The designation of #Amazon Web Services, #Microsoft, #Google Cloud, and #Oracle as the UK’s first Critical Third Parties (#CTPs) is not just another operational resilience milestone. It is a structural shift in where systemic risk is understood to live-and who regulators believe must be accountable for it. For the first time under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023, the Bank of England, #PRA, and #FCA will exercise direct, joint oversight over organisations that sit

Science is doing exactly what science is supposed to do. A new peer-reviewed critique published in Nature has challenged aspects of Microsoft's Majorana-based quantum computing research, arguing that the evidence may not conclusively demonstrate the physics the company claims. Microsoft strongly disagrees and maintains its roadmap remains on track. This is not a story about Microsoft "failing." It is a reminder that extraordinary scientific claims invite extraordinary scienti