Day Headlines in Computers News: 2026-04-22
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NCSC heralds end of passwords for consumers and pushes secure passkeys (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-04-22 19:01:00)
UK National Cyber Security Centre is urging consumers to replace passwords and two-factor authentication with passkeys, following a technical study that shows they are more secure and easier to use
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Interview: Critical local infrastructure is missing link in UK cyber resilience (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-04-22 11:02:00)
Jonathan Lee, director of cyber strategy at Trend AI, argues for more focus on local and municipal cyber resilience
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UK to build ‘national cyber shield’ to protect against AI cyber threats (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-04-22 10:45:00)
Security minister Dan Jarvis calls for artificial intelligence companies to work with government to develop AI-driven cyber defences
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Lloyds Register evaluates AI-based nautical navigation (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-04-22 10:41:00)
Lloyds Register assessment used a computer vision system to identify and categorise complex navigation scenarios, working in conjunction with human crew
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Microsoft faces court battle in £2bn Windows Server class action (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-04-22 09:45:00)
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has allowed the unfair licensing case against Microsoft to go ahead
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A&K Travel journeys with Colt for global quantum-safe network (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-04-22 09:36:00)
Travel giant chooses services arm of digital infrastructure provider to build out its global connectivity network based on quantum-safe encryption systems that operate without distance limitations
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UK government beats drum for fintech industry at London Fintech Week (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-04-22 08:00:00)
UK government announces open banking strategies during London Fintech Week, including regulation and £1m investment
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UK government beats drum for fintech industry at Fintech Week (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-04-22 08:00:00)
UK government announces open banking strategies during London Fintech Week, including regulation and £1m investment
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A tsunami of flaws: When frontier AI and Patch Tuesday collide (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-04-22 06:15:00)
Microsoft’s April Patch Tuesday drop was the second-largest in history, falling just shy of an October 2025 record. What is behind the spike in vulnerability disclosures, and is there a connection to Anthropic’s bug-hunting Claude Mythos AI model?
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Blackbox replaces two racks of HPE storage with 8U of Everpure (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-04-22 04:00:00)
UK-based IaaS ‘sovereign’ provider, with multiple public sector-facing clients, replaced end-of-life 3PAR arrays with FlashArray storage that saw it reduce power consumption by 85%