Russia stories
Rising broadband demand is pushing carriers towards 10 Gbps upgrades, as Eltex's new terminals let them reuse existing fibre instead of rebuilding networks.
The Moscow gathering will examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping business, research and daily life across Russia and beyond.
Personal accounts used by researchers and officials are being hit by Russian-linked groups, exposing institutions to stealthy account theft and malware.
Bots now generate more than half of web requests worldwide, with AI-driven browsing pushing automated traffic up 7,851% in 2025.
Malicious packages are now spreading faster across code repositories, with Google saying open source ecosystems face the sharpest rise in risk.
Security-driven demand is set to lift private 5G and 4G LTE defence investment at a 24% annual rate through 2029, the research says.
Ransomware-prone operators could cut integration costs as ATLAS pitches a single storage-and-security system to foreign buyers in Yekaterinburg.
Generative AI is helping Tehran speed up phishing, malware and influence campaigns, while making attacks harder to attribute.
A lighter open-source release could help developers build voice tools that detect emotion, summarise long recordings and support multiple languages.
Boards must now treat cyber security and AI governance as core resilience issues, with Russian-linked threats exposing wider operational risks.
Businesses may need to rethink bot blocks, as Decodo says automated systems now make up 57.4% of web requests and shape product discovery.
Developers can now access a smaller Russian-made model aimed at coding and long-document analysis, as Sber opens GigaChat 3.5 Ultra free.
Google Threat Intelligence Group says Moscow's influence machine is again targeting the US, Europe and allies beyond Ukraine, with AI aiding campaigns.
World Cup betting traffic has become a target for denial-of-service campaigns, with one European operator hit by 19 million malicious requests.
Connected cars face a widening attack surface as PCA flags 265 new flaws in the first quarter, with most exploitable without specialist tools.
Peacefulness has fallen for a 12th straight year, as conflict deaths, drone attacks and military spending all hit record highs.
The report says Chinese threat groups are now tracking oil, reconstruction and strategic technologies across Venezuela, Syria, South Korea and the Gulf.
Ottawa is deepening defence ties with Kyiv through new drone, energy and reconstruction funding as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Canada.
Fears are mounting that unchecked AI could unleash cyberattacks, market shocks and job losses long before any extinction event.
AI projects that remain stuck in pilot stages may miss the shift to agentic systems able to manage tasks with limited human oversight.
