Starmer opens London Tech Week with £1bn AI boost
London Tech Week 2025 has kicked off with a set of initiatives to bolster the UK’s sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. Prime minister Keir Starmer…
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Barclays rolls out Microsoft Copilot to 100,000 employees as AI adoption gathers pace
Barclays has signed an agreement with public cloud giant Microsoft that will see the latter’s generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tool Copilot rolled out to 100,000…
US lawmakers say UK has ‘gone too far’ by attacking Apple’s encryption
US lawmakers are calling on the Trump administration to revisit its data-sharing agreement with the UK, following growing disquiet that a secret legal order issued…
Local council devolution: Could it accelerate the pace of local government cloud adoption?
But with Whitehall pushing a local government devolution agenda, fresh opportunities for local authorities to pick up the pace of their cloud migration plans could…
What happens if Silicon Valley’s AI investment bubble bursts?
The drumbeat of news around advances in artificial intelligence (AI) has become impossible to ignore. And yet it still doesn’t capture the colossal resources necessary…
In conflict: Putting Russia’s datacentre market under the microscope
When Russian troops invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Russia’s datacentre sector was one of the fastest-growing segments of the country’s IT industry, with annual…
UK ICO publishes AI and biometrics strategy
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) and biometrics strategy, which the regulator says will support innovation while protecting people’s…
SXSW: An immersive experience is the future of AI
The recent teaser advert from OpenAI founder Sam Altman and Jony Ive, co-designer of the iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch and AirPods, was among the areas of…
HMRC phishing breach wholly avoidable, but hard to stop
A significant cyber breach at His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that saw scammers cheat the public purse out of approximately £47m has been met…
Citigroup cuts thousands of staff at China-based tech centres
Citigroup is “streamlining” tech support operations in China as part of a global restructure, with 3,500 roles set to go. The finance giant said some…
CISOs: Don’t block AI, but adopt it with eyes wide open
The introduction of generative AI (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot has created new opportunities for efficiency and innovation – but also new risks.…
Australia’s CommBank completes migration of data to AWS in AI drive
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank) plans to accelerate the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into its business after completing a year-long migration of its…