Day Headlines in Computers News: 2025-06-09
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Nokia takes the helm of Proactif to deliver ‘state-of-the-art’ UxV platforms (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-06-09 12:07:00)
Comms tech provider selected to lead major project backed by initiative aiming to redefine how Europe uses robotics and unmanned vehicle technologies to manage emergencies and critical infrastructure -
Labour commits £17.2m to support Spärck AI scholarships (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-06-09 11:45:00)
The government has put up money to help drive the UK’s expertise in artificial intelligence -
Are we normalising surveillance in schools? (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-06-09 09:45:00)
Children and teenagers are subjected to a vast array of surveillance technologies in schools. These are intended to keep them safe, but are we normalising surveillance for young people? -
Starmer opens London Tech Week with £1bn AI boost (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-06-09 07:15:00)
Prime Minister unveiled plans to boost UK’s high-performance compute capacity 20-fold, along with funding to bolster skills -
Local council devolution: Could it accelerate the pace of local government cloud adoption? (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-06-09 05:46:00)
The UK government is on a mission to rationalise the number of local councils through its devolution agenda, which will see authorities gain autonomy over their budgets. We weigh up the impact this could have on cloud adoption in local councils -
US lawmakers say UK has ‘gone too far’ by attacking Apple’s encryption (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-06-09 05:00:00)
US politicians are calling for Congress to rewrite the US Cloud Act to prevent the UK issuing orders to require US tech companies to introduce ‘backdoors’ in end-to-end encrypted messaging and storage -
An industrial strategy without tech is no strategy at all (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-06-09 03:00:00)
Ahead of the delivery of the UK government’s Industrial Strategy white paper, TechUK sets out how the tech sector can drive growth, and the steps the government should take to harness it -
What happens if Silicon Valley’s AI investment bubble bursts? (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-06-09 02:50:00)
America’s tech giants are burning through unprecedented amounts of capital in their quest to develop artificial superintelligence, but a turn to authoritarian regimes in the US and around the world could keep their pursuit of a techno-utopian future alive when the bubble does subside -
Orange, Eutelsat expand LEO satellite partnership (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-06-09 02:30:00)
Multi-year agreement enhances access to the benefits of low Earth orbit satellite communications to telco’s enterprise and government customers, and supports mobile backhaul to meet global demand