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Uktech50 2024: The longlist of the UK’s influential tech leaders

UKtech50 received a record-breaking 434 nominations for the 2024 list. Unfortunately, there wasn’t space for everyone in the top 50, and as you can see for yourself in this year’s longlist, it was a difficult decision for the judges Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Post Office scandal: What is a systemic error?

For those following the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry, confused about what makes a computer error systemic, IT expert James Christie explains Continue Reading

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• James Christie

Storebrand divests from IBM over supply of biometrics to Israel

Norwegian asset manager Storebrand’s decision to divest from IBM comes amid growing scrutiny of the role technology companies play in Israel’s human rights abuses Continue Reading

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• Andrew Kersley

Organisations value digital trust, but aren’t working at it

Three quarters of organisations believe digital trust is relevant to their businesses, yet clear gaps in strategies still seem to persist Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Next UK government must be prepared to legislate on AI, say MPs

The House Science, Innovation and Technology Committee says the next government should be ready to legislate on artificial intelligence to plug any regulatory gaps Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Executive Interview: Why Dell wants to be your one-stop AI shop

At Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas, artificial intelligence was the talk of the town as Dell staked out an all-encompassing strategy ahead of an anticipated goldrush. Dell’s Nick Brackney explains why the tech giant believes it's onto a winner Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Digital border problems are stacking up

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the government’s post-Brexit plans for digital borders as problems begin to emerge. We find out about AI PCs and ask whether they will make any difference for enterprise IT. And we talk to Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks about the open source opportunities from AI. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Paula Vennells boasted about removing Horizon risk reference in Royal Mail flotation prospectus

A reference to Horizon was removed from Royal Mail prospectus by Paula Vennells in the eleventh hour Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UKtech50 2024: Vote for the most influential person in UK IT

Our judges have selected the top 50 leaders from a shortlist of more than 400 people – now it’s your chance to tell us who you think is the most influential person in UK technology Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Government was aware of Post Office strategy to fight subpostmasters

Former CEO Paula Vennells reveals that the government was aware of the controversial Post Office strategies to suppress subpostmasters' campaign for justice Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Third police probe into Post Office scandal under consideration

The Metropolitan Police Service is looking into investigating potential corporate and individual crimes committed in the Post Office Horizon scandal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

‘You knew’ – former ally accused Paula Vennells of knowing about Horizon problems

Former Royal Mail CEO messaged Paula Vennells following the broadcasting of ITV’s dramatisation of the Post Office scandal, questioning what the former Post Office boss knew and removed her support Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

AI Seoul Summit: 27 nations and EU to set red lines on AI risk

The countries will now work together to identify thresholds at which the risks presented by an AI model or system would be unacceptable without safeguards in place, as well as develop interoperable safety testing regimes for the technology Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Infinidat adds smaller footprint G4 arrays with claimed 2x performance

Purveyor of triple-controller all-flash and hybrid flash arrays aimed at high-end customers tails and tops InfiniBox and InfiniBox SSA ranges, and adds Azure cloud storage to AWS Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

UK government announces £8.5m in grants for AI safety research

The funding programme will be directed by the UK’s AI Safety Institute, with grants being used to understand and mitigate the impacts of artificial intelligence, including any systemic risks it presents at the societal level Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

G-Cloud 14: Overseas suppliers risk non-compliance as CCS changes stance on UK VAT requirements

After assuring overseas suppliers multiple times during the G-Cloud clarification period that they did not need a UK VAT number to participate in the framework, government procurement chiefs have now backtracked on this guidance by telling non-UK suppliers to get VAT registered by October or risk being non-compliant Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

AI Seoul Summit: 10 nations and EU recommit to safe inclusive AI

During the latest AI Summit in South Korea, the participating governments reaffirmed their prior commitments to deepening international cooperation on AI safety, and have agreed to launch an international network of ‘safety institutes’ Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

