Techlaw

Grid ‘runs on coal-age data’, warns Open Climate Fix

Published in Grid ‘runs on coal-age data’, warns Open Climate Fix on 21.10.2026

Open Climate Fix says opening priority energy datasets could cut consumer bills, as a coalition of energy and data innovators urges ministers to act on the clean power mission

What to do as critical PHP flaws puts millions of websites at risk

Published in Grid ‘runs on coal-age data’, warns Open Climate Fix on 21.10.2026

Patch or go offline, say UK, US and EU agencies as two AI-discovered flaws in PHP, the language behind most websites, allow unauthenticated remote code execution

Burnham ministry shifts look far from fixing datacentre gridlock

Published in Grid ‘runs on coal-age data’, warns Open Climate Fix on 21.10.2026

Clogged grid queues and speculative planning applications threaten the UK’s 2030 datacentre and clean energy targets. Is a national ‘superministry’ the only way out?

Five resellers won one in seven UK public sector IT deals in 2025-26

Published in Grid ‘runs on coal-age data’, warns Open Climate Fix on 21.10.2026

UK public bodies awarded 7,994 IT contracts worth £91bn in the year to August 2026, a figure flattered by framework ceilings, while the typical award was worth £164,000

UK government adapts Post Office scandal redress schemes and investigates pre-Horizon software

Published in Grid ‘runs on coal-age data’, warns Open Climate Fix on 21.10.2026

The UK government will investigate Post Office software that predates Horizon and opens up new routes to financial redress for subpostmasters as claims of unfairness continue

Capita postpones investor event to focus on CSPS fix

Published in Grid ‘runs on coal-age data’, warns Open Climate Fix on 21.10.2026

Capita has pulled the plug on a planned event for investors, financial analysts and shareholders to prioritise addressing Civil Service Pension Scheme issues

ClickFix scams pose growing risk to education sector, Jisc says

Published in Grid ‘runs on coal-age data’, warns Open Climate Fix on 21.10.2026

Observers have noted a surge in so-called ClickFix scams targeting the UK's higher education sector as threat actors seek valuable personal and research data

PAC warns that UKRI is not delivering value for money

Published in Grid ‘runs on coal-age data’, warns Open Climate Fix on 20.10.2026

Intellectual property supported through funding from UK taxpayers via UKRI is not delivering a good return on investment