2025-05-02

Opinion: Scaling UK tech is a geopolitical imperative

Amid the economic malaise that followed the 2008 financial crisis in the UK – record unemployment, sluggish growth, tight fiscal consolidation – a game-changing policy drive was beginning to take [...]

2025-05-02

TikTok fined $602 million for illegally sending European user data to China

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined TikTok owner ByteDance €530 million ($602 million) for breaching the European Union's privacy laws. The regulator said TikTok sent European [...]

2025-05-02

Hackers have gained access to the membership data of UK retailer Co-op

A hacking group called "DragonForce" has gained access to Co-op's membership data, the UK retailer and insurance provider shared in a press release. DragonForce actually contacted the B [...]

2025-05-02

Are We in a Recession Yet? From Memes to Metrics, Here's How to Know

Cultural and social recession indicators tell us something about the economy that official data doesn't. [...]

2025-05-01

AI is fueling the biggest financial scams ever—cyber safety experts are fighting back

The recent Bybit hack has highlighted an alarming trend: cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging AI alongside advanced social engineering techniques. [...]

2025-05-01

Think Twice Before Creating That ChatGPT Action Figure

People are using ChatGPT’s new image generator to take part in viral social media trends. But using it also puts your privacy at risk—unless you take a few simple steps to protect yourself. [...]

2025-05-01

How Ziff Davis’s lawsuit against OpenAI redraws the battle lines with the media

Another major publisher goes after OpenAI in court, and the filing reveals just how much the world of AI has changed. [...]

2025-05-01

Meet the winners of the 2025 Dance Your PhD contest

There are four broad categories—physics, chemistry, biology, and social science—liberally defined. [...]

2025-05-01

Agentic AI will accelerate social engineering attacks

Autonomous AI systems now launch sophisticated phishing campaigns with unprecedented effectiveness. [...]