Alt text: A person browses the internet using a tablet. Photo by LinkedIn Sales Solutions on Unsplash. This week’s articles look at the UK’s Online Safety Bill, spear phishing attacks, and how AI can help smaller companies keep up with their larger competitors.  As always, {n}.bora is able to advise you on the topics discussed and how these may affect your organisation. Business News: In a surprise move, the Bank of England has kept interest rates at 5.25% following an unexpected fall in inflation in August. This BBC News article has more information:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66875739 Technology News: The UK’s Online Safety Bill - which has proven controversial because of free speech restriction fears and the potential scanning of encrypted messages – is due to become law after passing through parliament. This article from the Next Web provides a good overview:   https://thenextweb.com/news/uk-online-safety-bill-to-become-law?utm_source=social&utm_medium=f...

Alt Text: lines of code on a computer screen. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. This week’s articles look at interest rates in the Eurozone, ransomware attacks across the UK, and an approach to preventing AI being trained on biased data. As always, if you want advice and support with any of the topics raised, we will be more than happy to help you. Business News: Following similar trends across the world, this BBC News article reports that the ECB has raised Eurozone interest rates to a record high of 4%:   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66805855?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA   Technology News: This Guardian article explains key information relating to the wave of ransomware attacks affecting key UK companies and public bodies:   https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/14/who-is-behind-latest-wave-of-ransomware-attacks Advice: This article from the Digital Project Manager looks at how to keep projects on track, even when you’re managing multiple pro...

Photo by Kai Pilger on Unsplash. Alt Text: a street in the City of London. This week’s articles include topics such as the rise of interest rates in the UK, the different cyberthreats, and how AI can be used to prevent the spread of wildfires. As ever, if you want advice on any of the topics discussed [1] , get in touch and we will be more than happy to have a chat.  Business News:  After raising interest rates fourteen times in a row, the governor of the Bank of England has suggested that interest rates are close to their peak, this article from BBC News reports:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66733193?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA Technology News: This WIRED article gives an overview of the UK’s Online Safety Bill and what it may mean going forward:  https://www.wired.co.uk/article/the-uk-is-poised-to-force-a-bad-law-on-the-internet Advice: This IBM blog post provides a good overview of the different types of cyberthreats, providing a simple over...

Photo by Processed Photography on Unsplash. Alt Text: a friendly-looking robot in a public place. This week’s articles include rising food prices in India, advice on implementing automation and AIOps, and building robots that can perform household chores. As always, we can inform you on any of these topics and how they may impact your organisation.  Business News:  This article from BBC News looks at why India’s food prices are rising and the implications this could have for food prices around the world:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66655642?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA Technology News:  In the latest escalation of the US/China trade war over computer chips, this Guardian article reports that the US has restricted exports of Nvidia chips to the Middle East:  https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/31/us-restricts-exports-of-nvidia-ai-chips-to-middle-east Advice: This blog post from IBM looks at how to begin implementing or expand...