20+ hour ago  (1180+ words) Police facial recognition use in the UK must be limited to "strictly necessary and proportionate" cases to protect people's collective and individual rights, says civil society coalition." Initially announced by then-home secretary Yvette Cooper in July 2025, the UK government is…...

20+ hour ago  (375+ words) The UK government's plan to "end an era of outsourcing" is starting with cleaners, security staff and government training, but how far could IT and business process insourcing go? From 1 April 2027, any central government outsourcing contract with a value of…...

20+ hour ago  (677+ words) n Lighten has completed a "15m refurbishment of its Bristol datacentre, doubling its artificial intelligence (AI)-ready power capacity to 1. 2 MW to support regional enterprise workloads. The upgrade " which scales the site from 750k W and introduces a modular 2. 4 MW lithium-battery uninterruptible…...

20+ hour ago  (1081+ words) The "profound" chilling effects of digital surveillance on people's behaviour means it can no longer be viewed as a targeted measure against specific actors, but as a systemic threat to democracy itself, finds landmark United Nations' (UN) study. Conducted by…...

20+ hour ago  (397+ words) Anthony Hall - stock. adobe. com Tesco's latest filing in its legal dispute with Broadcom over contractual obligations for VMware software and support shows that the supermarket giant is actively moving off Broadcom software. The retailer began migration efforts in April…...

20+ hour ago  (487+ words) Westcon-Comstor has landed a fresh investment partner and lender after securing an agreement with General Atlantic to accelerate its growth potential. The distributor has the backing of the global investor, which is taking a minority stake in the business. Datatec…...

10+ hour, 59+ min ago  (749+ words) France's recent decision to move parts of its public sector estate from Windows to Linux is another clear sign that digital sovereignty in Europe is starting to move beyond policy and into practical delivery. The direction from the French government…...

20+ hour ago  (597+ words) The UK's information commissioner, John Edwards, has resigned his position following a work place investigation into undisclosed allegations. Edwards said in a statement that he accepted that there had been occasions when "he exercised poor judgement" and had "made attempts…...

12+ hour, 28+ min ago  (352+ words) The Scottish health service has launched its own version of the NHS app, allowing people to access their personal health information. The My Care. scot app was previously only available as a web-based service when launched in December 2025 in NHS…...

20+ hour ago  (728+ words) Speaking at the event at Tobacco Docks, Maureen Costello, vice-president for the UK, Ireland, and Sub-Saharan Africa at Google Cloud (pictured above), told attendees the era of experimentation is being supplanted by a drive for operational deployment." According to Costello,…...