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US lawmakers warn over UK ‘backdoor’ order against Apple

Congress warns that the UK’s unprecedented secrecy over a ‘backdoor’ surveillance order against Apple is straining relations between the two countries
Eurocontrol extends critical European aviation network

UK’s leading comms provider extends its contract with European air traffic management firm to continue supporting and delivering resilient network services through to 2033
Government to create team to validate Capita data pension scheme

Cabinet Office is setting up a function to check the civil service pension scheme data provided by Capita
AI improves reliability of 5G multicast broadcasting

Japanese university study presents ‘lightweight’ approach for improving the reliability of mobile broadcasting to help prevent temporary video freezing caused by lost data during wireless transmission
Civil service union welcomes pension scheme insourcing plan

PCS union chief met Cabinet Office minister to discuss troubled pension scheme run by Capita
AWS AI Symposium: Public sector must shape AI, use open source

As frontier models outpace cyber defences, two public sector voices set out different answers to the same security question – transparency and procurement leverage

IT event dive: Through the AWS public sector symposium revolving door

What goes on in the gaps between reporting on vendor events, with a morning spent absorbing thousands of words at the AWS Public Sector AI Symposium in London
CW@60: Nobody notices when it works

Sixty years of invisible engineering exists behind the systems we take for granted, explains Amazon's CTO
CW@60: Data is the new cure

Former digital and health secretary Matt Hancock shares his history with tech, both inside and outside government, and explains why data will do for health what it has already done for everything else

Draft Brief for Workshop to Update UCAS Website on Digital Career Choices- When IT Meets Politics

Demand for coding skills is in decline but demand for systems thinkers to use digital technology to improve productivity and address the problems of today and tomorrow, from on-line safety and ... Continue Reading
Edge series - NetApp Instaclustr: Managed edge needs a place for data- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Anil Inamdar, head of data services at NetApp Instaclustr. NetApp Instaclustr is known for its work to provide a managed ... Continue Reading
Nats tech issue highlights business continuity gap- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

While the world of IT never stands still, the same cannot be said of the poor people stranded after the National Air Traffic control system (Nats) went down on Tuesday. Over 2000 flights were ... Continue Reading
What to expect from Cloudera EVOLVE26- CW Developer Network

After an intensive learning experience last year, the Computer Weekly Developer Network is off to Cloudera EVOLVE26. Held across multiple locations, including Singapore, São Paulo, Dubai, and ... Continue Reading

GDPR wasn't designed for AI and that's a security problem

The Security Think Tank explores the intersection of GDPR and artificial intelligence, considering how data protection standards in the UK and Europe are changing in this new paradigm.
Why AI agents cannot be trusted to secure agentic AI yet

The idea of using AI agents to secure AI agents seems compelling, but in doing so, we risk unnecessarily expanding our attack surface.
Live facial recognition: The poster boy of biometric surveillance

William Webster, the biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner for England and Wales, reflects on the state of facial recognition in the UK