7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world Summary This Nature feature frames a worrying backdrop of large cuts to US federal research funding — including almost US$2 billion of…
Australian police building AI to translate emoji used by ‘crimefluencers’
Australian police building AI to translate emoji used by ‘crimefluencers’ Summary The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is developing a prototype AI tool to interpret emojis and Gen Z/Gen Alpha slang…
Amazon Web Services’ US-EAST-1 region in trouble again, with EC2 and container services impacted
Amazon Web Services’ US-EAST-1 region in trouble again, with EC2 and container services impacted Summary Amazon’s US-EAST-1 region experienced another incident on 28 October 2025 that affected EC2 instance launches…
FCC adopts new rule targeting robocalls
FCC adopts new rule targeting robocalls Summary The Federal Communications Commission has approved a new rule designed to give consumers more caller ID data to fight the surge in robocalls,…
Clearview AI faces criminal heat for ignoring EU data fines
Clearview AI faces criminal heat for ignoring EU data fines Summary Privacy group Noyb (None of Your Business) has filed a criminal complaint in Austria against US facial‑recognition company Clearview…
Lawsuit against NYPD alleges its surveillance system is unconstitutional
Lawsuit against NYPD alleges its surveillance system is unconstitutional Summary The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP) has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the New York Police Department, arguing…
Clearview AI sued in Europe over alleged privacy violations
Clearview AI sued in Europe over alleged privacy violations Summary A European privacy advocacy group, noyb, has filed a criminal complaint in Austria against Clearview AI and some of its…
Environmental treaties are paralysed — here’s how we can do better
Environmental treaties are paralysed — here’s how we can do better Summary The article analyses the collapse of negotiations on a UN plastics treaty in August 2025 as symptomatic of…
Chatbots parrot Putin’s propaganda about the illegal invasion of Ukraine
Chatbots parrot Putin’s propaganda about the illegal invasion of Ukraine Summary A study by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) found that popular chatbots—OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, xAI’s Grok and…
Beatings, killings, and lasting fear: The human toll of MoD’s Afghan data breach
Beatings, killings, and lasting fear: The human toll of MoD’s Afghan data breach Summary Research submitted to the UK Parliament by Refugee Legal Support, with academic input from Lancaster and…