UK security service MI5 unlawfully gathered and retained millions of people’s private data, Britain’s most secret court has ruled in a landmark case on mass surveillance. Human rights organisations Liberty and Privacy International launched a joint case against MI5 in January 2020 to challenge the UK’s surveillance laws – which they say “are not […]

The IT services market is robust. The sector continues to grow, despite multi-faceted crises, including the hike in energy prices, which have contributed to a seven per cent year-over-increase in the fees of service provider contracts in Q3 2022 (compared to Q3 2021). However, major changes are taking place in sourcing practices. We’re seeing […]

Zurich Insurance Group has agreed to migrate its entire enterprise IT infrastructure estate to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud, and has set itself a goal of moving 1,000 of its applications off-premise by 2025. The company, which specialises in the provision of a wide range of insurance products to consumers, said the […]

What is a meta description? A meta description tag is a snippet of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) code in a web page header that summarizes the content that’s on the web page. It’s considered a best practice to use meta description tags when performing search engine optimization (SEO). An effectively crafted meta description can convince […]

The University of Stirling is one of a group of universities to join a data analytics education programme from data catalogue provider Alation. The supplier has announced three more universities as participants in its Data Intelligence Project, which exposes students to its technology. These are the University of Stirling, the University of Arkansas at […]

Royal Mail has spun its International Tracked services back up as it makes steady progress in recovering IT systems that were hit by a ransomware attack, tentatively attributed to the Russian-speaking LockBit group or an affiliate, earlier in January 2023. In an update posted to its consumer-facing portal, Royal Mail said it was now […]

Big tech firms are willing to throw out artificial intelligence (AI) safeguards to keep up with competitors, risking an “arms race” to the bottom, MPs have been warned. The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee launched an inquiry into the UK government’s proposed “pro-innovation framework for regulating AI” in October 2022, to scrutinse […]

Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 31 January 2023 How the cost-of-living crisis is affecting IT Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, with major tech companies announcing thousands of job cuts, we examine what the cost-of-living crisis means for IT leaders and tech professionals. We analyse what […]

Mark Logan is the chief entrepreneurial advisor to the Scottish Government, appointed by first minister Nicola Sturgeon in 2022. He is the former chief operating officer of Edinburgh-based travel search company Skyscanner and a professor in computing science at the University of Glasgow, his alma mater. In July 2020, he was asked by the […]

Through a trial funded by Innovate UK, BT and Stratospheric Platforms plan to extend 4G and 5G coverage using antenna technology mounted on hydrogen-power aircraft. BT Group and Stratospheric Platforms Ltd (SPL) have partnered on a trial that aims to deliver mobile coverage using pilotless, High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) aircraft. The trials, being conducted […]