Call for contributions: A sustainable future for Cloud, Data and AI
Submit case studies and success stories highlighting the latest innovation and best practice for a sustainable approach to Cloud, Data and AI services.
New package puts AI at the heart of “national renewal”
In advance of incoming Autumn Budget announcements next week, the Department of Science Innovation and Technology has announced a National Renewal Package for AI. This package builds on the AI Opportunities Action Plan from January and the Industrial Strategy from this summer.
Queer AI: Key Developments and Changes Since March 2025
In March, as part of the Tech Together campaign, techUK convened a panel of researchers and AI technologists to explore how Artificial Intelligence systems shape the experiences of queer people.
Skills, not CVs: building the next generation defence workforce
Guest blog by Nick Ford, Director, Defence Portfolio at Leidos #DefTechWeek2025
What’s actually happening with entry-level and graduate jobs?
techUK explores the challenging landscape for entry-level and graduate jobs, and explores the impact of AI.
Online Safety Act: Categorisation Register Pushed Back to July 2026 in New Timeline
Last week Ofcom published a new timeline for implementation of the Online Safety Act, including a significant delay to its categorised services register.
EU simplification agenda: Commission proposes Digital Omnibus
On 19 November the EU Commission proposed its “Digital Omnibus”.
AI Generated Harms to be Added to the Crime & Policing Bill & Inquiry Announced
Recent developments in Parliament signal a growing focus on AI-related online harms, with new protections added to the Crime and Policing Bill and a fresh APPG inquiry launched to examine how AI is affecting children’s online safety.
Finding the Goldilocks Zone on data sovereignty
The conversation around digital infrastructure is changing. A decade ago, most organisations asked only whether the cloud was secure enough for sensitive workloads. Today, the debate is not about whether businesses should adopt cloud services, but how they can balance their benefits of global scale while meeting intensifying demands for local control. In turn, data sovereignty has moved from a niche concern for compliance teams to a more common boardroom issue.
Why doesn’t the UK make more Robots?
The UK’s Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) sector has strong research, AI and software development capability, and yet struggles to translate this into domestic to manufacture, particularly in the case of robotic hardware. Set this against our position globally where the UK ranks 24th in industrial robot density - the only G7 country outside the top 20 - while other G7 nations are scaling up robotics production and adoption, and it is difficult to see how the UK can compete.
