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• Google has shared a teaser video for the Pixel 10 Pro Fold
• The video shows off the phone in full, but doesn't include any specs
• Leaks and rumors have given us a good idea of what to expect from the phone

You can’t leak something that’s already been officially shown – or at least, that might be Google’s thinking, as the company has now teased multiple upcoming handsets, with its latest teaser being focused on the Pixel 10 Pro Fold.

In a brief YouTube video, the company has shown the phone from the front and back, revealing a device that looks a whole lot like the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold, complete with a large camera block that looks a bit like two smaller camera blocks jammed together.

You can also see a punch-hole camera in the top right corner of the foldable screen, which again is a match for the previous model.

No specs are revealed, with the accompanying narration instead joking about the joys of being able to open a new phone twice when you buy a foldable (the first time being the opening of the box, the second of the phone itself).

Still, thanks to leaks and rumors we do have a good idea of what to expect when Google fully unveils this phone – likely on August 20 – and below we’ve listed five of the main upgrades we’re likely to see.

1. An IP68 rating

The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future)

While the Pixel 10 Pro Fold might not look very different to the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, it could have quite a lot of less visible differences, including better dust resistance.

One leak has suggested that the Pixel 10 Pro Fold will have an IP68 rating, which would mean it’s certified to withstand water at depths of up to 1.5 meters for up to 30 minutes, as well as being dust tight.

The Pixel 9 Pro Fold for comparison has an IPX8 rating, which means the same level of water resistance but no real dust resistance.

So adding dust resistance to the Pixel 10 Pro Fold would be a big win, especially as no current foldable phones have much dust resistance. But the fact that none have such robust resistance, also makes us slightly skeptical about whether Google’s phone will achieve it.

2. A big battery

The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future)

As well as lacking dust resistance, foldable phones also often struggle when it comes to battery capacity, with these devices typically having smaller batteries than non-foldable phones – which themselves tend to have far smaller screens to power.

That’s not ideal, but the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold could take a step in the right direction, with reports suggesting it might have a 5,050mAh battery. That’s up from 4,650mAh in the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, so it would be a significant improvement in capacity.

It would also mean this phone has a bigger battery than its main rival, as the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 has a far smaller 4,400mAh one.

3. Camera Coach and voice editing

The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future)

Google is one of the biggest names in AI, so of course the Pixel 10 Pro Fold will have some new AI features, and we’ve heard of two possible ones.

Most excitingly there’s a rumored feature called ‘Camera Coach’, which will apparently help teach you to take better photos, by analyzing the snaps you take and making suggestions of how they could be improved.

But we’ve also heard about a ‘Conversational Photo Editing’ mode, which will apparently let you use your voice or typed text to tell Gemini to make changes to your images, such as removing unwanted elements or adjusting the background.

These two tools should help further improve the already-impressive Pixel photography experience.

4. A Tensor G5 chipset

The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future)

The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold is also sure to be more powerful than its predecessor, with numerous leaks – and past form – suggesting it will have a Tensor G5 chipset, replacing the Tensor G4 of the Pixel 9 Pro Fold.

So this should give the phone a power boost, which could help with AI, gaming, and more. This chipset probably still won’t be as powerful as the Snapdragon 8 Elite used by the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S25 line, but for most users it should still be plenty powerful enough.

5. Screen improvements

The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold (Image credit: Philip Berne / Future)

Finally, the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold could have a better screen than the current model. Specifically, the cover screen could be slightly bigger at 6.4 inches (up from 6.3 inches on the Pixel 9 Pro Fold). But due to smaller bezels it might still not take up any more space.

Additionally, we’re hearing that the cover display might have a peak brightness of 3,000 nits – which is up from 2,700 nits on the current model. This leak doesn’t mention the main display but it’s likely that would get a brightness boost too, since otherwise it would be less bright than the cover screen.

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• Taylor Swift has announced her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, and she's using Spotify to kick-start the roll out
• A mysterious Spotify playlist curated by Swift now appears in her artist page, packing 22 of her best songs to tease the next era
• This marks the beginning of the album rollout, taking to a music streaming service first before TikTok to promote new music

It’s official, a new Taylor Swift record is on the way – and the internet is going feral. The singer announced her upcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl, on August 12, and she’s using Spotify in order to prepare us for the next era.

