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Hand-picked headlines on software, SaaS, AI and the tech job market. Short summaries, with links to the original reporting.
From 9 December, UK Microsoft 365 tenants that have not chosen a setting will have Anthropic Claude switched on in Copilot. UK tenants sit outside the EU Data Boundary, and Anthropic processes the data in the US.
via The Register →
Statnett is halting new grid reservations and some approvals for data centres until at least new functional requirements are set, expected by August 2027, as 18,000 MW of further requests pile up.
via Statnett →
Researchers found an exposed directory showing an autonomous intrusion toolkit built on DeepSeek Flash that ran for two weeks, mostly exploiting a Cisco BroadWorks flaw. Attribution is unproven.
via GBHackers →
Police detained 150-200 people at the construction site during a two-day Europe-wide protest against data centres.
via Al Jazeera →
An amendment to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill would let ministers regulate agentic AI via secondary legislation, covering operators like cloud and managed service providers.
via The Register →
Backed by a €40M growth investment from AshGrove within a package of up to €65M, the combined firm projects 115 million verifications this year across 50+ countries.
via Tech.eu →