Category: ComputerWeekly

Amnesty: AI surveillance risks ‘supercharging’ US deportations
15
Sep
2025

Amnesty: AI surveillance risks ‘supercharging’ US deportations

Automated artificial intelligence (AI)-powered surveillance tools are being deployed to track migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the US, raising…

ShinyHunters linked to breach of French luxury goods house
15
Sep
2025

ShinyHunters linked to breach of French luxury goods house

Kering, the France-based parent of luxury brands such as Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga and Gucci, has admitted the personal data of…

Forrester Technology & Innovation Summit preview: Digital sovereignty in the public cloud
15
Sep
2025

Forrester Technology & Innovation Summit preview: Digital sovereignty in the public cloud

Given that corporate IT relies heavily on cloud-based infrastructure and services delivered via the public cloud, access to the data…

Noisy quantum hardware could crack RSA-2048 in seven days
15
Sep
2025

Arqit to support NCSC’s post-quantum cryptography pilot

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has enlisted quantum-safe encryption pioneer Arqit Quantum to help lead on the UK’s looming…

MI5 unlawfully monitored the phone of BBC journalist Vincent Kearney
15
Sep
2025

MI5 unlawfully monitored the phone of BBC journalist Vincent Kearney

The Security Service MI5 has admitted to unlawfully spying on the phone of former BBC investigative journalist Vincent Kearney. The…

Botched Post Office IT projects continue to drain public purse
15
Sep
2025

‘Utter madness’ as Post Office paid law firm double the cost of scandal public inquiry

Taxpayers paid one legal firm double the amount in fees to represent the Post Office in the Horizon scandal statutory…

Microsoft's ICC email block reignites European data sovereignty concerns
15
Sep
2025

Go big or go home: Should UK IT buyers favour US clouds or homegrown providers?

Governments across the continent are increasingly championing the use of local, homegrown providers and tightening the rules on where the…

EU Data Act comes into force amid fears of regulation fatigue
12
Sep
2025

EU Data Act comes into force amid fears of regulation fatigue

The European Union (EU) Data Act comes into force today (12 September 2025), giving, says the European Commission, citizens control…

GDS publishes guidance on AI coding assistants
12
Sep
2025

GDS publishes guidance on AI coding assistants

The government has published guidance for software engineers working in government departments on how they should use artificial intelligence (AI)-based…

The ‘people, process and technology’ triangle is key to AI success
12
Sep
2025

The ‘people, process and technology’ triangle is key to AI success

Debojyoti ‘Debo’ Dutta admits that his deep domain experience means he is just “a little biased” when it comes to…

South East Water modernises through Google Cloud
12
Sep
2025

TechUK report on datacentre water usage habits criticised

A TechUK report that claimed datacentres in England use less water than previously thought has been accused of containing “methodological…

Retailers turn to tech as in-store crime soars
12
Sep
2025

Retailers turn to tech as in-store crime soars

Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts, Wickes chief David Wood, and Fortnum & Mason boss Tom Athron were among the executives to…