Risk assessment matrix: Free template and usage guide
Risk assessment matrix: Free template and usage guide Summary This practical guide from Paul Kirvan explains what a risk assessment matrix (risk heat map) is, why organisations use one and…
Microsoft Releases Lightweight Office Taskbar Apps for Windows 11
Microsoft Releases Lightweight Office Taskbar Apps for Windows 11 Summary Microsoft is rolling out ‘Microsoft 365 companion apps’ — lightweight taskbar apps for Windows 11 aimed at business Microsoft 365…
Australian Federal Court Rules Apple and Google Engaged in Anti-Competitive App Store Conduct
Australian Federal Court Rules Apple and Google Engaged in Anti-Competitive App Store Conduct Summary Australia’s Federal Court ruled on 12 August 2025 that Apple and Google misused market power and…
UK Government Suggests Deleting Files To Save Water
UK Government Suggests Deleting Files To Save Water Summary The National Drought Group and the Environment Agency have urged members of the public to consider small actions — including deleting…
Threads Now Has More Than 400 Million Monthly Active Users
Summary Meta’s Threads has exceeded 400 million monthly active users, adding roughly 50 million in the last quarter, according to an announcement by Instagram head Adam Mosseri and reporting by…
Do Kwon Pleads Guilty to US Fraud Charges In $40 Billion Crypto Collapse
Do Kwon Pleads Guilty to US Fraud Charges in $40 Billion Crypto Collapse Summary Do Kwon, co-founder of Terraform Labs, pleaded guilty in a New York federal court to conspiracy…
Linus Torvalds Blasts Kernel Dev For ‘Making the World Worse’ With ‘Garbage’ Patches
Linus Torvalds Blasts Kernel Dev For ‘Making the World Worse’ With ‘Garbage’ Patches Summary Linux creator Linus Torvalds publicly criticised a late set of RISC-V patches submitted by Meta engineer…
What Does Palantir Actually Do?
What Does Palantir Actually Do? Summary WIRED unpicks the mythos around Palantir and explains what the company actually sells: complex, large-scale data-integration and analysis software that sits on top of…
To Raise or Not to Raise: Bootstrapped Founders Share Their Views
To Raise or Not to Raise: Bootstrapped Founders Share Their Views Summary At Black Hat USA 2025 a panel of three seasoned security founders — Andrew Morris (GreyNoise), Haroon Meer…
UK Royal Society adopts ‘subscribe to open’ publishing model
UK Royal Society adopts ‘subscribe to open’ publishing model Summary The UK Royal Society will convert eight of its ten journals to the “subscribe to open” (S2O) model from 2026.…