Russian APT Laundry Bear perfects zero-click phishing attack
An emerging threat actor linked with confidence to the Russian state is targeting Western organisations with a novel zero-click phishing attack technique designed to compromise…
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Patrick Vallance returns as AI taskforce chair
Just days after he resigned as science minister, Patrick Vallance is back, chairing a new Andy Burnham government artificial intelligence (AI) Taskforce. The taskforce, headed…
US government to consider AI Kill Switch law
US lawmakers are to consider enacting legislation that would force developers of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) systems – such as OpenAI or Anthropic – to…
OpenUK calls for a UK version of the Linux Foundation
As part of its “reindustrialisation” strategy, new UK prime minister Andy Burnham’s government needs to recognise the importance of open source in the country’s artificial…
‘It beggars belief’ as DWP ‘drags its heels’ over subpostmaster prosecutions reviews
The Department of Work & Pensions (DWP) has not yet appointed an independent reviewer of its prosecutions of subpostmasters or signed off terms of reference,…
Alphabet borrows $100bn to pay for AI investments
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has reported revenue for the second quarter of 2026 of £120bn, an increase of 24%, with Google Cloud experiencing…
MI5 and PSNI ordered to pay damages to BBC journalist Vincent Kearney over unlawful surveillance
A court has ordered the Security Service and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to pay damages to a former BBC journalist for unlawfully…
Digital government services increase accessibility gap
Around 20% of people in the UK cannot use digital government services without assistance, according to research. The study from the Digital Poverty Alliance and…
‘Modest but notable’ regional spread of fintech funding in UK
London’s share of overall fintech funding fell slightly in the first half of this year, as hubs, including the Scottish and Northern Irish capitals, made…
Stop debating frontier AI – start defending against it
In mid-June, global access to two of the most anticipated frontier AI models was abruptly suspended following a US Commerce Department export control directive, a…
House of Lords questions Andy Burnham’s AI plans
The decision by the new Andy Burnham government to disband the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has led the House of Lords to…
Hugging Face ‘hacker’ was rogue OpenAI model
OpenAI has admitted that a cyber attack against artificial intelligence (AI) model database Hugging Face – first detected last week – was orchestrated by a…