Chinese hackers exploiting React2Shell bug impacting countless websites, Amazon researchers say Summary State-backed Chinese threat groups have been observed exploiting a critical vulnerability in React Server Components — tracked as…
EU issues €120 million fine to Elon Musk’s X under rules to tackle disinformation Summary The European Commission has fined Elon Musk’s social platform X €120 million for breaching the…
UK pushes ahead with facial recognition expansion despite civil liberties backlash Summary The Home Office has launched a consultation proposing a dedicated statutory framework to govern live facial recognition and…
Pension portal launch fail sends Capita running to Microsoft for help Summary Capita’s new Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) portal, which went live on 1 December as part of a…
AI chatbots can persuade voters to change their minds Summary Two recent studies, published in Nature and Science, show that conversations with large language models (LLMs) can shift people’s political…
Persuading voters using human–artificial intelligence dialogues Article Date: 04 December 2025Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09771-9Article Image: none provided in source Summary This Nature paper reports large, preregistered experiments in the US, Canada…
British officials seek to expand facial recognition technology use Summary The Home Office has launched a public consultation seeking views on creating a stronger legal framework to allow law enforcement…
Virginia brothers charged with hacking, deleting federal databases holding FOIA info Summary Twin brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, both 34, have been arrested and indicted for allegedly abusing their roles…
Amid rising threats, NATO holds its largest-ever cyberdefense exercise Summary NATO ran its largest-ever Cyber Coalition exercise at Estonia’s CR14 national cyber range, bringing together about 1,300 participants from 29…
Latest Windows 11 updates may break the OS’s most basic bits Summary Microsoft has confirmed that cumulative updates shipped since July 2025 can cause XAML-dependent components on Windows 11 to…
