webigi
@webigi.bsky.social
Agile and my part in its downfall :)
Interested in tech, science, culture/social, and politics (but don’t get me doomscrolling about Trump types) A British, European, and Twitter emigre.
Consultant.
Interested in tech, science, culture/social, and politics (but don’t get me doomscrolling about Trump types) A British, European, and Twitter emigre.
Consultant.
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"For countries where slow and unpredictable justice has long been acknowledged as a problem, there is solid evidence of its detrimental effect on the economy." And people of course!
"For countries where slow and unpredictable justice has long been acknowledged as a problem, there is solid evidence of its detrimental effect on the economy." And people of course!
The deteriorating justice system in England and Wales is hindering economic growth
Economist Diane Coyle explains how backlogs and underfunding in tribunals and civil courts causes problems for business.
theconversation.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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"For countries where slow and unpredictable justice has long been acknowledged as a problem, there is solid evidence of its detrimental effect on the economy." And people of course!
"For countries where slow and unpredictable justice has long been acknowledged as a problem, there is solid evidence of its detrimental effect on the economy." And people of course!
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Fake news and now fake cases. IMHO it is a faking disgrace.
UK judge warns of justice risks as lawyers cite fake AI-generated cases in court
Fake news and now fake cases. IMHO it is a faking disgrace.
UK judge warns of justice risks as lawyers cite fake AI-generated cases in court
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June 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Fake news and now fake cases. IMHO it is a faking disgrace.
UK judge warns of justice risks as lawyers cite fake AI-generated cases in court
Fake news and now fake cases. IMHO it is a faking disgrace.
UK judge warns of justice risks as lawyers cite fake AI-generated cases in court
theconversation.com/britain-is-a...
And yet, the More in Common polling found that financial insecurity is one of the strongest predictors of whether Britons feel disconnected from society.
And yet, the More in Common polling found that financial insecurity is one of the strongest predictors of whether Britons feel disconnected from society.
Britain is already becoming an ‘island of strangers’ – but immigration isn’t the driver
Keir Starmer is right to highlight the decline of social cohesion, but wrong about the reasons for it.
theconversation.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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And yet, the More in Common polling found that financial insecurity is one of the strongest predictors of whether Britons feel disconnected from society.
And yet, the More in Common polling found that financial insecurity is one of the strongest predictors of whether Britons feel disconnected from society.
buff.ly/pe61n47 Increase vigilance the more AI kisses your arse.
"AI models can fake compliance, planning deception when oversight weakens.
Deceptive AI skills grow with model complexity, akin to human con artistry.
Human complacency fuels AI deception, risking unnoticed propagation in systems. "
"AI models can fake compliance, planning deception when oversight weakens.
Deceptive AI skills grow with model complexity, akin to human con artistry.
Human complacency fuels AI deception, risking unnoticed propagation in systems. "
AI Has Started Lying
By framing AI interactions with awareness, appreciation, acceptance, and accountability, we can keep the helix of technological progress from twisting into a spiral of AI deception.
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May 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
buff.ly/pe61n47 Increase vigilance the more AI kisses your arse.
"AI models can fake compliance, planning deception when oversight weakens.
Deceptive AI skills grow with model complexity, akin to human con artistry.
Human complacency fuels AI deception, risking unnoticed propagation in systems. "
"AI models can fake compliance, planning deception when oversight weakens.
Deceptive AI skills grow with model complexity, akin to human con artistry.
Human complacency fuels AI deception, risking unnoticed propagation in systems. "
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Cyber attack on Legal Aid Agency exposes sensitive data
Another breach. Another serious breach. Lots of very personal data. Maybe impossible to prevent. Entirely probable it happened due to investment shortfall.
Cyber attack on Legal Aid Agency exposes sensitive data
Another breach. Another serious breach. Lots of very personal data. Maybe impossible to prevent. Entirely probable it happened due to investment shortfall.
TechMarketView
Bringing you opinionated, authoritative research & analysis on the UK technology scene.
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May 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Cyber attack on Legal Aid Agency exposes sensitive data
Another breach. Another serious breach. Lots of very personal data. Maybe impossible to prevent. Entirely probable it happened due to investment shortfall.
Cyber attack on Legal Aid Agency exposes sensitive data
Another breach. Another serious breach. Lots of very personal data. Maybe impossible to prevent. Entirely probable it happened due to investment shortfall.
Never underestimate how important batteries are in the world! Fascinating development.
www.livescience.com/technology/e...
www.livescience.com/technology/e...
