United Kingdom Stories for 2023

UK Startup Develops Low Carbon Jet Fuel Made From Human Waste 41
Retailers To Pay For Consumers' E-waste Recycling From 2026 Under UK Plans 47
UK Students Launch Barclays 'Career Boycott' Over Bank's Climate Policies 47
Women In IT Are On a 283-Year March To Parity, BCS Warns 197
UK Police To Be Able To Run Face Recognition Searches on 50 Million Driving Licence Holders 24
UK Officials Caught Napping Ahead of 2G and 3G Doomsday 61
AI Cannot Be Patent 'Inventor,' UK Supreme Court Rules in Landmark Case 29
Ministry of Justice Plans To Digitize Then Destroy 100 Million Historical Wills 88
UK To Introduce Carbon Tax on Steel Imports from 2027 62
UK Proposes Capping Some Visa, Mastercard Fees 63
UK's First Carbon Capture Plant Turns CO2 Into Jet Fuel 119
UK Class-Action Targets Mobile Phone Operators With $4.15 Billion Damages Claim 11
UK Signals Microsoft's Partnership With OpenAI Faces Scrutiny 6
UK Says Russia Targeted Officials in Email-Hacking Campaign 41
Amazon Latest To Criticise Microsoft in UK Cloud Market Probe 6
The UK Tries, Once Again, To Age-Gate Pornography 95
Adobe's Buy of Figma Is 'Likely' Bad For Developers, Rules UK Regulator 9
Genetic Data On 500,000 Volunteers In UK To Be Released For Scientific Study 18
Could Airports Make Hydrogen Work As Fuel? 168
As Doctor Who Turns 60, the TARDIS Flies Again Tonight 53
ECB Chief Lagarde Admits Her Son Lost Crypto Cash 61
UK Will Refrain From Regulating AI 'in the Short Term' 10
UK Approves World's First CRISPR-Based Medicine 21
Prices For Offshore Wind Power To Rise By 50% 188
Domestic Cats Have Wiped Out the Scottish Wildcat. Only 'Hybrid Swarm' Remains 45
Tech Groups Fear New Powers Will Allow UK To Block Encryption 40
Amazon and Meta Promise UK Regulators to Stop Unfairly Undercutting Rivals 16
Rishi Sunak Finds US Reluctant To Give Ground on AI Safety To UK 48
UK Confirms Plans To Bring Crypto Under Stricter Regulation 24
England To Diverge From EU Water Monitoring Standards 55
UK Regulator Trying To Block Release of Shell North Sea Documents 61
The UK's Controversial Online Safety Bill Finally Becomes Law 185
UK Set To Reject Big Tech Call for Antitrust Appeals Route 4
Millions of Smart Meters Will Be Defunct When 2G and 3G Turns Off 137
Amazon Plans To Deploy Delivery Drones In the UK and Italy Next Year 16
Scientists Call on Ministers To Cut Limits For 'Forever Chemicals' in UK Tap Water 16
20,000 Britons Approached By Chinese Agents On LinkedIn, Says MI5 Head 19
Binance To Halt New UK Customers From Using Crypto Exchange 6
First 'Doctor Who' Writer Honored. His Son Contests BBC's Rights to 'Unearthly Child' 53
UK Opposition Leader Targeted By AI-Generated Fake Audio Smear 49
Man Jailed In UK's First Treason Conviction In 40 Years Was Encouraged By AI Chatbot 21
UK Universities Take $50 Million in Fossil Fuel Funding Since 2022 32
Report Claiming Net Zero Will Cost UK Trillions Retracted Due To 'Factual Errors' 118
UK Passport Images Database Could Be Used To Catch Shoplifters 67
Heat Pumps Twice As Efficient As Fossil Fuel Systems In Cold Weather 196
How a Thinktank Got the Cost of Net Zero for the UK Wildly Wrong 124
Nissan To Go All-Electric By 2030 Despite UK's Petrol Ban Delay 240
Chase UK To Ban Cryptocurrency Purchases Over Fraud Fears 60
Rishi Sunak Presses On With Net Zero U-Turn 192
UK Parliament Passes Online Safety Bill 75
Largest Local Government Body In Europe Goes Under Amid Oracle Disaster 110
UK Air-Traffic Software Misread Spots on Map To Cause Outage 26
UK Pulls Back From Clash With Big Tech Over Private Messaging 20
