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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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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

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Kids bypass age verification with fake moustaches (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | by Brandon Vigliarolo | get Kids' Age Verification Mask → | tags: uk government, online safety act, age verification

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The White House is considering tighter regulation of new AI models (engadget.com)

2026-05-04 | by Anna Washenko | get AI Safety and Regulation Book → | tags: white house, ai models, uk government

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Biobank data incident caused by 'a few bad apples', boss says (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-04-24 | get Biobank Data Security Kit → | tags: biobank, uk government, chinese government

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UK government says 100 countries have spyware that can hack people’s phones (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-22 | by Zack Whittaker | get Mobile Security Anti-Spy Kit → | tags: nso group, pegasus, commercial spyware

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Alex Karp’s ‘Supervillain’ Manifesto Is Putting Palantir’s Contracts at Risk (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-21 | get Palantir Technologies Software → | tags: palantir, alex karp, peter thiel

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The UK Launches Its $675 Million Sovereign AI Fund (wired.com)

2026-04-16 | by Joel Khalili | get AI Development Kit → | tags: sovereign ai, uk government, openai

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OpenAI puts Stargate UK on ice, blames energy costs and red tape (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-09 | by Dan Robinson | get OpenAI Stargate UK Kit → | tags: stargate uk, openai, ai growth zones

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‘Net zero’ isn’t madness: the staggering economic costs of climate change (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-07 | get Climate Change Awareness Book → | tags: climate change, nicholas stern, uk government

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NHS staff refusing to use FDP over Palantir ethical concerns (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-03 | get Palantir Ethical Use Guide → | tags: palantir, nhs, fdp

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Stop Publishing Garbage Data, It's Embarrassing (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-29 | by Andy Brice | get Data Cleaning Software → | tags: uk government, fuel finder, csv data

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UK government to trial social media ban for hundreds of teens (cnbc.com)

2026-03-25 | by Sawdah Bhaimiya | get Parental Control Smartphone App → | tags: social media, uk government, instagram

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Apple brings in age checks for UK iPhone users (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-03-25 | get iPhone Age Verification Kit → | tags: apple, uk government, iphone

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Social media bans and digital curfews to be trialled on UK teenagers (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-03-24 | get Parental Control Smartphone App → | tags: uk government, social media, digital curfews

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UK reverses course on AI copyright position after backlash (engadget.com)

2026-03-18 | get AI Copyright Law Book → | tags: ai copyright, uk government, openai