Monthly Archives: August, 2025

A threat actor has been abusing link wrapping services from reputed technology companies to mask malicious links leading to Microsoft 365 phishing pages that collect login credentials. The attacker exploited the URL security feature from cybersecurity company Proofpoint and cloud communications firm Intermedia in campaigns from June through July. Some email security services include a

How technology leaders can help organisations shape their cyber governance practices and strengthen their collaboration across the executive team By Susanne Alfs, Cyber4Directors Published: 30 Jul 2025 The UK Cyber Governance Code of Practice (CGCP), published in April by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, is the outcome of a collaborative effort with industry

Major technology companies are reassessing the way they promote artificial intelligence features after increased scrutiny from industry and federal regulators. Over the past year, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung have revised or retracted several marketing claims about their latest AI products, responding to concerns that promotional materials may overstate what...Read Entire Article...

The UK’s largest police force is massively expanding its use of live facial recognition technology as it prepares to lose 1,700 officers and staff By Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor Published: 01 Aug 2025 18:30 The Metropolitan Police will more than double its number of live facial recognition (LFR) deployments to cover the

A jury in federal court in Miami has found Tesla partly to blame for a fatal 2019 crash that involved the use of the company’s Autopilot driver assistance system. The jury assessed punitive damages only against Tesla, CNBC reported. The punitive fines coupled with a compensatory damages puts the total payments to around $242.5 million.

Image: Rob Schultz / IDG A smart speaker makes for an easy first step into smart home technology. Before you kit out your house with thousands of dollars of lighting and security upgrades, you can familiarize yourself with voice-assistant technology while enjoying music, podcasts, and news in a hands-free home environment. Here are our top

On Tuesday, US Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin announced that the agency is taking aim at the endangerment finding, a 2009 rule that’s essentially the tentpole supporting federal greenhouse-gas regulations. This might sound like an obscure legal situation, but it’s a really big deal for climate policy in the US. So buckle up, and

Watch a subscriber-only conversation on if algorithms can ever be fair. Available only for MIT Alumni and subscribers. Amsterdam tried using algorithms to fairly assess welfare applicants, but bias still crept in. Why did Amsterdam fail? And more important, can this ever be done right? Hear from MIT Technology Review editor Amanda Silverman, investigative reporter Eileen