We are embracing AI and so we don't need as many people - every time it is they are doing badly so they need to save money, and AI is an excuse that is good PR

How to turn off the AI functions in Maps

Except if you rely on it, it will get it wrong too often to be useful

Because they can't seem to find any more actual uses .. so no they are having to create them

UK DragonFire - anti-drone laser has been shooting down Russian drones for months ...

EV's are still horrifically cheaper to run than an ICE vehicle by very large margins

NB Vans and commercial vehicles are exempt ...

Gasoline says or a USAian ... the UK doesn't fund roads with Road Tax ... so you are also a USAian

It is a plan ... that requires consultation, new laws and a method of enforcing it that people can't simply bypass ....

The are people who have spent their time rewriting history and lying to people, they cannot tolerate anything which exposes their lies

The Police specifically have the powers and equipment to bring down drones, they they are causing a safety issue (usually around airports)

They like to claim their air defence worked perfectly, but the shoddy Ukrainian (or NATO) drones, fell apart and rained debris down on the target ....it's better PR than admitting the Air defence systems didn't work, were elsewhere, or they were incompetent

It means you will will employ vibe coders to prompt and process AI generated filler .... then employ programmers to get it to actually work

Usually this involves throwing away most of the AI generated code, so you employ more people to do the same work, and pay for AI

The real issues are with Kik and the other social media platforms they run, Imgur is incidental, as the ICO's issues are with accounts, and most people use it without an account

the have several Social Media sites that have little or no checks, and allow chatting and sharing of media .. that's the real focus of the ICO

Guess what the EU are introducing in 2026

The ICO is investigating the parent company, MediaLab mostly for their other enterprises - and for lack of age checks for people who have an account on Imgur

MediaLab have shut down access to Imgur in the UK - which the ICO have noted is irrelevant