
Zuckerberg ignores UK and Canada
Sorry I'm washing my hair
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has rejected a request to appear before an international parliamentary committee delving into the questions around fake news.

UK will tax tech giants
Two per cent but it is better than nothing
Technology giants will have to pay more tax in the UK under new government regulations.

UK Parliament calls first non-human witness
Asking a robot about AI
The UK Parliament has announced that it will ask a robot about AI issues.

Google drops out of defence cloud
Claims being a Jedi is against its corporate values
Google has decided not to compete for the Pentagon's $10 billion cloud computing contract claiming that it is against its corporate values.

Driverless cars in UK in three years
Chris Grayling said it so it must be true
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling says that Britain will see truly driverless cars on its roads in three to four years.

Britain to create 2,000 strong anti-Russian cyber force
Four-fold increase
While the UK can't afford to upgrade computers for the NHS to something a little more secure, it is splashing out huge amounts of money on spy equipment to keep the Russians out.

New iPhone prices even more ridiculous in Europe
Go as high as €1,289/£1,099
While even the US prices of the new Apple iPhone trio were quite high for our taste, it appears that buyers from Europe or the UK will have to shell out even more cash than their US counterparts, pushing those prices to insane levels.

UK people losing the power of speech
Much better to text
Britons are more attached to their mobile phones than ever before, but are not particularly interested in using them to talk.

UK goes on a full-fibre diet
Catching up with the rest of the world
Britain set out plans to promote the roll out of full-fibre broadband, including targeting public money at rural areas and insisting that the fastest connections are included as standard in new build properties.

UK wants each new house to have a car charging point
At last some forward thinking
A new government proposal included in Road to Zero, a report on climate-change related policies, would require all new homes to be fitted with electric car charging points. It follows a commitment made last year by the UK to end sales of new gasoline and diesel cars by 2040.