Picture this: Middle Park Bowls Club on a sultry Saturday afternoon in February. Sausages sizzle and pop on the barbecue. Crowds in bare feet wobble bowls down the length of the green. Here I am with my wife and our son, 11, and daughter, 14, to celebrate the wedding anniversary of a couple we befriended...Read More
PUBLISHED August 30, 2026 In the present day, we hear about everything from children being eaten, sexually abused and murdered to cyberbullying, online predators, explicit content and the terrifying possibilities opened up by artificial intelligence. The dangers surrounding children seem to have multiplied beyond anything previous generations had to contend with. And while the state...Read More
The Department of State Service (DSS) on Sunday ordered immediate suspension of the case it instituted against African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, over alleged cyber-bullying. The secret police explained that its decision became imperative in order to allow the renowned activist to participate fully in the ongoing campaign for the forthcoming Presidential...Read More
TradingKey – More than 100 companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft, have signed an open letter warning that AI-driven cyberattacks could become more widespread and sophisticated in the coming months. Led by OpenAI, the signatories span AI developers, cloud providers, cybersecurity firms, financial institutions, payment processors, and other major tech companies. They include Anthropic,...Read More
Many organizations have been actively strengthening their identity security efforts this year, but attackers are keeping up. They’re growing savvier and more advanced, often diverting new safeguards with ease. A multi-factor authentication (MFA) prompt, conditional access policy or device compliance check may all be working exactly as configured. Yet an attacker can still bypass these...Read More
Updated August 26, 2026 at 5:26 PM EDT Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day. The social media company Meta and states suing it have agreed to settle a landmark federal child safety lawsuit in a move that state attorneys general hope will be a...Read More
By Billy Begas House Committee on Dangerous Drugs chairperson and Las Piñas Rep. Mark Anthony Santos warned that increasingly sophisticated algorithms powering social media platforms are making it harder for children and adolescents to avoid illicit and harmful content online. “The evolution of social media platforms’ powerful algorithms makes it more and more difficult for...Read More
OXFORD, U.K., Aug. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sophos, a global cybersecurity leader, today released its annual State of Ransomware in Education 2026 report, which found that identity-based attack techniques were used in 85% of ransomware attacks against education institutions. Those techniques include malicious email, phishing, compromised credentials and brute force attacks. The 85% rate...Read More
Meridian school safety officer wins statewide award Published 8:29 pm Friday, August 28, 2026 When you meet School Safety Officer James Miles you will notice he is humble and unassuming, little would you know he recently received the highest honor in the state for those in his profession. In July Miles was honored by the...Read More
0 The Department of State Services (DSS) has instructed its private counsel, Akinolu Kehinde, SAN, to take steps to suspend the case of alleged cyber-bullying it instituted against African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, until after the next presidential election slated for January 16, 2027. The DSS had approached the court to determine...Read More
