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Key Takeaways Chat Control divides Europe: Supporters frame it as essential for child safety, while opponents warn it’s a “monster” that will undermine privacy. Encryption at risk: Mandating client-side scanning effectively creates backdoors, weakening end-to-end encryption and exposing users to cyber threats. Unproven and invasive: Automated detection systems risk false positives and may violate Article …

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TechUK survey suggests English datacentres are consuming less water than perhaps expected, but concerns persist about how transparent the sector is being about its water usage By Tiago Ventura, Computer Weekly Published: 05 Sep 2025 17:22 A report into commercial datacentres’ water usage in England suggests the sector is more efficient and less water-intensive than …

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US cyber data sharing legislation is set to replace an Obama-era law, but time is running out to get it over the line, with global ramifications for the security industry, and intelligence and law enforcement communities By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 05 Sep 2025 16:15 A long-awaited update to the US’s Cybersecurity Information Sharing …

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The recent cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover is keeping workers out of the plants as possible attack group identity becomes public By Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor Published: 05 Sep 2025 15:30 Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has told its car workers to stay away from the assembly lines until at least Tuesday, as a …

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metamorworks – stock.adobe.com Labour wants the UK to become the world leader in artificial intelligence assurance By Cliff Saran, Managing Editor Published: 04 Sep 2025 12:45 The government has unveiled its Trusted third parties AI assurance roadmap as it attempts to encourage investment in UK artificial intelligence (AI), covering professional certification and verification of AI quality processes. …

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Before satellite measurements, researchers relied on estimates and data from a smattering of air and ground-based sensors. An instrument on Mauna Loa, Hawaii, with the longest record of direct carbon dioxide measurements, is also slated for shutdown under Trump’s budget. It requires a sustained, consistent dataset to recognize trends. That’s why, for example, the US …

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We’re working with a patchwork system, and there are a lot of gray areas. Vaccinations were available at CVS in Huntington Park, California, on August 28, 2024. Credit: Getty | Christina House As fall approaches and COVID cases tick up, you might be thinking about getting this season’s COVID-19 vaccine. The annually updated shots have …

Who can get a COVID vaccine—and how? It’s complicated. Read More »

Authors revealed today that Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion and destroy all copies of the books the AI company pirated to train its artificial intelligence models. In a press release provided to Ars, the authors confirmed that the settlement is “believed to be the largest publicly reported recovery in the history of US copyright …

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An all-new iPhone variant, plus a long list of useful (if predictable) upgrades. Apple’s next product announcement is coming soon. Credit: Apple Apple’s next product announcement is coming soon. Credit: Apple Apple’s next product event is happening on September 9, and while the company hasn’t technically dropped any hints about what’s coming, anyone with a working …

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However, it’s important to note that neither of those metrics gives as complete a picture as some Internet discussions suggest they do; Civilization VII launched on other platforms and game stores like the PlayStation 5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and Epic Game Store, and those wouldn’t be captured in Steam numbers—even though it intuitively seems likely …

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