European digital market figurehead pleads to Westminster
European data venture Gaia-X lobbied UK government officials to help build Europe’s data market in a Parliamentary meeting sponsored by an MP who wants Britain…
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The UK’s ransomware payment ban is a strategic win
Back in January 2025 the UK government took an important step towards dismantling the ransomware economy by proposing a ban on ransom payments across the…
Why the Middle East is winning the quantum race
The year 2025 has been declared the International Year of Quantum Science by the United Nations (UN). Meanwhile, while Western nations debate policies and navigate…
Post Office will not compensate subpostmasters for IT outage
The Post Office has said it will not pay subpostmasters compensation to cover loss of business and costs as a result of a nationwide Horizon…
Data, digital receipts and demanding customers
There’s an evolution in the receipts market in retail, with several brands making the switch from post-transaction paper to digital records. It is estimated the…
Interview: Cambridge Consultants CEO Monty Barlow scans for tech surprises
As university towns, Cambridge and Oxford are oddly disconnected from the UK’s capital when compared with those in other European countries. France’s leading universities are…
Fujitsu to cut at least 100 more UK staff
Fujitsu has put nearly 500 UK employees on notice of possible redundancy, as it plans to cut more than 100 roles. The supplier could face…
IBM chief confident AI isn’t eroding other parts of the business
IBM expects to make $4.5bn in savings internally by scaling artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives. This is being achieved through a programme that Arvind Krishna, IBM’s…
US seeks ‘unquestioned’ AI dominance
The United States government this week unveiled its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan, stating in no uncertain terms that the current administration of president Trump…
SAP Q2 2025: 9% revenue growth to €9bn, with steady pace in cloud ERP
SAP has announced revenue of €9.027bn for the second quarter of 2025, up 9% year-on-year, and a gross profit of €6.62bn. In its results statement,…
SharePoint users hit by Warlock ransomware, says Microsoft
Multiple organisations have now been hit by Warlock ransomware deployed on their systems via the dangerous ToolShell vulnerability chain in Microsoft SharePoint Server, Microsoft has…
Scattered Spider victim Clorox sues helpdesk provider
IT services provider Cognizant is facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit from one of its customers, which claims lax security procedures enabled the Scattered Spider hacking collective…