Emma Woollacott
Emma Woollacott is a freelance journalist writing for publications including the BBC, Private Eye, Forbes, Raconteur and specialist technology titles.
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Data center markets are booming in these EMEA countriesNews Research from Savills shows Finland and Saudi Arabia are supercharging capacity, and smaller European cities are getting in on the act
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Logistics firm supply chain breach hits Valve and other customersNews After the hack of Ceva Logistics, customers are being warned to look out for scam emails
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Warning issued over Gunra ransomware gang as attacks ramp up globallyNews Recruiting pen testers and 'ethical' hackers, the group targets known vulnerabilities in internet-facing devices
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Cyber experts issue warning over new 'memory poisoning' technique targeting AI agentsNews Memory poisoning allows hidden text on a webpage to be treated as fact and used to make harmful decisions
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Swiss authorities urge calm amid fears over SharePoint credential leakNews The Federal Office for Information Technology and Telecommunication said that while accounts have been compromised, no sensitive data has been accessed
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US cloud 'kill switch' is as dangerous as ransomware, European businesses fearNews More than half reckon they couldn't last more than a day without cloud services
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Attacks on US water systems could be the tip of the iceberg, cyber experts warnNews Internet-exposed programmable logic controllers are also found in electric utilities, manufacturing and transportation
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Cyber criminals are selling discount AI tokens on underground forumsNews Sites such as Poison Claude and Ecomagent.in are taking advantage of genuine promo offers and reselling access
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Microsoft forks out record-breaking sums with expanded bug bounty programNews Hundreds of security researchers won a share of $20 million after the tech giant expanded its bug hunting scheme
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This one engineering role could be the key to building a truly data-driven enterpriseNews AI has increased the expectation for fast, or even instant, decisions. Data streaming engineers could help leaders keep pace
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Pentesters are finding more bugs with AI than they can fixNews Hallucinated exploits and fabricated vulnerabilities are adding to pentester workloads
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Police National Legal Database confirms data leaked on the dark webNews The hack has been claimed by the same group as last week's Department for Education breach
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Analysts ponder whether big tech is 'overbuilding' as AI infrastructure projects accelerateNews New analysis finds uncertainty about future demand, but predicts that the use of gas, solar, and battery storage will help
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Three things you need to know about the new EU AI Act rulesNews From this week, organizations operating in the EU have a new set of obligations around AI content and transparency
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Oracle integrates Google's Gemini AI models into enterprise appsThe deal aims to give broader access to Gemini models that can support AI agents and accelerate development
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Applications open for EU AI gigafactoriesThe European Commission wants to build sovereign AI infrastructure, with €10 billion of public funding
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Head teacher data accessed in Department for Education cyber attackThe incident highlights the continuing vulnerability of the education sector
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Ofgem mulls fees for data center grid connection requestsThe proposal aims to tackle speculative data center projects, which are holding up the UK’s electricity connection queue
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Zscaler and Schwarz Digits team up on sovereign cloud security platformNews The sovereign Zero Trust SASE service is aimed at critical sectors such as government, defense, finance, and healthcare
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A new vishing campaign is targeting Microsoft TeamsNews Researchers warn Microsoft Teams users across North America are in the crosshairs
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Orange plans €3 billion joint sovereign data center ventureNews The new sovereign platform will incorporate Orange's existing data center portfolio, with a planned capacity of 400 MW
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UK firms are automating roles, but nowhere near ready to outright replace themNews ONS figures show that organizations are automating tasks, rather than entire jobs
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Enterprises aren't moving fast enough on post-quantum cryptography preparationsNews Organizations need to move faster on post-quantum cryptography preparations, according to new research, as concerns over 'harvest now, decrypt later' attacks rise.
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Two-thirds of workers are so fed up with ‘AI slop’ that they ‘feel nostalgic for pre-AI work’News A survey has revealed that dealing with low-quality 'AI slop' is making jobs feel less meaningful and more repetitive
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