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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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Technology accelerating crime, boosts case for national police service, says NCA chief

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Technology is accelerating crime, and making it more global and more harmful, the head of the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said today. Graeme Biggar, the NCA’s director general, said criminals are now able to operate in loose networks and buy in to crime and money laundering services. “Technology has given scale and reach to…

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AI tools offer ‘near-real-time’ analysis of data from seized mobile phones and computers

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Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools developed by Israeli digital intelligence company Cellebrite will give police investigators the capability to interrogate call records, text messages, images and videos stored on mobile phones and other electronic devices at ultra-high speed. The company has developed AI tools that allow police investigators to interrogate data retrieved from multiple electronic devices,…

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UK MoD awards more than two dozen contracts for AI targeting systems

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The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded contracts to more than two dozen companies to develop autonomous targeting systems for the UK’s armed forces, but critics warn that speeding up targeting decisions with artificial intelligence (AI) will inevitably lead to greater civilian casualties. In mid-January 2026, the MoD named a group of 26 companies that…

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