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• January 29, 2025 29 Jan'25

  Vallance rejects latest charge to reform UK hacking laws

  Science minister Patrick Vallance rejects proposed amendments to the Computer Misuse Act, arguing that they could create a loophole for cyber criminals to exploit

• January 29, 2025 29 Jan'25

  Intermedia intros contact centre for Microsoft Teams

  AI-powered comms provider looks to take leading collaboration system to next level, adding contact centre functionality to existing unified communications to unlock capability in collaboration and customer experience

• January 29, 2025 29 Jan'25

  Interview: Digital tech fuels AutoTrader’s drive into the future

  Led by a technology enthusiast, AutoTrader is on a digital journey that began when it decided to take a different route in 2007

• January 29, 2025 29 Jan'25

  ZIRA enhances comms business process platform

  Evolution of AI-powered analytics platform deployed to transform BSS data into predictive insights configured to support changing business needs

• January 29, 2025 29 Jan'25

  DigiValet checks in with Crestron to deliver smart hotel experiences

  Partnership to see integration of guest experience platform with control systems for widespread distribution of guest-facing services in the hotel industry

• January 28, 2025 28 Jan'25

  NAO: UK government cyber resilience weak in face of mounting threats

  The National Audit Office has found UK government cyber resilience wanting, weakened by legacy IT and skills shortages, and facing mounting threats

• January 28, 2025 28 Jan'25

  Over 40 journalists and lawyers submit evidence to PSNI surveillance inquiry

  Angus McCullough, who is leading a review into the police surveillance of journalists and lawyers in Northern Ireland, says victims will be informed if they were unlawfully spied on – subject to ‘legal constraints’

• January 28, 2025 28 Jan'25

  AWS and Microsoft could face ‘targeted intervention’ from CMA over UK cloud competition concerns

  The CMA has published provisional findings from its investigation into the UK cloud infrastructure market and is considering action against AWS and Microsoft over the competitive impact from their hold on the sector

• January 28, 2025 28 Jan'25

  Concerns over Fujitsu billing application used at SSE Airtricity in Republic of Ireland

  Under-scrutiny IT services firm has escalated fears over problems with one of its applications, used at a Republic of Ireland energy firm, to its headquarters in Japan

• January 28, 2025 28 Jan'25

  DeepSeek: Welcome to US artificial intelligence’s Sputnik moment

  In spite of the US’s financial might, Russia’s Sputnik was the first satellite. Is something similar about to happen thanks to a new Chinese LLM?

• January 28, 2025 28 Jan'25

  Has Pure got the first of its ‘HDD is doomed’ ducks in a row?

  Pure Storage predicted the end of spinning disk by 2028. Will its agreements with flash makers Micron and Kioxia, and an unnamed hyperscaler, be the first nails in the coffin for HDD?

• January 28, 2025 28 Jan'25

  Datafy promises to slash massive EBS overprovisioning costs

  AWS Elastic Block Storage is often over-provisioned. Datafy virtualises EBS volumes to allow customers to scale capacity up and down, and says it will not charge customers if it doesn’t cut their costs

• January 27, 2025 27 Jan'25

  TCS to inject AI and quantum computing into aerospace through French delivery centre

  Indian IT services giant opens IT delivery centre that will focus on technology that can address the challenges of the aerospace sector

• January 27, 2025 27 Jan'25

  Three sentenced over OTP.Agency MFA fraud service

  Three men have been sentenced over their role in a cyber criminal subscription service that offered access to online accounts using illicitly obtained one-time passcodes

• January 27, 2025 27 Jan'25

  FullFibre, Zzoomm merge to gain scale in UK altnet broadband

  UK independent broadband providers merge to form one of the UK’s largest altnets, with 600,000 properties ready for service

• January 27, 2025 27 Jan'25

  Freshwave deploys all-operator 4G in-building connectivity to City of London

  Connectivity infrastructure-as-a-service provider fits out in-building mobile connectivity from all the UK mobile operators to 8 Bishopsgate location, with sixteen occupiers already signing up to the service

• January 27, 2025 27 Jan'25

  Cyber incident that closed British Museum was inside job

  An IT incident that disrupted visitor access to the British Museum last week was the work of a disgruntled contractor who had been let go

• January 27, 2025 27 Jan'25

  Interview: Feryal Clark, AI and digital government minister, DSIT

  Computer Weekly talks to the parliamentary under-secretary about digital identity, the importance of trust and utilising the power of artificial intelligence

• January 27, 2025 27 Jan'25

  Oxford-Cambridge Arc gets government support

  Labour aims to capitalise on the growth potential of the cluster of businesses and academic institutes around Oxford, Cambridge and Milton Keynes

• January 27, 2025 27 Jan'25

  Boldyn Networks boosts private 5G with Smart Mobile Labs acquisition

  UK shared network infrastructure provider furthers business expansion with strategic purchase of German private 5G network and turnkey applications company

• January 27, 2025 27 Jan'25

  Inside CyberArk’s security strategy

  CyberArk CIO Omer Grossman talks up the company’s security-first ethos, the importance of an assumed breach mentality and how the company is addressing threats from the growing use of AI

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  DC01UK’s plan to build ‘Europe’s biggest AI datacentre’ wins local council approval

  Plans to build a hyperscale datacentre to host artificial intelligence and cloud workloads on green belt land in Hertfordshire have been waved through by local planning officials

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  MPs and peers start inquiry into Russian and Chinese sabotage threats to subsea internet cables

  MPs and Lords on the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy have begun an inquiry into the resilience of UK internet cables, following heightened threats of Russian and Chinese sabotage

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  SITA takes off with Cathay Pacific to expand global network connectivity

  Air transport IT provider to enhance airline’s operations with high-speed connectivity across 51 airports worldwide, optimising access to cloud technology

