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Ministers confirm breach at UK Foreign Office but details remain murky

Fri, 2025-12-19 11:14
Officials admit 'there certainly has been a hack,' but refuse to confirm China link or data theft

The UK's Foreign Office is investigating a confirmed cyberattack it learned about in October, senior ministers say.…

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Faith in the internet is fading among young Brits

Fri, 2025-12-19 10:30
Ofcom survey finds 18-34s increasingly see life online as bad for society and their mental health

Young Brits are souring on the internet, with increasing numbers seeing it as damaging to society and their mental health, according to latest research published by Ofcom.…

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GOV.UK to unleash AI chatbot on confused citizens

Fri, 2025-12-19 10:00
Coming with added 'filters and rules' after prototype spat out inaccurate or outright wrong responses

The UK's Government Digital Service (GDS) will add an AI chatbot to its GOV.UK app in early 2026, before rolling it out across the GOV.UK website used by most government departments and services.…

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Cornish recycling drive sows confusion among Reg Standards Bureau

Fri, 2025-12-19 09:30
Are pasties a proxy for weight? Or a cypher for circumference?

The Reg Standards Bureau was plunged into uproar this week when a reader suggested a new unit for weight, inspired by Cornwall's revamped food recycling service.…

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User found three reasons – all of them wrong – to dispute tech support's diagnosis

Fri, 2025-12-19 07:30
Hey, teacher, leave that cabling alone

On Call Welcome once more to On Call, The Register's reader-contributed Friday column in which we share your stories of tech support jobs so wrong, they're right.…

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Ten mistakes marred firewall upgrade at Australian telco, contributing to two deaths

Fri, 2025-12-19 04:39
Optus gave bad instructions, staff didn’t escalate their concerns

Technicians working on a firewall upgrade made at least ten mistakes, contributing to two deaths, according to a report on a September incident that saw Australian telco Optus unable to route calls to emergency services.…

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