Posts by Mike Knight
Microsoft Copilot Bug Exposes Confidential Emails To AI Tool
A coding error inside Microsoft 365 Copilot briefly allowed the AI tool to read and summarise emails that businesses had explicitly marked as confidential. A Safeguard That Didn’t Hold In January, Microsoft detected an issue inside the “Work” tab of Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. The problem, tracked internally as CW1226324, meant Copilot could process emails…
Read MoreThe Truth About Cyber Insurance
Cyber insurance has grown into a multi-billion-dollar global market, yet when a serious breach occurs, the real story often lies in the small print, the exclusions, and the security controls that should have been in place long before the policy was signed. Once Just An Add-On Cyber insurance was once treated as a niche add-on…
Read MoreHard Drive Makers Sell Out 2026 Output To AI Data Centres
The world’s biggest hard drive manufacturers have already allocated all the units they will produce this year after hyperscale AI and cloud operators secured the bulk of available capacity. AI Infrastructure Buys Up The Year Western Digital and Seagate have both confirmed that their nearline hard drive production for calendar year 2026 is effectively spoken…
Read MoreTech Firms Face 48 Hour Deadline To Remove Abusive Images
The UK government is moving to force tech platforms to remove non-consensual intimate images within 48 hours of being flagged or face fines of up to 10 percent of global turnover. The 48 Hour Rule On 19 February 2026, ministers confirmed an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill that will place a strict 48…
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Glass Storage and the Future of Long Term Data
Microsoft has published peer-reviewed research demonstrating that data can be written into ordinary borosilicate glass and preserved for more than 10,000 years, positioning its ‘Project Silica’ work as a potential long-term archival storage platform for the cloud era. The Challenge This development addresses a persistent challenge for hyperscale cloud providers and large enterprises, i.e., how…
Read MoreUsing Amazon’s Rufus AI Deal Checker
Amazon’s Rufus is a built-in AI shopping assistant that helps you compare products faster and spot whether a “deal” really is one, useful for anyone buying kit for work or keeping an eye on market pricing. What Is Rufus AI? Amazon’s Rufus is Amazon’s generative AI shopping assistant inside the Amazon Shopping app and on…
Read MoreSpying Concerns Over Ring’s New “Search Party” Feature
Ring’s latest AI-powered tool, designed to help find lost dogs and monitor wildfires, has prompted a backlash over how far neighbourhood camera networks should go. Search Party Expanded Ring, owned by Amazon, has just expanded its new Search Party feature across the United States, allowing its outdoor cameras to automatically scan for missing dogs reported…
Read MoreAI Burnout Warning
New research suggests that generative AI adoption may actually intensify work patterns and increase burnout risk rather than reduce workload. Research (Inside A Live Company) For several years, generative artificial intelligence has been promoted as a way to reduce administrative burden and free professionals to focus on higher value tasks. Tools based on large language…
Read MoreGoogle Expands Search Removal Tools For Sensitive Data And Explicit Images
Google has expanded its Search removal tools to make it easier for users to request the deletion of sensitive personal information and non-consensual explicit images from search results. Announced on Safer Internet Day The update, announced to coincide with Safer Internet Day, strengthens Google’s existing “Results about you” system and introduces a simpler process for…
Read MoreSpaceX Focus Shifts To Moon City
SpaceX is now prioritising plans to build what Elon Musk describes as a “self-growing city” on the Moon, placing it ahead of its long-stated ambition to establish a settlement on Mars. A Public Reordering Of Priorities Elon Musk announced on X that SpaceX is focusing first on the Moon rather than Mars. He wrote: “For…
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