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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 5h

Andy Burnham visited Kyiv in Aug 2026, the fourth UK PM since 2022. UK-Ukraine tech collaboration has grown with AI-focused military deals, and Ukraine’s tech sector has proven resilient despite the war... 👉 [read]

Ukraine’s tech industry still stands strong

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 5h

European datacentre associations argue that building datacentres where renewable power is generated could ease grid congestion in the Netherlands and beyond... 👉 [read]

Dutch datacentre sector pitches itself as relief for an overloaded grid

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 5h

Metropolitan Police senior officers admit that only 30% of the force has completed mandatory data protection training following a series of high-profile data incidents... 👉 [read]

Only 30% of Metropolitan Police officers have completed mandatory data training

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 5h

The latest vulnerabilities to be uncovered in the frequently targeted Citrix NetScaler product lines were being exploited well before disclosure, prompting disquiet... 👉 [read]

Cyber authorities issue alerts over exploitation of Citrix vulns

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 5h

An Everpure survey of 2,100 C-suite and IT leaders across eight countries finds 90% recognise the risk, yet 64% lack a formal strategy to close ‘the sovereignty gap’... 👉 [read]

Everpure survey: 88% of executives fear data sovereignty failures

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 5h

Magna AI executive says governance, operational ownership and sovereign control will determine whether organisations can scale artificial intelligence beyond pilots... 👉 [read]

Saudi Arabia’s next AI challenge is turning infrastructure into capability

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 5h

Sweden is strengthening its national security defences against cyber attacks... 👉 [read]

Sweden boosts cyber threat security defences amid AI advances

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 5h

The next evolution of cyber security may be autonomous, but industry leaders warn that trust, governance and human judgement can't be automated... 👉 [read]

Cyber security without humans? The rise of agentic AI

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 5h

Artificial intelligence-based scams are increasing in number and sophistication, according to National Trading Standards findings... 👉 [read]

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 5h

Post Office Process Review scheme, set up to redress subpostmaster losses caused by non-Horizon processes, products and policies, closes... 👉 [read]

Post Office process redress scheme pays out £4m so far

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 5h

Beyond.pl built central Europe’s first sovereign AI factory on Everpure and Nvidia kit – now its CEO argues the real issue is operational sovereignty, not where the box sits... 👉 [read]

‘Inherent sovereignty is a fallacy’ says Beyond.pl AI factory exec

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Digital sovereignty has become a much-discussed topic - but most debate misses the point. It's not about where your supplier comes from, but about whether you have the ability to make decisions regardless of technology... 👉 [read]

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The concept of an AI kill switch – a means to terminate out-of-control agents – sounds dramatic, but security leaders are now starting to talk openly and pragmatically about why they are needed and how to use them... 👉 [read]

Oktane 2026: The industry is ready to talk about AI kill switches

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

An attempt to spin up my own Whisper transcription server resulted in an afternoon of sold-out zones and vanishing GPUs – a worm's-eye view of the shortage the industry talks about... 👉 [read]

The GPU mirage on a lazy Sunday afternoon

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

More and more code is being produced by AI tools. A poll finds that software teams are struggling to keep pace... 👉 [read]

Are AI coders more trouble than they’re worth?

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Kiteworks customers are back up and running after a highly unusual preemptive shutdown that came amid indications of an impending cyber attack... 👉 [read]

Kiteworks lifts shutdown order after incident-free weekend

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

European datacentre associations argue that building datacentres where renewable power is generated could ease grid congestion in the Netherlands and beyond... 👉 [read]

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Metropolitan Police senior officers admit that only 30% of the force has completed mandatory data protection training following a series of high-profile data incidents... 👉 [read]

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

An attempt to spin up my own Whisper transcription server resulted in an afternoon of sold-out zones and vanishing GPUs – a worm's-eye view of the shortage the industry talks about... 👉 [read]

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

More and more code is being produced by AI tools. A poll finds that software teams are struggling to keep pace... 👉 [read]

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Regional strategy combines infrastructure investment, cyber security partnerships and skills development to support national AI agendas... 👉 [read]

Microsoft expands Middle East cloud and AI footprint with $10bn commitment

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Two previous industrial revolutions suggest gains arrive late and flow to capital first. Meanwhile, a 200-year-old idea – the ‘general intellect’ – holds the key to why... 👉 [read]

AI promises a productivity windfall – who will reap the benefits?

