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Dame Rachel de Souza says under-18s are laughing off the Online Safety Act’s age blocks

England's children's commissioner has urged the government to shut down one of the most obvious loopholes in its new age-blocking regime: kids firing up a VPN.…

Report recommends that the UK become a leader in chip design

The British government's advisory body on science and technology thinks the country could be a world leader in designing AI chips, if it could just get the right investment and skills in place.…

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney told the Financial Times that the UK Competition and Markets Authority's December decision to delay mandating alternative app stores on iPhones was a "blunder" that leaves Britain "well behind" other jurisdictions. The CMA postponed until next year whether to require Apple to allow third-party app stores or sideloading, unlike the EU's Digital Markets Act. Fortnite remains unavailable on UK iOS devices following Epic's years-long dispute over Apple's 30% commission fees. The regulator said it would prioritize forcing Apple and Google to allow alternative payment systems.

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Want to pass on that old PC? Perhaps wait until out-of-band patch arrives

Microsoft has broken the Windows reset and recovery functionality so badly, it must push an out-of-band update.…

500, 600, 1200, 2000... what's your number?

Hands on The Commodore Amiga turned 40 this year, and the event has been marked by The National Museum Of Computing in the UK with a hands-on exhibition of models from the archives.…

Tulsi Gabbard boasts Washington forced Blighty to drop iPhone encryption fight

The UK government has reportedly abandoned its attempt to strong-arm Apple into weakening iPhone encryption after the White House forced Blighty into a quiet climb-down.…

Developer demand for sovereign cloud from tech giant is on the rise, says exec

Interview Google's President of Customer Experience, Hayete Gallot, offered some words of comfort to developers who are looking nervously at the rise of AI assistants while also laying out her vision for cloud sovereignty.…