The year so far has seen a marked rise in the value and size of an internet of things (IoT) arena that has witnessed new technical standards, devices and evolving market complexities, and a study from Berg Insight has calculated that global IoT connectivity revenues increased by 12% annually to reach €14.2bn in 2024. In…

Sabriel Smutny/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Raspberry Pi single-board computer offers myriad ways to learn, explore, and create. It can be as simple as a small, portable computer or as complicated as an arcade cabinet. Whether you want to build a Telegram texting machine, a motion-activated camera, a…

Photovs/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. USB charging is everywhere, and if you have a newly built apartment or home, you may have a USB wall socket. It makes life convenient for those of us with several gadgets, eliminating the need for multiple power adapters. While providing a great…

The UK Cyber Governance Code of Practice (CGCP), published in April by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, is the outcome of a collaborative effort with industry and governance institutions. It brings the UK in line with global trends, where governments are increasingly setting clearer expectations around board-level responsibility for cyber risk. The CGCP…

As competition in the key business sector ramps up, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has revealed that it has seen falls in revenues in its fixed broadband business over the course of the second quarter of 2025 despite an uptick in mobile connections. The company’s official results showed that for the three months ended 30 June…

British organisations that have incorporated artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled solutions into their cyber security stack appear to be reaping the rewards of automation from a cost perspective at least, as data breach costs drop by hundreds of thousands of pounds. This is according to the UK-specific cut of IBM’s latest annual Cost of a data breach…

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images GPT-5 has been the talk of the town lately, with reports claiming the highly consequential ChatGPT upgrade will drop in early August. Some reports suggested that GPT-5 would arrive after the launch of the highly anticipated open-source version of ChatGPT. OpenAI’s open model was rumored to launch in the final week of July,…

Wongsakorn 2468/Shutterstock The iPhone 17 series will be unveiled in about a month, introducing one of the most noteworthy changes to the iPhone’s design since the iPhone X. The iPhone 17 Air will replace the Plus model, featuring a similar display size but a much thinner body. That’s what rumors have been saying for about…

DenPhotos/Shutterstock As part of its broader effort to improve its AI offerings, Apple is reportedly putting together an “Answers, Knowledge, and Information” team tasked with improving the Siri user experience.  Originally brought to light by Bloomberg, Apple’s goal for Siri is to provide users with a more conversational experience while also improving Siri’s ability to…

Ahyan Stock Studios/Shutterstock A new report from Cloudflare claims that Perplexity has been scraping content from websites that have opted to block AI web scrapers. The company says that Perplexity’s continued attempts to hide its crawling activity has led to diminished trust from websites that have opted out of sharing their content with AI companies…