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The US president Donald Trump’s erratic behaviour on the world stage has provoked a massive European data sovereignty backlash as France becomes the latest nation to reject US Big Tech. The announcement that the French Government would not switch from the Microsoft operating system to the Linux open source platform is part of an ongoing attempt to reduce European reliance on US technology.

Experts monitoring satellites in space are warning of a potential war in the domain as global tensions have begun to spin out into orbit. According to leading researchers, military tensions caused by the Ukrainian War, the threat to Taiwan, and super-power competition between the US and China has led to a significant increase in ‘satellite intimidation,’ moving satellites dangerously close to other satellites, and other tactics.

In what many observers have interpreted as a knee jerk reaction to head off opinion polls advances by the Reform Party, UK Premier Sir Kier Starmer, announced the introduction of a digital ID card scheme. The key benefit of which would be that without it you could not work. Though Sir Kier neglected to provide any further details. A confusion that has provoked David Birch, one of the world’s leading experts on digital identity to urgently call on the Government  for clarity.

https://techtv.live/passw0rd-on-id-your-country-wants-to-know-you/ The Government’s confused announcement of a Digital ID card scheme faces disaster, unless the Government set out clear plans, according to experts contacted by Future Intelligence. In what many observers have interpreted as a knee jerk reaction to head off opinion polls advances by the Reform Party, UK Premier Sir Kier Starmer, announced the introduction of a digital ID card scheme.

(To watch the TechTV panel discussion scroll to the end of the article) The M&S hack has battered not only the retailer’s computer systems and business it has also battered its brand. The hack by a global hacking group rumoured to be called ‘Scattered Spider’ is costing the store group £43m a week estimates from the Bank of America claim and it has brought M&S’ computer operation to its knees, stripping its shelves of products, and has visibly hit the group’s reputation.

The UK must focus on data centre research to solve some of the massive infrastructure issues caused by the adoption... In this month’s PassW0rd, ‘Digitally Resonating’, we tackle living and working in the Artificial Intelligence world of the 21st century... A cyber crime wave on companies and health services around the world is leading to calls for a kinetic response... News an employee at the global building company Arups, transferred £20m to a cybercrime gang because of a deep fake...

The UK must focus on data centre research to solve some of the massive infrastructure issues caused by the adoption of Artificial Intelligence. Experts interviewed by Future Intelligence during the making of the PassW0rd radio programme into data centres, ‘Planning data motorways of the AI age,’ have warned that data centres are already water stress issues that long-term will have implications for people and wildlife.

One of the UK’s leading AI legal voices has called for a tighter AI focus and better grip on the technology in the wake of UK Prime Minster Rishi Sunak’s Bletchley Park ‘AI Safety Summit’. According to Mark Deem, co-author of ‘AI on Trial‘ a best-selling book on AI regulation and a partner at the top law firm Wiggin, Sunak’s much trumpeted initiative fell dangerously short of its objective because of an attempt to hijack the conference for political ends.

In this month’s PassW0rd, ‘Digitally Resonating’, we tackle living and working in the Artificial Intelligence world of the 21st century and examine the rapidly developing digital twins that will be our presence in the online world. Twins that according to some, will either rob us of our jobs or give us new roles that will free us from the constraints of the old offline world.