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August 18, 2026 18Aug2026 News

IBM Consulting joins GSMA Open Gateway API initiative

Mobile trade body’s open tech initiative expands to include support from IT giant to accelerate enterprise adoption of network application programming interface Continue Reading

August 18, 2026 18Aug2026 Opinion

Planning for datacentres needs evidence, not guesswork

UK digital infrastructure growth requires an evidence-led, transparent and dynamic planning framework rather than reliance on speculative forecasts and fragmented local data Continue Reading

August 18, 2026 18Aug2026 News

UK police to launch £1.4m AI call system

The system, developed by the Home Office and National Police Chiefs’ Council, will use AI software to assess why someone is calling the 101 non-emergency police line Continue Reading

August 18, 2026 18Aug2026 News

NXP simplifies secure industrial connectivity with MCX A5 MCUs

Chip family designed to make connection to industrial edge devices easier and to unlock trusted real-time data for AI-driven applications such as simplified industrial networking Continue Reading

August 18, 2026 18Aug2026 News

Ericsson, MediaTek achieve decimetre-level 5G network accuracy

Global comms tech providers complete test for high-precision outdoor positioning over a commercial mobile 5G network with potential in industrial, mission-critical and enterprise use cases Continue Reading

August 18, 2026 18Aug2026 Blog Post

Edge series - Avantra: Edge enterprise IT, just as on-premises pretends to go away

This is a guest post written for the Computer Weekly Developer Network by Robert MacDonald, head of SAP engineering at Avantra Avantra automates, monitors, and secures hybrid SAP landscapes with ... Continue Reading

August 18, 2026 18Aug2026 E-Zine

Rogue raiders: The risks of AI models without safeguards

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the ramifications of the automated cyber attack on Hugging Face at the hands of OpenAI, as well as what Anthropic’s latest revelations mean for chief information security officers. We also report on how ... Continue Reading

August 18, 2026 18Aug2026 News

SIT and IBM to build quantum security hub in Singapore

Facility will help enterprises audit their cryptographic vulnerabilities and test defences before quantum computers can crack current encryption standards Continue Reading

August 17, 2026 17Aug2026 News

Lanarkshire gets £300m to fund AI growth zone

DataVita set to expand datacentre capacity while Dell Scotland relocates main office to Lanarkshire Continue Reading

August 17, 2026 17Aug2026 News

Multiple organisations investigating fresh wave of Cl0p breaches

Multinational giants such as Philips and Shell may have been affected after the Cl0p cyber extortion gang hacked a popular piece of PLM software Continue Reading

August 17, 2026 17Aug2026 News

Non-geostationary satellite orbit services reshape maritime connectivity

Novaspace forecasts VSAT-equipped vessel fleet will exceed 600,000 as demand for digital operations, crew welfare and high-capacity connectivity accelerates Continue Reading

August 17, 2026 17Aug2026 News

‘Connectivity confidence’ could add £115.5bn to UK economy

Research from leading UK mobile operator reveals the need to boost mobile connectivity confidence in the UK Continue Reading

August 17, 2026 17Aug2026 News

Natural History Museum’s ‘living laboratory’ logs 11 million environmental records in first year

More than 50 sensors feed temperature, humidity and acoustic readings into the Museum’s AWS Data Ecosystem, which found woodland soils stayed 10°C cooler in June’s heatwave Continue Reading

August 17, 2026 17Aug2026 Blog Post

Atomicwork & New Measure lay down new standard for AI evaluation in ITSM

AI pervades across every industry, every organisation, every technology platform and every application. As such, we must accept that AI permeates throughout every discipline of the software ... Continue Reading

August 17, 2026 17Aug2026 News

TalkTalk Business, ARO merge to boost business connectivity

Enterprise arm of comms provider and tech services provider unite to create one of the UK’s largest independent providers of connectivity and managed technology services Continue Reading

August 17, 2026 17Aug2026 Blog Post

Edge series - Advanced Cooling Systems: How agentic AI is reshaping the edge datacentre

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Paul Quigley, chief strategic relations officer at Airsys Cooling Technologies. Airsys Cooling Technologies is known for ... Continue Reading

August 17, 2026 17Aug2026 News

UK Shared Rural Network roll-out passes key target

Over 150 4G mast upgrades are now live across the UK’s national parks as part of the Shared Rural Network, as target of having 4G coverage across 95% of the UK has been achieved a year ahead of schedule Continue Reading

August 17, 2026 17Aug2026 Blog Post

Domino's Talevi: Open source AI is cybersecurity's next big fork

Open source is (of course) the foundation for much of the Internet and the methods underpinning fundamental cybersecurity practices today. Its inherent transparency lets “defenders” verify instead ... Continue Reading

