AWS and NVIDIA will deploy 2 million additional GPUs and deepen collaboration across CPUs, networking, and robotics.

More than 15 politicians from across the country have signed on to the AI Pact, vowing to regulate data centers and AI. “We’ve got to get this right,” says Nebraska Senate candidate Dan Osborn.

The “CrysVCD” tool developed at MIT could cut the huge amounts of time and money spent on screening out chemically unstable designs.

Amazon’s HR leader, Beth Galetti, shares how AI tools are empowering employees to build and how the company is investing $2.5 billion to prepare people for the future of work.

“It never crossed my mind that they would be so bold as to sell our private data for AI,” says one former Spirit Airlines flight attendant.

See! Real holograms! Dice and crystals that aren't there any more, thanks to the power of lasers!!1!

A new algorithm learns to anticipate the unprecedented scenarios that critical infrastructure and global supply chains are least prepared for.

New MIT research could lead to better materials for a fossil-fuel-free process for making the chemical that's essential to fertilizer and other products.

Through a new Student Rewards program on AWS Builder Center, university students worldwide can earn credits, premium training, and certification vouchers.

Alexa+ is now included for free on compatible Fire TV devices, bringing conversational search and smart home controls.

Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plates.

In his latest book, Professor Eugene Fitzgerald examines the forces that turn breakthroughs into value — and why innovation resists simple formulas.

In his latest book, Professor Eugene Fitzgerald examines the forces that turn breakthroughs into value — and why innovation resists simple formulas.

When Twitch announced that streamers could opt out, thousands of users questioned why their content was being used to train AI models in the first place.

Open models may soon be added to an updated AI framework, sources tell WIRED, as the White House continues to grapple with how to regulate a technology it has tried not to regulate.

Doug Herrington, Amazon's CEO of Worldwide Stores, explains why conversational AI is the next format shift in retail—just as the catalog gave way to the search bar.

From Magic Capture and Instant Night Sight to a built-in teleprompter, here’s a look at a few camera features on Google’s new Pixel 11 series.

Researchers say it took fewer than 20 prompts for a public AI tool to find a flaw (now fixed) allowing anyone on a Zoom call to hijack another participants’ device.

“GeoPT” helps AI models understand the basics of physics so they can simulate how objects respond to things like wind and water more efficiently and accurately.

Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.

There are endless ways to record and transcribe your virtual meetings with AI. Here’s an option that’s free and open source.

New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails, here’s how to turn that stuff off.

At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies—and did it all right under the company’s nose.

Researchers at security firm Zenity found more than a dozen flaws in AI browsers—and managed to get OpenAI’s Atlas to make an unauthorized Amazon purchase.

Security researcher James Kettle tried to push the limit of AI’s hacking abilities—and discovered how effective it can be when combined with human expertise.

More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.

Nobody likes getting a swab shoved up their nose. A startup in Japan has developed a much less intrusive system.

Wispr Flow, a popular dictation tool, has released a live notetaker that transcribes and summarizes meetings. It joins a growing wave of AI notetakers for the workplace.

By focusing on electrolytes, MIT scientists are making sodium-metal batteries a more practical energy storage option.

ESPN unveiled an “AI tells detection” tool during broadcasts of the 2026 World Series of Poker. Is it a neat computer-powered party trick, or a real threat to poker’s future?

An expert in machine learning, statistics, and computation, Rakhlin succeeds Professor Ankur Moitra.

Plus: The FBI eyes AI-powered tech to detect future crimes, Russia charges Telegram’s founder, xAI sues to stop a state’s “nudification” ban, and the Democrats learn a lesson about getting scammed.

Both major AI labs’ models broke containment, escaped onto the internet, and hacked other companies. If a human had done that, the law would likely be against them. But a bot?

Amazon’s custom silicon business exceeded a $25 billion annual revenue run rate—here’s what that means for customers and the future of AI.

AWS revenue growth accelerated to 36.7% year over year—the fastest in 18 quarters—with AI and core services driving each other's growth.

