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‘Authorities can ask them to hand over data’: Report claims over 80% of Europeans don’t trust US and Chinese businesses to handle their data – Europe is desperate for homegrown AI, cloud, and telecoms as the rift with the US grows

8 in 10 Europeans say they don’t trust US or Chinese data handling Europeans are more likely to trust their own government over foreign firms The desire for homegrown alternatives is rising Over 8 in 10 Europeans don’t trust US or Chinese tech firms to handle their data appropriately, a…

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Adobe issues emergency security patch — Reader and Acrobat users need to update now

Adobe patches Acrobat Reader zero‑day exploited since Dec 2025 CVE‑2026‑34621 enabled RCE via malicious PDFs Users must update; no workarounds available, defenders urged to monitor traffic Adobe has released a fix for a vulnerability in Acrobat Reader which was being exploited as a zero-day since December 2025. The vulnerability is…

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What 2025 taught us about the importance of resilience in retail

When it rains, it pours. That phrase defined retail cybersecurity in 2025. What began as isolated incidents quickly became prolonged, intense disruptions, exposing just how interconnected — and fragile — modern retail operations really are. Nadir Izrael CTO and Co-Founder at Armis. Over the year, high-profile retailers around the world…

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Mobile Industry Awards 2026 – Entries open now!

We’re delighted to officially open the entries for the Mobile Industry Awards 2026! The Mobile Industry Awards are the gold standard of excellence – from the boardroom to the grassroots, the entrants represent the best and brightest the UK mobile industry has to offer. We are delighted to say that…

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‘A secret agreement’: Microsoft urges judge to throw out claims it colluded with OpenAI to boost ChatGPT prices — could this be the needle to pop the AI bubble?

Microsoft seeks dismissal of lawsuit alleging Azure exclusivity inflated ChatGPT subscription pricing Judge questions arbitration claims tied to OpenAI agreements and Microsoft legal arguments Subscribers argue compute supply restrictions limited output and increased service costs A group of ChatGPT Plus subscribers is facing pushback in court after Microsoft asked a…

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Forget Dr Doolittle, study finds animals might not only want to use tech, but they also want to talk to us with it — and it could be ‘incredibly powerful for the future of conservation’

Lemurs engage more with tech when humans share control of interactive systems Zoo visitors stayed longer when animals visibly responded to inputs Shared control increased both animal interaction frequency and visitor attention A research team from the University of Glasgow has tested whether animals can engage with technology in ways…

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