AI Seoul Summit: 16 AI firms make voluntary safety commitments

Prominent artificial intelligence companies from around the world have committed to a set of voluntary AI safety measures, which includes developing continuous risk assessment processes, setting acceptable risk thresholds, and ensuring greater transparency Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Post Office clique deepened Horizon scandal

A general counsel annoyed by independent investigators and comms director that bragged about his contacts were part of a Post Office clique with former CEO Paula Vennells Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

DataStax launches on-premise GenAI in ‘hyper-converged’ format

NoSQL database specialist adds generative AI for datacentre deployments where cloud is a no-no for cost, security or compliance reasons, with a focus on vector storage Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

UK AI Safety Institute to open San Francisco branch

News of the AI Safety Institute’s expansion to the US follows the first public release of its AI safety testing results Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Toshiba shows 32TB HDDs with heat-assisted and shingled drives

Drive maker demonstrates 32TB and 31TB capacity hard drives that boost write density by use of heat and microwave assistance plus shingled – overlapped – drive tracks Continue Reading

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• Yann Serra, LeMagIT
• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Post Office directors went crawling back to Fujitsu when IBM project got complex, inquiry told

More details emerge about how close IBM came to replacing Fujitsu and its controversial Horizon system at the Post Office Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The fall from grace of ex-priest and Post Office boss Paula Vennells

As Paula Vennells faces statutory public inquiry into Horizon scandal, Computer Weekly compiles some of its must-read articles about the controversial former Post Office boss Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Why the UK needs to fix its broken IT security market

Ollie Whitehouse, CTO of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, says the market for secure software is broken. Are new laws required to make software companies liable for poor security? Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Post Office CEO Paula Vennells ‘didn’t believe there were miscarriages of justice,’ inquiry told

As the nation waits for the impending appearance of former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells at the public inquiry, a former colleague reveals her certainty that there were no miscarriages of justice Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Post Office IT boss failed to raise concern over false Horizon statements

Former Post Office CIO Lesley Sewell failed to raise concern over Post Office’s false stance on Horizon integrity Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

HMRC Single Trade Window project hits turbulence

Less than a year into the programme to create a Single Trade Window as a digital gateway for traders, HMRC has already gone through a formal dispute resolution process with its supplier Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Critical SharePoint, Qakbot-linked flaws focus of May Patch Tuesday

A critical SharePoint vulnerability warrants attention this month, but it is another flaw that seems to be linked to the infamous Qakbot malware that is drawing attention Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Comms director at centre of cover-up never thought Post Office were the ‘baddies’

Head of communications at the Post Office painted a rosy picture of the error-prone Horizon system when challenged Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Scotland’s Post Office scandal victims to be exonerated en masse

The Scottish parliament will introduce its own legislation to exonerate subpostmasters with convictions based on evidence from Post Office Horizon system Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

QStar launches tape access from anywhere with Global ArchiveSpace

Tape veteran provides file and object access to Exabyte scale archives aimed at AI, high-performance computing and hyperscaler storage. Single-site for now, multi-site to follow Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

CyberUK 24: UK insurance industry gets tough on ransomware

Three of the UK’s largest insurance associations have signed on to a new initiative spearheaded by the NCSC to try to bring down the number of ransomware payments being made Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

NetApp upgrades AFF all-flash as it targets AI storage

New AFF arrays offer performance boost for artificial intelligence, while NetApp trumpets its advantages as a provider of sustainable and intelligent infrastructure for all kinds of workloads Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

The UK may not have a choice on a ransomware payment ban

In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good. Continue Reading

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• Ian Thornton-Trump

Major breach of customer information developing at Dell

Almost 50 million data records relating to Dell customers appear to have been compromised in a major cyber breach Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

MHRA launches AI regulatory sandbox

The Medicines Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) hopes the AI Airlock sandbox will help in improving safe development and use of medical devices Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Four key impacts of AI on data storage

We look at the key impacts of AI on data storage, including I/O and possible bottlenecks, how I/O differs across training and inference, plus data management and compliance concerns Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