UK Government Lifts Ban On Onshore Wind Farms 118
French Error Blamed for UK's Air Control Meltdown Which Left 300,000 Passengers With Cancellations 73
IBM Returns To the Facial Recognition Market 17
UK Government Seeks Expanded Use of AI-based Facial Recognition By Police 15
UK Air Travel Will Be Disrupted for 'Some Days' After Traffic Control Glitch 16
Massive Weekend Hunt for Loch Ness Monster: Drones, Infrared Cameras, and Underwater Microphones 99
Teenagers Convicted of Grand Theft Auto, Nvidia Lapsus$ Hacks in the UK 35
UK To Spend $127M in Global Race To Produce AI Chips 24
UK To Host AI Safety Summit at Start of November 7
Shortage of Experts and Low Pay 'Major Barriers To UK's Net Zero Future' 94
UK Homes Install 'Record Number' of Solar Panels and Heat Pumps 98
Why US Tech Giants Are Threatening to Leave the UK 181
UK Defends Plan To Demand Access To Encrypted Messages To Protect Children 114
Millions of UK Voters' Data Accessible In Cyber Attack 14
UK Offshore Wind at 'Tipping Point' as Funding Crisis Threatens Industry 125
UK Woman Fitted With AI-Powered Bionic Arm 40
Supermarket Plastic Bag Charge Has Led To 98% Drop in Use in England, Data Shows 197
Eating Less Meat 'Like Taking 8 Million Cars Off the Road' 373
Apple Slams UK Surveillance-bill Proposals, Threatens To Remove FaceTime and iMessage 61
Green Energy Tycoon To Launch UK's First Electric Airline 69
UK Needs Culture Shift To Become AI Superpower 72
Leaked UK Government Plan To Protect Against Climate Heat 'Very Weak' 59
UK Battles Hacking Wave as Ransomware Gang Claims 'Biggest Ever' NHS Breach 26
UK Universities Draw Up Guiding Principles on Generative AI 6
Security Researchers Latest To Blast UK's Online Safety Bill As Encryption Risk 5
Man Who Tried To Kill Queen With Crossbow Encouraged By AI Chatbot, Prosecutors Say 65
UK Plans To Drop Flagship $14.7 Billion Climate Pledge 99
Should UK Stores Use Facial Recognition Tech to Fight Shoplifting? 109
UK Tightens Online Safety Bill Again as It Nears Final Approval 31
Social Media Apps Will Have To Shield Children From Dangerous Stunts 62
Apple Joins Opposition in UK To Encrypted Message App Scanning 40
Android's Emergency Call Shortcut Is Flooding Dispatchers With False Calls 51
'Unheard of' Marine Heatwave Off UK and Irish Coasts Poses Serious Threat 84
OpenAI, DeepMind Will Open Up Models To UK Government 17
Cause and Cure Discovered for a Common Type of High Blood Pressure 62
UBI of Nearly $2,000 a Month To Be Trialed In England 249
700,000 Free Programmable 'Micro Bits' with LEDs Given to UK Schools 54
'How the 35-year-old Weed Smoker Behind 10 Million Scam Calls Made His Fortune' 58
UK's $1.25 Billion Strategy for Semiconductor Industry Lacks Ambition, Say Critics 28
Apple Is Bigger Than Almost Any Stock Market In the World 79
UK Restricts Microsoft, Activision From Buying Interest in Each Other 19
Wind is Main Source of UK Electricity for First Time 97
First UK Baby With DNA From Three People Born After New IVF Procedure 33
Wikipedia Will Not Perform Online Safety Bill Age Checks 26
Brit Fusion Magnets Set For US Gamma Ray Bombardment Test 13
Microsoft Hits Back at UK After Activision Acquisition Blocked 75
Microsoft's $69 Billion Activision Deal Blocked by UK Watchdog 73
Major Tech Firms Face Hefty Fines Under New Digital Consumer Bill 52
Autonomy Founder Mike Lynch Loses Appeal Against Extradition To US 24
Two UK Police Forces Unlawfully Recorded Phone Calls Via App, Watchdog Finds 14
WhatsApp, Signal and Encrypted Messaging Apps Unite Against UK's Online Safety Bill 69
