Nwz/Shutterstock Windows gets a lot of flak from users for having more bloat than macOS or Linux, and rightfully so. The term “bloatware” is synonymous with a fresh Windows install, to the point that there are custom user-created PowerShell scripts, such as Win11Debloat, for removing pre-installed apps. For people setting up a new PC, whether…

Kenstocker/Getty Images A new piece of Android malware is making the rounds and it has some pretty dire implications for smartphone owners. This is by no means the first scary malware release Android users have seen, though it is certainly up there. The malware threat is called Albiriox, and when installed on a smartphone, it…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been the biggest talking point for IT leaders in 2025 – both the emerging capabilities and opportunities from the technology, and the challenges of implementing it at scale and in a way that delivers measurable benefits. For the digital, data and technology leaders that Computer Weekly is privileged to talk to…

The biggest event of 2025 in the PC market has been the end of support for Windows 10. It was positioned as the last major release of the Windows operating system, which would be kept updated by over-the-air Windows updates. But when Windows 11 was launched in 2021, Microsoft set the date for the end…

Generally, reviews and analyses of the telecoms market have been very grounded and focused on gigabit fibre networks and 5G mobile. But any look at 2025 would not be complete if it didn’t show just how much service providers and the industry in general are now increasingly and literally reaching for the stars – to…

patpitchaya/Shutterstock “When [the bubble] breaks, it’s going to be really bad, and not just for people in AI,” entrepreneur and AI expert Jerry Kaplan said at a Silicon Valley panel recorded by the BBC. “It’s going to drag down the rest of the economy.” This warning comes at a time when economists, investors, business owners,…

Concluding a strong year for the Elon Musk-led satellite operator, recently authorised Starlink global reseller Sama X has secured licensing from Jordan’s Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) to resell the Space X firm’s satellite internet services across the Kingdom, in a bid to simplify access to high-speed internet. Launched earlier in 2025 and backed by Kuwaiti…

Research from internet of things (IoT) analyst firm Berg Insight has calculated that the total number of aftermarket car telematics shipments worldwide reached 26.5 million in 2024 and projects that it will reach 39.3 million units in 2029, with the installed base of active aftermarket car telematics units growing at a compound annual growth rate…

The UK government has reached a milestone in its programme to boost rural connectivity, announcing that more than 100 mobile network masts in traditionally underserved regions have been upgraded to deliver 4G coverage from all major mobile network operators. Launched in 2020, the £1.3bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme is a joint initiative between the government…

The year kicked off with a breakthrough coming out of China with Deepseek, which seriously dented the US’ ambitions to dominate the market for large language models (LLMs). What Deepseek showed the world, beyond causing a big hiccup in the financial market valuation of the US AI tech giants, is that China, which the US…