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Amazon Q3 2021: AWS nears 40% in year-on-year growth

GDS secures £400m funding for One Login digital identity project

Interview: Asel Sartbaeva, chemistry researcher, University of Bath

Online Safety Bill puts user protection onus on platform providers

Facebook rebrands to Meta amid continuing controversies

Five ways the hyper-converged infrastructure market is changing

Changing the rules against cyber attacks

UK government launches consultation on AI in patents and copyright

CIA sought revenge against Julian Assange over hacking tool leaks, court hears

Illegal state surveillance in Africa ‘carried out with impunity’

Benioffs and Salesforce put $300m into combating climate change on eve of COP26

How software can help clean up emission-intensive industries

Social media conglomerate Facebook on streamlining its hyperscale datacentre buildouts

How ransomware crews pile on the pressure to get victims to pay

“No-one extradited from UK to US has committed suicide”, US tells court in Assange appeal

Budget: Cloud and data added to R&D tax credits, tech skills and digital boost for departments

Russian IT market growing steadily after pandemic

Government commits millions to security investment

Google’s server life extension delivers $1.7bn revenue boost in nine months

TechUK slams government gift to big banks that will disadvantage fintechs

Microsoft: Solving the climate crisis will require moon landing levels of tech innovation

Cyber sector growth exacerbating skills shortage

Microsoft’s latest results focus on combating inflation

TSB opens 100-seat tech centre in Scottish capital

PAC report slams reliance on consulting at NHS Test and Trace

COP26: Is the tech sector ready to rise to climate challenge?

DarkMarket takedown results in 150 arrests

Retail tech community reacts to BNPL regulatory proposals

Cyber experts on how to nobble a Nobelium attack

Thought Machine: Google-inspired banking fintech to unicorn and beyond

Building better data foundations to make the most of AI

CIO interview: Dal Virdi, IT director, Shakespeare Martineau

Government selects network analytics tech to combat Covid-19 loan fraud

Interview: Identifying talent at Nasa using data science

The future is digital, so why is Britain’s national strategy waterfall?

Six strategic plays for UK government IT initiatives and their implications for policy

Capita migrates systems to the cloud for TfL low emission zone expansion

Managing cyber risk by integrating supply chains

Tech firms launch digital identity scheme for real estate

The RSPCA on how going cloud-first helped it rescue and rehome animals throughout the pandemic

Chancellor sets aside £2.1bn to fund NHS IT modernisation

Tech must be core to a high-wage UK economy, says TechUK

Attempted hack causes Tesco website outage

Digital healthcare in use by nearly half of UK’s adult population

Multi-government operation targets REvil ransomware group

Women more likely to have retrained for tech roles than men

MEPs vote to expand Europol data mandate

Government seeks supplier for UK digital identity project

Post Office board ‘appalling’ and ‘short-sighted’, said minister researching Horizon project in 2000

Airport operator MAG boosts threat visibility with hybrid SOC

SAP Q3 2021: Cloud year-on-year revenue up one-fifth, S/4 Hana adoption steady

German regulator imposes limit on number of new customers digital bank can sign each month

Depop launches programme to help charities sell online

NetApp Insight frames moves to public cloud and cloud native

UK government launches information assurance unit for defence

UK government allocates £17.5m to farming innovation programme

A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to sustainable datacentres

US intelligence agencies issue advisory on BlackMatter gang

Lloyds Bank closes more branches as customers migrate to digital channels

Spectra Logic unveils Vail hybrid cloud storage virtualisation

LightBasin hackers breach 13 telcos in two years

Oracle embeds HSBC corporate banking services into ERP

What does Saudi Arabia’s autonomous vehicle agenda mean to the rest of the world?

DWP IT chief outlines the challenges of establishing a Chief Data Office

Police IT buyers should compel suppliers to prove AI claims

Barbershop is part of digital revolution in small business sector

Back on the office network: What are the risks for mobile users?

Government flags opportunity for re-use of waste datacentre heat in net-zero strategy

Zopa becomes unicorn with latest funds to go to bank operation

What will the 2025 end of life mean for enterprise Windows 10?

Making machine learning operational

Want to to sidestep public cloud? AuriStor offers global file storage

Making the case for and against police use of facial recognition technology

Government launches consultation on future of medical devices

How Samlesbury, Lancashire became the home of the National Cyber Force

No easy fix for vulnerability exploitation, so be prepared

How companies are rethinking digital customer experience in wake of pandemic

Argos topped online sales for sports and outdoor gear in 2020

Manchester City teams up with Qualtrics for fan experience management

Global IT outsourcing sees record spending and no sign of slowing

Doing the right thing: How CISOs should approach responsible disclosure

Apple scheme to detect child abuse creates serious privacy and security risks, say scientists

NXP Semiconductors doubles down on datacentre migration plan with AWS

IBM pledges to reskill 30 million people by 2030

NHS Digital enhances in-house cyber awareness drive

Darlington Building Society invests in platform for digital transformation

Denmark takes another step towards empowering women in tech

UK government advances voter ID project

FCSA clarifies anti-tax avoidance stance of offshore Charter change for umbrella firms