Bank of England Official Says Stablecoin Use May Need Limits 22
Government Cybersecurity Agencies Unite to Urge Secure Software Design Practices 38
UK Government To Offer One Million People Vapes To Cut Smoking Rates 144
Time Set For National Mobile Phone Emergency Alert Test 16
How Old Coal Mines Are Now Producing Clean Geothermal Energy 66
Driverless Bus Service To Start In Scotland In 'World First' 63
AWS and Microsoft's Azure Face Antitrust Probe in UK 6
Capita, Company Providing UK's Nuclear Submarine Training, Says It's Successfully Contained 'Cyber Incident' 12
UK Government Gambles on Carbon Capture and Storage Tech Despite Scientists' Doubts 58
UK Government Urges Regulators To Come Up With Rules For AI 15
UK Sets Up Fake Booter Sites To Muddy DDoS Market 47
Plans For Royal Mint NFT Dropped By UK Government 12
UK Regulator Sides With Microsoft Over Call of Duty on PlayStation Concerns 11
Millions of 'Extremely' Polluting Cars Still on Europe's Roads, Says Report 48
UK Backs Rolls-Royce Project To Build a Nuclear Reactor On the Moon 72
UK To Invest 900 Million Pounds In Supercomputer In Bid To Build Own 'BritGPT' 35
UK Bans TikTok from Government Mobile Phones 21
1,100 Scientists and Students Barred From UK Amid China Crackdown 36
UK Treasury Is Giving Older People $90,000 a Year To Keep Working 128
Binance Halts UK Customer Deposits and Withdrawals 48
WhatsApp Would Not Remove End-To-End Encryption For UK Law, Says Chief 47
Brit Newspaper Giant Fills Space With AI-Assisted Articles 28
UK Government Urged To Consider Changing Law To Allow Gene Editing of Embryos 48
The UK Briefly Considered Killing All Pet Cats Early In the Pandemic 101
UK Now Seen As 'Toxic' For Satellite Launches, MPs Told 72
UK Argues AI Is No More of an Inventor Than Your Cat 43
Four-Day Week a 'Major Breakthrough' as Most UK Firms in Trial Extend Changes 199
UK 'Barking Up Wrong Tree' Trying To Get Over-50s Back To Work, Report Finds 325
First UK Child To Receive Gene Therapy For Fatal Genetic Disorder Is Now Healthy 11
UK Monopoly Regulator Investigating Google's Search Deal With Apple 4
Heata Offers UK Residents Free Hot Water In Exchange For Cooling Its Servers 44
US, UK Sanction 7 Men Tied To Trickbot Hacking Group 5
Craig Wright Cannot Copyright Bitcoin File Format, Court Rules 57
UK Apple Store Workers Sign First Union Contract 6
UK Proposes Making the Sale and Possession of Encrypted Phones Illegal 61
Microsoft's $69 Billion Activision Deal Could Harm UK Gamers, Watchdog Finds 37
'Britcoin' Digital Currency Could Be In Use By End of Decade 66
Study Reveals Links Between UK Air Pollution and Mental Ill-Health 60
Britain's Semiconductor Plan Goes AWOL as US and EU Splash Billions 79
A Welsh Brand of McDonald's Plays Classical Music, Rations Wi-Fi To Deter Anti-Social Behavior 66
UK Scientists Discover Method To Reduce Steelmaking's CO2 Emissions By 90% 53
'Robots Are Treated Better': Amazon Warehouse Workers Stage First-Ever Strike In the UK 68
UK To Subsidize Semiconductor Firms in Bid To Make Domestic Chips 48
British Battery Start-Up Files For Bankruptcy 56
UK Lawmakers Vote To Jail Tech Execs Who Fail To Protect Kids Online 115
UK Could Jail Social Media Bosses Who Breach Child Safety Rules 55
UK Treasury Considers Plan For Digital Pound 29
Britain's Groundbreaking Satellite Launch Ends in Failure 100
UK Conducts First Satellite Orbital Space Launch 24
England Makes Gigabit Internet a Legal Requirement For New Homes 50
UK PM Rishi Sunak To Propose Compulsory Math To Students Up To 18 110