Queen guitarist Sir Brian May called on Andy Burnham to block AI developments in the UK after being angered by a Meta AI-generated image of a Queen album cover, warning that building data centres acro…
Queen guitarist Sir Brian May has urged Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to block AI development in the UK after Meta AI generated an inaccurate image of the cover of Queen's 1980 album The Game, which f…
Queen guitarist Brian May, 79, shared a Meta AI-generated recreation of the band's 1980 album The Game cover on Instagram, which incorrectly showed five members including Spike Edney, and used it to a…
Queen guitarist Sir Brian May, 79, said humanity does not need artificial intelligence and urged UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham to stop the construction of data centres, which he said will destroy the…
In his newsletter 'Odds and Ends #106', Sam Wetherell recounts his visit to what he calls Europe's craziest border, discusses the Jason Arday controversy, shares a London travel time map, and reveals …
The Government Digital Service's budget for the current fiscal year has been increased by more than 50% to £618.7m, according to the annual accounts of the Department for Science, Innovation and Techn…
Ollie Ilott, the director general for artificial intelligence at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, has been appointed to a new role in the Cabinet Office as head of the prime mini…
British hiring fell in the first six months of 2026, with job postings 32% lower than before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to recruitment platform Indeed, which also reported that demand for AI ski…
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has moved to reshape UK tech policy by scrapping a digital ID scheme, shuttering the Department of Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT), moving the Government Digi…
Kanishka Narayan, Britain's first minister for AI appointed by Prime Minister Andy Burnham, said people are "right to worry" about the impact of technology on jobs, vowing to "work every hour, every d…
UK employers posted about 10% fewer vacancies in July 2026 than in January 2025, but demand for software developers rose 14%, driven by senior AI-related roles, according to data from Indeed shared wi…
Former innovation minister and government chief scientific adviser Lord Patrick Vallance has been appointed as chair of the Prime Minister's new AI Taskforce, which will be based in the Office for the…
Lloyds Banking Group reported a statutory pretax profit of £4.3 billion for the first half of 2026, up 23% from £3.5 billion a year earlier and above analyst forecasts of £4.12 billion, as CEO Charlie…
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has abolished the dedicated technology minister role and broken up the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), scattering its responsibilities across t…
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has unveiled a sweeping youth training overhaul to align technical education with local job markets as artificial intelligence reshapes employment, targeting 1 million y…
Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden warned students against relying on 'safe and secure jobs' as Labour announced major education reforms, including technical education for children as young as 1…
AI Minister Kanishka Narayan renewed calls for more visas for top engineers, arguing that the UK must help tech companies scale at home rather than sell overseas. Narayan said he would push for visa r…
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has appointed former Science Minister Patrick Vallance to chair a new central government AI Taskforce that will sit within the Office for the Prime Minister and the Cabi…
Prime Minister Andy Burnham abolished the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on his first full day in office, spreading its responsibilities across four different departments. Eliot Wil…
AI-powered recruitment bots are rejecting jobseekers' CVs based on age and sex, according to a column by Ruth Sunderland in This is Money. The algorithms reflect and amplify human prejudice, with midl…