Category: ComputerWeekly

WhatsApp is refused right to intervene in Apple legal action on encryption ‘backdoors’
29
Jul
2025

Senator warns of new UK surveillance risks to US citizens following Apple ‘back door’ row

 Senator Ron Wyden has written to the US director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard urging her to provide Congress and…

Driven by data: The RAF’s revamped maritime patrol capabilities
29
Jul
2025

European Commission ignores calls to reassess Israel data adequacy

The European Commission (EC) has been ignoring calls to reassess Israel’s data adequacy status for over a year, despite “urgent…

Austrian government faces likely legal challenge over state spyware
29
Jul
2025

Austrian government faces likely legal challenge over state spyware

The Austrian government is likely to face legal challenges after it succeeded on its fifth attempt to pass a law…

Global cyber spend will top $200bn this year, says Gartner
29
Jul
2025

Global cyber spend will top $200bn this year, says Gartner

Driven by an ever-escalating number of high-profile cyber attacks and other emerging risks, worldwide spending on cyber security products and…

Burnout burden: why CISOs are at breaking point, what needs to change
29
Jul
2025

Burnout burden: why CISOs are at breaking point, what needs to change

Let’s face it, no one talks about burnout in cybersecurity until it’s already too late. The pressure for CISOs and…

Retail cyber crime spree a “wake-up call”, says NCSC CEO
29
Jul
2025

Building digital resilience in retail

Retailers are not having an easy time. The June 2025 report from the CBI reveals that retail sales fell for…

Kioxia launches 245TB LC9, the biggest flash drive on the market
28
Jul
2025

Kioxia launches 245TB LC9, the biggest flash drive on the market

Kioxia has launched solid-state drives of 245.76TB (terabytes), making them the largest capacity commodity flash drives currently on the market….

Coding with GenAI: How businesses can manage the process
28
Jul
2025

Coding with GenAI: How businesses can manage the process

Developers often adopt generative AI (GenAI) because it helps them to code faster, yet the tooling has potential to expose…

European digital market figurehead pleads to Westminster
28
Jul
2025

European digital market figurehead pleads to Westminster

European data venture Gaia-X lobbied UK government officials to help build Europe’s data market in a Parliamentary meeting sponsored by…

The UK’s ransomware payment ban is a strategic win
25
Jul
2025

The UK’s ransomware payment ban is a strategic win

Back in January 2025 the UK government took an important step towards dismantling the ransomware economy by proposing a ban…

Why the Middle East is winning the quantum race
25
Jul
2025

Why the Middle East is winning the quantum race

The year 2025 has been declared the International Year of Quantum Science by the United Nations (UN). Meanwhile, while Western…

Post Office will not compensate subpostmasters for IT outage
25
Jul
2025

Post Office will not compensate subpostmasters for IT outage

The Post Office has said it will not pay subpostmasters compensation to cover loss of business and costs as a…