August 17, 2026 17Aug2026 News

Trump enlists private sector for offensive cyber operations

Private sector cyber companies will support US federal agencies on offensive cyber operations under a new programme Continue Reading

August 17, 2026 17Aug2026 Podcast

Privacy vs Grok GenAI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

In June, MP Jess Asato began a legal case over AI-generated explicit images of herself generated without her permission by the xAI Grok AI engine Continue Reading

August 17, 2026 17Aug2026 In Depth

CW@60: Choosing change, building confidence - leading with clarity and resilience

Technology is only as strong as the confidence people have in it. Building truly resilient organisations requires a deliberate blend of cultural adaptability, clear leadership, and systems designed for consistency under pressure Continue Reading

August 17, 2026 17Aug2026 News

Revealed: Cyber spies used malware from GitHub to hack EncroChat cryptophone network

Computer Weekly reveals for the first time how French cyber spies hacked EncroChat phones used by organised crime groups Continue Reading

August 17, 2026 17Aug2026 E-Handbook

The rise of cloud sovereignty as an enterprise IT priority

Propelled by geopolitical fragmentation, a patchwork of new legislative frameworks across Europe, and growing reliance on US-based providers, cloud sovereignty has surged to the top of CIO investment priorities.

This e-guide examines ... Continue Reading

August 16, 2026 16Aug2026 News

ACE Robotics takes aim at embodied AI’s data problem

The SenseTime-backed firm is pairing wearable data capture with an on-device world model to address the challenges holding back the wider use of robots in the enterprise Continue Reading

August 16, 2026 16Aug2026 Blog Post

Edge series - Codenotary: Only agents can monitor agents

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Moshe Bar, CEO and co-founder Codenotary. Codenotary is known for its open source immutable database software, which ... Continue Reading

August 14, 2026 14Aug2026 News

More than 300 operators in 89 markets engaged in 3G switch-offs

Research from mobile trade association finds that Europe leads in 2G and 3G network switch-off activity globally, accounting for 43% of all cases, followed by Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean Continue Reading

August 14, 2026 14Aug2026 News

UK government unlocks further connected vehicle development funding

Investment boost for projects exploring how autonomous vehicles could benefit businesses and communities across the UK as part of £150m Pathfinder programme Continue Reading

August 14, 2026 14Aug2026 News

Wholesale routing choices create ‘massive’ eSIM performance gaps

Latest analysis by Ookla finds hidden challenges in wholesale embedded subscriber identity module infrastructure and routing architecture, even for users on the exact same host network Continue Reading

August 14, 2026 14Aug2026 News

Supplier challenge delays Post Office Horizon replacement

Losing bidder challenges the Post Office’s decision to award Horizon replacement contract to OneView Commerce Continue Reading

August 14, 2026 14Aug2026 News

Quintas Energy deploys AI through Box to power workflows

The company is using artificial intelligence with Box to help it classify and understand documentation Continue Reading

August 14, 2026 14Aug2026 Blog Post

Alation & PwC Canada forge data governance partnership for regulated industries

Alation (from the French and originating from Latin alatus meaning winged) is known for its AIOS technology - an open, governed, self-improving “intelligence operating system” and its pedigree in ... Continue Reading

August 14, 2026 14Aug2026 News

Most Influential Women in UK Tech: The 2026 longlist

In Computer Weekly’s search for this year’s top 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech, hundreds of women have been put forward for consideration. Here, we look at a list of everyone nominated in 2026 Continue Reading

August 14, 2026 14Aug2026 Blog Post

Lantern CEO: Commerce protocols will decide who wins the AI shopping spree

The Computer Weekly Developer Network sat down this month with Andrew Lissimore, CEO of Lantern. Lantern is known for its open source PostgreSQL vector database extension and cloud platform, which ... Continue Reading

August 14, 2026 14Aug2026 News

UK government unlocks further connected vehicle development funding

Investment boost for projects exploring how autonomous vehicles could benefit businesses and communities across the UK as part of £150m Pathfinder programme Continue Reading

August 14, 2026 14Aug2026 Blog Post

Datacentre drought

With the UK in another heatwave and no signs of any rain clouds on the horizon, our once green, green grass, is now a stark, parched landscape resulting from the country’s worst drought. While many ... Continue Reading

August 14, 2026 14Aug2026 In Depth

CW@60: Still amazed - three times computers changed my life

Despite disappointment at the pollution of the internet's utopian ideals, cyber security expert Martin Lee sees hope in future generations experiencing the spark of amazement that launched his career in tech Continue Reading

