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First fibre laid under Project Reach UK digital backbone

High-count fibre laid along Great Western Main Line in four weeks, marking the first milestone in strengthening the UK’s connectivity infrastructure

Subpostmaster was told no jury would believe Post Office had ‘dodgy computer’

Computing

Academic research says the wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters casts doubt on ‘golden thread’ of British justice, that people are innocent until proven guilty

Hands On With Google’s Nano Banana Pro Image Generator

Technology

Google’s latest AI image model is vastly better than the previous release at generating text in images. You can expect companies to go buck wild with this update.

Grok says Elon Musk is better than basically everyone, except Shohei Ohtani

According to Grok, Elon Musk can out-slug the MLB's greatest power hitters... except Ohtani.

Google steps up AI scam protection in India, but gaps remain

Google is expanding its real-time scam-detection and screen-sharing fraud warnings in India.

4 People Indicted in Alleged Conspiracy to Smuggle Supercomputers and Nvidia Chips to China

Business

A federal prosecutor alleged that one defendant boasted that his father “had engaged in similar business for the Chinese Communist Party.”

WhatsApp gets its own Instagram Notes-like feature

Apps

WhatsApp users can now share their status with others through a new "About" feature.

Salesforce says some of its customers’ data was accessed after Gainsight breach

Security

Salesforce said it’s investigating an incident where hackers compromised some of its customers' data after breaching customer experience company Gainsight.

ChatGPT launches group chats globally

The company sees group chats in ChatGPT as a way for people to coordinate trips, co-write documents, settle debates, or work through research together, while ChatGPT helps search, summarize, and compare options.

Russian money launderers bought a bank to disguise ransomware profit

Computing

A billion-dollar money laundering network active in the UK funnelled money, including the profits of ransomware attacks, into its own bank to circumvent sanctions on Russia and help fund its attacks on Ukraine

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