Category: ComputerWeekly

Number of girls taking A-level computing exceeds 3,000
15
Aug
2024

Number of girls taking A-level computing exceeds 3,000

The number of girls choosing to take computing at A-level in 2024 increased by almost 800 students, pushing the total…

'Blackswans' take flight: the legal ramifications of the CrowdStrike incident  
15
Aug
2024

‘Blackswans’ take flight: the legal ramifications of the CrowdStrike incident  

Public admission of failure takes courage. In trying to limit reputational damage to his cybersecurity company, CrowdStrike president Michael Sentonas…

Google Cloud survey shows GenAI business benefits
15
Aug
2024

Google Cloud survey shows GenAI business benefits

A survey conducted by National Research Group for Google Cloud has reported that the majority of business leaders polled have…

August Patch Tuesday proves busy with six zero-days to fix
14
Aug
2024

August Patch Tuesday proves busy with six zero-days to fix

IT administrators and security teams hoping for a quiet summer have been left disappointed after Microsoft patched six actively exploited…

Dawn Project calls out Big Tech for selling AI snake oil
14
Aug
2024

Dawn Project calls out Big Tech for selling AI snake oil

Safety advocacy group The Dawn Project has ramped up its campaign to illustrate the failings of artificial intelligence (AI) systems…

Post Office brings in new IT chief as it awaits funding for Horizon replacement
14
Aug
2024

Post Office brings in new IT chief as it awaits funding for Horizon replacement

The Post Office is bringing in a new technology leader as it awaits additional government funding for its troubled programme…

Automated police tech contributes to UK structural racism problem
14
Aug
2024

Automated police tech contributes to UK structural racism problem

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and facial-recognition technologies in policing is contributing to a “worrying rowback” in the civil…

IR35 public sector reforms: HS2 finalises £6.2m settlement with HMRC over compliance failings
14
Aug
2024

IR35 public sector reforms: HS2 finalises £6.2m settlement with HMRC over compliance failings

High Speed Two (HS2), the public body responsible for developing the UK’s high-speed rail network, has confirmed it paid HM…

NIST debuts three quantum-safe encryption algorithms
13
Aug
2024

NIST debuts three quantum-safe encryption algorithms

The United States’ National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has debuted three new encryption algorithms that it claims will…

IT Sustainability Think Tank: How IT leaders can balance innovation with sustainability
13
Aug
2024

IT Sustainability Think Tank: How IT leaders can balance innovation with sustainability

Cloud computing underpins countless applications, services, and company initiatives. However, the environmental footprint of these activities has started to come…

Labour's first cyber priority must be the NHS
13
Aug
2024

Labour’s first cyber priority must be the NHS

Of the five missions outlined by Keir Starmer’s government in the King’s Speech on 17 July 2024, one stands out…

Podcast: Storage functionality in Kubernetes 1.31
13
Aug
2024

Podcast: Storage functionality in Kubernetes 1.31

In this podcast, we look at storage features expected in Kubernetes 1.31 with Sergey Pronin, group products manager at Percona,…