The long-running fallout from the LastPass data breach continues. The ICO has imposed a £1.2 million fine over the 2022 incident, which affected up to 1.6 million users. Regulators say the penalty stems from inadequate security measures that allowed attackers to breach the developer environment and subsequently access customer data.
A new study shows that most medical professionals believe misinformation on social media encourages patients to adopt potentially harmful, unverified treatments. As many as 79% of respondents reported such an impact.
Japan’s Dai Nippon Printing has unexpectedly set its sights on a market where until now one name has reigned supreme — ASML. The Dutch company controls around 90% of the global lithography equipment market and effectively holds a monopoly on EUV scanners, without which the most advanced chips are impossible. All modern electronics — from AI data centers to smartphones — quite literally depend on a single company and its machines.
Dozens of attorneys general across the United States have sent warning letters to major artificial intelligence companies — including OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, and others — demanding explanations regarding system safety, data protection, safeguards against misuse, and the prevention of false or harmful AI-generated content.