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Nato membership boosts Finnish civil and military tech startups

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Finland’s fast-expanding defence sector is witnessing a surge in tech startups chasing new business opportunities on the back of the country’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) in April 2023.   The so-called Nato dividend is causing the country’s defence sector to experience accelerated growth as more companies capitalise on membership to innovate,…

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Black mothers seek ‘total agency’ over perinatal healthcare data

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A group of black women in Birmingham have initiated a community-led research project that aims to give black mothers “total agency” over how their perinatal healthcare data is gathered, interpreted and ultimately used. Drawn from Maternity Engagement Action (MEA) – an organisation that provides safe spaces and leadership for black women throughout pregnancy, birth and early…

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Corporate cover-up behind world-beating cyber security record in Middle East

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Only two of the top 100 listed companies in the Middle East reported cyber security incidents last year, according to defence vulnerability scanning firm SecurityScorecard, but most incidents in the region went unreported, it said.  SecurityScorecard’s findings highlighted an impressive record in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) when compared with Europe, where 18…

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US Treasury incident a clear warning on supply chain security in 2025

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A major state-sponsored cyber incident that targeted the United States Department of the Treasury in the weeks prior to Christmas 2024 appears to have begun as the result of a compromise at a third-party tech support supplier, serving as a warning on the precarious security and vulnerable nature of technology supply chains for IT firms…

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Sir Alan Bates has ‘serious concerns’ over Post Office scandal compensation budget

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Sir Alan Bates has “serious concerns” that the government’s budget for Post Office scandal compensation will be stretched to cover the legal costs of those making claims. This comes as he welcomed a “very positive and quite insightful” report from the parliamentary business and trade select committee.In its report, the committee called for legally building…

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Hackers are hijacking Chrome extensions in an attempt to steal your data

2 minutes of reading / AI, ChatGPT, Computer, cybersecurity, Flex, Google, Tech, VPN / By

While you were wrapping presents or spending time with friends and family on Christmas Eve, hackers were busy looking for ways to steal your data. Reuters reports that multiple companies have seen their Chrome browser extensions hijacked by cybercriminals in recent days, such as the data protection company Cyberhaven on December 24.“On December 24, a…

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Top 10 surveillance, journalism and encryption stories of 2024

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Among the many extraordinary surveillance, journalism and encryption stories this year, revelations of covert and unlawful monitoring of journalists and their confidential sources by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Metropolitan Police attracted the most attention. Five years ago, journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney filed a complaint to the Investigatory Powers…

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Navigating the practicalities of AI regulation and legislation

12 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, Azure, chatbot, compliance, Computer, data privacy, GDPR, Google, machine learning, Meta, Microsoft, risk management, Salesforce, social media, Tech / By

Misusing artificial intelligence (AI) can have some very clear and expensive consequences. Movie studio Lionsgate recently joined a long list of organisations discovering that quotations and citations from generative AI (GenAI) systems need to be verified like any other source; Microsoft is being sued by a German journalist after Bing Copilot suggested he had committed crimes…

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Top 10 police technology stories of 2024

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Throughout 2024, UK government and law enforcement rhetoric around technology largely focused on the role of automation in reducing cost while boosting efficiency and productivity. Since the ascent of the new Labour government in July, there has also been a renewed focus on law and order given its manifesto commitment to “take back our streets”.…

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Top 10 cyber security stories of 2024

6 minutes of reading / 5G, Adobe, AI, Computer, data privacy, Dropbox, Microsoft, Okta, open source, social media, Tech, VPN / By

The year 2024 threw up another diverse crop of stories in the world of cyber security, with much to pay attention to, particularly in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI), which continued to dominate the headlines. This year, we steer away from AI fear, uncertainty and doubt to focus on some of the other big…

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