Lords committee urges caution on UK use of autonomous weapons
The UK government must “proceed with caution” when developing and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) for military purposes, particularly autonomous weapons systems (AWS), a House of…
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Security Think Tank: Four steps to secure remote workers
In a post-Covid world all organisations have had to adapt to new ways of working. The transition to remote working was fast paced, reactive and…
Almost 60% of UK workers have had no digital skills training
Almost 60% of workers in the UK have had no training in digital skills, according to research by CV Genius. Looking into data from several…
Post Office lawyer with his fingerprints all over IT scandal spreads blame
A former Post Office senior criminal lawyer, who celebrated a court victory that sent a pregnant woman to prison without evidence of a crime, scatters…
The all-flash datacentre: Mirage or imminent reality?
The idea of datacentres that run only on flash storage has been discussed for at least 10 years. During that time, some pioneering IT teams…
Prepare for your worst day: How to create a cyber incident response plan
Cyber threats and cyber attacks have increased in frequency and become more sophisticated in the past few years. Industry observers see the threat landscape constantly…
Government’s Online Fraud Charter welcomed
Consumer affairs and financial services specialists alike have given their backing to new commitments from some of the world’s leading tech and social media platforms…
Infosys and Shell collaborate on push to accelerate adoption of immersion cooling in datacentres
Global IT consultancy Infosys is joining forces with energy giant Shell on a project that is geared towards accelerating the adoption of immersion cooling technologies…
CGI and Google Cloud join forces to support United Nations in climate change fight
IT consultancy CGI is collaborating with Google Cloud to co-develop a platform for the United Nations that will help countries tackle a range of climate…
Rhysida gang stole hundreds of gigabytes of British Library data
The scale of the data breach affecting the British Library in the wake of a Rhysida ransomware attack is now becoming apparent after the cyber…
Slow government response to Post Office scandal compensation forces new legislation
Government’s slow progress compensating subpostmasters who had their lives ruined by one of its organisations, the Post Office, has forced it to legislate to allow…
Paula Vennells’ email fuelled Post Office Horizon cult, inquiry told
Disgraced former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells sent out a company-wide email to counteract a Computer Weekly investigation that revealed the problems subpostmasters were experiencing…