UK regulator fines 4chan $26,000 and counting under Online Safety Act
The message board has filed a lawsuit against the UK government
United kingdom articles
Birmingham faces IT catastrophe as Oracle project costs balloon from £20m to £170m
Birmingham, Europe's largest local authority, has not filed audited accounts since replacing its SAP system in April 2022
A new Digital ID will soon be required to work in the UK
The ID has sparked debate over security and civil liberties
Microsoft and Nvidia bet big on UK with historic $45 billion AI infrastructure plan
UK faces balancing act as $45B data center boom raises questions from environmental advocates and political leaders
Over half of UK school hacks are carried out by their own students
Watchdog warns students are the biggest insider threat to education systems
Sam Altman and UK government discussed giving every resident free ChatGPT+ at a cost of $2.7 billion
Higher than the $1.4 billion cost of 70 million subscriptions
TikTok lays off hundreds of content moderators, replaces them with AI
A week before a unionization vote
Apple wins fight as as UK abandons Apple iCloud backdoor mandate
"To ensure Americans' private data remains private"
UK Royal Navy tests its 40-foot submarine drone that can be operated from 10,000 miles away
The future of naval warfare?
UK government urges Brits to "delete emails and photos" to save water
Cutting back on AI use would probably help more
Ebuyer could be next major UK PC parts retailer to shut down
Another one bites the dust
Google says it never received a UK demand for encryption backdoor, unlike Apple
The UK doesn't want Google user's encrypted data, at least not yet
Xbox adds age checks in UK to comply with Online Safety Act
Microsoft restricts Xbox social features in Britain as new law takes effect
Domino's deploys Boston Dynamics' robot dog to deliver pizza and fend off seagulls on beaches
Spot has a Homer Simpson-like résumé of former jobs
Brits are circumventing UK age verification with VPNs and Death Stranding photos
Even Kojima didn't see this coming
Cutting corners: When the United Kingdom began strictly enforcing age verification rules on all adult websites, many predicted a spike in VPN usage – and provider Proton now has the data to prove it. But another unusual and amusing workaround has also emerged.
No porn for you, UK: Online Safety Act now requires age and ID checks on all adult sites
Bugger!
What just happened? Accessing adult material online in the UK changed dramatically today. The Online Safety Act's enforcement has expanded, introducing a broad range of rules that includes mandatory effective age-checking systems for pornography websites, which usually means handing over selfies or government IDs.
UK wants to drop Apple iCloud backdoor demand over fears of US backlash
Apple refuses to build a backdoor
Reddit now requires UK users to upload a selfie or ID to access adult content
"UK users can no longer use the internet without having to provide their papers"
New research center will explore how AI could let humans talk to pets
Find out what your pet is really trying to say
Some workers are quitting over their depressing office designs, but AV tech is helping
Would you quit over an ugly office?
Gaming takes the helm: aircraft carrier installs high-end eSports suite for crew
Part of a partnership between the Royal Navy and the British eSports Federation
Robotaxis coming to UK streets in 2026 as Wayve and Uber team up
Fleet will use autonomous driving tech provided by strategic partner Wayve