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Image: Unsplash While resistance grows in some regions, Google has secured approval for a controversial data center in the UK. The precise location is at North Weald Airfield in Essex, marking a significant victory for the company’s European expansion plans. The tech giant purchased 52 acres of the historic airfield site for £88.4 million, paying approximately £1.7 million per acre. According to a BBC report on Dec. 14, the development faces significant local opposition despite receiving approval, with North Weald Bassett Parish Council formally objecting to the plans over multiple concerns. The council cited potential impacts on airfield operations, heritage…
Image: Omar Al-Ghosson (Unsplash) If your Mac just nudged you about another update, this one is worth paying attention to. Apple has just released macOS Sequoia 15.7.3, a security-focused update designed to keep supported Macs protected as new threats emerge. There are no flashy features or design tweaks here, but that’s the point. The update is part of Apple’s regular patch cycle and addresses underlying vulnerabilities that could put systems at risk if left unpatched. A quiet release with a clear goal Apple released macOS Sequoia 15.7.3 on December 12 as part of a broader round of operating system updates…
Over the past decade, the role of chief information officer at Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt’s largest independent Arabic-language daily newspaper, has undergone a profound transformation. Omar Badr, who has led the organisation’s technology strategy since 2012, reflects on a journey that has taken the newspaper from early-generation digital systems to a fully integrated, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven, multi-platform newsroom. “Ten years ago, our primary focus was ensuring uptime and stability,” Badr recalls. “We relied on monolithic CMS [content management] systems, on-premises datacentres and semi-manual workflows. Technology projects are primarily focused on keeping the newsroom operational under tight publication deadlines. Today, everything…
Mediawatch often begins this column with ‘we don’t know where to start with…’ but sometimes a headline lands and there really is only one place to start. Ruben Amorim goes on rampage against Man Utd academy with three popular stars singled out The use of the word ‘rampage’ by The Sun here is – and we do not say this lightly – absolutely mental. A ‘rampage’ is ‘a period of violent and uncontrollable behaviour by a group of people’. It is not ‘a slightly odd series of comments by one man quite obviously getting fed up of being constantly asked…
Smart has released the first official pictures of the #2, the incoming successor to the Fortwo, due to arrive late next year. The electric two-seater will be Smart’s new entry model, slotting below the #1 and #3 crossovers, #5 SUV and #6 saloon. These new images, released on Monday, show early mules testing the #2’s new Electric Compact Architecture (ECA). In a first for Smart, the platform is being developed jointly by parent companies Geely in China and Mercedes-Benz in Europe, given that the car is built mainly with a focus on the European market. This differs from the rest of the line-up, which were all engineered by…
Image: Unsplash The stars, their destination. SpaceX executives have made contact and confirmed an initial public offering targeting a $1.5 trillion valuation in 2026. This could be the moment space exploration transforms from billionaire playground to mainstream investment opportunity that could redefine entire markets. Elon Musk’s SpaceX solidified its current valuation at an eye-watering $800 billion through its latest secondary share offering. That milestone alone makes it the world’s most valuable private company, crushing OpenAI’s previous $500 billion record. The 2026 public debut could nearly double that valuation, targeting a $1.5 trillion market cap that would rival entire national economies.…
Image: Adobe Stock AI agents are becoming ubiquitous — and, as it turns out, increasingly attractive targets for attackers. In fact, they represent a new frontier in the eternal battle between the hacker and the hack-ee. According to Microsoft, almost a quarter of a million organizations use AI agents (including 90% of the Fortune 500) — and that figure only covers Copilot Studio usage. This is good news for user productivity, but bad news for security teams. “AI assistants, copilots, and agents significantly expand the enterprise attack surface in ways that traditional security architectures were not designed to handle,” Todd Thiemann,…
The Tottenham board are losing patience with Thomas Frank and are considering replacing him with Barcelona legend Xavi, according to reports. A 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest saw Spurs drop down to 11th in the Premier League table with Callum Hudson-Odoi bagging a brace and Ibrahim Sangare scoring a third in a miserable Sunday afternoon for Tottenham. It was their fifth defeat in seven Premier League matches and the pressure is building on Frank, who was initially very well received by the Tottenham faithful. When asked after Sunday’s loss whether he will get time to implement his ideas, Frank said: “I…
The ID Polo is a sister car to the Cupra Raval we met recently, sitting on the Volkswagen Group’s new MEB+ platform for small electric cars and sharing the same battery and motor tech. It’s a hugely significant project, giving the Volkswagen Group’s mainstream brands access to the fast-growing and vital segment of the EV market. This is quickly becoming a crowded, competitive field though, led by the excellent Renault 5 and with other strong contenders including the Mini Cooper, Kia EV3 and Ford Puma Gen-E. As part of synergies to accelerate development and share costs, Cupra has led platform and chassis…
Quocirca publishes research on the influence of sustainability factors on IT decision-makers when they are selecting workplace print suppliers, including sustainability considerations when modernising print infrastructure can deliver measurable reductions in the organisation’s environmental footprint and costs, through waste and emissions reductions. We also monitor the progress of leading print technology suppliers in improving corporate sustainability performance. We have tracked both an acceleration of sustainability initiatives and a shift in motivations over the last year. Despite the changing political climate and delays in sustainability-focused regulations, our research shows that 82% of organisations are accelerating their sustainability plans. For the…