Nov2024 News

Post Office scandal: How much deeper and wider can it get?

It took decades to expose the Post Office Horizon scandal but that effort has laid the groundwork for others to seek justice and financial redress Continue Reading

November 25, 2024 25Nov2024 News

National 5G Standalone could save UK police 11 million hours a year

National roll-out of 5G Standalone network could save 11 million hours annually for UK police – around seven working days per officer per year – freeing them up for front-line operations Continue Reading

November 25, 2024 25Nov2024 News

Microsoft calls on Trump to ‘push harder’ on cyber threats

Microsoft’s Brad Smith urges president-elect Donald Trump to keep the faith when it comes to fighting back against hostile cyber actors from China, Iran and Russia Continue Reading

November 25, 2024 25Nov2024 News

Geopolitical strife drives increased ransomware activity

The lines between financially motivated cyber criminals and nation state APTs are rapidly blurring, as geopolitical influences weigh heavily on the threat landscape, according to data from NCC Continue Reading

November 25, 2024 25Nov2024 In Depth

IAM within the framework of defence in depth

If it is deployed correctly, identity and access management is among the plethora of techniques that can help to secure enterprise IT Continue Reading

November 22, 2024 22Nov2024 News

Broadband set for potential £66bn boost to UK economy

Research commissioned by UK’s leading broadband provider points to potential huge economic and social benefits to be gained from rolling out full-fibre connectivity Continue Reading

November 22, 2024 22Nov2024 News

CMA gets ready to take on Apple and Google over mobile browsing

Preliminary investigation finds a lack of fairness and choice of mobile browsing on iOS devices like the iPhone is holding back innovation Continue Reading

November 22, 2024 22Nov2024 News

Swiss encrypted messaging service, ePost, targets one million postal users

Swiss ePost chief Renato Stalder bets on encrypted communications as demand for letter delivery falls Continue Reading

November 22, 2024 22Nov2024 News

Convictions of Post Office Capture system users to be reviewed by statutory body

Statutory body to look at the convictions of subpostmasters who used a pre-Horizon branch accounting system Continue Reading

November 22, 2024 22Nov2024 News

Colt expands NaaS platform through Europe

Digital infrastructure company announces new locations served on network-as-a-service platform via dedicated fibre, complementing on-demand platform and extending high-bandwidth connectivity to more enterprises Continue Reading

November 22, 2024 22Nov2024 News

NHS Federated Data Platform celebrates first birthday

In its first year, more than 100 NHS organisations have signed up to the controversial platform, aiming to bring together data from different IT systems Continue Reading

November 22, 2024 22Nov2024 News

EU promotes plan to usurp US Big Tech with digital market

European Union is at an important point in its plan to build a single market and strengthen its cloud computing sector Continue Reading

November 22, 2024 22Nov2024 News

Government looking into third faulty Post Office IT system

The Department for Business and Trade will look into claims that a third Post Office branch system caused unexplained shortfalls that branch workers and subpostmasters were blamed for Continue Reading

November 22, 2024 22Nov2024 News

Indoor 6G trial shows major throughput gain

Trial of indoor communications shows AI propels 6G throughput by 6-16% and stationary tests conducted at 25 points along a test route confirm 18% improvement Continue Reading

November 22, 2024 22Nov2024 News

Deloitte: GenAI paving the way for transformative future for comms

Annual report into prospects for global technology, media and telecommunications industry paints a challenging picture as GenAI reshapes limits of comms tech and aggregation comes to streaming Continue Reading

November 22, 2024 22Nov2024 News

Qlik expands cloud footprint to India

The data analytics and business intelligence software supplier is bolstering its presence in Asia-Pacific with a cloud region in India Continue Reading

November 22, 2024 22Nov2024 News

IT and business leaders face big gap in understanding of data priorities

There appears to be a gap between what business leaders want to do with artificial intelligence and the IT capabilities of their organisation Continue Reading

November 22, 2024 22Nov2024 Opinion

Driving innovation in emerging tech through international collaboration

The UK has seen success in forging international partnerships around technology - this experience should be enough to encourage the government to seek further agreements to support the digital economy Continue Reading

November 21, 2024 21Nov2024 Blog Post

NTT R&D Forum 2024: New horizons for photonics-based chips, clouds & qubits

NTT R&D Forum 2024 was staged this week in Tokyo and the Computer Weekly Developer Network was on the spot to listen to Shingo Kinoshita's keynote in his capacity as head of research and ... Continue Reading

