Google is simultaneously the most dominant and most vulnerable it has ever been
Google is simultaneously the most dominant and most vulnerable it has ever been

Google’s financial performance has never been stronger. Alphabet posted $109.9 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2026, up 22 per cent year on year, the fastest growth rate in any quarter since 2022, with search advertising revenue climbing 19….

LastPass says hackers stole customer data through a supply chain breach at Klue
LastPass says hackers stole customer data through a supply chain breach at Klue

LastPass is notifying customers that their personal information and customer support case data were stolen after hackers breached Klue, a competitive intelligence vendor that held OAuth tokens granting access to LastPass’s Salesforce environment. The b…

Tata Electronics breach claims to expose Apple and Tesla trade secrets
Tata Electronics breach claims to expose Apple and Tesla trade secrets

A ransomware group says it lifted more than 630 gigabytes from the Indian manufacturer, including purported design files belonging to two of its biggest customers. The authenticity of those files is unconfirmed. India’s Tata Electronics has confirmed t…

Five Eyes alliance warns frontier AI cyber threats are ‘months’ away
Five Eyes alliance warns frontier AI cyber threats are ‘months’ away

The Five Eyes intelligence alliance has issued a joint warning that the next generation of artificial intelligence is poised to supercharge offensive hacking, and that the window to prepare for it is closing fast. In a coordinated statement, the agenci…

Cloudflare teams up with Chrome, Firefox, and Edge on a privacy-first anti-bot protocol
Cloudflare teams up with Chrome, Firefox, and Edge on a privacy-first anti-bot protocol

Cloudflare has announced a joint initiative with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge to develop a new internet protocol that verifies whether web traffic is legitimate without tracking users. The protocol, called Private Access Control T…

Anthropic’s new privacy policy collects biometric data from flagged Claude users
Anthropic’s new privacy policy collects biometric data from flagged Claude users

Anthropic has updated its privacy policy to allow the company to require some Claude users to upload government-issued identification and submit selfie photos or videos for identity verification. The updated policy, which takes effect on July 8, introd…

Nearly 7,000 fake Amazon domains registered ahead of Prime Day 2026, researchers warn
Nearly 7,000 fake Amazon domains registered ahead of Prime Day 2026, researchers warn

Cybersecurity researchers have identified nearly 7,000 fraudulent Amazon-themed domains registered in the six months leading up to Prime Day 2026, which begins on 23 June. Check Point Research tracked 6,843 new domains created between December 2025 and…

Ireland takes the EU presidency with Big Tech paying 40 per cent of its tax bill
Ireland takes the EU presidency with Big Tech paying 40 per cent of its tax bill

Ireland takes over the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU on 1 July, inheriting a legislative agenda that includes proposals to curb Europe’s reliance on American tech, simplify the bloc’s digital rulebook, decide whether to ban children from…

Nearly 60% of TikTok videos shown to new users are AI slop, study finds
Nearly 60% of TikTok videos shown to new users are AI slop, study finds

Nearly six out of every ten videos TikTok serves to a brand-new account are AI-generated junk. That is the central finding of a report published by video editing platform Kapwing, which analysed 10,742 TikTok videos across 20 popular categories and sep…

Nearly 60% of TikTok videos shown to new users are AI slop, study finds
Nearly 60% of TikTok videos shown to new users are AI slop, study finds

Nearly six out of every ten videos TikTok serves to a brand-new account are AI-generated junk. That is the central finding of a report published by video editing platform Kapwing, which analysed 10,742 TikTok videos across 20 popular categories and sep…