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CVE volumes may plausibly reach 100,000 this year (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-11 16:35:00)
The number of vulnerabilities to be disclosed in 2026 is almost certain to exceed last year's total, and may be heading towards 100,000, according to new analysis.
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London Assembly member: Police should halt facial-recognition technology use (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-11 12:00:00)
In lieu of a full-blown ban on the technology, Green London Assembly member Zoë Garbett has called for a number of new safeguards to be implemented that she feels would protect Londoners from ‘escalating’ biometric surveillance
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The Security Interviews: Mick Baccio, Splunk (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-11 10:20:00)
Mick Baccio, global security advisor at Splunk SURGe and Cisco Foundation AI, reveals how the experience of running cyber on a dime for a US presidential campaign has informed how he does security, and why the basics still matter
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UK government datacentre planning decisions queried over environmental oversight admission (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-11 09:53:00)
The UK government’s admission that it made a mistake granting permission for a hyperscale datacentre to be built in Iver, Buckinghamshire, has raised questions about the validity of similar approved projects
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CIOs discuss friction between legacy IT and innovation (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-11 08:39:00)
While it may not be something IT leaders want to talk about, managing technical debt is critical to moving forward with IT innovation
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Lack of resources greatest hurdle for regulating AI, MPs told (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-11 07:43:00)
Regulators warned that statutory powers alone cannot address the ethical harms of artificial intelligence
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AI enters its ‘grassroots backlash’ era (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-11 05:13:00)
As artificial intelligence permeats aspects of the economy and society, individuals and civic groups are devising creative ways to rebel. Although what impact this will have on AI’s development, adoption and regulation is unclear
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Cisco shapes up for delivery of critical infrastructure in the AI era (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-11 05:08:00)
Annual European expo reveals what IT and networking behemoth claims will be a leap forward in AI adoption, with new products encompassing switches, optics, agentic operations and SASE
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The world’s default productivity tool is becoming a national security liability (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-11 03:00:00)
The rapid exploitation of a bug in Office by Russian cyber attackers shows that the current system of patching - for a software application that is practically ubiquitous in enterprise IT - has become a security risk for everyone
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February Patch Tuesday: Microsoft drops six zero-days (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-10 17:10:00)
Microsoft releases patches for six zero-day flaws in its latest monthly update, many of them related to security feature bypass issues.
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Researchers delve inside new SolarWinds RCE attack chain (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-10 14:46:00)
Researchers at Huntress and Microsoft have shared findings from their analysis of a new SolarWinds Web Help Desk vulnerability.
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How agentic AI could destroy social media: the need for proactive governance (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-10 12:17:00)
If organisations using agentic and generative AI don’t codify ethics and oversight now, the future may be filled with AI agents using generative AI to communicate with other agents, destroying trust in social media
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Second ever international AI safety report published (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-10 10:00:00)
A global cohort of more than 100 artificial intelligence experts have published the second international AI safety report ahead of the AI Impact Summit in India, outlining a high degree of uncertainty about the development of the technology and how its associated risks will manifest
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On the bug side cartoon collection – 2025: Inflating, Inflating, the AI bubble (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-10 07:45:00)
Three times a week in Computer Weekly’s French sister title, LeMagIT, cartoonist François Cointe treats readers to his gentle and funny cartoons, which wonderfully recount the adventures and misadventures of IT in the corporate world. François is very popular in France, and we’re delighted to bring his humour to an English-speaking audience. Download and enjoy.
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Removing barriers to tech careers (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-10 07:31:00)
At a Computer Weekly diversity in tech event, in partnership with Harvey Nash, attendees shared advice for people from underrepresented groups seeking to work in the tech sector.
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Fractile expansion demonstrates UK growth opportunity (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-09 19:01:00)
AI chip firm’s £100m expansion and facility in Bristol is being used to showcase the government’s AI opportunity plan in action
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Russia’s cyber attacks on Polish utilities draws NCSC alert (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-09 15:53:00)
A series of Russian cyber attacks targeting Poland's energy infrastructure has prompted a new warning from the UK's National Cyber Security Centre.
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Private LTE/5G networks reached 6,500 deployments in 2025 (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-06 07:48:00)
Analysis of private 5G market finds steadily growing market that is increasingly driven by organic demand from end users, with WAN and enterprise segments of near equal worth
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AWS Q4 results: Public cloud giant continues to reap rewards of enterprise demand for AI and IaaS (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-06 06:00:00)
Public cloud giant Amazon Web Services claims the final quarter of 2025 saw it achieve its fastest rate of growth in 13 quarters
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Virgin Media O2 accelerates automation across mobile network (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-02-06 05:43:00)
UK telco teams with cloud-first tech modernisation firm to deploy AI-driven automation technology to minimise downtime across mobile network, resolve issues faster and anticipating faults before escalation