How academics and ‘big tech’ can learn from one another Summary Steven C. Currall explains how academic–industry collaborations — especially between universities and the largest technology firms — can deliver…
Inside a mosquito factory Summary There’s an unusual factory in Curitiba, Brazil that produces millions of mosquitoes each week to fight disease. The insects reared there are modified so they…
Cloudflare, Zscaler among companies impacted by Salesloft Drift incident Summary A widespread data-theft campaign tied to the Salesloft-owned AI chatbot Drift has led to the exfiltration of customer data from…
Corruption case against ousted cyber chief is ‘revenge,’ Ukraine’s security service says Summary Ukraine’s security service (SBU) has accused anti-corruption bodies — the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized…
FTC fines toy manufacturer for allowing Chinese third-party to collect kids’ data Summary The Justice Department, following a referral from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), filed a complaint against Chinese…
Internet mapping and research outfit Censys reveals state-based abuse, harassment Summary Censys, the internet-mapping project-turned-company, says state-based actors and other malicious groups are abusing its research access programme by posing…
Supermarket giant Tesco sues VMware, warns lack of support could disrupt food supply Summary Tesco has launched legal action against Broadcom (owner of VMware) and named reseller Computacenter as a…
UK Home Office hikes tech consultant spend to £350M despite pledge to cut costs Summary The UK Home Office has increased the maximum planned spend on external data and technology…
GNOME Foundation boss exits after just four months Summary The GNOME Foundation’s executive director, Steven Deobald, has left the role less than four months after being appointed in May 2025.…
‘Huge architectural change’ to JetBrains ReSharper cuts Visual Studio freezes Summary JetBrains has pushed a major architectural change to ReSharper in the 2025.2 preview: an out-of-process (OOP) engine that moves…