Poppy Gustafsson, most influential woman in UK tech 2021 - winner’s speech

Encryption protects the marginalised – and it’s under threat

SocGen to cull thousands of jobs and move to single IT platform in merger with subsidiary

CIO interview: Cynthia Stoddard, CIO, Adobe

Institutes of Technology launch to upskill adults in tech careers

Google Cybersecurity Action Team springs into life

Hybrid cloud: Five key questions in 2021

Modern SaaS shifts core ERP architectures

Government launches Gov.uk app

Microsoft makes carbon emissions-tracking dashboard generally available to cloud users

Half-year cloud market tracker data highlights soaring demand for IaaS and PaaS

FCA warns over future hybrid working security risks

Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry announces first public hearing

Google builds out hybrid and multicloud vision for enterprises

How to prevent developer burnout

Google Cloud renews commitment to helping enterprises decarbonise their IT infrastructure

Former signals intel leader named godfather of UK security

BCS calls on government to retain protections against AI

Ban UK police use of facial-recognition, House of Lords told

Digital gender gap prompts $1tn GDP loss for developing countries

Morgan Stanley brings diverse fintech innovation to London

Nearly half of finance firms will acquire or partner fintechs in next year

Microsoft thwarts mega-DDoS attack on Azure platform

UK government outlines strengths and weaknesses in innovation

NetApp adds CloudCheckr to Spot portfolio

How AI – and puffins – are boosting renewable energy

AI estimated to provide 10% boost to UK GDP by 2030

Covid-19 will loom over cyber strategy for years to come

IR35: FCSA defends Charter change that lets umbrella firms operate offshore setups

Sensitive documents to stay with whistleblower after deadline for agreement for their return passes

West Midlands expected to grow by £2.7bn with tech sector drive

Developing an integrated customer and employee experience strategy

Lewis Hamilton charity aims to help train 150 black STEM teachers

Craft beer specialist Brewdog fixes serious app vulnerability

Fast-moving Ryuk campaign targets healthcare organisations

NatWest admits to weaknesses in anti-money laundering systems

ONS publishes technical learnings of UK’s first online census

What lies beyond the data warehouse?

HCL Benelux telco partnership targets SME and government

Addressing the backup dilemma to ransomware recovery

Open source for good

ICO expresses concerns over its future independence

Uber faces legal action over ‘racist’ facial verification system

Rob Thompson, CDO, Nasa: Mind the data gap

Twitch data breach investigations continue

How data drives Air Canada’s cargo business

French Caisse uses NetApp to move backups to object storage

Glasgow publishes draft digital housing strategy

CW Middle East: Middle East hospitals accelerate take-up of healthcare technologies

MEPs approve report opposing certain uses of AI by police

VMworld 2021: VMware CEO fleshes out and refines company’s enterprise multi-cloud strategy

Open Infrastructure Foundation hails surge in OpenStack deployments as Microsoft joins ranks

US lawmakers propose ransomware reporting rules

Security Think Tank: Responsible vulnerability disclosure is a joint effort

The power of two: quantum or neuromorphic computing?

Gaming service Twitch hacked, data leaked

Tech Nation adds 30 fintech scaleups to growth programme as funding continues to rise

Apache web server users urged to patch immediately

Ocado gets closer to autonomous delivery with Wayve trial

Pandemic increases need to hire tech workers

Auto-enrolment begins for Google multi-factor authentication

Top women in UK tech, AI on puffin island – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

Israeli Orca to invest in UK cyber scene

Netherlands’ Team Liquid revolutionises e-sports with data analytics

Five tips to bridge application management service gaps

New strategies needed to close the cyber security skills gap

Keeping the UK in the global race to adopt digital identity

CIO interview: Lisa Heneghan, chief digital officer, KPMG

New Python-based ransomware attacks unfold in record time

Invest in cyber security with confidence using a structured approach

Concerns raised over confidentiality and transparency in government data innovation

Microsoft’s financial services cloud available next month

Kao Data secures up to £130m in funding to finance colocation datacentre expansions

Britain needs its amazing migrants

ICO cookie consent: How will the plan affect businesses?

Facebook unplugged for six hours due to configuration error

Direct Line hires former Virgin Atlantic IT chief as CIO

The Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2021

Nexustorage aims at file and block access to object storage

Mandiant name returns to fore ahead of FireEye sale

NHSX publishes IT standards and interoperability priorities

Chancellor uses Tory Party conference speech to announce AI scholarships

One Identity buys OneLogin for access management expertise

NHSX IT chief outlines opportunities of elective recovery tech fund

Two arrests made in European ransomware investigation

Mastercard acquisition of Aiia is a further sign of open banking’s big future

Security Think Tank: Embracing vulnerability management for the greater good

Met Police purchase new retrospective facial-recognition system

BEIS urged to prioritise funding to protect umbrella workers in government Spending Review

Local Digital Capital Index: A framework for levelling up

Norway and IoT: A match made in heaven

Amnesty International exploited in malware campaign

JVCKenwood hit by Conti ransomware attack

IR35: Giant Group cyber attack prompts renewed calls for statutory regulation of umbrella companies