Microsoft has pushed back against claims its decision to cancel and defer at least 2GW of datacentre projects in the US and Europe is indicative of its “fraying relationship” with OpenAI. US analyst TD Cowen published a research note on 26 March 2025 that suggested the public cloud giant had cancelled and deferred datacentre lease agreements…
The UK government says reforms to police data protection rules will help simplify law enforcement data processing, but critics argue the changes will lower protection to the point where the UK risks losing its European data adequacy. Currently going through the committee stage of Parliamentary scrutiny, the Data Use and Access Bill (DUAB) will amend…
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The UK government has introduced its Data Use and Access Bill (DUAB) to Parliament, but proposed reforms to police data protection rules could undermine law enforcement data adequacy with the European Union (EU). Currently going through the committee stage of Parliamentary scrutiny, the DUAB will amend the UK’s implementation of the EU Law Enforcement Directive (LED), which…
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Interest in T-level qualifications was overestimated by the Department for Education (DfE), according to a report by the National Audit Office (NAO). In its Investigation into introducing T-levels report, the NAO claimed the DfE overestimated the number of students who would choose the T-level route post GCSE. Some 25,508 students started a T-level in September…
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Another Post Office scandal could be avoided if leaders in public bodies understand the “black box” IT systems that run their organisations and encourage a “speak up” culture, according to a Parliamentary report. In its latest report, Recognising and responding to early warning signs in public sector bodies, the Committee on Standards in Public Life…
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Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 1 April 2025 Inside Amazon’s robot-powered warehouse Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes at Amazon’s robot-powered Swindon warehouse to see how AI and humans are working together. We examine the state of open source licensing and…
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Users of Apple devices in the UK are “at the most risk in the world” of being hacked, following a secret government order requiring the tech company to allow ‘backdoor’ access to its users’ encrypted data, the House of Lords heard on Monday 31 March.Liberal peer Paul Strasburger pressed the government to answer questions about…
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A newly launched campaign group is calling on former subpostmasters in Scotland to come forward if they were affected by the Post Office’s Horizon scandal. The group, known as the Scottish Postmasters for Justice and Redress, will be officially launch on 2 April 2025 at the Scottish Parliament by former subpostmaster Rab Thomson, who had…
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The government set out plans in the Autumn Budget 2024 to commission another independent review of the Loan Charge policy that – in its words – will “help bring the matter to a close for those affected whilst ensuring fairness for all taxpayers”. This description was seized on by contractors in scope of the policy…
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The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) is attempting to contact any former subpostmasters that could have been prosecuted for unexplained losses on the Post Office’s pre-Horizon Capture software. There are former subpostmasters that, like Horizon users, could have been convicted of crimes based on data from these systems. Since the Post Office Horizon scandal…
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