Category: ComputerWeekly

Meta settles lawsuit over surveillance business model
14
Apr
2025

Meta settles lawsuit over surveillance business model

Meta has agreed for the first time to stop using the personal data of a specific individual for targeted advertising,…

Expect a tariff on semiconductors within two months, says US commerce secretary
14
Apr
2025

Expect a tariff on semiconductors within two months, says US commerce secretary

Although there was a sigh of relief when the US clarified that it would not be imposing tariffs on the…

Government injects extra funding to drive quantum growth
14
Apr
2025

Government injects extra funding to drive quantum growth

The government has committed £121m of funding over the next 12 months to support quantum computing in the UK. While…

Introducing the EuroStack initiative: Could this turn the tide on hyperscale cloud in Europe?
14
Apr
2025

Introducing the EuroStack initiative: Could this turn the tide on hyperscale cloud in Europe?

If you have not heard of EuroStack, you might first guess it’s merely an EU-centred walled garden for IT. However,…

The role of small language models in enterprise AI
14
Apr
2025

The role of small language models in enterprise AI

According to analyst Gartner, small language models (SLMs) offer a potentially cost-effective alternative for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) development and…

Work-life balance biggest barrier for women in tech, says survey
11
Apr
2025

Work-life balance biggest barrier for women in tech, says survey

Maintaining work-life balance has been the biggest challenge many women in the technology industry have come up against, according to…

AI surveillance towers place migrants in ‘even greater jeopardy’
11
Apr
2025

AI surveillance towers place migrants in ‘even greater jeopardy’

The Home Office is operating at least eight artificial intelligence (AI)-powered surveillance towers along the South-East coast of England, which…

More than 100 Horizon victims are challenging Post Office offers on complex claims
11
Apr
2025

More than 100 Horizon victims are challenging Post Office offers on complex claims

The government is crawling towards completing the financial redress of the subpostmasters who defeated the Post Office in a group…

IT strategy implications of US tariffs
11
Apr
2025

IT strategy implications of US tariffs

A report in the Financial Times that European Union (EU) president Ursula von der Leyen could impose tariffs on US…

Met Police to deploy permanent facial recognition tech in Croydon
11
Apr
2025

Met Police to deploy permanent facial recognition tech in Croydon

The Metropolitan Police is planning to install the UK’s first permanent live facial recognition (LFR) cameras in Croydon, continuing its…

GCHQ historian Dave Abrutat’s mission to preserve the UK’s forgotten signals intelligence history
10
Apr
2025

GCHQ historian Dave Abrutat’s mission to preserve the UK’s forgotten signals intelligence history

During the Second World War, there were an estimated 250 signals intelligence (Sigint) sites across the UK from as far…

Google offers open protocol for AI agent connectivity
10
Apr
2025

Google offers open protocol for AI agent connectivity

With support from technology partners, Google has introduced an open agent-to-agent protocol to enable artificial intelligence (AI) agents to communicate securely…