Dawn supercomputer gets sixfold boost thanks to £36m funding injection
The government has announced it is ploughing £36m into the Dawn supercomputer, which will lead to a sixfold increase in performance and make it one…
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Sovereign cloud and AI services tipped for take-off in 2026
Interest in sovereign cloud services has followed a bumpy trajectory over the past decade, both in the public sector and private enterprises. In the early…
US punts renewal of threat data sharing law to September
The United States’ Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 – CISA 2015 – which came within a hair’s breadth of lapsing for good at the…
Overcoming tech career barriers faced by underrepresented groups
Conversations around diversity in the UK’s technology sector have evolved over the past decade, from a focus on increasing the number of women in tech…
Inside the trend of tech ‘spinouts’ solving real-world problems
Silicon Valley has created the impression of the archetypal technology company as founded by smart, young guns in a garage who tinker around to find…
Ransomware, reputation, risk: Black Hat Europe in review, 2026 in view
Common failures in security that enable vulnerabilities to be exploited, as well as the politicisation of technology leading to its use by nation-states for cyber…
UK government ‘blindly accepted’ Iver datacentre environmental assurances, it is claimed
The UK government is facing scrutiny for failing to do its due diligence on the environmental impacts of hyperscale datacentres, after admitting its decision to…
JPMorgan CEO urges slowdown of AI roll-out to ‘save society’
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns that the rapid roll-out of artificial intelligence (AI) throughout society will cause “civil unrest” unless governments and companies work together…
Estonian healthtech a hotbed of innovation for UK and Europe
Tartu University Hospital was founded near the start of the 19th century, but it is focused on the 21st century. It has more than 330…
DWP review of Post Office worker prosecutions yet to start, months after announcement
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has yet to formally launch its review of prosecutions of subpostmasters, despite it being announced in August 2025,…
Sportswear firm Under Armour falls victim to data breach
Customers of US-based sportswear giant Under Armour have been warned to be on high alert after details of approximately 72.7 million shoppers appeared online this…
Davos 2026: Smart thinking needed for sovereign AI investment
Policy-makers are being urged to focus on investments in artificial intelligence (AI) in a way that makes sense for the economy. The Rethinking AI sovereignty…