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MoD supply chain cyber scheme gets up and running

The Ministry of Defence and IASME have launched a certification scheme for organisations working in the UK defence supply chain, with construction firm Morgan Sindall the first business to achieve compliance.
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 11:26:00 GMT

ACM president Yannis Ioannidis sees a more humane role for AI

Panel brought together academic, industry and policy leaders to discuss how AI can support climate goals, financial inclusion and infrastructure development
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:45:00 GMT

Schools using AI to personalise learning, finds Ofsted

When looking into how some education providers in the UK are using AI, Ofsted found many have hit the ground running
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 09:45:00 GMT

Meta and Alan Turing Institute back open source AI fellowship

Labour’s AI fellowship will see experts use open source AI tools in a bid deliver better public services at lower cost
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 09:03:00 GMT

Former Post Office staff in Horizon replacement bid team

Escher, which supplied middleware in the Post Office Horizon system, is eyeing up the contract to replace the controversial software
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 08:23:00 GMT

UK to create ‘governance framework’ for police facial recognition

Home secretary Yvette Cooper has confirmed UK will regulate police facial recognition, citing police reticence to deploy systems without proper governance, but declined to say if any new framework will be statutory
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT

UK online safety regime ineffective on misinformation, MPs say

A report from the Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee outlines how the Online Safety Act fails to deal with the algorithmic amplification of ‘legal but harmful’ misinformation
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 06:45:00 GMT

European Commission accused of rigging data watchdog appointment

The European Commission has been accused of rigging the selection process for the next European Data Protection supervisor
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Government funding to help SMEs protect their IP

Scheme will see SMEs and innovative startups working in sensitive sectors receive advice on enhancing cyber and physical security measures to protect their valuable intellectual property
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:30:00 GMT

UK and France forge closer cyber, tech research ties

The navigation and timing systems used by power suppliers and emergency services to run their operations will fall in scope of an Anglo-French research pact that will also foster development in AI and supercomputing
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 10:30:00 GMT

Irish bank rolls out AI tools to 10,000 staff

Following exploration of artificial intelligence’s potential in conjunction with staff, AIB is rolling the tools out across the company
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 08:08:00 GMT

Four arrested in M&S cyber attack investigation

Police have made four arrests in connection with a trio of cyber attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 07:47:00 GMT

Podcast: HDDs performance metrics and the workloads they excel at

We talk to Toshiba’s Rainer Kaese about spinning disk performance, why HDDs are good at what they do and how hard disk drives still come out top in workloads that suit them
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 07:42:00 GMT

SAP’s Christian Klein – cloud, data, AI: How to harness new engines of progress

SAP’s chief executive outlines the triadic philosophy behind the company’s approach to business AI
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 04:45:00 GMT

NAO says government should employ data analytics to tackle fraud

The National Audit Office recommends public bodies share and manage data in a way that prevents fraud and saves taxpayers’ money
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:24:00 GMT

Accounting watchdog ‘disclaims’ College of Policing financial accounts after serious IT failures

The professional body for policing in England and Wales failed to properly manage its transition to new accounting and payroll systems
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:00:00 GMT

UK government signs deal with Google Cloud to upskill 100,000 civil servants in AI by 2030

Technology secretary Peter Kyle announces deal with Google Cloud as part of a push to loosen the grip of legacy tech on the UK public sector, while also committing to growing the amount of money government spends with homegrown tech suppliers
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:04:00 GMT

Podcast: Container storage challenges and how to overcome them

We talk to Pure Storage about the challenges of increased complexity, ‘technical debt’, skills needs of container deployments and why strategic thinking trumps tactical solutions
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 07:36:00 GMT

July Patch Tuesday brings over 130 new flaws to address

Microsoft patched well over 100 new common vulnerabilities and exposures on the second Tuesday of the month, but its latest update is mercifully light on zero-days
Tue, 08 Jul 2025 18:20:00 GMT

M&S calls for mandatory ransomware reporting

The government should extend ransomware reporting mandates to businesses to help gather more intelligence and better support victims, says M&S chairman Archie Norman
Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:36:00 GMT