Cloud Number of hyperscale data centre facilities set to double every four years New data also shows that the number of data centre facilities managed by hyperscale cloud providers reached over 1,000 earlier this year. By Greg Noone
Digital economy Next UK government urged to invest in regulators to safeguard fintech growth By Greg Noone
Cloud Broadcom makes concessions on VMware security coverage as EU regulators question chipmaker By Greg Noone
Silicon Samsung granted $6.4 billion by US government to build semiconductor facilities in Texas By Livia Giannotti
Russian hackers stole US federal correspondences through Microsoft breach The hack is the latest event in ongoing attacks by the prolific state-backed group “Midnight Blizzard”. а> By Lauren Hurrell
Cybersecurity Apple warns users in 92 countries that they are targets for “mercenary spyware attack” By Greg Noone
Cybersecurity Half of UK businesses and a third of charities experienced cyberattacks last year By Greg Noone
Cloud Have the hyperscalers broken the UK cloud market? Regulators are probing the UK cloud market for structural failings because of the dominance of a trio of US hyperscale providers. Critics say they should have started earlier. By Greg Noone
AI and automation CMA expresses “real concerns” about big tech influence over generative AI By Greg Noone
AI and automation New policy requires all US federal agencies to appoint chief AI officers By Lauren Hurrell
Emerging Technology New tool for AWS shares workloads across quantum and classical computers The middleware tool allows users to access compute resources from both quantum and classical computers regardless of where they are based. By Ryan Morrison
Unregulated AI could cause the next Horizon scandal Without robust regulation, it will be even easier to make automated decisions without people’s knowledge or consent. а> By Francine Bennett
Silicon Quantum strategy launched, Arm picks the US for IPO – March 2023 in review By Matthew Gooding
AI and automation Google joins the generative AI race with Bard – February 2023 in review By Matthew Gooding
Government Computing HMRC lambasted for failures in Making Tax Digital scheme, as bill set to top £1.3bn By Greg Noone
Government Computing Data protection bill changes will let DWP check bank accounts of benefit claimants By Matthew Gooding