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…
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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…
Middle East faces new cyber reality: attackers logging in, not breaking in
The Middle East’s heightened geopolitical tensions are continuing to shape cyber activity across the region, as organisations face a combination of state-aligned operations, financially motivated…
Dutch Surf tests practical route out of Big Tech dependency
When a group of Dutch researchers studying the societal impact of algorithms realised they were doing that work entirely on platforms they had no control…
How the CIO of Unilever delivers business empathy
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Jisc recommits to academic cyber collaboration network
Jisc, the non-profit organisation devoted to delivering digital infrastructure and shared services across the UK’s higher education sector, has resigned an updated cyber threat intelligence…
Kanishka Narayan takes on AI sovereignty in Burnham cabinet
Kanishka Narayan, who was previously minister for artificial intelligence (AI) under the UK’s Keir Starmer government, has joined the Andy Burnham cabinet, jointly working in…
UK regulator crackdown on finfluencers gathers pace
The UK financial services regulator took enforcement action against 74 “finfluencers” last year, as it continues to target unregulated individuals who use social media to…