Friday’s devastating, M7.7 earthquake in central Myanmar has so far claimed over 3,000 lives, with estimates suggesting the death toll may exceed 10,000, in what will be one of the deadliest natural catastrophes to hit the region.

The UK Government has today revealed the full details of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, outlining the scope of the new laws first confirmed in last year’s King’s Speech.

A nationwide study conducted by the Copyright Licensing Agency has uncovered potential copyright infringement risks in the workplace. Conducted among 4,000 professionals in the UK, the study reveals that, of those who do use GenAI tools in the workplace, 82% have used third-party content in prompts for AI tools. While many UK employees acknowledge the potential risks associated with using third-party material in GenAI tools, a large proportion include this content in their prompts, often potentially infringing copyright.

Ordnance Survey has released data on over 40 million roofs in Great Britain into the OS National Geographic Database. The OS NGD provides buildings intelligence on commercial, retail and residential constructions including material, age, number of floors, address count and basement presence.

Specialist carbon insurance provider Kita is now authorised to insure transactions up to £22.5m in limit and up to 10 years in policy tenor. Kita has grown its product offering over the past 48 months and now offers four insurance policies, including carbon purchase protection cover for delivery risk and carbon political risk cover for political and host country risks. The company also offers a suite of risk assessment and monitoring services that provide insight and analysis to carbon market stakeholders.

The Ardonagh Group has launched its new global data and technology unit. Ardonagh Intelligence will create a single view of the data and technological capabilities across the group, which now employs more than 100 data scientists and programmers including the Ardonagh Analytics Lab team based in Mullingar, Ireland.