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UK industrial strategy aims to cut factory energy costs

The U.K. has some of the highest electricity prices in Europe for industry.

June 19, 2025 6:10 pm CET

UK automakers to secure US tariff relief by end of June

Steel tariffs will, for now, remain at 25 percent instead of dropping to 0 percent as originally agreed.

June 17, 2025 12:19 am CET

G7 skirts touchy AI safety discussion

As they acknowledge the energy costs for artificial intelligence, G7 leaders abandon deeper language on AI.

June 16, 2025 11:41 pm CET

GB Energy budget raided to pay for mini nuclear reactors

Documents reveal billions to pay for small modular reactors will come from the U.K.’s new clean energy company.

June 11, 2025 5:38 pm CET

Macron says he’ll ban social media for under-15s in France

French government also wants to ban websites selling knives to children.

June 11, 2025 1:01 am CET

The global impact of Trump vs. Musk

Musk’s satellite internet company is in 130 countries, thanks in part to White House support. If he’s on the outs, then what?

June 10, 2025 5:41 am CET

UK judge sounds alarm on AI misuse in courts

The warning comes after so-called hallucinations — AI-generated fictions — have cropped up at big law firms.

June 7, 2025 1:39 pm CET

Doctors to refer NHS to data watchdog over feeding patient data to AI

Patient data that was only supposed to be used for Covid-19 research got plugged into an all-purpose AI model, doctors say.

June 6, 2025 11:27 am CET

How AI and copyright turned into a political nightmare for Labour

How an initially uncontroversial data bill became a political football — and radicalized Elton John.

June 4, 2025 7:00 am CET

UK has fingers in its ears over Trump’s defense threat

Britain’s political leaders are refusing to engage with suggestions that the country’s security calculation might be changing.

June 2, 2025 4:24 am CET

British man charged in US over plot to smuggle military tech to China

John Miller discussed exporting a sensitive encryption device from the U.S. to China in a blender, U.S. authorities said.

June 1, 2025 2:03 pm CET

UK tech secretary dined by Sam Altman… on the cheap

£30 meal from OpenAI boss comes amid intense lobbying on copyright law.

May 29, 2025 6:13 pm CET
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After four months of disruption, Elon Musk signals he’s leaving government

The DOGE leader said his “scheduled time” as a special employee is up.

May 29, 2025 5:41 am CET

Tories’ AI spokesperson takes second job with AI firm

UK Conservative Party defends Jonathan Berry taking up advisory job while serving as an opposition frontbencher.

May 29, 2025 4:01 am CET

Rubio targets foreign nationals who he alleges police Americans’ social media posts

He called out Europe over speech crackdowns and pressures on U.S. tech platforms.

May 28, 2025 6:21 pm CET

The UK government thinks AI can do two-thirds of the most junior civil servants’ work

Meanwhile, the most senior civil servants perform zero routine (i.e. automatable) work.

May 28, 2025 1:36 pm CET

UK seeking to negotiate down Trump’s 10 percent tariffs

The two sides are discussing non-tariff barriers as part of the talks.

May 27, 2025 4:30 pm CET

German firm shipped restricted tech to Russia — after EU sanctions kicked in

Calls for tightening of bloc’s sanctions regime after Kontron was able to export millions in sensitive telecoms tech to its Russian arm in late 2023.

May 23, 2025 4:01 am CET

UK minister admits ‘regret’ over AI and copyright row

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said the government favoring an “opt-out” option so early had not been a good move.

May 22, 2025 5:35 pm CET

Labour’s AI gold rush gets stuck in the mud

Ministers are preparing a string of AI announcements for early June, but voters are skeptical about the technology. That leaves the ruling Labour Party with a huge problem.

May 22, 2025 4:44 pm CET
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May 21, 2025 5:00 am CET

EU and UK ink post-Brexit deal on security, fish and energy

Keir Starmer says Britain’s “back on the world stage” — but he’s facing scrutiny over a big compromise on fish.

May 19, 2025 10:38 am CET

How Trump took over the world’s glitziest film festival

The U.S. president’s threats against foreign films are the talk of the town as the movie industry gathers in Cannes to celebrate cinema.

May 19, 2025 6:00 am CET

China invites UK to its AI summit

Offer to come along to July gathering comes amid on-off relationship between Beijing and London.

May 14, 2025 7:14 pm CET
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