Air pollution increases the risk of some types of dementia
Air pollution increases the risk of some types of dementia Summary An analysis of health records for about 56.5 million people and follow-up experiments in mice link long-term exposure to…
Shein, Google hit with fines from French data protection regulator over cookie practices
Shein, Google hit with fines from French data protection regulator over cookie practices Summary France’s data protection authority, the CNIL, has fined Google €325 million and Shein €150 million for…
Ukraine’s cyber chief on Russian hackers’ shifting tactics, US cyber aid
Ukraine’s cyber chief on Russian hackers’ shifting tactics, US cyber aid Summary When Oleksandr Potii became head of Ukraine’s State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP) in November…
Google hit with $425 million verdict in privacy class action suit
Summary A federal jury has awarded $425 million to a class of roughly 98 million people who alleged Google collected, stored and used data from their mobile devices despite users…
Texas sues PowerSchool for breach exposing the data of students and teachers
Texas sues PowerSchool for breach exposing the data of students and teachers Summary Texas has filed a lawsuit against education‑technology provider PowerSchool after a December 2024 breach that exposed the…
Chess.com says 4,500 people had data stolen during June breach
Chess.com says 4,500 people had data stolen during June breach Summary Chess.com disclosed that hackers accessed personal data for 4,541 users after breaching a third-party file transfer application used by…
Microsoft open-sources the 6502 BASIC coded by Bill Gates himself
Microsoft open-sources the 6502 BASIC coded by Bill Gates himself Summary Microsoft has published the 1977 assembly-language source for its BASIC port to the MOS 6502 processor — the very…
Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition
Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition Summary Sainsbury’s has begun an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) in two UK stores — Sydenham in London and the…
UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost
UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost Summary A three-month trial (October–December 2024) by the UK Department for Business and Trade of Microsoft M365 Copilot found…
UK DARPA clone spared savings squeeze while Treasury raided government
UK DARPA clone spared savings squeeze while Treasury raided government Summary ARIA, the UK’s DARPA‑style Advanced Research and Invention Agency, was not asked to identify 5% savings ahead of the…