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• September 04, 2026 04 Sep'26

  Digital twins bill to be debated in Parliament

  A Ten-Minute Rule Bill curbing the creation of digital twins of individual people is to be debated in Parliament.

• September 04, 2026 04 Sep'26

  US senator Bernie Sanders calls for ban on AI superintelligence

  Two bills aimed at curbing the possibility of superintelligent AI systems, and regulating the use of agentic AI, are being introduced in the US

• September 04, 2026 04 Sep'26

  Humans have edge over AI in Dutch hacking contest

  As machines become crucial for cyber security, humans wonder where they stand

• September 04, 2026 04 Sep'26

  Data dive: Mapping NHS hyperscaler dependence

  Mapping NHS DNS data reveals a heavy reliance on US hyperscalers, with Microsoft 365 routing email and infrastructure for the vast majority of trusts in a tangled web of connections

• September 04, 2026 04 Sep'26

  Peer demands action on DWP subpostmaster prosecutions in duty of candour debate

  Post Office scandal featured heavily as the House of Lords debated duty of candour Bill

• September 04, 2026 04 Sep'26

  Billion-dollar AWS financial services investment builds on a decade of work

  The US tech giant committed to the financial services sector a decade ago, which has seen its offering develop alongside the industry

• September 04, 2026 04 Sep'26

  CIO interview: Frédéric Laurent, deputy CIO, Starling Bank

  We speak to Starling Bank’s deputy CIO, Frédéric Laurent, about how he uses artificial intelligence for coding personally and in his day job

• September 04, 2026 04 Sep'26

  Keysight, CfAA accelerate software-defined vehicle AI safety assurance

  Research initiative aims to close gap between AI safety research and practical engineering to reduce risk and enable faster, safer deployment of AI-enabled automotive systems

• September 04, 2026 04 Sep'26

  Nvidia acquires Hugging Face and becomes open platform provider

  AI acceleration hardware provider Nvidia announces the acquisition of the open model platform Hugging Face

• September 03, 2026 03 Sep'26

  New York City to ban children’s use of GenAI tools in school

  New York mayor Zohran Mamdani has moved to restrict children’s use of AI tools in the city’s public school system

• September 03, 2026 03 Sep'26

  Financial firms face ‘vulnerability bottlenecks’ from frontier AI

  The Financial Conduct Authority warns that frontier AI models are finding security vulnerabilities faster than firms can patch them

• September 03, 2026 03 Sep'26

  Interview: Oracle accelerates Middle East cloud expansion as demand for sovereign AI rises

  The company is expanding its regional cloud footprint, growing sovereign cloud deployments and investing in AI skills development as governments and enterprises seek control over data, compliance and artificial intelligence

• September 03, 2026 03 Sep'26

  VodafoneThree claims UK connectivity ‘reshape’ with SuperMobile

  UK operator claims to set mobile benchmark around quality and performance with enhanced standalone 5G network

• September 03, 2026 03 Sep'26

  Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison called to testify over US health system overspend

  The executive chair of Oracle and its CEO will be asked to justify why a project budgeted at $10bn is costing taxpayers $17bn more

• September 03, 2026 03 Sep'26

  Digital Catapult to deliver UK’s Assured 5G Technical Authority programme

  UK deep tech innovation organisation appointed tech leader in next stage next stage of innovation programme set to develop and deploy secure 5G networks across the UK

• September 03, 2026 03 Sep'26

  Heddian to acquire Kajeet’s private wireless deployment business

  Intelligent IoT connectivity services firm sells private wireless deployment business to provider of mission-critical communications infrastructure, boosting private LTE and 5G offers

• September 03, 2026 03 Sep'26

  Sceye, SoftBank demo high-altitude platform systems connectivity

  Test programme travels more than 15,000km in the stratosphere, backhauls into operator’s core network, verifies direct-to-device and edge computing capabilities and Haps-based communications

