The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee’s second report into the UK’s failure to retain and scale science and technology firms has described the government’s visa policies for global talent as “counter-productive”. With the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee for high-skilled workers’ H1-B visa, the committee has urged the government to “roll out the red…

Working in the cyber security industry has always been high-pressure but we have seen that pressure intensify. Advancing threats, expanded attack surfaces, rising workloads and a global skills shortage are all having a negative effect on the mental health of many cyber security professionals.   According to Hack The Box’s 2024 research, a staggering 84% of…

Ozgurdonmaz/Getty Images There have been a number of reports in recent months regarding Apple’s plans for Apple Intelligence and its suite of AI features. With the company’s promised Siri revamp now being delayed, and a release date now coming in 2026, we’ve seen even more rumors swirling around what Apple might do to try to…

Blackpool Council is preparing to submit a planning permission application for a 6MW environmentally friendly datacentre before the end of the year, as part of its push to create a 40-acre technology campus dubbed Silicon Sands. The council first went public with its plans for Silicon Sands in late May 2024. The project is designed…

“I set up a business called Enterprise Lab with two guys I met on Twitter,” says Naomi Timperley, who has been crowned as this year’s Most Influential Woman in UK Tech. “This was when Twitter was good, so many cool things happened.” Timperley is well known in the technology sector for co-founding the northern arm…

Role models are everywhere, and while Computer Weekly’s list of the Most Influential Women in UK Tech highlights the women at the top of their game in the technology sector, every woman in a tech or digital role has the potential to inspire someone else into the industry. People across all levels in the tech…

Naomi Timperley, co-founder of Tech North Advocates, has become the 14th person to be named Computer Weekly’s most influential woman in UK technology. The list was created in 2012 to make the amazing women in the UK’s technology sector more visible and accessible, originally showcasing only 25 women before growing to include 50 women in…

Mr.Mikla/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Valve’s Steam Deck can do a lot of neat things, from playing the games you own on Steam to even accessing non-Steam games through various tools. It also can serve as a functional desktop PC through Desktop Mode, allowing for the use of a…

Smith Collection/gado/Getty Images Back in 2024, T-Mobile and Starlink received official approval to expand their satellite phone coverage. This led to the arrival of T-Satellite, which now allows even more apps to work off the grid. And while you’ll need to have service with T-Mobile specifically to take advantage of all of the benefits of…