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• New UK PM Boris Johnson (still) thinks there’s a tech solution for the Irish border

  There is, but it'll take time.

  • Matthew Hughes

• British Airways fined $229m over last year's data breach

  British Airways is about to be slapped with a massive fine of £183 million by the ICO, for failing to preventing the theft ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• The UK’s first Microsoft Store opens in July. Here’s what to expect

  Incidentally, it's also Europe's first Microsoft store.

  • Matthew Hughes

• Wikileaks’ Julian Assange arrested after Ecuador withdraws asylum (UPDATE)

  A seven-year ordeal is over

  • Matthew Hughes

• UK to regulate social networks to curb the spread of harmful content

  The UK is proposing a move to regulate social media platforms, and hold them accountable for the spread of like misinformation, ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Why you should care about public computers disappearing from libraries

  We lose public computers at our own peril.

  • Matthew Hughes

• If the UK holds a second Brexit referendum, can it protect it from trolls and astroturfers?

  Maybe. Maybe not.

  • Matthew Hughes

• If May's Brexit deal passes tonight, she'll have 21 months to build a tech-powered Irish border

  Is that enough time to avoid activating the backstop?

  • Matthew Hughes

• The UK government is looking to criminalize unsolicited dick pics

  Yesterday, the Home Office announced it's taking preliminary steps towards criminalizing “online flashing.” In its “Violence ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Here’s why British Twitter is telling you to ‘get Outlook for iOS’

  Ed Balls

  • Matthew Hughes

• Unicorn visas might ease Brexit tech woes - but they're horribly unfair

  The tech sector needs a full-throated defence of freedom of movement, and not a self-serving lame duck like this.

  • Matthew Hughes

• Brexit, Northern Ireland, and the return of extortionate roaming charges

  Life is about to get more expensive for those living on the Irish border.

  • Matthew Hughes