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Judgment day looms for UK’s £8.35B Skynet military satellite comms upgrade
The UK’s National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) has rated the £8.35 billion Skynet 6 military satellite communications programme “red”, meaning successful delivery in its current form appears unachievable. The downgrade from last year’s amber rating matters because Skynet underpins UK military satellite communications and is intended to remain in service through 2041, with…
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Thames Water investors offer ‘golden share’ in bid to head off nationalisation
A consortium of Thames Water creditors has offered the government a “golden share” giving it veto power over major decisions and hostile takeovers, in a bid to dissuade the new prime minister, Andy Burnham, from nationalising Britain’s biggest water company. The move comes after Burnham signalled he wants greater public control of the debt-laden utility,…
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Deezer to purge fake and fraudulent AI tracks as uploads pass 50%
Deezer has confirmed that fully AI-generated tracks made up more than half of all daily song uploads on its platform for the first time, peaking above 50% in June 2026, roughly 90,000 tracks. In response, the French streaming service has settled on tougher measures: it will remove any AI track suspected of being used in…
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UK employers cut job vacancies as Burnham aims to lift living standards
UK employers reduced the number of job vacancies in the three months to May, according to official figures, as the labour market showed further signs of strain amid global instability including conflict in the Middle East. Unemployment held steady at 4.9%, unchanged from April, underscoring the difficult economic backdrop facing new prime minister Andy Burnham…
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A.R. Rahman Launches ARR Immersive App for Apple Vision Pro (EXCLUSIVE)
Composer A.R. Rahman is launching ARR Immersive, an app for Apple Vision Pro that brings together a decade of his immersive storytelling projects. The launch, arriving on 22 July, matters because it marks the first time footage from “Le Musk” — Rahman’s 360-degree virtual reality film that premiered at the Cannes XR Festival — has…
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Man of his word: Pope Leo speeches declared human-authored by Australian AI detection tool
A collection of speeches and writings by Pope Leo XIV, titled Maps of Hope, has been certified as human-authored by the Australian firm Proudly Human, less than two months after the pontiff himself warned that artificial intelligence posed the greatest threat to humanity. The certification, carried out with the Australian Catholic University and Vatican cardinals,…
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NIGEL FARAGE: Make no mistake this is a coup – we MUST have an election now
In a Daily Mail opinion piece, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage denounces Andy Burnham’s elevation to Prime Minister as a “coup”, arguing he has taken office without an electoral mandate beyond a single by-election win in Makerfield. Farage insists a general election must be called immediately, framing Burnham’s arrival in Downing Street as democratically illegitimate…
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FCC plans to ban companies selling DJI products under other brands
The US Federal Communications Commission has proposed banning products from nine companies suspected of selling rebranded or re-shelled DJI drones and cameras, citing “unacceptable risk” to national security. The move would extend restrictions well beyond DJI itself, targeting firms accused of skirting the agency’s Covered List by disguising DJI-made hardware under different brand names, and…
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Nine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruption
Australia’s largest locally owned media company, Nine Entertainment, is cutting around 30 newsroom jobs at the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, blaming what it called an “extreme state of disruption” caused by artificial intelligence. Publishing managing director Tory Maguire told staff on Tuesday the cuts, a mix of voluntary and targeted redundancies, were not…
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UK military ‘eyes innovative electric flying taxi’ as 2029 launch planned
British flying taxi startup Vertical Aerospace has revealed the UK government has expressed interest in buying a military version of its aircraft, alongside a fresh £10m government grant that brings total state funding for the project to £48m. The announcement, made at the Farnborough international airshow, matters because it signals a potential new revenue stream…