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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
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
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, ...
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
Post Office to harness technology to automate financial redress

Technology that could speed up financial redress for subpostmasters is being worked on in-house by the Post Office
Government issues strategic priorities for 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

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
Storage technology explained: Flash vs HDD

In this guide, we examine the differences between flash storage and HDD, the rise of NVMe and much denser formats such as QLC, and whether or not flash will vanquish HDD in the all-flash datacentre
The Loan Charge scandal explained: Everything you need to know

Tens of thousands of IT contractors have been saddled with life-changing tax bills as a result of a controversial, retroactive government policy – and the fall-out from its introduction has been likened to the Post Office IT scandal

NTT R&D Forum 2024: Optical quantum machines & large 'person' models- CW Developer Network

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
NTT R&D Forum 2024: Day zero- CW Developer Network

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
Domino ‘fall’ release topples challenges across AI assembly, scale & governance- CW Developer Network

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
Clearly smart, SAS acquires Hazy: A wider vision for synthetic data- CW Developer Network

SAS has this month announced the acquisition of Hazy, a synthetic data technology specialist. Upbeat about why this has come about, SAS says that this fruther drives its data innovation vision to ... Continue Reading

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
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
Preparing for future AI energy disruption

The explosive growth of AI is set to outstrip the capacity of global power grids, threatening to derail deployments. With datacentres facing power shortages and some countries halting construction, organisations must act now to secure their AI future