• September 03, 2026 03 Sep'26

  Singapore’s digital infrastructure bill leaves cross-border data to contract

  Proposed licensing regime for datacentre and cloud providers tightens security and resilience obligations, but organisations using capacity in Johor and Batam will still rely on privacy law and contracts to protect data stored overseas

• September 02, 2026 02 Sep'26

  Lords considers government emergency AI kill switch

   An amendment to the UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will give the government powers to switch off AI systems or datacentres in an emergency

• September 02, 2026 02 Sep'26

  UK airport hackers leak stolen customer data

  The cyber gang that attacked Manchester Airports Group has leaked data on 8.7 million travellers after its victim refused to pay a ransom

• September 02, 2026 02 Sep'26

  Mythos helps bug bounty firm find critical hidden RCE

  HackerOne used Anthropic’s controversial Claude Mythos 5 model on its codebase and found a critical hidden flaw

• September 02, 2026 02 Sep'26

  Dragonwing expands access to intelligent connected devices

  Processors intelligently connect devices across the IoT industry, attributed with adding intelligence, vision and connectivity to devices deployed in businesses and factories

• September 02, 2026 02 Sep'26

  SES, De Boer Marine expand maritime satellite comms collaboration

  Maritime technology specialist collaborates with leading satellite communications provider, looking to strengthens ability to deliver reliable, flexible connectivity services to maritime customers

• September 02, 2026 02 Sep'26

  AWS sets 2026 opening date for Saudi cloud region

  New cloud region, AI partnerships and skills programmes underscore AWS’s growing role in supporting Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030

• September 02, 2026 02 Sep'26

  Microsoft sets November launch for Saudi cloud region

  Announcement at Leap 2026 highlights Saudi Arabia’s push to expand local cloud and AI infrastructure in support of Vision 2030

• September 02, 2026 02 Sep'26

  Rising token bills force rethink of AI cost management

  APAC enterprises are consuming more tokens even as unit prices fall, and the advice on what to do about it runs from smarter caching and gated model access to renting their own infrastructure

• September 01, 2026 01 Sep'26

  Digital ID challenges remain despite government U-turn, says NAO

  While the government may have cancelled its digital ID scheme, challenges such as fragmented data, digital access to public services and public trust remain

• September 01, 2026 01 Sep'26

  DE-CIX expands global AI-ready connectivity with Microsoft Azure route

  Dual-homed architecture across North America, Europe and Asia designed to deliver resilient, geo-redundant Microsoft Azure connectivity for latency-sensitive enterprise and AI workloads

• September 01, 2026 01 Sep'26

  Chancellor unveils plans to entice UK tech startups

  The UK government aims to build out home-grown research and development in artificial intelligence and cyber security

• September 01, 2026 01 Sep'26

  Interview: Haleon’s tech chief delighted for AI agents to feed SAP ‘clean core’

  Haleon, formed from the consumer health units of GSK, Pfizer and Novartis, makes familiar brands like Sensodyne and Advil. Its chief digital and technology officer, Claire Dickson, tells its IT transformation story

• September 01, 2026 01 Sep'26

  UK businesses challenged by accountability when connectivity fails

  Research reveals significant number of UK connectivity buyers have experienced disputes over responsibility during faults, leaving them navigating multiple suppliers at the very moment they need a fast response

• September 01, 2026 01 Sep'26

  The Security Interviews: Abby Kearns, ActiveState

  ActiveState CEO Abby Kearns discusses open source’s ‘existential crisis’, how AI is changing the secure software playbook, and why it’s time to have a different conversation about open source security

• September 01, 2026 01 Sep'26

  AllPoints Fibre Networks reaches 9.3 million more UK premises with SoGEA

  Following successful partner trials, broadband provider extends reach of UK wholesale platform promising simple, largely remote activation and a faster, lower-cost way to serve those without full-fibre

