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Bill Gates is set to appear before the US House Oversight Committee on June 10 about his Epstein ties; he says he's “looking forward” to answering the questions (www.bbc.com)
22 days ago Bill Gates

PwC: 76 mainland Chinese companies listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2025, up from 30 in 2024, despite the city's waning appeal to international investors (www.bbc.com)
2026-3-30 China Hong Kong

How AI is helping geologists identify thousands of slopes around the world at high risk of slipping by analyzing data from satellites and ground-based sensors (www.bbc.com)
2026-3-25 AI

The UK government withdraws a proposal to let AI companies train on copyrighted works, unless creators opt out, after a backlash from artists like Dua Lipa (www.bbc.com)
2026-3-19 AI

The UK ICO and Ofcom asked social media platforms to implement “highly effective age checks” to bar under-13 accounts, similar to tools required for adult sites (www.bbc.com)
2026-3-12 ICO

Source: the 2024 cyber-attack by the Scattered Spider group on Transport For London resulted in the theft of personal data of ~10M people (www.bbc.com)
2026-3-7 London

TikTok won't add E2EE to DMs because it would prevent police and safety teams from reading messages if needed, saying it wants to protect young users from harm (www.bbc.com)
2026-3-4

The UK ICO fines Reddit £14.47M for unlawfully using children's personal information; Reddit began verifying user ages in July 2025 to comply with the UK OSA (www.bbc.com)
2026-2-24 Reddit ICO

The Gates Foundation says Bill Gates will not deliver his keynote at India's AI Summit after “careful consideration” amid controversy over his Epstein ties (www.bbc.com)
2026-2-19 India AI Bill Gates

ByteDance says it “respects IP rights and we have heard the concerns regarding Seedance” and it plans to “strengthen” safeguards, after Disney's legal threats (www.bbc.com)
2026-2-16

Pinterest fires two employees who it says “wrote custom scripts” that accessed confidential info to track which workers lost their jobs during recent layoffs (www.bbc.com)
2026-2-4 Layoffs

Paris prosecutors say they raided X's French offices with assistance from Europol; Elon Musk and ex-CEO Linda Yaccarino have been summoned to April hearings (www.bbc.com)
2026-2-3 France Elon Musk Paris

Waymo says it hopes to launch its London robotaxi service as soon as September, after an April pilot; the UK government plans to change regulations in H2 2026 (www.bbc.com)
2026-1-30 London

Chinese media: China executed 11 members of the Ming mafia family that ran online scam centres in Myanmar; five Bai family members are also sentenced to death (www.bbc.com)
2026-1-29 China

A look at AI-powered tools and apps like Aira Explorer that are helping blind people access visual feedback about their bodies, sometimes for the first time (www.bbc.com)
2026-1-28 AI

The UK government drops plans for mandatory digital IDs to work in the country, marking a reversal from when the UK first announced the policy in September 2025 (www.bbc.com)
2026-1-14

The UK plans to bring into force a law this week that will make it illegal to create non-consensual intimate images, as Ofcom investigates X (www.bbc.com)
2026-1-13

UK crypto buyers are required to share their account details with tax officials starting January 1 or face penalties, as the UK seeks to collect unpaid taxes (www.bbc.com)
2026-1-2 Tax

China's draft AI rules have measures to protect kids, like time limits and parental consent, ban gambling promotion content, and add suicide chats restrictions (www.bbc.com)
2025-12-31 China AI Ban

Vice President JD Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr denounce the EU's €120M X fine (www.bbc.com)
2025-12-6

Sundar Pichai says there is some “irrationality” in the AI boom, the industry can “overshoot” in investment cycles, and “no company is going to be immune” (www.bbc.com)
2025-11-18 AI

The UK proposes an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill allowing “authorized testers” to proactively assess AI models for their ability to generate CSAM (www.bbc.com)
2025-11-12 AI

An interview with Ukrainian cyber-crime kingpin Vyacheslav Penchukov, aka Tank, who was arrested in 2022 after spending ~10 years on the FBI's Most Wanted list (www.bbc.com)
2025-11-10 Interview FBI Ukraine

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Roblox, accusing the company of “flagrantly ignoring” safety laws and calling it a “breeding ground for predators” (www.bbc.com)
2025-11-7 Texas

A Chinese court sentences five top members of an infamous Myanmar mafia to death as Beijing continues its crackdown on scam operations, convicting 21 in total (www.bbc.com)
2025-11-6 China

The UK's NCSC dealt with a record 204 “nationally significant” cyberattacks in the year to August, up 89% YoY, and “highly significant” cyberattacks rose by 50% (www.bbc.com)
2025-10-14

UK police dismantle an international gang suspected of smuggling up to 40K stolen smartphones from the UK to China, arrest 18 suspects, and recover 2,000 phones (www.bbc.com)
2025-10-7 China

A look at major UK businesses hit by cyberattacks in 2025; a government survey estimates 43% of businesses and 30% of charities were hit in the past 12 months (www.bbc.com)
2025-10-6

NetBlocks: Afghanistan is experiencing a “total internet blackout” as the Taliban imposes a telecom shutdown; an official says it will last until further notice (www.bbc.com)
2025-9-30 Afghanistan

The UK unveils plans for a digital ID, which will be required to work in the country, to combat illegal immigration; the ID will be stored on people's phones (www.bbc.com)
2025-9-26 Immigration

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