Quicker than Apple or Google Pay?

In previous ransomware attacks against government computers, such as NHS England, NHS Scotland, British Library, various school trusts, and some local councils, they have not paid the ransom.

We do need to ban ransom payments from the private sector to make the business model of these gangs not work. There is no other way to do it.

In the UK you quite often see different eat in and take-away prices listed to reflect the fact that tax rates are different.

Sure, but you don't need an M5 chip for that.

There is a 13" iPad Air. I have the M2 versions of both the Air and Pro. Differences are that pro has a better screen, pro has face-ID and Air has touch ID, and really, that's it.

They mandated CCS2 for electric vehicles.

MacBooks do comply with the EU standard because you can charge them via the USB-C port. The fact that there is an additional option for charging isn't a problem.

Apple do supply the attachable cables. I've got the UK, Euro, Swiss, and Italian ones for my charger, but I did have to visit the Apple shops in the respective countries to buy them.

Surely it must be possible to write a law in a way that bans the likes of NordVPN without banning the VPN I use to phone home from outside, or connect to my work's internal network?

Yes there is, because MacOS is an immutable distro, so you don't get to modify the kernel.
Immutible linux distros were also immune, but mutible distros (most of the mainstream ones) were not.

They load the companies up with debt. This converts taxable profits into loan interest payments that are deductible against tax. The loan interest is generally received in a jurisdiction where it isn't taxed. So it is a way of shifting profits offshore.

It still makes it a fixed cost rather than a variable cost.

Self-driving cars are a lot more capital intensive, because Über would have to buy them, whereas they don't have to buy the human-driven cars they use at the moment.

Yes, even better idea.

Surely two helicopters would be better - they each hold one end of the blade, and they don't need to actually land, just lower the blade to the ground.