Cyberattacks can spark cascading social crises that "engulf communities"
Strikes on critical infrastructure “pose serious risks to societal resilience”, causing impacts far beyond the initial technical damage.
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Russian hacktivists blitz UK critical infrastructure and local government targets
Moscow-aligned threat actors "looking to cripple services and disable websites," National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns.
Good vibes, happy coding: Making life better for developers in the age of AI
"Closing the communication gap lets leadership deploy AI where it matters most - restoring developer joy."
Iran's exiled crown prince calls on hackers to attack regime's "information infrastructure"
Pahlavi Reza, son of the deposed shah, urges allies to focus on taking down the Ayatollah's digital control systems and bringing Iran back online.
The AI IOU: Counting the hidden costs of artificial intelligence in software development
Organisations are wasting money and inadvertently accumulating a debt that will become painful if they don't pay it off quickly.
"Humans will lag behind!": Why skills must be put at the heart of the UK's AI strategy
"People learn best when they see how AI works in the real world, experiment, get feedback and solve problems that matter to them."
"Truman Show" scammers are snaring victims in AI-powered simulated realities
"This fraud succeeds because it carefully shapes how people think, feel, and make decisions over time."
"Trusting an AI to generate perfect code is insane!" The truth about vibe coding
"Why can more AI use mean lower productivity? The answer lies in the way that the gains are not being shared across the whole coding cycle."
China escalates cyberwar on Taiwan, aims to "paralyze" critical infrastructure
Taiwanese intelligence agency warns of a dramatic uptick in intrusions designed to "undermine public morale".
Agents of disruption: Why the agentic internet is about to change business forever
"As digital agents begin to mediate most online activity, a company’s visibility will depend on being legible to machines, not just people."
Zuck fuels AI slop pop apocalypse as Meta unveils endless automated muzak generator
Musical model can compose never-ending streams of "mellow jazz" or spin up interminable "vocal chants that create a rebellious, feel-good mood".
Superradiance discovery "changes how we think about the quantum world", scientists claim
"The very interactions once thought to disrupt quantum behavior can instead be harnessed to create it, opening entirely new directions..."
Reviews
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AI
Five Eyes probes LLM-wielding hacker-for-hire in China’s state-controlled digital underworld
Armis threat intelligence chief shares details of investigation into Chinese threat actor churning out dangerous exploits with AI.
Data
"Most people don’t have data from today": Is business intelligence stuck in the past?
"If an answer shows up a week later in a PDF, you’ve probably missed the window where it actually mattered."
Agentic AI
Sizing up agentic AI: The data challenge facing every enterprise
"The reorganization of data for AI models and agents amounts to the world’s largest ever information preparation endeavour."
AI
Humans have the edge over AI in "one crucial domain", Princeton neuroscientists say
Machines still lag behind their fleshy creators when it comes to an ability often described as the most important skill of the 21st century.
Opinion
"There’s no micromanagement on the battlefield": What leaders can learn from the British Army
"People on the frontline have the clearest view of the situation, and must be supported to respond as they see best."
Cybercrime
Operation Endgame: Europol takes down cybercrime network behind global malware outbreak
"Disrupting the front end of the ransomware kill chain has a ripple effect throughout the eCrime ecosystem."
Opinion
"AI without privacy is surveillance capitalism on overdrive," Proton warns
"No one building these systems has your best interests in mind. AI doesn’t just respond, it nudges choices and shapes perceptions."
Security
UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will force critical suppliers to "beef up" their defences
New rules set to impose strict new security requirements on a growing range and number of businesses.
Opinion
Are humans doing enough to support the great AI workplace takeover?
"A fear born from a lack of knowledge and support means many employees are wary of AI and fear it could replace their role."
Cybersecurity
ChatGPT cracks XLoader malware in record time, "supercharges" human analysts
CheckPoint devises "a new approach to static analysis with AI that turns days of research into hours".
Opinion
How to stop ghost-brokering and other emerging threats from haunting financial services
"Institutions also face a perfect storm of challenges: mounting complexity, evolving compliance demands and the race to operationalise AI."