Two lawmakers are demanding a CFIUS review of a proposal that would hand control of bankrupt Roomba maker iRobot to its main Chinese supplier. They warn the deal poses major data privacy and tech transfer risks to national security.
Italy’s data protection watchdog has issued a stark warning about AI tools that can generate deepfakes. The regulator singled out Elon Musk’s Grok and is coordinating with Irish authorities for potential enforcement.
The UK’s Department for Work and Pensions is launching a £23 million AI system to manage calls from 20 million benefits claimants. The six-year contract aims to steer calls to the right human agent or self-service, hoping to fix a system that’s been missing performance targets since 2020.
The UK has launched a new Government Cyber Action Plan backed by £210m, aiming to protect digital public services from rising threats. A new central Cyber Unit will coordinate defenses as services like healthcare and benefits move online, with the government eyeing £45bn in productivity gains—if it
A federal judge has rejected Amazon’s attempt to dismiss a major price gouging lawsuit. The case alleges the company and its sellers inflated prices on essentials by over 1,000% during the pandemic’s peak.
According to TechRadar, ExpressVPN spent 2025 fundamentally changing its business and tech. It moved from a single, premium price to three new tiers—Basic, Advanced, and Pro—to boost accessibility. The company also solved the notoriously difficult problem of split tunneling on macOS and pushed for o
The European Space Agency has confirmed a breach of its science servers. A hacker is now selling 200 gigabytes of allegedly stolen data, including confidential documents and source code related to upcoming missions like the Ariel telescope.
2025 saw the internet become fully age-gated, with laws in the UK, Australia, and parts of the US requiring ID scans or facial checks. Privacy experts are sounding the alarm, warning this creates massive data risks and could end anonymous browsing for good.
The cybersecurity landscape in 2025 was defined by high-stakes drama. Major security vendors abandoned a key industry test, while criminals turned everyday devices into a global proxy network and AI models faced new, sophisticated jailbreaks.
A massive lab study screened over 1,000 chemicals and found 168 that damage the beneficial bacteria in our gut. Many are common in food, water, and our environment. The researchers warn this could contribute to antibiotic resistance.
