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Christian de Looper / BGR Smart home controls are getting better. The Flic Duo was first announced at CES 2025 as a dual-button smart home controller, and it represents a pretty significant leap from Flic’s older single-button devices. At $59, you’ll get physical button presses plus additional gesture controls — swipes, twists, the works —…

As enterprises and connectivity providers know only too well, artificial intelligence (AI) has fuelled an unprecedented surge in network demand – especially in datacentres. Indeed, the emergence and widespread adoption of agentic AI-enabled applications is also reshaping datacentre requirements, prompting a rapid evolution in networking services. AI-driven datacentre capacity is projected to grow between two…

Loner Nguyen/Shutterstock Apple hasn’t increased iPhone prices for several years, even though it has made significant changes to its iPhone lineup, like eliminating the cheaper 128GB versions from all iPhone models. While that’s good news for consumers, the iPhone is still an expensive device. That’s why it may be a good idea to use any carrier…

In the first part of our round-up of the Dallas meeting of the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) project’s Global Forum conference in October 2025, we looked at the technological development of the association’s all-photonics network (APN) – and the continued work in essentially “moving from electronics to photons”, as a representative of one…

Artificial intelligence (AI) played a significant role in the tech skills landscape in 2025, from helping teachers do their jobs to becoming a vital skill for people to learn. On the other hand, hiring across the technology sector was less predictable, with fewer jobs advertised, though having the right skills was found to increase job…

Throughout 2025, Computer Weekly’s technology and ethics coverage highlighted the human and socio-technical impacts of data-driven systems, particularly artificial intelligence (AI). This included a number of reports on how the Home Office’s electronic visa (eVisa) system, which has been plagued by data quality and integrity issues from the outset, is affecting migrants in the UK;…

The tension between the rights of individuals to a private life and increasing demands from states to gain access to people’s private data increased in 2025. During the year, Computer Weekly was the first to break several stories about the Home Office’s attempts to order Apple to give the British government access to encrypted data…

The past year has brought uncertainty for diversity in the tech sector as the landscape in the US turned sour, with President Donald Trump ordering the termination of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) projects and roles. There were concerns that UK companies would follow suit, but as the year went on, it became clear that…

In 2025, Computer Weekly’s police technology coverage focused extensively on developments in the use of data-driven technologies such as facial recognition and predictive policing. This included stories on the Met’s decision to deploy permanent live facial recognition (LFR) cameras in Croydon and the Home Office launching a formal consultation on laws to regulate its use,…