UK public don’t trust Fujitsu, but government does
The public still do not trust Fujitsu following its role in the Post Office scandal, according to a snap poll, but the government continues to…
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Why some VMware customers pay for upgrades they never use
A growing number of VMware customers are doing something that looks contradictory on paper: renewing their VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) subscriptions in full, then declining…
Nvidia pushes ahead with security alliance for AI openness
Nvidia has called on policymakers and business to support open artificial intelligence (AI) models to enable better cyber security. It announced the industry-wide Open Secure…
Bahrain cannot claim sovereign immunity for spyware attack against UK dissidents, top UK court rules
The Kingdom of Bahrain cannot claim sovereign immunity to legal action brought by two Bahraini dissidents who accuse it of infecting their computers with German-made…
HSBC chooses Singapore for global AI centre of excellence
HSBC is launching an artificial intelligence (AI) centre of excellence in Singapore, with a plan to recruit 100 AI specialists. The bank, like its competitors,…
Why every SaaS platform needs a sanctions kill switch
For years, sanctions compliance in software companies has been somebody else’s job. The working assumption ran roughly as follows: do not take payment from a…
Russian APT Laundry Bear perfects zero-click phishing attack
An emerging threat actor linked with confidence to the Russian state is targeting Western organisations with a novel zero-click phishing attack technique designed to compromise…
Patrick Vallance returns as AI taskforce chair
Just days after he resigned as science minister, Patrick Vallance is back, chairing a new Andy Burnham government artificial intelligence (AI) Taskforce. The taskforce, headed…
US government to consider AI Kill Switch law
US lawmakers are to consider enacting legislation that would force developers of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) systems – such as OpenAI or Anthropic – to…
OpenUK calls for a UK version of the Linux Foundation
As part of its “reindustrialisation” strategy, new UK prime minister Andy Burnham’s government needs to recognise the importance of open source in the country’s artificial…
‘It beggars belief’ as DWP ‘drags its heels’ over subpostmaster prosecutions reviews
The Department of Work & Pensions (DWP) has not yet appointed an independent reviewer of its prosecutions of subpostmasters or signed off terms of reference,…
Alphabet borrows $100bn to pay for AI investments
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has reported revenue for the second quarter of 2026 of £120bn, an increase of 24%, with Google Cloud experiencing…