Category: ComputerWeekly

Tribunal investigates complaint that journalists’ phones were unlawfully monitored
11
Apr
2024

PSNI criticised after “utterly vague” answers on covert surveillance of journalists

Police in Northern Ireland have been criticised by members of Northern Ireland’s Policing Board for providing “utterly vague” responses to…

Tech jobs are on the rise, but soft skills are most coveted, says WEF
11
Apr
2024

AI skills gap blocking public sector take-up

All industries are facing a growing skills gap that is blocking them from effectively implementing artificial intelligence (AI), but this…

Facial recognition to play key role in UK shoplifting crackdown
11
Apr
2024

Facial recognition to play key role in UK shoplifting crackdown

The UK government is investing £55m in expanding the police’s use of facial-recognition systems, including a fleet of vans to…

Bank of England core system experiences six-hour outage
11
Apr
2024

Former Post Office executive’s neglect prolonged Horizon reliability myth

A former Post Office boss has admitted his mistake in failing to give proper instructions when commissioning a 2010 report…

How GenAI use is evolving for Google Cloud customers
11
Apr
2024

How GenAI use is evolving for Google Cloud customers

Financial services giant Goldman Sachs is among the household names confirmed to be using Google Cloud’s flagship Gemini and Vertex…

Managers want generative AI, but workers need more help getting to grips with it
11
Apr
2024

Software AG IUG 2024: Process mining as GenAI democratisation candidate

The Software AG International User Groups conference (IUG24) in Dublin was told this week of the supplier’s distinctive mission for…

Europe’s fastest supercomputer trains large language models in Finland
11
Apr
2024

Storage technology explained: AI and data storage

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) promises a step change in the automation fundamental to IT, with applications ranging…

Prepare for quantum to fundamentally change PKI effectiveness
11
Apr
2024

Breakthrough may herald secure home quantum computing

Scientists at Oxford University Physics have made a major breakthrough in the development of quantum security that could one day…

Fujitsu public sector contracts dry up in Post Office scandal aftermath
11
Apr
2024

Fujitsu public sector contracts dry up in Post Office scandal aftermath

Fujitsu has won just one UK public sector contract so far this year, compared with seven at this point last…

The Loan Charge scandal explained: Everything you need to know
11
Apr
2024

IR35: HMRC restores Github access to deleted CEST source code, but confirms update data lost

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has confirmed the Github repository housing the source code for its online IR35 employment status…

UK police plan national roll-out of facial-recognition phone app
11
Apr
2024

Government dismisses Lords’ concerns over facial recognition

There is already a “comprehensive legal framework” in place to govern the police’s use of live facial recognition (LFR), the…

Eticas outlines approach to ‘adversarial’ algorithmic auditing
11
Apr
2024

Patch Tuesday: Windows Server 2008 receives emergency security patch

Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday for April 2024 covers 155 vulnerabilities, three of which are classified as critical. The update includes…