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A UK government consultation launched today asks whether under-16s should be banned from social media, and age restrictions introduced for VPNs and chatbots

Anything that expands quickly can attract bubble accusations, and the market for cloud services in an AI age doesn’t look to be different

Executives in the West consistently underestimate technological progress in China - and the country's differing approach to AI development will lead to a significant advantage if Western leaders fail to learn

The UK risks losing its fintech leadership, with open banking progress slow, as countries such as the UAE and India advance rapidly

The Qilin ransomware gang remained ‘top dog’ in January 2026, with over 100 observed cyber attacks to its name, amid a rapidly evolving and fragmenting cyber criminal ecosystem

The Qilin ransomware gang remained 'top dog' in January 2026 with over 100 observed cyber attacks to its name, amid a rapidly evolving, and fragmenting, cyber criminal ecosystem.

While open source artificial intelligence gained unprecedented recognition during the latest global AI summit, divisions over governance, market concentration and regulatory power cast doubt on whether the technology will benefit society as a whole

It used to take two months, but the UK government has reduced the time it takes to address fake DNS redirects

Carbon3.ai’s plans for a ‘national grid for AI’ based on renewable energy set to break ground for the first time at Derbyshire landfill site powered by off-grid gas

Managing director Bart Holsters explains why hybrid insourcing, competence assurance and sovereign readiness are becoming essential as artificial intelligence pushes datacentres to their limits

Bank said artificial intelligence will be fully embedded into the business, personalising customer experiences

Artificial intelligence developers are accusing Chinese firms of stealing their intellectual property following a spate of ‘distillation attacks’, despite their own alleged theft of training data

The NCSC, Cisa, and other Five Eyes agencies have warned of mass exploitation of vulnerabilities in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, which Cisco is attributing to an unknown threat actor called UAT-8616

The NCSC, Cisa, and other Five Eyes agencies have warned of mass exploitation of vulnerabilities in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, which Cisco is attributing to an unknown threat actor called UAT-8616.

The UK government will use new legal powers to lay the groundwork for an under-16 social media ban after its consultation on children’s digital well-being, but opponents warn the measures being considered will only treat the symptoms of the problem if they ignore the structural power of big tech

Atos has taken on its first cohort of apprentices who will become an ‘artificial intelligence-ready’ workforce

IBM’s X-Force unit observes an uptick in the exploitation of vulnerable public-facing software applications

Police and MI5 conducted seven unlawful operations to obtain phone data relating to former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal heard today

The UK government is to provide the next round of funding to support the Post Office’s move away from its controversial Fujitsu Horizon IT system

The payment card services giant leads the way in applying artificial intelligence in its sector, according to research