Day Headlines in Computers News: 2025-12-12
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Streisand effect: Businesses that pay ransomware gangs are more likely to hit the headlines (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-12-12 12:06:00)
Research by ransomware expert Max Smeets suggests companies that pay up to criminal gangs are more likely to attract press attention
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AI and digital twins: a powerful partnership for urban management (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-12-12 12:00:00)
Digital twin virtualisations are increasingly being used to design and reconsider urban environments, with city planning, management and operations set to benefit tremendously from AI capabilities
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US nears universal adoption as North America leads 5G (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-12-12 10:35:00)
Study finds over 99% 5G penetration in US, almost three times more than global average, with global 5G connections reaching 2.8 billion and global cellular IoT subscriptions surpassing four billion
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IT Sustainability Think Tank: Progess in decarbonisation made in 2025, but gaps remain (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-12-12 10:11:00)
A year is a long time in tech, and the same is true of IT sustainability. So here are some reflections on how the green IT conversation changed during 2025
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ESA promises smarter flights for ITA Airways through sat comms (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-12-12 10:00:00)
Italian airline deploys comms system designed to enable digital, real-time connectivity and offload current ground systems for air traffic management, showing how satellites can complement terrestrial infrastructure
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Quantum risk to quantum readiness: A PQC roadmap (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-12-12 09:26:00)
No one knows exactly when quantum computing will arrive, but accelerating progress is prompting security and IT leaders to recognise the potential risks. So how do organisations begin implementing post-quantum cryptography?
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What lies in store for cyber security skills in 2026? (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-12-12 09:19:00)
As we prepare to close out 2025, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel looks back at the past year, and ahead to 2026.
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Interview: Erik Mayer, transformation chief clinical information officer, Imperial College (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-12-12 07:18:00)
With both a clinical and a digital background, the healthcare tech leader is using data to improve collaboration across an NHS trust for the benefit of medical staff and patients
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Three in five businesses more confident in Wi-Fi investment (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-12-12 06:50:00)
Research finds 60% of businesses see converged Wi-Fi and 5G as key to enterprise flexibility, with 38% planning to roll out Wi-Fi 7 in 2025/2026, while 65% say 6 GHz availability is important to their Wi-Fi business
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Consumers trade up smartphones for AI (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-12-12 06:45:00)
Quarterly study of US mobile trade-in arena finds 46% growth year-on-year driven by accelerated adoption of AI-enabled devices and expansion of the secondary market, with the third consecutive record-breaking quarter for revenues
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Digital Ethics Summit 2025: Open sourcing and assuring AI (ComputerWeekly.com 2025-12-12 05:30:00)
Industry experts met to discuss the ethical challenges associated with assuring AI systems, and how open source approaches can challenge concentrations of capital and power