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We may look back on the time when reading dominated communication as a relatively short blip in history. We now live in an age of video

Canterbury, Dover and Thanet Councils in Kent have all been struck by simultaneous cyber attacks knocking systems offline, with indications of a link between all three.

The UK head of Fujitsu said he does not know why the Post Office did not reveal information about software errors to defendants during prosecutions.

The UK data regulator told the Scottish biometrics watchdog that, despite major data protection concerns raised, it is likely to greenlight police cloud deployments because of an information sharing agreement with the US government, before claiming to Computer Weekly the processing is legal if unspecified ‘protections’ are in place

Critical computing expert Dan McQuillan weighs in on the proliferation of artificial intelligence throughout the public sector and the potential this opens up for a slew of new IT scandals

The Public Switched Telephone Network switch-off is threatening vulnerable Londoners access to adult social care and other vital services, as councils are left to manage the cost without financial support from the centre, says London chief digital officer Theo Blackwell.

Faceless computers have replaced vengeful gods, But the rules of Greek tragedy still apply: the powerful can wreak havoc on human lives, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

Trade group TechUK argues in a briefing sent to the Home Office that proposed amendments to the Investigatory Powers Bill could have a far-reaching impact on privacy and security.

IT expert says it cannot be the case that computer evidence is treated as accurate in court, without investigation into surrounding circumstances

It is not just the UK government that has been forced to act quickly amid public anger, as a wounded Fujitsu stalls government contract bidding.