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From Downing Street to digital rights: What Andy Burnham’s rise means for your data privacy

The new UK Prime Minister promises a new future for Britain, and the digital rights community sees it as a chance to rewrite Starmer's divisive digital policing legacy. But will Burnham seize the opportunity to really "do better" for digital privacy?

TechRadar · Jul 23

Former Alabama prosecutor posted bond after arrest. Then she went home, and allegedly tried to poison her husband again

“This is a bizzaro in our world.”

We Got This Covered · Jul 20

A spy in your pocket? How the UK’s proposed on-device nude image blocking could work in reality

Apple and Google have until September to either activate built-in features or implement new scanning tools. Privacy advocates are raising the alarm, but the government is ready to "change the law" if needs be.

TechRadar · Jun 12

Gaza ceasefire and Donald Trump’s ‘dead cat diplomacy’

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The Conversation · Oct 9, 2025

How Donald Trump’s ‘dead cat diplomacy’ may have changed the course of the Gaza war

When Donald Trump called Benjamin Netanyahu on October 4 to tell him that Hamas had agreed to at least some of his 20-point ceasefire plan, the Israeli prime minister’s equivocal response was he saw “nothing to celebrate, and that it doesn’t mean anything”. According to reports, the US president fired…

The Conversation · Oct 9, 2025

If You Can Ride a Motorcycle, You Can Fly a Helicopter—This Program Proves It

Flying a helicopter triggers the same multitasking skills as a motorcycle rider. Or so Rogue Aviation claims, and then helps show you by taking riders up to fly.

RideApart · Aug 15, 2025

James Baker dies aged 71: the big beat behind some of Australia’s most influential garage-rock

With his lifelong bowl cut, the musician was a totem of punk style and sound, drumming in Hoodoo Gurus, Beasts of Bourbon, the Scientists and others

The Guardian - AU · May 7, 2025

Data protection bill leaves room for governmental abuse, campaigners warn

Ministerial revision of privacy rules could allow targeting of voters with political messaging, rights groups fear

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2025

Malta summit ends the cold war – archive, 1989

On 3 December 1989, the US and the USSR declared an end to the cold war. A few days later, European Community leaders met to shape a single European market for the 1990s. See how the Guardian reported events

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2024

‘Morally indefensible’ – but George W Bush will not come out against Trump

While Dick Cheney has endorsed Harris, there have been no comments from other senior Republicans from Bush’s era

The Guardian - US · Sep 22, 2024