Cyber attack victims need to speak up, says ICO

The Information Commissioner’s Office is urging organisations to be transparent and learn from each other’s mistakes as it reveals most of the cyber attacks it responds to stem from the same core errors Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Barrister says Post Office lawyers misled him over Horizon cases

Simon Clarke told public inquiry he believes he was misled by Post Office internal lawyers over Horizon prosecutions Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Fujitsu’s Post Office Horizon admission was ‘bombshell’ amid ‘religious panic’ over reliability

Barrister Simon Clarke was representing the Post Office when he discovered an expert witness had misled courts in subpostmaster trials Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Enhance identity controls before banning ransomware payments

In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good. Continue Reading

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• Stephen McDermid

Government injects £1.8m into space tech innovation

Funding is being split between nine projects, covering a range of technologies aiming to support new space capabilities in the UK Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Ofcom publishes draft online child safety rules for tech firms

In the draft codes, Ofcom calls on technology firms to use ‘robust’ age-checking and content moderation systems to keep harmful material away from children online Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Huawei launches exabyte-scale OceanStor A800 at AI workloads

Chinese storage array maker announces high-performance NAS that can build out to clusters in excess of 1 exabyte, plus NVMe flash drives of 128TB coming to market next year Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Chinese APT suspected of Ministry of Defence hack

A cyber attack on the Ministry of Defence is suspected to be the work of threat actors working on behalf of Chinese intelligence Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

What does the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill mean for UK industry?

The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill is the first shift in the UK’s data protection regime since leaving the EU, but what could it mean for UK industry? Continue Reading

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• Peter Ray Allison

Police told in 2016 that Post Office prosecutor withheld evidence of Horizon errors from court

A campaigning former subpostmaster told Surrey Police he suspected a ‘possible criminal offence’ when he found details of a Post Office prosecutor withholding evidence in a 2010 trial Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Casting a critical eye on HMRC’s IR35 checker tool

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we investigate what has been going on with HMRC’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool. We also speak to the CIO of Danfoss about making datacentres greener and explore the issue of restoring data and system backups after a ransomware or cyber attack. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Adobe expands bug bounty programme to account for GenAI

Adobe has expanded the scope of its HackerOne-driven bug bounty scheme to incorporate flaws and risks arising from the development of generative artificial intelligence Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Post Office legal boss withheld details from statutory body reviewing miscarriages of justice

The Post Office’s top lawyer held back vital information when requested by the criminal cases review commission, preventing wrongful convictions from being reviewed Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Dropbox Sign user information accessed in data breach

Account data belonging to Dropbox Sign users was accessed by an unknown threat actor after they hacked into the organisation’s backend infrastructure Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Post Office investigators saw subpostmasters as ‘enemies’ – and that’s what they became

Post Office investigators were only focused on getting money from subpostmasters blamed for accounting shortfalls, according to a 2013 report commissioned by organisation’s legal boss Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

EMEA CISOs must address human factors behind cyber incidents

The 17th annual Verizon report on data breaches makes for sobering reading for security pros, urging them to do more to address the human factors involved in cyber incidents, and highlighting ongoing issues with zero-day patching Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Better hygiene may mitigate the need to ban ransomware payments

In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good. Continue Reading

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• Becky Gelder, Turnkey Consulting

Secure coding benchmark to increase standards among developers

Developer security advocate Secure Code Warrior has launched what it claims is the industry’s first benchmark designed to quantify the security competence of its customers’ software developer teams Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Podcast: 32TB HDDs by 2029, but how much bigger can they get?

