Apple Disables iCloud Encryption for UK Users; DeepSeek Accelerates AI Launch; Europol Arrests 25 for AI-Generated Child Pornography; New Ransomware Anubis Worries Businesses; Kaspersky Reports Massive Data Leak

Apple has disabled iCloud encryption for its UK users to avoid creating a backdoor. DeepSeek is accelerating the launch of its R2 AI to compete with OpenAI and Google, promising improvements in code generation and language understanding. Europol has arrested 25 people for distributing AI-generated child pornography, following the arrest of a Danish national in November. Anubis, a new ransomware, is causing concern for businesses in 2025. Kaspersky reports that 2.3 million banking data records were exposed in leaks on the Dark Web between 2023 and 2024.