A new report reveals the UK’s Legal Aid Agency, despite a known “extremely high” cyber risk and £50 million in security funding, was compromised for four months in 2024-2025. The breach impacted sensitive data for legal aid applicants and providers, causing operational chaos.
In a surprise move, MSCI has postponed its proposal to kick so-called digital asset treasury companies (DATCOs) out of its indexes. This gives firms like MicroStrategy, whose stock jumped 6% on the news, a crucial lifeline for now.
Biographica, a UK AI startup, has raised €8 million to apply drug discovery techniques to agriculture. Its platform aims to identify key genetic traits for crops in weeks, not years. The funding round was led by Faber VC.
Tim Cook’s tenure at Apple is entering a critical phase. Analysts say his legacy will be defined by how he handles the AI race, a potential foldable iPhone, and picking his successor in a pivotal 2026.
MSI has unveiled one of the first Panther Lake mini PCs at CES 2026. The Cubi NUC AI+ 3MG is a tiny, pro-focused machine that can be configured with a Core Ultra 9 386H processor.
China has posted a draft of new AI regulations that specifically govern services impacting human mental health. The proposed rules, open for public comment until January 25, 2026, would apply to any AI accessible within China, including foreign-made systems. This move highlights the global scramble
New data shows a stunning reversal in enterprise AI strategy. Where 98.3% of chief product officers refused to grant AI agents meaningful autonomy in August 2025, that resistance had collapsed to 63.3% by November, with nearly 40% now open to it. Active piloting and usage tripled in some sectors.
Serial entrepreneurs Dillon Erb and Daniel Kobran have raised a $15 million pre-seed round to launch Autonomous, an AI-powered wealth strategist app. They aim to democratize financial strategies used by the ultrawealthy, like tax-loss harvesting with individual stocks.
xFusion, China’s top AI server provider, has hired Citic Securities to guide it toward an initial public offering. The move comes as AI-related stocks in China are seeing massive first-day pops, with indices up sharply. The company was spun off from Huawei in 2021.
According to a report, Chinese regulators are looking into Meta’s recent $2 billion purchase of AI startup Manus. The review focuses on whether the transfer of Manus’s tech out of China required an export license, potentially giving Beijing leverage over the deal.
