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Tech News : Pilotless Cargo Aircraft Takes Flight
A cargo aircraft has completed a week of flights without anyone on board from a working Louisiana airport, demonstrating how autonomous deliveries could become part of everyday aviation while highlighting the regulatory and commercial work still ahead. What Happened? California-based Elroy Air announced on 2 September that its Chaparral aircraft […]
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Tech News : Britons Want Their Messages Kept Private
New polling has found overwhelming support for keeping online conversations private, exposing widespread unease about government access to encrypted messages as Apple continues its legal battle over Britain’s surveillance powers. The Poll The research, published at the end of last month by the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), found […]
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Security Stop-Press : Webpage Tricks Claude Code Into Running Malicious Code
Security researcher Johann Rehberger tricked Claude Code into running malicious code by asking it to summarise a webpage. Testing Opus 5 in Auto Mode, he steered Claude towards an archive. It rejected a supplied program but wrote a replacement that unknowingly loaded a malicious Python file. The payload contacted a […]
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Sustainability-In-Tech : Solar Ambulance Passes Kenya Test
A solar-powered mobile clinic (ambulance) developed by Dutch students has completed more than 800km of testing in Kenya, demonstrating how sunlight could power both the journey to remote communities and the medical equipment needed when it arrives. Taking Healthcare To The Patient For communities far from a hospital, reaching medical […]
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Video Update : Record Meetings And Voice Notes With Copilot
Recording meetings and voice notes with Copilot can help you focus on the discussion, keep track of decisions and catch colleagues up on what they missed, so here’s how to get started. https://player.mediadelivery.net/play/707308/3a3cd6a4-5d2c-4c39-b403-384a7fa5374c
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Tech Tip : Give Your PC A Built-In Health Check
Windows includes a useful health-checking tool that can spot common problems with your PC before they become more troublesome, without needing to install any extra diagnostic software. Why Is This Useful? The Device performance & health section of Windows Security automatically checks several areas that can affect how reliably your […]
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Featured Article : Time Is Running Out For Cyber Security, Warn Top Tech Firms
More than 100 major technology, financial and security organisations have warned that businesses and public bodies have only a limited window to strengthen their cyber defences before increasingly capable AI makes attacks faster, cheaper and considerably more difficult to contain. Why Is The Warning Being Issued Now? The open letter […]
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Tech Insight : Meta Settles Child Harm Claims For $18bn
Meta has agreed to pay approximately US$18 billion and introduce major new restrictions for teenage Facebook and Instagram users, ending a high-profile federal trial brought by US states over allegations that the platforms were designed in ways that harmed children and encouraged excessive use. Why Has Meta Settled? The case […]
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Tech News : Call-Blocking Firm Receives Massive Fine For Making Nuisance Calls
A company selling technology designed to stop nuisance calls has been fined £190,000 after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found that it had itself made more than 758,000 unlawful marketing calls, many of them to elderly and potentially vulnerable people. What Did Elderly Aids Do? Cardiff-based Elderly Aids Ltd promoted […]
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Tech News : Amazon Hikes Device Prices As AI Fuels Memory Shortage
Amazon has sharply increased the US prices of many of its Echo, Fire TV, Kindle and eero devices, with some rises reaching 60 per cent, as the company passes on higher memory and storage costs linked to the wider AI-driven squeeze on semiconductor supply. How Much Have Prices Risen? The […]
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Company Check : 28-Year Linux Code Fight Nears Its End
A US appeals court has upheld the dismissal of the last live claim in a decades-long dispute over IBM’s use of code from Project Monterey, bringing one of the technology industry’s longest-running legal battles close to an end while removing another layer of uncertainty around Linux and open-source software. Where […]
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Security Stop-Press : Cyber Security Event Attendees Targeted With Malicious Google Docs
Cyber criminals targeted Black Hat and DEF CON attendees after the events with convincing follow-up messages and malicious Google Docs. A Huntress researcher was contacted on X by someone posing as a CoinDesk executive and was sent a Google Doc containing a malicious Apps Script sidebar. Mac users were targeted […]
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