‘I’ve no idea how they got her number’: My student-loan servicer called a friend after I missed a payment. Is that legal?

IBM’s stock plunges after a preliminary release of profit and revenue that were well below expectations.

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Just today, I cancelled my ChatGPT subscription — I don’t need it anymore. I’m not alone. It’s not as good as Claude. Paid subscriptions to ChatGPT have plateaued because there is so much more competition. Now you may think: does it matter if OpenAI fails to generate income of $300bn? If a company fails, does…

Image: Jamie Street/Unsplash The fourth in a series of extracts from Global Government Forum’s new study on future-proofing digital capability examines how a strong technical workforce alone is not enough – leadership is increasingly critical to digital delivery The Future-proofing government digital capability study, led by Kevin Cunnington, executive advisor at GGF and former director general of…

Attendees at the 2025 Data Summit. Photo Rob Data is fundamental to the work of modern government. To support civil servants in maximising the value of the data they collect, and in harnessing its potential to drive developments in areas such as artificial intelligence, Global Government Forum convenes the annual Data Summit to bring together…

Innovation Jul 15, 2026 Gabriela Ramos  and Emilija Stojmenova Duh AI systems are now powerful enough to threaten critical infrastructure, financial systems, and national security. Rather than becoming shareholders in AI companies, as US President Donald Trump has proposed, governments should invest in…