Category: Technology

In a significant move, Australia has banned the Chinese-developed DeepSeek AI program from all government devices, citing “an unacceptable level of security risk.” The ban follows a comprehensive threat and risk analysis, which led to the Department of Home Affairs’ decision to remove DeepSeek’s products, applications, and web services from all Australian government systems and […]

Apple achieved an all-time high in revenue for its fiscal Q1 2025, reporting $124.3 billion—a 4% year-on-year growth. However, the tech giant faced a significant dip in China, its second-largest market, where sales fell by 11.1%, totaling $18.5 billion. This marks the largest decline in China sales since fiscal Q1 2024, when the company saw […]

Picture by Yuri A/Shutterstock One of the unfortunate legacies that my generation, gen X, has passed on to the millennials and gen Z, is the idea that therapy has no side effects. However, just like many other medical treatments, there can be negative effects. For example, in some cases psychotherapy can be linked with a […]

OVHcloud’s latest executive report reveals a growing trend towards multi-cloud environments, with 62% of large organisations already using multi-cloud solutions and an additional 18% in the process of transitioning. The report, based on insights from over 500 IT decision-makers in the UK, highlights the increasing adoption of multi-cloud strategies across industries. According to Matt Tebay […]

The first-ever International AI Safety Report, a comprehensive assessment of emerging risks tied to advanced artificial intelligence, has been published ahead of the AI Action Summit in Paris next month. Spearheaded by Turing Award-winning expert Yoshua Bengio, the report draws from the expertise of over 100 global researchers and offers a shared scientific foundation for […]

Mojahid Mottakin / Shutterstock China’s new DeepSeek Large Language Model (LLM) has disrupted the US-dominated market, offering a relatively high-performance chatbot model at significantly lower cost. The reduced cost of development and lower subscription prices compared with US AI tools contributed to American chip maker Nvidia losing US$600 billion (£480 billion) in market value over […]

As ransomware continues to evolve into one of the most dangerous and pervasive threats to cybersecurity, the United States is pushing for the continued development of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI), a collaborative international effort that has proven essential in tackling this growing issue. Launched in October 2021 in response to high-profile cyberattacks like […]

The European Union is betting $56 million on an ambitious project to develop an open-source large language model (LLM) capable of operating in all 30 EU languages. This initiative brings together top experts from a variety of European universities and companies, with support from supercomputers in Spain and Italy. The goal is to create a […]

U.S. and Dutch authorities have successfully disrupted a major Pakistan-based online hacking operation, seizing 39 domains associated with illicit marketplaces selling fraud-enabling tools. This coordinated law enforcement action, dubbed Operation Heart Blocker, aimed to dismantle a network run by Pakistani hacker Saim Raza, also known by his alias HeartSender. For nearly five years, Raza’s operation […]

EliteExposure / Shutterstock The UK government’s new plan to foster innovation through artificial intelligence (AI) is ambitious. Its goals rely on the better use of public data, including renewed efforts to maximise the value of health data held by the NHS. Yet this could involve the use of real data from patients using the NHS. […]