Computer Weekly

European governments are rolling out decentralised secure messaging and collaboration services as they seek to reduce their reliance on Big Tech companies

US and allied cyber agencies team up to try to nudge users to pay more attention to securing Microsoft Exchange Server

The growing threat of ransomware attacks requires cyber to evolve from a defensive posture to being increasingly proactive. Building threat intel can enable this, helping better predict, prioritise and prevent ransomware attacks.

Industrial organisations face rising operational security cyber threats. Asset visibility is vital for defence – without knowing what’s connected, organisations are risk blind

Collaboration aims to boost awareness of open source initiatives, community development and the procurement process

Siemens and Capgemini are expanding their partnership to create AI-based industrial technologies, said to boost efficiency, sustainability and innovation in manufacturing sectors

The owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram is spending billions on new datacentres for artificial intelligence

Two US senators have proposed legislation that would require AI chatbot companies to verify the ages of people using their chatbots, in attempt to limit their harmful effects on children

Colocation giant Equinix has acquired a plot of land in Hertfordshire where datacentre developer DC01UK secured planning permission to build a hyperscale campus in January 2025

Alongside Microsoft’s posted cloud revenue of $49bn was a configuration error that caused a global outage affecting many customers

Strategic partnership signals a new era of smart mobility aligned with country’s digital ambitions

Japanese IT supplier managed to grow its UK public sector business last year despite the fallout from the Post Office scandal

Over the next five years, £85bn has been set aside by the government to fund research and development

Nine state-level data protection laws have come into force in the US this year, and three more are slated for January 2026. Navigating this complex landscape is becoming a challenge

A week after HM Revenue & Customs’ reliance on Amazon Web Services came under scrutiny from MPs, the public cloud giant remains the only supplier in the running for the tax agency’s £500m datacentre exit project

Subpostmasters frustrated after meeting with government minister on the announcement of compensation scheme for those who had problems with Post Office Capture

A system from national rail operator British Rail in 1975 used distributed computing and a 400km data network to track freight

A collaboration to deploy advanced AI infrastructure positions Saudi Arabia as a global hub for intelligent computing

Integrated into the national Sehaty app, the AI feature, developed with Lean Business Services and Google Cloud, marks a major step in Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 journey toward smarter, more personalised healthcare

E-commerce giant Amazon has cited artificial intelligence as a key driver of its decision to lay off thousands of its corporate employees