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  Loan Charge under review: MPs brand latest independent inquiry into controversial policy ‘a farce’

  Details of the government’s highly anticipated independent review into the loan charge have emerged, and MPs claim it falls way short of what is needed to resolve the financial and mental health damage the policy has caused to those in-scope of it

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  US indicts five in fake North Korean IT contractor scandal

  The US authorities have accused five men, including two American citizens, of involvement in a scheme which saw companies duped into hiring fake North Korean IT contractors

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  StarHub, Nokia partner on network APIs to drive 5G, 4G application development

  Telco and comms tech provider target new applications for enterprises in use cases such as banking, finance, ports and online streaming through Network as Code platform developer portal

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  Fibre broadband network reaches half of Scotland 

  UK’s leading broadband provider says research shows gigabit digital upgrade could generate £4bn for Scottish economy and help to reverse depopulation

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  Labour’s first digital government strategy: Is it déjà vu or something new?

  Labour won the 2024 general election on a platform of change – and its technology cheerleader insists the new digital government strategy is all about change. Have we heard it all before or is this time really different?

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  IOWN sets focus on go-to-market, proof of concept optical in 2025

  Next-gen networking project reveals focus for 2025, including early adoption use cases, go-to-market activities and wider industry collaboration

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  Review of legal rule on computer evidence long overdue, say Post Office scandal victims

  Computer Weekly talks to people who suffered miscarriages of justice at the hands of flawed computer evidence, as well as to experts in law and IT, as the government commits to review the legal presumption that computers work all the time

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  High Court: Sky Betting ‘parasitic’ in targeting problem gambler

  UK High Court rules that Sky Betting acted unlawfully after breaching a customer’s data protection rights when it obtained his personal data through cookies and used it to profile him for the purposes of direct marketing, despite his ‘impaired’ ...

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  Teachers to use AI for lesson planning and marking

  Speaking at the Bett Show this year, the UK’s education secretary outlined the ways in which teachers will be using technologies such as AI in the future, including planning lessons and marking work

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  CISOs boost board presence by 77% over two years

  A global research study, from Splunk and Oxford Economics, into how chief information security officers interact with boards finds greater participation but enduring gaps

• January 23, 2025 23 Jan'25

  Apple and Google app stores come under CMA scrutiny

  The Competition and Markets Authority in the UK is looking at whether the Play Store and App Store support innovation and are pro-competition

• January 23, 2025 23 Jan'25

  ICO launches major review of cookies on UK websites

  ICO sets out 2025 goals, including a review of cookie compliance across the UK’s top 1,000 websites, as it seeks to achieve its ultimate goal of giving the public meaningful control over how their data is used

• January 23, 2025 23 Jan'25

  Samsung unpacks Galaxy AI’s personal data engine

  The headlines are the Galaxy S25 line-up, but the hardware is powered by Samsung’s ambition to develop an AI ecosystem

• January 23, 2025 23 Jan'25

  NAO flags shortcomings in government preferential pricing deals with big tech suppliers

  Shortcomings in the UK government’s tech buying power have been highlighted in separate reports in recent days by the National Audit Office and The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

• January 23, 2025 23 Jan'25

  UK eVisa system problems persist despite repeated warnings

  Travellers are already having issues boarding UK-bound flights, while refugees have been left with no way to prove their immigration status in the UK, just two weeks after the Home Office transitioned to electronic visas

• January 23, 2025 23 Jan'25

  Zebra gallops ahead in APAC, driven by automation and e-commerce

  Zebra Technologies is riding the wave of e-commerce and automation in APAC, fuelling strong growth with RFID technology, tablets and scanners that boost business productivity and efficiency

• January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

  Logitech looks for sweet spot in office collaboration

  Office tech provider looks to support next generation of hybrid work model for those in return-to-office mode with multipurpose tool to help IT leaders and workplace facilities managers

• January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

  Console Connect, Zenlayer extend API connected global ecosystem

  Partnership to combine carrier-grade network with expertise in edge computing and low-latency networking to create one-stop connectivity offering for customers

• January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

  CMA adds ex-Amazon UK boss to board as provisional judgement in cloud probe nears

  The former UK boss of Amazon UK has joined the CMA as its interim chair

• January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

  Privacy professionals expect budget cuts, lack confidence

  Over 50% of privacy professionals in Europe expect to see less money earmarked for data security initiatives in 2025, and many don’t have faith their organisations are taking the issue seriously, according to an ISACA report

• January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

  Funksec gang turned up ransomware heat in December

  The criminal ransomware fraternity was hard at work over the festive period, with attack volumes rising and a new threat actor emerging on the scene

• January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

  Elon Musk distances himself from Trump’s Stargate AI mission

  Just a few days into the Donald Trump presidency and there appears to be a disagreement brewing around funding of OpenAI and the Stargate Project

• January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

  E&, DE-CIX create Middle East SmartHub internet exchange

  Middle East telco partners with internet exchange operator to boost regional datacentre connectivity, with Fujairah hosting largest submarine cable landing station and new locations for Dubai

• January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

  Telxius enhances global Ethernet service with next-gen optics

  Global connectivity provider deploys advanced optical pluggables to power the Carrier Ethernet service upgrade, allowing businesses to scale bandwidth between 50Mbps and 100Gbps-plus

• January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

  How smartphones are transforming global health

  Shyam Gollakota, winner of the 2024 Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer Science, is bringing medical care to underserved communities through with smartphone-based diagnostic tools

• January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

  Europol seeks evidence of encryption on crime enforcement as it steps-up pressure on Big Tech

  Europol wants examples of police investigations hampered by end-to-end encryption as it pressures tech companies to provide law enforcement access to encrypted messages