Understanding of ‘black box’ IT systems will reduce Post Office scandal-like risk
Another Post Office scandal could be avoided if leaders in public bodies understand the “black box” IT systems that run their organisations and encourage a…
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T-Levels not attracting as many students as hoped
Interest in T-level qualifications was overestimated by the Department for Education (DfE), according to a report by the National Audit Office (NAO). In its Investigation…
Microsoft restates commitment to OpenAI amid analyst note about datacentre expansion rollbacks
Microsoft has pushed back against claims its decision to cancel and defer at least 2GW of datacentre projects in the US and Europe is indicative of…
Podcast: HDD safe from flash for a decade or more
In this podcast, we talk to Toshiba’s senior manager for business development in storage, Rainer Kaese, about hard disk drives (HDDs) and why he thinks…
Meeting the UK’s compute capacity needs: Alternatives to hyperscale datacentre builds
The government has not been shy about its plans to accelerate the pace of new datacentre builds in the UK since coming to power in…
Countering nation-state cyber espionage: A CISO field guide
Quorum Cyber’s recently released Global Cyber Risk Outlook Report 2025 outlines how nation-state cyber activities, particularly from China, are evolving. According to the report, China’s…
MPs demand government reconsider response to Post Office compensation report
The government has fallen short in its response to recommendations made to speed up financial redress for subpostmasters affected by the Horizon scandal, say MPs.…
Interview: The role of IT innovation at Royal Ballet and Opera
The world of performing arts is in a completely different universe compared to the bits, bytes and IT infrastructure that Keith Nolan and the IT…
Scottish police hold almost no data on facial recognition use
It is not possible to assess the reliability, efficacy and fairness of Police Scotland’s retrospective facial recognition (RFR) use because the force does not conduct…
ETSI launches first post-quantum encryption standard
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has this week debuted its first post-quantum cyber security standard, designed to guarantee the protection of critical data and…
Government needs to fix tech staff hiring process, says Whitehall’s AI boss
The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee has questioned tech experts on the government’s plans for the digital centre of government – or the new Government…
Public Accounts Committee calls out legacy IT
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has urged the government to fix legacy IT issues if it wants to succeed with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered public sector…