Day Headlines in Computers News: 2026-01-30
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Police Digital Service future remains uncertain as ‘radical’ Home Office policing reform unveiled (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-01-30 10:15:00)
The UK government’s long-awaited ‘radical’ policing reform whitepaper has finally dropped, but there is a distinct lack of detail in it about how exactly the Police Digital Service will fit into its vision for a nationally led policing sector -
Home Office announces sweeping police technology plans (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-01-30 09:08:00)
The Home Office plans to ramp up its deployment of artificial intelligence and facial-recognition technologies under wide-ranging reforms to UK policing -
Diversity Think Tank: We can’t afford to roll back DEI (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-01-30 06:35:00)
Even without recent news in the US, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives were dialled back in UK businesses last year due to tight budgets and economic uncertainty. Is it the end of the DEI push as we know it, or just a momentary blip in the fight for a diverse tech workforce? -
Ex-directors of firm linked to Satoshi Nakamoto imposter sue over whistleblowing retaliation claims (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-01-30 05:00:00)
Two former directors of London tech company nChain, associated with a computer scientist who falsely claimed to be bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, have told an employment tribunal they were dismissed in retaliation for whistleblowing