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NRF review: no escaping AI for retail in 2025

Senior retailers and technology providers from around the world converged on New York City for Retail’s Big Show, organised by the National Retail Federation (NRF), where they gained insights into the latest solutions affecting the sector. This year’s event attracted around 40,000 people from 105 countries representing 6,200 brands who heard about a variety of…

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Ransomware payment value fell over 30% in 2024

The total value of payments made to cyber criminal ransomware gangs fell dramatically in the back half of 2024, and according to statistics released this week by Chainalysis, a supplier of blockchain and crypto services, less than half of victims of recorded incidents even made a payment. Chainalysis found that over 2024 as a whole,…

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Cyber incident that closed British Museum was inside job

A disgruntled insider appears to have been behind a security incident at the British Museum, which forced the 270-year-old institution to partially close its doors over the weekend of 25 and 26 January following disruption to core IT systems. The incident shuttered two of the museum’s ongoing special exhibitions, one on the history of the…

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The CMA anti-trust investigation into AWS and Microsoft explained: Everything you need to know

Cloud computing has always been marketed to enterprises as a more cost-effective way for companies to access the compute resources they need, because they only pay for what they use and can easily scale back how much they are using, based on demand. Enterprises were encouraged, on the back of these benefits, to streamline their…

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Turbulent times ahead for tech

Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 28 January 2025 Turbulent times ahead for tech Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, the World Economic Forum in Davos highlighted growing risks to digital supply chains – we examine the turbulence ahead. Data sovereignty is becoming a growing issue as…

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Concerns over Fujitsu billing application used at SSE Airtricity in Republic of Ireland

Fujitsu has been forced to escalate problems with a key IT system used by Airtricity in the Republic of Ireland (RoI) to avoid potentially impacting the energy company’s customers, Computer Weekly has learned. Fears over the billing application developed for SSE Airtricity RoI by Fujitsu have raised alarms in Fujitsu’s leadership. According to a source,…

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EU law could usher in transformative change to digital ecosystems

In October 2024, the European Commission (EC) published its Digital fairness fitness check report as part of a continued effort to evaluate the effectiveness of European Union (EU) legislation with consumer protection laws. Specifically, it evaluated the efficacy of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, the Consumer Rights Directive, and the Unfair Contract Terms Directive. The…

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AWS and Microsoft could face ‘targeted intervention’ from CMA over UK cloud competition concerns

The competition watchdog has published the provisioning findings from its long-running investigation into the inner workings of the UK cloud infrastructure services market, which shows that competition in the sector is not working as well as it could be. For this reason, Kip Meek, chair of the CMA’s independent inquiry group, said it is advising…

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Over 40 journalists and lawyers submit evidence to PSNI surveillance inquiry

More than 40 journalists and lawyers have submitted evidence to an independent review into allegations that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) unlawfully spied on journalists and members of the legal profession. The review, commissioned by the chief constable of Northern Ireland, Jon Boutcher, is looking into allegations that the PSNI collected the phone…

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Interview: Digital tech fuels AutoTrader’s drive into the future

AutoTrader’s team of tech staff is driving the company forward amid the lightning pace of digital transformation, with a technology enthusiast in the business’s driving seat. The company, which is today a digital marketplace for buying and selling cars, published its last magazine in 2013. It is now drilling into the latest technologies to make…

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