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Apple pushes UK court to lift secrecy around encryption backdoor order (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-17 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple iCloud storage plan → | tags: apple, uk government, encryption backdoor

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Elon Musk Trains His Political Chaos Machine on the U.K. (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-16 | tags: elon musk, uk politics, anti-immigration party

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UK universities are on the brink — what is their greatest source of stress? (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-14 | by Yates | tags: uk universities, higher-education, student uptake

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Questions mount over what an AI 'slowdown' would look like (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-09-13 | by Zoe Kleinman | get AI Snake Oil book → | tags: openai, nhs, ai bubble

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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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He Took a Part-Time Job at McDonald’s 50 Years Ago. Now He Owns Six of Them: ‘I Never Could Have Imagined the Journey Ahead of Me’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-10 | by Jon Small | get Grinding It Out Ray Kroc book → | tags: mcdonald's, terry eagle, franchising

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A Teen Girl’s Death Is Prompting Calls to Ban Choking in Porn (wired.com)

2026-09-10 | by Kat Tenbarge | tags: sexual strangulation, porn, debby herbenick

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UK Lawmakers Are Freaking Out Over AI’s Summer of Chaos (wired.com)

2026-09-09 | by Isabella Ward | get Superintelligence Nick Bostrom book → | tags: anthropic, darren jones, artificial superintelligence

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AI data centers won't create as many UK jobs as the tech sector projects, think tank warns (cnbc.com)

2026-09-09 | by Sawdah Bhaimiya | tags: ai data centers, techuk, verdant

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Are women better than men at endurance running? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-09 | get Garmin Forerunner 265 running watch → | tags: eliud kipchoge, ultra-endurance running, uk sports institute

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Apple faces new UK rules over nude images on children’s iPhones (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-08 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple iPad 11-inch A16 → | tags: apple, google, uk legislation

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Flights cancelled at UK airports due to ATC issue (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | get hardside carry-on spinner luggage → | tags: gatwick airport, air traffic control, flight cancellations

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100s of flights cancelled at UK airports due to ATC issue (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | get Anker PowerCore portable charger → | tags: heathrow, british airways, flight cancellations

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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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A data leak shut a top research biobank: lessons from the recovery (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-08 | by Kwon | get Yubico YubiKey 5 NFC security key → | tags: uk biobank, data leak, alibaba

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Intracellular complement factor H protects neurons during CNS inflammation (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-02 | by Mayer | tags: complement factor h, multiple sclerosis, snrna-seq

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Why are rich people so pessimistic? What the numbers say (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-31 | by Gaub | get Factfulness Hans Rosling book → | tags: polls, artificial intelligence, us economy

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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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The UK has legalized plug-in solar (but don't rush to buy a kit) (engadget.com)

2026-08-27 | by Daniel Cooper | get EcoFlow RIVER 3 portable power station → | tags: plug-in solar, uk standards, residual current devices

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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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The UK Power Grid Has a Phantom Data Center Problem (wired.com)

2026-08-27 | by Joel Khalili | get Emporia Vue 3 home energy monitor → | tags: uk power grid, phantom data centers, ofgem

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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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Woman stranded in Spain after UK's eVisa system mistakes her for twin sister (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-24 | by Kevin Rawlinson | get RFID travel passport wallet organizer → | tags: uk home office, evisa, digital immigration

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Iran-linked Cyberattackers Shut Down a UK Power Plant for Four Days (slashdot.org)

2026-08-23 | by Posted | get APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA surge protector → | tags: iran, cyberattackers, uk power plant

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Small UK power generator shut down after cyberattack linked to Iran: Telegraph (cnbc.com)

2026-08-23 | by Azhar Sukri | get EcoFlow DELTA 2 portable power station → | tags: iran, cyberattack, uk power plant

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Now movie theaters are starting to ban Meta smart glasses too. Here’s why (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: meta platforms, smart glasses, cinema privacy

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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