Amazon Ads generated $19.8 billion of revenue in Q2, up 26% year over year, powered by AI tools, conversational shopping, and multi-sport streaming strategies.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on how the Stores team is expanding selection, delivering at record speeds, growing Grocery and Pharmacy, and using AI to make shopping even easier.

Director of CSAIL and MIT professor honored for her contributions to robotics, artificial intelligence, and autonomous systems.

The two Chrome updates in June patched more bugs than the 23 updates before them. Now, Google is ramping up its patching schedule thanks to AI-assisted vulnerability discovery.

Pax8 partners gain access to independent, cloud-native backup and recovery for business-critical SaaS applications Keepit, the vendor-independent SaaS data protection company, today announced its availability via Pax8, the global AI and cloud Marketplace for small and medium-sized businesses. Through the Pax8 Marketplace, managed service providers and channel partners can now deliver...

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Recognition underscores Cove Data Protection innovation, including integrated Disaster Recovery as a Service capabilities for faster, simpler recovery N-able, Inc. (NYSE: NABL), a global cybersecurity company delivering business resilience, today announced it has been named a Champion in the 2026 Omdia Global Managed Backup and Disaster Recovery (BDR) Leadership Matrix for the...

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RIB Software has achieved two significant milestones in the DACH region. In collaboration with leading construction companies and the German Construction Industry Association, RIB enhanced its ERP solution through a dedicated estimating workstream, delivering measurable improvements in functionality, usability, and performance. At the same time, the solution was recognized as...

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One of Texas’s largest multispecialty groups achieves 97% clinician engagement rate — far exceeding industry benchmarks — as ambient clinical intelligence scales across 40 locations Austin Regional Clinic (ARC), one of the largest multispecialty medical groups in Central Texas, serving more than 700,000 patients across 40 locations in 15 communities,...

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Native Ubuntu Support Simplifies Deployment of High-Performance Software-Defined Block Storage for Private Clouds Built in Kubernetes and OpenStack Environments Lightbits Labs®, inventor of the NVMe® over TCP storage protocol and Inferra™, the first KV cache prefetch engine for AI acceleration, today announced support for Ubuntu, enabling organizations to deploy the industry’s leading software-defined block...

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Across Backblaze’s network, neocloud and hyperscaler traffic shows high volatility while CDN and hosting traffic maintains predictable patterns Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the storage platform powering AI infrastructure, today published its Q2 2026 Network Stats report. The third installment in its quarterly series, this report highlights a new variance-based view that measures...

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SentinelOne® (NYSE: S), the AI Security leader, today announced it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Managed Detection and Response Service for Midmarket 2026 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US52992326, July 2026). The IDC MarketScape covers Wayfinder, SentinelOne’s managed detection and response (MDR) offering, which uses AI to handle detection, correlation,...

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Chavez-Arrieta joins to help MSPs and MSSPs turn Continuous Resilience Validation into a new, high-margin service line — with a select group of 10 partners activating in the next 30 days. Spektrum Labs, the company that built the first cyber resilience proof engine, today announced that Oscar Chavez-Arrieta has joined...

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Coalesce Capital (“Coalesce”), a private equity firm focused on investing in next-generation technology-enabled services companies, today announced a strategic growth investment in Workstreet, (“the Company”) a leading provider of AI-native compliance and cybersecurity solutions to companies in regulated industries. The Company’s founders and management team are investing alongside Coalesce Capital...

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New national survey finds adoption stalls for structural reasons, even as organizations see value Carta Healthcare, the leader in enterprise clinical data management, today released findings from a national survey of U.S. healthcare leaders showing that AI is proving its worth but failing to expand, and that leaders will not...

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Perimeter security can’t keep up with today’s threats. Discover why Zero Trust Architecture is essential for businesses in 2026 and how to implement it. In 2019, a breach took an average of 279 days to detect and contain. By the time most security teams realized something was wrong, attackers had...

