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CIOs at the EPA, DHS, and GSA are called out for failure to implement critical cybersecurity recommendations

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) scolded a trio of federal agencies on Monday because their CIOs haven't implemented IT-related recommendations designed to safeguard national cybersecurity. …

Yorkshire Water boss Nicola Shaw (pictured) has been handed £1.3m in 'fees' from an offshore holding company, despite her firm's appalling recent record on pollution and increased bills

Several of America's former top political leaders have been issued subpoenas to testify about 'horrific crimes' perpetrated by former financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

This is the Oasis fan who tragically fell to his death during Saturday night's concert at Wembley Stadium.

Palantir chief executive Alex Karp has told analysts and investors that the company treats Harvard, Princeton and Yale graduates the same as those without college degrees, calling employment at the data analytics firm "a new credential independent of class and background." During the earnings call Monday where Palantir reported its first billion-dollar revenue quarter, Karp said university graduates come to the company after being "engaged in platitudes" and claimed workers without college degrees sometimes create more value than degree holders using Palantir products. The company launched its Meritocracy Fellowship this spring to recruit talent outside traditional university pathways.

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New Jersey was rattled by its second earthquake in less than a week on Tuesday.

Austin Robert Drummond, 28, a Tennessee man suspected of murdering four family members in a vicious attack, has been arrested after almost a week on the run.

The judge who sentenced Sorosh Amini, 21, said he did not consider the rapist to be a 'dangerous person.'

The Afghans in hiding have dubbed it a 'deal of devils' and believe such an agreement between the brutal leaderships in Tehran and Kabul will increase their value as targets of both regimes.

Footage of the man - named online as Jack Kay - went viral at the start of this week as he was filmed donning a gold chain and pair of sunglasses with a baby pink cup gripped in his hand.

Some pinpointed software nasties but were suspicious of printer drivers too

Researchers from the Universities of Guelph and Waterloo have discovered exactly how users decide whether an application is legitimate or malware before installing it – and the good news is they're better than you might expect, at least when primed to expect malware.…

It is a perfect spot to escape Essex's busier spots - while still having lots to do

This is the dramatic moment a team of brave cavers took on an epic rescue mission after a sheep fell down a 90ft drop.

The high street food giants have dubbed the new treat the 'culinary crossover of the century' and claimed it is the 'mash up the nation's been craving'.

The 59-year-old had been swimming at Ofrynio beach in the city of Kavala at around noon on Friday before disappearing.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft has published a new video that appears to be the first in an upcoming series of videos dubbed "Windows 2030 Vision," where the company outlines its vision for the future of Windows over the next five years. It curiously makes references to some potentially major changes on the horizon, in the wake of AI. This first episode features David Weston, Microsoft's Corporate Vice President of Enterprise & Security, who opens the video by saying "the world of mousing and keyboarding around will feel as alien as it does to Gen Z [using] MS-DOS." Right out of the gate, it sounds like he's teasing the potential for a radical new desktop UX made possible by agentic AI. Weston later continues, "I truly believe the future version of Windows and other Microsoft operating systems will interact in a multimodal way. The computer will be able to see what we see, hear what we hear, and we can talk to it and ask it to do much more sophisticated things."

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Family doctors are increasingly using tools that listen to their consultations with patients and automatically add summaries to their records.

If you still use this popular Apple device, it might be time for an upgrade.

Rochelle Humes, the former Saturdays popstrel, and her husband, JLS star Marvin Humes, are on holiday in Ibiza celebrating their 13th anniversary. But there's more to this latest gratuitous display.

Tools vendor targets 'creators who've never coded' but devs will be wary

IDE and developer tools vendor JetBrains has released a private preview of Kineto, an AI-driven no-code platform for creators and small businesses.…