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Security chiefs ‘too polite’ for startups, says cyber flywheel founder Alastair Paterson

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Britain’s corporate cyber chiefs are too polite when they deal with innovative startup cyber security companies. Chief information security officers (CISOs) prefer to be non-committal, rather than tell startup companies what is wrong with their product and why they won’t buy it – and that is not helpful for innovation. That is the view of…

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Interview: Alwin Bakkenes, head of software engineering, Volvo Cars

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Alwin Bakkenes, head of software engineering at Volvo Cars, reckons that leading a team to develop the technology stack powering the next generation of mobility at the automotive giant is one of the best jobs you can imagine. “I’m not saying it’s always easy, but it’s incredibly rewarding and great fun,” he says. “People are…

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Celonis acquires MIT-linked decision intelligence firm Ikigai

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Process mining company Celonis has acquired MIT-linked decision intelligence supplier Ikigai Labs to flesh out its offer to eliminate artificial intelligence (AI) “blind spots” from business IT. Linked to the acquisition is the launch of what the supplier calls a “context model” that functions as a real-time digital twin of business operations for customers. In…

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Europe and US negotiate deal to share citizens’ biometric data, UK also approached

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A deal between Europe and the US could lead to unprecedented access by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – which operates US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – to the biometric data of European citizens. Europe and the US are holding talks on a framework agreement for an Enhanced Security Border Partnership (EBSP)…

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Workday majors on Sana acquisition to forward agentic AI programme

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Enterprise software providers are rushing to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) into their platforms, which has a consequential impact on the technologies executives buy and the roles professionals fulfil. Into this maelstrom of AI-enabled change comes Workday, a cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) firm that has made significant recent changes – including co-founder Aneel Bhusri returning…

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12 Old-School Computer Accessories That Used To Be Essential

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Solarseven/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you’re a millennial or older, you probably remember that before the minimalistic modern laptops and PCs we enjoy today, older computers came with quite a number of accessories. These weren’t just gimmicks, but essential parts that made computers tick at the time.…

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UK Atomic Energy Authority readies fusion simulation AI supercomputer

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As part of its 50 point artificial intelligence (AI) opportunities action plan, the UK government announced that the country’s first AI supercomputer is being established to support Culham Campus in Oxfordshire, the site of the UK’s first AI growth zone.  The government is investing £45m into a 1.4MW supercomputer named Sunrise, a key first step…

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SuperMicro takes on server leaders as AMD pushes on-premise AI

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Market data from analyst IDC has shown that SuperMicro has leapfrogged established server makers Lenovo and HPE as the second-largest PC server maker behind Dell. SuperMicro experienced growth of almost 134% for the fourth quarter of 2025 with revenue of $11.7bn, which means it accounts for over 9% of the global server market. Dell was…

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How conflict is reshaping technology strategy in the Middle East

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Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 17 March 2026 How conflict is reshaping technology strategy in the Middle East Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to IT leaders in the Middle East about their challenges in keeping digital infrastructure running in a time of regional…

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Nuclear Fusion HPC: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

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The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is installing a new supercomputer named Sunrise, which is specifically designed to support nuclear fusion research. Based on AMD Epyc and Instinct-powered Dell hardware, Sunrise achieves approximately 6 exaflops at at 8-bit precision. That means it is capable of running six quintillion floating point operations per second. While it is…

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