Day Headlines in Computers News: 2026-09-08
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UK government proposes AI first responders for cyber attacks (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-08 14:05:00)
The UK government will use money set aside for defensive investments to build an agentic cyber incident response capability, ministers say.
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GSMA urges policymakers to unlock 6GHz spectrum for mobile (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-08 12:00:00)
Mobile ecosystem trade association makes case to comms policymakers for freeing up key spectrum band for its members’ use as upper 6GHz emerges as critical capacity band for future networks
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UK committed datacentre pipeline grows to more than 14GW (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-08 12:00:00)
Barbour ABI data show UK’s datacentre pipeline has grown to 173 projects and more than 14GW of capacity, driven by AI demand and large sites in Scotland and the North East
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Government rejects Computer Misuse Act amendment to protect cyber professionals (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-08 10:15:00)
The government has rejected an amendment to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill intended to protect cyber security professionals, but says reforms are a priority
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Virgin Media O2 launches £3m tech reuse fund (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-08 09:45:00)
UK comms operator announces technology fund after research reveals that while 1.5 million people across the UK remain digitally excluded, around 460 million devices are sitting unused
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Power costs curb UK advanced tech defence strategy (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-08 08:40:00)
High energy costs and inability to manufacture hardware and frontier models limit the UK’s advanced tech defence and security capabilities
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Live facial recognition: The poster child of biometric surveillance (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-08 07:06:00)
William Webster, the biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner for England and Wales, reflects on the state of facial recognition in the UK
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Daimler Truck expands AI infrastructure to support manufacturing (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-08 07:04:00)
Business and technology services company installs tech designed to handle the practical side of keeping manufacturing infrastructure current for global truck firm
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Freshwave, O2 enhance Canterbury connectivity with mobile small cells (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-08 06:45:00)
Neutral host communications provider works with south of England authority to deploy 4G/5G outdoor small cells on behalf of UK mobile operator in busy areas of cathedral city
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Interview: Gill Haus, CIO, Chase (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-08 06:12:00)
Even when leading 12,000 IT professionals to support 87 million consumers and 7.5 million small businesses, the tech chief at JPMorgan's consumer banking arm says being a CIO is still fun
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UK bolsters space communications strategy (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-08 05:09:00)
National satellite communications system strategy to bring together national plans for growth, re-industrialisation, defence and national security
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O2 claims UK mobile first with satellite connectivity for business (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-08 05:00:00)
Service said to make operator the first UK business mobile network provider to offer direct-to-device satellite connectivity with access to messaging, maps, location sharing and supported apps
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Agentic AI governance: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-08 03:16:00)
Getting tech infrastructure right is just one piece of a complex puzzle that needs to be solved to deploy AI safely in business
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CW@60: In the flow - how AI brought back the magic of coding (ComputerWeekly.com 2026-09-08 03:00:00)
AI is bringing back some of the joy of pure, creative coding - just like when Sage's Aaron Harris was a kid. But it comes with a warning...