Textile waste: African nations denounce fast fashion’s interference in a UN project
Published November 3, 2025 Several African organisations, supported by European, Asian and American experts, have…
How PDI built an enterprise-grade RAG system for AI applications with AWS
PDI Technologies is a global leader in the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale industries. They help businesses around the globe increase efficiency and profitability by securely connecting their data and operations. With 40 years of experience, PDI Technologies assists customers in all aspects of their business, from understanding consumer behavior to simplifying technology ecosystems across…
Tees mental health trust families and patients to meet
Stuart WhincupNorth East and Cumbria Family handouts The families of Christie Harnett, Nadia Sharif and Emily Moore campaigned for a public inquiry into the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Trust Families and former patients who say they were “failed” by a health trust are meeting to discuss what they would like to see covered in…
A bleak midwinter in London’s hospital corridors of care
Karl MercerBBC London political editor BBC Roy Mitchell, accompanied by son Cliff, was among the many patients experiencing “corridor care” when the BBC visited Queen’s Hospital Matthew Trainer thinks this is the hardest winter he can remember. He’s the chief executive of Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust – and says the number of…
Wes Streeting admits NHS ‘falling short’ on autism and ADHD
The Health Secretary has admitted the NHS is “falling short” on meeting demand for adult autism and ADHD diagnosis. Speaking to BBC Radio Oxford, he was responding to a question about adult referrals having been paused in Oxfordshire since 2024. But he said it was a national issue that he was “very worried about”. When…
What Security Teams Must Prepare for in 2026
The 2026 Security Predictions webinar reinforced a simple but uncomfortable truth. The forces shaping cyber risk are not new, but they are converging faster and with greater impact than many organizations are ready for. Geopolitics, insider risk, and threat intelligence have long influenced cyber operations. What has changed is the extent to which they directly…
Google brings Personal Intelligence to AI Mode in Search
With Google Search, you should be able to ask any question and find precisely what you need. Accessing the world’s information is the foundation, but the most helpful search experience brings together that global knowledge with insights that are uniquely relevant to you. To make this vision possible, today we’re expanding Personal Intelligence to AI…
Global Health Funding in the FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor HHS) Conference Bill & Accompanying Report
The Committee on Appropriations released its FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor HHS) conference bill and accompanying report on January 20, 2026. While most U.S. global health funding is provided to the State Department through a separate appropriations bill (see the KFF budget summary on this funding here), the…
AI Health Tools Raise Safety Concerns. Plus, Flu Vaccine Myths Spread During Record Season — The Monitor
VOLUME 38 January 22, 2026 Highlights New features from AI companies, like ChatGPT Health and Claude for Healthcare, aim to provide personalized health guidance as OpenAI reports more than 40 million daily users seek health information from its chatbot, but concerns remain about AI providing wrong or dangerous health advice, particularly around mental health. And…
KONNI Adopts AI to Generate PowerShell Backdoors
Key Findings: Check Point Research (CPR) is tracking a phishing campaign linked to a North Korea–aligned threat actor known as KONNI. This activity goes beyond KONNI’s typical focus areas, indicating broader targeting across the APAC region, including Japan, Australia, and India. The campaign targets software developers and engineering teams with expertise in, or access to,…
Google Acquires Top Talent From AI Voice Startup Hume AI in Licensing Deal
Google DeepMind is hiring the CEO and several top engineers from Hume AI, a startup working on emotionally intelligent voice interfaces, as part of a new licensing agreement, WIRED has learned. Financial details of the deal are confidential, but Hume AI says the company will continue to supply its technology to other frontier AI labs….
