Despite being taken down and humiliated by the National Crime Agency (NCA) coordinated Operation Cronos in February 2024, an unknown individual(s) associated with, or claiming to represent, the LockBit ransomware gang has broken cover to announce the impending release of a new locker malware, LockBit 4.0. In screengrabs taken from the dark web that have…
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Throughout 2024, UK government and law enforcement rhetoric around technology largely focused on the role of automation in reducing cost while boosting efficiency and productivity. Since the ascent of the new Labour government in July, there has also been a renewed focus on law and order given its manifesto commitment to “take back our streets”.…
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Misusing artificial intelligence (AI) can have some very clear and expensive consequences. Movie studio Lionsgate recently joined a long list of organisations discovering that quotations and citations from generative AI (GenAI) systems need to be verified like any other source; Microsoft is being sued by a German journalist after Bing Copilot suggested he had committed crimes…
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Apple has taught us to expect emotional Christmas commercials for its products around this time of year, and the company delivered yet another touching ad that will make you cry. Released on Thanksgiving Day, the Heartstrings ad already tops one million views on YouTube, though you’ll also catch it on other social media channels. The ad…
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The specifications for AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 7 9800X3D have leaked ahead of its scheduled release on November 7 – and it’s good news for gamers.The leak remains consistent with the previous marketing description leak regarding a performance boost over its predecessor, the 7800X3D. As spotted by VideoCardz, the leak originates from Geizhals, a price comparison…
I covered iPhone 16 battery life extensively since Apple unveiled the phone, so I know all four models should offer decent-to-great battery life. Battery life has been one of the main reasons I got the iPhone 16 Plus in late September. The phone lasts more than a day on a charge. I don’t have to…
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AMD’s entire CES 2025 lineup has reportedly leaked, promising a huge range of new hardware – including its new range of next-gen RDNA 4 GPUs.The leak comes from ‘zhangzhonghao’ in a Chinese forum on Chiphell, who suggests AMD will be revealing: laptop CPUs, desktop CPUs, desktop GPUs, handheld gaming chips, and more – phew! AMD’s…
Helen Wylie, currently chief technology officer at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), is to take over from her boss, Rich Corbridge, as chief digital and information officer when he leaves the civil service in November. Wylie’s appointment is effective on 1 November, with Corbridge due to leave on 15 November. She inherits a…
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Authorities in Lahore, Pakistan, have arrested and questioned a web developer, named as Farhan Asif, on suspicion of cyber terrorism in relation to misinformation posted in the wake of the 29 July mass stabbing at a children’s Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop in Southport, Merseyside, in which three were murdered. The attack on a community dance…
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Capgemini has reported that organisations today are more effective at embedding data and insights into core business processes. Its update of a 2020 study is based on a survey of 500 business executives and 500 data executives from 500 organisations across 12 countries. In 2024, 60% of executives described their decision-making and actioning as data-powered.…
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