Microsoft has pushed back against claims its decision to cancel and defer at least 2GW of datacentre projects in the US and Europe is indicative of its “fraying relationship” with OpenAI. US analyst TD Cowen published a research note on 26 March 2025 that suggested the public cloud giant had cancelled and deferred datacentre lease agreements…
The UK government says reforms to police data protection rules will help simplify law enforcement data processing, but critics argue the changes will lower protection to the point where the UK risks losing its European data adequacy. Currently going through the committee stage of Parliamentary scrutiny, the Data Use and Access Bill (DUAB) will amend…
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The UK government has introduced its Data Use and Access Bill (DUAB) to Parliament, but proposed reforms to police data protection rules could undermine law enforcement data adequacy with the European Union (EU). Currently going through the committee stage of Parliamentary scrutiny, the DUAB will amend the UK’s implementation of the EU Law Enforcement Directive (LED), which…
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Compromised or vulnerable perimeter security appliances and devices – especially virtual private networks (VPNs) – formed the initial access vector in over half of observed ransomware attacks during 2024, according to data released this week by cyber security insurance provider Coalition in its latest annual threat report, covering 2024. US-based Coalition, which began offering its…
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Microsoft has officially declared war on the password. In a sweeping update affecting more than a billion users, the company is making it clear—it’s time to ditch your Microsoft account password for good. This is just the latest move in Microsoft’s passkey update, which aims to move all users away from the security wyas of…
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Microsoft has dropped a grand total of 57 fixes to mark the third Patch Tuesday update of 2025 – rising to closer to 70 when third-party vulns are taken into account – including six zero-days and six critical flaws needing urgent attention. The zero-days comprise a security feature bypass in Microsoft Management Console, two remote…
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If you’re still using Windows 10, Microsoft wants to make sure you know that time is running out. The company has officially started emailing users with a not-so-subtle reminder that support for Windows 10 will end on October 14, 2025. The message is clear: upgrade now or risk being left behind.The email was recently spotted…
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At the TDX 2025 developer conference in San Francisco, Salesforce executives presented its Agentforce agentic AI technology as a “whole system” approach, where large language models (LLMs) are less significant than a “trinity” of data, applications and agents. Relatedly, they consistently disparage “DIY” artificial intelligence (AI) programmes. Paula Goldman, the supplier’s chief ethical and humane…
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US lawmakers have hit out at the Home Office for “attempting to gag” US companies by preventing them from telling Congress whether they have been subject to secret UK orders requiring them to hand over their users’ data. In an unprecedented intervention, five lawmakers from both sides of the US political divide, led by senator…
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Over the past 20 to 30 years, the intelligence community has generated a stream of cyber security leaders – private cyber security companies are littered with former operatives of the American and British intelligence services. But in Israel’s case, the intelligence-to-cyber pipeline has produced arguably the highest density of cyber security startups and organisations in…
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