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* After the Trump family and his administration prevailed upon Romanian officials to release suspected international sex traffickers, the Tate brothers are now set to be extradited to the UK. [ Forbes ] * Litigation funders getting squeezed on both sides. Some states have attempted to ban their work, and elsewhere investors are putting money behind law firms directly rather than work with a funder. [ Bloomberg Law News ] * ACLU gearing up to take on state surveillance tactics, which are much mor

Company aims to develop AI software that cuts research times and use of rare metals in chipmakers’ supply chains Business live – latest updates Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, and the UK government have invested in a £2bn British artificial intelligence startup that is aiming to become the “search engine for rare materials” that accelerates the next wave of technological breakthroughs. The Cambridge-based CuspAI has raised $450m (£330m) in funding from investors including Bezos and the government’

Hacking groups behind attacks on UK organisations reveal how the profile of criminals is changing

Physicists have longed for a theory of everything, a single framework that would explain every force in the universe. After the better part of a century, they’re still looking. But social science, improbably, may have beaten them to it. In 2021, three British writers — John Myers, Sam Bowman, and Ben Southwood — published an […]

The British AI Security Institute warns that open-weight models like GLM-5.2 and DeepSeek V4-Pro now trail closed frontier models in cyber capabilities by four to seven months. At the start of 2025, the gap was still six to ten months. It also found that safety measures on open models are largely ineffective, leaving defenders less time to prepare. The article Open-weight models now match frontier cyber performance from just four months ago at a fraction of the cost appeared first on The Decoder

Background: Binge eating disorder (BED) is highly prevalent and impairing; yet, the UK national guideline–recommended first-line treatment of guided self-help (ie, supported program-led interventions in which content is delivered by the program with brief support) remains underused in routine National Health Service (NHS) care. Digital delivery offers a scalable approach, but evidence from real-world NHS settings is limited. Objective: This real-world evaluation aimed to pilot a supported digita

I watched Ferris Bueller’s Day Off which was as great as I remember. It has an age rating of PG-13 in the US and 15 in the UK for bad language and some kissing. (There is also lying to parents but apparently that doesn’t count.) This seems absurd. I have way less problem with some light cursing/petting than films that are ostensibly for kids like cartoons and superhero movies that treat mass existential threat as an incident plot point in the hero’s journey. Like: Frozen 2 in which the entire ci

UK agency warns cheaper open models could leave companies less time to patch critical vulnerabilities

Plus: A free 'good practice guide' for video game writing contracts in the UK.

Every UK bank says it’s ‘exploring AI’. But in reality, most mean they’re ‘waiting for permission’. ...

Founded this year by brothers Rohit and Rishabh Kumar, LexiTrove is taking a specialist approach to legal AI and focusing exclusively on UK employment law. The startup is building its […] The post Startup Corner: LexiTrove – AI for the employment matter lifecycle appeared first on Legal IT Insider .

The Spotify managed accounts for children of 13 years age and below would be available in 6 countries like UK, US, Germany where parents can create these separate accounts for kids and control the settings. The post Spotify expands free managed accounts for children to six new markets appeared first on MEDIANAMA .

Designers say that as well as offering a degree of protection from surveillance, their clothes make a powerful fashion statement about the importance of privacy As facial recognition technology is rolled out across Britain’s public spaces, a new generation of designers say privacy could be the next big fashion trend. Companies have started incorporating “adversarial patterns” in their garments – carefully designed arrangements of shapes, colours and repeated motifs said to exploit weaknesses in

The UK and EU have committed twice as much money as the US to investments in the computing sector

arXiv:2607.15051v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Canadian organizations deploying artificial intelligence systems face a fragmented regulatory landscape spanning federal requirements (the Treasury Board Directive on Automated Decision-Making) and divergent provincial regulations across Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba, and British Columbia. The death of Bill C-27 (Artificial Intelligence and Data Act) in January 2025 - and the federal government's June 2026 confirmation that it will pursue targ

“Age checks are a cornerstone of the UK’s online safety laws,” said Ofcom’s Chief Executive, Melanie Dawes. “Too many services have no or inadequate age checks in place, which is not good enough.”

