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…
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points Summary xAI, the company behind Elon Musk’s Grok, launched Grokipedia as an AI-generated alternative to the crowdsourced encyclopedia Wikipedia. WIRED’s reporting found lengthy…
IT Strategy Development Toolkit: – CIO Portal – CIO Portal
IT Strategy Development Toolkit: – CIO Portal – CIO Portal Summary The Complete IT Strategy Development Master Toolkit bundles a Comprehensive IT Strategy Template with a Guide to IT Strategic…
WSUS attacks hit ‘multiple’ orgs as Google and other infosec sleuths ring Redmond’s alarm bell
WSUS attacks hit ‘multiple’ orgs as Google and other infosec sleuths ring Redmond’s alarm bell Summary Security teams have reported active exploitation of a critical Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)…
Python Foundation goes ride or DEI, rejects government grant with strings attached
Python Foundation goes ride or DEI, rejects government grant with strings attached Summary The Python Software Foundation (PSF) declined a $1.5m grant from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) after…
Signal president Meredith Whittaker says they had no choice but to use AWS, and that’s a problem
Signal president Meredith Whittaker says they had no choice but to use AWS, and that’s a problem Summary Signal’s president Meredith Whittaker highlighted how the messaging app — despite its…
Memento Spyware Tied to Chrome Zero-Day Attacks
Memento Spyware Tied to Chrome Zero-Day Attacks Summary Kaspersky researchers traced exploitation of a Chrome zero-day (CVE-2025-2783) to commercial spyware from Memento Labs, the firm that emerged from the old…
Atlas vuln lets crims inject malicious prompts ChatGPT won’t forget between sessions
Atlas vuln lets crims inject malicious prompts ChatGPT won’t forget between sessions Summary Researchers at LayerX disclosed a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that can be used to inject hidden,…