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The BBC’s YouTube Gambit: A Digital Lifeline or a Crack in the Licence Fee Foundation?

Sara Donnelly - January 25, 2026

CybersecurityUpdate

UK Co-op Data Breach: DragonForce Hackers Steal Personal Info from All 6.5 Million Members

Juan Vasquez - July 16, 2025

MediaTransformationUpdate

BBC Launches $49.99 Subscription for U.S. Viewers

Juan Vasquez - June 27, 2025

AITrends

BBC Threatens Lawsuit Against Perplexity Over AI Scraping

Eric Hastings - June 21, 2025

Advertising & Marketing

Meta May Offer UK Customers A Paid, Ad-Free Experience

Matt Milano - March 25, 2025

BBC Now Relies on Google Cloud Serverless Architecture

The BBC has announced it now relies on Google Cloud serverless architecture to process up to 26 billion log lines per day....

BBC Chooses Mastodon Over Threads

Score one for open source social media, with BBC abandoning its Threads account in favor of Mastodon....

Threads Retention Is Less Than Half of Initial Signups

Threads appears to have a retention problem, with less than half of the users that originally signed up continuing to use the platform....

Meta Isn’t Betting on Generative AI, Exec Calls It ‘Quite Stupid’

Meta is taking a very different approach to generative AI than most of its rivals, opting to give away the tech and downplaying its ability....

Netherlands Follow US Lead in Chip War Against China

The Netherlands has joined the US chip war against China, restricting export of the country's "most advanced" chips....

WhatsApp and Signal Poised to Leave UK Over Encryption Law

United Kingdom users may be out of luck when it comes to messaging clients, with both WhatsApp and Signal prepared to leave....

Google May Be On the Hook for €25 Billion in UK and EU Cases

Google is facing its biggest potential fines yet, with the UK and EU pursuing cases that could see the search giant on the hook for €25 billion....

Facebook Locking Users Out and Giving Them No Recourse

Facebook users are reportedly being wrongly locked out of their accounts for 'not following Community Standards,' and have no recourse....

Google Spending $1 Billion to ‘Reinvigorate’ Its UK Office Space

Google seems to have missed the memo on remote work being here to stay, with the company spending a whopping $1 billion to spruce up its UK offices....

Brexit May Have Cost the UK an Intel Factory

Intel has ruled out the possibility of building a factory in the UK, thanks to Brexit. Chipmakers and governments are looking to expand semicon...

Toyota Will Cut Worldwide Production 40% in September

Toyota is the latest automaker to experience issues as a result of the semiconductor shortage, cutting production 40% in September....

CDN Glitch Leads to Massive Internet Outages

A glitch at Fastly, a popular CDN, led to outages for some of the internet’s biggest sites Tuesday morning. CDNs, or content delivery networks,...

Japan’s Solution to Space Junk: Wooden Satellites

Japan is working to address the growing issue of space junk, with plans to launch satellites made of wood....

Cellebrite Did NOT Break Signal’s Encryption

The BBC broke a story that seemingly indicated Cellebrite had broken Signal’s encryption — only it’s not true....

Ransomware Results In a Fatality In Germany

Ransomware has been a growing issue for years but, in a first, ransomware appears to have caused the death of a hospital patient....

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