Allowing a huge Chinese Embassy in the heart of London is insane by itself, but now it has been reported that there is a ‘secret chamber’ right next to the fibre optic cables for the city. The city cables are among some of Britain’s most sensitive and could soon neighbour a network of 208 secret […]
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Groks’ AI chatbot is causing a big stir in England and elsewhere, it has been blocked in Malaysia and Indonesia already. The AI tool creates digital images of women and girls naked without consent and is classed as deepfake sexual abuse by campaigners. Users are able to ask the system to make a picture simply
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Keir Starmer has reportedly backed plans to scrap the compulsory identity scheme for workers, the original decision was roundly disliked across all parties anyway. The plans were thrown into confusion yesterday after The Times reported ministers were rowing back on the compulsory element, allowing other digital documents to be used for right-to-work check. The idea
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Hackers on the dark web are talking about artificial intelligence and whether AI will replace humans or not, not just marvelling at the tech anymore but seeing it as a tool to make easy money. AI cybercrime is proving that you don’t need deep skills, technical knowledge, or years of experience to be a cyber
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Cyber Tech
Google says it’s introducing a new feature called ‘AI Inbox,’ using Gemini which summarises all your emails, but promises it won’t train its models on your emails. Google argues that email has changed since 2004, as users are now receive hundreds of emails every week, and the numbers keeps rising. With AI Overviews in Gmail,
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You can tell if your mobile phone is being monitored by watching for signs such as rapid battery drain, overheating, slow performance, unusual data usage, strange background noises on calls, unexpected camera/mic activation (green/orange dots on screen), or unfamiliar apps or texts. Having said that these can also be normal issues, but if the problems
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Cyber Help and Advice
Quite simply Yes. Hackers can see you through your phone camera by installing spyware or malicious apps, a process known as “camfecting.” This turns your device into a surveillance tool to take photos, record video, and even stream live footage, often without your knowledge. However, modern mobile phones have indicators like the green/orange dot to
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Earlier this week I published a positive article about the government announcement regarding a £210 million investment in a ‘Cyber Action Plan’. But after admitting numerous failures in how Whitehall currently defends its own digital systems the cracks started to show. It all looked good on the surface, but when I dug deeper the realisation
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Fake news is all over social media platforms, as much as the companies can do to stop it they can only do so much, fake news will always find its way through if not only by sheer volume of made up drivel some people choose to publish. Sometimes it is political, sometimes it is for
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This year will see the rise of “anti-AI” – where consumers and employees will refuse to use AI tools on ethical grounds. They’re very concerned about data exploitation, algorithmic bias, and the environmental cost of AI computing. Can It Be Avoided? Some English businesses are already offering opt-out features, or human-only alternatives in their products.
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