• September 01, 2026 01 Sep'26

  Pay more, check nothing: Councils buy Microsoft but don’t test

  A Computer Weekly analysis of FOI responses from 37 English councils found 32 have never run a competitive procurement in which an alternative to Microsoft could have won

• September 01, 2026 01 Sep'26

  Snowflake: dashboard-era access controls won’t govern AI agents

  The company’s chief data and AI officer talks up efforts to move access controls into the data layer, the cost of dynamic model routing and why governance cannot be baked into model weights

• August 31, 2026 31 Aug'26

  Why AI may need fewer datacentre GPUs than you think

  The focus on inferencing, allied to smaller models, purpose-built silicon and on-device processing, is loosening the grip of hyperscale GPU clusters on enterprise AI workloads

• August 28, 2026 28 Aug'26

  Wide misconception that AI investment information is regulated and that users are protected

  With many using information generated by artificial intelligence to support their investments, the Financial Conduct Authority spells out the risks

• August 28, 2026 28 Aug'26

  US citizens hold onto iPhones longer than ever

  Research finds mobile trade-in programmes return $1.43bn to US consumers in second quarter of 2026 as smartphones reach four-year upgrade milestone

• August 28, 2026 28 Aug'26

  NBN upgrade floats all boats for Australian fixed broadband

  Research finds all Australian fixed-line retail service providers see big increases in ratings since national network’s significant upgrade in speed tiers

• August 28, 2026 28 Aug'26

  When AI agents fail, companies can’t play the blame game

  Singapore Academy of Law’s Yeong Zee Kin, who helped shape Singapore’s model AI governance framework, sets out who answers when AI causes harm – and why the trail usually leads back to a human decision

• August 27, 2026 27 Aug'26

  Passenger data stolen from major UK airports

  Identifying data on passengers who flew from East Midlands, Stansted and Manchester airports has been stolen by an unnamed threat actor

• August 27, 2026 27 Aug'26

  Meta pays $18bn to settle US child safety lawsuit

  As part of a legal settlement over its child safety measures, Meta will have to pay $18bn over a 10-year period, and implement a number of changes to its Facebook and Instagram platforms

• August 27, 2026 27 Aug'26

  Peers propose report into Computer Misuse Act reform

  After previous proposals were brushed aside, Computer Misuse Act reform may be back on the agenda under a new amendment to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill

• August 27, 2026 27 Aug'26

  Boldyn deploys 5G RedCap for smart livestock monitoring

  Connected agriculture programme teams with neutral host provider to give farmers near real-time insight into livestock-building conditions, supporting animal welfare and farm resilience

• August 27, 2026 27 Aug'26

  Lumen expands cloud networking to US business sites

  Expanded AI networking access designed to help enterprises extend cloud and AI connectivity with a consistent managed experience that reduces complexity and streamlines operations

• August 27, 2026 27 Aug'26

  Public wary of UK government ‘backdoor’ surveillance following Apple row, poll reveals

  A poll of 2,000 UK citizens taken after the government issued a secret order seeking access to Apple users’ encrypted data finds that the public is sceptical of government surveillance powers

• August 27, 2026 27 Aug'26

  TCS teams with Porsche to accelerate drive towards AI mobility

  Strategic deal sees AI mobility centre of excellence set up to boost manufacturing, engineering, operations and customer experience at premium car company

• August 27, 2026 27 Aug'26

  Nvidia results highlight 30% gap in order fulfilment

  While the chipmaker posts record-breaking revenue for the quarter, its CEO admits it can only meet 70% of the supply it needs

• August 27, 2026 27 Aug'26

  Post Office Horizon replacement ‘screw-up’ ends in challenge, more cost and delay

  IT supplier Escher challenged the award of the Horizon EPOS replacement contract, leading to months of delay and additional costs

• August 27, 2026 27 Aug'26

  Deutsche Bank selects Thought Machine to support core system reduction

  Thought Machine’s Google-inspired banking technology has now been adopted by 20 global Tier 1 banks