Microsoft has introduced “Mico”, a new animated avatar for its Copilot assistant that can be transformed into the classic Clippy paper clip, a light-hearted feature that sits within a much wider update focused on making AI more personal, expressive, and easier to use across Microsoft’s ecosystem.
Read More New research from Arctic Wolf shows that most security leaders say they would sack staff who fall for phishing scams, even as incidents rise and leaders themselves admit to clicking malicious links.
Read More Waymo has confirmed plans to bring its fully autonomous, driverless ride-hailing service to London in 2026, beginning supervised testing on public roads in the coming weeks.
Read More Google has introduced Recovery Contacts, a new way for users to regain access to a locked Google Account by asking trusted friends or family members to confirm their identity.
Read MoreHundreds of millions of computers are still running Windows 10 as Microsoft ends support on 14 October 2025, raising major concerns about cost, security, and the scale of the global upgrade still to come.
Read More Microsoft has launched a single unified Marketplace bringing together Azure Marketplace and AppSource, offering a central location for cloud services and AI applications integrated directly into the Microsoft ecosystem.
Read More UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has announced that digital ID will become mandatory to prove the right to work in the UK by 2029, triggering both ministerial praise and civil liberties concerns.
Interestingly, a petition on the UK Government’s site : https://petition.parliament.uk/ had attracted approaching three million signatures of people opposed to the bill, within a week of the announcement being made.
Read More OpenAI says it has developed new tools to uncover and limit deceptive “AI Scheming” behaviour in its most advanced AI models, before the risks become real.
Read More New EU rules on who can access and share data from connected products and cloud services are now live, with major implications for UK firms selling into the bloc.
Read More Sainsbury’s has begun testing facial recognition technology in selected stores to identify repeat offenders and reduce shoplifting, triggering a wave of privacy concerns from civil liberties groups.
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