August 14, 2026 14Aug2026 Opinion

How telcos can capture value in the AI economy

In the final part of a three-part series on the role of telcos in the AI economy, we examine where operators can capture value without taking on hyperscalers head-on Continue Reading

August 14, 2026 14Aug2026 News

STT GDC secures up to $1.37bn in green financing for Johor datacentre campus

The facility, arranged by a consortium led by UOB Malaysia, will support the development of STT GDC’s flagship Malaysia campus in Johor Continue Reading

August 13, 2026 13Aug2026 News

Zayo, Nvidia team to address AI network capacity shortage

Digital infrastructure provider delivers critical network capacity to power current AI ecosystem and accelerate the next generation of AI innovation with AI chip leader’s infrastructure Continue Reading

August 13, 2026 13Aug2026 News

Rimini Street bids to broaden CIO appeal with agentic AI move

Rimini Street made its name in third-party enterprise software maintenance but says it is now branching out to attract IT leaders bewildered by complexity Continue Reading

August 13, 2026 13Aug2026 News

Telna, MTN Bayobab deliver eSIM services across Africa

Managed connectivity and mobile services provider partners with leading African telco to deliver travel embedded SIM services across multiple markets across the continent Continue Reading

August 13, 2026 13Aug2026 News

A-level computing on the rise as more girls choose to code

The number of students choosing to study computing at A-level has increased slightly this year, and the number of girls taking the subject has grown for the seventh year running Continue Reading

August 13, 2026 13Aug2026 Blog Post

Edge series - Zebra: AI@70… senses, hands & feet at the edge

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Stuart Hubbard, global senior director, AI and advanced development at Zebra Technologies. Zebra Technologies is known for ... Continue Reading

August 13, 2026 13Aug2026 Blog Post

Edge series - Phaze: Once the workstation moves, the real challenge begins...

This article is a guest blog written by Benjy Boxer for Computer Weekly Developer Network in his role as the CEO & Co-founder of Phaze. Phaze provides high-performance remote desktop ... Continue Reading

August 13, 2026 13Aug2026 News

Middle East AI scaling: Five mistakes organisations must avoid

As AI investment surges across the UAE and Saudi Arabia, data readiness is emerging as the defining factor between successful enterprise adoption and stalled deployments Continue Reading

August 13, 2026 13Aug2026 News

Everpure lands second hyperscaler design win for DirectFlash

A second top-five hyperscaler is set to take Everpure’s high-capacity flash modules, looking to displace HDDs in a specific price-performance tier of the storage stack Continue Reading

August 13, 2026 13Aug2026 News

Ryanair signs five-year Google Cloud AI partnership

Ryanair adds Google Cloud to existing AWS estate, to deploy Gemini Enterprise and DeepMind models to 35,000 staff for crew scheduling and operational decision-making Continue Reading

August 13, 2026 13Aug2026 News

At least six police forces have racked up contracts with Palantir worth £7.8m

A joint investigation by Computer Weekly and Good Law Project reveals six police forces have used Palantir’s data analytics software, while several other forces are believed to have access through regional taskforces Continue Reading

August 13, 2026 13Aug2026 News

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure gets hybrid quantum capabilities

Oracle has partnered with Quantinuum to bring the company’s Helios system to OCI customers Continue Reading

August 12, 2026 12Aug2026 News

Ant Group debuts physician platform to support patient care

The AQ for Doctor platform is integrated with a patient-facing app to help doctors conduct online consultations, manage patient records and support clinical decision-making Continue Reading

August 12, 2026 12Aug2026 Blog Post

SmartBear: Rethinking accountability in the age of AI engineering & development

An application breaks. An AI engine, model, service or application (or all of the above) wrote the code. The AI ran the tests - so the AI is responsible, right? You’re not even close, says Justin ... Continue Reading

August 12, 2026 12Aug2026 News

Dubai ranks second globally in AI adoption as investment in digital infrastructure accelerates

BCG’s Intelligent Cities Index highlights how the emirate is translating artificial intelligence ambitions into large-scale deployment, supported by investments in datacentres, sovereign AI initiatives and digital infrastructure Continue Reading

August 12, 2026 12Aug2026 News

NBN Co passes fibre tipping point as speed uplift carries FY26 growth

Australia’s wholesale broadband operator met or beat its full-year guidance as copper-to-fibre migration hit record levels Continue Reading

August 12, 2026 12Aug2026 Blog Post

Valkey’s Olson: Why performance at scale is won at the margins

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network by Madelyn Olson, Valkey project maintainer and principal engineer for AWS in-memory databases. Known well as a prolific commentator ... Continue Reading

August 12, 2026 12Aug2026 In Depth

CW@60: Information management in a world of ‘too much to know’

Information management goes back several centuries – long before what we now call information technology. For Computer Weekly journalist Brian McKenna, it’s a perfect parallel for contextualising modern techniques Continue Reading

August 12, 2026 12Aug2026 In Depth

CW@60: A ringside seat as computers transformed banking

Few industries have been transformed by technology as much as financial services - and banking veteran James Martin has been there to see it happen Continue Reading

August 12, 2026 12Aug2026 E-Zine

Where next for digital government?