We talk to Rainer Kaese of Toshiba about the roadmap for conventional magnetic recording on hard disk drives, the roadmap to 32TB, and what it would take to get to 100TB or 200TB Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Autonomous weapons reduce moral agency and devalue human life

Military technology experts gathered in Vienna have warned about the detrimental psychological effects of AI-powered weapons, arguing that implementing systems of algorithmic-enabled killing dehumanises both the user and the target Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Global majority united on multilateral regulation of AI weapons

Foreign ministers and civil society representatives say that multilateralism is key to controlling the proliferation and use of AI-powered autonomous weapons, but that a small number of powerful countries are holding back progress Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Ransomware payment bans need universal buy-in

In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good. Continue Reading

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• Jack Chapman

UK’s long-awaited device security law kicks in

The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act has become law across the UK, enforcing basic cyber security standards across connected products sold to the public Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Post Office misjudged campaigner it labelled a ‘bluffer’

Social media, a trade union and tech expertise helped former subpostmasters expose Post Office bug myth Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Post Office scheme was a ‘charade’ that never intended for large compensation pay-outs

The Post Office established a scheme to compensate subpostmasters affected by tech faults, but it was just a ‘charade’, says Public Inquiry KC Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Security Think Tank: Maybe let's negotiate with terrorists

In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good. Continue Reading

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• Mark Cunningham Dickie

European Parliament approves platform worker directive

The approval of the platform worker directive gives member states two years to incorporate its measures into their national legislation, which includes provisions on how to classify the employment of gig workers and deploy algorithmic decision-making at work Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Post Office ‘lied’ to subpostmasters when forced to meet them, says former federation representative

Post Office executives were forced to meet subpostmasters to discuss an unexplained error in their branch, then misled the branch managers over remote access Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

More evidence emerges that Post Office executive misled High Court judge

Evidence in the questioning of 35-year Post Office veteran reveals the lengths the Post Office went to in hiding computer system vulnerabilities Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Podcast: How to prepare your data for digital transformation

We talk to Chris Gorton, EMEA managing director at Syniti, about how to prepare data for digital transformation Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Cyber training leader KnowBe4 to buy email security firm Egress

Security awareness training and phishing simulation specialist KnowBe4 is to buy email security expert Egress Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

TikTok ban sails through US Senate

A law that will ban TikTok in the US unless its owner sells up pronto passed the US Senate by a landslide majority after being included in a package of military aid Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

AI firm saves a million in shift to Pure FlashBlade shared storage

AI consultancy Crater Labs spent vast amounts of time managing server-attached drives to ensure GPUs were saturated. A shift to all-flash Pure Storage slashed that to almost zero Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Lords debate amendment to law on use of computer evidence in light of Post Office scandal

Peers to debate amending the law on the use of computer evidence in court, which is partly to blame for the wrongful prosecutions of hundreds of former subpostmasters Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Security Think Tank: Cyber sector, you have failed this community

In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good. Continue Reading

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• Allan Liska

Post Office boss used husband’s descriptions in 'Orwellian' ploy to downplay Horizon problems

Post Office CEO sought advice from husband on what words to use in reports to downplay known errors in software, inquiry told. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Five reasons why – and when – cloud storage is the answer

We look at when cloud storage can be the best choice, with considerations that include performance, scalability and agility, cost, management simplicity, and security and resilience Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

Expert investigating Capture system refuses to meet ‘untrustworthy’ Post Office

A former Post Office executive has refused to meet his past employer to discuss the controversial Capture system Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Lords split over UK government approach to autonomous weapons

During a debate on autonomous weapons systems, Lords expressed mixed opinions towards the UK government’s current position, including its reluctance to adopt a working definition and commit to international legal instruments controlling their use Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Securing the edge: A new battleground in mobile network security

Edge computing is transforming approaches to mobile network infrastructure, but failure to secure it can expose networks and data to cyber threats. Learn more about the dangers and potential solutions Continue Reading

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• Isla Sibanda

Austrian AI: from academia to commercial success and beyond

Austria has established itself as a European frontrunner when it comes to artificial intelligence exploration and, importantly, deployment Continue Reading

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• Matthew Staff

Fujitsu to cut UK jobs as Post Office scandal fallout hits sales

Japanese supplier’s role in the Post Office Horizon scandal is beginning to hurt its UK business, with job cuts announced Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Fujifilm plans to ‘make tape easy’ with Kangaroo SME appliance

