Hit the north! UK datacentre focus shifts to M62 and points north
The UK’s largest datacentre construction projects are shifting north, as market saturation and power grid connection issues hit the south east of England. Of the…
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Zopa Bank continues its transformation with further growth
Zopa Bank added half a million customers last year, and saw its profits grow by just over 90%, as its transformation into a bank enters…
Interview: Huy Dao, director of data and machine learning platform, Booking.com
Huy Dao, director of data and machine learning platform at Booking.com, agrees that it’s reasonable to suggest his company is the definition of an insights-driven…
Interview: Sunrise, a supercomputer for nuclear fusion research
The UK government recently unveiled its UK fusion strategy 2026, which includes £125m of funding to develop the artificial intelligence (AI) growth zone at Culham,…
Everywoman announces 2026 Women in Technology Awards winners
Everywoman has announced the winners of its 2026 Everywoman in Technology Awards, sponsored by Salesforce. For the past 16 years, professional network Everywoman has been…
UK Cyber Monitoring Centre plans expansion in US amid risk of Category 5 attack
A UK initiative to measure the financial and economic impact of serious cyber attacks is to be replicated in the US, as organisations continue to…
Interview: Jem Walters, CTO, Vanquis
Jem Walters became chief technology officer (CTO) at banking group Vanquis in September 2023 after scratching an itch. Having spent 23 years with Virgin Money,…
Essex Police halts live facial recognition over bias and accuracy risks
Essex Police has paused its use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology after identifying potential accuracy and bias risks. The force’s suspension of its LFR…
HSS ProService ‘Uber-ifies’ with functional programming and agentic AI
HSS ProService’s emergence as a fully digitised business has been underpinned by a marketplace system built on functional programming in Scala and Cats, plus agentic…
AI makes debut in Bridewell cyber security in CNI report
Artificial intelligence (AI) risk has entered the top tier of security concerns for the first time for 39% of organisations, according to a report from…
UK government puts brakes on opt-out copyright exemption for AI
The UK government has said it will not implement its plan to allow artificial intelligence (AI) firms to use copyrighted material without explicit permission for…
Cisa tells US organisations to harden endpoint management after Stryker attack
In the wake of a wave of cyber attacks over the past week, including an ongoing incident at medical technology firm Stryker, the US Cybersecurity…