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Brexit Britain creeps back into Brussels’ orbit under Labour

A bill which paves the way for closer regulatory alignment with the European Union almost slipped under the radar.

August 12, 2024 4:15 am CET

Britain’s far right enjoys unparalleled impunity on Telegram

Far-right agitators have long enjoyed an unparalleled level of impunity on Telegram.

August 9, 2024 4:44 am CET

Elon Musk to pause X’s AI training on some EU data, Ireland says

X will pause training its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok with some European users’ posts, according to Europe’s chief privacy watchdog. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) today …

August 8, 2024 6:49 pm CET

Elon Musk shares fake news claiming UK rioters will be sent to ‘detainment camps’

The X owner pushed a made-up headline from a far-right British party on his platform, before deleting it.

August 8, 2024 1:14 pm CET

It’s Elon Musk’s X and governments are having to live with it

Officials from London to Washington say Musk is accountable to no one.

August 7, 2024 9:11 pm CET

Elon Musk is ‘accountable to no one,’ says UK tech minister as riots rage

Dealing with X is like handling diplomacy with a major state, Peter Kyle says.

August 7, 2024 11:38 am CET

Labour donor bags plum UK Treasury job

Banker Ian Corfield is appointed to a top role in the civil service just months after donating thousands of pounds to Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

August 7, 2024 10:45 am CET

British MPs want to haul Elon Musk before parliament over riots

Musk has spent days beefing with politicians over the far-right unrest sweeping the UK.

August 6, 2024 6:35 pm CET

Britain’s £1 billion chip investment at risk as Reeves tightens the belt

Labour declined to back the headline target pledged by its predecessors.

August 6, 2024 2:55 pm CET

UK government brands Elon Musk ‘deplorable’ amid race riots

Musk has waded into Britain’s riots with a series of posts on his X platform — and faces criticism over the handling of online disinformation.

August 6, 2024 11:43 am CET

US Justice Department, states win Google search antitrust case

“Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” Judge Mehta wrote.

August 5, 2024 9:48 pm CET

Race riots put Britain on collision course with Elon Musk

Britain’s government has social platforms in its sights as incitement spreads — and the X owner is squaring up for a fight.

August 5, 2024 8:21 pm CET
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UK PM slams Elon Musk for saying far-right riots ‘inevitable’

Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said there’s ‘no justification’ for tech billionaire’s comments about a ‘civil war.’

August 5, 2024 3:18 pm CET

UK probes whether ‘state actors’ stoked far-right riots

False claims about the identity of a murder suspect have spread far and wide online.

August 5, 2024 3:12 pm CET

Labour plots radical shake-up at heart of British government

Cabinet Office faces being stripped back to core functions with 80 percent of staff moving out of the department, under plans for reform. 

August 5, 2024 5:47 am CET

Starmer slams social media (but not Farage) as far right roils UK

Starmer said ‘violent disorder was clearly whipped up online’ after days of riots over the killing of three children.

August 1, 2024 7:02 pm CET

Bank of England cuts key interest rate to 5 percent, saying inflation threat has eased

First decrease since 2020 eases pressure on businesses a month after Keir Starmer became prime minister.

August 1, 2024 1:04 pm CET

BoE set for knife-edge decision on first rate cut

Relief is in sight — but it’s still not a done deal.

July 30, 2024 7:17 pm CET

French fiber optic cables hit by ‘major sabotage’ in second Olympics attack

The attack comes a few days after a coordinated arson assault on the French rail network.

July 29, 2024 12:24 pm CET

Trump bashes Harris over crypto, vows to boost bitcoin

Trump vows to establish a U.S. bitcoin stockpile, set up a crypto advisory council.

July 28, 2024 1:17 pm CET

Former Greek spy boss denies using illegal malware

Panagiotis Kontoleon, the former head of Greece’s EYP intelligence service, was one of a handful of top officials who resigned in the wake of the scandal.

July 27, 2024 5:43 pm CET

Elon Musk’s X under fire over harvesting users’ data to train AI chatbot

The platform’s lead EU regulator is looking into the matter, which may infringe upon the bloc’s privacy rules.

July 26, 2024 6:10 pm CET

Germany wants a Brexit mega deal

Berlin wants to expand the British prime minister’s proposed security pact into a broader EU-UK “reset.”

July 25, 2024 6:02 pm CET

The time Kamala Harris upset the Brits

The probable Democratic presidential candidate ruffled feathers when she visited Britain back in November.

July 22, 2024 7:57 pm CET
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