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M&S cyber attack disruption likely to last until July
M&S says it has moved into recovery mode after a ransomware attack, but expects some disruption to persist throughout the coming weeks.Wed, 21 May 2025 12:51:00 GMT
Sapphire 2025: SAP mints business AI flywheel with Palantir on board
SAP CEO Christian Klein put economic and geopolitical uncertainty at the centre of the opening keynote at the supplier’s global Sapphire event in OrlandoWed, 21 May 2025 12:32:00 GMT
NCSC: Russia’s Fancy Bear targeting logistics, tech organisations
The NCSC and its partner agencies have blown the whistle on an extensive campaign of malicious cyber attacks orchestrated by the Russian state Fancy Bear operation.Wed, 21 May 2025 12:02:00 GMT
Google I/O: LLM capabilities power agentic AI search
As Google strives to make AI universal, it is starting to integrate agentic AI into Google Search to fast-track purchasing on websitesWed, 21 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT
Interview: Rom Kosla, CIO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
The IT chief of one of the world's biggest tech companies still has to get the technology right - and he's building on cloud, application consolidation and data to bring new capabilities in AI to his usersWed, 21 May 2025 11:02:00 GMT
Podcast: RSA 2025 – AI’s risk surface and the role of the CISO
We review RSA 2025 with Vigitrust CEO Mathieu Gorge who looks at the impacts on compliance of AI’s expanding risk surface, the role of the CISO, and a changed supplier approachWed, 21 May 2025 10:45:00 GMT
Fujitsu raked in £80m from HMRC in March alone, despite Post Office scandal
HM Revenue & Customs described as a UK ‘cash cow’ for the Japanese IT giant at the centre of the Post Office Horizon scandalWed, 21 May 2025 10:27:00 GMT
UK Fraud Bill targets benefit claimants for mass surveillance
The UK government’s proposed Fraud Bill will disproportionately place millions of benefit claimants under constant surveillance, creating a two-tier system where people are automatically suspected of wrongdoing for seeking welfareWed, 21 May 2025 09:15:00 GMT
Vast Data launches into AI stratosphere with AgentEngine
Vast has built out into data management from its roots and will now offer customisable agentic AI agents that can tap into its existing storage, database and messaging capabilitiesWed, 21 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT
Capital One pushes out data tokenisation
Organisations using the Databricks and Snowflake platforms will be able to use Capital One’s Databolt tool to secure their dataWed, 21 May 2025 06:15:00 GMT
Ransomware attacks dropped by a third last month
Reported ransomware attacks eased off during April following a dramatic spike in the first quarter of 2025Wed, 21 May 2025 03:00:00 GMT
Strong fintech security posture at risk via third-party weak links
Despite having a strong security posture, the financial technology sector could be open to attack via third partiesWed, 21 May 2025 03:00:00 GMT
Hacking contest exposes VMware security
In what has been described as a historical first, hackers in Berlin have been able to demo successful attacks on the ESXi hypervisorTue, 20 May 2025 11:30:00 GMT
Botched Post Office IT projects continue to drain public purse
Millions more pounds of public money spent by the Post Office as a result of an IT error that exposed the personal details of Horizon victimsTue, 20 May 2025 10:47:00 GMT
Retail cyber attacks hit food distributor Peter Green Chilled
Cold chain services provider Peter Green Chilled, which supplies the likes of Aldi, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, has been forced to halt operations after succumbing to a ransomware attackTue, 20 May 2025 10:45:00 GMT
Ireland sets out chip plan
Ireland has a long history of attracting high-tech firms. Building on the EU Chip Act, it now aims to be a leader in semiconductorsTue, 20 May 2025 09:45:00 GMT
Interview: Driving tech innovation at the BBC
Computer Weekly speaks to Jatin Aythora, director of BBC Research and Development, about self-belief and learning from different industriesTue, 20 May 2025 08:40:00 GMT
Build 2025: Microsoft opens up Windows machine learning
Windows machine learning is one of the highlights of this year’s Microsoft annual developer event. The company is also paving the way to multi-agent artificial intelligence in WindowsTue, 20 May 2025 06:45:00 GMT
Microsoft’s wartime pact with the EU rings hollow - and could spell trouble for UK IT buyers
Microsoft has moved to assure its European customers that it will fight any attempt by President Trump to disrupt their ability to access its services, but can UK customers take the company at its word?Tue, 20 May 2025 04:18:00 GMT
Tackling the UK’s cyber threats
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we report from the National Cyber Security Centre’s annual update on the state of UK security and examine the emerging threats. The chief data officer of Standard Chartered bank discusses preparing for artificial intelligence. We also look at the networking implications of GPU-based AI datacentres. Read the issue now.Tue, 20 May 2025 03:30:00 GMT