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How trusted data is helping to firefight bad in the AI age at Ordnance Survey

In these days of Google Earth, Google Maps, Apple Maps, and more, it is easy – but unwise – to overlook Ordnance Survey (OS), the UK’s national mapping agency. Every Brit of a certain age has grown up with its paper maps, as generations did back to its foundation in 1791.

But today, its OS Maps app has the rare distinction of being five-star rated by 100,000 reviews on the Apple App Store, and trusted by walkers, hikers, runners, bikers, and anyone else who strays out of city centers and off road – a total of 536,000 subscribers, up six percent on last year.

So, far from wilting in the digital age, Ordnance Survey is thriving. In March 2026 – the 225th anniversary of its first map – it reported its tenth consecutive year of revenue growth, up £4.1 million ($5.6 million) to a record total of nearly £199 million...

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The County Prosecutors Who Became ICE Informants

This story was produced in partnership with Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom in Chicago focused on the court system. Rolando Perez Samayoa had come to the US in 2023 seeking safety. Fleeing violence in Mexico, he’d first planned to make a life in Alabama but had been told that

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Greenworks’ MaximusZ electric riding mower has five motors and a few compromises

The current EV market is flush with variety. I’ve driven single-motor economy-minded machines, dual-motor EVs with all-wheel drive, tri-motor vehicles that dial up the performance stakes, and even wild quad-motor performance cars, like the Rimac Nevera. But this is the first time I’ve ever driven a five-motor EV,

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Defining the MVC: Recover faster from cyberattacks by restoring what matters most

Most organizations in UK and across Europe don’t struggle to recover from cyberattacks such as ransomware because they lack backups. They struggle because they try to restore everything at once. VP for UK&I at Cohesity. In the aftermath of a major cyber incident, the instinct is to

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Microsoft Teams administrators finally get the option to block external bots from meetings

* Microsoft used to tell you when a bot was in the lobby, now you can automatically block it * Watch out, because legitimate add-ons like AI assistants could end up being blocked * More protections are coming to Teams soon, too Microsoft is rolling out an important new security policy for Teams,

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The County Prosecutors Who Became ICE Informants

Greenworks’ MaximusZ electric riding mower has five motors and a few compromises

Defining the MVC: Recover faster from cyberattacks by restoring what matters most

Microsoft Teams administrators finally get the option to block external bots from meetings