Category: ComputerWeekly

Uber CEO admits pricing algorithm uses ‘behavioural patterns’
20
Feb
2024

Uber CEO admits pricing algorithm uses ‘behavioural patterns’

Ride-hailing app Uber has admitted to using workers’ “behavioural patterns” to determine their pay amid long-standing conflict with drivers over…

Why a service mesh may not be for everyone
20
Feb
2024

Rolls-Royce looks at viability of quantum computing in nuclear safety

Rolls-Royce plans to use quantum computing to figure out how to run nuclear power plants remotely. Through the Quantum Technology…

Microsoft fixes Azure flaw that was subject of researcher criticism
20
Feb
2024

Competition in the cloud: Microsoft’s ‘unfair’ licensing tactics go under the microscope

Microsoft’s hold on the global cloud infrastructure sector is on the rise, with data released in the wake of its…

Cops take down LockBit ransomware gang
20
Feb
2024

Cops take down LockBit ransomware gang

The LockBit ransomware crew that was behind some of the most significant cyber incidents of recent years, most famously the…

Music agency halves space and energy costs with switch to Pure
19
Feb
2024

Music agency halves space and energy costs with switch to Pure

Switzerland-based copyright and royalties agency SUISA has cut datacentre rackspace and energy costs by 50% following a move from EMC…

Scotland in renewed push to attract more hyperscale and colocation datacentre development
19
Feb
2024

Virtus plots colocation campus in Buckinghamshire as demand for London datacentres soars

West London-based colocation provider Virtus Data Centres is planning to build a server farm campus on a 50-acre freehold plot…

Controversial Post Office Capture system was developed in-house
19
Feb
2024

Controversial Post Office Capture system was developed in-house

The Post Office’s second controversial accounting system, known as Capture, was developed in-house in the early 1990s. Following the explosion…

Gartner: Three top trends in cyber security for 2024
19
Feb
2024

Gartner: Three top trends in cyber security for 2024

Security and risk management leaders face disruptions on multiple fronts: technological, organisational and human. Preparation and pragmatic execution are vital…

Mind the gap: AI leaders pulling ahead as LLMs take off
16
Feb
2024

Google claims AI advances with Gemini LLM

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has unveiled the next version of Google’s Gemini large language model (LLM). The new version…

CDO interview: Andrew Curry, manager of the Central Data Office, ExxonMobil
16
Feb
2024

Green IT: How Google’s cloud and AI tools are supporting a methane-tracking satellite project

A satellite due for launch will track how much methane is being emitted by oil and gas facilities, aiming to…

Top 10 women in tech and diversity in tech stories of 2023
16
Feb
2024

Misunderstanding and underrepresentation blocking tech diversity

Only a small amount of people believe the tech sector is representative of the UK, according to research by the…

Post Office IT insider and the software decision that lit the Horizon scandal
16
Feb
2024

Post Office IT insider and the software decision that lit the Horizon scandal

In the late 1990s, the outcome of a battle between two factions within the Post Office triggered the IT problems…