Alongside the announcement of her 12th studio album - also referred to as TS12 - a collection of strange billboards across New York City and Nashville showcasing a giant mint-green Spotify code with cascading orange glitter (see below), which fans immediately spotted.

Mysterious Spotify billboards popped up in NYC and Nashville leading to a new playlist by Taylor Swift. pic.twitter.com/A8qo91Txi6August 12, 2025

When you scan the code in the Spotify app, it takes you to a playlist curated by Swift herself titled ‘And, baby, that’s show business for you’ – and it appears to drop subtle hints for the upcoming release.

For starters, the new Spotify playlist packs 22 of Swift’s biggest pop bangers from albums Red, 1989, and Reputation. Coincidentally, they’re all songs produced by Max Martin with whom she hasn’t worked with since 2017, which leads us to believe her long-time collaborator Jack Antonoff won’t be returning for TS12.

(Image credit: Future)

At the moment, this project is still a little ambiguous, and this mysterious Spotify playlist is all we have as of yet. However, it’s an interesting strategy to say the least, and one that I think could do wonders for encouraging artists to use music streaming services more for music promotion over platforms such as TikTok.

How to find Taylor Swift’s new Spotify playlist

(Image credit: Future)

After scouring the Spotify app for ways to track down the playlist, I've discovered two ways to find it.

The first is by scanning the Spotify code that was teased in the billboards. Don’t worry, you don’t need to be there in person, and you can scan any image of the code online using the camera feature in the Spotify app.

Alternatively, head to the Spotify app and go to Taylor Swift’s artist page. Scroll down until you see the ‘Artist Playlists’ section, and the newly curated playlist will be there. This is the easiest way to locate it, so I would recommend trying this as opposed to scanning the Spotify code.

A new era for music streaming?

For the past few years, it’s been the new norm for artists to use platforms such as TikTok to promote new music, and while Spotify has introduced countdowns to hype new album releases, that’s pretty much it when it comes to offering artists ways to market their music.

At the time of Swift’s 2022 album Midnights, TikTok was crucial to the album rollout, and each week Swift would post a video to reveal one song from the tracklist. Her 2024 album The Tortured Poets Department adopted a similar Tiktok-style rollout, but her upcoming project The Life of a Showgirl has been absent from the platform – for now.

While the Swift-curated Spotify playlist is far from revolutionary, it’s certainly a step away from promotional practices we’ve seen become the norm in recent years, as most artists immediately jump on the TikTok bandwagon. Of course, Swift will inevitably take to other platforms as we get closer to the album release date, but it’s still an exciting way to kickstart the new era.

It’s still very early days into the album rollout – we don’t even have an official release date yet – but after Swift was crowned Spotify’s top artist of 2024, this strategy makes a lot of sense. Will other artists catch on and revert to using music streaming services to promote new music instead of throwing it all on TikTok? Let us know what you think about it in the comments below.

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• August 2025 Patch Tuesday update addresses 111 flaws
• These include multiple critical-severity flaws and a zero-day issue
• Users should apply the patch immediately, or risk attack

Microsoft has released its August 2025 Patch Tuesday package, a cumulative set of updates addressing more than 100 vulnerabilities across a host of its products.

Among them was a known zero-day vulnerability in Windows Kerberos, the company's implementation of the Kerberos authentication protocol, which securely verifies user identities in a Windows network using tickets instead of sending passwords over the network.

Kerberos was found to contain a “relative path traversal” flaw which allows an authorized threat actor to elevate privileges over a network.

Critical severity flaws

Besides the zero-day, Microsoft fixed another 106 flaws, including 13 bugs labeled “critical”.

Of those, nine are remote code execution (RCE) flaws that can be abused in device takeover attacks, information disclosure flaws that can be used in data exfiltration attacks, and an elevation of privilege bug.

Some of the more notable vulnerabilities fixed in the release include a 10/10, critical flaw in Azure OpenAI, tracked as CVE-2025-53767 which could allow unauthenticated threat actors to remotely access sensitive information in AI environments.

Another notable mention is a remote code execution bug in Microsoft Graphics Component that can be exploited through malicious files or images. It is tracked as CVE-2025-50165, and was given a severity score of 9.8/10 (critical).

There are also CVE-2025-53766, CVE-50171, and CVE-2025-53792, all of which have a severity score of 9.1 and higher, making them critical.

In total, 111 vulnerabilities were addressed by Microsoft, and although none are marked as being actively exploited in the wild, admins would be wise to apply the fix without delay.

