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London UK - financial center

London UK - financial center

London UK - Global Startup Hubs and Innovation Clusters

A collection of resources about London's startup ecosystem, showcasing its role as a global hub f...

European governments and investment in scientific research, innovation

European governments and investment in scientific research, innovation

Benefitis of International Education and Foreign Students at Universities

International Education and Foreign Students at Universities

Rankings and Elite Top Universities - Global

Rankings and Elite Top Universities - Global

Murdoch media and Fox

a collection of articles about Murdoch and Fox

UK Regulators and Tech Companies

A collection of articles and videos looking at UK regulations and technology companies

Uber in London (legal issues)

a collection of articles about Uber in London (legal issues)

Workers rights in the gig economy

Should companies like Uber and Airbnb classify their workers as employees (or self employed contr...

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Britain doubles down on the life-sciences industry

The government vows to clear hurdles so the sector can flourish. Will it be enough? Official efforts to boost the life sciences sector are welcome,... (2023)


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The sports business: Which sport is the best business?

American sports leagues (NBA, NFL, NHL) are more competitive, lucrative and monopolistic than European ones like the English Premier League| Busine... (2023)


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Labour’s green industrial policy will not cure Britain’s economic ills | The Economist

Trying to fight climate change and raise growth risks doing neither well | Britain (2023)


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U.K. Blocks Microsoft’s Activision Bid - The New York Times

The decision barring the takeover of a big video game publisher is a major victory for proponents of regulating tech giants, which have faced obsta... (2023)


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The walls are closing in on Clearview AI as data watchdogs get tough | MIT Technology Review

The controversial face recognition company was just fined $10m for scraping UK faces from the web. That might not be the end of it. (2022)


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The Competition for High-Skill Immigrants Intensifies - Marginal REVOLUTION

The UK has created a new visa for High Potential Individuals. Under the HPI visa any graduate from a top university as defined by “in the top 50 of... (2022)


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Breaking out of the Malthusian trap: How pandemics allow us to understand why our ancestors were stuck in poverty

For much of human history, our ancestors were trapped in an economy in which incomes were determined by the size of the population. The Industrial ... (2022)


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Radical Research. Healthy Curiosity | The Economist

How to make the country’s new innovation agency work | Leaders Some lessons on inventing the future in Britain (2022)


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Karl Popper on democracy - From the archives: the open society and its enemies revisited

In 1988 The Economist invited the philosopher Karl Popper to write an article on democracy. It appeared in the issue of April 23rd that year and ma... (2021)


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International students contribute £28.8bn to UK economy yearly

International students in the UK contribute £28.8 billion to the country’s coffers annually – an equivalent of every citizen being on average of £3... (2021)


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Sci-hub: UK Police warn students to avoid science website - BBC News

Universities are urged to block a science research website, which police say could put data at risk. The City of London police's Intellectual Pr... (2021)


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The UK is secretly testing a controversial web snooping tool | WIRED UK

The Investigatory Powers Act, or Snooper’s Charter, was introduced in 2016. Now one of its most contentious surveillance tools is being secretly tr... (2021)


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Uber loses gig workers rights challenge in UK Supreme Court – TechCrunch

Uber has lost a long-running employment tribunal challenge in the U.K.’s Supreme Court — with the court dismissing the ride-hailing giant’s appeal ... (2021)


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People in Scotland to be asked about reintroducing lynx to the country | New Scientist

Conservationists are taking the first step towards a potential reintroduction of the Eurasian lynx to Scotland, with the launch of a year-long stud... (2021)


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OneWeb has now raised $1.4B, with $400M from SoftBank and Hughes, to help fund its first satellite fleet

After a troubled year that saw broadband satellite operator OneWeb file for bankruptcy, get rescue finance from the UK government and Bharti, and t... (2021)


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Financial services - What Brexit will do to the City of London | Britain

The damage will be noticeable but not disastrous (2020)


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The Covid-19 vaccine gamble: where bets have been placed and why - World news

Wealthy nations have ordered millions of doses of unproven candidates, but equal access is the key to beating virus (2020)


