Co-op shuts off IT systems to contain cyber attack
Retail, insurance, legal and funeral care cooperative Co-op has confirmed it has shut off an unspecified number of back-office and communications systems to rebuff a…
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AI in national security raises proportionality and privacy concerns
A study published to coincide with the Centre for Emerging Technology and Security annual Showcase 2025 event has highlighted some of the concerns the public…
Artificial intelligence roles the ‘only safe jobs in banking’
Artificial intelligence (AI)-related roles could be the only “safe jobs” in the banking sector as financial organisations “relentlessly” press on with AI-led transformation. In its…
Government bags 200 bids from local authorities wanting AI growth zones in their areas
The government has received more than 200 responses from local authorities across the UK that want their areas to become artificial intelligence (AI) growth zones,…
Scattered Spider on the hook for M&S cyber attack
Scattered Spider – the teenage hacking collective that breached multiple organisations in 2023 in a series of social engineering attacks – has been linked to…
Gov.uk One Login yet to meet government cyber security standards for critical public services
The Government Digital Service (GDS) has yet to achieve conformance with key national cyber security standards for its Gov.uk One Login digital identity system, nearly…
Edinburgh University evaluation of NHS AI Lab finds early promise
A University of Edinburgh report into the NHS AI Lab has identified “promising financial and patient care benefits” while also pointing to barriers to widespread…
Jobs requiring technical expertise more stable than other roles
Jobs requiring technically skilled professionals have more stability than other roles due to their high demand for skills, according to research from LiveCareer. Looking at…
VeeamON shows Veeam on Linux, RAG from backup, and cloud features
Veeam is all set to fully launch version 13 of its Veeam Data Platform (VDP) – the platform upon which Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR)…
Making divorce digital
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Fujitsu UK staff will get bonus despite Post Office scandal fallout
Fujitsu UK is rewarding staff for meeting a sales threshold, in further evidence that the company’s gesture to pause bidding for public sector contracts was…
Japanese researchers advance combinatorial problem solving
Researchers from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tokyo University of Science in Japan have developed what “a novel approach” to combinatorial optimisation problems (COPs).…