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> I belive that US tech firms have increasingly become valid military targets. Not just US tech firms. So-called dual-use has been embedded into all kinds of what was previously ex…

You don't need to do this for your blog. Comments on "provider content" are out of scope. [1] This was done mainly to protect legacy press and media comments sections but it applie…

They haven't actually built one yet. They have been selected as the preferred bidder here in the UK, but that's as far as it has got so far. https://www.rolls-royce-smr.com/press/r…

Don't know that this is any better, but here's the gov.uk version: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/us-uk-pact-will-boost-adv... and the follow up press release from Thursday: ht…

This is the problem I had with all the content removal around Covid. It never ends with that one topic we may not be unhappy to see removed. From another comment: "Looks like some …

I agree with this article that it's probably fake news [0]. It's also mostly moot now anyway, since if TV service is provided via Sky or Virgin, you're bang to rights. Same if you …

Indeed, but of equal stature in my opinion is that they people on the receiving end of the miscarriage of justice are continuing to be abused by the so-called compensation process.…

The UK Gov proscribed 'Terrorgram' in April this year. [0] The first discussion I have found of it is Hope Not Hate's "State of Hate 2020" report. It hasn't been mentioned in the m…

This does not seem to be borne out by the accident statistics, which apparently show no trend in turbulence related accidents. ( https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-studies/Document…

- Ofcom sets out more than 40 practical steps that services must take to keep children safer - Sites and apps must introduce robust age-checks to prevent children seeing harmful co…

Unfortunately here in the UK, Ofcom doesn't agree: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2024/tech-firms-must-ta... "Sites and apps must introduce robust age-checks to prevent child…

Possibly because they have moved the front camera and the charging no longer works with the old pen.

Credence "logs every keystroke on Horizon". [0] [0] - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/miscarriages-justice-nick-wal...

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My question is why have they singled out Tiktok? This seems political to me. Last year Ofcom published a report on childrens' use of social media. It found: "For children aged 8-12…

Don't forget that even if inflation comes back to 2%, that's still only a rate of change. Prices continue to rise, just more slowly. The prices that we have today, that so many alr…

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One area that I think is interesting to look at, aside from overall budget, is bed capacity and nursing staff numbers. According to Statista: Bed capacity is significantly lower th…

It's certainly viewed as immoral at the very least in the UK. "In R v Looseley; Attorney General's Reference (No 3 of 2000) [2002] 1 Cr. App. R. 29, the House of Lords held that al…

Indeed - it was set up long before Ukraine or Liz Truss. But aside from bad long term energy policy, the incompetence of Andrew Bailey can't be ignored in my view. In July 2021, An…

> That conspiracy is as old as the Titanic. Indeed. My Uncle was involved with the installation of Samson and Goliath [0], the two yellow cranes at Harland and Wolff. Goliath was i…

> There is no point to them. What about this? "Under the provisions of the Investigatory Powers (IP) Act, it is now possible for the Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) community to lawfu…

> If a significant fraction of landlords have financing costs that greatly exceed rental income, that is their problem. They can't just pass that cost on to renters because they fe…

I think the issue here is that they appear to misrepresent the sitution on their pricing page [0]. For example the Premium tier which is required for live streaming is £70 per mont…