Category: ComputerWeekly

UK competition regulator looks into Amazon’s Anthropic funding
08
Aug
2024

UK competition regulator looks into Amazon’s Anthropic funding

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has begun looking at whether it should investigate Amazon’s partnership with Anthropic under the…

US lawmakers seek to brand ransomware gangs as terrorists
08
Aug
2024

US lawmakers seek to brand ransomware gangs as terrorists

United States lawmakers are mulling a new proposal to designate countries from which cyber criminal ransomware gangs operate as state…

Ofcom issues online safety warning to firms in wake of UK riots
08
Aug
2024

Ofcom issues online safety warning to firms in wake of UK riots

Ofcom has warned that social media firms will be obliged to deal with disinformation and content that is hateful or…

Accountants predict AI-driven business surge
08
Aug
2024

Accountants predict AI-driven business surge

Artificial intelligence (AI) is viewed by many as a threat to white collar jobs, yet research from a UK-based think…

Microsoft and CrowdStrike hit back at Delta’s legal threats
07
Aug
2024

Microsoft and CrowdStrike hit back at Delta’s legal threats

Microsoft and CrowdStrike have defended themselves against a series of accusations by Delta, saying the US airline, which was particularly…

Cyber security adoption is vital to Scotland’s space race
07
Aug
2024

Cyber security adoption is vital to Scotland’s space race

It has been described in various evocative ways across popular culture, reflecting its vastness and potential for discovery. But, as…

Securing data in GCP: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
07
Aug
2024

Securing data in GCP: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

Listen to this podcast We speak to Google’s director of product management for confidential computing about ensuring the protection of…

Advanced faces fine over LockBit attack that crippled NHS 111
07
Aug
2024

Advanced faces fine over LockBit attack that crippled NHS 111

Software supplier Advanced Computer Software Group faces a potential fine of £6.09m for an alleged failure to implement appropriate cyber…

The Prince’s Trust partners with tech company to draw kids into sector
06
Aug
2024

The Prince’s Trust partners with tech company to draw kids into sector

The Prince’s Trust has partnered with medical IT and cyber firm Sectra to educate young people about tech careers to…

2024 seeing more CVEs than ever before, but few are weaponised
06
Aug
2024

2024 seeing more CVEs than ever before, but few are weaponised

Over the first seven-and-a-half months of 2024, the number of newly-disclosed common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) soared 30% year-on-year from…

AI disempowers logistics workers while intensifying their work
06
Aug
2024

AI disempowers logistics workers while intensifying their work

Marc Francis spent the past few years of his life governed by a broken route planner. Time after time, the…

Labour drops Edinburgh exascale supercomputer but funds more AI
06
Aug
2024

Labour drops Edinburgh exascale supercomputer but funds more AI

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has announced funding for 98 artificial intelligence (AI) projects to help kickstart…