Cyber and digital get over £1bn to enhance UK’s national security
Cyber warfare and digital defence will be the recipients of a £1bn-plus investment over the coming years to create a Digital Targeting Web (DTW) for…
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Planning permission sought for UK’s largest AI datacentre campus
North Lincolnshire Council has received a planning application for a 1,000mW datacentre campus, as its push to become a government-backed artificial intelligence (AI) Growth Zone…
Microsoft Copilot AI saves civil service hours of admin work
The government has run a trial of using artificial intelligence (AI) with 20,000 civil servants which it said demonstrates they could save nearly two weeks…
AI in IT services and the diminishing correlation between people and growth
The introduction of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into any organisation spreads anxiety among the workforce, in much the same way outsourcing has done for many…
AI security: Balancing innovation with protection
Remember the scramble for USB blockers because staff kept plugging in mysterious flash drives? Or the sudden surge in blocking cloud storage because employees were…
AI should be used to improve boardroom efficiency
Members of the board in businesses are missing out on the potential to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) manages the regulatory landscape. According to the Corporate…
Infosecurity 2025: NCA cyber intelligence head spells out trends
Will Lyne, head of cyber intelligence at the National Crime Agency, is speaking at this week’s Infosecurity Europe conference about cyber criminal trends. Ransomware, and…
Rethinking secure comms: Are encrypted platforms still enough?
In today’s constantly changing cyber landscape, answering the question “what does best practice now look like?” is far from simple. While emerging technologies and AI-driven…
Noisy quantum hardware could crack RSA-2048 in seven days
A researcher from the Google Quantum AI research team has estimated that a quantum computer with less than a million noisy qubits could undermine the…
How not to go off the rails with agentic AI
The hype has been strong on agentic artificial intelligence (AI) and the potential business benefits are real. However, their greater autonomy means you can go…
What VMware’s licensing crackdown reveals about control and risk
Over the past few weeks, VMware customers holding onto their perpetual licenses, which are often unsupported and in limbo, have reportedly begun receiving formal cease-and-desist…
Trump, DEI and UK technology businesses
What does US retrenchment on Diversity, Equality and Inclusion, mean for tech companies in the UK, and could a similar retreat happen in this country?…