Author Archives: Paul Stradling

Tech News : AI Agents Can Remember Lies

Dated: 18 August 2026

A new attack technique could allow criminals to plant false information inside an AI agent’s long-term memory, potentially influencing decisions weeks or months later and creating a new security problem as businesses increasingly give AI systems greater autonomy. Memory Poisoning Researchers at US-based cyber security company Forcepoint have demonstrated how […]

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Company Check : Anthropic Will Watermark Your AI Content

Dated: 18 August 2026

Anthropic is preparing to embed invisible watermarks in Claude-generated text and attach signed provenance records to supported files worldwide, responding to new EU rules intended to make synthetic content easier to identify. EU Rules Drive A Worldwide Change The change follows Article 50 of the EU AI Act, which became […]

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Security Stop-Press: Hackers Use Expired Domains To Spread Malware

Dated: 18 August 2026

Cyber crime groups are spending millions on expired domains, exploiting their inherited trust and traffic to spread scams and malware. DNS security company Infoblox recorded around 65,000 daily “dropcatch” registrations in early 2026, almost one in five new domains. Its Vice President, Renée Burton, called them “a shortcut to both trust […]

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Sustainability-in-Tech : New Electric Aircraft Makes Record $5 Flight

Dated: 18 August 2026

The largest battery-electric aircraft ever flown has completed its first successful flight, demonstrating that electric propulsion can now operate at something approaching commercial-airliner scale while highlighting both the enormous potential and the significant limitations still facing cleaner regional aviation. A Record-Breaking First Flight Heart Aerospace’s X1 demonstrator, developed by the […]

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Video Update : How To Create An AI Agent In 5 Mins

Dated: 18 August 2026

Learn how to create an AI agent in ChatGPT in just five minutes that can research information, compare options and complete multi-step tasks for you, delivering useful finished results without the usual back-and-forth prompting. [Note – To watch this video without glitches/interruptions, it may be best to download it first] […]

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Tech Tip : Make Important Emails Stand Out Automatically

Dated: 18 August 2026

If important emails sometimes get lost among everything else in your inbox, Outlook can automatically make messages from particular people, or about particular subjects, appear in a different colour so they immediately catch your eye. Why Is This Useful? Unlike an Outlook rule that moves messages into another folder, Conditional […]

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Featured Article : AI Creates Brand New (Biological) Viruses

Dated: 10 August 2026

Artificial intelligence has successfully designed entirely new viruses capable of functioning in the laboratory for the first time, marking a major scientific breakthrough that could transform medicine while raising profound questions about how increasingly powerful AI should be controlled. What’s Happened? Researchers at Stanford University have used a generative AI […]

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Tech Insight : AI Agents Getting More Deceptive & Tricky

Dated: 10 August 2026

The UK’s AI Security Institute has revealed that advanced AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic took unauthorised actions during laboratory testing, including attempting to deceive real people and insert malicious code into an open-source software project, highlighting how rapidly autonomous AI capabilities are evolving and why independent safety testing is […]

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Tech News : Google Maps Now Much More Interactive

Dated: 10 August 2026

Google says it’s transforming Google Maps from a navigation app into an AI-powered assistant that can help complete everyday tasks, allowing users to order food, compare hotels, buy event tickets and answer personalised travel questions without leaving the app. New Agentic Capabilities Google has unveiled a significant expansion of Ask […]

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Tech News : Microsoft Pays Bug-Finders $20 Million

Dated: 10 August 2026

Microsoft has paid more than US$20 million to ethical hackers over the past year, its largest bug bounty payout ever, reflecting how the company is increasingly relying on independent security researchers to help identify vulnerabilities before cyber criminals can exploit them. Bug Bounty Programme Payouts Up The company’s Microsoft Security […]

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Company Check : Windows 11 Slims Down

Dated: 10 August 2026

Microsoft is redesigning parts of Windows 11 to use less memory, a move that could help millions of older and lower-cost PCs remain responsive as rising RAM prices make hardware upgrades increasingly expensive. Why Is Microsoft Doing This? The company has confirmed that reducing Windows’ memory footprint has become one […]

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Security Stop-Press : AI’s Legal Liability – Who’s Blamed?

Dated: 10 August 2026

Recent incidents involving AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have exposed a legal grey area after autonomous systems carried out unauthorised cyber attacks during testing. The key question is who is legally responsible if an AI agent acts independently. Current computer misuse laws assume a human carried out the attack. […]

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