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Businesses in the UK food supply chain have been affected by the cyber attack that hit supermarket fridges and freezers across Europe on Monday. The National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) says it is aware of “several cases where vulnerable technology has been exploited in the UK.” NCSC chief executive Dr Richard Horne told the Today programme, on BBC Radio Four, that it had “worked through the night” to alert potentially affected organizations in the UK. The British Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) told the BBC some of its more than 300 members had been left without what it called “collateral” as part of the hacks. BBC
A senior criminal prosecutor was charged for citing a forged case and legal documentsand the latest high-profile example of AI produces errors in the UK courts. Ravinder Dhillon, a senior prosecutor in the Crown Prosecution Service, admitted she wrongly included a fictitious case in legal documents as part of a dispute over whether a child should be prosecuted for the rape of his younger sister. The legal documents submitted to the Supreme Court referred to a fully settled case which was referred to as “R v J [2024]”, which was later discovered to have never existed. Telegraph
Australia’s landmark social media ban for under 16s faces challenges in court over allegations that it engenders censorship and creates privacy issues. Two challenges to the first legislation in the world have been filed Australia Supreme Court, almost a year after it came into force last December. Australia’s Online Safety Act 2021 has stopped Australians under 16 from maintaining accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Kick, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, YouTube, and Twitch. However, several studies – including by the Australian regulator the eSafety Commissioner – have found this to be the case most teenagers under the cut-off age continue to use social media live since the ban. Sky News
Apple launches iPad mini (2026) last week, with an OLED screen and the A20 Pro chip. If you were wondering about the rest of the lineup, Apple is reportedly planning a wave of iPad updates for the first half of 2027, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Three models should be part of it: a new one Entry-level iPad, an iPad Air with an OLED display, and a faster iPad Pro with a steam chamber for cooling. Gurman also says that you shouldn’t expect any new iPads to launch in the second half of 2027 at all. GSMArena
Britain’s most polluting power plant could soon build the country’s biggest data center under a £20bn deal for AI infrastructure on the site of the Drax power station in North Yorkshire. The powerhouse FTSE 250 owner has closed a deal with infrastructure investor Brookfield and AI infrastructure platform Radiant to develop a data center with an eventual capacity of more than 1 gigawatt, which could operate by early 2028. The Guardian
The countdown is on for the ‘big switch off’ as BT plans to retire its old landline network in less than 100 days. Customers are being moved from an analog to a digital or IP system as telephone providers upgrade the landline network, known as the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The current system is based on copper wire cables, while the new one will be an Internet-based network. While the switch is happening now, landline operators expect the work to be completed by January 31, 2027. Independent
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