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Inside FDP – part 2: Delivering on the NHS vision for data

In the second of an exclusive series of articles by the former deputy director of data engineering at NHS England, we examine the key elements of the data architecture that supports the Federated Data Platform programme
Thu, 07 May 2026 07:00:00 GMT

UK financial security experts participate in sector-wide hackathon

Teams of security pros from UK financial services organisations came together at the end of April to participate in a hackathon exercise.
Wed, 06 May 2026 15:52:00 GMT

Police wrongly identified solicitor Fahad Ansari as Hamas member during Schedule 7 phone seizure

A police officer wrongly described a solicitor acting for Hamas in an appeal against its proscribed status in the UK as a Hamas member during Schedule 7 phone seizure
Wed, 06 May 2026 12:54:00 GMT

UK High Court dismisses facial-recognition judicial review case

The Metropolitan Police has won a judicial review case that argued its live facial-recognition policy was unlawful
Wed, 06 May 2026 12:24:00 GMT

Broadcom updates VCF to address on-premise AI

VMware is being repositioned as a platform to lower the total cost of hosting artificial intelligence workloads in private clouds
Wed, 06 May 2026 12:15:00 GMT

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill prompts ethical concerns

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill is intended to improve school standards, child safety and social care. However, recent amendments to the bill lead to ethical concerns regarding personal data
Wed, 06 May 2026 09:29:00 GMT

Netherlands moves GPT-NL from lab to live: first pilots under way

Dutch national language model enters real-world testing with a €13.5m public budget and a project-claimed world-first licensing deal with national news publishers
Wed, 06 May 2026 09:06:00 GMT

Beyond telesurgery: How Proximie uses AI to optimise surgery logistics

AWS customer Proximie delivers AI-driven operating theatre logistics and tele-surgery. We spoke to its engineering vice-president about the challenges of cloud in a life or death environment
Wed, 06 May 2026 08:36:00 GMT

Closing the AI trust gap in MENA: Why visibility, governance and data quality matter more than hype

Alteryx’s Sabya Sen explains why confidence in AI remains low for high-stakes decisions, and what CIOs must do to turn adoption into real business value
Wed, 06 May 2026 08:15:00 GMT

AI to help mainframes remain business critical in 2026

Mainframes are very much still vital for performance- and security-conscious use cases. To optimise TCO, AI and hybrid cloud can help them retain their advantages
Wed, 06 May 2026 06:32:00 GMT

Cloud and data sovereignty caught in a paradox

We asked the hyperscalers how they would respond to US court-ordered eavesdropping on foreign citizen data – and got responses that highlight a paradoxical situation
Wed, 06 May 2026 06:19:00 GMT

Is cloud data sovereignty all just a case of ‘Trust me, bro’?

Hyperscaler cloud is inherently global. Does that make data sovereignty unattainable – especially given the powers US courts hold? We grilled the hyperscalers in an attempt to find out
Wed, 06 May 2026 06:18:00 GMT

The illusion of digital sovereignty and the reality of control

Digital sovereignty is hugely important to IT leaders but in most cases systems have been built on foundations they don’t control. Open standards are key to organisational agility
Wed, 06 May 2026 04:47:00 GMT

Post Office acknowledges ECCO+ user’s calls for help three decades ago

A former subpostmaster repeatedly asked the Post Office for help when unexplained shortfalls occurred in her branch while using ECCO+ software, with evidence of her requests still in the organisation’s possession
Tue, 05 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT

EU finance firms urged to get on with anti-money laundering compliance

Two-thirds of finance firms in the European Union are at risk of missing next year’s deadline to comply with anti-money laundering regulations
Tue, 05 May 2026 10:21:00 GMT

The AI Correction Will Not Be Evenly Distributed

AI companies are reporting growing revenues but a more important question is not how much are they earning but what kind of revenues?
Tue, 05 May 2026 10:18:00 GMT

Tech sector job losses show AI replacement in action

Tech leaders are making big changes to their labour force as artificial intelligence advances. Business leaders are following this trend. But are their businesses ready?
Tue, 05 May 2026 08:45:00 GMT

Glasgow researchers use machine learning to build network digital twin

Automated machine learning is being used to build a digital twin of complex networks, saving hours compared with traditional network testing
Tue, 05 May 2026 07:29:00 GMT

Google AI workers vote to unionise over IDF and US military tech

Unions send letter to management requesting recognition for Google DeepMind employees, in particular over the company’s involvement in hi-tech systems used in Gaza and Iran wars
Tue, 05 May 2026 06:30:00 GMT

Tech industry slowly dropping DEI efforts, finds Harvey Nash survey

The tech diversity push in the UK is dropping, despite workers claiming good workplace efforts
Tue, 05 May 2026 06:21:00 GMT