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Capital injection and acquisition boost Render Networks

Critical infrastructure software platform provider gains fresh capital to accelerate sector and portfolio expansion
Agentic AI to speed up mainframe modernisation

Agentic AI tools are helping organisations overcome Cobol skills shortages and untangle legacy infrastructure, but successful modernisation still requires an expert in the loop to manage complexity
FairPrice to roll out AI-powered smart carts to more stores

Shoppers can expect smart carts that slash checkout times to just 36 seconds, while supermarket staff will get an AI sidekick to automate daily operations
Biobank data of UK volunteers for sale in China

Biobank operator is taking steps to improve security after biological, health and lifestyle information from its database was offered for sale on a Chinese website
Freshwave claims next evolution of 5G indoor mobile

In a claimed UK market first, a service powered by Ericsson’s Radio Dot System will offer all-operator 4G/5G signal indoors, with central London location already live
SITA launches campus network to keep airport operations connected

Air transport industry technology provider taps networking giant to keep transport hubs connected and running smoothly, without the cost and effort of managing networks in-house

AI drives software productivity – and challenges – for Motorway

We talk to Ryan Cormack of used car marketplace Motorway about how AI-driven development increases the speed and productivity of engineering and the challenges it brings
Storage implications of a modern IT architecture

One of the challenges of migrating older applications to a cloud-native, modern IT architecture is how to provide persistent storage
Oslo’s robots aren’t yet taking over, but are already punching above their weight

The Norwegian capital’s leading innovators have got the ecosystem up and running, and are now calling for greater access to risk capital to take it to the next level

D-ID agentic video platform creates ‘new generation of digital humans’- CW Developer Network

The market for agentic AI services is as wide and broad as real life, or so it seems. With the realms of language, voice and image all being fair game (and with taste and sensory perception, ... Continue Reading
Boost cooks up SmokedMeat, open source framework for CI/CD pipelines protection- CW Developer Network

Boost Security has announced SmokedMeat, an open source red team framework for CI/CD pipelines that shows how attackers exploit pipeline vulnerabilities and move through modern software delivery ... Continue Reading
Gitar tunes up to tighten strings on AI-generated code - CW Developer Network

No doubt keen on string-based instruments, the founders behind San Francisco-based Gitar have created a developer infrastructure company known for technology that works to build AI agents used to ... Continue Reading
Photonics - Scintil: Why AI’s next bottleneck is the network, not the chip- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Matt Crowley, CEO at Scintil Photonics. Scintil is known for its work in DWDM laser sources for AI. Using its SHIP™ ... Continue Reading

Can enterprise AI in Singapore succeed without Wi‑Fi 7?

Enterprises are quickly discovering that their wireless infrastructure is the real barrier to AI readiness. To achieve true transformation, it is time to stop relying on legacy networks and treat Wi-Fi 7 as a business enabler
It’s time to create value, not slop, from the AI boom

Attendees at Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas are backing AI all the way to the bank. But as AI turns up in everything, everywhere, all at once, we’re going to need to get a lot stricter about what we use it for.
Anthropic's Mythos raises the stakes for security validation

Letting probabilistic AI models autonomously operate inside production networks creates real safety and auditability issues, and that core security validation still needs deterministic guardrails. And Anthropic just raised the stakes.