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China expected at UK AI summit despite pushback from allies
LONDON — Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. That seems to be the U.K.’s maxim ahead of an expected visit by its top…
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Why thousands of Ukrainian refugees in the UK are now homeless
Yanosh Nemesh/Shutterstock When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, thousands of people were forced to leave their homes in search of safety. A year and…
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Technology
The EU might need to reassess Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal after restructuring
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft announced a restructuring of its proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition earlier today that involves transferring cloud gaming rights…
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UK forces Microsoft to restructure Activision deal
LONDON — Microsoft has been forced to restructure its takeover of Activision and renotify it to the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after…
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Technology
Microsoft to sell off Activision cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft in bid for UK approval
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Microsoft is restructuring its proposed Activision Blizzard deal to transfer cloud gaming rights for current and new Activision…
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Red, White & Royal Blue review – this queer romcom puts a new spin on the US and UK’s ‘special relationship’
Warning: contains spoilers for Red, White & Royal Blue. Global interest in the British royals has increased in recent years, thanks, in part, to the…
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Cyber-attacks against the UK Electoral Commission reveal an ongoing threat to democracy
TippaPatt / Shutterstock The revelations this month that data on 40 million UK voters had been exposed to hackers came as no surprise to many…
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Do heat pumps work in the UK’s climate? An expert answers your low-carbon heating questions
WathanyuSowong/Shutterstock Retrofitting every house in the UK to net zero standard by 2050 will require replacing all gas boilers, mostly with heat pumps. The target…
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How canny marketing and strong supply links gave the world a taste for Scotch whisky
Whisky casks piled outside Bunnahabhain distillery Islay, Scotland. Niall MacTaggart/Shutterstock Scotch whisky exports grew from £4.51 billion in 2021 to more than £6 billion in…
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Interest rates: the case for cutting them permanently to zero
shutterstock In 1937 the English economist Joan Robinson proposed that “when capitalism is rightly understood, the rate of interest will be set at zero and…
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