KFF/New York Times 2025 Survey of Immigrants: Worries and Experiences Amid Increased Immigration Enforcement

Immigrants are a diverse group who play a significant role in our nation’s workforce and communities.  As of June 2025, there were 51.9 million immigrants living in the U.S., and roughly one in four children in the U.S. live with at least one immigrant parent. During his second term, President Trump has implemented an array of immigration policy changes focused on restricting immigration…

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Hackers didn’t get your password, but they may have gotten enough to launch the next big phishing storm

Hackers didn’t need Paddy Power and Betfair users’ passwords to start building targeted scams using personal betting activity Even without card details, stolen emails and IPs can power highly convincing fraud attempts Gamblers are now prime targets for phishing messages tailored to their habits A major data breach affecting up to 800,000 users of two…

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Initial Access, Supply Chain, and IoT

In 2025, the construction industry stands at the crossroads of digital transformation and evolving cybersecurity risks, making it a prime target for threat actors. Cyber adversaries, including ransomware operators, organized cybercriminal networks, and state-sponsored APT groups from countries such as China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, are increasingly focusing their attacks on the building and…

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Circumstances of Covid Christmas lockdown ‘inexcusable’

The circumstances which led to the Welsh government’s decision to impose a Christmas 2020 Covid lockdown across Wales were “inexcusable”, says the chair of the UK public inquiry into the pandemic. Baroness Hallet said Welsh ministers had failed to take “decisive action” against an “entirely foreseeable” Covid variant resulting in the lockdown. Prior to the…

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Poundland sold for less than £1

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK discount retailer Poundland has been sold for less than £1 to US private equity group Gordon Brothers, as its Warsaw-listed owner moves away from selling low-margin consumer goods. Pepco Group said it had sold…

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Supercomputer creates the most realistic virtual brain ever

Using the strength of one of the fastest supercomputers on the planet, scientists have created one of the most comprehensive and biologically realistic animal brain simulations ever developed. This digital reconstruction of the entire mouse cortex gives researchers a new way to explore brain function by recreating conditions such as Alzheimer’s or epilepsy inside a…

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