Day Headlines in Computers News: 2026-09-01
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The loop nobody's checking the size of (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-01 14:59:00)
Every MDR provider leads with the benefits of AI for managed cyber security and covers its bases by stressing that a human oversees what its AI decides. The more useful question is what that person knows.
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The Next AI Breakthrough Won't Be a Bigger Model (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-01 12:45:00)
The next leap in Ai will bot from making one model smarter, but rather from learning how to organise thousands of them
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The sky’s the limit with connected vehicles (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-01 10:30:00)
The adoption of advanced AI and connectivity services has meant cars are now essentially networks on wheels, and manufacturer XPeng is aiming to create networks on the ground and in the air
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Datacentre water use: Not so simple a picture as often painted (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-01 09:06:00)
Datacentres face intense scrutiny over water use. This article examines how cooling technologies, server efficiency and location shape their real footprint
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DE-CIX expands global AI-ready connectivity with Microsoft Azure route (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-01 08:26:00)
Dual-homed architecture across North America, Europe and Asia designed to deliver resilient, geo-redundant Microsoft Azure connectivity for latency-sensitive enterprise and AI workloads
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Chancellor unveils plans to entice UK tech startups (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-01 08:13:00)
The UK government aims to build out home-grown research and development in artificial intelligence and cyber security
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UK businesses challenged by accountability when connectivity fails (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-01 07:45:00)
Research reveals significant number of UK connectivity buyers have experienced disputes over responsibility during faults, leaving them navigating multiple suppliers at the very moment they need a fast response
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The Security Interviews: Abby Kearns, ActiveState (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-01 07:30:00)
ActiveState CEO Abby Kearns discusses open source’s ‘existential crisis’, how AI is changing the secure software playbook, and why it’s time to have a different conversation about open source security
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AllPoints Fibre Networks reaches 9.3 million more UK premises with SoGEA (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-01 05:45:00)
Following successful partner trials, broadband provider extends reach of UK wholesale platform promising simple, largely remote activation and a faster, lower-cost way to serve those without full-fibre
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Pay more, check nothing: Councils buy Microsoft but don’t test (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-01 05:30:00)
A Computer Weekly analysis of FoI responses from 37 English councils found 32 have never run a competitive procurement in which an alternative to Microsoft could have won
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AI factories will depend on a reliable data infrastructure (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-01 05:20:00)
AI factories shift enterprises from isolated AI experiments to scaled operations. Success depends less on raw GPU compute and more on trusted, secure, and governed data infrastructure.
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How to get hardware, software and even edge AI working in harmony (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-01 03:00:00)
Presenting the right subset of data to the right endpoints, especially in real time, means juggling an array of constraints
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CW@60: IT outsourcing 60 years on - how technology, risk and regulation reshaped UK IT services (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-01 03:00:00)
Lawyer Mark Lewis looks back on the evolution of outsourcing and how recent developments such as AI continue to reshape the contractual and regulatory landscape