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For over a decade, enterprise technology strategy has focused on scale, efficiency and cost optimisation. That model is now under strain.Across the Middle East, CIOs are confronting a new reality as geopolitical uncertainty, regulatory tightening, and deep digital dependencies expose structural risks in technology design and operation. The question is no longer how efficiently systems run, but whether they can continue to run amid disruption.Recent cloud outages and stricter regulations around data and artificial intelligence (AI) across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have brought this into sharp focus. For organisations managing critical infrastructure, resilience is…
Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 21 April 2026 Will the UK’s datacentre strategy deliver? Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we dive into the data around datacentres – and discover that the UK government’s ambitions for growth look unachievable. We talk to the European data chief at Toyota about the car maker’s plans for analytics and AI. And our latest buyer’s guide delves into persistent storage for containers. Read the issue now.
Once on the boil it feels faster than that, though, with a swell of turbocharged torque from around 2000rpm which provokes a degree of torque steer, especially in the wet or on uneven roads. It can be destabilising, but some will find this characteristic charming and reminiscent of the 1980s’ hot hatch greats. Short-shifting the excellent manual ‘box is to be savoured, too. The occasionally unruly front axle and aggressive geometry exposed another chink in the i30 N’s armour: its electrically assisted steering, which doesn’t have the feedback of something like the Civic Type R would. Push to the limit…
From impressive real-world range to built-in karaoke – here is everything we learned Since the brand arrived in the UK in 2023 with the Atto 3, BYD has enjoyed exponential growth. It sold more cars here in the first quarter of 2025 than in the whole of last year. In September it sold 11,271 cars in the UK, which was more than Renault and essentially matching Peugeot and Skoda – and made this the company’s largest market outside China. BYD has named many of its cars after marine life, including the Seal saloon and the Seal 6 estate, plus the…
image: envato/DragonImages The European Commission is likely to classify ChatGPT as a ‘Very Large Online Search Engine’ under the Digital Services Act (DSA), subjecting the developer, OpenAI, to more stringent compliance requirements. According to the German daily Handelsblatt, which cites unnamed sources within the EC, the classification of ChatGPT will take place in the next few days. The DSA mandates applying the designation of Very Large Online Search Engine (VLOSE) or Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) to digital services that reach over 45 million active monthly users in the EU, with providers obliged to update user figures every six months.…
Image: Apple Apple’s biggest reveal this year is not a device. It’s the man taking Tim Cook’s seat. The tech giant announced on April 20 that Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO and will become executive chairman on Sept. 1, 2026. John Ternus, the company’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, is set to take over the top job. The announcement marks one of the most significant leadership transitions in Apple’s modern history. “It has been the greatest privilege of my life to be the CEO of Apple and to have been trusted to lead such an extraordinary company,”…
On this Monday afternoon, I’d love to ask: what has made you smile lately, or hold your hand against your heart? Here are six lovely things I’ve seen online or IRL, and please share yours in the comments… You can hold baby lambs in Dingle, Ireland! This brilliant hiding spot during Hide and Seek this weekend… …and also this one, hahaha. Noticing textures in your kitchen. There are beautiful things everywhere if you pause to see them. These snapshots of my children when they were little. Oh my gosh, I’ve loved them so much at every age. The idea of…
Image: Wachiwit / Alamy Stock Photo New reports suggest that Mac Studio users could be waiting longer than anticipated for an upgrade. According to Bloomberg, Apple’s next-generation model, previously expected around mid-year, may now arrive closer to October. The delay appears tied to ongoing supply issues. In his latest Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman noted that “new Mac Studios are likely to be postponed as well,” with internal expectations pointing to a release “around October.” This means the device is unlikely to debut near Apple’s annual developer event, WWDC 2026, as some had predicted earlier. This four-month delay means the…
Image: peshkova/Adobe Enterprise AI just hit its “open secret” moment, where the architecture everyone trusted turns out to be the problem. On April 15, researchers at OX Security disclosed that Model Context Protocol — the standard connecting enterprise AI assistants to internal tools, databases, and SaaS applications — contains a “by design” flaw that enables widespread AI supply chain attacks. More than 200,000 MCP servers are potentially affected, according to IT Pro’s reporting on the disclosure. The researchers were clear: this is not a patchable bug. The trust model itself is the vulnerability. Security professionals have seen this movie before.…
Image: Lennart Rudolph (Unsplash) Booking a train ticket shouldn’t come with a side of data exposure, but that’s the situation Amtrak customers are now facing. The rail service is dealing with a breach after hackers claimed to have accessed and released millions of customer records online. The exposed dataset was confirmed to contain at least 2.1 million unique accounts, although some reports indicate the total could be significantly higher. The breach includes personal details and customer service records, raising concerns for travelers and putting pressure on IT teams to secure cloud-based systems. Attack linked to CRM platform access The breach…