November 21, 2024 21Nov2024 News

BianLian cyber gang drops encryption-based ransomware

The Australian and American cyber authorities have published updated intelligence on the BianLian ransomware gang, which has undergone a rapid evolution in tactics Continue Reading

November 21, 2024 21Nov2024 News

Microsoft slaps down Egyptian-run rent-a-phish operation

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has conducted a successful takedown of almost 250 malicious websites used in the cyber criminal ONNX phishing-as-a-service operation Continue Reading

November 21, 2024 21Nov2024 Blog Post

Diversity in tech: To work for all, AI needs input from all

If there’s one sector of the business world that has benefited most from the emerging artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, it’s market research. Rarely have there been so many surveys ... Continue Reading

November 21, 2024 21Nov2024 News

Networks lagging in compute tech evolution, says HPE

As AI brings about unprecedented transformation, leading network firm plots course to offer viable infrastructure for businesses to gain competitive edge Continue Reading

November 21, 2024 21Nov2024 News

Brit charged in US over Scattered Spider cyber attacks

A UK national named as Tyler Robert Buchanan has been charged in the US over his alleged involvement in cyber attacks perpetrated by the Scattered Spider gang Continue Reading

November 21, 2024 21Nov2024 Blog Post

NIS2 - GDPR Revisited?

NIS2 – have we another “GDPR” on our hands in its own way here? That’s to say, another “does this apply to us?” mentality that led to an almighty scramble at the last minute (and beyond) for ... Continue Reading

November 21, 2024 21Nov2024 News

Nokia lands five-year extension on Microsoft Azure datacentre networking deal

Nokia is building on its existing partnership with Microsoft to support the software giant as it seeks to build out its datacentre footprint in response to the growing demand for artificial intelligence Continue Reading

November 21, 2024 21Nov2024 In Depth

Post Office Horizon IT scandal inquiry: Three years of shocking revelations

Nearly three years of shocking revelations from the Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry Continue Reading

November 21, 2024 21Nov2024 News

Fujitsu snubbed on private sector deal with Centrica due to Post Office scandal backlash

Centrica board said to be concerned about contracting Fujitsu due to its involvement in the Post Office scandal Continue Reading

November 21, 2024 21Nov2024 News

Nvidia CEO talks up AI post-training, test learning and gigawatts

The company’s datacentre business continues to skyrocket as demand for artificial intelligence accelerates Continue Reading

November 21, 2024 21Nov2024 News

RWE bets on HPE Private Cloud AI for green energy push

Energy firm RWE has selected the HPE Private Cloud AI setup to help it model and glean insights from weather data with greater ease Continue Reading

November 21, 2024 21Nov2024 News

US Department of Justice wants Alphabet to sell Chrome browser

The regulator is looking to put a stop to what it sees as the search engine giant’s anti-competitive practices Continue Reading

November 21, 2024 21Nov2024 News

Grab taps GPT-4o to improve mapping service

Regional ride-hailing giant and super app Grab is leveraging OpenAI’s GPT-4o model to build hyperlocal, dynamic maps, cutting costs and boosting accuracy Continue Reading

November 21, 2024 21Nov2024 In Depth

Post Office Horizon scandal explained: Everything you need to know

Computer Weekly has investigated the Post Office Horizon scandal since 2008 and is, in fact, part of the story. This guide contains essential information about the scandal Continue Reading

November 21, 2024 21Nov2024 Blog Post

NTT R&D Forum 2024: Optical quantum machines & large 'person' models

The great and the good descended upon Tokyo’s Musashino R&D Center for this year’s NTT R&D Forum keynote presentations this month. The integral Innovation Optical and Wireless Network ... Continue Reading

November 20, 2024 20Nov2024 Blog Post

NTT R&D Forum 2024: Day zero

There are big technology conferences where you get lost in the crowd, perhaps CES and Mobile World Congress would be good examples. Then there are small events - such as those staged by open source ... Continue Reading

November 20, 2024 20Nov2024 News

ORG urges ICO to revise public sector enforcement approach

The Open Rights Group is urging the Information Commissioner’s Office to revise its light touch approach to public sector data protection issues, arguing that its experimental policy of limiting its enforcement actions to reprimands and notices, ... Continue Reading

November 20, 2024 20Nov2024 News

Virgin Media O2 streamlines fixed and mobile service delivery

UK operator claims major milestone in its long-term network evolution strategy by switching on Converged Interconnect Network to rationalise and enhance service delivery Continue Reading

