Government injects extra funding to drive quantum growth
The government has committed £121m of funding over the next 12 months to support quantum computing in the UK. While quantum computing remains a nascent…
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Introducing the EuroStack initiative: Could this turn the tide on hyperscale cloud in Europe?
If you have not heard of EuroStack, you might first guess it’s merely an EU-centred walled garden for IT. However, the idea is more about…
The role of small language models in enterprise AI
According to analyst Gartner, small language models (SLMs) offer a potentially cost-effective alternative for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) development and deployment because they are easier…
Work-life balance biggest barrier for women in tech, says survey
Maintaining work-life balance has been the biggest challenge many women in the technology industry have come up against, according to a survey. Recruitment firm Lorien…
AI surveillance towers place migrants in ‘even greater jeopardy’
The Home Office is operating at least eight artificial intelligence (AI)-powered surveillance towers along the South-East coast of England, which critics say are contributing to…
More than 100 Horizon victims are challenging Post Office offers on complex claims
The government is crawling towards completing the financial redress of the subpostmasters who defeated the Post Office in a group litigation order (GLO) in 2019,…
IT strategy implications of US tariffs
A report in the Financial Times that European Union (EU) president Ursula von der Leyen could impose tariffs on US digital products sets a precedent…
Met Police to deploy permanent facial recognition tech in Croydon
The Metropolitan Police is planning to install the UK’s first permanent live facial recognition (LFR) cameras in Croydon, continuing its pattern of deploying the technology…
GCHQ historian Dave Abrutat’s mission to preserve the UK’s forgotten signals intelligence history
During the Second World War, there were an estimated 250 signals intelligence (Sigint) sites across the UK from as far south as Cornwall to as…
Google offers open protocol for AI agent connectivity
With support from technology partners, Google has introduced an open agent-to-agent protocol to enable artificial intelligence (AI) agents to communicate securely with one another. Google said…
Mattel taps into Google Cloud to accelerate product innovation in response to customer feedback
Global toy manufacturer Mattel has revealed details of how its technology tie-up with Google Cloud is allowing the firm to respond to customer feedback in…
Lloyds Bank moves AI work onto Google Cloud platform
Lloyds Banking Group will build, deploy and scale artificial intelligence (AI) systems using a Google service, accelerating production while slashing CO2 emissions. The bank is…