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…
DEI priorities CIOs should address in 2026 Summary CIOs may not formally own diversity, equity and inclusion, but in 2026 they control the systems that will either entrench inequity or…
Twins who hacked State Dept hired to work for gov again, now charged with deleting databases Summary Federal contractors and twin brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter have been indicted for…
EU probes Meta after WhatsApp kicked rival AIs off platform Summary The European Commission has opened an antitrust investigation into Meta after WhatsApp changed its Business Solution terms to bar…
Palantir wants to set the juice loose with new AI power initiative Summary Palantir has launched Chain Reaction, a new AI-powered software suite aimed at removing energy bottlenecks that constrain…
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…
Latest Windows 11 updates may break the OS’s most basic bits Summary Microsoft has acknowledged that recent monthly cumulative updates (starting July 2025) can cause XAML-dependent components — notably the…
Aisuru botnet turns Q3 into a terabit-scale stress test for the entire internet Summary Cloudflare’s Q3 report shows the Aisuru botnet — a Mirai-class collection of compromised routers, cameras and…
