Amazon launches new Europe-based cloud service
– The AWS European Sovereign Cloud represents a physically and logically separate cloud infrastructure, with all components located entirely within the EU.
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UK regulator Ofcom launches investigation into X over Grok sexualised imagery
– The UK’s independent online safety watchdog, Ofcom, has today opened a formal investigation into X under the UK’s Online Safety Act, to determine whether it has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK from content that is illegal in the UK.
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The UK’s Serious Fraud Office returns £400,000 to victims of global email fraud
– The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in the UK has successfully recovered more than £400,000 to be returned to nine fraud victims almost twenty-four years after they were defrauded.
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Stronger laws for tech firms to ensure you don’t see unsolicited nudes
– Dating apps and social media platforms must now prevent cyberflashing, as it becomes a priority offence under the UK’s Online Safety Act.
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AiPPT Introduces a Vast PPT Template Library to Make AI-Powered Presentations Easier Than Ever
– AiPPT.com, a leading AI-powered presentation platform, today announced the launch of its newly expanded template library, offering users an unprecedented selection of ready-to-use PowerPoint templates.
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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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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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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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WordPress plugin configuration error caused UK budget leak at the OBR
– According to a new report, an incorrectly configured WordPress extension resulted in the early release of last week’s UK autumn budget, prompting the resignation of Richard Hughes, the head of the OBR and chief overseer of UK government expenditure.
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Hitachi Vantara’s Virtual Storage Platform One Wins CRN 2025 Products of the Year Award for Excellence in Hybrid Cloud Storage
– Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd today announced that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named its Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One) unified data platform a winner in the 2025 Products of the Year Awards.
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