Via BleepingComputer

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Hisense's 100UX TV offers the company's RGB backlight in a "smaller" 100-inch size for $19,999.

Foundation season 3 episode 6 is just days away from making its Apple TV+ debut – and it's got a lot to do if it hopes to live up to its predecessor.

This season's next chapter, titled 'The Shape of Time', will pick up directly after the explosive events of its most explosive episode yet, as well as reunite us with the Vault-based Doctor Seldon, who's been conspicuous by his absence for large portions of Foundation's latest season.

But enough waffling on. You're here to find out when Foundation season 3's next entry will air on Apple's streaming service, so read on for more details.

What is the launch date for Foundation season 3 episode 6?

Not long now until The Vault re-opens, Ebling... (Image credit: Apple TV+)

'The Shape of Time' will air on one of the world's best streaming services on Friday, August 15. As I've suggested in every other episodic release date article for this season, I'd expect it to launch on Apple TV+ a day earlier (August 14) in North and South America due to their regional time zones.

Speaking of said time zones, here's when I think Foundation season 3's next installment will be released. Bear in mind that Apple doesn't publicly disclose the launch times for new episodes of its TV Originals, so the below times are my best guess – based on when chapters of some of the best Apple TV+ shows have aired, mind you – for this week's episode.

• US – Thursday, August 14 at 9pm PT / Friday, August 8 at 12am ET
• Canada – Thursday, August 14 at 9pm PT / Friday, August 8 at 12am ET
• UK – Friday, August 15 at 5am BST
• India – Friday, August 15 at 9:30am IST
• Singapore – Friday, August 15 at 12pm SGT
• Australia – Friday, August 15 at 2pm AEST
• New Zealand – Friday, August 15 at 4pm NZST

When will new episodes of Foundation season 3 come out?

Bayta and Toran's journey across the cosmos continues in this season's sixth episode (Image credit: Apple TV+)

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• Foundation season 3 episode 1 – out now
• Foundation season 3 episode 2 – out now
• Foundation season 3 episode 3 – out now
• Foundation season 3 episode 4 – out now
• Foundation season 3 episode 5 – out now
• Foundation season 3 episode 6 – Friday, August 15
• Foundation season 3 episode 7 – Friday, August 22
• Foundation season 3 episode 8 – Friday, August 29
• Foundation season 3 episode 9 – Friday, September 5
• Foundation season 3 episode 10 – Friday, September 12

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• Two new RGB-MiniLED TVs: 116 and 100 inches
• A 136-inch microLED will arrive later this year
• The RGB-MiniLED models are $29,999 and $19,999

What's 116 inches big and "better than any other TV", according to us? Hisense's flagship 116-inch RGB-MiniLED TV, the 116UX. We tested it earlier this year and were extremely impressed, and now it's available to buy in the US. There's also a new and marginally smaller model, the 100-inch 100UX.

When we tested the 116UX our expert found that it delivered "BT.2020 color more accurately than any other TV I'm aware of, and its high brightness and swath of interesting technologies mean it will excel when watching most things." And it's yours for just $29,999, or $19,999 if you plump for the 100UX.

(Image credit: Hisense)Why RGB-MiniLED could be the next big thing in bright TVs

Hisense says that its "RGB-MiniLED TVs are a preview of where the industry is headed." Instead of the white backlights and quantum dots of other TVs, RGB-MiniLED uses individually controlled red, green and blue LEDs. That in theory means up to 8,000 nits of peak brightness once the TV's warmed up, and it achieves 95% of the BT.2020 color space.

In these TVs the panels are teamed with Hisense's Hi-View AI Engine X for dynamic image optimization, and there's a CineStage X 6.2.2 sound system with Dolby Atmos.

These are big TVs with big price tags, but something even bigger is on the horizon: the microLED Hisense 136MX, which as the name indicates is a massive 136 inches diagonally.

Hisense describes it as "an ultra-luxury MicroLED display featuring self-emissive pixels for perfect black levels, infinite contrast, and exceptional brightness." It'll be the largest consumer-targeted microLED display to date, and while we don't know what it'll cost here's a prediction: it'll be a lot.

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• Bitdefender finds new piece of malware in the wild
• It attributed it to a brand-new cyber-espionage group
• The researchers believe the group is Russian

Cybersecurity researchers at Bitdefender recently spotted a new threat actor using a never-before-seen piece of backdoor malware to target critical infrastructure organizations in eastern Europe.

