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Reinventing the Arabic newsroom: How Al-Masry Al-Youm is harnessing AI, data, and cloud to transform

4 minutes of reading / agile, AI, API, Cloud, data analytics, data privacy, digital transformation, Google, natural language processing, social media, Tech, Technology / By

Over the past decade, the role of chief information officer at Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt’s largest independent Arabic-language daily newspaper, has undergone a profound transformation. Omar Badr, who has led the organisation’s technology strategy since 2012, reflects on a journey that has taken the newspaper from early-generation digital systems to a fully integrated, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven,…

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Interview: Paul Neville, director of digital, data and technology, The Pensions Regulator

8 minutes of reading / agile, AI, automation, Azure, compliance, data science, fintech, Git, GitHub, Microsoft, Tech, Technology / By

Paul Neville, director of digital, data and technology at The Pensions Regulator (TPR), is building strong IT foundations as part of a five-year strategy to help transform the organisation from a compliance-based to a risk-based regulator. He explains what that change will mean in practice over the next few years. “As a regulator, we’ll obviously…

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What lies in store for the security world in 2026?

5 minutes of reading / agile, AI, Cloud, cybersecurity, IBM, open source, Oracle, Oracle Cloud, social media, Tech / By

If 2024 and 2025 were the years organisations felt the strain of tightening budgets, 2026 is the year those decisions will fully manifest in their cyber risk exposure. Across both the private and public sectors, years of belt-tightening have led to reduced headcount, ageing infrastructure and postponed modernisation. Analyst reports show growth in cyber security…

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Government faces questions about why US AWS outage disrupted UK tax office and banking firms

10 minutes of reading / agile, Amazon, AWS, compliance, Computer, Microsoft, Tech / By

The UK government is being pressed for a response as to why a major, multi-hour Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage in the US disrupted UK-based organisations, including HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and Lloyds Banking Group. The outage, which AWS confirmed started just before 8am UK time on 20 October, originated in AWS’s US-East-1 datacentre region…

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Jaguar Land Rover attack to cost UK £1.9bn, say cyber monitors

3 minutes of reading / agile, Tech / By

Britain’s Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) – a non-profit dedicated to analysing and categorising cyber incidents in the UK – has declared the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) cyber attack a Category 3 Systemic Event on its “hurricane” scale and believes the overall financial cost to the economy adds up to about £1.9bn so far. The cyber…

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Interview: Inside Abu Dhabi’s fast-track formula for deep-tech startups

3 minutes of reading / agile, AI, compliance, Google, Meta, Microsoft, robotics, Tech, Technology / By

Abu Dhabi is accelerating its aim to become a global hub for deep technology, and at the centre of this effort is VentureOne, a government-backed venture builder turning cutting-edge research into market-ready startups. In just 18 months, it has launched four deep-tech companies, a pace that underscores how the UAE’s coordinated approach to innovation is…

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Government might support Jaguar Land Rover supply chain to mitigate cyber attack impact

3 minutes of reading / agile, Computer, risk management, Tech / By

The government is looking at ways to lessen the impact of the August 2025 cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR’s) supply chain, amid claims of workers having to sign on for Universal Credit for lack of wages. Demands that JLR should itself support its supply chain more are also being heard from the public,…

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What UK CIOs get wrong about AI and cloud … and how to fix it

5 minutes of reading / agile, AI, automation, compliance, digital transformation, HP, machine learning, Microsoft, Tech / By

Over the past decade, UK organisations have made significant strides in modernising their technology estate. Often though, when it comes to cloud and AI, many organisations still fall into the same trap: chasing capability without clarity; or implementing technology without fully understanding the business problem it’s meant to tackle. As someone who works daily with…

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UK banks still run software code written more than 60 years ago

3 minutes of reading / agile, Microsoft, Tech / By

UK banks are still using software code that was written in the 1960s and 1970s, with only a handful of employees who understand them. According to a survey of 200 UK banks, 16% rely on software from the 1960s and almost 40% maintain 1970s code. The survey, from management consultancy Baringa, questioned senior managers who…

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CIO interview: Sebastiaan Kalshoven, ASN Bank

8 minutes of reading / agile, AI, Amazon, automation, AWS, Broadcom, containers, Tech / By

When ASN Bank chief technology officer (CTO) Sebastiaan Kalshoven isn’t driving IT and business change at the Dutch retail bank, he can often be found at the local swimming pool training his daughter and other kids to become competitive athletes.   His 10-year-old daughter dreams of winning Olympic gold, so three times a week Kalshoven trains…

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