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New AI Chat and MCP server and AI-specific risk detection help security teams move faster without sacrificing the governance and visibility regulated industries demand NowSecure, a leader in mobile application risk management, today announced a new set of AI-native capabilities within the NowSecure Platform designed to help mobile app security keep pace...

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Recognition highlights strengths across Microsoft business applications, Azure data and AI, and cloud modernization services Korcomptenz, a global digital transformation and technology services provider, today announced that it has been named a Contender in three categories in the ISG Provider Lens® Microsoft AI and Cloud Ecosystem 2026 study for the...

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Companies including Ramp, Lovable, and Vercel have adopted Paper Paper, the design platform for the agentic era, today announced its $34 million Series A with Accel and ICONIQ. Investors participating include Designer Fund, Michael Grinich (WorkOS), Anton Osika (Lovable), and engineers and designers from Anthropic and OpenAI. Paper will use...

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Funds were raised in two pre-A rounds and will back global expansion of the company’s real-world interaction data platform for robotics and embodied AI systems Ropedia, a Singapore-based startup building data infrastructure for physical AI, today announced it has raised US$30 million dollars in pre-A funding from venture investors with...

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Enterprise Clinical Decision Support solution available to 30,000 clinicians in more than 50 Norwegian hospitals Wolters Kluwer Health announced that Norway’s health system has renewed its adoption of UpToDate Enterprise Edition, a market-leading Clinical Decision Support (CDS) solution, for its nationwide health system which includes over 50 public hospitals and 11,000 beds in...

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Deep Genomics, the AI-first TechBio organization pioneering a new path for genomic medicines with its AI foundation model platform, today announced the appointment of Thong Q. Le as chair of its Board of Directors. “Since joining our Board in 2025, Thong has been a trusted advisor and a strong advocate...

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New leadership in Europe across data strategy, sovereignty architecture, and go-to-market expertise to grow the autonomous data and AI market Acceldata, the market leader in agentic data management and provider of xLake Autonomous Data & AI platform, announced its expansion in Europe in response to enterprise customer demand to implement...

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mimik today announced mimOE™ Embedded Edition, a package of its Agentix Operating Engine and a set of purpose-built tools for the AMD Ryzen™ AI Embedded X100 Series processor, the newest processor in a family designed for physical AI, autonomous systems, and industrial automation. Available to download today, mimOE Embedded Edition...

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PhD student Lauren Fortier is building on the experience she gained operating a nuclear plant for the Navy to solve a critical hurdle in the wider adoption of the energy source.

Initial research projects advance national priorities across natural resources, manufacturing, nuclear physics, and more.

Known for his clear and elegant writing style, Bertsekas shaped fields from control and optimization to large-scale computation and artificial intelligence.

Accenture and Snowflake announced an expanded partnership aimed at driving enterprise reinvention with AI and data

Accenture and Snowflake announced an expanded partnership aimed at driving enterprise reinvention with AI and data

Accenture is partnering with Palantir Technologies Inc. to accelerate the delivery of advanced AI and data solutions

Accenture is partnering with Palantir Technologies Inc. to accelerate the delivery of advanced AI and data solutions

Amazon announced an investment of up to US$50 billion to expand AI and supercomputing capabilities for AWS US government customers

Amazon announced an investment of up to US$50 billion to expand AI and supercomputing capabilities for AWS US government customers

The Australian Government is establishing the Australian Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI) to strengthen AI safety across the nation

The Australian Government is establishing the Australian Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI) to strengthen AI safety across the nation

AI spending will continue to rise in 2026, with 68 percent of CEOs planning to increase investment

AI spending will continue to rise in 2026, with 68 percent of CEOs planning to increase investment

New Intelligence Layer allows enterprises to ground AI in governed data, ensuring precision, explainability, and confidence in every decision

New Intelligence Layer allows enterprises to ground AI in governed data, ensuring precision, explainability, and confidence in every decision

