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• Claudio Neves Valente, जिसने घातक हमले के बाद खुद को मार लिया था, उसने 2022 में हिंसा की योजना बनाना शुरू कर दिया था, अधिकारियों का कहना है • संघीय अधिकारियों ने बुधवार को कहा कि दिसंबर में Brown University में हुई घातक गोलीबारी के पीछे का बंदूकधारी व्यक्तिगत विफलताओं से व्यथित था और उन लोगों से प्रतिशोध लेना चाहता था जिन्हें वह जिम्मेदार मानता था। • Claudio Manuel Neves Valente द्वारा Ivy League परिसर में गोलीबारी करने, जिसमें दो छात्रों की मौत हो गई और नौ अन्य घायल हो गए थे, के चार महीने से अधिक समय बाद, FBI के Boston प्रभाग के अधिकारियों ने घोषणा की कि उन्होंने शूटर की अपनी जांच का एक महत्वपूर्ण हिस्सा पूरा कर लिया है। पढ़ना जारी रखें...

• GetReal Security ने बढ़ती एंटरप्राइज़ जरूरतों को पूरा करने के लिए साइबर सुरक्षा विशेषज्ञ वरुण कोहली को चीफ मार्केटिंग ऑफिसर (CMO) नियुक्त किया है। • यह नियुक्ति साइबर सुरक्षा परिदृश्य में बढ़ते डीपफेक और AI-संचालित पहचान हमलों (identity attacks) की प्रतिक्रिया में की गई है। • कोहली की विशेषज्ञता AI खतरों का सामना कर रहे व्यवसायों के लिए रियल-टाइम सुरक्षा समाधानों के विस्तार को गति देगी।

Consumer confidence hit its lowest level since October 2023 this month, with surveys showing the cost pressures companies are facingConfidence in the UK economy has fallen sharply amid the mounting economic fallout from the Iran war, surveys show, as businesses prepare to raise their prices and consumers brace for a fresh cost of living shock.Highlighting the knock-on impact of the Middle East crisis in Britain, several closely-watched surveys of business activity and consumer confidence blamed the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran for a marked deterioration in the outlook in April. Continue reading...

Donald Trump’s conflict with Iran could speed the EU’s green revolution – if panicking governments can hold their nerve on clean energy• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereA surge in demand for electric vehicles across Europe may be evidence of what George Monbiot greeted as the silver lining of the Iran war. Sales of electric cars in continental Europe rose by 51% in March.The International Energy Agency has called the disruption in the strait of Hormuz the “biggest energy crisis in history”, but it appears, on one level, to be accelerating Europe’s green revolution. Yet, even if car-owners are rushing to the EV showrooms, some European governments, facing a groundswell of anger over soaring petrol and gas prices, are at risk of sending the clean energy transition into reverse. Continue reading...

Annual March rate adds to pressure on household finances and follows warnings of slowdown to UK economyUK inflation rose by 3.3% in March amid the surge in fuel prices for motorists triggered by the Iran war.Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the consumer prices index increased last month from 3% in February, adding to pressure on household finances already battered by a cost of living crisis. The rise matched City economists’s forecast of an increase to 3.3%. Continue reading...

• Industry reporting from April 20, 2026 highlights how artificial intelligence is simultaneously accelerating cyberattacks while becoming a core defensive tool in enterprise security strategies. • Key players including Microsoft, Stellantis, and Anthropic are addressing emerging threats as AI enables faster, more scalable attack vectors across the technology sector. • The cybersecurity landscape faces competing pressures: organizations must deploy AI defenses while managing risks from AI-powered threats targeting critical infrastructure and supply chains.

Police say 29-year-old arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and drink driving after collision in WestminsterA woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car hit pedestrians in central London in the early hours of Sunday morning.A woman in her 30s is in hospital in a critical condition and a man in his 50s suffered life-changing injuries after they were hit by a car in Argyll Street, Westminster, at around 4.30am on Sunday, the Metropolitan Police said. Continue reading...