Bitdefender named the new group Curly COMrades, since it heavily relies on the curl.exe tool to pull data and communicate with the C2 server, and since it hijacks Component Object Model (COM) objects during its attacks.

In its attacks, Curly COMrades deploy a backdoor named MucorAgent, a custom three-stage malware component, “engineered as a .NET stealthy tool capable of executing an AES-encrypted PowerShell script and uploading the resulting output to a designated server.”

When in doubt - blame the Russians

In other words, it’s a piece of Windows malware that runs hidden commands, keeps them encrypted to avoid detection, and sends the results back to the attacker.

So far, identified victims include government and judicial organizations in Georgia, and energy companies in Moldova.

Given the targets, the researchers believe the attackers are of Russian origin, or at least Russia-aligned.

However, they did stress that there are no strong overlaps with known Russian APT groups, but Curly COMrades’ operations “align with the geopolitical goals of the Russian Federation."

Bitdefender also could not determine the initial access vector - how crooks managed to infiltrate the target endpoints to deploy MucorAgent to begin with.

They claim to have seen installations of multiple proxy agents, including Resocks which, they suspect, may have been used to that end.

Ever since Russia’s attention turned towards Ukraine in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea, countries on its eastern border have lost the spotlight. Georgia, however, is in a similar position to Ukraine, with two regions declaring independence with the help of the Russian military - South Ossetia, and Abkhazia. Therefore, it would make sense that Russia’s cyberspies would like to keep tabs on neighboring countries and their diplomatic efforts.

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• Anthropic is offering Claude to all branches of US Government for next to nothing
• Move comes after OpenAI offered a very similar deal for ChatGPT
• AI companies are rushing to get their models adopted across the board

Anthropic has offered its Claude AI model to US government agencies for just $1 for the next year.

The offer extends to all three branches of the government, targeting the legislative and judicial branches alongside the executive.

The move comes almost immediately after OpenAI offered its ChatGPT enterprise for all US federal government workers for $1 per year per agency, as the firms look to undercut each other - and presumably create a reliance within the public sector, which is likely to use AI tools to help streamline their work and save money on admin costs.

Government contracts

“As AI adoption leads to transformation across industries, we want to ensure that federal workers can fully harness these capabilities to better serve the American people. By removing cost barriers, we're enabling the government to access the same advanced AI that's already proving its value in the private sector,” Anthropic said in a statement.

LLM companies are racing to obtain government contracts, with Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI awarded a $200 million AI development deal with the US Department of Defence - all to develop models for US government customers for national security.

Claude has already been added to the General Services Administration’s (GSA) schedule to help streamline procurement, with Claude for Enterprise and Claude for Government offering support with handling sensitive unclassified work.

The firm will also give assistance to rapidly implement AI across agencies - with technical support for successful adoption into their ‘productivity and mission workflows’.

“This OneGov deal with Anthropic is proof that the United States is setting the standard for how governments adopt AI — boldly, responsibly, and at scale,” said GSA Acting Administrator Michael Rigas.

“This agreement puts the most advanced American AI models directly into the hands of those serving the American people.”

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• Paid ChatGPT users are getting access to a bunch of older models
• Altman teases an upgrade to ChatGPT-5’s personality is coming
• The new “warmer” upgrade is to counter the backlash to GPT-5

In his latest tweet on the social media platform X, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has confirmed that all paid ChatGPT subscribers will be getting access to not only the old GPT-4o model, but also older LLMs like o3, 4.1.

The popular ChatGPT-4.5 will also be coming back, but it will only be available to Pro subscribers. Altman says this is because “it costs a lot of GPUs”, a reference to the amount of compute power that it requires.

In the wake of the backlash against the removal of the popular 4o model with absolutely no warning when GPT-5 was released, Altman seems to have learned a lesson and has promised, “If we ever do deprecate it, we will give plenty of notice.”

All paid users of ChatGPT should now find a 'Show additional models' toggle in the ChatGPT web settings, which will give you access to all the older LLM models. You’ll also be able to add a new GPT-5 Thinking mini model.

