IT teams wary as automation races ahead, SolarWinds says Data privacy and accuracy fears are slowing uptake as nearly half of IT professionals question AI tools now entering their workplaces. 
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I shall have my own AI The Aardvark man-cave will soon feature its own air-gapped LLM AI system. 
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Akamai warns of surging DDoS attacks on financial firms Sustained assaults are disrupting online banking and payments as EMEA becomes the main target for DDoS campaigns against lenders. 
© 2026 ITBrief Thu 1:35am
Harry Styles tour to review staging after fan complaints BBC Newsbeat understands changes will be made in time for the star's London shows in June and July. 
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Optimizely says AI agent use jumps 42% as adoption grows Marketing teams are increasingly using AI to automate routine campaign work, with Optimizely saying customer-built agents now dominate activity on Opal. 
© 2026 ITBrief Wed 11:15pm
MPs ask Channel 4 for answers over 'horrifying' Married At First Sight allegations A committee of MPs says claims about the show raise "serious concerns" about reality TV practices. 
© 2026 BBCWorld Wed 10:35pm
US groups urge investigation into child safety and spending on Roblox Roblox said it had "clear policies" banning actual and simulated gambling, as well as rules governing paid random items. 
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Look out, Canva: Google Pics’ AI editing is scary good In March, Canva made a big deal of Magic Layers, and its ability to treat different elements of an image as editable layers. On first blush, Google’s new Google Pics app looks like it can do the same — and then some.
Google Pics is a new, standalone Google app, powered... 
© 2026 PC World Wed 10:35pm
Bill to legally define 'man' and 'woman' passes first reading A new bill defining gender has been advanced to the Select Committee, following rigorous debate in the House on Wednesday night. 
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Mediaocean names Iván Markman as Chief Operating Officer The appointment comes as the ad-tech group steps up its AI push across products used by more than 100,000 people worldwide. 
© 2026 ITBrief Thu 1:55am
Alteryx unveils agentic automation tools for analysts Many firms are still wrestling with trust and governance as analysts spend 3.7 hours a week correcting AI outputs, survey data shows. 
© 2026 ITBrief Thu 1:05am
Ditch QWERTY and improve your typing with this keyboard app Have you ever stopped to wonder why we all use the same inefficient keyboard layout? QWERTY wasn’t built for comfort or speed, it was built for typewriters… in the 1870s. Keeping common letter pairs such as ‘T’ and ‘H’ apart was a way to keep typebars from jamming. And, as... 
© 2026 PC World Thu 12:15am
14 nifty USB-C gadgets you didn’t know you needed I don’t know how your tech drawers look, but mine are filled with wires I’ll likely never use again because technology has advanced quite a bit. Thankfully, USB-C seems to be here to stay since there is no wrong way to plug these things in. It’s not just smartphones, tablets,... 
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Youth council claims Napier mayor called them a ‘bunch of idiots’ - he disagrees Napier Mayor Richard McGrath says an off-the-cuff comment was intended as light-hearted banter, not as serious criticism. 
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Cate Le Bon is on the other side of heartbreak and heading to NZ The Welsh musician captures the "disorientating, repetitive, obsessive" state she experienced after a break-up on her latest album, Michelangelo Dying. 
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