The UK government set up a secret Afghan relocation scheme after the personal data of thousands of people was inadvertently leaked, it can be revealed. A dataset containing the details of nearly 19,000 people who applied to move to the UK following the Taliban takeover of the country was released in error by a British…
New Microsoft Research paper identifies areas where AI is already being used the most It also shows areas that AI has very little influence on currently The research could show potential for AI job augmentation, not just replacement I don’t know about you, but I have this kind of nagging fear that AI is coming…
1. Giving defenders an edge with agentic capabilities Last year, we announced Big Sleep, an AI agent developed by Google DeepMind and Google Project Zero, that actively searches and finds unknown security vulnerabilities in software. By November 2024, Big Sleep was able to find its first real-world security vulnerability, showing the immense potential of AI…
Joe Daniel Price via Getty James Canton spent two years sitting beneath an 800-year-old oak tree near his home in Essex, watching acorns fatten and butterflies land on the massive knurled grey trunk. Sometimes he sat in the branches too. Canton, a lecturer at the University of Essex, recalls how it helped him feel a…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government set up a secret multibillion-pound scheme to relocate thousands of Afghans to Britain after a data leak put them at risk of reprisals from the Taliban — and gagged the media with…
Kevin Peachey BBC Cost of Living Correspondent Getty Images Savers with cash in low-interest accounts will be targeted with offers to invest their money in stocks and shares instead, under government plans. Banks will send savers details of possible investments and there will be an advertising campaign to raise awareness, the Treasury said. In a…
VRI will complement NCSC’s current vulnerability research efforts It will be tasked with communicating NCSC’s needs with external experts The goal is to understand the flaws, patches, and research methodology The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) just announced the forming of The Vulnerability Research Initiative (VRI), a new program that will see it partner…
Mark Poynting Climate reporter, BBC News Getty Images Reservoirs in the Midlands are showing lower levels than usual The East and West Midlands have officially entered drought, joining the North West and Yorkshire, after yet another hot and dry spell of weather. The announcement by the Environment Agency follows England’s driest start to the year…
It was a lawsuit unlike any other. On August 25 2023, just days before he resigned as UK defence secretary, Ben Wallace asked judges in London for an injunction to keep a historic national security debacle secret. The Ministry of Defence had recently discovered that 18 months earlier a British soldier had mistakenly released a…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is poised to face members of the Senate on Tuesday to get the ball rolling on his nomination to represent the U.S. at the United Nations. Waltz’s appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee comes months after he exited his job…
