Online Safety Act: Categorisation Register Pushed Back to July 2026 in New Timeline
Last week Ofcom published a new timeline for implementation of the Online Safety Act, including a significant delay to its categorised services register.
EU simplification agenda: Commission proposes Digital Omnibus
On 19 November the EU Commission proposed its “Digital Omnibus”.
AI Generated Harms to be Added to the Crime & Policing Bill & Inquiry Announced
Recent developments in Parliament signal a growing focus on AI-related online harms, with new protections added to the Crime and Policing Bill and a fresh APPG inquiry launched to examine how AI is affecting children’s online safety.
Why doesn’t the UK make more Robots?
The UK’s Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) sector has strong research, AI and software development capability, and yet struggles to translate this into domestic to manufacture, particularly in the case of robotic hardware. Set this against our position globally where the UK ranks 24th in industrial robot density - the only G7 country outside the top 20 - while other G7 nations are scaling up robotics production and adoption, and it is difficult to see how the UK can compete.
Finding the Goldilocks Zone on data sovereignty
The conversation around digital infrastructure is changing. A decade ago, most organisations asked only whether the cloud was secure enough for sensitive workloads. Today, the debate is not about whether businesses should adopt cloud services, but how they can balance their benefits of global scale while meeting intensifying demands for local control. In turn, data sovereignty has moved from a niche concern for compliance teams to a more common boardroom issue.
Lessons from KPMG UK’s partnership with GoCodeGreen
Read this guest blog by GoCodeGreen on how KPMG is transforming ICT sustainability through data-driven, practical decarbonisation.
Event round-up: Female Entrepreneurship: Drivers of change for the tech sector
On Monday 10 November, techUK President Sheila Flavell CBE and the Invest in Women Taskforce's Head of Strategic Engagement Juliet Gouldman convened leading voices from across the tech ecosystem to address the persistent equity investment gap facing female founders.
Beyond the buzz: What’s holding finance teams back from AI success?
Guest blog by Fiona Buckley, Technology Divisional Director, Man Bites Dog