Chemists cram record nine metals into trendy 2D material
Chemists cram record nine metals into trendy 2D material Summary Researchers have expanded the family of 2D materials known as MXenes and synthesised a version that contains a record nine…
Google hit with $425 million verdict in privacy class action suit
Google hit with $425 million verdict in privacy class action suit Summary A federal jury awarded plaintiffs $425 million after finding that Google collected, stored and used data from mobile…
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) last November…
France fines Google, SHEIN for undercooked cookie policies that led to crummy privacy
France fines Google, SHEIN for undercooked cookie policies that led to crummy privacy Summary France’s data protection authority, the CNIL, has fined Google and Chinese e-tailer SHEIN for breaching French…
Chess.com says 4,500 people had data stolen during June breach
Summary Chess.com confirmed that 4,541 people had personal data exposed after attackers accessed a third-party file transfer application used by the platform between 5 June and 18 June. The company…
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 sued education-technology provider PowerSchool over a December 2024 data breach that exposed personal information for…
Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition
Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition Summary Sainsbury’s has started an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) in two stores — Sydenham in London and the Oldfield…
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 assembly-language source for its 6502 BASIC (version 1.1) — the interpreter Bill Gates and colleagues…
SAP splashes €20B on Euro sovereign cloud push
SAP splashes €20B on Euro sovereign cloud push Summary SAP will invest €20 billion over the next ten years to expand sovereign cloud infrastructure across Europe, positioning itself as a…
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 the 5% in-year savings required…