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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Northern Ireland journalist subject to unlawful communications surveillance seeks damages from police in High Court claim for data protection breaches and harassment

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

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

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

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

Meta is working with NEC, Sumitomo Electric Industries and Orange to deliver petabit transoceanic cabling capacity

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

The national police investigation into the Post Office IT scandal has now received the full funding it requires

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

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?

Despite strong security foundations, customers using AI want independent eyes to watch over banks

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