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Buyers call for electronic invoicing
45+ min ago (530+ words) Jeanette Teare - stock. adobe. com A Censuswide survey of 550 business buyers across the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Australia has found that, in spite of digitisation, there is friction in the business-to-business buying process. The survey, for B2 B payment platform…...
UK employees using AI regularly lose more than seven hours a week | Computer Weekly
7+ hour, 30+ min ago (529+ words) A Workday survey has found that a quarter of UK employees lose more than seven hours a week to disconnected artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The human resources (HR) and financial applications supplier describes the phenomenon as a "copy-paste economy" in…...
Nick Clegg-backed company using AI to fill global education gaps | Computer Weekly
7+ hour, 30+ min ago (595+ words) A British company is using artificial intelligence (AI)-powered English lessons to fix education gaps around the world. Education First (EF) launched its AI spin-off, Efekta Education Group, in 2022, working with the Brazilian government to bring English lessons to state…...
Quobly & Hon Hai Research Institute open source toolbox for Quantum Phase Estimation
1+ day, 38+ min ago (469+ words) Fault-tolerant quantum computing could be on the way. French silicon-based quantum computing company Quobly is working with Taiwan's Hon Hai Research Institute, the R&D arm of Hon Hai Technology Group to release an open source numerical toolbox. In software…...
Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro review
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (798+ words) We look at the latest technology gadgets and consumer tech toys and what they can offer to business IT. Airport security dropped my "second screen" that I use religiously while on the road at technology conferences. Okay, maybe it got…...
Ericsson elevates wireless WAN from failover to foundational
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (398+ words) Contextualising the introduction of the Cradlepoint W2255 adapter and enhanced Net Cloud'Wireless WAN orchestration capabilities, the comms tech provider cited research from September 2025 showing that a'major network outage costs'upwards of $500, 000, with more than one in three organisations indicating a $1m price tag,…...
Jaguar Land Rover profit slumps after cyber attack | Computer Weekly
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (556+ words) Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) continues to face financial fallout from the devastating 2025 cyber attack on its systems, with sales and profits dropping precipitously during the final quarter of its financial year, even as vehicle production returned to normal. Describing a…...
HPE settles on global distribution partners
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (559+ words) HPE has revealed its global distribution line-up as it looks to unify its offerings, including networking, through a couple of partners. The vendor indicated TD Synnex and Ingram Micro would be handling its products as it unified its routes to…...
Fibre flourishes across Europe but performance focus shifts
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (735+ words) Data from specialist comms analyst Opensignal has revealed the UK is very much not a leader compared with other parts of Europe, where in general, the fibre adoption bottleneck is now activation, not buildout. Among the key findings were that…...
What to expect from Percona Live 2026
3+ day ago (326+ words) The Computer Weekly Developer Network and Open Source Insider blog typically follows open source database management platform company Percona to most of its European and US-based user conferences. Having missed a couple (for no fault of anyone) recently, we're off…...