Technology
AI at work, fintech, cybersecurity and new rules for IT — seen through the cost and risk they create for a business.
GOV.UK Wallet: your documents and driving licence on your phone
The government is moving documents into a wallet app. What goes in, whether plastic is scrapped, and how secure it is.
The Online Safety Act: age checks and new platform duties
The law makes social media, search and other sites remove illegal content and shield children from harm. Here is what changes, the age checks introduced, and the penalties.
Government Gateway sign in: how to access HMRC services
Government Gateway and GOV.UK One Login are the two ways to sign in to HMRC online services. We explain the differences and the switch, using GOV.UK.
Switching mobile provider and keeping your number: one text gets the PAC
One text to a short number and within a minute you have your switching code — and the exit charge that comes with it. Here is how PAC, STAC and INFO work, how fast the switch must happen, and what providers owe you if it goes wrong.
How to get wrong data about you corrected
If an organisation holds inaccurate or incomplete data about you, you can have it corrected. We explain how to ask, the time limit and what to do if they refuse.
How to take and move your data
You can get your personal data in a machine-readable format or have it moved to another company. We explain when it applies, the time limit and how it differs from deletion.
How to get your data deleted
You can ask an organisation to erase your personal data. We explain when the right applies, how long they have to respond and when erasure can be refused.
Eight UK Robotics Adoption Hubs Launch with £40 Million
Hospitals, farms and companies will be able to test robots before investing and get independent help with deployment. Separate funding will support training and robotics skills.
AI by the numbers: what it is worth, what it runs into, and why "which shares should I buy" is the wrong question
Nvidia at $5.45 trillion and first in the world. Anthropic valued at $965bn against OpenAI at $852bn — but one is profitable and the other loses more than a dollar per dollar earned. Growth runs into electricity, not ideas: 140 British projects are waiting for a grid connection, some for up to fifteen years. What AI does well, where it invents, how politicians know about shares, and why the honest answer on investing sounds dull.
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The cyber security bill reaches committee stage in the Lords
Regulation would extend to data centres and managed IT service providers. Small businesses will meet it indirectly — through their contracts with suppliers.