For a 76-page document, the manifesto was short on tech and digital policy detail, but heavy on solutionism.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news-analysis/4321945/conservative-party-manifesto-whats-tech
The UK is lagging behind other European nations in tech and business skills proficiency, a new report by online learning platform Coursera has indicated.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4322099/uk-lags-europe-tech-skills-despite-government-investment
A network outage caused IT issues at hospitals across Cornwall this week, forcing appointments to be rescheduled.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4321702/cornwall-hospitals-road-recovery-incident
There has been a surge in the popularity of products based on multi-purpose GenAI systems, which can handle images, video and text and carry out multiple different tasks. These multimodal or "ze...
Mike Lynch, who was accused of defrauding HP over the value of his company Autonomy when the tech giant purchased it in 2011, has been cleared by a Californian court.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4269317/us-court-clears-mike-lynch-fraud-charges
NHS England (NHSE) has scrapped a £300 million project aimed at modernising GP services.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4269294/nhs-england-cancels-gbp300m-digital-pathways-framework
SAP is acquiring adoption platform specialist WalkMe in a move to boost its Signavio, LeanIX and generative AI offerings.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4268908/sap-acquire-ai-startup-walkme-usd-5bn
Meta updated its privacy policy in May, notifying millions of European users of changes that allow the company to use their personal data for undefined "AI technology" uses.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4268817/metas-ai-plans-eu-law-max-schrems
A UK tribunal has ruled that Google must face a £13.6 billion lawsuit that alleges tech giant wields undue power over the online advertising market.
Current and former employees at prominent AI companies including OpenAI, DeepMind and Anthropic, have signed an open letter calling for AI companies to sign up to a set principles around safety ...
Microsoft is to begin another round of job cuts, with most falling on its Azure cloud unit and mixed reality division.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4267732/microsoft-cut-jobs-azure-mixed-reality-report
The scandal-plagued Horizon IT system, blamed for wrongly prosecuting hundreds of Post Office workers, is expected to remain operational for another five years.
Law enforcement agencies in the US and Europe have taken down cybercrime networks responsible for defrauding victims of billions of dollars.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4266671/us-europe-dismantle-global-botnets-arrest-key-players
2024 Women and Diversity Tech and Channel Festival will celebrate the full range of diversity across the tech workplace.
https://www.computing.co.uk/event/4265983/welcome-women-diversity-tech-channel-festival
The second in our series of articles based on our cloud sustainability research takes an in depth look at indirect emissions.
https://www.computing.co.uk/research/4265875/spotlight-scope-comparing-emissions-aws-azure-gcp
https://www.computing.co.uk/event/4209572/computing-rising-stars-nominate-colleague
Google's parent, Alphabet, is making moves to acquire HubSpot, a marketing software company valued at $30 billion.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4264994/google-eyes-hubspot-acquisition-challenge-microsoft
What would a Labour victory mean for UK tech?
https://www.computing.co.uk/opinion/4212758/essentials-rains-pours
British tech magnate Mike Lynch has appeared in a US court to defend himself against allegations of fraud related to the 2011 sale of his company, Autonomy, to Hewlett-Packard (HP).
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4214333/uk-tech-magnate-mike-lynch-defends-us-court
A law to regulate Big Tech has been rushed through the Parliament, but the UK’s GDPR is on hold.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4214301/tech-sector-laws-passes-pre-election-languishes-lords
The act becomes law next month, and is considerably more stringent than it's US equivalent.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4213759/europe-sets-global-benchmark-stricter-ai-laws
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced a major victory in the fight against dark web drug trafficking with the arrest of 23-year-old Rui-Siang Lin, also known as "Pharoah" or "fa...
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4213555/fbi-arrests-kingpin-dark-web-incognito-market
Opensource database MariaDB, has received backing from its shareholders for a private equity takeover bid.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4213183/mariadb-shareholders-approve-private-equity-takeover
Microsoft has introduced a new initiative to tackle a spike in its greenhouse gas emissions since 2020, largely driven by the expansion of its datacentres.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4209891/microsoft-plans-address-scope-emission-surge
IT leaders say Computing’s latest research into cloud providers’ ESG efforts shines a light on this complex area of procurement.
https://www.computing.co.uk/research/4209866/leaders-computing-research-informs-buying-decisions
With burnout rife among the UK's overworked security professionals, is a simple summer holiday enough to get them back on track?
https://www.computing.co.uk/opinion/4207253/essentials-sun-stress-security
In a coordinated international effort, the FBI and law enforcement agencies from several countries have successfully seized the website and Telegram channel of BreachForums, a well-known online ...
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4209765/breachforums-website-seized-international-operation
By many measures, the construction industry is the least digitised in the world. Given the nature of the business, this is unsurprising, but it’s not sustainable by any definition of that word...
https://www.computing.co.uk/interview/4209368/constructions-pollution-nemetschek-ceo-tech-help
The European Union has launched an investigation into Meta over suspicions that its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram cause behavioural addiction in children and fail to protect them...
British tech firm Raspberry Pi is aiming to end London's IPO dry spell with a potential listing this year.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4208782/raspberry-pi-announces-plans-public-london-stock-exchange
The UK's post-Brexit border regime has come under fresh fire after IT outages crippled the crucial Automatic Licence Verification System (ALVS) over the weekend.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4208755/brexit-border-outage-sparks-fresh-food-delays
Based on Computing's research and interviews with two experts in the field, we look at the causes of burnout among cybersecurity professionals and how more attention paid to this issue at board ...
https://www.computing.co.uk/feature/4207599/cybersecurity-staff-burn-about
Microsoft is bracing for a fresh round of antitrust charges in Europe, as the EU Commission prepares to take aim at the tech giant's dominance in the video conferencing market with its Teams sof...
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4207699/microsoft-renewed-antitrust-charges-eu-teams-dominance
Amateur dramatics gets right what companies have failed at for years.
https://www.computing.co.uk/opinion/4205182/essentials-curtain-irresponsible-cyber
A federal jury in Delaware ruled on Friday that Microsoft must pay $242 million to IPA Technologies for patent infringement related to its Cortana virtual assistant software.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4207122/microsoft-pay-usd242m-cortana-patent-lawsuit-verdict
Shares in UK chip designer Arm fell by 7% yesterday after the company revealed a lower than expected revenue forecast.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4206248/arm-shares-drop-lower-expected-forecast
Google parent Alphabet has urged the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) in London to dismiss a mass lawsuit that accuses the company of abusing its dominance in the online advertising market.
TikTok's parent company ByteDance has filed a lawsuit against the US government, arguing that a recent law forcing its sale is unconstitutional and violates the First Amendment guarantee of free...
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4206179/tiktok-sues-us-government
Jason Ozin, CISO at PIB Insurance, told the Cybersecurity Festival to get a broker, get certified and get hacked.
https://www.computing.co.uk/event/4205982/cybersecurity-festival-2024-cut-cyber-insurance-premiums