United Kingdom tech news
BT launches ‘AI from BT’ portfolio with 24/7 AI Receptionist
BT Business says its new AI portfolio and free adoption hub aim to help UK small firms answer calls around the clock and recover revenue lost to missed calls.
BT Group
UK Security Minister outlines cyber, AI and drone security plans
Dan Jarvis said a National Cyber Action Plan will follow the £210 million Cyber Action Plan, as a Cyber Security and Resilience Bill updates UK regulation.
UK Government
NCSC New Zealand sets Cyber Smart Week 2026 for October 5-11
New Zealand's cyber agency is themeing its annual awareness campaign around scams and urging organisations to adopt backups, multi-factor authentication and incident plans.
NCSC New Zealand
Research Radar, September 30, 2026: 11 new AI and security papers to know
The most relevant new AI and security research from Nature & arXiv, with the authors' own summaries and links to the papers.
Nature
FCA opens crypto authorisation gateway with 2027 deadlines
UK crypto firms can now apply to be regulated, with applications due by 28 February 2027 before the regime starts on 25 October 2027.
UK FCA
Microsoft says Star Blizzard uses RedFlick to deploy CosmicPulse
Microsoft says the Russian state actor shifted to mass phishing and a one-click malware delivery technique, affecting more than 100 organizations, mostly in the US and UK.
Microsoft
Research Radar, September 29, 2026: 12 new AI and security papers to know
The most relevant new AI and security research from Nature & arXiv, with the authors' own summaries and links to the papers.
Nature
Arm details role in NVIDIA’s Open Agent Safety Platform
Arm says its CPUs run AI agents while Arm-based DPUs such as NVIDIA BlueField-4 police them from a separate trust domain.
Arm
Research Radar, September 28, 2026: 11 new AI and security papers to know
The most relevant new AI and security research from Nature & arXiv, with the authors' own summaries and links to the papers.
Nature
BreakingNCSC warns of active exploitation in Citrix NetScaler flaws
The UK cyber agency says two of eight newly disclosed Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway vulnerabilities are being actively exploited and urges immediate mitigation.
NCSC (UK)