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How robot dogs helping clean up Sellafield nuclear power station

Luke Simmonds 935 Views 0 Comments 1 min read

– Sellafield Ltd is now using quadrupedal (four-legged) robots to help speed up decommissioning. This helps improve safety and reduce human exposure to hazardous environments.

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BBC to use iPlayer to catch licence fee dodgers

Luke Simmonds 1826 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  ,  5 min read

– The BBC in the UK is exploring methods to use iPlayer data to help identify households that may not be paying for a TV licence. The plan would involve linking BBC online accounts to residential addresses, potentially providing TV Licensing with new data to support their enforcement.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)News

Cambridge supercomputer set to get 6 times more powerful as government backs British AI innovation

Luke Simmonds 1048 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  4 min read

– British researchers and tech start-ups will get a major boost to develop the AI tools of the future, as the government injects £36 million to increase the power of one of the UK’s leading supercomputing centres sixfold.

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Microsoft Teams Will Share Employee Location with Employers Based on Wi-Fi Data

Jason Davies 1085 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  0 min read

– When users connect to their organization’s Wi-Fi, Teams will soon be able to automatically update their work location to reflect the building they’re working from.

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TikTok finalizes agreement to separate U.S. operations from Chinese parent company

Luke Simmonds 765 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  ,  1 min read

– TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance has struck a deal to create a predominantly US-owned joint venture to oversee the platform’s American business, avoiding a ban that could have cut off its 200 million US users.

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NewsSecurity Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability in WordPress File Uploads Addon for WooCommerce plugin (CVE-2026-24625)

Jason Davies 887 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  ,  ,  0 min read

– Missing Authorization vulnerability in Imaginate Solutions File Uploads Addon for WooCommerce woo-addon-uploads allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.

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InternetNews

Ofcom joins forces with international online safety regulators on age checks

Jason Davies 830 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  ,  2 min read

– Ofcom and international online safety regulators have come together to highlight the importance of age checks in protecting children online. 

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Cyber SecurityNews

NCSC issues warning over hacktivist groups disrupting UK organisations and online services

Jason Davies 826 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  ,  ,  1 min read

– On the 19th January 2026, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of GCHQ – has issued an alert highlighting the persistent targeting of UK organisations by Russian state-aligned hacktivist groups aiming to disrupt networks. 

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Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20092)

Jason Davies 1100 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  ,  ,  1 min read

– A vulnerability in the read-only maintenance shell of Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative privileges to elevate privileges to root on the virtual appliance.

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Cisco Unified Communications Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20045)

Jason Davies 1300 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  ,  1 min read

CVE number = CVE-2026-20045 A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition

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