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UK equality watchdog: Met Police facial recognition unlawful

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The Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial-recognition (LFR) technology is unlawful, according to UK equality watchdog, citing the need for deployments of the technology to be necessary, proportionate and respectful of human rights. John Kirkpatrick, chief executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), acknowledged that while the tech could be used help to…

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European digital sovereignty: Storage, surveillance concerns to overcome

7 minutes of reading / Cloud, cloud computing, compliance, Computer, GDPR, Intel, Microsoft, risk management, Tech, Technology, Zscaler / By

In mid-June 2025, Microsoft made an announcement about a suite of “Sovereign Cloud solutions” designed to ensure that data belonging to European customers remains stored and processed entirely within Europe. Judson Althoff, executive vice-president and chief commercial officer at Microsoft, said this “evolution and expansion” will be offered across all existing European datacentre regions, for…

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US trade body calls on Washington to cut cyber red tape

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The US Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) has called on president Donald Trump’s White House to slash red tape around cyber security regulations – potentially undoing some of the work done during previous president Joe Biden’s administration – saying the federal government must also do more to coordinate consistent cyber security policy and work hand…

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Warlock claims ransomware attack on network services firm Colt

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London-headquartered telecoms and network services company Colt is attempting to bring various customer-facing services back online after being hit by a cyber attack claimed by the Warlock ransomware gang. The incident, which the firm at first chalked up to a technical issue, appears to have started on Tuesday 12 August at around 11am BST, when…

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US says UK has agreed to drop encryption ‘back door’ demands against Apple

5 minutes of reading / Apple, Cloud, iCloud, Tech, Technology / By

The US director of national intelligence has said that the UK has agreed to drop demands for Apple to create a “back door” that would have enabled the UK to gain access to the data of US citizens. Tulsi Gabbard said the announcement followed discussions over the past few months with the UK, US president…

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Nominate: Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2025

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Nominations are now open for the 2025 Computer Weekly list of the Most Influential Women in UK Technology. Women make up around 20% of the people working in tech and digital roles in the UK, and each year, we aim to showcase these women to create awareness of the incredible underrepresented talent in the sector…

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Government looks at tech to tackle peak electricity demand

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Science minister Patrick Vallance has unveiled £4m in funding to support technology projects that can help manage the UK’s electricity grid. Vallance has called on technology and artificial intelligence (AI) specialists to design ways to help reduce electricity bills by working on how to cut peak demand for grid electricity by two gigawatts. According to…

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Interview: Kirsty Roth, chief operations and technology officer, Thomson Reuters

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“Technology people just look at the problem differently,” says Kirsty Roth, chief operations and technology officer at Thomson Reuters. “They think about how the business can use technology to solve the problem versus traditional management techniques.” That’s why she’s on a mission to use digital systems to transform internal processes and customer services at the…

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Coding with GenAI: How businesses can manage the process

7 minutes of reading / AI, automation, DevOps, machine learning, risk management, Square, Tech, Technology / By

Developers often adopt generative AI (GenAI) because it helps them to code faster, yet the tooling has potential to expose organisations to unaccounted for risks – especially if use is unauthorised or best practice ignored. “With GenAI, we see both amazing results and stunningly stupid results for the same dev team, and that tells us…

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