Policy
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Europe backs the unglamorous machinery of chip sovereignty
QuantumDiamonds’ funding round points to the inspection and testing bottlenecks behind Europe’s semiconductor ambitions.
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NCSC’s Cyber Shield raises the bar for AI defence
The UK’s cyber agency wants a national-scale AI defensive capability, but trusted autonomy remains the hardest part.
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AI scraping gets a sterner privacy test in Europe
New EDPB guidance tightens the practical data protection questions around anonymisation and AI web scraping.
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Brussels asks who controls Europe’s data
A new EU consultation puts data sovereignty, cloud dependency, and international data flows back into regulatory focus.
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UK regulators are being asked to move at market speed
New sandboxing powers are meant to help innovative technologies reach commercial deployment faster, but implementation will decide whether they change anything.
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EU cyber plan turns AI into defensive infrastructure
Europe’s new AI cyber plan links model governance, critical infrastructure protection, and sovereign security capability.
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The FCA’s Mills Review brings agentic AI into financial regulation
The FCA’s Mills Review sets out how AI could reshape retail financial services by 2030.
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The UK’s cyber pledge tries to move resilience into the boardroom
The UK government’s Cyber Resilience Pledge asks major organisations to make cyber governance a board responsibility.
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Scotland’s datacentre freeze threat exposes the weak link in UK AI strategy
Scotland may consider a moratorium on new datacentre projects as AI infrastructure runs into power and planning limits.
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UK planning reforms give datacentres a faster route into national infrastructure
New UK planning reforms could shorten major infrastructure approvals, including for datacentre projects entering the NSIP regime.
