UK Apple Store workers organising for better working conditions have said the company is actively trying to prevent staff from exercising their right to join a union. In February 2023, Apple’s Glasgow store became the first of its 40 UK-based locations to unionise, after workers gained formal union recognition from the company, while staff at…
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Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 17 October 2023 The Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2023 Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we announce this year’s list of the 50 most influential women in UK technology. We talk to Suki Fuller, who topped the list, about…
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The contract that subpostmasters were forced to sign by the Post Office was so weighted against them that the organisation’s contracts manager said he would not have agreed to it if he had been in their shoes. During a Horizon scandal public inquiry hearing, he also admitted a High Court battle with subpostmasters in 2018,…
One of the most commonly cited reasons that women avoid joining the technology sector is because of a lack of visible and accessible role models available to help them to envisage their path to the top. These roles models are important, no matter their position on the career ladder, and each year, Computer Weekly’s list…
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Google Cloud is stepping up its efforts to court public sector IT buyers with the launch of a dedicated business division geared towards helping government departments and agencies use its tools to provide better-quality public services to UK citizens. The public cloud giant announced the division’s launch on the first day of its Google Cloud…
The Scottish biometrics commissioner has written to Police Scotland outlining his ongoing concerns over the cloud-based digital evidence sharing system used by the force, which uses hyperscale public cloud infrastructure to store and process sensitive biometric data despite major data protection concerns. At the start of April 2023, Computer Weekly revealed the Scottish government’s Digital Evidence Sharing Capability (DESC)…
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Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 10 October 2023 Teeing up tech at the Ryder Cup Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes at golf’s Ryder Cup to see the tech firsts introduced to improve the fan experience. UK tech leaders explain why…
With operators in some of the major European colocation hubs struggling to meet the demand for datacentre capacity amid space and power constraints, they need to make the sites they have under development as appealing as possible for prospective tenants. Depending on the type of colocation provider, this has typically meant tailoring facilities to meet…
Prime minister Rishi Sunak is putting the UK’s position as a potential leader in the clean tech space at serious risk with his plans to “water down” the government’s net-zero policies, warns TechUK. In a speech on Wednesday 20 September, Sunak confirmed reports the government is plotting a revision of several of its policies that…
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Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 19 September 2023 Securing Eurovision’s online voting system against cyber attacks Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we discover how Once.net and Cloudfare defended the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest against cyber attacks. Our buyer’s guide continues to look at integrating software-as-a-service…
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