Category: ComputerWeekly

Microsoft commits to European datacentre footprint growth despite ‘geopolitical volatility’
01
May
2025

Microsoft commits to European datacentre footprint growth despite ‘geopolitical volatility’

Microsoft is preparing to increase its European datacentre capacity by 40% over the next two years and will appoint a…

Progress made on government’s Post Office Capture redress, but concerns remain
01
May
2025

Progress made on government’s Post Office Capture redress, but concerns remain

Former subpostmasters who suffered after being blamed for errors in the Post Office’s pre-Horizon software have said progress is being…

Tariffs could cost Meta $8bn in extra datacentre costs
01
May
2025

Tariffs could cost Meta $8bn in extra datacentre costs

As the company boosts its investment in infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI), Meta’s latest earnings call has painted a bleak…

The year of the ESL in UK retail
01
May
2025

The year of the ESL in UK retail

The need to find efficiencies, drive staff productivity and boost the in-store customer experience – not to mention ongoing efforts…

Is the Investigatory Powers Tribunal powerless?
01
May
2025

Is the Investigatory Powers Tribunal powerless?

According to a recent finding by a panel of five tribunal judges, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has no statutory…

Government funds training to build UK chip skills
30
Apr
2025

Government funds training to build UK chip skills

To tie in with funding for the UK’s semiconductor sector, Southampton has become home to an E-beam lithography facility, one…

How AI can attack corporate decision-making
30
Apr
2025

How AI can attack corporate decision-making

Given that the goal of developing a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) model is to take human instructions and provide a…

Current SaaS delivery model a risk management nightmare, says CISO
30
Apr
2025

Current SaaS delivery model a risk management nightmare, says CISO

The widely accepted software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model contains significant flaws and is “quietly enabling cyber attackers”, introducing widespread vulnerabilities that…

Co-op shuts off IT systems to contain cyber attack
30
Apr
2025

Co-op shuts off IT systems to contain cyber attack

Retail, insurance, legal and funeral care cooperative Co-op has confirmed it has shut off an unspecified number of back-office and…

AI in national security raises proportionality and privacy concerns
30
Apr
2025

AI in national security raises proportionality and privacy concerns

A study published to coincide with the Centre for Emerging Technology and Security annual Showcase 2025 event has highlighted some…

Artificial intelligence roles the ‘only safe jobs in banking’
30
Apr
2025

Artificial intelligence roles the ‘only safe jobs in banking’

Artificial intelligence (AI)-related roles could be the only “safe jobs” in the banking sector as financial organisations “relentlessly” press on…

Government bags 200 bids from local authorities wanting AI growth zones in their areas
30
Apr
2025

Government bags 200 bids from local authorities wanting AI growth zones in their areas

The government has received more than 200 responses from local authorities across the UK that want their areas to become…