Fujifilm to add 100TB SME-focused Kangaroo tape infrastructure in a box to existing 1PB offer, as energy efficiency and security of tape make it alluring to customers Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

NCSC announces PwC’s Richard Horne as CEO

Former PwC and Barclays cyber chief Richard Horne set to join UK’s National Cyber Security Centre as CEO Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Post Office lawyer was a jack of all trades, but failed his own

Post Office IT scandal inquiry hears how a lawyer was at the centre of the Post Office’s attempts to prevent problems with its IT system becoming public knowledge Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

IT leaders hiring CISOs aplenty, but don’t fully understand the role

Most businesses now have a CISO, but perceptions of what CISOs are supposed to do, and confusion over the value they offer, may be holding back harmonious relations, according to a report Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Unisys reveals no link to development of controversial Post Office software

IT supplier finds no evidence that it was involved in the development of controversial Post Office software Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Tech companies operating with opacity in Israel-Palestine

Tech firms operating in Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel are falling “woefully short” of their human rights responsibilities amid escalating devastation in Gaza, says Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Security Think Tank: Approaches to ransomware need a course correction

In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good. Continue Reading

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• Mike Gillespie

TUC publishes legislative proposal to protect workers from AI

Proposed bill for regulating artificial intelligence in the UK seeks to translate well-meaning principles and values into concrete rights and obligations that protect workers from systems that make ‘high-risk’ decisions about them Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

IT expert who helped expose Post Office scandal offers to investigate second controversial system

IT expert Jason Coyne, who played a critical part in exposing the Post Office Horizon scandal, said he would examine the Capture System Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Post Office boss signed off hush money to cover up smoking gun

A former Post Office boss admitted the pain and suffering of subpostmasters could have been avoided had the organisation done the right thing Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

CISOs not yet convinced to invest in AI

CISOs say their eyes are fixed firmly on threats like ransomware and supply chain attacks, and while AI is becoming a threat that needs to be dealt with, it’s not yet an immediate spending priority Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Leil wants to revive MAID as green storage tape substitute

MAID sought to provide energy-efficient disk storage with quicker access times than tape. Estonian startup Leil wants to supplant tape with green storage spin-down SMR drives Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Alan Bates and JFSA won’t back down in fight with government and Post Office

Over the past 15 years, Computer Weekly has learnt that Alan Bates and the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance don’t give up, and it would be crass to disregard their plans Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

VMware users hit by licence hikes after Broadcom takeover

In this week’s Computer Weekly, VMware users are facing licence fee increases after the acquisition by Broadcom, with education bodies worst hit – we talk to unhappy customers. We visit Helsinki and find out why the Finnish capital is leading on smart city developments. And we examine how to reduce environmental impact through software development. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Big tech’s cloud oligopoly risks AI market concentration

The oligopoly that big tech giants have over cloud computing could translate to a similar domination in the AI market, given the financial and compute resources needed to make the technology effective at scale Continue Reading

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• Andrew Kersley

Threat actors look to stolen credentials

In 2023, threat actors wrought havoc on corporate networks by logging in through valid accounts, and as bad actors begin investing in AI to help them identify priority targets, this problem is only expected to worsen in the future Continue Reading

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• Martin Borrett

Swedish company first to use STMicroelectronics chips

Powerful new processors help power next-generation industrial human machine interfaces, starting in the Nordics Continue Reading

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• Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management

Quickwit claims big advantage in log file search and index

When the logs are the data: Startup Quickwit claims late entrant advantage in log file search and index with bigger datasets and better analytics on reduced infrastructure Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

EU’s AI Act fails to protect the rule of law and civic space

Analysis reveals that the AI Act is ‘riddled with far-reaching exceptions’ and its measures to protect fundamental rights are insufficient Continue Reading

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• Josh Osman, Computer Weekly

UK in critical need of regulation to fight misinformation online

Misinformation, where it is generated by AI, poses a serious threat due to the ease with which plausible false content can be created and spread Continue Reading

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• Josh Osman, Computer Weekly