A significant cyber breach at His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that saw scammers cheat the public purse out of approximately £47m has been met with dismay from security experts thanks to the sheer simplicity of the attack, which originated via account takeover attempts on legitimate taxpayers. HMRC disclosed the breach to a Treasury Select…
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The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) and biometrics strategy, which the regulator says will support innovation while protecting people’s data rights. Published on 5 June 2025, the strategy highlights how the ICO will focus its efforts on technology use cases where most of the risks are concentrated, but where…
When Russian troops invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Russia’s datacentre sector was one of the fastest-growing segments of the country’s IT industry, with annual growth rates in the region of 10-12%. However, with the conflict resulting in the imposition of Western sanctions against Russia and an outflow of US-based tech companies from the country,…
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Changes to Java and VMware software licensing that have been rolled out over the past few years have a material impact on the total cost of running existing Java-based enterprise systems. IT decision-makers are having to weigh up the extra costs with the additional cost and potential disruption arising from reengineering enterprise Java applications to…
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Preparations are underway for Ofcom to expand its regulatory remit to include datacentres, as the government seeks to harden up the “soft points” in the UK’s cyber defences through the enactment of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (CSRB). The revelation emerged during an oral evidence session, overseen by the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee,…
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Adidas has suffered a data breach that has affected customers who have previously had cause to contact the sportswear brand’s customer service helpdesk. The company confirmed the incident in a post on its website, dated 23 May 2025, that stated it had recently suffered a data breach after an unauthorised external party obtained “certain consumer…
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The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI (GenAI) and chatbots, gives businesses a wealth of opportunities to improve the way they work with customers, drive efficiencies and speed up labour-intensive tasks. But GenAI has brought problems, too. These range from security flaws and privacy concerns to questions about bias, accuracy and even…
The UK’s patchwork approach to regulating biometric surveillance technologies is “inadequate”, placing fundamental rights at risk and ultimately undermining public trust, says the Ada Lovelace Institute (ALI). As UK public and private organisations rapidly expand their use of various biometric surveillance technologies, an analysis by the ALI has found that “significant gaps and fragmentation” in…
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OpenAI’s plans to turn ChatGPT into a super-assistant aren’t exactly a secret. Sam Altman has said more than once that the AI of the future should know everything about you to provide personal assistance unlike anything seen before.OpenAI has also confirmed rumors that it’s building ChatGPT hardware. The company acquired Jony Ive’s io startup for…
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A few weeks after unveiling the next-generation CarPlay as CarPlay Ultra, Apple is rumored to stick with its original experience by launching a major update with iOS 26. According to 9to5Mac, Apple plans to redesign the current CarPlay interface as part of a broader effort to create better consistency across all its operating systems. While…
