My bingo card for this month did not include OpenAI telling the world that future frontier AI models coming to ChatGPT will know how to make bioweapons or novel biothreats, but here we are. We can add this capability to the growing list of issues that give us reason to worry about a future where…
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West Brom Building Society is embarking on a three-stage project to build the digital capabilities its customers want. The organisation, which offers mortgages and savings products to about 500,000 people, will retain its 34 branches, but said customers are showing a preference for more choice in how they engage with it. The five-year project will…
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has committed up to £750m in funding to create the UK’s most powerful supercomputer at the University of Edinburgh, ten months after the government pulled the plug on a similar project backed by the previous administration. Funding for the project is set to be confirmed by Reeves during the Spending Review later…
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According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple now plans to debut its AI-powered upgrade for Siri as part of iOS 26.4. Looking back at the previous two iOS generations, iOS 18.4 arrived on March 31, 2025, while iOS 17.4 rolled out on March 5, 2024. Therefore, we can safely assume iOS 26.4 will launch around March…
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Over half of cyber security professionals lose sleep due to work-related stress, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec: 2022/23 State of the profession survey). They suffer from these and other symptoms similar to those we deal with in combat veterans at PTSD Resolution, the UK ex-Forces mental health charity. Yet…
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Nvidia could have a new spin on its RTX 5090 graphics cardThis is rumored to be a new version of the RTX 5090 D for ChinaA leaker says it’ll pack a ‘surprise’, but the truth could be more mundaneNvidia is rumored to be planning a new variant on its Blackwell flagship graphics card, potentially an…
AI superintelligence is inevitable. In fact, we’re already well on our way to reaching it. Superintelligence will theoretically lead to a much better world for everyone on the planet. It’ll eventually be available to everyone, and it’ll be cheap. We won’t worry about energy costs either. This is all part of the vision laid out…
Cyber security has long been the concern of CIOs, CISOs, and compliance officers. It was a regulatory obligation for many boardrooms – tick the box, demonstrate due diligence, and move on. That approach is no longer tenable. In today’s threat landscape, cyber is not simply a technical risk – it’s a strategic, enterprise-wide concern with…
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The NHS has emerged as a big winner from the government’s Spending Review through to 2027 with approximately £10bn allocated to technology and digital transformation amid a wider £29bn funding boost across the health service. In a speech delivered to Parliament today, chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves said that the funding represented a 50%…
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Salesforce has released survey data that says 78% of UK organisations are using agentic artificial intelligence (AI). The findings, provided during Agentforce London 2025, also found that 14% are planning to adopt agentic AI technology in the next six months, bringing the total to 92%. The supplier’s Digital labour trends survey found 84% of its…
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