Thieves go Wireless: Pickpockets eye headliner British festivals June 24, 2025 As UK festival season rolls around, new data reveals a less-celebrated chart-topper: phone theft. London’s biggest music events – including Wireless, BST Hyde Park, and Summertime Ball – have been ranked the worst in the country for festival pickpocketing, with theft rates more than five times the national average. The research, conducted by QR Code [...]
This is why billions of passwords were leaked in Apple and Google breach June 24, 2025 A trove of around 16bn passwords and usernames linked to major online platforms – including Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and dozens of government services – has surfaced online, in what researchers are calling one of the largest known compilations of stolen credentials. Initial reports caused confusion, suggesting direct breaches of platforms like Apple and Google. [...]
UK industrial strategy labels cyber a key frontier technology June 24, 2025 Cyber security has been named one of the UK’s highest-potential “frontier” industries in the government’s new industrial strategy, which outlines plans to boost economic resilience through investment in cutting edge tech sectors like AI, semiconductors and quantum computing. The strategy, published Monday, places cyber at the heart of both national security digital infrastructure and enabling [...]
Musk’s robotaxi launch: Can Tesla rival Waymo? June 23, 2025 Tesla has kicked off its long-promised robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, using a small fleet of modified Model Ys. The rollout, which began on Sunday, represents the company’s first paid, passenger-carrying trial – and a critical test of its camera-only self-driving vision. The service is limited to geo-fenced neighbourhoods, avoids airports and complex intersections, and [...]
Big Four slash graduate jobs as AI takes on entry level work June 23, 2025 The UK’s Big Four accountancy firms are cutting hundreds of jobs and pulling back sharply on graduate recruitment, as artificial intelligence (AI) begins replacing the junior roles once filled by school and university graduates. Deloitte, EY, KMPG and PwC – which cumulatively employ around 100,000 people across the UK – have all stripped back early-career [...]
UK backs quantum with £500m June 23, 2025 The UK government will pump over £500m into quantum computing and related technologies – a major show of confidence in a sector seen as critical to the future of the UK economy and its national security. The investment forms part of Labour’s broader industrial strategy and follows April’s £121m pledge on ‘world quantum day’. The [...]
UK innovation hinges on talent and clusters, says Lord Vallance June 20, 2025 The UK’s science and innovation lanscape is on the cusp of a major transformation, according to science minister Lord Patrick Vallance, who argued the UK must now “connect with its brightest clusters” and supercharge international partnerships to stay competitive. Speaking the recent India Global Forum on Thursday, the government’s national tech adviser and Oxford-Cambridge innovation [...]
Lord Darzi: Tech and global collaboration could save the NHS’s ‘critical condition’ June 20, 2025 The NHS is in ‘critical condition’ and in urgent need of reform, but technology and international partnerships, particularly with India, could hold the key to its recovery, said Lord Ara Darzi. “We have a lot to learn from our colleagues in India”, Darzi announced on Thursday at the India Global Forum. “They’ve done some really [...]
Lisa Nandy: AI and cultural exports boost growth – but creators must be paid June 19, 2025 Culture secretary Lisa Nandy has claimed that AI and cultural exports will drive jobs and growth, while insisting creators must be paid in the digital age. At the India Global Forum on Wednesday, Nandy touted the UK and India’s new cultural and tech affiliations for already generating investment – from sport and film, to AI-powered [...]
Is Trump going to save TikTok… again? June 19, 2025 TikTok’s future in the US is once again in limbo – but this time, fewer in both Wall Street and Washington are taking the threat seriously. In a move that surprised few but frustrated many, President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to delay a divest-or-ban deadline for the third time in the last six months, [...]
