by alex | Dec 31, 2025 | newsletter
The UK’s £100 contactless card payment limit is set to be lifted from March 2026, after the financial regulator confirmed it will remove the fixed cap and give banks greater freedom to decide how contactless payments are handled. Not Forced To Do It Immediately The...
by alex | Dec 31, 2025 | newsletter
The US Department of War has confirmed plans to integrate Elon Musk’s xAI models, including Grok, into its internal GenAI.mil platform, extending advanced artificial intelligence tools to millions of military and civilian personnel from early 2026. xAI The agreement,...
by alex | Dec 31, 2025 | newsletter
Ofcom has opened formal investigations into BT and Three following separate UK-wide mobile network failures this summer that left some customers unable to connect 999 emergency calls. Two Major Outages The investigations centre on two major outages, one affecting...
by alex | Dec 31, 2025 | newsletter
The most serious cyber incidents of 2025 showed a clear move away from data theft towards operational disruption and economic damage. Globally, attackers exploited trusted platforms and supply chains, with US federal systems breached repeatedly and the Clop group...
by alex | Dec 31, 2025 | newsletter
B&Q has added a brick described as the world’s most sustainable to its online marketplace, making a low-carbon construction material previously used mainly on commercial projects available to UK consumers for the first time. Kenoteq The product in question is the...