Updates to ChatGPT:You can now choose between “Auto”, “Fast”, and “Thinking” for GPT-5. Most users will want Auto, but the additional control will be useful for some people.Rate limits are now 3,000 messages/week with GPT-5 Thinking, and then extra capacity on GPT-5 Thinking…August 13, 2025

Altman also makes reference to the highly criticized ‘colder’ tone of the new ChatGPT-5, which has alienated many users in the tweet: “We are working on an update to GPT-5’s personality which should feel warmer than the current personality, but not as annoying (to most users) as GPT-4o”.

His reference to ChatGPT-4o being annoying refers to the sycophantic phase that GPT-4o seemed to enter after an upgrade back in April.

Altman continues, ”However, one learning for us from the past few days is we really just need to get to a world with more per-user customization of model personality.”

Multiple personalities

Altman’s reference to “per-user customization” reflects OpenAI's recognition that what its users want is an easier way to select how formal, humorous, empathetic, or direct the assistant is.

Altman endured a recent AMA chat on Reddit where he got to listen to users' complaints firsthand. It seems to be GPT-5's lack of a personality that has most angered ChatGPT users, who had gotten used to building quite a rapport with GPT-4o.

If I were given free rein to imagine how I'd like ChatGPT to work, I’d like to get to the stage where ChatGPT's personality traits could be represented via sliders, like ‘professional vs. casual’ or ‘concise vs. detailed’. That would make it far easier to get the results you are looking for.

While CustomGPTs already exist, I’d love it if it were possible to easily switch between personality types, like ‘Work Assistant’ or ‘Creative Writing Coach’. However, I get the feeling it will be a long time yet before we get such an easily customizable AI chatbot to talk to.

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• GPT-5 now has multiple thinking modes to choose from
• Sam Altman has also confirmed an increase in rate limits for ChatGPT Plus subscribers
• GPT-5 launched less than a week ago to widespread criticism

GPT-5 just got its first major change, and now users can select between different modes when using the new model in ChatGPT.

Confirmed by OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, on X earlier today, ChatGPT users can now choose between Auto, Fast, Thinking, and Thinking-mini when using GPT-5.

Each new mode offers a different way for GPT-5 to, you guessed it, think. "Auto" lets GPT-5 decide for itself how long to think, Fast" gives you instant answers, "Thinking-mini" thinks quickly, and "Thinking" will take longer to think for better answers.

The change comes following mass backlash related to GPT-5's performance, and will now give users multiple tiers of performance to choose from. We've yet to test all of the new thinking modes; however, when OpenAI decided to limit choice and remove legacy models, the lack of variety was met with widespread criticism.

OpenAI has since reverted back on those decisions, making 4o available again for paid subscribers, and adding the choice of multiple thinking abilities in GPT-5 only further cements the U-turn.

Updates to ChatGPT:You can now choose between “Auto”, “Fast”, and “Thinking” for GPT-5. Most users will want Auto, but the additional control will be useful for some people.Rate limits are now 3,000 messages/week with GPT-5 Thinking, and then extra capacity on GPT-5 Thinking…August 13, 2025

3000 messages a week? Yes please

New thinking modes aren't the only changes coming to GPT-5. Altman also announced the increase in rate limits for the brand new AI model following discontent from ChatGPT Plus users who pay $20/£20 a month to access the premium tier.

At launch, GPT-5's Thinking model was limited to 200 messages per week for Plus subscribers, now Altman says the rate limits have been increased to 3,000 a week. He also notes, "Context limit for GPT-5 Thinking is 196k tokens. We may have to update rate limits over time depending on usage."

Earlier this week, Altman said ChatGPT-5 Pro might be coming to Plus subscribers too, although he now appears to have backtracked, claiming, "we do not have the compute to do it right now."

GPT-5 hasn't even been out a week yet, but OpenAI has started to right the wrongs of the initial launch. With new rate limits and more choices in how long the AI model takes to respond with less or more thinking process, the company is trying to recapture its user base's trust.

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OpenAI has rolled out some handy new updates to Pro subscribers that will see ChatGPT link in more closely with top productivity tools such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Contacts and GitHub to reference content without the services inside conversations.

Plus members also get a few connectors, too, including collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint, along with the likes of Box, Canva, Dropbox, HubSpot and Notion.

As has often proven to be the case with ChatGPT, other paying tiers including Plus, Team, Enterprise and Edu will also get the Pro features in the coming weeks via a staged rollout.