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Why London’s Underground is in better post-pandemic shape than NYC’s subways

In both New York and London, core office districts have been empty for half a year. Both cities face a long, hard slog of recovery. But London has ... (2020)


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Europe's economy was hit hard too, but jobs didn't disappear like in the U.S. — NPR

Many governments, especially in European countries, are handling unemployment differently, paying companies to keep their workers on the payroll un... (2020)


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Contact Tracing in the Real World

There have recently been several proposals for pseudonymous contact tracing, including from Apple and Google. To both cryptographers and privacy ad... (2020)


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10 Types of European Breads With Fascinating Stories

Sure, you know Germany has pretzels and France has baguettes; but do you know how these carby delights came to be? Learn the history of bread from ... (2020)


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British 5G towers are being set on fire amid coronavirus conspiracy theories

5G cell towers in the UK are being set alight after conspiracy theories started spreading online. Groups on Facebook are spreading false informatio... (2020)


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Our personal health history is too valuable to be harvested by the tech giants

Action to prevent deeper access to our private lives and data is more essential than ever Health data paints a rich picture of our lives. Even i... (2020)


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London Police Are Taking Surveillance to a Whole New Level - The New York Times (2020)

The city, stepping into a debate over privacy, says it will use real-time facial recognition technology “to tackle serious crime.” (2020)


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‘The way universities are run is making us ill’: inside the student mental health crisis - The Guardian

The long read: A surge in anxiety and stress is sweeping UK campuses. What is troubling students, and is it the universities’ job to fix it? "Br... (2019)


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UK government invests $194M to commercialize quantum computing – TechCrunch

The UK government today announced a £153 million investment into efforts to commercialize quantum computing. That’s about $193 million and with add... (2019)


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Police fine pedestrian for covering face, blocking facial recognition camera AI

Metropolitan Police officers set up the camera on a van in Romford, East London, which then cross-checked photos of faces of passers-by against a d... (2019)


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Guardian records first operating profit since 1998 - BBC News

For decades, the British title had a culture that tolerated vast losses. That makes its turnaround remarkable - but will it last? (2019)


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The zero-waste revolution: how a new wave of shops could end excess packaging | Environment | The Guardian

Shops that minimise the environmental impact of our consumer habits are springing up across Britain. Could they help us avert catastrophe? (2019)


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UK to regulate social networks to curb the spread of harmful content

The UK is proposing a move to regulate social media platforms, and hold them accountable for the spread of like misinformation, and terrorist propa... (2019)


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How London became the dirty money capital of the world | FT Film

Russian oligarchs and companies have been investing in London for two decades, encouraged by British politicians of all stripes, but critics say th... (2024)


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International finance: Why oligarchs choose London for their dirty money

Britain is one of the best places in the world to launder dirty money. Our new film tells you why—and asks whether that's likely to change.00:00 - ... (2023)


Video

How Has Brexit Been Going?

It's been more than five years since the UK voted to leave the EU, are they regretting their decision? This video was made possible by our Patreon ... (2022)


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Why lockdowns are the wrong policy - Swedish expert Prof. Johan Giesecke

That was one of the more extraordinary interviews we have done here at UnHerd. Professor Johan Giesecke, one of the world’s most senior epidemiolog... (2020)


Video

Fatal Flight audiobook: Opening credits (1/14)

engineerguy Published on Jul 31, 2017 Download this audiobook, view the figures in the print version, or read the appendices. Fatal Flight: The ... (2018)


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Britain's Giant Airship: R.101

engineerguy Published on Feb 6, 2018 You can learn more about Bill's book Fatal Flight, The True Story of Britain's Last Great Airship -- includi... (2018)


Podcast

Florence Nightingale: Data Viz Pioneer - 99% Invisible | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from 99% Invisible on Spotify. Victorian nurse Florence Nightingale (played in this episode by her distant cous... (2021)


Podcast

The Battle to Control the Murdoch Media Empire - The New York Times

Rupert Murdoch’s media outlets have helped destabilize democracy on three continents. The power struggle among his children has world-changing cons... (2019)


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