A new survey reveals that one in five UK companies are shifting AI workloads overseas as soaring electricity prices and infrastructure constraints hamper domestic AI deployment, raising concerns over UK’s technological sovereignty. One in five UK firms have already shifted AI workloads overseas because electricity costs at home are too…

The European Commission has awarded a six-year, €180 million cloud services contract to European providers, marking a strategic move to enhance digital sovereignty and reduce reliance on non-EU technology firms. The European Commission has awarded a six-year cloud services tender worth up to €180 million, in a move designed to…

Changes to Google’s consent handling for Analytics and Ads, set for June 2026, face criticism over reduced control and increased compliance risks for advertisers, prompting industry concern about privacy and legal exposures. Google’s move to change how Analytics and Ads handle consent is drawing criticism from privacy and measurement specialists,…

Small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK are feeling the pinch from soaring energy bills and supply chain chaos as the Middle East conflict intensifies, prompting calls for strategic resilience measures. The escalation of conflict in the Middle East is once again being felt far beyond the region, and for…

A coordinated social‑engineering campaign infected organisations through fake tech support calls, utilising modified Havoc framework and legitimate remote management tools to establish a durable presence, with rapid lateral movement indicating intent for data exfiltration or ransomware deployment. Threat researchers have detailed a coordinated social‑engineering campaign in which attackers posed as…

Multiple Amazon Web Services data-centre sites in the UAE and Bahrain were damaged in drone strikes, causing widespread service outages and highlighting increased regional militarisation and vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure. Amazon Web Services said drone strikes in the Gulf damaged multiple data-centre sites, knocking key cloud capacity offline and triggering…

A major outage at Amazon Web Services on 16 February 2026 caused cascading failures across numerous online services, including a significant disruption at social media platform X, highlighting vulnerabilities in shared cloud infrastructure. A sudden surge of error reports tied to Amazon Web Services (AWS) on 16 February 2026 produced…

Substack has disclosed a significant security lapse after a four-month delay in uncovering a breach that exposed contact details of around 700,000 users, raising concerns over platform security and response times. Substack has disclosed that an unauthorised party gained access to user contact information in an intrusion that occurred in…

Researchers from Palo Alto Networks reveal a large-scale, prolonged cyber-espionage operation targeting governments and vital sectors in over 37 nations, with signs of geopolitical timing and sophisticated attack methods. A sweeping cyber‑espionage campaign operating out of Asia has compromised computer systems belonging to governments and critical infrastructure organisations in more…

Stockholm startup Bits secures €12 million in Series A funding to enhance automation and expand its integrated compliance platform, aiming to streamline anti-money laundering and customer onboarding processes across Europe amid increasing regulatory demands. Bits, a Stockholm start-up that supplies compliance and customer onboarding infrastructure to banks and regulated fintechs,…

Regulatory reforms are transforming how blockchain projects communicate, emphasising legal scrutiny, transparency, and institutional trust, as industry shifts away from hype towards compliant, measured outreach. Regulatory change is reshaping how blockchain projects present themselves to the public, pushing outreach away from speculative hype and towards measured, compliance-aware communication. Industry observers…

Micron Technology is investing US$24 billion in a new wafer fabrication plant in Singapore to boost NAND production in response to soaring demand driven by artificial intelligence and data workloads, signalling a strategic move to address ongoing chip shortages. US memory-chip maker Micron Technology has begun construction of a major…