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BBVA creates ChatGPT Store and expands use of the GenAI tool

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BBVA has created an internal library, known as ChatGPT Store, which already has 1,000 bots available for use across its business. According to BBVA, the ChatGPT Store “helps users locate the 1,000 [generative artificial intelligence] assistants (bots) considered relevant for the entire organisation and available to all users”. The Spanish bank has also added almost…

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UK government outlines plan to surveil migrants with eVisa data

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The UK government has outlined how it will utilise the new electronic visa (eVisa) system and “modern biometric technology” to support immigration enforcement and “strengthen the border”. Published 12 May 2025, the Home Office’s 82-page immigration whitepaper – titled Restoring control over the immigration system – contains a range of proposals for how the UK…

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Why we must reform the Computer Misuse Act: A cyber pro speaks out

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Eight years ago, Simon Whittaker, head of cyber security at Belfast-based consultancy Instil, narrowly avoided having his front door smashed in by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) (see photo of warrant below) and was only saved from an expensive repair job because a relative was home at the time. Whittaker was the innocent…

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Security and verification concerns dog debate over Data (Use & Access) Bill

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There is much to be welcomed in the UK’s latest revision to data legislation, which has had a multi-year marathon from inception as the Data Protection & Digital Information Bill and other iterations to its new form as the Data (Use & Access) Bill. Perhaps foremost in the benefits within the bill is the explicit…

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EU acts to mend ailing AI competitiveness

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Europe has started taking steps to fix the immense problems it believes have hampered its competitiveness and left it with an under-developed artificial intelligence (AI) industry that cannot compete on the world stage.  Leaders of European Union (EU) nations, having called for urgent measures, set terms for political negotiations to simplify onerous rules governing financiers and…

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ServiceNow K25: McDermott vaunts agentic AI platform as revolutionary

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ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott hailed AI as an “absolute requirement” for the survival of humanity at the supplier’s Knowledge 2025 customer and partner conference in Las Vegas. “AI is civilization’s opportunity of this century. It is a gateway to prosperity. It is the only $22tn global market opportunity between now and 2030. It’s the only…

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UK hands Indian IT suppliers competitive boost in trade deal

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India’s IT services companies are set to get even more competitive as the UK’s trade deal with the country exempts Indian professionals from paying National Insurance. With IT services companies such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys and Wipro already well embedded, smaller Indian players are also growing their UK operations. Following a deal, described…

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Cyber ‘agony aunts’ launch guidebook for women in security

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Two of the UK’s leading female cyber practitioners – Secureworks threat intelligence knowledge manager Rebecca Taylor and CybAid founder and Hewitt Partnerships managing director Amelia Hewitt – are to launch a book for women starting and navigating careers in the cyber security sector. The duo describe their co-authored book, Securely Yours, as a practical, agony…

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As I predicted, Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti 8GB will incur a ‘motherboard tax’ – it suffers a significant performance loss using PCIe 4.0

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Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GPU suffers up to 10% performance loss using PCIe 4.0This comes after speculation that its PCIe 5.0 x8 specification and 8GB VRAM capacity would be a downsideIt means gamers will have to buy a PCIe 5.0 motherboard for better performance using the GPUNvidia’s RTX 5000 series launch isn’t complete yet,…

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Cyber attack downs systems at Marks & Spencer

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Veteran UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has apologised to customers after a cyber incident of a currently undisclosed nature forced multiple public-facing services offline, with shoppers predictably taking to social media in their droves to lament the outages. In a note published on the afternoon of 22 April, the company revealed it had been…

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