Category: ComputerWeekly

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…

Mattel taps into Google Cloud to accelerate product innovation in response to customer feedback
10
Apr
2025

Mattel taps into Google Cloud to accelerate product innovation in response to customer feedback

Global toy manufacturer Mattel has revealed details of how its technology tie-up with Google Cloud is allowing the firm to…

Lloyds Bank moves AI work onto Google Cloud platform
10
Apr
2025

Lloyds Bank moves AI work onto Google Cloud platform

Lloyds Banking Group will build, deploy and scale artificial intelligence (AI) systems using a Google service, accelerating production while slashing…

Spirit of openness helps banks get serious about stopping scams
10
Apr
2025

Spirit of openness helps banks get serious about stopping scams

Three announcements in the space of a few days this month suggest financial scams have reached a tipping point and…

Investigative reporter files legal action over police surveillance and social media monitoring
10
Apr
2025

Investigative reporter files legal action over police surveillance and social media monitoring

Investigative reporter Dónal MacIntyre has asked the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) to look into allegations that he was placed under…

Microsoft’s April 2025 bumper Patch Tuesday corrects 124 bugs
09
Apr
2025

Microsoft’s April 2025 bumper Patch Tuesday corrects 124 bugs

Microsoft’s mighty bundle of 124 April fixes for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in its codebase includes 11 that are…

Ultimate guide to becoming a software engineer
09
Apr
2025

Ultimate guide to becoming a software engineer

Software engineering is also a high demand area, with research from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation showing that software engineers…