Google launches Gemini 3, a new series of models the company says are its “most intelligent” and “factually accurate” AI systems yet

Google launches Gemini 3, a new series of models the company says are its “most intelligent” and “factually accurate” AI systems yet

Security teams are increasingly using AI-powered workflows not just to automate tasks, but to transform the economics of defense

Security teams are increasingly using AI-powered workflows not just to automate tasks, but to transform the economics of defense

The accountability gap in AI transformation is not a technical flaw – it is a leadership issue

The accountability gap in AI transformation is not a technical flaw – it is a leadership issue

OpenAI has signed a multi-year, multi-billion dollar deal to buy AMD’s next-generation GPUs

OpenAI has signed a multi-year, multi-billion dollar deal to buy AMD’s next-generation GPUs

Zoom is taking a major step in its UK growth strategy with plans to open a new UK data center in 2026

Zoom is taking a major step in its UK growth strategy with plans to open a new UK data center in 2026

<p>For nearly four years, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366622811/Virgin-Media-O2-cuts-carbon-emissions-56-against-its-2020-baseline">Virgin Media O2</a> (VMO2) chief sustainability officer (CSO) Dana Haidan has been pushing ahead with <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Data-centre-energy-efficiency-and-green-IT">environment, social and governance (ESG) strategy</a> at the telecoms provider – and getting real results for her efforts.</p> <p>Prioritising and embedding sustainability, including emissions reduction, throughout the business is not just a nice-to-have but supports customer trust, as well as demand for its products and services – nurturing 46.4 million mobile connections, 5.5 million consumer fixed-line cus

Now the Senior Vice President of Compute and Machine Learning Services, Treadwell joined Amazon almost by accident and was one of the coders behind early Windows.

Researchers developed an automated framework that helps AI models generate CAD programs more accurately and efficiently.

Treadwell brings nearly a decade of experience running Amazon’s technology platform to his new role.

Through research and entrepreneurship, Professor Devavrat Shah is helping to design methods that can handle constant decision-making using limited computational resources.

MIT students designed, built, and tested a jet engine with AI copilots, assessing AI’s usefulness in developing high-performance aerospace systems.

“SceneSmith” system uses collaborative AI agents to create realistic 3D environments of places like kitchens, hotels, and living rooms, where robots can simulate everyday chores.

<p>It took four years for Microsoft datacentres to increase their greenhouse gas emissions by four-million tonnes. Between 2024 and 2025, its datacentre carbon footprint jumped by a further four-million tonnes to 20-million tonnes.&nbsp;</p> <p>The company’s <a href="https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/microsoft/msc/documents/presentations/CSR/2026-Microsoft-Environmental-Sustainability-Report-PDF.pdf"><em>2026 Environmental sustainability report</em></a>, shows that total emissions (Scopes 1, 2, and 3) increased 25% year over year (YoY), driven primarily by the expansion of Microsoft <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/The-great-datacentre-backlash-The-industry-response">datacentre infrastructure<

Researchers developed an auditing technique to test generative AI models for malicious capabilities, without prompting them for illegal outputs.

MIT researchers developed FloatForm, a swarm of small aquatic robots that snap together like ants forming a raft, assembling into reconfigurable structures on the water.

A USAF cadet and a Lincoln Laboratory researcher found AI chatbots can help nontechnical service members produce viable software applications for their unique problems.

The professor of physics and inaugural director of the NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions will lead LNS and continue his research in particle physics.

AWS customers can once again access Mythos-level capabilities and exceptional performance in coding, knowledge work, and vision.

CIA Director Ratcliffe, Energy Secretary Wright, and UK CTO Patel joined the AWS Summit D.C. keynote for major classified cloud and AI announcements.

A new AWS Forward Deployed Engineering organization will embed thousands of experts with customers to co-develop and deploy agentic AI solutions in days.

The new offering opens the door for cleared defense contractors to build on AWS's classified cloud, backed by an up to $20 million accelerator initiative to fuel innovation.

