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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    UK building world's most powerful battery

    UK building world's most powerful battery The world’s biggest battery project secured about £750 million (R15.38 billion) in public and private financing, and will begin construction immediately in northern England, marking a significant step forward in the UK’s transition to renewable energy...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    UK doubles down on social media laws

    UK doubles down on social media laws The UK plans to extend its rules against illegal material online to cover how social media companies respond to crises like the recent riots in the country, according to a statement from British regulator Ofcom on Monday. The agency released its first...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Teenager allegedly behind London metro hack

    Teenager allegedly behind London metro hack Law enforcement officials in the UK have arrested a teenager in connection with a cyberattack earlier this month on London’s metro system. A 17-year-old boy was detained for suspected violations of the Computer Misuse Act in connection with a 1...
  5. Vorastra

    [UK] Teacher, 30, got pregnant by pupil while awaiting trial for 'grooming' another schoolboy, 15, who she took back to apartment for sex, court hears

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13392573/Maths-teacher-30-got-pregnant-pupil-awaiting-trial-grooming-schoolboy-15-took-luxury-apartment-sex-court-hears.html
  6. Vorastra

    Brussels police tries to shut down Orbán and Farage's far-right, nationalist gathering

    https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/04/16/brussels-police-shuts-down-orban-and-farages-far-right-gathering
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  7. Vorastra

    [UK] Muslim student loses High Court challenge against Michaela School’s prayer ban

    https://inews.co.uk/news/muslim-student-loses-high-court-michaela-school-prayer-ban-3009051
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    UK starts drafting AI rules

    UK starts drafting AI rules The UK is starting to draft regulations to govern artificial intelligence, focusing on the most powerful language models which underpin OpenAI’s ChatGPT, people familiar with the matter said. Policy officials at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology...
  9. Vorastra

    [UK] Climate chief told staff to ‘kill’ negative net zero story

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/09/climate-change-committee-chris-stark-net-zero/
  10. Vorastra

    [UK] Trans women's milk just as good as woman's for feeding babies, NHS trust insists

    https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/trans-woman-milk-breastfeeding/
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Why South Africa does not get unlimited voice and data plans like the US and the UK

    Why South Africa does not get unlimited voice and data plans like the US and the UK South Africa's heavy reliance on mobile connectivity for Internet access is one of several reasons the country's biggest local cellular networks cannot readily offer uncapped data and voice minutes like...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    London's black cabs will soon be available on Uber

    London's black cabs will soon be available on Uber If you want to hail one of London’s iconic black cabs, you’ll soon be able to do so by pulling up the Uber app. Uber Technologies Inc. launched in London more than a decade ago but has faced stiff resistance from drivers of the bulbous black...
  13. Vorastra

    UK detects first human case of swine flu strain

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/27/uk-detects-first-human-case-swine-flu-strain-h1n2
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Class action lawsuit over iPhone power throttling tool to proceed

    Class action lawsuit over iPhone power throttling tool to proceed Apple Inc. has lost a bid to dismiss a London class action lawsuit that accused it of misleading customers on a controversial power management tool in iPhones. The Competition Appeal Tribunal, the court which deals with the UK’s...
  15. Vorastra

    [UK] Royal Society aims to boost number of black scientists

    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66825633
  16. Eniigma

    Autistic UK teen girl brutally arrested in her own home after saying 'I think she's a lesbian' about a police officer

    https://humanevents.com/2023/08/10/autistic-uk-teen-girl-brutally-arrested-in-her-own-home-after-saying-i-think-shes-a-lesbian-about-a-police-officer A 16-year-old autistic girl was arrested by West Yorkshire Police after a female officer accused the teen of “homophobia." The crime the teen...
  17. Vorastra

    [UK] Kevin Spacey found not guilty in sex offences trial

    This is a live article and will change. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-66291461
  18. Vorastra

    [UK] Refusing to fund your partner’s gender transition could be domestic abuse, says CPS

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/07/refusing-fund-spouse-partners-transition-domestic-abuse-cps/ For those who can't access the article. Archive link: https://archive.ph/hWFoj
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    UK court finds Apple infringed 4G patents in iPhone

    UK court finds Apple infringed 4G patents in iPhone Apple Inc. infringed patents essential for communication technology used in iPhones, a UK appeals court ruled. The two patents in the case relate to crucial technology used in 4G mobiles. [Bloomberg]
  20. Vorastra

    [UK] Teenager Paris Mayo sentenced to at least 12 years for murder of newborn son

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/26/teenager-murdered-newborn-son-herefordshire-jailed-paris-mayo
  21. Vorastra

    [UK] Nottingham van attack: Three people dead and man arrested on suspicion of murder after 'major incident'

    https://news.sky.com/story/nottingham-roads-closed-as-police-deal-with-major-incident-12901445
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