California-based startup ‘ManyChat’ has raised $18 million Series A funding for its Facebook Messenger marketing bot. (more…)

Chat App and collaborative working tool Slack appears to have given up the fight to eliminate email by allowing the introduction of new tools that enable Slack collaboration features inside Gmail and Outlook, thereby building a more inclusive ‘email bridge’. (more…)

Many charities and other non-profit organisations that use .org, .biz or .info domains have complained that proposals to lift the price cap on those domains could lead to the price rocketing. (more…)

Tech giant Apple has recalled two different types of plug adapter because of a possible risk of electric shock. (more…)

As the cyber security threat continues to evolve as state and non-state actors continue to shift and morph as threats diversify, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) are exploring the next period in the UK’s national cyber security programme. (more…)

An update on Microsoft’s April Patch Tuesday Update – with 34 new and individual security updates which corrected 75 unique Microsoft-related issues across the entirety of the Microsoft operating system landscape. What these patches do is help correct errors in how Microsoft Windows runs and by fixing these issues they help make the OS more secure! (more…)

The growing threat of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure has found 90% of major infrastructure services being hit by a successful attack which could have damaged or seriously created loss-of-life outcomes. The report, published by The Ponemon Institute, surveyed security practitioners in six countries – including the UK – and the results are shocking! (more…)

Amazon are “reviewing” audio clips from Alexa AI devices to help assist in the development of voice-activated responses according to Bloomberg. Millions have purchased the smart devices but concerns that people might be listening in on such devices has created a negative coterie within the consumer marketplace. These consumers fear someone could be listening to their search queries and that makes them afraid. However, in Alexa’s case, someone is actually listening to audio clips from real Alexa search requests. (more…)

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) a sub-division of GCHQ (the ‘spy’ agency) wants to invest in start-ups and is creating, in collaboration with Wayra UK, an accelerator programme to help 10 lucky start-ups achieve business success. (more…)

Bounty (UK) Ltd, the pregnancy and parenthood support service, has been fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office for illegally sharing the personal information of approximately 14 million people. (more…)