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Technology 'accelerating crime' says NCA chief

NCA director general Graeme Biggar says that technology had helped criminals get smarter, faster and more connected, boosting case for National Police Serivce
MPs asks Lloyds Bank for more information about ‘alarming’ breach

Treasury Committee chair requests more information about the IT problem experienced by Lloyds Bank
Contactless limit removal will happen overnight, but change won't

Banks will be able to set their own contactless card payment limits from 19 March, following rule change by Financial Conduct Authority
Alibaba joins AI agent race with Wukong launch

Following the viral success of OpenClaw and product launches from Nvidia and Tencent, Alibaba has unveiled an agentic AI platform that integrates with DingTalk to orchestrate business workflows
Nordea to slash 1,500 jobs as AI impact grows

Nordic bank to reduce headcount as it continues to introduce changes to meet its 2030 targets
NetApp targets E-Series at AI and neoclouds with EF50 and EF80

High-performance non-ONTAP workhorse targets AI use cases and aims to ensure GPUs get fed optimally, with claimed 2.5x boost in performance over previous models

Do neoclouds mean a world where anything is possible?

A small group of companies have dominated cloud compute infrastructure. Neoclouds are able to boost AI workloads. Should you consider them?
This rise of the splinternet? Data sovereignty risks and responses

We look at the political, legal and economic risks around data sovereignty, the fears for digital dependency and massive hyperscaler penetration in the UK public sector
CES 2026: AI gets physical

Continuing our round-up of this year’s CES, we look at key use cases and how the generation of artificial intelligence and connected devices will evolve

UK Digital Identity Policy - Issues, Choices and Questions in 850 words- When IT Meets Politics

How do we ensure that UK ID policy is effective and meaningful? 850 words, with 14 key actions and 12 foundational questions that need to be answered before moving forward on the introduction of a ... Continue Reading
Pathway builds truly native reasoning model to solve LLM Sudoku stumbling blocks- CW Developer Network

Pathway is a post-transformer AI lab that claims to be delivering a faster path to AGI through true continuous learning and long-horizon reasoning. First set out in a scientific paper last ... Continue Reading
Chainguard tightens lid on software artefacts with ‘the’ Guardener- CW Developer Network

Not all products, places, people or things get to enjoy a ‘the’ prefix and bask in the glory of being a definite article. English language hangovers from the French Mandate of Le Liban meant that, ... Continue Reading
Nutanix Agentic AI bids to stoke up enterprise AI factories- CW Developer Network

Nutanix is positioning its agentic AI solution as a full software stack, purpose-built for real-world enterprise deployments. The company thinks we have now hit a tipping point where the barrier to ... Continue Reading

Beyond integration theatre: Building stronger cyber platforms

The Security Think Tank looks at platformisation, considering questions such as how CISOs can distinguish between a truly integrated platform and 'integration theater, and how to protect unified platforms.
The upcoming King’s Speech - where are the words on AI?

Despite past promises of regulation on AI, there is no indication the Labour government is planning any legislation in the next session of Parliament - and that's an economic and social mistake
Azure Local Disconnected looks the part for sovereignty. It isn’t

Despite fanfare, Microsoft’s air-gapped cloud offer is far from GA-ready, can’t run Azure Kubernetes Service, maxes out workload clusters, and at scale can’t be truly disconnected