My interview with BBC Radio Foyle on 21 humanoid robots joining thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon. We also discuss more than half of all internet traffic now being made up of bots and the number of UK consumers streaming sports illegally going ‘through the roof’ according to the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit at the City of London Police.
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Apology after rates bills contain wrong web link
My interview with BBC Radio Ulster Nolan show on a Northern Ireland government department apologising after 295,000 ratepayers were sent bills which had an incorrect ‘spam’ weblink for making a payment.
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Stormont asks cyber security police to investigate fake rates website
My interview with BBC News on 300,000 ratepayers being sent letters which included an ‘incorrect weblink’ linking to malware for making a payment.
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AI bypassing copyright – Digital Passports – AI Energy Costs
My interview with BBC Radio Foyle on Meta facing legal scrutiny over the use of copyright protected works to train AI models. We also discuss airline passengers being issued with a digital ‘journey pass’ containing all relevant information in the biggest shake-up of global aviation in 50 years & we discuss the energy cost of using AI.
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Meta faces antitrust claims at trial over Instagram and WhatsApp ownership
My interview with BBC Radio Foyle on Meta facing a high-stakes trial on claims it built an illegal social media monopoly by spending billions of dollars to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp in a case in which US antitrust enforcers seek to unwind the deals.
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Why is BBC Sounds not going to be available in Ireland?
My interview with BBC News NI on the geo-blocking aspect of BBC Radio Ulster or Radio Foyle no longer available to listeners in the Republic of Ireland through BBC Sounds online.
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UK cinemas respond to ‘A Minecraft Movie’ viral trend causing disruption at screenings
My interview with BBC Radio Foyle news about cinemas experiencing customer disruption at some screenings of the box-office hit A Minecraft Movie.
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Apple’s encryption row with UK should not be secret, court rules
My interview on BBC Radio 5 Live about a judge siding with a coalition of civil liberties groups and news organisations and ruling that a legal row between the UK government and Apple over data privacy cannot be held in secret.
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Infostealer malware: What’s the threat to businesses?
My interview with ITPro on the rise of Infostealers which are malicious programs designed to extract sensitive data, such as passwords, session cookies and authentication tokens.
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11 ways cybercriminals are making phishing more potent than ever
My interview with CSO on how generative AI is used to mimic writing styles, avoid traditional phishing red flags, and even personalize fraudulent emails based on publicly available data.