Amazon is joining RAISE US as a founding member to help workers prepare for the jobs of tomorrow.

In a new interview, Garman explains why enterprises are moving past AI experimentation—and what's driving real business value.

<p>The shift from experimental artificial intelligence (AI) projects to enterprise-grade autonomous systems was the defining theme of the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644938/Google-Cloud-boosts-for-enterprise-agentic-at-London-Summit">Google Cloud Summit in London</a> last week.&nbsp;</p> <p>As UK enterprises move to action-oriented agentic workflows, technology leaders encounter a new set of challenges. To build a prototype agent is simple, but to deploy hundreds of them at scale demands rigorous data infrastructure, strict security governance and fine-grained cost management.</p> <p>This transition is also redefining the economics of IT, with <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641816/How-the-AI-boom-is-res

<p>Data centers are among the highest consumers of electric power. Studies have shown that data center energy consumption increases annually, with three identifiable trends.</p> <p>The first trend is that mainstream legacy corporate data centers remain major power consumers, despite many organizations&nbsp;<a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchcloudcomputing/tip/12-key-steps-for-a-successful-cloud-migration">migrating systems and hardware to cloud environments</a>. However, while average use is increasing steadily, it's doing so at a lower rate than 25 years ago, when cloud data centers emerged as a major alternative to legacy facilities.</p> <p>The second trend is that while large cloud data centers, often called&nbsp;<a href="htt

At VivaTech 2026 in Paris, Peter DeSantis argued we're at the starting line of AI development with the most important breakthroughs still ahead.

The launch of AWS Continuum and AWS Context, along with capabilities across Amazon Quick, Kiro, AWS DevOps Agent, AWS Transform and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, highlight how AWS is helping customers use agents to work more effectively.

Beyond Anthropic and OpenAI, a new wave of AI startups is choosing Trainium to train models that simulate the physical world.

<p>Expansion of <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Data-centre-capacity-planning">datacentre capacity</a> – lately driven by <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642960/Data-dive-Power-grid-data-shows-birth-of-AI-in-UK-datacentres">demand for artificial intelligence (AI) processing</a> – has sparked growing concern about the industry’s <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630435/Water-efficiency-of-English-datacentres-scrutinised-in-TechUK-report">impact on water supplies</a>. With datacentres set to multiply, some are warning that the shift towards high-density computing could trigger unsustainable demands on water.</p> <p>But the debate is characterised by an information gap. On one hand, we can f

<p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Kazakhstan-Where-data-is-set-to-be-the-real-new-oil">In the first part of our investigation of the digital transformation that the state of Kazakhstan is undertaking</a>, we looked at how the country is making a leap from relying on fossil fuels to broadening its revenue base. We now concentrate on a company that might make this happen.</p> <p>To say that Kairat Akhmetov has a big job on his hands is something of an understatement. Speaking with Computer Weekly at the Freedom Inside conference in Kazakh capital Astana in April 2026, the Freedom Telecom CEO explains just how the firm sees telecommunications, digital infrastructure and connectivity as key drivers of economic growth in Kazakhstan.</p> <

<p>If one were to ask most people what they know about Kazakhstan, it wouldn’t be much of a surprise if they were to describe it as a fossil fuel-rich former Soviet republic. Indeed, that is what the world’s ninth-largest country by land area and largest landlocked nation is.</p> <p>Yet while that is accurate to say right now, the Kazakhstan government is planning a future that looks rather different. A digital transformation across the nation is in play, looking to take advantage of the country’s natural resources and its strategic geographic position between Russia and China to create a land where critical infrastructure encompasses data networks and connectivity lines in addition to oil pipelines. And where telcos are already primed to plug in to the opportunity comin

