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UK Government Rejects 'Kill Switch' Idea For Dangerous AI (slashdot.org)

2026-09-11 | get If Anyone Builds It Everyone Dies Yudkowsky Soares book → | tags: uk government, ai kill switch, cabinet office

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UK government rejects 'kill switch' idea for dangerous AI (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-09-11 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | get Superintelligence Nick Bostrom book → | tags: uk government, ai kill switch, cabinet office

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Apple and Google Miss Deadline to Block Child Nudity on Their Phones in the UK (wired.com)

2026-09-08 | by Isabella Ward | tags: apple, google, lisa nandy

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Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-30 | by Carly Page | get Yubico YubiKey 5C NFC → | tags: encryption, apple, center for democracy & technology

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What the Meta settlement means for the UK, and other questions after the deal (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-27 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | get Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids tablet → | tags: meta, online safety act, facebook

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What does the Meta settlement mean for the UK? Five things we learned (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-27 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | get Circle Home Plus parental controls device → | tags: meta, online safety act, facebook

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How one researcher captured a vanished world of UK government science (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-25 | by Ledgerwood | get Farnborough 100 Years of British Aviation book → | tags: royal aircraft establishment, westland sea king, uk ministry of defence

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Majority of Britons say free speech has deteriorated under Labour (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-24 | by Peter Stevens | get On Liberty John Stuart Mill Penguin Classics → | tags: labour, liberty, keir starmer

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The Single English County Saying No to Palantir (wired.com)

2026-08-21 | by Joel Khalili | tags: palantir, nhs, uk government

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Apple Launches Legal Challenge Against UK Demand To Access Encrypted User Data (slashdot.org)

2026-08-04 | tags: apple, enigma2, investigatory powers tribunal

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Apple issues new challenge against UK order for access to private user data (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-04 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: apple, uk government, advanced data protection

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Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-03 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | tags: apple, icloud, advanced data protection

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Plug-in solar is coming. Plug-in batteries should follow (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: plug-in batteries, rooftop solar, uk government

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UK households free to install plug-in balcony solar panels from end of August (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | by Jillian Ambrose | tags: balcony solar panels, uk government, screwfix

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UK government scraps plans for digital ID cards after millions of Brits opposed (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-21 | by Zack Whittaker | tags: digital id, keir starmer, uk government

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Next UK Prime Minister Drops Digital ID Scheme (slashdot.org)

2026-07-18 | by Posted | tags: digital id, andy burnham, office for budget responsibility

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A global capital for AI safety is emerging — and it’s not in Silicon Valley (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-16 | by Gibney | tags: anthropic, openai, ai safety

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UK Official Promises Statements 'Around VPNs' and Further Teen Restrictions on Chatbots and Social Media (slashdot.org)

2026-06-21 | by Posted | get VPN Privacy Proxy → | tags: vpn, keir starmer, bluesky

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Pondering routing more of my traffic via nodes outside the UK (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-21 | get VPN Router for UK → | tags: uk government, online safety policy, vpn

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VPN ban update for UK households as government looks at 'age-gate' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by James Rodger | get NordVPN VPN Service → | tags: vpn, uk government, ofcom

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The UK will scan asylum-seekers’ faces for age checks—despite knowing the tech is flawed (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-20 | get Facial Recognition Age Verification → | tags: uk government, facial age estimation, asylum seekers

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At least one UK government department is reportedly done with X (engadget.com)

2026-06-19 | by Mariella Moon | get Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 → | tags: uk government, social media, european court of human rights

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The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed (wired.com)

2026-06-18 | by Matt Burgess | get Facial Recognition Age Verification → | tags: uk government, facial age estimation, lighthouse reports

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UK to require ID or face scan before you can make social media accounts (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-06-16 | get ID Verification Social Media Kit → | tags: uk government, social media, age verification

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Under-16 social media ban announced by UK government (theverge.com)

2026-06-15 | by Dominic Preston | get Parental Control Smartphone App → | tags: snapchat, tiktok, youtube

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Prime Minister of the UK Vows to Unleash AI Tutors on 450,000 Poor Children (futurism.com)

2026-06-12 | by Frank Landymore | get AI Learning Tablet → | tags: ai tutors, london tech week, keir starmer

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The UK government's Low Value Purchase System is a waste of time (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-29 | by Terence Eden | get UK Government Purchase Guide → | tags: uk government, low value purchase system, government commercial agency

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The UK Government's Low Value Purchase System Is a Waste of Time (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-29 | by Terence Eden | get UK Government Purchase System Guide → | tags: uk government, low value purchase system, government commercial agency

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Palantir has hired more than 30 senior UK Government officials (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-15 | by James Walker | get Palantir Tech Software → | tags: palantir, uk government, nhs

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UK government replaces Palantir software with internally-built refugee system (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-14 | get UK Refugee Data Management Kit → | tags: palantir, uk government, public digital