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• How businesses can reorganise for an unpredictable world

  17-06-2020 15:54
  
  Covid-19 has accelerated change at an unprecedented rate, altering how businesses can not only survive but thrive in the foreseeable future. Here's how business leaders are planning to adapt to a Covid-centric economy
  
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• Regulating AI 'not the right place to start' says Bailey

  30-09-2026 16:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  AI needs "rigorous" testing and safeguards to contain risk, Andrew Bailey says.
  
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• WhatsApp introduces optional parental controls for teenagers

  30-09-2026 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The social messaging app will let parents decide on privacy settings for their child's account.
  
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• IT event dive: AI for its own sake at Tobacco Dock with Everpure

  30-09-2026 12:30 via computerweekly.com
  Inside a 200-year-old bonded tobacco warehouse, Everpure’s Accelerate London delegates wrestle with competition, orders from on high and AI for AI’s sake
  
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• ‘Inherent sovereignty is a fallacy’ says Beyond.pl AI factory exec

  30-09-2026 12:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  Beyond.pl built central Europe’s first sovereign AI factory on Everpure and Nvidia kit – now its CEO argues the real issue is operational sovereignty, not where the box sits
  
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• Post Office process redress scheme pays out £4m so far

  30-09-2026 11:46 via computerweekly.com
  
  Post Office Process Review scheme, set up to redress subpostmaster losses caused by non-Horizon processes, products and policies, closes
  
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• Half of Brits struggle to spot AI scams

  30-09-2026 10:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  Artificial intelligence-based scams are increasing in number and sophistication, according to National Trading Standards findings
  
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• Cyber security without humans? The rise of agentic AI

  30-09-2026 09:38 via computerweekly.com
  
  The next evolution of cyber security may be autonomous, but industry leaders warn that trust, governance and human judgement can't be automated
  
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• Sweden boosts cyber threat security defences amid AI advances

  30-09-2026 09:30 via computerweekly.com
  
  Sweden is strengthening its national security defences against cyber attacks
  
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• Saudi Arabia’s next AI challenge is turning infrastructure into capability

  30-09-2026 09:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  Magna AI executive says governance, operational ownership and sovereign control will determine whether organisations can scale artificial intelligence beyond pilots
  
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• Everpure survey: 88% of executives fear data sovereignty failures

  30-09-2026 07:20 via computerweekly.com
  
  An Everpure survey of 2,100 C-suite and IT leaders across eight countries finds 90% recognise the risk, yet 64% lack a formal strategy to close ‘the sovereignty gap’
  
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• OpenAI unveils AI assistant 'dots' while safety worries delay new model

  30-09-2026 07:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sam Altman spoke in San Francisco during OpenAI’s annual event for tech developers.
  
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• Three takeaways from Trump's 'Super Intelligence' summit

  30-09-2026 06:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The meeting at the White House came as some tech bosses and experts have called for tighter rules around AI.
  
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• Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons

  30-09-2026 01:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mindgard said it discovered in July that Kimi models K2.6 and K3 Swarm could evade developer's safety limits.
  
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• The start-ups hoping to return battery making to the US

  30-09-2026 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Batteries based on sodium-ion technology could be made in the US with locally sourced materials.
  
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• Oura pulls $15bn stock market listing days after announcement

  29-09-2026 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The wearable technology company had been expected to list its shares in the US.
  
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• Cyber authorities issue alerts over exploitation of Citrix vulns

  29-09-2026 13:40 via computerweekly.com
  
  The latest vulnerabilities to be uncovered in the frequently-targeted Citrix NetScaler product lines were being exploited well-before disclosure, prompting disquiet.
  
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• Only 30% of Metropolitan Police officers have completed mandatory data training

  29-09-2026 11:45 via computerweekly.com
  
  Metropolitan Police senior officers admit that only 30% of the force has completed mandatory data protection training following a series of high-profile data incidents
  
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• Dutch datacentre sector pitches itself as relief for an overloaded grid

  29-09-2026 11:26 via computerweekly.com
  
  European datacentre associations argue that building datacentres where renewable power is generated could ease grid congestion in the Netherlands and beyond
  
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• Ukraine’s tech industry still stands strong

  29-09-2026 07:35 via computerweekly.com
  Andy Burnham visited Kyiv in Aug 2026, the fourth UK PM since 2022. UK-Ukraine tech collaboration has grown with AI-focused military deals, and Ukraine’s tech sector has proven resilient despite the war
  
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• OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concerns

  29-09-2026 04:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The firm also issued an update on incidents in which its models accessed Australian government systems.
  
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• Kiteworks lifts shutdown order after incident-free weekend

  28-09-2026 15:21 via computerweekly.com
  
  Kiteworks customers are back up and running after a highly-unusual preemptive shutdown that came amid indications of an impending cyber attack.
  
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• Apple ordered to pay $5.7bn after losing vibration tech patent suit

  28-09-2026 13:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Audio firm Taction Technology claimed Apple infringed its patents for tech used to power device vibrations.
  
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• Are AI coders more trouble than they’re worth?

  28-09-2026 11:45 via computerweekly.com
  
  More and more code is being produced by AI tools. A poll finds that software teams are struggling to keep pace
  
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• The GPU mirage on a lazy Sunday afternoon

  28-09-2026 08:12 via computerweekly.com
  An attempt to spin up my own Whisper transcription server resulted in an afternoon of sold-out zones and vanishing GPUs – a worm's-eye view of the shortage the industry talks about
  
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• Oktane 2026: The industry is ready to talk about AI kill switches

  28-09-2026 08:00 via computerweekly.com
  
  The concept of an AI kill switch – a means to terminate out-of-control agents – sounds dramatic, but security leaders are now starting to talk openly and pragmatically about why they are needed and how to use them
  
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• Defining digital sovereignty

  28-09-2026 05:00 via computerweekly.com
  Digital sovereignty has become a much-discussed topic - but most debate misses the point. It's not about where your supplier comes from, but about whether you have the ability to make decisions regardless of technology
  
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• OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US government agency sites

  26-09-2026 04:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.
  
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• Inside iconic horror game Silent Hill's Scottish makeover

  26-09-2026 01:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of gaming's biggest horror franchises has come to the UK. Can it live up to the original?
  
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• Inside the FBI hack: Agents fearful and angry after 'dangerous' data breach

  26-09-2026 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Current and former agents speak to the BBC about the devastating impact of the FBI hack.
  
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