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Despite strong security foundations, customers using AI want independent eyes to watch over banks... 👉 [read]

Consumers want strong independent oversight of banking AI

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Salesforce’s Dreamforce 2026 event tried to focus on trust in AI development, amid current fears about autonomous AI risks. Is AI just the new cloud?... 👉 [read]

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

French local authorities to deploy ‘sovereign’ end-to-end encrypted messaging service in a move away from US big tech... 👉 [read]

French local authorities to replace WhatsApp with ‘sovereign’ encrypted messaging

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The national police investigation into the Post Office IT scandal has now received the full funding it requires... 👉 [read]

Met Police finally get full funding for national Post Office investigation

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Despite the UK government's U-turn on a digital identity scheme, the uses and opportunities for digital ID are gathering pace... 👉 [read]

Digital identity – moving forward with ambition

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Meta is working with NEC, Sumitomo Electric Industries and Orange to deliver petabit transoceanic cabling capacity... 👉 [read]

How Meta plans to deliver petabit connectivity between US and France

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

An as-yet undisclosed zero-day vulnerability has prompted managed file transfer provider Kiteworks to tell users to preemptively switch off their servers.... 👉 [read]

Expecting cyber attack, Kiteworks tells users to turn off servers

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Northern Ireland journalist subject to unlawful communications surveillance seeks damages from police in Northern Ireland in high court claim for data protection breaches and harassment... 👉 [read]

Investigative journalist seeks damages from police over unlawful phone surveillance

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A draft architecture published under the Dutch Digitalisation Strategy spells out what full software sovereignty requires and why full hardware sovereignty remains out of reach... 👉 [read]

Netherlands designs sovereign cloud but concedes hardware dependency

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Artificial intelligence is lowering the barrier to entry for cyber criminals, accelerating attack speeds and increasing the complexity of threats, prompting organisations to rethink resilience, governance and security operations... 👉 [read]

GCC organisations must ‘fight AI with AI’ to stay ahead of cyber threats

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

With 170 employees and European Commission endorsement, Nextcloud’s founder is building Europe’s open source answer to Microsoft 365... 👉 [read]

Interview: Frank Karlitschek is David to Microsoft’s Goliath

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The US military has for the first time confirmed the existence of orbital weapons, but has not divulged details of their capabilities or whether they have been integrated with Space Force’s growing arsenal of AI systems... 👉 [read]

US military confirms existence of orbital weapons

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The danger is not a conscious machine, but a dazzling prediction engine that moves faster than we can supervise. The real risk is that we hand over the controls too easily... 👉 [read]

Is AI dangerous? Trying to separate hype from fact

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Given the reach of its platforms, Meta is making its Muse agentic system a platform for orchestrating third-party services on behalf of users... 👉 [read]

Meta Connect 26: Muse paves the way to global domination

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Regional strategy combines infrastructure investment, cyber security partnerships and skills development to support national AI agendas... 👉 [read]

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Two previous industrial revolutions suggest gains arrive late and flow to capital first. Meanwhile, a 200-year-old idea – the ‘general intellect’ – holds the key to why... 👉 [read]

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Despite strong security foundations, customers using AI want independent eyes to watch over banks... 👉 [read]

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Salesforce’s Dreamforce 2026 event tried to focus on trust in AI development, amid current fears about autonomous AI risks. Is AI just the new cloud?... 👉 [read]

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

French local authorities to deploy ‘sovereign’ end-to-end encrypted messaging service in a move away from US big tech... 👉 [read]

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The national police investigation into the Post Office IT scandal has now received the full funding it requires... 👉 [read]

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Despite the UK government's U-turn on a digital identity scheme, the uses and opportunities for digital ID are gathering pace... 👉 [read]

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Subpostmasters can only make claims for losses through Post Office Process Review until September 30, but a former subpostmaster says there is a necessity to extend the deadline... 👉 [read]

Former subpostmaster demands extension to Post Office scandal claims deadline

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

IT leaders racing to deliver agentic AI risk repeating a familiar problem with new technologies - establishing controls after proving the concept. Agentic AI requires governance to be established from the outset... 👉 [read]

Agentic AI in the enterprise: why governance, not adoption, will define the winners

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

National Centre for Information Defence will disrupt information warfare from hostile states, UK prime minister Andy Burnham has announced... 👉 [read]

UK national centre will fight Russian disinformation, says UK prime minister Andy Burnham

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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There are concerns that a lack of funds for the police investigation could prevent the full Post Office scandal truth getting out... 👉 [read]

Law firm paid £200m to support Post Office, while police investigating scandal are forced to beg

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