Category: ComputerWeekly

HMRC’s hunt for hyperscaler to lead £500m datacentre exit project deemed ‘anti-competitive’
07
Oct
2025

IR35: Conservative Party pledge to reform off-payroll rules gets lacklustre response

A pledge by the shadow home secretary, Andrew Griffith, to “look again” at reforming the controversial IR35 disguised employment legislation…

Saudi Arabia struggling to reach global leadership in deeptech
07
Oct
2025

Middle East cloud ambitions get boost from IBM-AWS partnership

IBM and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are strengthening their partnership with a strong focus on the Middle East. The two…

Is the UK’s digital ID scheme doomed to fail?
07
Oct
2025

Is the UK’s digital ID scheme doomed to fail?

Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 7 October 2025 Is the UK’s digital ID scheme doomed to…

Ransomware attack volumes up nearly three times on 2024
06
Oct
2025

Oracle patches E-Business suite targeted by Cl0p ransomware

Oracle has issued a fix for a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its E-Business Suite (EBS) as the…

Data sovereignty demand pushes Herabit to get S3 storage
06
Oct
2025

Data sovereignty demand pushes Herabit to get S3 storage

Italy-based service provider Herabit has opted for Cubbit S3 distributed cloud storage in a move aimed at meeting demands for…

Hamas lawyer challenges police after they seized legal files from phone in Schedule 7 stop
06
Oct
2025

Police ordered to give reasons in closed court for seizing phone of UK Hamas lawyer

North Wales Police has been ordered to disclose the reasons for stopping a UK lawyer who represented Hamas and seizing…

Government urged to scrutinise datacentre developers’ environmental claims
06
Oct
2025

Government urged to scrutinise datacentre developers’ environmental claims

The government is being urged to “properly scrutinise” the environmental impact of the nation’s growing datacentre footprint by non-profit Foxglove,…

UK to create ‘governance framework’ for police facial recognition
06
Oct
2025

Police facial recognition trials show little evidence of benefits

Real-world testing of live facial recognition (LFR) systems by UK and European police is a largely ungoverned “Wild West”, where…

Gartner: IT leaders need to prepare for GenAI legal issues
06
Oct
2025

Gartner: IT leaders need to prepare for GenAI legal issues

IT leaders are being advised to prepare for the rise in legal disputes and regulatory compliance mishaps arising from the…

IT Sustainability Think Tank: Helping IT directors see through suppliers' greenwashing claims
06
Oct
2025

IT Sustainability Think Tank: Helping IT directors see through suppliers’ greenwashing claims

Green promises from technology companies are everywhere. Servers described as carbon neutral, cloud platforms that reportedly run on 100% renewable…

Dutch cloud pioneers face the hard limits of digital sovereignty
06
Oct
2025

Enterprise software sales through cloud hyperscale marketplaces set to hit $163bn by 2030

Sales of enterprise software through hyperscale cloud marketplaces hosted by the likes of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft and Google…

UK government to consult on police live facial recognition use
06
Oct
2025

UK government to consult on police live facial recognition use

The UK government will consult on police facial recognition before further expanding its use across England, says policing minister Sarah…