ChatGPT connects to even more workplace apps

We've already seen connectors link to some third-party services for easier, faster access to information, including Google Drive, but the latest update marks a considerable improvement with links to even more platforms.

However, there's one key twist that means millions of users will not be able to use them – OpenAI explained, "connectors for Plus/Pro plans are not available in EEA, Switzerland, and the UK." TechRadar Pro has sought confirmation as to why this is the case.

The news comes as OpenAI releases its GPT-5 and GPT-5 Thinking models to the world, with the company announcing the availability for business plans now.

Users can now select between 'Auto', 'Fast' and 'Thinking' variants of GPT-5 based on how much control they may require, with Plus users being granted 3,000 messages per week with GPT-5 Thinking before OpenAI directs them to the lighter GPT-5 Thinking mini model.

4o has also returned into the model picker following uproar that all previous models got removed upon the launch of GPT-5.

"Paid users also now have a 'Show additional models' toggle in ChatGPT web settings which will add models like o3, o4-mini, 4.1, and GPT-5 Thinking mini," OpenAI explained in a support page. "4.5 is only available to Pro users due to GPUs."

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• Millions play games on LinkedIn regularly, apparently
• Sudoku is the sixth game to be added to LinkedIn's gaming platform
• LinkedIn believes Sudoku games can be an ice-breaker

LinkedIn has added another game to its portfolio in the hope that it can keep more of its 1.2 billion users engaged with the job site platform for longer.

The launch of Sudoku marks LinkedIn's sixth game, which is designed to be played more quickly (within two to three minutes) with a 6x6 layout compared with traditional 9x9 versions of the game.

As with previous games added to the platform, LinkedIn believes Sudoku could serve as an ice-breaker to spark friendly competition among colleagues.

LinkedIn continues to add games to the platform

Although the platform is primarily designed for professional social networking, millions are said to play games on the platform daily, with peak time at 7am ET.

"More than a year after launching LinkedIn Games, engagement remains strong," the company wrote in a post.

It's estimated 86% of today's players will return tomorrow, and 82% will return next week, with Gen Z most likely to participate in online gaming.

Although Meta's platforms count more users than LinkedIn (3.5 billion daily users) and better fiscal growth, LinkedIn is less challenged in the space, focusing on professional networks rather than personal engagement - last quarter, the Microsoft-owned platform saw a 9% growth in revenue to $4.6 billion.

Recent months have seen countless incremental upgrades to the platform, including the addition of new games and useful injections of AI tools to help both job seekers and recruiters be more efficient.

This particular game comes with plenty of credentials, being built in collaboration with Nikoli (the Japanese publisher than popularized Sudoku) and Thomas Snyder, three-time World Sudoku Champion and puzzle designer.

"We don’t want to have a puzzle on LinkedIn that takes 20 minutes to solve, right?” LinkedIn Senior Director of Product Lakshman Somasundaram said in an interview with CNBC, speaking about the game's more condensed design.

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The UK and EU face a defining challenge—and opportunity—as they chart their digital economic futures. How can we unlock the full value of transformative technologies like AI, quantum computing, and cloud infrastructure while managing the growing tide of cyber threats?

The answer lies not in choosing between innovation and regulation, but in reimagining cybersecurity policy as a strategic lever for economic growth.

Today, trust in digital systems is a prerequisite for digital transformation. From small businesses to multinational firms, no organization can scale without confidence in the security of its infrastructure.

However, trust doesn’t emerge on its own—it’s built through smart, risk-informed policy. That’s why cybersecurity must be at the center of economic strategy, not an afterthought to it.

Growing recognition

Across the UK and Europe, there’s growing recognition of this link. For example, the UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill positions cyber readiness as a core part of economic resilience. The EU’s cybersecurity policies also explicitly supports digital skills, market development, and cross-border data flows.

But to truly crystalize this moment, a clearer statement of how these policies are being designed to meet the moment is needed from government officials.

I recently attended the RSA Conference in the US and then travelled across both the UK and EU. Speaking with a variety of policymakers in different regions reminded me of the need we have to focus on partnerships, procurement and pivot in our cyber policy frameworks. I call these the “three Ps.”

Partnerships – Getting governments and the private sector on the same side of the table

High profile attacks such as those on the NHS, retailers and TfL over the past year have really brought into focus the impact cyberattacks can have on the wider population, and how fragile our digital systems are.