The Royal Air Force plans to develop a new electronic warfare drone dubbed Storm Chrome, along with a long-range, one-way attack drone called Storm Fire, according to Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth.

The regulator is assessing whether the platform is doing enough to protect children from harmful content.

Canadian organizations deploying artificial intelligence systems face a fragmented regulatory landscape spanning federal requirements (the Treasury Board Directive on Automated Decision-Making) and divergent provincial regulations across Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba, and British Columbia. The death of Bill C-27 (Artificial Intelligence and Data Act) in January 2025 - and the federal government's June 2026 confirmation that it will pursue targeted instruments rather than omnibus AI legislat

Ofcom concerned TikTok’s age verification is ineffective, leaving some exposed to posts on suicide, self-harm and pornography TikTok is under formal investigation over concerns it has failed to protect children from harmful content, the UK’s online regulator, Ofcom, has announced. The social media platform’s approach to checking the ages of users has sparked “particular concerns” at the watchdog, almost a year after measures to protect children from the worst of online content came into effect u

Shares hit 13-year low after UK grocery delivery group reports lower profits and says new installations will be delayed

It follows a review by the regulator in May that criticised the platform for not being "safe enough" for children.

Regulator Ofcom finds evidence of children using the technology to get around age checks

Project is part of ambitious goal to cut development times drastically and ultimately attract venture capital backing

Mastercard is opening an agentic AI sandbox in the UK, to help banks and retaillers explore, test and validate use cases before introducing them into production

Turns Out The Biglaw Firms That Bent The Knee To Trump Have Even More To Rue: Those deals keep looking worse and worse. Todd Blanche Used To Have The Respect Of His Former SDNY Colleagues: Not so much anymore. Oopsie! Todd Blanche's Freudian slip during the confirmation hearing isn't the only thing getting people talking. Merger? What Merger? Linklaters and Cleary definitely weren't talking about a merger . Anarchy In The UK : Kentucky Law's already messy dean selection process has spawned a law

Dean's two-night arena stand reflects just how fast the British singer has gone from promising rising act to bona fide superstar.

Soon-to-be UK Law dean Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove got sued in his own old courthouse. The post Kentucky Law Professor Sues To Stop New Dean And Every Federal Judge Already Recused appeared first on Above the Law .

The US government's restrictions on Anthropic and OpenAI frontier models have intensified calls in the UK and other countries to reduce their reliance on US tech companies, with significant cyber implications.

The UK economy has remained resilient, but the war in the Middle East has dampened near-term growth prospects. Growth is projected to slow to 1.0 percent in 2026 before gradually recovering as the ...

When it comes to efforts to chart the risks of AI, London’s standout resident is the AISI. It was launched in 2023 by former prime minister Rishi Sunak at the first global AI Safety summit, held at ...

Drone swarming is often referenced as an important future capability, with little understanding of what is possible today, and how the tactic is enabled.

HSBC UK is working with Visa to develop AI-powered shopping experiences, introducing secure technologies that will enable customers to use their cards in agentic commerce in a trusted and controlled way.

A UK government-backed study finds nearly two in five children have bypassed online age checks, mainly by lying about their age. The findings raise questions about the effectiveness of age assurance systems under the Online Safety Act. The post 39% of UK children bypass age checks, mostly by lying about their age: Report appeared first on MEDIANAMA .

The U.K. Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Information Commissioner's Office announced the seven inaugural non-executive board members who will lead the reorganized data protection ...

Hong Kong has approved its first “digitally native” tokenised fund, allowing professional investors to hold direct ownership of the underlying assets on a public blockchain, issuer Baillie Gifford says, as the city steps up its challenge to the US as a global crypto hub. The British fund manager said on Wednesday it had received approval from the Securities and Futures Commission to launch the Baillie Gifford Enhanced Yield Fund (BAGEY) – an actively managed portfolio of short-duration...

Paid-for political access and threadbare regulations have helped to embed the US tech firm in the NHS – and beyond. But there is a way to free ourselves Andy Burnham faces a lot of big decisions . But one of the incoming prime minister’s biggest early tests is what he does about the world’s “ scariest company ” – Palantir. The US defence and surveillance tech behemoth has a swathe of British public contracts, including, most controversially, a £330m deal with the NHS . It’s pretty clear what man