Andrew Orlowski

Demonstrators at Trafalgar Square protesting against digital identity systems in London, April 25, 2026 (Photo by Zeynep Demir/Anadolu via Getty Images)

As if being a consumer in Britain isn't already miserable enough – “your call is important to us,” you're told as the hours trip by – along comes something to make the experience even worse.

‘Dynamic pricing’ is a rip-off best left on the shelf

The Bank of England has warned that surge pricing could be coming to British supermarkets - Hleb Usovich/iStockphoto

A UK government agency declared last week that “AI went rogue” and launched cyber attacks against individuals , making headlines around the world.

"Most British people don't know that their Government has started a Manhattan Project," says Michael Cole, a plasma physicist and author of a history of fusion energy.

“Most British people don’t know that their Government has started a Manhattan Project,” says Michael Cole, a plasma physicist and author of a history of fusion energy. “It is an engineering project on the same scale.”

Nothing gets punished like success in Britain, and right now our world-class video games developers could do with a little more attention.

Andrew Orlowski Timing is everything, and fortunes can be made or lost predicting when a bubble will burst.

Scare stories about super-intelligent models escaping their containment have zero basis in reality.