<p>After completing a major upgrade to its New York metro platform to a quad-node network architecture, Internet Exchange (IX) operator DE-CIX has turned to a different deployment, working with NGO Internet Pour Tous, along with internet connectivity and web hosting provider United SA, to expand the Kinshasa-based Africa Congo Internet Exchange (ACIX) with an additional datacentre presence in OADC Texaf’s Kinshasa FIH1 facility.</p> <p>Established in 2023, <a href="https://www.acix.net/">ACIX</a> is designed as a neutral Internet Exchange environment open to all licensed operators, internet service providers (ISPs), mobile network operators (MNOs), cloud providers, content providers, enterprises, financial institutions, academic networks and international car

<p>As it furthers its journey into providing critical infrastructure throughout the UK, business connectivity provider <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/search">Neos Networks</a> has teamed with mobile infrastructure services firm Cornerstone to provide connectivity services to UK “microscaler” StonesThro to support distributed sovereign edge cloud infrastructure.</p> <p>Seeking to establish a difference between <a href="https://www.stonesthro.co.uk/">StonesThro</a> and hyperscalers that centralise infrastructure in major datacentres, <a href="https://neosnetworks.com/">Neos</a> noted that microscalers distribute cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) compute power to localised sites.</p> <p>By connecting these regio

<p>In early April, Dame Chi Onwurah, chair of the Science Innovation and Technology Select Committee, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642254/Science-Innovation-and-Technology-committee-chair-questions-UKs-tech-sovereignty-approach">made some pointed remarks</a> about the UK Government’s technology strategy, or its relative lack thereof.</p> <p>Her argument centred on our dependency on a small number of Big Tech providers, principally Microsoft and AWS, with Palantir receiving mention due to their NHS and military contracts, along with legitimately framed concerns over UK dependencies on foreign supply chains.</p> <p>There was much to agree with in Dame Chi’s article, with just one jarring point – her definition of sovereignty. Nam

<p>A case seeking compensation for approximately 59,000 businesses and organisations using the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366628071/Microsoft-reports-massive-cloud-uptick-as-CMA-questions-licensing">Microsoft Windows Server</a> operating system in non-Microsoft public clouds is going ahead.</p> <p>The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has ruled to certify a £2bn legal action against Microsoft over its cloud computing and software practices. The collective action court case, brought by digital markets regulation expert Maria Luisa Stasi, accuses Microsoft of overcharging UK businesses and organisations that use its Windows Server on rival cloud services.</p> <p>CAT dismissed Microsoft’s arguments against certification and granted

<p>The UK is over-reliant on a small number of big tech companies to provide critical datacentres, software and digital infrastructure, placing national security at risk, according to a report by the Open Rights Group (ORG).</p> <p>The report, which is backed by a number of MPs, warned that the UK’s dependency on US big tech companies places the UK at risk as relations between the two countries have become strained.</p> <p>Rifts between the UK and the US over the conduct of the US and Israel’s war with Iran, if they are exacerbated, could expose the UK to threats of US sanctions that could impact critical infrastructure, the report said.</p> <p>Big Tech companies have used their power and resources to control markets, limit innovation and lobby

<p>OpenAI has paused plans for its Stargate UK investment, which was to take place in concert with artificial intelligence (AI) <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Data-centre-capacity-planning">datacentre builder</a> Nscale and in the government’s AI growth zones.</p> <p>The Microsoft-backed company has cited concerns about rising energy costs as well as the regulatory environment in the UK, particularly <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640523/UK-government-puts-brakes-on-opt-out-copyright-exemption-for-AI">in copyright</a>.</p> <p>Affected locations – should OpenAI’s “pause” become permanent – are in the government’s <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631325/Government-confirms-North-East

<p>Tata Communications has launched a self-healing network platform called IZO datacentre Dynamic Connectivity, which is designed to eliminate costly datacentre downtime and support the demands of an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven world.</p> <p>In explaining the rationale for the launch, Tata Communications said that in the current digital economy, disruptions from cable cuts, route failures or sudden AI workload spikes can bring business to a standstill.</p> <p>Specifically, that is every enterprise depends on the ability to always be connected with an uninterrupted data flow. From financial transactions, information technology-enabled services (IT-ITeS) and manufacturing to <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629456/AI-streaming-to-deli

