International AI Alignment effort tackles unpredictability
The UK’s AI Security Institute is collaborating with several global institutions on a global initiative to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) systems behave in a predictable…
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Senator warns of new UK surveillance risks to US citizens following Apple ‘back door’ row
Senator Ron Wyden has written to the US director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard urging her to provide Congress and the American public with a…
European Commission ignores calls to reassess Israel data adequacy
The European Commission (EC) has been ignoring calls to reassess Israel’s data adequacy status for over a year, despite “urgent concerns” about the country’s data…
Austrian government faces likely legal challenge over state spyware
The Austrian government is likely to face legal challenges after it succeeded on its fifth attempt to pass a law this month that gives the…
Global cyber spend will top $200bn this year, says Gartner
Driven by an ever-escalating number of high-profile cyber attacks and other emerging risks, worldwide spending on cyber security products and services by end-user organisations continues…
Burnout burden: why CISOs are at breaking point, what needs to change
Let’s face it, no one talks about burnout in cybersecurity until it’s already too late. The pressure for CISOs and security leaders has been quietly…
Building digital resilience in retail
Retailers are not having an easy time. The June 2025 report from the CBI reveals that retail sales fell for the ninth consecutive month and…
Kioxia launches 245TB LC9, the biggest flash drive on the market
Kioxia has launched solid-state drives of 245.76TB (terabytes), making them the largest capacity commodity flash drives currently on the market. The company said the new…
Coding with GenAI: How businesses can manage the process
Developers often adopt generative AI (GenAI) because it helps them to code faster, yet the tooling has potential to expose organisations to unaccounted for risks…
European digital market figurehead pleads to Westminster
European data venture Gaia-X lobbied UK government officials to help build Europe’s data market in a Parliamentary meeting sponsored by an MP who wants Britain…
The UK’s ransomware payment ban is a strategic win
Back in January 2025 the UK government took an important step towards dismantling the ransomware economy by proposing a ban on ransom payments across the…
Why the Middle East is winning the quantum race
The year 2025 has been declared the International Year of Quantum Science by the United Nations (UN). Meanwhile, while Western nations debate policies and navigate…