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Research paperFor business
Desk research on AI-designed medicines in clinical trials, the UK's petabyte-scale genomic datasets and how they are accessed, the policy and money behind them, and what it means for small biotechs and their IT suppliers.
Technology & SocietyBusiness & home
A single AI text prompt uses about a quarter of a watt-hour; data centres used 1.5% of the world's electricity in 2024 and 2% of Great Britain's. Here are the credible figures, why they vary, and what they mean for a UK home or small firm.
Research paper · doctoral standardFor business
The credible range of data-centre and AI electricity demand to 2030, worldwide and in the UK, set against generation, grid-connection and emissions evidence, with a worked UK projection and what it means for firms buying cloud.
Cyber SecurityFor business
Nearly half of UK businesses now have some cyber cover, but only one in ten has a standalone policy. What insurers actually ask on the proposal form, the exclusions that catch people out, and how a 25-person firm should prepare.
Technology & SocietyFor business
Five things the pandemic permanently changed about UK small-business IT, with 2019 and 2026 figures from the ONS, the Cyber Security Breaches Survey, Microsoft and Openreach, and a checklist for firms still running 2019-style IT.
Research paper · doctoral standardFor business
Who is exposed to generative AI, what experiments and payroll data show about jobs, wages and productivity, how gains are split between labour and capital, and what it means for UK income distribution, regions and SMEs.
Cloud & SoftwareFor business
Staff are already using ChatGPT, Copilot and Gemini at work. The real risks, what the ICO and NCSC say, how consumer and business tiers differ on training and retention, and a ten-point policy you can adopt.
Technology & SocietyFor business
Three-quarters of UK financial firms already use AI for fraud detection, AML and credit decisions. What the Bank of England survey, PSR reimbursement data and UK Finance fraud figures actually show, and what a small business should do.
Research paperFor business
Desk research on how much of the AI data-centre build-out is now funded by bonds, private credit and off-balance-sheet deals, what regulators say the risks are, and how a shock could reach UK businesses.
Windows & DevicesBusiness & home
Windows 10 stopped getting security fixes in October 2025, but Microsoft now offers extended updates until 12 October 2027. Here is who should take them, who should upgrade, and how to tell which your computer is.
Cyber SecurityFor business
The government's 2026 breaches survey found 43% of UK businesses were attacked in the past year, with phishing behind most of the damage. Here is what actually works against it, in order of effort.
Phones & VoIPFor home
By the end of January 2027 every home landline in the UK moves to a digital service. For most people it is a case of plugging the phone into the router. If you have a care alarm, a pendant, or no broadband, there are a few things to sort out first.
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