Dismantling Defenses: A Year of Technology Policy Shifts Under Trump
TL;DR Over 2025 the administration enacted a string of policy changes that critics say weaken U.S. capacity to police cyber…
Reddit asks Australia’s High Court to exclude it from kids’ social ban
TL;DR Reddit has taken a legal challenge to Australia’s High Court seeking exemption from a law that bars under‑16s from…
Apple and Google rush emergency patches as zero-days are actively exploited
TL;DR Apple and Google released emergency updates after zero-day vulnerabilities were observed being exploited in the wild. Both firms provided…
Ofcom opens probes after BT and Three outages blocked 999 access
TL;DR Ofcom has launched formal investigations into BT and Three following nationwide mobile voice outages that at times prevented users…
UK government doubles end-user tech framework to £24bn in six months
TL;DR The UK Crown Commercial Service has published a pipeline notice for TePAS 3, a commercial framework for end-user hardware,…
Developers say Apple still flouting EU Digital Markets Act six months on
TL;DR The Coalition for App Fairness says Apple has not meaningfully complied with the EU's Digital Markets Act six months…
UK proposes right for flat owners to demand gigabit broadband access
TL;DR The UK government is consulting on changes to the Electronic Communications Code to give leaseholders in England and Wales…
MPs accuse UK government of neglecting surge in mobile phone thefts
TL;DR MPs say the UK government has failed to follow up on expert recommendations to curb rising mobile phone thefts,…
Young Brits’ Confidence in the Internet Drops Sharply, Ofcom Finds 2025
TL;DR Ofcom's Annual Online Nation research, based on a YouGov poll of 7,340 adults in June 2025, shows people aged…
Canadian court order could force OVH to hand European data to RCMP
TL;DR A Canadian court ordered OVHcloud’s Canadian arm to produce customer account data linked to IPs hosted on OVH servers…