Month: January 2026
TikTok Faces Legal Action in UK
The TikTok moderators are suing after layoffs hit just before a union vote, prompting tribunal action.The former workers have launched legal action against the company, accusing it of unfair dismissal and breaching trade union laws after hundreds of moderators were laid off shortly before a planned union vote.Around 400 content moderators based in London lost
AWS European cloud service launch raises sovereignty questions
Amazon Web Services launched a new independent cloud service aiming to address European customer concerns around digital sovereignty last week.The AWS European Sovereign Cloud data center is located in Brandenburg, Germany, with plans for additional facilities in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Portugal. The AWS European Sovereign Cloud provides access to 90 AWS services but is
Red baseball caps spoofing the U.S. president’s iconic MAGA hats have become a symbol of Danish and Greenlandic defiance against Trump
Red baseball caps spoofing the U.S. president’s iconic MAGA hats have become a symbol of Danish and Greenlandic defiance against his threat to seize the frozen territory.European governments are rallying behind Denmark, emphasising the need to defend Arctic regions and warning that threats against Greenland undermine Western security. Protesters, however, are less diplomatic.The mock hats
Putin to join the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’
US President Donald Trump has asked Russian leader Vladimir Putin to join his new Board of Peace, which is intended to supervise the next phase of the Gaza peace plan.European Commission spokesperson Olof Gill confirmed that Ursula von der Leyen, president of the commission, had received an invitation and would be speaking to other EU
xAI under scrutiny for using methane to power its turbines
Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI may have acted illegally when using methane gas turbines to generate power at its sprawling data center in Memphis, Tennessee, following a recent rule change by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).xAI, whose technology powers X’s chatbot Grok, began work on its Colossus 1 data center in the summer of 2024
Iran’s Khamenei says Trump is “criminal”
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed President Trump for the deaths and injuries of protestors during recent demonstrations that shook the Middle Eastern country. The protests began as demonstrations against economic hardship and snowballed quickly into nationwide protests against the Islamic Republic’s leadership. The demonstrations raged for more than two weeks before authorities began
Musk praises Tesla AI leap enabling 8-bit chips to deliver 32-bit intelligence
At the heart of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system and its Optimus humanoid robot lies a class of AI models called Transformers. These models rely on a technique known as Rotary Positional Encoding (RoPE) to understand where objects exist in space and time critical for remembering a stop sign seen seconds ago or keeping a
Danish fighter jets over Greenland
Danish F-35 fighter jets and a French MRTT tanker conducted air-to-air refuelling training over southeast Greenland, video from Danish Defence showed on Friday. The mission, part of stepped-up Arctic operations with European allies, focused on long-distance flying and operating safely in harsh polar conditions. European nations this week sent small numbers of military personnel to
Kurdish forces retreat
There have been several confrontations between Kurdish forces and the Syrian military since the Islamist-led government of interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa came to power just over a year ago. Sharaa has pledged to unify the country after 14 years of civil war, but the Kurds want guarantees of their autonomy.Syrian government forces entered the outskirts
From AI Coding to QR Code Scams
Cybercrime is big business now. You’re less likely to be hacked by an individual in their mom’s basement than you are to get duped by a convincing phishing attack originating from a cubicle farm somewhere across the globe. Criminals operate entire offices full of workers deploying ransomware on any system they can access, sending thousands