Category: ComputerWeekly

Watchdog approves Sellafield physical security, but warns about cyber
20
Feb
2025

Watchdog approves Sellafield physical security, but warns about cyber

Cumbrian nuclear facility Sellafield is still under scrutiny for cyber security problems, despite the regulator’s clean bill of health for…

Microsoft overcomes quantum barrier with new particle
20
Feb
2025

Microsoft overcomes quantum barrier with new particle

Microsoft has published the culmination of 20 years of research into subatomic particles, known as Majorana fermions, which it aims…

Privacy at a crossroads in the age of AI and quantum
20
Feb
2025

Privacy at a crossroads in the age of AI and quantum

The digital landscape is entering a critical turning point, shaped by two game-changing technologies: generative AI (GenAI) and the imminent…

CaixaBank outlines artificial intelligence intentions in €5bn plan
19
Feb
2025

CaixaBank outlines artificial intelligence intentions in €5bn plan

CaixaBank will invest in programmes to make more use of artificial intelligence (AI), as part of a multibillion-euro business plan…

ARM and Meta: Plotting a path to dilute GPU capacity
19
Feb
2025

ARM and Meta: Plotting a path to dilute GPU capacity

News that ARM is embarking on developing its own datacentre processors for Meta, as reported in the Financial Times, is…

European and African tech skills programme could increase economic ties
19
Feb
2025

European and African tech skills programme could increase economic ties

Emerging economies in Africa often have relationships with developed nations through dark colonial pasts, but today, digital tech is connecting…

Quantum computing in cyber security: A double-edged sword
19
Feb
2025

Quantum computing in cyber security: A double-edged sword

Despite investor scepticism, prominent quantum computing stocks have seen a notable rise at the beginning of 2025. Even prominent tech…

Warning over privacy of encrypted messages as Russia targets Signal Messenger
19
Feb
2025

Warning over privacy of encrypted messages as Russia targets Signal Messenger

Russia-backed hacking groups have developed techniques to compromise encrypted messaging services, including Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram, placing journalists, politicians and…

DeepSeek-R1: Budgeting challenges for on-premise deployments
18
Feb
2025

DeepSeek-R1: Budgeting challenges for on-premise deployments

Until now, IT leaders have needed to consider the cyber security risks posed by allowing users to access large language…

EY: Industrial companies worldwide stunted in emerging technology use
18
Feb
2025

EY: Industrial companies worldwide stunted in emerging technology use

Many companies from a range of industries worldwide are stuck at a trial stage of emerging technologies usage, according to…

South Korea plots to become home to world’s largest AI datacentre
18
Feb
2025

South Korea plots to become home to world’s largest AI datacentre

A newly created public-private partnership looks set to oversee the creation of the world’s largest artificial intelligence (AI) datacentre in…

Cyber Monitoring Centre develops hurricane scale to count cost of cyber attacks
18
Feb
2025

Cyber Monitoring Centre develops hurricane scale to count cost of cyber attacks

The CrowdStrike incident in 2024 hit the UK like a hurricane. As it swept across the country, it ground flights…