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DATA FLOW
The National Drought Group urged people to "delete old emails and pictures, as data centres require vast amounts of water" – but generative AI is the real issue.

ALL SYSTEMS GO
Israeli arms giant Elbit Systems is close to winning a £2bn contract that would make it a "strategic partner" of the Ministry of Defence.

VISION OF THE FUTURE
Google's Lens tool, which searches for information on images, is returning bizarrely inaccurate information thanks to AI "upgrades".

DOZY PARKER
The IT issues at HM Courts and Tribunals Service carry echoes of the Post Office Horizon scandal – and the two bodies have one man in common…

COURT CIRCULAR
Andrew Lownie's Prince Andrew biography landed some punches – but it's women who hold the power to obliterate Andrew, including one G Maxwell.

US-EYE
The thinktank behind "Project 2025", a plan for low-tax Christian authoritarianism in the US, is now focusing on gerrymandering.

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