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IES appoints Christine Mullin as first external Chief Executive
Glasgow climate tech firm IES appoints Christine Mullin as its first external CEO, aiming to expand globally and drive building decarbonisation efforts.

‘Planned to force Israel to end Gaza war’: Taiba man indicted for IDF soldier kidnapping plot

Jordan's curriculum full of antisemitic, anti-Israel content, passages

Slovenia bans Israeli prime minister Netanyahu from entering the EU country

Israeli airstrikes target Yemen's Houthi-controlled Sana'a

BP sees oil demand growth until 2030 due to slowing energy efficiency gains

Quantum computers trading: HSBC's 'promising trial' brings new tech into bond investments

CoreWeave strikes $6.5 billion deal with OpenAI to power next-gen AI models

Europe forces Microsoft into free extended support for Windows 10
Windows 10 is officially unsupported starting next month… sort of. Perhaps seeing the writing on the wall (which it wrote itself), Microsoft has given Windows 10 holdouts an extra year of security updates, but you’ll need to pay for it or do some busywork to qualify—unless you live in some...

KnowBe4 top in security awareness & incident response in G2 report
KnowBe4 retains its top spot in the G2 Grid Fall 2025 Report, leading in Security Awareness Training and Incident Response for multiple years.

LinkedIn is using your data to train its AI models. Here’s how to opt out
Microsoft-owned social networking site LinkedIn will soon start using the data of its users to train its AI models, reports Windows Latest. The platform has sent out emails to users about the change, which will start November 3rd, 2025 and apply to the US, EU, UK, and Switzerland. According to LinkedIn,...

Emma Watson: I still love JK Rowling despite rift
However, the Harry Potter author appears to rebuff the actress's conciliatory comments.

Tech Life
Robot sailboats are helping forecasters predict where hurricanes will hit land.

You should know how to recover your Windows account. Do you?
Have you ever thought about what you’d do if you ever forgot or lost your Windows password? (That is, besides cursing fate.) In the old days, you could usually get back into the PC through other methods. The process could be time-consuming, but it usually worked. But now you could end up...

This Steam user just broke the 40,000 games record (not including DLCs)
There are quite a few Steam users who have accumulated huge libraries of games over their many years as gamers. It’s a meme that so many of those games remain unplayed long after being acquired, but that doesn’t seem to stop gamers from snatching up many more with every Steam...

Chevron expects up to $400 million quarterly impact from Hess deal

Billionaire Xiaomi Founder Debuts a $630 Answer to iPhone 17

BBC partly upholds complaints over Bob Vylan set
Broadcast of Bob Vylan's set at Glastonbury broke editorial guidelines in relation to harm and offence.

Samsung and LG Smart TVs are watching you. Here’s how to stop it
The major TV manufacturers use their devices to collect data on viewers’ viewing behavior. The technology behind this is called Automatic Content Recognition (ACR). The televisions generate hash values at regular intervals from the visible and audible content that is currently running on the sets. These values are also known...

AI adoption now a business necessity for 96% of enterprises
A global survey reveals 96% of enterprises now treat AI adoption as essential, marking a shift from competitive edge to core business necessity.

The newest wireless Ring outdoor cam just got 40% cheaper with this deal
You know, being able to keep an eye on my house while away is something that gives me a lot of peace of mind, so I’m sure everyone would feel the same in a similar situation. The battery-powered Ring Outdoor Cam Plus is a great option for that, especially now...

As many as 2 million Cisco devices affected by actively exploited 0-day
Search shows 2 million vulnerable Cisco SNMP interfaces exposed to the Internet.

The Raspberry Pi keyboard-PC just got a mechanical keys upgrade
The Raspberry Pi 500, like its predecessor the 400, is basically a Pi computer crammed into a budget keyboard in a retro throwback. And as cool as it is, I confess that as PCWorld’s resident keyboard nut, I found the membrane keyboard underwhelming. Well, now I have no excuse not...