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Civil servants to protest at Capita general meeting amid pension crisis

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Civil servants will demonstrate at Capita’s annual general meeting, demanding the supplier to be stripped of the pension administration contract. The Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) administration, which manages the pensions of 1.7 million current and former civil servants, has been in chaos since Capita took over the contract in December. The Public and Commercial…

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Most Influential Women in UK Tech: The 2025 longlist

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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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The story behind Alps, Europe’s second largest computer

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The Swiss National Supercomputing Center, also known as CSCS, built and deployed a new supercomputer in collaboration with Nvidia and HPE. The machine, called Alps, came on line at the end of 2024, and is already listed as the world’s seventh most powerful supercomputer – and Europe’s second most powerful. Computer Weekly sat down with…

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Here’s why you should start talking to ChatGPT even if AI scares you

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I have this distinct memory of looking at a Samsung billboard in Times Square and telling someone that I should soon buy one of those new phones, not because they appealed to me but because I didn’t want to be left behind.It was the summer of 2006, about a year before the first-generation iPhone came…

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Nominate: Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2024

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Out of the approximately 380,000 women who make up 20% of the UK’s technology sector, who is the most influential? Computer Weekly is looking for nominations for our annual list of the most influential women in UK technology, which we put together each year in partnership with Nash Squared to showcase the female talent in…

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Digging into the Labour Party’s election manifesto datacentre planning reform pledge

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The Labour Party’s election manifesto includes a pledge to remove the planning barriers that have halted datacentre developments and, in turn, stunted the UK’s economic growth. According to a report by The Telegraph in the days leading up to the publication of the full manifesto on 13 June, the Labour Party wants to reclassify datacentres…

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Digital leaders spending more on tech for efficiency gains

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In spite of slow economic growth, few tech leaders will be reducing their IT budgets over the next 12 months, the Nash Squared digital leadership report pulse survey has revealed. The report, which forms part of a larger annual survey of technology leaders, took in the views of 322 digital leaders, exploring factors that may…

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Leadership accountability is key to diversifying talent

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There is no shortage of agreement that diverse and inclusive teams create better business outcomes. And yet, in technology the needle has hardly moved. Nash Squared’s 2023 Digital Leadership Report shows that 14% of technology leadership teams are female. In 2016, that figure was 11%. The difference is almost negligible. So, what’s the blocker? It’s…

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Diversity in tech 2023: Bev White, Nash Squared

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In this video from Computer Weekly’s annual diversity in tech event, in partnership with Nash Squared and sponsored by NatWest, Bev White, CEO of Nash Squared, talks about the challenges the tech sector faces when it comes to increasing diversity and inclusion. Likening these challenges to a “thousand tiny walls” that need to be demolished,…

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Republic of Korea deal adds to UK quantum momentum

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The secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, Michelle Donelan, has signed a deal with the Republic of Korea to expand collaboration on science and technology including artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. Among the focus areas will be what the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) describes as “a new dialogue on…

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