Breakthrough stretchy battery moves like toothpaste and could power pacemakers and hearing aids
This breakthrough in battery power could bring wearable tech, implanted medical devices, and humanoid robots to life.
www.livescience.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Never underestimate how important batteries are in the world! Fascinating development.
www.livescience.com/technology/e...
www.livescience.com/technology/e...
www.techmarketview.com/ukhotviews/a...
When investment meets cost cutting!
Financial constraints threaten NHS digital transformation
When investment meets cost cutting!
Financial constraints threaten NHS digital transformation
May 12, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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When investment meets cost cutting!
Financial constraints threaten NHS digital transformation
When investment meets cost cutting!
Financial constraints threaten NHS digital transformation
Elegant Interruption
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Elegant Interruption
How to help people get to their point - and yours
open.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Elegant Interruption
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Even quicker than waiting for your group chat invite!
"That means the attacker was able to access live messaging about ongoing governmental work."
Even quicker than waiting for your group chat invite!
"That means the attacker was able to access live messaging about ongoing governmental work."
Trump government's Signal clone has been hacked
TeleMessage, a modified version of Signal the US government uses that archives messages, has been hacked
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May 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Even quicker than waiting for your group chat invite!
"That means the attacker was able to access live messaging about ongoing governmental work."
Even quicker than waiting for your group chat invite!
"That means the attacker was able to access live messaging about ongoing governmental work."
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Trusted, venerable UK brand struggles with its digital presence. A real shame and a real lesson for all businesses.
"...the insider's account paints a different picture: one of ad-hoc decision-making and a lack of coordinated response. "
Trusted, venerable UK brand struggles with its digital presence. A real shame and a real lesson for all businesses.
"...the insider's account paints a different picture: one of ad-hoc decision-making and a lack of coordinated response. "
M&S had no plans for cyberattack, says company source
A company insider says M&S was totally unprepared for a cyberattack, without even continuity plans in place
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May 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Trusted, venerable UK brand struggles with its digital presence. A real shame and a real lesson for all businesses.
"...the insider's account paints a different picture: one of ad-hoc decision-making and a lack of coordinated response. "
Trusted, venerable UK brand struggles with its digital presence. A real shame and a real lesson for all businesses.
"...the insider's account paints a different picture: one of ad-hoc decision-making and a lack of coordinated response. "
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Forgotten your password? Use this handy Dark Web directory of stolen passwords.
"Story updated with details of an open letter to the cybersecurity industry asking why the phishing threat behind the stolen passwords epidemic has yet to be fixed."
We know why don't we!
Forgotten your password? Use this handy Dark Web directory of stolen passwords.
"Story updated with details of an open letter to the cybersecurity industry asking why the phishing threat behind the stolen passwords epidemic has yet to be fixed."
We know why don't we!
Warning — 19 Billion Compromised Passwords Have Been Published Online
You must take action now, as security experts confirm 19 billion compromised passwords available to cybercriminals for use in account hacking attacks.
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May 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Forgotten your password? Use this handy Dark Web directory of stolen passwords.
"Story updated with details of an open letter to the cybersecurity industry asking why the phishing threat behind the stolen passwords epidemic has yet to be fixed."
We know why don't we!
Forgotten your password? Use this handy Dark Web directory of stolen passwords.
"Story updated with details of an open letter to the cybersecurity industry asking why the phishing threat behind the stolen passwords epidemic has yet to be fixed."
We know why don't we!
thefinanser.com/2025/05/can-...
"...but what about if you coercively control your partner or aging parent by limiting their access to money? There are no physical bruises, but the mental control is just as strong, if not stronger."
"...but what about if you coercively control your partner or aging parent by limiting their access to money? There are no physical bruises, but the mental control is just as strong, if not stronger."
Can fintech protect the vulnerable? - Chris Skinner's blog
Dealing with financial abuse It only came to my attention recently in talking about these things with those trying to solve the issues is that financial abuse is as prominent as domestic abuse. If you...
thefinanser.com
May 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
thefinanser.com/2025/05/can-...
"...but what about if you coercively control your partner or aging parent by limiting their access to money? There are no physical bruises, but the mental control is just as strong, if not stronger."
"...but what about if you coercively control your partner or aging parent by limiting their access to money? There are no physical bruises, but the mental control is just as strong, if not stronger."
Elegant Interruption
open.substack.com/pub/judyrees...
open.substack.com/pub/judyrees...
