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Budget 2025: £300m extra for NHS IT and a £1.8bn budget for digital ID cards

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The UK government’s Autumn Budget contained no major announcements of significance to the tech sector, but there were a few developments that continue progress on existing digital policies. Chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves announced £300m of additional capital investment in NHS technology, intended to “boost productivity, support staff and improve patient outcomes, driving the…

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SAP selects Tata Consultancy Services to transform its IT operations

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SAP has signed a five-year outsourcing agreement with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to support it in its strategy to transform its internal IT through enterprise-wide cloud and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). The German business software giant has worked with TCS for 20 years, which has included a project to transform SAP’s business model from licence-maintenance-based…

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Questions over size of government’s legacy IT estate pose AI adoption issues

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Whitehall’s ability to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) technology risks being hamstrung by the government’s reliance on an unknown amount of legacy IT, according to the output of two separate House of Commons committees this week.The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, which exists to examine the output and policies of the Department for Science, Innovation and…

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Why we should all be worried about the AI bubble

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It’s becoming clearer that we are in a perilous financial situation globally. Fears over an “AI bubble” are being cited by the Bank of England, the International Monetary Fund and the boss of JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon. If you want a sense of how insane the narrative is around AI investments, consider this: Thinking Machines…

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“Making a great chip means nothing if we can’t do it the next year”

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I’m at the 10th annual Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii (special thanks to Qualcomm for flying me halfway around the world to be here), and it’s that time of year again: new laptop chips have officially arrived.With the first generation of Snapdragon X Elite and Plus chips already in the hands of consumers following a…

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Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team chooses SAP Cloud ERP to gain edge

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Formula 1 team Mercedes-AMG Petronas is using cloud-delivered enterprise resource planning (ERP) software from SAP to boost its regulatory compliance efforts as the sport prepares for new regulations from the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA). The FIA’s cost cap is set to increase from $140m to $215m to make room for new technical regulations and…

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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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UK government to invest £1m in building out regional tech clusters

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The UK government is investing £1m in accelerating the growth of regional tech clusters outside of London, in acknowledgement of the fact that “tech innovation does not stop at the M25”. The roll-out of the Regional Tech Booster programme is being overseen by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and will see tech…

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UK government plans to ramp up sovereign computer capacity

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With the Bristol Isambard-AI supercomputer now live, the UK government has unveiled a roadmap to delivering 420 Exaflops of compute power by 2030. The £1bn set aside in the spending review is being used to increase the UK’s compute infrastructure and drive forward artificial intelligence (AI) development. The government’s goal is to reduce the UK’s…

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Is history repeating itself with the government’s push to open public sector cloud deals to SMEs?

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The UK government is on a mission to loosen the grip that legacy IT suppliers have on public sector IT budgets, amid concerns about how police forces, NHS trusts and local councils are wedded to suppliers whose offerings are not good value for money. Technology secretary Peter Kyle outlined the government’s ambitions on this front…

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