‘Organizations need to stop workarounds and regain control’: Report finds many firms don’t know what their workers are sharing with AI tools

Workers are using unapproved AI, while AI agents amplify visibility issues by accessing and sharing the wrong data.

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Cyber Essentials update could put your public sector contracts at risk

What is Cyber Essentials and why being unprepared for the April update could put your public sector contracts at risk.
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The rising cost of technical debt in IT service management

How technical debt quietly slows ITSM platforms and why governance determines innovation success.

Encryption breaking technology is now 20x cheaper and CEOs should be very worried

Most organizations still talk about post-quantum migration as though it were a normal upgrade cycle. It is not.

‘Zombie Tech continues to haunt UK networks’: Decade-old vulnerabilities fuel 67 million attacks, exposing outdated, insecure systems across organisations nationwide

UK organisations still run decade-old vulnerable systems as attackers exploit them relentlessly, driving millions of attacks and increasing successful breaches nationwide.
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‘Nearly 80 times cheaper than lithium’: China is working on ultra affordable iron battery that can run 16 years without degrading — using one of the most abundant elements on Earth to store power and a water-based electrolyte system that cannot explode

New Chinese iron battery design could deliver decade-long lifespan while cutting reliance on expensive lithium.

Google says it is ‘proud’ to serve the Pentagon – new DoD contract expansion says Gemini will only be used for ‘any lawful purpose’, but what happened to ‘Don’t Be Evil’?

Google’s contract with the Pentagon allows the DoD to use Gemini for ‘any lawful purpose’, and that is a big ethical concern.
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‘It quickly becomes an efficient and economically feasible solution’: This wild saltwater hack could make data centers cooler, cheaper, and unexpectedly water-positive

A salt-based cooling system captures waste heat from data centers to generate water, reduce energy use, and improve efficiency metrics.
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‘Nearly two-thirds of spam came from US-based infrastructure’: Your free Gmail account could be helping criminals send 46% of all commercial spam while wearing down employees with email fatigue

Attackers exploit trusted email platforms, user fatigue, and legitimate infrastructure to bypass defenses, making phishing attacks more effective and harder to detect.
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‘PIN and data remain encrypted at rest’: This unhackable offline device is quietly solving a problem most companies don’t realize is about to cost them everything

Apricorn’s 32TB encrypted drive removes the host computer from security processes, reducing software-based attack exposure while introducing new physical access considerations.
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