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The UK’s £100 contactless card payment limit is set to be lifted from March 2026, after the financial regulator confirmed it will remove the fixed cap and give banks greater freedom to decide how contactless payments are handled. Not Forced To Do It Immediately The change, announced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), does not … Continue reading Tech News : No More £100 Contactless Limit From March →

The US Department of War has confirmed plans to integrate Elon Musk’s xAI models, including Grok, into its internal GenAI.mil platform, extending advanced artificial intelligence tools to millions of military and civilian personnel from early 2026. xAI The agreement, announced in December, will see the Department of War add xAI for Government to GenAI.mil, a … Continue reading Tech News : Pentagon To Deploy Elon Musk’s Grok AI For Government Use →

Ofcom has opened formal investigations into BT and Three following separate UK-wide mobile network failures this summer that left some customers unable to connect 999 emergency calls. Two Major Outages The investigations centre on two major outages, one affecting Three customers in June and another impacting BT and EE customers in July, both of which … Continue reading Company Check : Ofcom Investigates BT and Three Over 999 Call Failures →

The most serious cyber incidents of 2025 showed a clear move away from data theft towards operational disruption and economic damage. Globally, attackers exploited trusted platforms and supply chains, with US federal systems breached repeatedly and the Clop group stealing sensitive data by abusing an unknown flaw in Oracle E Business. More than one billion … Continue reading Security-Stop Press : Worst Data Breaches of 2025 Show Cyber Attacks Are About Disruption →

B&Q has added a brick described as the world’s most sustainable to its online marketplace, making a low-carbon construction material previously used mainly on commercial projects available to UK consumers for the first time. Kenoteq The product in question is the K-Briq, developed by Scottish cleantech firm Kenoteq, and its arrival on B&Q’s website marks … Continue reading Sustainability-in-Tech : B&Q Adds Sustainable Brick to Its Online Range →

End repetitive email chains with a single click, keeping your inbox focused and readable without missing the full conversation if you need it later. How to do it: – Select the email thread you want to silence. – Click ‘Ignore’ in the toolbar, or right-click the message and choose ‘Ignore’. – Outlook moves the entire … Continue reading Tech Tip: Ignore Noisy Threads in Outlook →

Ofcom has fined Virgin Media £23.8 million after finding that the company’s move to digital landlines left thousands of vulnerable telecare customers at direct risk of harm. What Ofcom Has Decided On 1 December 2025, Ofcom announced that it had imposed a £23.8 million penalty on Virgin Media for serious failings during its programme to … Continue reading Ofcom Fines Virgin Media £23.8 Million →

WordPress has introduced Telex, an AI powered tool that turns simple written prompts into working WordPress blocks, opening up custom development to people who cannot write code. What Is Telex? Telex is an experimental system that converts natural language instructions into functional Gutenberg blocks, which are the modular elements that make up WordPress sites. The … Continue reading WordPress Telex Uses AI To Turn Plain Language Into Working Blocks →

BT has launched a new UK-based sovereign platform designed to give organisations tighter control over their data, systems, and AI infrastructure at a time of rising geopolitical tensions and growing public sector reliance on cloud services. A New Foundation For Sovereign Services Sovereign services are digital services run entirely within UK infrastructure and UK legal … Continue reading BT Launches Sovereign Platform For UK Cloud And AI Control →

Global use of embedded SIMs is finally starting to accelerate as international travel and wider device support push the technology towards the mainstream. What Is An eSIM And Why Does It Matter Now? An eSIM (embedded SIM) is a programmable chip built directly into a phone or other device, replacing the removable plastic SIM card. … Continue reading Tech News : Travel And New Devices Driving Global eSIM Adoption →