In Saudi Arabia, where economic diversification and institutional reform are reshaping the role of business, technology is becoming a central thread in how organisations adapt and grow. The country is undergoing a generational shift, not only in infrastructure and investment, but in mindset, where long-standing industries are being asked to modernise without losing their identity.…
Frame Stock Footage/Shutterstock Believe it or not, these are the times we live in. The Joaquin Phoenix movie “Her,” about a man who falls for his AI assistant, shocked viewers way back in 2013. But today, over a decade later, the idea of humans growing closer to AI is more widespread. That’s especially true as…
The Police Digital Service (PDS) has dismissed concerns about the quality and pace of its work being hampered by a cost-cutting push to reduce headcount in its flexible IT workforce, while acknowledging its efforts to improve workplace culture remain ongoing. The Home Office-funded company is responsible for overseeing the development and delivery of the National…
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The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee’s second report into the UK’s failure to retain and scale science and technology firms has described the government’s visa policies for global talent as “counter-productive”. With the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee for high-skilled workers’ H1-B visa, the committee has urged the government to “roll out the red…
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Low code is far from new and has struggled to gain widespread enterprise popularity. Yet the arrival and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is not a threat to low code. The principles of low code are providing a safe harbour for enterprise AI development. “AI unleashed will destroy the software industry. Goodbye to SAP and…
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Role models are everywhere, and while Computer Weekly’s list of the Most Influential Women in UK Tech highlights the women at the top of their game in the technology sector, every woman in a tech or digital role has the potential to inspire someone else into the industry. People across all levels in the tech…
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Naomi Timperley, co-founder of Tech North Advocates, has become the 14th person to be named Computer Weekly’s most influential woman in UK technology. The list was created in 2012 to make the amazing women in the UK’s technology sector more visible and accessible, originally showcasing only 25 women before growing to include 50 women in…
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The government has fleshed out details of how it plans to spend £55bn on research and development (R&D) out of the £86bn committed as part of the 2025 Spending Review. The funding, spread over the next five years, is a key pillar in Labour’s industrial strategy to grow the economy and improve people’s lives. Earlier…
Joaquin Ossorio Castillo/Shutterstock When testing how close ChatGPT is to the capabilities of human intelligence, doesn’t it make sense to follow an intellectual’s teachings, such as the Greek philosopher Socrates? That’s the idea behind a study scientists published in the International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. They asked ChatGPT a 2,400-year-old math…
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The US state of Maryland has launched a statewide Vulnerability Disclosure Programme (VDP) to give ethical hackers the chance to probe systems across its government for flaws and vulnerabilities and allow them safe, straightforward and transparent reporting mechanisms. The programme, which will be operated by bug bounty and VDP programme specialists at Bugcrowd, will give Maryland…
