While artificial intelligence (AI) was certainly the top topic of discussion during Forrester’s Technology & Innovation Summit, the conversation appears to have moved on. In preparation for the era of agentic AI, organisations are starting to consider where employees fit; where to use contractors and external service providers; and what tasks should be AI-enabled internally.…
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is creating 5,000 jobs in the UK and talking up its contribution to the economy amid growing UK and India trade ties. The additional staff will take TCS’s UK workforce to 27,000, about 5% of its global workforce of just more than 600,000. With trade ties between India and the UK…
The US Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015 has expired with no replacement or extension in place amid a chaotic shutdown of the federal government, leaving cyber pros in legal limbo and putting global collaboration on threat intelligence at risk of stalling. The shutdown took effect at the stroke of midnight on 1…
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The Post Office scandal began in the late 1990s, when the organisation rolled out Fujitsu’s Horizon computer system across its branch network. What unfolded over the next half-century is at the centre of public debate today, but this was not always the case. For years, Horizon issues and the plight of subpostmasters were investigated and…
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The UK government will consult on police facial recognition before further expanding its use across England, says policing minister Sarah Jones. Speaking during the Labour party annual conference, Jones said the government will also look to place “parameters” over how and when live facial recognition (LFR) technology can be deployed in the future. “There has…
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The government is being urged to “properly scrutinise” the environmental impact of the nation’s growing datacentre footprint by non-profit Foxglove, which is currently overseeing the first legal challenge of its kind against a hyperscale build in the UK. The organisation, which campaigns for fairness in technology and the protection of local communities, has published research…
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Oracle has issued a fix for a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its E-Business Suite (EBS) as the well-used ERP software package emerges as the latest vector for mass Cl0p (aka Clop) ransomware attacks. The Oracle EBS ecosystem is deeply embedded in enterprise financial and operational systems, which offers hackers access to a…
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The Co-op has disclosed for the first time the scale of the financial damage it suffered due to April’s cyber attack. The retail, insurance, legal and funeral care Co-op Group estimates total costs of £206m as a direct consequence of the attack. In its half-year financial statement, it said: “When Co-op was targeted by a…
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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Artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure provider Nscale has secured $1.1bn in series B funding, a week after it was announced the firm would be working with the UK government to deploy the UK’s largest graphics processing unit (GPU) cluster. The company claims it is the largest Series B funding round ever secured in the UK and…
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