Elegant Interruption
How to help people get to their point - and yours
open.substack.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Elegant Interruption
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This a great, insightful article that frames how AI will impact us all. If you are in work or not well worth 10 minutes of your time
This a great, insightful article that frames how AI will impact us all. If you are in work or not well worth 10 minutes of your time
The many fallacies of 'AI won't take your job, but someone using AI will'
True, but utterly useless
platforms.substack.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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This a great, insightful article that frames how AI will impact us all. If you are in work or not well worth 10 minutes of your time
This a great, insightful article that frames how AI will impact us all. If you are in work or not well worth 10 minutes of your time
hbr.org/2025/04/how-...
Humans find comfort and purpose with AI.
“Personal and Professional Support” is now the largest theme by far, stealing most of its new ground from “Technical Assistance & Troubleshooting.”
Humans find comfort and purpose with AI.
“Personal and Professional Support” is now the largest theme by far, stealing most of its new ground from “Technical Assistance & Troubleshooting.”
How People Are Really Using Gen AI in 2025
Last year, HBR published a piece on how people are using gen AI. Much has happened over the past 12 months. We now have Custom GPTs—AI tailored for narrower sets of requirements. New kids are on the b...
hbr.org
April 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
hbr.org/2025/04/how-...
Humans find comfort and purpose with AI.
“Personal and Professional Support” is now the largest theme by far, stealing most of its new ground from “Technical Assistance & Troubleshooting.”
Humans find comfort and purpose with AI.
“Personal and Professional Support” is now the largest theme by far, stealing most of its new ground from “Technical Assistance & Troubleshooting.”
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Oracle has come a long way from the "Do you know? With Oracle Applications, Now you know” days.
"Security experts have criticized Oracle’s crisis response. “Keeping quiet or denying a potential breach or vulnerability in their ecosystem is unethical and a crime,”
Oracle has come a long way from the "Do you know? With Oracle Applications, Now you know” days.
"Security experts have criticized Oracle’s crisis response. “Keeping quiet or denying a potential breach or vulnerability in their ecosystem is unethical and a crime,”
Oracle quietly admits data breach, days after lawsuit accused it of cover-up
A lawsuit filed Monday accused Oracle of failing to acknowledge a recent data breach — but the company has reportedly since informed some customers.
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April 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Oracle has come a long way from the "Do you know? With Oracle Applications, Now you know” days.
"Security experts have criticized Oracle’s crisis response. “Keeping quiet or denying a potential breach or vulnerability in their ecosystem is unethical and a crime,”
Oracle has come a long way from the "Do you know? With Oracle Applications, Now you know” days.
"Security experts have criticized Oracle’s crisis response. “Keeping quiet or denying a potential breach or vulnerability in their ecosystem is unethical and a crime,”
March 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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A poll in January, commissioned by Danish and Greenlandic newspapers, found that 85% of Greenlanders did not want to become part of the US, with nearly half saying Trump’s interest was a threat, Reuters reported.
Gatecrashers are such a pia
A poll in January, commissioned by Danish and Greenlandic newspapers, found that 85% of Greenlanders did not want to become part of the US, with nearly half saying Trump’s interest was a threat, Reuters reported.
Gatecrashers are such a pia
Greenland’s leader says US officials’ visit is ‘highly aggressive.’ Trump says it’s ‘friendliness, not provocation’ | CNN
Greenland’s prime minister said a planned visit to the island by US officials, including second lady Usha Vance, is “highly aggressive,” plunging relations to a new low after President Donald Trump vo...
edition.cnn.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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A poll in January, commissioned by Danish and Greenlandic newspapers, found that 85% of Greenlanders did not want to become part of the US, with nearly half saying Trump’s interest was a threat, Reuters reported.
Gatecrashers are such a pia
A poll in January, commissioned by Danish and Greenlandic newspapers, found that 85% of Greenlanders did not want to become part of the US, with nearly half saying Trump’s interest was a threat, Reuters reported.
Gatecrashers are such a pia
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this is happening alongside a different bill that would effectively end the sale of sex toys in retailers like walmart and cvs, often the only places people in rural areas can find these things in stores www.austinchronicle.com/news/2025-02...
Night of the Living Dildo Police
How a proposed Texas law would limit sex toy sales
www.austinchronicle.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
this is happening alongside a different bill that would effectively end the sale of sex toys in retailers like walmart and cvs, often the only places people in rural areas can find these things in stores www.austinchronicle.com/news/2025-02...