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Company Check : UK Mobile Networks Not Ready For AI Traffic
9 September 2026UK mobile networks risk struggling to cope as AI becomes embedded into phones, wearables, vehicles and everyday business applications, a problem recently highlighted by VodafoneThree as it warned that slow 5G upgrades and planning delays could leave Britain’s connectivity infrastructure unable to keep pace with growing demand. Why Could AI […]
Tagged AI, Mobile, Network, UK
Featured Article : New York Bans AI For Most Schoolchildren For A Year
9 September 2026New York City has introduced a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI for children from 2-K through eighth grade, affecting nearly 600,000 pupils in the largest US public school system. Why Has The Ban Been Introduced? The policy applies throughout the 2026–27 school year and removes student-facing generative AI from […]
Tagged AI, Ban, Legislation, Social Media
Tech Insight : AI Model Completes Full Cyber Attack Autonomously
9 September 2026An advanced AI model has independently completed an entire cyber attack against a live enterprise-style network in tests, marking what the company describes as a move from AI-assisted hacking towards autonomous cyber operations and raising urgent questions about whether traditional defences can keep pace. Booz Allen Test US technology and […]
Tagged AI, Cyber Attack, Model, Security
Tech News : Pilotless Cargo Aircraft Takes Flight
9 September 2026A 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 […]
Tagged Aircraft, Flight, Pilotless
Tech News : Britons Want Their Messages Kept Private
9 September 2026New 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 […]
Tagged Messages, Privacy
Security Stop-Press : Webpage Tricks Claude Code Into Running Malicious Code
9 September 2026Security 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 […]
Tagged Claude, Code, Security, Webpage
Sustainability-In-Tech : Solar Ambulance Passes Kenya Test
9 September 2026A 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 […]
Tagged Ambulance, Solar, sustainability, Test
Video Update : Record Meetings And Voice Notes With Copilot
9 September 2026Recording 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
Tagged AI, Copilot, Meetings, Notes
Tech Tip : Give Your PC A Built-In Health Check
9 September 2026Windows 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 […]
Tagged Health, PC, Tool, Windows
Featured Article : Time Is Running Out For Cyber Security, Warn Top Tech Firms
2 September 2026More 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 […]
Tagged Cybersecurity, Security, Tech
Tech Insight : Meta Settles Child Harm Claims For $18bn
2 September 2026Meta 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 […]
Tagged Child, Claims, Harm, Meta
Tech News : Call-Blocking Firm Receives Massive Fine For Making Nuisance Calls
2 September 2026A 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 […]
Tagged AI, Blocking, Calls