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MPs call on NHS to scrap Palantir and its Federated Data Platform

Health and Social Care Committee urges health minister to get rid of US firm Palantir and its Federated Data Platform amid ‘mistrust’ and ‘contested benefits’
Cyber field doubts promise of Cyber Shield

The NCSC has shared more details of its national AI Cyber Shield initiative, but experts say the project faces serious delivery challenges
UK Court of Appeal gives Microsoft complaint the green light

The path is now clear for preowned software reseller ValueLicensing’s market abuse case against Microsoft to go ahead
Nominate: Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2026

Tell us who you think should be included in Computer Weekly’s 2026 list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Technology
Capita to lose money on pension debacle but few alternatives

Joint select committee grilling reveals that the tech Capita planned to use to increase process automation did not work
Insurer uses AI to replace decades old mainframe code

We speak to Shelia Anderson, chief information and digital officer of insurance company Unum, about its project to ‘reimagine’ mainframe software

CW@60: Living with the digital revolution

On 22 September 2026, Computer Weekly turns 60. To mark the milestone, we asked some of our friends - experts, parliamentarians, IT leaders and suppliers - for their perspectives on how tech has changed their lives over six decades
Datacentre dive: Inside nLighten’s Bristol edge datacentre

We visit nLighten’s BRS1 datacentre, and travel from gritty city centre fringe to a high-tech overhaul that makes the case for reusing legacy infrastructure over new construction
Tracking AI in the supply chain

Supply chains have become a key testing ground for AI as businesses manage vast data volumes and complex networks

What to expect from Grafana ObservabilityCON- CW Developer Network

The Computer Weekly Developer Network team has been following the growth of observability for more than a decade now. Although some may define observability as a sub-sector function that sits under ... Continue Reading
Nothing Slow And Plenty To Show In Co-Lo; Asanti No Longer Going Solo...- Networks Generation

Had a great chat with Rob Garbutt, MD, Asanti Data Centres, following the recent joint venture between my DC/co-lo client Asanti and Lunar Ventures, which is where Rob entered the Asanti building. ... Continue Reading
Sovereignty can wait. Competitiveness can't- Data Matters

Why European enterprises should adopt the best AI today, and build sovereignty alongside: guest blogpost by Rad Parvin, co-founder and senior value partner, Valliance. The debate about technology ... Continue Reading
NTT Data puts more body into physical AI - CW Developer Network

Physical AI is a thing. It’s the process of embedding intelligence into quality assurance for critical assembly operations. We can say that, when compared to legacy techniques, physical AI cuts ... Continue Reading

Treat AI like electricity, not a killer app

Pilot failure and costs are maddening, but real impact is also being delivered. Learn that AI isn’t an app but a power source
The public must benefit from its AI investment

The public is in all but name a shareholder of AI companies - it is time that the public receives socially beneficial technology in return for its investment
Silent substrate: how 175,000 AI endpoints reshape the internet

A new layer of compute is forming beneath our feet – distributed, ungoverned, and increasingly capable of action