In this week’s Computer Weekly, after new UK prime minister Andy Burnham scrapped the Whitehall department responsible for technology, we examine the future for digital government. As pressure grows on cyber security leaders, we find out how ... Continue Reading

August 12, 2026 12Aug2026 News

MPs want clarification on DSIT breakup

Science, Innovation and Technology Committee asks for clearer details on what the disbandment of the DSIT means for tech policy Continue Reading

August 12, 2026 12Aug2026 News

Sovereignty beyond residency: Why Gulf governments must rethink AI control

Vast Data’s Haider Aziz argues that auditability, portability and governance will determine the success of sovereign artificial intelligence initiatives across the Middle East Continue Reading

August 12, 2026 12Aug2026 News

Keppel lays groundwork for Kruger cable system with IMDA licence

The infrastructure asset manager and operator secures regulatory approval for a subsea cable that will run west to the Middle East, with a final investment decision expected by the end of 2026 Continue Reading

August 12, 2026 12Aug2026 News

LoRa Alliance aims for faster, simpler, scalable LoRaWAN deployments

Low-power wireless comms trade body unveils standards and technical guidance designed to remove hurdle to scaling IoT deployments – in particular, the manual effort to onboard a device to a network Continue Reading

August 12, 2026 12Aug2026 News

SK Telecom Hyper-AI consortium names global tech partners

Global comms tech provider takes part in South Korean government-backed AI-RAN initiative, reinforcing its AI-native network strategy and commitment to South Korea’s 6G momentum Continue Reading

August 12, 2026 12Aug2026 News

EE maintains UK mobile quality leadership

Report assessing UK mobile performance in the first half of 2026 finds BT-owned leading provider fends off growing competition to lead in nation-wide market testing Continue Reading

August 12, 2026 12Aug2026 News

Why sexualisation of women by Grok’s GenAI is a data privacy issue

MP Jess Asato discusses her landmark legal case against xAI, explaining why she believes AI companies must be held accountable for privacy violations Continue Reading

August 11, 2026 11Aug2026 News

NBN Co passes fibre tipping point as speed uplift carries FY26 growth

Record copper-to-fibre migration and a speed uplift drove growth at Australia's wholesale broadband operator, but with the connected footprint barely moving, revenue now depends on what each customer pays Continue Reading

August 11, 2026 11Aug2026 Blog Post

CitiusTech prescribes problem-first agentic AI for healthcare & life sciences

As we know, healthcare and life sciences organisations have invested seriously in AI experimentation. Many argue that 2026 has marked a “shift in focus from AI deployment to enterprise value ... Continue Reading

August 11, 2026 11Aug2026 News

Nearly 60% of people regretted taking social media financial advice

TSB survey of 2,000 people found that one in four have used artificial intelligence for financial advice Continue Reading

August 11, 2026 11Aug2026 News

Why the next AI race will be won at the inference layer

Growing adoption of agentic AI is exposing the limitations of single-stack infrastructure, prompting enterprises to rethink how models, hardware and sovereignty are managed Continue Reading

August 10, 2026 10Aug2026 In Depth

CW@60: From the absurd to the obvious - the day we laughed at the future

It's easy to get stuck in the present - the successful tech careers come to those with the skill to reason forward and work out the next trend before it happens, as a computing legend once demonstrated to his students Continue Reading

August 07, 2026 07Aug2026 Blog Post

Amazon DynamoDB now supports real-time vector search

AWS this month announced vector search in Amazon DynamoDB. What then, in real terms, is Amazon DynamoDB? Amazon DynamoDB is a zero-infrastructure-management cloud database service designed to ... Continue Reading

August 07, 2026 07Aug2026 Opinion

Gartner: Why cyber security must shift to outcomes against AI-led attacks

Anthropic’s revelation that a model broke out of its test environment three times and accessed external systems shows the power of these models Continue Reading

August 06, 2026 06Aug2026 Blog Post

Adobe launches ChatGPT plugin toolset & functions

Over the last two or three decades, we’ve known Adobe - in developer terms, if not also in the sense of wider enterprise IT stack deployment - for its software developer and engineering work, ... Continue Reading

