A Tempest in a Teacup, Funded at £100 a Day
The ongoing and deeply symbolic tussle between the anarchic imageboard 4chan and Britain’s communications regulator, Ofcom, has escalated into a farcical yet revealing standoff. At the heart of…
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AI will predict who will murder and steal; let’s hope it isn’t trained on Agatha Christie’s novels
In a characteristically ambitious foray into techno-utopian governance, the British government, via its Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), has proclaimed it will conjure an AI-powered crime…
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Your Pension on the Blockchain: What Could Possibly Go Right?
You know, it’s a rare day when you see a financial regulator do a full about-face. For years, the official line on crypto in the UK has been…
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A Pound of Flesh: The UK’s High-Stakes Bet on Chinese Growth
The United Kingdom is currently navigating a complex and deliberate economic recalibration, actively pursuing deeper trade engagement with China as a core component of its growth strategy. This…
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The Promtekhnologiya company imports Western arms into Russia, while its factual owner, Konstantin Nikolaev enjoys EU support
In the context of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, a complex web of sanctions evasion has enabled Russian arms manufacturers to continue acquiring Western technology and components, a…
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The plan to remove 750,000 migrants is merely an attempt to intercept votes
In what amounts to the most radical immigration manifesto in modern British political history, the Conservative Party has unveiled a draconian plan to remove 750,000 migrants from the…
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The Great British Takeaway: Adverts for Junk Food Get Taken Off the Menu
Since the first of October, a significant new front has opened in the British government’s war on childhood obesity, though sceptics are already questioning whether it amounts to…
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