In his latest book, A hacker’s mind: How the powerful bend society’s rules, and how to bend them back, public interest technologist and cyber security expert Bruce Schneier describes a world a few years hence where artificial intelligence (AI) has had a profound effect on humanity. Schneier is not alone in his assessment that […]

Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 7 March 2023 Can the UK keep its fintech crown? Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, two years after the Kalifa report laid out a roadmap for continued fintech sector growth, UK entrepreneurs and startups are worried about the lack of […]

IT contractors and employment agencies are being urged to throw their weight behind a campaign that is calling on the government to “fix or ditch” its controversial IR35 tax avoidance legislation. The campaign, overseen by contracting authority ContractorCalculator, is being launched ahead of the government’s Spring Budget on Wednesday 15 March 2023, and seeks […]

What is multiprocessing? Multiprocessing is the utilization of two or more central processing units (CPUs) in a single computer system. Its definition can vary depending on the context, but generally it refers to a system’s ability to support multiple CPUs and its capacity to distribute work among them. Multicore processors of today are easily capable […]

In this podcast, we look at the global landscape for data storage compliance in 2023 with Vigitrust CEO Mathieu Gorge. We talk about the big picture of geopolitical instability that characterises the legal and regulatory landscape. Also, Gorge talks about the likely rise of increased privacy regulation, the extent to which the UK and […]

The UK economy is clearly still feeling the effects of the Covid-19 lockdowns, with government figures showing the number of economically inactive people in the workforce has risen markedly since the onset of the pandemic in Spring 2020. The government defines someone as being “economically inactive” if they are out of work and not […]

Record Breakers was a staple of British children’s television in the 1970s, with Roy Castle presenting alongside the twin McWhirter brothers, Norris and Ross. Altogether the show ran for almost three decades, only being cancelled in 2001. The brothers cofounded the Guinness Book of Records in 1955, known as Guinness World Records (GWR) since […]

The House of Lords Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Weapon Systems Committee has published a call for evidence as part of its inquiry into the use of autonomous weapons. Autonomous weapons systems (AWS), also known as lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), are weapons systems which can select, detect and engage targets with little or no […]

The government plans to put the UK at the front of global science and technology over the next 10 years, through a 10-point framework. It said it will reveal more detailed plans by the summer, but has already announced financial backing for projects around artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing technologies. According to the […]

People desire freedom of mobility – and until now, the best way of fulfilling that desire was for them to buy a car. Lynk&Co, owned by the same Chinese company which now owns Volvo, is betting on a new business model that involves a change from being a product company to a service provider.   The […]