{n}.bora's Top Articles: 26th September
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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=feed&utm_campaign=profeed
Advice:
- This IBM blog looks at how spear phishing differs from regular phishing attacks:
https://www.ibm.com/blog/spear-phishing-vs-standard-phishing-attacks/
AI:
- This article from Entrepreneur provides a good overview of ways in which AI can be used to help small and medium enterprises keep up with larger competitors:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/science-technology/how-small-businesses-can-leverage-ai-to-compete-with-large/458724
Something Great:
- In this article, TechCrunch look at Qruise, a startup which aims at using AI to automate work done in quantum device laboratories:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/21/qruise-wants-to-build-ai-to-automate-quantum-device-development/