AI is transforming business operations across critical functions and infrastructure. In doing so, it is amplifying existing cyber risks and creating entirely new categories of exposure. The cyber insurance market’s response remains fragmented, but the overall direction is clear: tighter underwriting requirements, AI-specific policy enhancements and exclusions, and the emergence of new...

Final vowel in words such as happy, baby and chilly varies clearly by social class across the city

Pronunciation of the “happy vowel” is one of the key indicators of social class in Mancunian accents, researchers have found.

A sociolinguistic study, led by Lancaster University, found that the final vowel in words such as happy, baby, chilly and city – known to linguists as “the happy...

Former communications minister Dina Pule presided over one of the ICT sector’s darkest chapters.

The company will begin reopening access after agreeing to work closely with Washington on safety protocols.

Stellantis MD Mike Whitfield insists the greenfield project is merely on hold, not abandoned, amid market upheaval.

Fable and Mythos were abruptly suspended in June over concerns that they could be used by hackers.

A Press Association investigation found major retailers advertising e-scooters for “commuting” and “urban riding”.

Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome is underdiagnosed and inconsistenly managed, according to Nice

Up to 4 million women with irregular periods should be investigated for polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, according to new NHS guidance.

PMOS, previously known as polycystic ovarian syndrome, is believed to affect up to 13% of reproductive age women, the World Health Organization...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says Amazon has broken consumer protection law

If you spend your days in HR, people ops, or talent, you already know the feeling: the tooling landscape never stops expanding. HR technology spending pushed past $40 billion in 2025, and the number of platforms competing for a place in your stack grows every quarter. Every webinar has a sponsor. Every feed has an […]

Searching for the best AI stock picker usually surfaces a wall of tools promising to predict tomorrow’s winners. It is worth pausing on an inconvenient fact: a recent Wall Street Journal report spotlighted research casting doubt on AI’s ability to time or predict the stock market. In other words, the category’s headline promise — forecasting […]

Huawei CloudEngine S5755-S-HT series Twins switch is for networks that can’t afford to go down.

How much do our genes determine about our lives, and could they influence traits like risk-taking, antisocial behaviour or even violence? Ian Sample talks to Kathryn Paige Harden, a behavioural geneticist and professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin who studies how genetic factors shape human behaviour. In her book Original Sin she explores how nature and nurture combine to...

David Spurway on how IBM’s new AI assistant targets legacy stacks, mainframes and faster developer onboarding.

Researchers think people with greater muscle density in torso area, who are also less likely to die prematurely, are those who exercise more

People with strong chest and back muscles are less likely to have a heart attack or die prematurely, analysis using artificial intelligence suggests.

Researchers led by the University of Edinburgh used AI to examine hospital scans of 1,722 patients, aged...

The story of how Johann Combrink built Pepla into one of South Africa’s most trusted software houses.