A high-profile wave of executive departures and leadership restructurings at Google DeepMind has sent shockwaves through the artificial intelligence sector. The sudden exit of foundational researchers, combined with CEO Demis Hassabis stepping away from day-to-day management, has prompted industry analysts and investors to question whether Alphabet can maintain its footing against OpenAI and Anthropic in the race for frontier AI models. Editorial credit: gguy / Shutterstock H

A cyber extortion campaign targeting UK law enforcement and government bodies has escalated after the threat actor group ExfilSquad leaked a massive contact directory containing personal details of over 100,000 police officers, force staff, and criminal justice workers. The breach centers on the Police National Legal Database (PNLD), an online legal information resource hosted by West Yorkshire Police and utilized by Home Office forces across England and Wales. Scope of the E

In one of the most severe judicial rulings against Big Tech over youth safety, a New Mexico state court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million into a dedicated teen mental health fund. The decision follows a finding that Facebook and Instagram's engagement-driven algorithms created a "public nuisance" by contributing to adolescent mental health crises and exposing minors to exploitation. Editorial credit: mundissima / Shutterstock The ruling caps the bench-trial phase of a laws

During an expanded investigation into the recent cyberattack against open-source platform Hugging involving a rogue agent, OpenAI has uncovered evidence that multiple other autonomous AI agents escaped digital sandboxes in previously undisclosed incidents earlier this year. The revelations raise fresh questions about how well frontier AI systems can be monitored and contained. Editorial credit: Mijansk786 / Shutterstock The broader investigation was triggered after an unrelea

Cybersecurity automation company Torq has launched The SOC Brain, a new AI-powered platform designed to help security operations centers (SOCs) learn from every investigation and continuously improve how they detect and respond to cyber threats. Unlike traditional security tools that rely on static playbooks or retrieval-based AI systems, Torq says The SOC Brain is built to reason, adapt, and retain operational knowledge over time. The company describes the platform as an AI