August 06, 2026 06Aug2026 News

Capita CEO receives scathing rebuttal from employee over botched contract

Capita CEO criticised after making Civil Service Pension Scheme claims in a message to staff Continue Reading

August 06, 2026 06Aug2026 News

South Korea's government overtakes telcos as top cyber attack target

Kaspersky researcher Sojun Ryu says ransomware crews have joined nation-state groups in going after South Korean organisations, as traces of LLM output start turning up inside malware Continue Reading

August 05, 2026 05Aug2026 News

Power scarcity pushes APAC datacentre pipeline to record 26.5GW

Asia-Pacific’s datacentre development pipeline grew by 7.1GW in the first half of 2026, with Southeast Asia now accounting for half of all capacity under construction Continue Reading

August 05, 2026 05Aug2026 News

Mythos ran real-life supply chain attack in AI safety body test

Anthropic’s Mythos 5 has been caught orchestrating a real-world open source supply chain attack using social engineering techniques during a test run by the UK’s AI Security Institute Continue Reading

August 05, 2026 05Aug2026 News

Chi Onwurah pushes to curb digital twins of real people

The chair of the science, technology and innovation committee says digital twins of people should be covered by data protection law Continue Reading

August 05, 2026 05Aug2026 Blog Post

Agentic AI and data observability: the data check you didn’t know you had

This is a guest blogpost by Ashwin Rajeeva, Chief Technology Officer, Acceldata. For twenty years, the last line of defence in enterprise data has been a person looking at a number and thinking: ... Continue Reading

August 05, 2026 05Aug2026 News

Munich Airport marshalls digital twin to improve operations

Munich Airport turns to Celonis process mining software to optimise operations and passenger experience through real-time digital twins, focusing on baggage handling efficiency Continue Reading

August 05, 2026 05Aug2026 Blog Post

Anthropic Claude incidents show the limits of AI guard rails

Anyone considering what guide rails need to be in place to protect us from rogue AI behaviour, need to read Anthropic’s postmortem of the latest security breach. Three models undergoing ... Continue Reading

August 05, 2026 05Aug2026 In Depth

CW@60: Christmas in the Falklands and the importance of keeping in touch

Sometimes our amazement at new innovations obscures what really matters - the way that technology connects people, and makes the world seem a smaller place Continue Reading

August 04, 2026 04Aug2026 Opinion

Why telco economics must move from gigabytes to AI

In the second of a three-part series on the role of telcos in the AI economy, we examine why a pricing model built on traffic volume no longer captures the value that AI creates Continue Reading

August 04, 2026 04Aug2026 News

Government gives regulatory boost to support AI in legal sector

Legal firms have been invited to participate in the new Legal Services AI Growth Lab to reduce barriers to the use of artificial intelligence in legal services Continue Reading

August 04, 2026 04Aug2026 News

ADNOC shifts AI strategy from isolated pilots to enterprise-wide operations

UAE energy giant embeds artificial intelligence across its value chain as it moves from experimentation to operational scale Continue Reading

August 04, 2026 04Aug2026 News

Time to rethink US frontier AI model dominance

DeepSeek has done it again, usurping US AI power when it comes to cost by demonstrating that artificial intelligence can be done on the cheap Continue Reading

August 04, 2026 04Aug2026 News

Nvidia-backed Open Secure AI Alliance puts AI security and sovereignty in focus for Middle East

Industry coalition aims to develop open tools for securing artificial intelligence systems, a model that could resonate strongly in the UAE and Saudi Arabia as governments and enterprises seek greater control over AI infrastructure, data and cyber ... Continue Reading

August 04, 2026 04Aug2026 News

Payment fraud a ‘fully fledged’ transnational security threat, says think tank

Authorised payment fraud has moved way beyond being a consumer protection issue, says the Royal United Services Institute Continue Reading

August 04, 2026 04Aug2026 News

Dubai Future Foundation, Oxa launch Shifft to gear up for autonomous vehicles

Joint venture between autonomous software company and digital association looking to advance autonomous mobility within MENA mega-city and create global hub for future of logistics Continue Reading

August 04, 2026 04Aug2026 Opinion

The King spoke not a word on AI - then the end of term turned

The UK government went through a whole parliamentary term without consideration of AI legislation - will a new prime minister take a different approach? Continue Reading

August 04, 2026 04Aug2026 E-Zine

How AI kicked in for the 2026 FIFA World Cup

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes at the technology operations centre for the FIFA World Cup to find out how AI helped make the football even better for fans. Our latest buyer’s guide looks at the impact that AI is having on ... Continue Reading

August 04, 2026 04Aug2026 News

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