Microsoft must immediately end any involvement with the “Israeli authorities’ systemic repression of Palestinians” and work to prevent its products or services being used to commit further “atrocity crimes”, civil society groups have urged. In a joint letter sent to the tech giant at the end of September 2025, which has now been made publicly…
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Geopolitical tension and its potential impact on open source was one of the main focus points during the OpenInfra Foundation European summit held in Paris on 16–19 October. When asked about OpenStack’s resilience given the volatile geopolitical climate, Jonathan Bryce, executive director at the OpenInfra Foundation, said: “The thing that I love about open source…
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Michele Tantussi/Getty Images If you were debating picking up one of Samsung’s top-of-the-line smart fridges with a display, you should read this first. The company is making a major change to how it operates these smart appliances by adding advertisements to some of the themes you can use on their cover displays. The change was…
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One of the founding directors of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure provider Nscale has exited the company, in the wake of it securing $1.1bn in Series B funding, Computer Weekly has learned. According to a Companies House filing dated 8 October 2025, Nathan Townsend has stepped down as a director of Nscale, which he co-founded…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has become the latest to add his voice to a cacophony of warnings that artificial intelligence (AI) is eliminating entry-level jobs. A recent report by job search engine Adzuna indicated that vacancies for graduate jobs, apprenticeships, internships and junior jobs with no degree requirement had dropped 32% since the launch of…
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Windows 10 is reaching end-of-life next month, which means Microsoft will no longer issue patches and no longer provide functional enhancements for free. Those organisations that have yet to migrate PCs off Windows 10 face a hefty bill if they want to continue to receive Windows 10 patches. But this is not something that can…
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Microsoft has teamed up with Barclays on a novel approach to tackling artificial intelligence (AI) and optimisation problems based on a scalable analogue optical computer (AOC) architecture, designed to use consumer-grade technology. The approach, described in a paper published in Nature, overcomes the Von Neumann bottleneck that occurs in classical computing architecture, where performance is…
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As organisations increasingly rely on cloud services to drive innovation and operational efficiency, chief information security officers (CISOs) face a persistent challenge: what happens when a cloud provider’s service level agreement (SLA) doesn’t align with your enterprise’s security and availability requirements? This scenario is more common than many leaders realise. Whether it’s a cutting-edge AI…
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The number of UK banks reporting productivity gains from artificial intelligence (AI) has doubled as projects move from pilots to production. According to Lloyds Banking Group’s latest Financial institutions sentiment survey, 59% of surveyed firms reported AI-driven productivity gains in the past 12 months, compared with 32% in the 2024 survey. Banks also reported rising…
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Computer Weekly’s list of the most influential women in UK technology has been running since 2012, launched to promote a discussion surrounding the role of women in the technology sector during a time when the lack of diversity in tech was only beginning to be considered. When it was launched, the list only featured 25…
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