In the Chartered Institute of Journalists' (CIOJ) 2025 Spring Issue of The Journal, I reported on a meeting held in late 2024 by the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition, in Westminster.

Buoyed by a reign-defining speech to Congress on 28 April 2026, King Charles III returned from the US to the UK for the State Opening of Parliament. The King’s Speech, read to the Lords Chamber on 13 May, set out the programme of legislation the government intends to pursue in the forthcoming session.

The sci-fi image of the future handed down to us by Hollywood has invariably been one in which robots perform feats of physicality for humans. From Robocop to WALL-E, tomorrow is a story of hardware replacing biology — making humans safer and their lives more comfortable.

The European Quantum Act is a legislative initiative due to be launched during the second quarter of 2026. It is designed to establish the EU as a global leader in quantum technology. The Act looks to coordinate research, boost industrial capacity for quantum technologies, and secure new supply chains. Crucially, some of the key commercial applications of this research will find a home in Europe’s financial sector.

As the global economy flexes to the new realities of Industry 4.0 — blending physical, digital, and biological systems through artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), robotics, and biotechnology — another critical infrastructure has emerged as a target for combatants: cloud data centres. These sprawling facilities prop up computing power, storage, and application hosting for much of the developed world.

In the last year, tech giants like Meta, Microsoft and Oracle have been taking on tens of billions in debt to finance their artificial intelligence (AI) projects and data centres. The key supplier of these firms is Nvidia, the most valuable company on the planet, which designs and manufactures the graphics processing units (GPUs) and chips needed to power AI models.

The United Kingdom has placed fourth in the Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Index – the first of its kind to benchmark nations on their investment, innovation, and implementation of AI. Yet despite this potential, much of our homegrown tech talent is moving abroad.

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A counterbalance to claims of trans-Atlantic ESG de-prioritisation, Finextra’s investigation into the UK’s top financial institutions prove that some industries are keeping ESG front of mind.

There is one sphere that remains impervious to macro-economic headwinds: the black market of narcotics.

To condemn this tragedy, RSF UK asks for signatures on its petition.

An attempt by the CFPB to develop Open Banking infrastructure in the US, and Trump's attempt to dismantle it.

I am writing to you following the publication on 20 March 2025 of a report in The Atlantic, concerning AI and rights piracy.

It is time to weigh up the pros and cons of advancing the world’s first cryptocurrency as a fully-fledged medium of exchange...

While cryptocurrencies are rising in popularity, some nations have had no choice but to legislate for their growth.

Earlier this year, the non-fungible token (NFT) bubble had swollen to colossal proportions. With the likes of musical artists such as Grimes

One of the key missions of International Women’s Day 2022 is to celebrate digital advancement and champion the women spearheading innovation

Perhaps the most famous instance of a software bug in pop culture is Arthur C. Clarke’s HAL 9000, and its attempt to thwart Discovery...