2026 is the year we must get serious about being a data nation
The UK is beginning 2026 with big artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions, but without a clear approach to the data that underpins them. Despite some recent…
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Banks on the hook for £173m in APP fraud reimbursement
UK banks reimbursed customers who fell victim to authorised push payment (APP) scams to the tune of £173m last year, according to payments regulator. The…
AI agents, human judgement and the future of work in the UAE
The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) agents is no longer a theoretical discussion for organisations in the UAE. As both public and private sectors…
Kendall names Barnsley as UK’s first tech town
The government has named Barnsley the country’s first so-called “tech town”. This follows the launch of free artificial intelligence (AI) training for all UK citizens,…
Answers to key questions about AI in IT security
The buzz around agentic artificial intelligence (AI) systems, AI agents, autonomous security operations centres, and everything in between is louder than ever, sparking conversations across…
Birmingham Oracle project: Data cleansing and resourcing issues
Questions raised during the latest audit committee meeting at Birmingham City Council show continued concerns among councillors that the project will fail to go live…
HMRC chooses cloud SAP S/4Hana for tax system overhaul
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has chosen SAP S/4Hana in the cloud, using the supplier’s Rise pathway, for an overhaul of its core tax and…
Canva uses 1Password to secure ID during growth phase
In May 2019, graphic design platform Canva fell victim to a major cyber security breach in which a threat actor known as Gnosticplayers hacked its…
Police intercept evidence from Sky ECC cryptophone network ‘unreliable’, Antwerp court told
A court in Belgium has refused to allow defence lawyers in a high-profile drugs case extra time after a forensic expert found that digital evidence…
History repeats itself in Post Office Capture redress scheme with low-ball offers made
Subpostmasters who suffered at the hands of errors in the Post Office’s Capture software, like Horizon users, are receiving derisory compensation offers, but face a…
Police Digital Service future remains uncertain as ‘radical’ Home Office policing reform unveiled
Uncertainty about what the future holds for the Police Digital Service (PDS) continues, despite the UK government confirming the organisation is set to be absorbed into…
Home Office announces sweeping police technology plans
The Home Office has outlined plans for the massive roll-out of artificial intelligence (AI) and facial-recognition technologies as part of sweeping reforms to the UK’s…