Epic Games fumes over delay while rivals move ahead

The UK is falling behind the rest of the world when it comes to standing up to Big Tech, according to Epic Games chief Tim Sweeney.

Brits drop encryption demand 

The Trump administration has browbeaten the UK government into dropping its demand for a backdoor into Apple’s encrypted data, in what is being spun in Washington as a “victory” for big American technology companies privacy.

UK company directors and owners face mandatory digital ID scheme 

The UK government will roll out its mandatory digital identity checks for Companies House from 18 November, but cybersecurity experts are warning the system underpinning it is nowhere near ready.

Who didn't see that one coming?

The UK is seeing a huge rise in VPN use after the government bought in "child protection" laws.

Starve ransomware gangs of easy cash

The UK government plans to stop public sector bodies and critical infrastructure operators from paying off ransomware crooks, even if it means enduring painful outages.

Profits soar while government rolls out the red carpet

OpenAI’s Blighty outfit has gone from pocket change to piles of cash in barely a year.

Firms embrace AI, but governance is something that happens to other people

While 93 per cent of UK organisations dabble with AI, but only a pitiful seven per cent have proper governance frameworks in place.

Labour ministers face US tarriff pressure 

Sir Keir Starmer’s government is quietly trying to wriggle out of a diplomatic bust-up with Donald Trump’s White House over its attempt to force the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple to open up its locked-down customer data.

More than 200 pirate domains blocked

A fresh wave of site blocking has hit the UK’s already long list of outlawed pirate domains, but this time there’s an unexpected new enforcer. Cloudflare, normally seen as a neutral web infrastructure provider, is now showing “Error 451 – Unavailable for Legal Reasons” to users trying to access dozens of domains linked to streaming and download piracy.

Slower than Switzerland, flakier than France, and jittery as a caffeinated squirrel

The UK’s 5G networks are among the worst in Europe when it comes to real-world performance, according to the latest research by network testing firm MedUX.