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Scotland launches five-year AI strategy

Scottish deputy first minister says the country aims to become a leader in AI through responsibly harnessing the economic and social benefits of the technology
Essex Police halts facial recognition over bias, accuracy risks

LFR deployments by Essex Police will not continue until risks associated with bias and inaccuracy have been reduced
Interview: Jem Walters, CTO, Vanquis

Having come into the company through the acquisition of his money-saving app, the IT chief is bringing an agile and startup culture to the 146-year-old financial services firm
Agentic AI to make data uplink the next mobile bottleneck

Report shows that as distributed intelligence systems scale, they will reshape mobile network traffic patterns and accelerate the need for advanced AI operations for the comms industry
Monitoring centre eyes US move amid risk of Category 5 attack

Organisations lulled into a false sense of security after Russian invasion of Ukraine are still at risk of a Category 5 attack in 2026
Everywoman announces 2026 Women in Technology Awards winners

Network for women in business, Everywoman, has announced the winners of this year’s technology awards, in partnership with Salesforce

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
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?
The 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

Photonics - Lumai: Scaling AI in the data centre power bottleneck- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Phillip Burr, head of product at Lumai. Lumai is an Oxford University spinout renowned for its 3D optical computing ... Continue Reading
Panther AI SOC platform ‘closes loop’ on security Ops- CW Developer Network

Panther Labs (hereafter just Panther) describes itself as a complete AI security operations centre (SOC) platform that is essentially characterised by its ability to scale security the whole ... Continue Reading
Boost Security fires turbo into developer security to secure AI-driven programming - CW Developer Network

Developers need a singular solution for testing, posture management, secure AI-development and compliance that works within their existing workflow - and they need a service that isn’t bolted ... Continue Reading
A simple online login is key to digital government success- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

While it’s not perfect, there’s one thing that can be said of Microsoft Azure Active Directory. It basically does what it’s supposed to, providing a relatively straightforward login for enterprise ... 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