Category: ComputerWeekly

UK eVisa system problems persist despite repeated warnings
23
Jan
2025

UK eVisa system problems persist despite repeated warnings

People are already having trouble proving their immigration status while travelling back to the country, just two weeks after the…

NAO flags shortcomings in government preferential pricing deals with big tech suppliers
23
Jan
2025

NAO flags shortcomings in government preferential pricing deals with big tech suppliers

The government’s multi-year, volume pricing discount deals with the likes of Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are under scrutiny…

CMA adds ex-Amazon UK boss to board as provisional judgement in cloud probe nears
22
Jan
2025

CMA adds ex-Amazon UK boss to board as provisional judgement in cloud probe nears

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has appointed former Amazon UK boss, Doug Gurr, to chair its board on an…

Privacy professionals expect budget cuts, lack confidence
22
Jan
2025

Privacy professionals expect budget cuts, lack confidence

Over 40% of European privacy professionals believe their organisations are not putting sufficient money behind data privacy initiatives, and 54%…

Funksec gang turned up ransomware heat in December
22
Jan
2025

Funksec gang turned up ransomware heat in December

December 2024 broke records for ransomware attack volumes, according to data released by cyber security firm NCC Group, which said…

Clubcard at 30 – the evolution of retail loyalty
22
Jan
2025

Clubcard at 30 – the evolution of retail loyalty

Back in the pre-internet days of the early 1990s, retail loyalty programmes were prehistoric (Green Shield stamps anyone?) – until…

Elon Musk distances himself from Trump’s Stargate AI mission
22
Jan
2025

Elon Musk distances himself from Trump’s Stargate AI mission

Billionaire Elon Musk, who is seen as US president Donald Trump’s right-hand man, has openly criticised the new US administration’s…

EdgeNebula: The UK startup turning disused office spaces into micro-datacentres
22
Jan
2025

EdgeNebula: The UK startup turning disused office spaces into micro-datacentres

Warnings about power supply issues and the scarcity of suitable sites to build new server farms have led to persistent…

Europol seeks evidence of encryption on crime enforcement as it steps-up pressure on Big Tech
22
Jan
2025

Europol seeks evidence of encryption on crime enforcement as it steps-up pressure on Big Tech

European Union member states have been asked to gather examples of how encryption technologies are frustrating criminal investigations as police and…

Kearney, Futurum: Big enterprise CEOs make AI core to future
21
Jan
2025

Kearney, Futurum: Big enterprise CEOs make AI core to future

Management consultancy Kearney and analyst The Futurum Group have published research showing CEOs at high-revenue companies are putting artificial intelligence…

Weak supplier management hinders digital government
21
Jan
2025

Weak supplier management hinders digital government

The State of digital government review, published by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, has portrayed the highly fragmented…

Hyperscalers to spend a trillion dollars on AI optimised hardware
21
Jan
2025

Hyperscalers to spend a trillion dollars on AI optimised hardware

The latest spending forecast from Gartner predicts that more than twice as much is being spent on AI-optimised servers compared…