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John Leonard

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<p>Tech journo interested in technological evolution and the way tech is changing the world - and us. Searchable tfr</p><p>Also <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crapjokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>crapjokes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guitars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>guitars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dogs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/etcetera" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>etcetera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tag

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    Open-weight AI models, many developed by Chinese companies, are quickly expanding their role in enterprise AI systems, according to new research. https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/ai/chinese-open-weight-ai-models-gaining-ground-as-enterprise-adoption-accelerates-report?utm_source=mastodon_org&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=July_LLM #ai #china #openweight #deepseek #glm #kimi #anthropic #openai #technews

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    Palantir has been selected to build a new national firearms licensing database for police forces across England and Wales. https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/government/palantir-awarded-new-9m-contract-as-mps-sound-the-alarm?utm_source=mastodon_org&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=June_Palantir #palantir #uk #ukgov #technews #sovereignty

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    In a damning report, the cross-party Home Affairs Committee said the original “BritCard” scheme, announced last September, was introduced without sufficient consultation, planning or evidence gathering. https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/government/government-digital-id-scheme-nothing-short-of-a-fiasco?utm_source=mastodon_org&amp;amp;utm_medium=post&amp;amp;utm_campaign=May_GovID #technews #uk #ukpol #digitalid #government

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    Hackers have stolen data from thousands of GitHub&amp;#39;s internal code repositories after compromising an employee&amp;#39;s device through a malicious extension for Visual Studio Code. https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/security/github-confirms-major-breach-linked-to-poisoned-vs-code-extension?utm_source=mastodon_org&amp;amp;utm_medium=post&amp;amp;utm_campaign=May_GitHub #technews #github #cybersecurity #infosec #vscode #microsoft #teampcp

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    A cross-party group of MPs has urged the government to publish classified assessments of the risks arising from the UK’s dependence on foreign technology providers, warning that key threats are missing from the National Risk Register. https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/government/mps-urge-government-to-lift-secrecy-over-tech-contracts?utm_source=mastodon_org&amp;amp;utm_medium=post&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Apr_MPs #technews #ukpol #palantir #uk

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    Solar power was the leading driver of global energy supply growth in 2025, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/solar-surge-drove-global-energy-shift-in-2025?utm_source=mastodon_org&amp;amp;utm_medium=post&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Apr_Solar #solar # renewables #iea #technews

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    The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has advised that passkeys should now be consumer’s first choice for authentication, and that the use of passwords should be gradually phased out. https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/security/forget-passwords-passkeys-are-the-future-says-ncsc?utm_source=mastodon_org&amp;amp;utm_medium=post&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Apr_Passkeys #passkeys #ncsc #uk #technews #passwords #cybersecurity #infosec #fido

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    @ianb I don&#39;t think he will. Stubbornness has served him well thus far, and he may be past changing.