November 20, 2024 20Nov2024 News

Apple addresses two iPhone, Mac zero-days

Two zero-day vulnerabilities uncovered in Apple’s operating systems could have allowed for arbitrary code execution and cross-site scripting attacks Continue Reading

November 20, 2024 20Nov2024 News

Post Office to harness technology to automate scandal financial redress payments

Technology that could speed up financial redress for subpostmasters is being worked on in-house by the Post Office Continue Reading

November 20, 2024 20Nov2024 News

Government issues strategic priorities for online safety regulator Ofcom

Technology secretary Peter Kyle sets out the government’s strategic priorities for how Ofcom should approach regulating online safety, including embedding safety by design and supporting innovation in technologies to help protect people online Continue Reading

November 20, 2024 20Nov2024 News

Telenor unveils analytics and insights service for IoT devices

Leading Nordic operator unveils ‘game-changer’ analytics and insights service for businesses looking to make use of the full potential of their internet of things fleet data Continue Reading

November 20, 2024 20Nov2024 News

Digital Catapult hails shared infrastructure as route to decarbonisation for logistics sector

Digital Catapult has opened up about the success it has seen with using shared digital infrastructure to help the transport-logistics sector work more collaboratively to cut carbon emissions Continue Reading

November 20, 2024 20Nov2024 News

Microsoft Ignite: A $4m zero-day reward plus $349 thin client

A $4m cyber hackathon prize was revealed at Ignite as part of Microsoft’s latest IT security efforts, as well as a new locked-down client device called Windows 365 Link Continue Reading

November 20, 2024 20Nov2024 News

Post Office project taking control of Horizon data from Fujitsu as part of messy split

The Post Office will no longer rely on Fujitsu for Horizon data past and present once cloud migration project is complete, in a major uncoupling of the 30-year relationship Continue Reading

November 20, 2024 20Nov2024 News

Microsoft Ignite: AI capabilities double every six months

If Moore's law promised a doubling of tech every 18 months, the pace is three times quicker with AI developments, says Satya Nadella Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 News

AI readiness stalls in APAC

Despite significant investment in AI, only 15% of organisations in Asia-Pacific are ready to deploy the technology today, according to Cisco’s latest regional AI readiness survey Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 Blog Post

Domino ‘fall’ release topples challenges across AI assembly, scale & governance

Domino Data Lab is a specialist provider of enterprise AI platform technologies. The company has used its “fall” (not a Dominoes game-related pun, it just means autumn in this sense) release and ... Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 News

Post Office is paying lawyers too much, admits minister

When pushed, a government minister admits the Post Office is paying lawyers too much money in relation to the Post Office scandal Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 News

Computer Weekly’s Women in UK Tech Rising Stars 2024

Each year, Computer Weekly selects a number of Rising Stars who are making waves in the women, diversity and inclusion in tech space and may find themselves on the top 50 list in the future Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 News

From beauty model to tech role model – this year’s most influential woman in UK tech

This year’s most influential woman in UK tech, Sheridan Ash, talks about her path into the tech space, from modelling after leaving school at 16, to creating an organisation dedicated to encouraging girls and women to pursue tech roles Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 News

Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2024

Computer Weekly has revealed who is on the 2024 list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech, including this year’s winner, Sheridan Ash Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 News

Essential tech for optical data comms, sensing and AI hits headwinds

Paper on future of optical modulators and integrated photonics reveals research moving beyond traditional silicon platforms to thin-film LiNbO3 and III-V semiconductors for applications in artificial intelligence, quantum information processing and ... Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 News

5G and LTE CBRS market to exceed $1.3bn by 2027

Study finds regulatory, standardisation and technical implementation activities are leading to a renewed wave of enthusiasm for coordinated shared use of 150MHz of spectrum in the 3.5GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service band Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 News

CMA clears Google over Anthropic partnership

The UK competition watchdog has finished its initial investigation into Google’s partnership with Anthropic, with no follow-up on the cards Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 In Depth

Storage technology explained: Ransomware and storage and backup

We look at ransomware attacks, and the importance of good backup practice as well as immutable snapshots, air-gapping, network segmentation, AI anomaly detection and supplier warranties Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 Opinion

Underfunded, under pressure: We must act to support cyber teams

With almost half of cyber pros experiencing more incidents this year, security leaders say their teams are coming under increasing strain. Businesses must be more proactive approach about building a resilient, future-ready workforce Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 News

