Tech Business
Barclays AI job cuts: 5,000 roles go, and coders are on the list
The UK bank says AI is making staff more productive, so it needs fewer of them, even as quarterly profit climbs 12% to £2.3 billion.
UK
How-To & Tips
Clocks go back 2026: UK, US and Canada dates, and your phone
The UK changes on Oct. 25, most of the US and parts of Canada on Nov. 1, and several provinces not at all. Here's how to keep your devices right.
Tech Business
Microsoft exits Nscale deal as UK’s biggest AI site waits on power
A planned 23,040-chip AI hub in Essex may not get grid power until the 2030s, and losing Microsoft lands weeks before Nscale's planned New York listing.
Tech Policy
UK could lead global AI safety rules, Microsoft’s president warns
Brad Smith wants kill switches, incident reports and outside testing for AI, splitting from the White House and pointing to Britain to write the rules.
Tech Policy
Britain should develop domestic AI to avoid foreign cutoffs
The new head of the Alan Turing Institute says Britain needs AI it controls, after Washington briefly blocked Anthropic's newest models from leaving the US.