A government minister wrote directly to a local council chief executive to demand approval for a £2 billion AI data centre — an intervention that planning experts describe as highly unusual and that raises pointed questions about the relationship between…
The central argument driving a new legislative push in the United Kingdom is straightforward, if long overdue: that the regulatory asymmetry between broadcasters and social media platforms during election periods constitutes a structural vulnerability in democratic governance — one that…
Five Eyes Intelligence Agencies Warn Advanced AI Could Enable Government-Crippling Cyberattacks Within Months Cyber security agencies from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have issued a rare joint warning that frontier artificial intelligence models are developing at a pace that could…
Cooper Pledges to Keep Pressing China on Jimmy Lai’s Detention After Beijing Visit British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has vowed to continue raising the case of imprisoned pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai with Beijing, following a two-day diplomatic visit to China…
Meta and Social Media Giants Agree to Pay Millions to Settle School District Lawsuit Over Youth Mental Health Harms Meta, Snap, Alphabet, and ByteDance have agreed to pay a combined total of approximately $27 million to settle a lawsuit brought…
Nine in Ten Parents Back Australian-Style Restrictions, Technology Secretary Confirms The UK Government is actively considering banning children under 16 from holding social media accounts, Technology Secretary Liz Kendall confirmed Sunday, after a public consultation drew more than 81,000 responses…
Washington Plans Deep Reductions to NATO Force Contributions The United States intends to significantly reduce the military assets it makes available to NATO in a crisis, including fighter jets, strategic bombers, destroyers and submarines, according to a report by German…
‘Bibi’s Bomb’: How Trump’s Iran Deal Outline Triggered a Political Crisis in Israel Three months after the United States and Israel launched a military campaign against Iran, the Tehran regime remains in power, and the terms of a prospective US–Iran…
Northern Ireland Boiler Specialist G.W. Monsons Enters Liquidation After 47 Years in Business G.W. Monsons and Sons Limited, a commercial boiler specialist headquartered in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, has entered liquidation after nearly five decades in operation, joining a growing number…
Meta Settles Kentucky School District Lawsuit Days Before Trial, as 1,200 Cases Remain Pending Meta has reached a settlement with a Kentucky school district just weeks before the case was due to go to trial in California, according to court…