British economy hotel firm Travelodge Group CEO Jo Boydell has left the company. Boydell, a 13-year veteran at the privately held company, resigned her position as of Aug. 17, but Travelodge confirmed the news as part of its half-year 2026 earnings report published Thursday. Boydell joined Travelodge as chief financial officer in 2013 and was...Read More
The National Police Service (NPS) cannot withdraw the security of any judge without prior consultations with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), the High Court has ruled. This was declared on Thursday, August 20, during the determination of a case challenging the withdrawal of the security detail of Justice Lawrence Mugambi in 2024. The court ruled...Read More
The boss of Travelodge has resigned after widespread criticism of her handling of security failings at the hotel chain, including a shocking case where a domestic abuser was given a key to a woman’s room before assaulting her. In a brief company statement on Thursday, Travelodge said Joanna Boydell had stepped down and temporarily replaced...Read More
Gallagher Security will hold its annual Queensland Security Forum in Brisbane, marking the company’s return to the state. The event will bring together channel partners, end users, consultants and technology partners for a day focused on security issues and product integration. The programme will include speakers from Gallagher’s Australian leadership and technical teams, alongside members...Read More
Investment will support the expansion of O-RANGE and TopHat Security’s enterprise cybersecurity portfolio for government and critical infrastructure ATLANTA, Aug. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TopHat Security, Inc., a provider of purpose-built cybersecurity solutions for operational technology, critical infrastructure, government, and artificial intelligence environments, today announced its Series A financing led by Landolt Securities, Inc. Landolt...Read More
OpenAI on Tuesday said it is slowing down the pace of its AI model development while it overhauls its research and training systems after OpenAI officials were caught unawares last month when an AI agent under testing hacked another AI firm Hugging Face. The AI research lab behind ChatGPT said it paused its model testing...Read More
Swiss hardware wallet BitBox [Photo: BitBox] BitBox, a hardware wallet widely used among bitcoin users, has recommended an “immediate update” after fixing 2 major flaws in its firmware. According to blockchain media outlet U.Today on Aug. 18, Dogecoin community figure Mishaboar (미샤보어) urged BitBox users to quickly upgrade their firmware. The warning came after BitBox...Read More
OpenAI is announcing security updates following the July news that its AI broke out of a sandboxed environment and accidentally hacked Hugging Face, including improvements to its research environments, monitoring, and alignment techniques. The company had already put the brakes on a new model, Astra, that it thinks could have “critical” cybersecurity capabilities, and the...Read More
Former Samsung Knox security leader brings deep experience in product security, trusted computing and secure device architecture as BTQ advances QCIM toward broader system integration and commercial evaluation VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — BTQ Technologies Corp. (“BTQ” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: BTQ) (CBOE CA: BTQ), a global technology company building the trust infrastructure for the...Read More
As AI advances and hackers’ attacks become more sophisticated, companies also need to move quickly. [Photo: Shutterstock] A senior OpenAI executive warned that cyber attacks using AI could rapidly become more sophisticated and said companies should hurry to overhaul their security systems. Business Insider reported on Aug. 18 that OpenAI co-founder and chairman Greg Brockman...Read More
