Category: Technology

A significant security breach occurred at New York University (NYU) this past Saturday, as hackers infiltrated the university’s website, compromising the personal data of over 3 million applicants. The breach lasted for at least two hours and exposed sensitive information, including applicants’ names, test scores, chosen majors, financial details, zip codes, and family member information, […]

How new technologies are improving many aspects of our world from plastics recycling to food production and consumption, to transport and communication are highlighted in a new collection of projects funded by UKRI. The technologies are all supported through UKRI’s Technology Missions Fund which is investing over £320 million in: artificial intelligence (AI) quantum technologies […]

The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then they switched to bone as a raw material. Until recently, the earliest clear evidence of bone tool making was from sites in Europe, dated to 400,000 years ago. But archaeologists have now found and dated […]

STACK Infrastructure has recently secured $4 billion in green financing to support the development of a more than 1 gigawatt campus in Stafford, VA, alongside additional campuses in Portland, OR, and Toronto, CA. Since 2019, the Denver-based company has raised $9 billion for its Virginia projects. On a broader scale, it has amassed $20 billion […]

Dell Technologies is ramping up its AI capabilities with a suite of new hardware and software aimed at accelerating enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) development. Celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Dell AI Factory collaboration with Nvidia, the company introduced a range of new products, including high-performance servers, AI-specific PCs, and an expanded AI data platform. […]

A massive ad fraud operation, dubbed Vapor, has been uncovered, with over 330 malicious Android apps on Google Play amassing more than 60 million downloads. Identified by IAS Threat Lab and analyzed by Bitdefender, these apps, disguised as utility, health, fitness, and lifestyle tools, were designed to aggressively hijack users’ devices to generate fraudulent ad […]

The Hellcat ransomware group has claimed responsibility for cyberattacks on Swiss telecom company Ascom and British automaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). These attacks have led to the theft of sensitive data, including source code, contracts, and internal documentation. Ascom Breach Details On March 16, Hellcat added Ascom to its leak site, claiming to have stolen […]

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has announced that the company plans to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in U.S.-made chips over the next four years, signaling a shift away from reliance on Asian manufacturing amid rising geopolitical tensions and potential tariffs. Huang made the announcement during the 2025 GTC conference, confirming that Nvidia is already […]

Heathrow Airport, the busiest airport in Europe, was shut down following a fire at a single electricity sub-station on the night of March 20. The fire at the North Hyde substation in Hayes, about 1.5 miles from Heathrow in west London, seriously disrupted the area’s power supply, including that of the airport. The closure has […]

Further information UK involvement in DESI DESI is an international project with more than 900 researchers from over 70 institutions around the world and is managed by the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). UK involvement in DESI includes Durham University, UCL and the University of Portsmouth as full member institutions, […]