Morse Micro, Vantron team to boost IoT connectivity through Wi-Fi HaLow

Embedded IoT solutions provider inks partnership with fabless semiconductor company to drive development and application of Wi-Fi HaLow and ‘revolutionise’ IoT connectivity Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 Opinion

Overcoming the cyber paradox: Shrinking budgets – growing threats

The challenging macro environment has left security budgets stretched thin even while new tech like AI presents a threat multiplier. In the face of these challenges, it becomes vital for security leads to do more to maintain funding Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 News

Interview: Raymond Boyle, vice-president of data and analytics, Hyatt Hotels

Data culture is a key focus for the strategy at the global hotel chain, especially as AI opens up new opportunities to drive personalisation and trust with customers Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 News

AMD pushes GPU advantage with HPC top spot

AMD’s El Capitan is the world’s fastest supercomputer and is being used in nuclear weapons safety Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 News

Subpostmasters hit by Post Office scandal plan to meet over 'nuclear option'

Members of campaign group Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance will discuss taking legal action in their pursuit of full, fair and final financial redress Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 News

Alight looks to enhance Microsoft Teams Experience with Worklife

Human capital technology provider works with Microsoft expert on integration to simplify collaboration, boost awareness and enhance overall employee experience and wellbeing Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 News

Post Office scandal: Inquiry’s final phase exposes dysfunction past and present

Conclusion of the seventh and final phase of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry hearings is another landmark in a scandal that has unfolded over a quarter of a century Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 News

Nationwide Building Society backs HPE GreenLake for hybrid cloud push

Nationwide Building Society's digital transformation efforts are continuing apace, with the company enlisting the help of HPE GreenLake to meet its hybrid cloud goals Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 News

UK government seeks AI innovators to support clean energy transition and pursuit of net zero by 2050

The UK government has launched the second round of the Manchester Prize, which is geared towards using artificial intelligence technologies to assist with the clean energy transition Continue Reading

November 19, 2024 19Nov2024 E-Zine

Adventures in AI at Tripadvisor

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how travel site Tripadvisor is embracing AI to offer new products and services to its users. Gartner says the chance of a successful digital project is like ‘flipping a coin’ – we went to its annual IT ... Continue Reading

November 18, 2024 18Nov2024 News

How banks are navigating the AI landscape

Industry experts discuss the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in banking, while addressing the challenges and governance implications of integrating AI into financial services Continue Reading

November 18, 2024 18Nov2024 News

Midlands, North East fire and rescue services to use Motorola control room platform

Comms tech provider continues momentum in UK emergency arena, working with four services in the Midlands and North East to deploy shared control room service Continue Reading

November 18, 2024 18Nov2024 News

Infinidat gets in on the RAG act with workflow architecture offer

Storage array maker says customers can get data from any NFS storage to use in RAG for internal enterprise AI projects, and claims its OS metadata expertise enables this Continue Reading

November 18, 2024 18Nov2024 News

AWS widening scope of MFA programme after early success

AWS reports strong take-up of multi-factor authentication among customers since making it compulsory for root users earlier this year, and plans to expand the scope of its IAM programme in spring 2025 Continue Reading

November 18, 2024 18Nov2024 News

Fibre to drive Asia-Pacific fixed broadband

Research finds national broadband network projects will leave optical infrastructure as the virtual universal platform for fixed broadband services in key market until 2029 Continue Reading

November 18, 2024 18Nov2024 News

Denmark’s AI-powered welfare system fuels mass surveillance

Research reveals the automated tools used to flag individuals for benefit fraud violate individuals’ privacy and risk discriminating against marginalised groups Continue Reading

November 18, 2024 18Nov2024 News

UK consumers losing more than ever to holiday scams

Last Christmas, UK consumers lost over £11m to cyber criminals. This year, to save them from tears, the NCSC and Action Fraud are teaming up to launch an anti-fraud campaign Continue Reading

November 18, 2024 18Nov2024 News

Red Hat and SoftBank enhance wireless network orchestration

Leading open source provider and Japanese IT business and comms operator team to advance integration of AI technology within the radio access network infrastructure and enable faster data processing and resource optimisation Continue Reading

November 18, 2024 18Nov2024 News

Ubotica and Kongsberg ‘pioneer’ new era of autonomous smart satellites

Satellite AI firm teams with satellite mission integrator to accelerate mainstream autonomous satellite missions powered by edge AI and enable efficient satellite operations with cloud removal, data compression and real-time feature detection Continue Reading

November 18, 2024 18Nov2024 News

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