<p>Culham Campus in Oxfordshire, the site of the UK’s first artificial intelligence (AI) growth zone, will house the UK’s first <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366624056/AIs-thirst-for-power-pushing-enterprises-into-supercomputing">AI supercomputer</a>.</p> <p>The UK government is investing £45m into a 1.4MW supercomputer named Sunrise, a key first step in establishing the country’s first AI Growth Zone at the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA).</p> <p>Unveiled in the UK’s Fusion Strategy, Sunrise is due to be ready by June. The government claims it is the world’s most powerful AI supercomputer dedicated to fusion energy.</p> <p>With the global economy under siege from the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz due

<p>The Met Office has celebrated one year of <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Infrastructure-as-a-Service-IaaS">“supercomputing as a service”</a> from Microsoft.&nbsp;</p> <p>The occasion presented an opportunity for the weather forecasting and climate prediction organisation to offer its view on why artificial intelligence (AI) is peripheral to its scientific modelling core activities and why cloud is suited to the delivery of supercomputing services.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/ezine/Computer-Weekly/Innovating-with-weather-data-at-the-Met-Office">Met Office</a>’s Microsoft cloud supercomputing capability was <a href="https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/better-forecasts-ahead-as-met-o

<p>When the chair of your own independent inquiry walks out a year early, citing “glacially slow progress,” that is not a minor administrative footnote - it is a distress signal.</p> <p>Kip Meek’s departure from the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/The-CMA-anti-trust-investigation-into-AWS-and-Microsoft-explained-Everything-you-need-to-know?_gl=1*479sev*_ga*MTQyNTQ1NjY0NS4xNzQxMzYzOTc3*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*czE3NzMyMzgzNzkkbzEyMTgkZzEkdDE3NzMyMzkzOTckajYwJGwwJGgw">Competition and Markets Authority</a> (CMA) in late January, reportedly driven by frustration at the snail-like pace of action following the cloud services market investigation, should be deeply uncomfortable reading for British businesses who depend on digital infrastructure they can trust,

<p>The commercial case for cyber security platformisation is a compelling one, and it is a primary driver behind its momentum. Organisations running <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/tip/Too-many-cloud-security-tools-Time-for-consolidation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">15 or 20 disparate security tools</a> face enormous operational overhead in the form of licensing complexity, integration maintenance, competing vendor relationships and fragmented data that makes it genuinely difficult to understand what’s happening across their technology estate.</p> <p>Consolidating onto a platform that reduces that burden while delivering tighter signal correlation is a legitimate strategic goal and CISOs are right to pursue it where it makes sense to do

<p>As data growth increases, ramping up storage capacity and costs, older backup methods once presumed obsolete -- such as magnetic tape -- are a saving grace.</p> <p>But was tape ever truly dead? Hardly.</p> <p>For a while, tape had a reputation for being outdated. This isn't surprising given that newer technologies have overcome some of tape's most problematic limitations. However, interest returned as organizations began generating data at unprecedented rates and <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/feature/A-history-and-timeline-of-big-data">exponential data growth</a>&nbsp;became the norm, thanks in large part to AI's extensive training requirements and the increase in IoT devices.</p> <p>One of the main problems with

<p>The first HPE “modular” Mod Pod datacentre modules are set for delivery at <a href="http://carbon3.ai">Carbon3.ai</a>’s off-grid Derbyshire “AI factory”.</p> <p>The site will eventually comprise five HPE Mod Pods, which are modular datacentre pods capable of delivering 1.5mW of <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Data-centre-capacity-planning">datacentre capability</a>, and will be powered by electricity generated from landfill gas at the site.</p> <p>The Derbyshire site will go live in the second half of 2026, according to Carbon3.ai chief strategy officer Sana Kharegani.</p> <p>Carbon3.ai has plans <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631218/Startup-Carbon3ai-sets-sights-on-building-UK-wid