On 10th March 2026, the public consultation on the BBC’s charter renewal closes. The charter, due to expire in December 2027 – with Labour still in office – will be shaped by the responses. Amidst waning public support for the BBC, this is a consequential moment for all those who care about our national broadcaster’s future.

It is estimated that one third to a half of North Korea’s budget comes from cyberfraud and extortion. Most of these crimes are aimed at the financial services industry, including banks, crypto exchanges, and payments providers.

On 2 February 2026, SpaceX acquired xAI. The former, Elon Musk’s leading aerospace manufacturing venture, and the latter, his company behind the divisive AI chatbot Grok, make good bedfellows. Not only does this consolidation of the Muskverse create the world's most valuable private company ($1.25 trillion), it will support new opportunities for integrating AI capabilities with space hardware.

You may or may not have come across this principle before, but the chances are you’re a victim of it. Human fracking describes the way in which Big Tech companies treat our attention spans: as a resource, to be mined and monetised. So, what does human fracking look like in the context of financial services, and how do digital banking apps and investment platforms can gamify user experiences to drive engagement and product sales?

Nvidia, among others, has been accused of working to artificially engineer demand, by investing in firms like Mistral, Figure AI, and xAI – which, in turn, redeploy some of the venture capital to buy Nvidia’s chips.

I am proud to have worked alongside the Chartered Institute of Journalists' council to formulate an industry announcement pushing for the use of a ‘kitemark’ to signify when AI has been used by journalists.

Whatever you make of the Home Secretary's proscription of Palestine Action, here is an example of how significant political disagreement - at the national level - can be hashed out

In recent years the shores of sustainable finance have been battered by the choppy waters of geopolitics. Despite a surge in growth, public interest, and market momentum between 2020 and 2022 (a result of progressive policy, disclosure frameworks, and an explosion in environmental, social and governance [ESG] investment products) sustainable finance feels as though it is slowing. From 2022 onwards the energy crisis drove international investment in fossil fuels, and ESG retre

One fifth of the world’s children now live in areas impacted by conflict. This figure sinks far deeper now that I am a father.

What is the connection between Syria, tobacco and the Arab Spring?

To ensure AI is rolled out in a manner that is constructive to writers, governments must legislate to augment, not replace, human work – and, most importantly, be guided by the research.

I have been shortlisted in the Young Journalist of the Year 2025 awards

From deepfakes to artificial intelligence (AI)-powered biometric bypasses, the ways fraudsters are leveraging technology are evolving fast.

Dear Ms Goldman, the UK’s writers need your help to stop their rights over their own works being undermined for the development of AI models

This year has been an inspiring year for music. Here are the songs, albums, and EPs, that had the greatest impact in 2024.

In the wake of ex-One Direction member, Liam Payne’s tragic death on 16 October 2024, calls are mounting for better safeguards for artists.

On 15th October, in the bowels of Westminster Hall, the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition met with campaigners, lawyers, lobbyists and reporters...

The 9th October would have marked John Lennon’s 84th birthday. It has been commemorated by the release of a series of Mind Games re-mixes.

UK Music’s This Is Music Creators’ Survey of 2023 painted a bleak picture of Britain’s post-Brexit music industry.

Amen Dunes’ sixth studio album boasts a grandiose concept, and one to be commended, if the simulacrum were handled with panache