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The US Treasury has established a quantum readiness taskforce to help financial services institutions through the transition to post-quantum cryptography.

Lowest level of fintech investment since 2016 after ‘challenging’ start to 2026, according to KPMG

The government is seeking to appoint a person tasked with reviewing department’s prosecutions of subpostmasters

An alleged Iranian attack on a small reserve ‘peaker’ power plant went largely unnoticed despite causing four days of downtime. Cyber experts say the incident raises serious questions about CNI resilience

The first two years of Javier Milei’s administration has served to expand surveillance capabilities, leading to profiling and reprisals across the country, and limiting rights to privacy and freedom of expression

An alleged Iranian attack on a small reserve ‘peaker’ power plant went largely unnoticed despite causing four days of downtime. Cyber experts say the incident raises serious questions about CNI resilience.

How AI can monitor the growth of cracks and defects in engineering structures to predict the need for repairs

ThreatLocker CEO Danny Jenkins explains why aviation, energy and education organisations remain attractive targets, and why prevention should take precedence over detection

The Post Office has finally put pen to paper on its contract with an electronic point of sale system supplier after a three-month holdup

Navigating the UK datacentre boom requires robust site planning, early stakeholder engagement, and strategic grid alignment to overcome regulatory delays

In the wake of a series of cyber incidents involving AI agents, the NCSC has published interim guidance for operators of agentic systems, advising organisations retain the ability to pull the plug on AI systems entirely

If landing men on the Moon represented one giant leap for technology, we may just be at the cusp of another huge step forward

In the wake of a series of cyber incidents involving AI agents, the NCSC has published interim guidance for operators of agentic systems, advising organisations retain the ability to pull the plug on AI systems entirely.

A collation of journalists, scholars and researchers have launched a database to document the increasing grassroots pushback against artificial intelligence technologies

In part two of a two-part series, Computer Weekly talks to 10 storage suppliers and a lawyer about the next frontier in data sovereignty – from AI model sovereignty to the sovereign SLAs that could redefine the storage market

The UK must integrate digital and energy planning, and treat compute as a flexible grid asset through evidence-based modular design rather than building isolated hyperscale hubs

AI may be eliminating some job roles but overall demand for human labour will increase amid signs of an 'AI boomerang'.

Computer Weekly may have chronicled IT in the UK for 60 years, but the country's telecoms infrastructure goes back three times that far

The use of facial recognition technologies by UK police forces requires ‘significant improvements’ to ensure accountability and public trust, says data regulator

The bank plans to introduce AI skills on a regular basis to build out the capabilities of the Starling Assistant