The UK risks becoming an “incubator economy”, where technology start-ups develop before selling or moving abroad, a House of Lords committee has warned. Urgent action is needed by the Government to foster innovative UK companies, including AI and creative technology start-ups, and support them in scaling up, a new report from the Lords Communications and…
Leading tech firms have helped to develop a set of safety expectations for artificial intelligence tools in the classroom, the Government has announced. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson will set out plans to use technology to “modernise” the education system, support teachers and “deliver” for pupils. In a keynote speech at ed tech event The Bett…
With a TikTok ban set to come into effect in the US on Sunday, the app faces an uncertain future stateside. According to Sky News, it was ruled by the US Supreme Court that from Sunday (19 January), TikTok will be removed from Google and Android stores if it is not sold by it’s parent…
Updated 19:05 6 Dec 2024 GMTPublished 18:54 6 Dec 2024 GMT breaking The UK government have sent out an urgent message of warning as Storm Darragh hits the country The government has sent out an emergency alert to phones all over the UK tonight as the weather worsens, with Storm Darragh causing high winds and…
Local government workers have voted to accept a revised offer from council employers after strike action earlier in the autumn, Unison has said. The union said the deal paves the way for talks for 2025/26 on wage rises to a minimum pay rate of £15 an hour, a reduced working week and council finances. The…
Public satisfaction with how often potholes are seen locally is no better than 10% in more than a third of English council areas, according to new research. The AA described the figures as “dismal” and called for an end to the “vicious cycle” of potholes being patched up only to reappear. It analysed the latest…
Ukraine’s former military chief has claimed that “World War Three has already begun”, with China, Iran, and North Korea now “standing openly beside Putin”. Valery Zaluzhny, the ex-commander-in-chief who was sacked by Volodymyr Zelensky, said that the involvement of Russia’s allies means the conflict is now on a global scale. “I believe that in 2024…
A man cycling the length of Wales in a handbike to raise funds for a local 12-year-old boy who has been diagnosed with cancer has said he is “looking forward to getting to the finish line”. Darren Williams, 37, suffered a life-changing spinal injury after a road accident in 2014 and has since learned to…
A hunky Vladimir Putin poses alongside China’s Xi Jinping in the latest edition of Russia’s FSB security service annual calendar. The FSB calendars have become something of a staple over the years, often producing artwork that triggers wry laughs and mockery in equal measure. The 2025 edition is, just as it was in 2023 and…
A British businessman has been charged with murder in Hong Kong after an Indonesian housekeeper was found dead at the bottom of a waterfall. The 34-year-old, who has not been named, was arrested with his wife at a train station on Tuesday as they returned from mainland China. According to police, he went to Waterfall…