Category: ComputerWeekly

QuEra Computing sets out plan for error-correcting quantum computing
09
Jan
2024

QuEra Computing sets out plan for error-correcting quantum computing

QuEra Computing (QEC) has unveiled a roadmap for advanced error-corrected quantum computers, in which it plans to achieve 100 logical…

Trauma and fear means victims of the Post Office scandal are suffering in silence
09
Jan
2024

Trauma and fear means victims of the Post Office scandal are suffering in silence

The ITV drama, Mr Bates v the Post Office, conveys a good sense of the appalling nature and enormous scale…

British Library ransomware attack could cost up to £7m
08
Jan
2024

British Library ransomware attack could cost up to £7m

The cost of rebuilding the British Library’s systems following the October Rhysida ransomware attack is likely to hit between £6m…

Public inquiry hears how Post Office security withheld evidence from people it suspected of theft
08
Jan
2024

Post Office scandal furore is moment to change digital evidence rules

With the general public now alert to and furious over the mistreatment of subpostmasters, the government must take the opportunity…

Inside the Met Police’s investigation into EncroChat crime gangs
08
Jan
2024

Inside the Met Police’s investigation into EncroChat crime gangs

It was in the midst of the Covid pandemic in spring 2020 that DCI Driss Hayoukane, a senior investigating officer…

Mind the gap: AI leaders pulling ahead as LLMs take off
05
Jan
2024

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

When ChatGPT burst onto the scene, it grew to 100,000,000 users within three months. The fastest growth in a new…

Celona and Palo Alto partner to enhance private 5G network security
04
Jan
2024

Celona and Palo Alto partner to enhance private 5G network security

Private wireless services specialist Celona is shortly to debut a major integration with cyber security supplier Palo Alto Networks that…

Risks and opportunities for the UK chip sector
04
Jan
2024

Risks and opportunities for the UK chip sector

While there is little appetite to develop the environment for a full home-grown semiconductor industry, the government has ambitions to…

Mizuho Financial Group trials generative AI for development and maintenance
03
Jan
2024

Artificial intelligence to the front in Sweden’s National Technology Strategy

Sweden has launched a more far-reaching National Technology Strategy (NTS) that is front-loaded by an artificial intelligence (AI)-focused long-term investment…

Suspicious email reported every five seconds in UK
02
Jan
2024

China’s UNC4841 pivots to new Barracuda ESG zero-day

The Chinese state threat actor tracked as UNC4841 that last year attacked users of Barracuda Networks’ Email Security Gateway (ESG)…

Google Cloud signs MoU to accelerate take-up of AI by UK defence sector
02
Jan
2024

Data: the golden thread of military defence

Militaries have long depended on information. Tactical, operational and strategic intelligence is vital to warfare. And there has long been…

IT Sustainability Think Tank: Carbon accounting and the changing regulatory landscape
02
Jan
2024

IT Sustainability Think Tank: Why 2024 is the year for IT managers to revamp their green IT plans

Historically, the sustainability performance of IT equipment infrastructure has remained beyond the purview of the sustainability strategy. Even in enterprises…