Category: ComputerWeekly

Government launches consultation on plan to streamline business through e-invoicing
14
Feb
2025

Government launches consultation on plan to streamline business through e-invoicing

The government has asked businesses for comment on a UK approach to electronic invoicing (e-invoicing), which is part of its…

Government renames AI Safety Institute and teams up with Anthropic
14
Feb
2025

Government renames AI Safety Institute and teams up with Anthropic

Peter Kyle, secretary of state for Science, Innovation and Technology will use the Munich Security Conference as a platform to…

UK accused of political ‘foreign cyberattack’ on US after serving secret snooping order on Apple
13
Feb
2025

UK accused of political ‘foreign cyberattack’ on US after serving secret snooping order on Apple

An unprecedented letter from the US Congress, released today, accuses the UK of “a foreign cyberattack waged through political means”….

Top cryptography experts join calls for UK to drop plans to snoop on Apple’s encrypted data
13
Feb
2025

Top cryptography experts join calls for UK to drop plans to snoop on Apple’s encrypted data

Over a hundred cyber security experts, companies and civil society groups have signed a letter calling for the Home Secretary,…

EU looks to ramp up sovereign tech as Trump trade war begins
13
Feb
2025

EU looks to ramp up sovereign tech as Trump trade war begins

As the European Union (EU) prepares to respond to Trump’s 25% tariff on aluminium and steel, a widely reported paper…

Baltic skills programme to help reduce European skills gap via Africa
13
Feb
2025

Baltic skills programme to help reduce European skills gap via Africa

IT professionals in Africa are being connected to tech businesses in the Baltic region as part of a European Commission-funded…

Interview: Why Samsung put a UK startup centre stage
13
Feb
2025

Interview: Why Samsung put a UK startup centre stage

Oxford Semantic Technologies, is an example of what Matt Clifford, chair of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), was…

UK government sanctions target Russian cyber crime network Zservers
13
Feb
2025

UK government sanctions target Russian cyber crime network Zservers

The UK government has sanctioned Russian entity Zservers, as well as six individual members of the cyber group and its…

AI Action Summit: Two major AI initiatives launched
12
Feb
2025

AI Action Summit: Two major AI initiatives launched

Two major artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives have been launched at the AI Action Summit in Paris, focused on promoting sustainable…

Microsoft’s February 2025 Patch Tuesday corrects 57 bugs, three critical
12
Feb
2025

Microsoft’s February 2025 Patch Tuesday corrects 57 bugs, three critical

Microsoft followed up its massive January Patch Tuesday update containing fixes for 159 vulnerabilities with a more modest crop this month….

Forrester: AI and cyber security drive up IT spending
12
Feb
2025

Forrester: AI and cyber security drive up IT spending

Market analysis from Forrester has forecast that organisations in Europe are set to increase IT spending by 5% during 2025….

AI Action Summit: UK and US refuse to sign inclusive AI statement
12
Feb
2025

AI Action Summit: UK and US refuse to sign inclusive AI statement

The UK and US governments refused to sign a joint international declaration on inclusive and sustainable artificial intelligence (AI) as…