Cyber threats and how cyber policy can protect AI, cloud systems, and critical infrastructure were among the top concerns in every conversation I had with government stakeholders across the UK and EU.

To deliver cyber policy, however, governments and industry must sit on the same side of the table, working together to reduce systemic risk; cybersecurity cannot be delivered top-down. This means moving beyond passive compliance checklists toward dynamic, data-driven collaboration.

Private sector businesses often possess advanced technological capabilities and gather vast amounts of data through their daily operations, offering invaluable insights into emerging cyber threats.

Government agencies, on the other hand, bring a broader geopolitical and strategic understanding that helps interpret private sector data within the context of national and international security threats.

Bringing the government’s geopolitical context and regulatory levers together with the private sector’s technical capabilities and real-time intelligence, creates far more effective policies and faster threat responses.

Governments need to go beyond self-attested best practices and design partnerships that actively analyze the data gathered to identify which behaviors and deterrents actually work within a nation’s unique risk environment.

For small and medium-sized businesses in particular, clear, practical guidance shaped in collaboration is often the difference between resilience and risk exposure.

Some governments are doing better than others in recognizing the ability to translate complex policy goals into actionable, plain-speak directives, but this needs more intentional thought and design.

Procurement – Building success for the future

Economic growth will continue to increasingly depend upon digital infrastructure. For example, the UK government announced this year the AI Opportunities Action Plan and a £121 million investment boost for quantum technology. At the core of both announcements was how AI and quantum support the government’s economic mission.

Cybersecurity also plays a foundational role in the creation of resilient economic strategies. However, similar to intelligence sharing between the public and private sectors, the two parties often develop capabilities in silos that don’t work together. This leads to gaps in terms of the capabilities governments need and the solutions available to them on the market.

Cyber policy should guide how governments buy, fund, and signal the technologies they want to see in the market. This essentially means thinking about how the systems you build today will support success tomorrow.

We’re seeing governments improve in this area. For example, the NCSC’s guidance on post-quantum cryptography is a great example of future-focused leadership. While we don’t yet know when the "quantum year" will arrive, it’s encouraging to see progress and growing awareness that organizations need to be ready.

However, this alone is not enough. More incentives are needed to signal this as a priority for the private sector. Remember, procurement isn’t just a back-office function—it’s an economic strategy.

Research and Development (R&D) projects are an effective way to encourage collaboration and build momentum, and this is particularly needed in AI.

Britain, for instance, has some of the best universities and R&D centers in the world but loses talent to better-funded AI hubs. Governments have to create a long-term AI skills and R&D strategy that not only develops expertise but retains it.

Pivot! Pivot! Pivot!

In many of my conversations, stakeholders repeatedly used the word “pivot.” I was intrigued as to why this word came up so often. When pressed, I learned that what they really meant was “review.”

This is because not all regulations age well. You just have to look at the growing calls to review the Computer Misuse Act, for example. There’s a growing recognition among the UK and EU that some aspects of tech policy and investment need reviewing.

Some cybersecurity rules, though well-intentioned, may add a compliance burden—which in itself is a risk—without reducing actual cyber or business risk. Software misconfigurations, third-party supply chain risks, and emerging threats are not always addressed by the ever-growing complexity of overlapping regulations and rules designed to manage cyber risk.

This isn’t particularly new—we’ve long debated the balance between regulation and building trusted partnerships. While we want to open new frontiers for investment and innovation, it shouldn’t come at the expense of public trust.

However, this age-old argument is starting to shift. There’s greater recognition that the best way to maintain public trust isn’t necessarily through universal regulations, but through considered trade-offs.

Policymakers must be willing to pivot—reviewing what’s working, sunsetting what isn’t, and designing regulation that is adaptive, risk-based, and innovation-friendly.

The key is balance. Governments have to keep in mind the overall goal of policy: understanding the security of systems, minimizing the impact on resilience, and ensuring long-term economic growth.

Cyber is at the forefront of policy

Although I’ve had many different conversations with decision-makers, what struck me most was that security is no longer an afterthought, it’s now a central focus for governments.

From a private sector standpoint, cybersecurity is no longer a cost of doing business—it’s a condition for doing business. And it’s a competitive advantage waiting to be seized.

If the UK and EU want to continue enabling the next era of digital growth, they must address cybersecurity policies as a suite of policies that enable economic growth, focusing on partnerships and procurement, and having the courage to pivot when necessary.

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