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Meta Connect 26: Muse paves the way to global domination
Given the reach of its platforms, Meta is making its Muse agentic system a platform for orchestrating third-party services on behalf of usersThu, 24 Sep 2026 12:30:00 GMT
Is AI dangerous? Trying to separate hype from fact
The danger is not a conscious machine, but a dazzling prediction engine that moves faster than we can supervise. The real risk is that we hand over the controls too easilyThu, 24 Sep 2026 11:46:00 GMT
US military confirms existence of orbital weapons
The US military has for the first time confirmed the existence of orbital weapons, but has not divulged details of their capabilities or whether they have been integrated with Space Force’s growing arsenal of AI systemsThu, 24 Sep 2026 11:00:00 GMT
Interview: Frank Karlitschek is David to Microsoft’s Goliath
With 170 employees and European Commission endorsement, Nextcloud’s founder is building Europe’s open source answer to Microsoft 365Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:15:00 GMT
GCC organisations must ‘fight AI with AI’ to stay ahead of cyber threats
Artificial intelligence is lowering the barrier to entry for cyber criminals, accelerating attack speeds and increasing the complexity of threats, prompting organisations to rethink resilience, governance and security operationsThu, 24 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT
Netherlands designs sovereign cloud but concedes hardware dependency
A draft architecture published under the Dutch Digitalisation Strategy spells out what full software sovereignty requires and why full hardware sovereignty remains out of reachThu, 24 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT
Law firm paid £200m to support Post Office, while police investigating scandal are forced to beg
There are concerns that a lack of funds for the police investigation could prevent the full Post Office scandal truth getting outWed, 23 Sep 2026 10:10:00 GMT
UK national centre will fight Russian disinformation, says UK prime minister Andy Burnham
National Centre for Information Defence will disrupt information warfare from hostile states, UK prime minister Andy Burnham has announcedWed, 23 Sep 2026 09:30:00 GMT
Agentic AI in the enterprise: why governance, not adoption, will define the winners
IT leaders racing to deliver agentic AI risk repeating a familiar problem with new technologies - establishing controls after proving the concept. Agentic AI requires governance to be established from the outsetWed, 23 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT
Former subpostmaster demands extension to Post Office scandal claims deadline
Subpostmasters can only make claims for losses through Post Office Process Review until September 30, but a former subpostmaster says there is a necessity to extend the deadlineWed, 23 Sep 2026 07:30:00 GMT
Okta debuts agentic lifecycle management tools, AI kill switch
In the wake of a string of incidents involving badly managed AI agents, security firm Okta enhanced its year-old agentic services proposition with capabilities to securely manage agentic lifecyclesTue, 22 Sep 2026 21:00:00 GMT
Zero-trust was built for people. Nobody told it about agents
The concept of zero-trust needs no introduction, but in the new world of AI agents, it’s a model that now needs to evolve.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:48:00 GMT
Data dive: Mapping UK police forces’ hyperscale dependence
Computer Weekly used public DNS records to map which outside companies Britain’s 48 police forces connect to – and found a service that has quietly standardised on one US hyperscalerTue, 22 Sep 2026 12:20:00 GMT
UK government defends ‘fundamentally flawed’ eVisa system
The government has rejected a suggestion from the Commons Home Affairs Committee that the electronic visa system should move to a more stable, token-based process, rather than the current error-prone system that relies on real-time database checksTue, 22 Sep 2026 11:15:00 GMT
The Middle East’s AI race has a people problem
Middle East firms are quickly snapping up AI hardware, but finding the right people to put it to work effectively in everyday operations is proving a lot more difficultTue, 22 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMT
What do we mean by sovereign AI?
‘Sovereign AI’ is everywhere but rarely defined. It bundles ownership, control, jurisdiction, capability and optionality. The real test for most organisations is, do you know your dependencies, and can you leave if you need to?Tue, 22 Sep 2026 06:15:00 GMT
Capita lacks the ‘capacity and ability’ to run GP pension scheme, BMA tells MPs
The British Medical Association (BMA) has written to MP committees calling for the Capita-run GP pension scheme to be brought in-houseTue, 22 Sep 2026 05:07:00 GMT
Splunk helps US research uni embrace ‘student-powered’ security
When she was asked to let IT students run its SOC, New Jersey Institute of Technology CISO Sharon Kelley ran a mile. Find out why she changed her mind, and how Splunk is helping her raise a new generation of cyber analystsTue, 22 Sep 2026 04:30:00 GMT
Celebrating 60 years of Computer Weekly
Sixty years ago today, the first issue of Computer Weekly landed on IT managers’ desks across the UK. It’s been our privilege to document the incredible progress of UK IT ever since. In this special anniversary issue, leaders from across the sector reflect on their personal memories from six decades of innovation. Read the issue now.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT
EU states failing to exchange information on cross-border cyber security attacks
European Union urged to deploy real-time European cyber alert platform to share information with member states on cross-border cyber attacksMon, 21 Sep 2026 12:30:00 GMT