All articles by Swagath Bandhakavi
Swagath Bandhakavi
UK councils tap AI to modernise public services amid push for £45bn savings
From social care to waste management, councils are using AI to streamline operations and improve services, with DSIT highlighting several ongoing projects.
UK government abandons AI welfare system pilots citing scalability issues
Two initiatives previously highlighted as successful generative AI concepts in the DWP’s annual report were among the projects that have been discontinued.
PayPal reaches settlement with New York State over 2022 data breach
The breach, which took place from 6 to 8 December 2022, involved cybercriminals exploiting security flaws in PayPal’s systems using credential-stuffing attacks.
UK regulators to boost open banking with independent VRP operator
The FCA and PSR aim to launch an independent operator, led by Open Banking Limited, to streamline recurring payments across utilities, government, and financial services.
CMA opens parallel investigations into Apple and Google’s mobile ecosystems
The investigations will examine operating systems, app stores, and browsers to assess whether Apple and Google hold strategic market status and affect competition, innovation, and consumer choice.
Agentic AI identified as core to IT operations by 53% of CIOs and CTOs
According to PagerDuty’s survey, 88% of respondents consider the technology either central or complementary to their IT operations over the next one to two years.
65% of energy professionals rank cybersecurity as industry’s greatest risk
DNV Cyber’s survey found that the number of organisations facing heightened OT cyber risks has surged, rising from 64% in 2023 to 71% in 2024.
South Korea’s SK hynix expects AI chip sales to more than double in 2025
The semiconductor supplier reported 2024 revenues of $46.1bn, driven by strong AI memory chip sales.
LinkedIn faces class-action lawsuit in US over AI data sharing practices
The lawsuit alleges that LinkedIn secretly shared private InMail messages from Premium subscribers with third parties to train AI models.
Cloudflare blocks 21.3 million DDoS attacks in 2024, reports record 53% surge
The connectivity cloud company’s 20th DDoS Threat Report reveals an average mitigation rate of 4,870 attacks per hour, alongside a sharp rise in hyper-volumetric attacks.