Daily briefing: Brain–immune crosstalk worsens the damage of heart attacks Summary A Nature Briefing summarises several short science stories from 29 January 2026. The lead story reports that vagus-nerve signalling…
China is betting on ‘optical’ computer chips – will they power AI? Summary China has rapidly scaled research into photonic (optical) chips — devices that process information with light rather…
NS&I’s IT car crash considers cutting legacy links to stop the bleeding Summary The National Savings & Investment (NS&I) transformation programme is running about £1.3bn over its original budget and…
Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam’s clouds and go EU‑native Summary Opinion piece arguing that European companies should move sensitive workloads off US hyperscalers and onto EU‑native clouds and services.…
Artificial Intelligence Primer | CIO Portal | CIO Portal Summary The Artificial Intelligence Primer is a leadership‑focused, vendor‑independent introduction to AI tailored for CIOs, senior IT leaders and organisational decision‑makers.…
Chinese APTs Hacking Asian Orgs With High-End Malware Summary China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) groups are using a flexible, cross-environment command-and-control framework named PeckBirdy to attack targets across the Asia-Pacific…
Google’s Project Genie could put even more game developers out of work Summary Google has rolled out Project Genie via Google Labs — an experimental DeepMind world-model prototype that generates…
More Critical Flaws on n8n Could Compromise Customer Security Summary Researchers at JFrog disclosed two serious vulnerabilities in the popular automation platform n8n that allow attackers who can create workflows…
Trump Administration Rescinds Biden-Era SBOM Guidance Summary The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued memorandum M-26-05 on 23 January 2026, rescinding earlier Biden-era memos M-22-18 and M-23-16 that required…
48 hours without lungs: artificial organ kept man alive until transplant Summary A 33-year-old man survived for 48 hours after surgeons removed his infected lungs and connected him to an…
