Author: Jason Davies

NewsSpaceTelecoms

Ofcom enables satellite calls, texts and data to help eliminate mobile blackspots

– The race to bring satellite calls and texts to ordinary smartphones has begun, after Ofcom announced its final decisions about how the technology can be rolled out.

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InternetNews

Instacart App Launches in OpenAI ChatGPT – First Company to Offer New Instant Checkout App Experience

– Instacart the leading grocery technology company in North America, today announced that it is the first grocery partner to launch an app on ChatGPT and the first to offer an embedded, end-to-end shopping and Instant Checkout – all within the context of a ChatGPT conversation.

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InternetNews

Regulator Reprimands Post Office Over Avoidable Data Breach Involving Horizon Victims

– The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to Post Office Limited following a data breach that resulted in the unauthorised disclosure of personal information belonging to hundreds of postmasters involved in the Horizon IT scandal.  

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NewsTelecoms

Ofcom fines Virgin Media £23.8 million for putting vulnerable customers at risk of harm

– Ofcom has fined Virgin Media £23.8 million, after it disconnected telecare customers during its programme to migrate customers to digital landlines.

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InternetNews

Ofcom fines porn company £1 million for not having robust age checks

– Ofcom has fined AVS Group Ltd – which runs 18 adult websites – £1 million for not having robust age checks in place, plus £50,000 for failing to respond to information requests.

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NewsSecurity Vulnerabilities

Critical remote code execution Vulnerabilities in React and Next.js (CVE-2025-55182)

– A new security update from React resolves a critical vulnerability found in React Server Components. The issue also impacts JavaScript applications and frameworks that rely on this feature.

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BitcoinNews

UK among first countries to recognise cryptocurrency as personal property

– Owners of Bitcoin and other digital assets will benefit from greater legal protection thanks to an important clarification to the law.

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Cyber SecurityNews

Keynote address to FT Cyber Resilience Summit 2025

– The UK’s Security Minister Dan Jarvis’s speech at 22 Bishopsgate on the government’s action to tackle cybercrime.

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NewsSecurity Vulnerabilities

MariaDB mariadb-dump Utility Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-13699)

– This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of MariaDB.

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Cyber SecurityNews

First fast-track cyber defenders now protecting UK from daily digital threats

– The first fast-tracked cyber specialists have graduated from accelerated basic training this week, strengthening Britain’s defences against growing and changing online threats. 

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