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The UK has joined the list of countries considering the creation of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Chancellor Rishi Sunak today announced a new task force that will explore the value of a CBDC, which would be issued by the Bank of England and used by households and businesses. It would exist alongside cash and bank deposits, rather than replace them. Sunak (jokingly?) suggested the digital currency could be called “Britcoin....

Last week, the Swedish micromobility operator Voiannouncedthe launch of its redesigned parking racks in the UK, created to “help reduce street clutter and improve e-scooter parking habits.” At the heart of this project lies also the aim to address the needs of blind and partially sighted pedestrians. For that reason, Voi has been collaborating withthe Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)since January. The new parking racks have extended and raised side panels to enclose the whole length of the e-scooter....

With more than 495,000 electric vehicles (BEVs and PHEVs) on the roads of the UK, the country’s charging point infrastructure is growing to meet the demand. As of yesterday, there are now 40,181 charging connectors spread across 14,947 locations, according toZap-Map, a UK-based online vehicle charging point locator. Credit:Zap-Map.com There’s good news and less good news. The less good news – while it’s promising that more locations are coming online,the geographical distribution of charging points strongly favors the country’s metropolitan capital, London....

Google’s Zeitgeist Conference is now in its sixth year, an event that draws together business leaders, politicians and some of the greatest thinkers across industry. And with the first day of the two-day event in Hertfordshire now well underway, Chancellor George Osborne revealed that Governmental departments were hit with over 20,000 emails from “hostile intelligence agencies” in the past year alone, in what the Chancellor referred to as “pre-planned” attacks....

The Internet has changed the way the world works over the past fifteen years, and yet many of the laws and frameworks that support it via intellectual property and copyright haven’t changed to reflect that. The UK government is looking to redress the balance by holding areviewaimed at ensuring that nothing holds back the country’s entrepreneurs and innovators from launching new products and services, particularly in the digital realm. So, what kind of areas is the review, being conducted by a panel of experts in the field, looking at?...