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IT Pro 18 Aug 2026
What is AWS Trainium?

Learn about the AI accelerator chips known as AWS Trainium and understand how, where, and why they are used within AI infrastructure...

Computer Weekly 18 Aug 2026
Apple addresses multiple WebKit vulnerabilities

<p>Apple has addressed close to 20 vulnerabilities in the open source <a href="https://webkit.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WebKit</a> browser engine that underpins its Safari browser, which are present in its desktop and notebook, and mobile operating systems.</p> &lt…

Computer Weekly 17 Aug 2026
Multiple organisations investigating fresh wave of Cl0p breaches

<p>A series of prominent organisations including UK fossil fuel giant Shell, Dutch consumer and health tech multinational Philips, and the US’ General Electric (GE) are probing security breaches after being “named and shamed” by the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642957/ICO…

Computer Weekly 17 Aug 2026
Privacy vs Grok GenAI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

<p>Earlier this year Grok was asked to produce millions of sexualised images of women and children. Jess Asato, Labour MP for Lowestoft spoke out, after she became a victim of this form of online abuse. “As a member of Parliament who deals a lot with violence against women and girls, I spoke o…

Computer Weekly 14 Aug 2026
Quintas Energy deploys AI through Box to power workflows

<p>Quintas Energy, which provides independent asset management services to the renewable energy sector, is deploying Box to establish a <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639242/RWS-Global-deploys-Boxs-AI-tools-to-streamline-contract-workflow">secure, intelligent content lay…

Computer Weekly 14 Aug 2026
CW@60: Still amazed - three times computers changed my life

<div class="imagecaption alignLeft"> <img src="https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/rms/computerweekly/CW-60-anniversary-logo-white-400px.jpg" alt="Computer Weekly 60th anniversary logo" width="226" height="117"> </div> <p><i>On 22 September 2026, Computer Weekly turns 60. To mark…

Computer Weekly 12 Aug 2026
Why sexualisation of women by Grok’s GenAI is a data privacy issue

<p>When Labour MP Jess Asato first saw the fake images of herself circulating online, the experience was both unsettling and violating. The hyper-realistic deepfakes, created without her consent using xAI's Grok platform, looked unmistakably like her – a digital theft of her identity. Now, she…

Computer Weekly 11 Aug 2026
Nearly 60% of people regretted taking social media financial advice

<p>An average of £3,000 was lost by people as a result of financial investment fraud via social media platforms, according to a TSB survey. The warning comes as more people use unregulated advice via tech platforms and artificial intelligence (AI).</p> <p>The findings also revealed…

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Microsoft 365 / Intune

UK data residency available. Tenant data stored in UK South / UK West datacentres when UK is selected at tenant creation. Verify in Microsoft 365 Admin Centre → Settings → Org Settings → Data Residency.

CrowdStrike Falcon

EU region available. Specify EU data residency at contract time. Event data and detections stored in EU region. Confirm your region in Falcon Console → Support → About.

Okta

Okta offers EU cell deployment. UK customers can request EU-based tenants. Confirm with your Okta account rep.

SentinelOne

EU data residency available. Specify during onboarding. Logs and telemetry can be kept within EU boundary.