Councils exit 10-year Capita deal to boost decision and project velocity
South Oxfordshire Council and Vale of White Horse District Council have completed a wholesale migration of digital infrastructure from a decade-long Capita contract to an…
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DfE proposes changes to student funding for assistive technology
The UK’s Department for Education (DfE) is proposing to reduce the scope of software provided through the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA), stating that advances in…
Scottish residents granted permission for group action against Capita
Capita could face a group legal action from people living in Scotland who were affected by a 2023 breach of its systems after a judge…
Interview: Michael Cole, chief technology officer, DP World Tour
Michael Cole, chief technology officer (CTO) at DP World Tour, the men’s professional golf tour that oversees 42 tournaments in 25 countries, wants to use…
Agentic AI helps Microsoft speed-up viable quantum computer
An artificial intelligence (AI) agent developed by Microsoft has been credited with helping it half the projected time it thinks it will need to develop…
UAE launches national cryptography discovery platform to accelerate post-quantum security transition
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is taking another significant step in its cyber security strategy with the launch of a national Crypto Discovery Tool (CDT),…
The unstoppable rise of the Chief AI Officer
Back in 2024, research at Harvey Nash found that just over 10% of businesses already had or were planning to appoint a Chief AI Officer…
Capita launched civil service pension scheme site without ‘basic’ web security
Capita was warned in December that the security of the web domain which manages the pensions of 1.7 million members of the Civil Service Pension…
Property sector plans for digital ID collapse over government policy concerns
A property sector initiative to introduce a digital identity scheme is being scrapped due to concerns over UK government policy and a lack of consumer…
Publishers can now opt out of Google AI summaries and training
Online publishers and news organisations will now be able to prevent Google from using their content to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models, or from…
Interview: Clare Hickie, EMEA CTO, Workday
Clare Hickie, chief technology officer (CTO) for EMEA at Workday, sits in the Customer Experience Centre in the technology firm’s European headquarters in Dublin and…
SXSW 26: Europe still struggles to invest in deep tech
European investment firms do not have the appetite to invest in deep tech. In a discussion at the South by Southwest (SXSW) 2026 conference and…